Cup of Russia: Predictions Game Round 3

[karne]

Phew! Unintentionally left this to the last minute...

MEN

1. Javier Fernandez
2. Max Aaron
3. Shoma Uno
4. Mikhail Kolyada
5. Alexei Bychenko
6. Keiji Tanaka

LADIES

1. Elena Radionova
2. Anna Pogorilaya
3. Nicole Rajicova
4. Elizabet Tursynbaeva
5. Julia Lipnitskaya
6. Courtney Hicks

PAIRS

1. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot
2. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
3. Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov
4. Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek
5. Alisa Efimova/Alexander Korovin
6. Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert

DANCE

1. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev
2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
3. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
4. Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorenson
5. Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
6. Tiffany Zahorski/Jonathon Guerreiro

 

[alebi]

Ladies:
1. Elena RADIONOVA
2. Anna POGORILAYA
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
4. Courtney HICKS
5. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
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6. Roberta RODEGHIERO
7. Yura MATSUDA


Men:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Javier FERNANDEZ
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Max AARON
5. Deniss VASILJEVS
---
6. Alexei BYCHENKO
7. Elladj BALDE


Pairs:
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
4. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
5. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT
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6. Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN
7. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE


Dance:
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
4. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
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6. Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR
7. Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN

 

[Jagger]

Men
1. Shoma UNO
2. Javier FERNANDEZ
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Max AARON
5. Chafik BESSEGHIER
6. Deniss VASILJEVS

Ladies
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
5. Nicole RAJICOVA
6. Yura MATSUDA

Pairs
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
3. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE

Dance
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
4. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN

 

[hydroblader]

LADIES
1. Elena RADIONOVA
2. Anna POGORILAYA
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
5. Zijun LI
6. Nicole RAJICOVA

MEN
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Shomo UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Max AARON
5. Alexei BYCHENKO
6. Deniss VASILJEVS

PAIRS
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
3. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN

ICE DANCE
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
4. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN

 

[canarycry]

Ladies
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
4. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
5. Zijun Li
6. Courtney HICKS

Men
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Max AARON
5. Deniss VASILJEVS
6. Alexei Bychenko

Ice Dance
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
4. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
5. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
6. Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN

Pairs
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
4. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLF

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

With all dramas over the TV schedule stuff, I had actually forgotten about making out Predictions! So, later than I wanted

With the Ladies, I love Anna Pogo (in all senses of the word! ) And under normal circumstances with a skater of her ability, that would be enough for me to put her on the top. But, I am always scared to put her top, in case she has one (or more!) of her scary falls. So, I am going with Lena this time. But I’m secretly hoping Anna does it!

I am going to take a big risk here and have Julia completing the podium. I know, she hasn’t been scoring anywhere near what she used to for a few seasons due to puberty. And yes, she was second at the Nepela a month ago, but she was over 20 points behind the winner. But, I would love to see an all-Russian podium. And to see the old Julia we all know and love.

Once we got off the podium, I started deviating majorly from the absolute PB order. Murakami was next, but she was well off what she was capable of at Skate America. So, I am reluctantly going to push her down this week again.

Li Zijun was next on the absolute PB list. But, although she scored it as recently as March, I’m inclined to put the next girl ahead of her. Tursynbaeva’s absolute PB is also from 2016 Worlds, and is less than a point lower than Li’s. But, she is younger and she has been scoring in the 170’s regularly the past few seasons, whereas Li has been scoring regularly in the 160’s.

Just in case Skate America was a one-off, I put Murakami as my alternate.

I didn’t make any changes to the next 4 on the absolute PB list, because their scores were all relatively close, and I wasn’t sure how to change them. But, I did change the last 2 around. For the simple reason that I like Galustyan (she’s one of my 2015 EYOF / European Championship girls!), and I’m not a big fan of Rodeghiero.

When it came to the men, I was tempted to take a chance and put Shoma on top. Just to shake things up a bit. But, then I remembered that it was the Cup of Russia. And that I want the TV director to show lots of shots of Svetlana with her Marc Marquez fleece and Spanish flag for the third year in a row.

In a strange move for me, I am not putting any Russians onto the podium. Like with the Ladies, I’ve decided to stick to the absolute PB order for the podium positions. So, I kept Max in third (hopefully that will make things up to karne for what I did at Skate America with Brendan)

I also kept Kolyada in 4th place. But after that, the rest of the field (apart from Deniss) was VERY close. Dmitriev Jr. had a bit of a gap to the others, so I kept him in 5th. But, I moved Bychenko up to be my alternate, as I reckon he could be a dark horse. I kept the rest in absolute PB order.

Pairs was pretty straightforward. For the Top 6 the absolute PB order was the order that I would have put them in anyway. And the only reason that there was a difference in the bottom two is that Ruest / Wolfe are a new partnership, and I whereas I had come across Andrew before (from when he was partnering Natasha Purich), Camille was a complete unknown to me. But, they got a decent score at the Autumn Classic last month, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt.

In Ice Dance, I was torn. I knew I wanted to put Weaver / Poje above Chock / Bates. But I couldn’t decide what to do with Bobrova / Soloviev. Put them on top, put them in between, or put them in 3rd. So, I went down the middle.

I was happy enough to keep Charlene and Marco in 4th, because they have been making so much progress the past few years. OK, so the high position in the World Standings and World Rankings may have a lot to do with the fact that they enter practically everything that is going, but they have also been scoring well. Hence them being 4th in the absolute PB list.

And Tiffany and Jonathan were a comfortable 5th in the absolute PB list. And they have been progressing so well that they were always going to be in my Top 5. I had been thinking about putting them 4th, but in the end decided that the 9 point difference to the Italians was too big.

Trying to decide who to have as my alternate was a problem, as the next 3 all had really close absolute PB’s. In the end, I went with the partnership that I was most familiar with and that we have been talking about the most – the Danish partnership.

However, there is a final twist. I didn’t actually put any of those 3 as my alternate. Instead, I put the couple that were in 9th in the absolute PB list. Alisa and Alper were only 4 points behind the other 3, and I absolutely love them and always want them to do well!

Caroliza_fan


CUP OF RUSSIA

Ladies

1. Elena RADIONOVA, RUS
2. Anna POGORILAYA, RUS
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA, RUS
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA, KAZ
5. Zijun LI, CHN
6. Kanako MURAKAMI, JPN

Just for fun
7. Courtney HICKS, USA
8. Yura MATSUDA, JPN
9. Nicole RAJICOVA, SVK
10. Angelina KUCHVALSKA, LAT
11. Anastasia GALUSTYAN, ARM
12. Roberta RODEGHIERO, ITA


Men

1. Javier FERNANDEZ, ESP
2. Shoma UNO, JPN
3. Max AARON, USA
4. Mikhail KOLYADA, RUS
5. Artur DMITRIEV, RUS
6. Alexei BYCHENKO, ISR

Just for fun
7. Gordei GORSHKOV, RUS
8. Chafik BESSEGHIER, FRA
9. Elladj BALDE, CAN
10. Keiji TANAKA, JPN
11. Alexander MAJOROV, SWE
12. Deniss VASILJEVS, LAT


Pairs

1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT, GER
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU, CAN
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV, RUS
4. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT, RUS
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK, ITA
6. Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN, RUS

Just for fun
7. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE, CAN
8. Goda BUTKUTE / Nikita ERMOLAEV, LTU


Ice Dance

1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE, CAN
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV, RUS
3. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES, USA
4. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI, ITA
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO, RUS
6. Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR, TUR

Just for fun
7. Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN, DEN
8. Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT, USA
9. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN, RUS
10. Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV, BLR

 

[koatcue]

Men:
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Max AARON
5. Alexei BYCHENKO
6. Deniss VASILJEVS

Ladies:
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
5. Zijun LI
6. Kanako MURAKAMI, JPN

Ice Dance:
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
4. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT

Pairs:
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
3. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE

 

[NYscorp6]

My Rostelecom Cup Predictions:

Ladies
1. Anna Pogorilaya
2. Elena Radionova
3. Julia Lipnitskaia
4. Courtney Hicks
5. Elizabet Tursynbaeva
6. Kanako Murakami

Men
1. Javier Fernandez
2. Shoma Uno
3. Max Aaron
4. Mikail Kolyada
5. Artur Dmitriev
6. Kenji Tanaka

Ice Dance
1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
2. Ekaterina Bobrova/ Dmitri Soloviev
3. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
4. Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
5. Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar
6. Tiffany Zahorsky/Jonathan Guerreiro

Pairs
1. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot
2. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
3. Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek
4. Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov
5. Natalia Zabiako/Alexander Enbert
6. Camille Ruest/Andrew Wolfe

 

[sneakers]

shouldn't predicitions be closed ?? it will start in 40 mins time.

 

[MalAssada]

I think it is 1h40min away... Will check it.

 

[WeakAnkles]

I think it is 1h40min away... Will check it.

Thank you Mal. With time zones and daylight savings time, I'm not even sure what year it is anymore. Where am I? Who am I?

So confused!

:hpull:

 

[MalAssada]

Actually, you were right. I think... It seems I need to hurry to find a stream.

 

[sneakers]

isu livestream will start iin 5 mins
geo blocked in some countries

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/single-pair-skating-ice-dance/

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

shouldn't predicitions be closed ?? it will start in 40 mins time.

Yes.

But I was busy sorting out the remaining TV Schedule lists before competition started. And I thought that was more important.

So, sorry that I didn't get posting a notice.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[text_skate]

Ice Dance Results

GOLD: Arriba627, Greta, MsLiinaLii, naz and StitchMonkey with 75 points!

SILVER: Alex D with 70 points!

BRONZE: apgold, corynna, Crossover, Daniel1998, desertskates, Fetinia, Florencito, glorybox6, Jagger, Kirei, koatcue, MalAssada, Marin, Marius, Moxiejan, Mrs. P, nieves, NoNameFace, Puchi, rosacotton, Sackie, sequinsgalore, Shoma One, shyne, TTM and voolfee with 65 points! :yes2:


Congrats to everyone. I will put all results into the spreadsheet tomorrow.

If you find any mistakes, please let me know. (There is a lot of copy and pasting involved.)

 

[Chemistry66]

Summary of this event/predictions

 

[ptskate]

Pairs Scores

Hi everyone, here are the pairs scores. They are not so great, primarily due to S/B's placement, almost everybody had them in second.

GOLD: 55 points
naz, shyne, Sackie, psusanne

SILVER: 50 points
sffww, Violetti, StitchMonkey, pherx4, mirai4life, Pippuripihvi, itofan, Lydia1703, karne

BRONZE: 45 points
Yatagarasu, voolfee, Nathan13, Totentanz, euroskate, silverfoxes, Daniel1998, sunnystars, Crossover, TTM, theskatingbutterfly, nox1, Fetinia, apgold, 4everchan, MeltedIce, [email protected], Weathergal, rosacotton, andromache, Starsfan84, sneakers, DaPurpleDino, surimi, matmuh, LA143, ptskate, Tastetherainbow, Lyssa, Osmond4gold, HR4, invisiblespiral, umeko_yur1tasukee, skylark, Elaine, Marius, text_skate, Icebethy, sweetsugar1613, noctiluca, MsLiinaLii, glorybox6, ines42575, Layback11, el henry, MIM, Hyena, Marin, icekiwi, Karpenko, Kirei, Moxiejan, NoNameFace, MalAssada, lost3iron, Max2skating, nieves, Florencito,
Sugarpova, ladykk, Poice , Gia_Sesshoumaru, sunn1ly, sequinsgalore, Xorasy, TheGrandSophy, lightsout, semosk8tfan, sabinfire, nikki51, Puchi, Arriba627, daylightescapades, casualfan, desertskates, Mrs. P, nipman, mis751, Norwayskater, alebi, Jagger, hydroblader, canarycry, CaroLiza_fan, koatcue, sunnyouyang, corynna

 

[TheGrandSophy]

Yah, a joint (very joint ) bronze for pairs! My first medal this season! This has been a slightly better event for me.

 

[4everchan]

ugh... this game is so painful

 

[Nathan13]

WOW I'm so thrilled to have gotten a medal of any kind and color with the crazy results this week! Apparently, pairs is my specialty, even though its the discipline that I follow the least