2012-13 ISU Grand Prix Alternate Selection (continued)

[victoriaheidi]

I remember Z/W now...it took looking at them.

[Sylvia]

There are still 2 pairs slots to be filled: Rostelecom Cup (to replace Vartmann/Van Cleave) and NHK (to replace Sui/Han); plus France's TEB host slot in dance (to replace Zahorski/Miart).

Re-posting the following from the U.S. Men's thread:

Only one US man at Skate Canada? That doesn't make sense.

Luck of the draw. There was only one Canadian ice dance team at Skate America (W/P), with no Canadians in any other discipline...

Dube/Wolfe were in the original Pairs selection, but they withdrew due to injury. Moore-Towers/Moskovitch, Duhamel/Radford, and Lawrence/Swiegers already had two initial selections, and the only other Senior Pairs who had the GP minimum score split. (The rest remained Juniors.) They didn't send anyone to any Fall Senior International to make the score with a provisional assignment -- the only teams they sent any Fall Senior B were L/S and M-T/M to Salt Lake City, who already had them -- and they put their third Pairs spot back in the pool.

Same for Ladies, except they sent Osmond and Lacoste to separate Senior B's.

I'm somewhat surprised they didn't push for a second for Rogozine at Skate America or another GP, but he's been inconsistent.

[haribobo]

Montalbano/Krasnopolski were added to Cup of Russia- I guess it was either them or nobody as the other 2 teams (M/R and DM/G) on the alt list are already at CoR.

[Sylvia]

Late withdrawal tweeted by Tatjana Flade: "S. Kemp/D. King (GBR) have withdrawn from #SkateCanada as it had to be expected. She has a knee injury."

[Ziggy]

Too late to replace them, sadly.

[kwanfan1818]

I don't think they would have replaced K/K even if K/K withdrew from SC the same time they withdrew from S/A.

[pingu]

Takahashi/Tran have been crossed out from both their GPs (COC and NHK), are they injured?

[burntBREAD]

Takahashi/Tran have been crossed out from both their GPs (COC and NHK), are they injured?

I watched a video of them a few weeks ago and Mervin had a big cast on his hand, so it's possible.

[Jeschke]

pairs seems to be really cursed this season.

[Sylvia]

Takahashi/Tran have been crossed out from both their GPs (COC and NHK), are they injured?

Tatjana Flade tweeted that she has a shoulder injury.

Wishing her a speedy recovery!

[SamuraiK]

Following Pairs figure skating is like watching a documentary of a species in danger of extinction :S. They keep dropping like flies

[love_skate2011]

Pairs are dropping like flies and the GP barely started
I love Pairs so much but this new points are pushing them too much and causing much of the injuries :

[euterpe]

It's probably too late to fill the Pairs slot at CoC. And now there are TWO empty pairs slots at NHK. Who's available to fill them?

[love_skate2011]

surely with now 3 open Pairs spots

Martiusheva/Rogonov gets a 2nd GP assignment

[haribobo]

I think only Della Monica/Guarise and Martiusheva/Rogonov are left on the alternates list. I know Donlan/Speroff and Zhang/Bartholomay, among a few others, have met the GP min score, but didn't have a SB score from last season so I don't think they can be chosen.

[Ziggy]

It's probably too late to fill the Pairs slot at CoC. And now there are TWO empty pairs slots at NHK. Who's available to fill them?

Della Monica/Guarise and Martiusheva/Rogonov.

[hanca]

Great!!! Give Martiusheva/Rogonov second spot!

[Lis]

yes give sec spot to Martiusheva/Rogonov,they are gorgeous !

[pingu]

Montalbano/Krasnopolksi have been added to COR, and Della Monica/Guarise and Martyusheva/Rogonov to NHK

[LilJen]

: Takahashi/Tran. Get well soon!!