2013 ISU World Team Trophy, April 11-14, in Tokyo

[Sylvia]

Do the skater's individual scores count towards seasons best score or season/world ranking points?

Season Best scores only.

I guess we have to wait for Skate Canada to announce their team on Monday, which is the deadline date.

Re-posting from the Kaetlyn Osmond fan thread in the Trash Can:

In a telephone interview with NF CBC after Worlds she mentioned that her next event was WTT. The link is posted on her FB page.

[Proustable]

Back when the WTT started, no one cared much about it. Now fans are interested in having their favorites attend.

Do the skater's individual scores count towards seasons best score or season/world ranking points?

They do towards SB score, but not season/world ranking.

[marysy]

Has the French team been confirmed?

[kwanfan1818]

Season's Best score: yes. Last season's best score by a man was Takahashi's from WTT. Adam Rippon and Kevin Reynolds also got their SB's last season at WTT.

World Standings/Rankings: no.

[Zemgirl]

Team France is reportedly:
Florent Amodio
Brian Joubert
Maé Bérénice Méité
Lénaëlle Gilleron-Gorry
Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres
Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat

The source is this communication, but I was unable to find it on the FFSG website, so consider it semi-confirmed

Assuming it's correct, they're clearly sending the best team possible - I wonder if the FFSG finally realized that they can and should aim for a team medal in Sochi. Also, if P/B are going, it's not to finish behind B/S again; my guess is that if they feel they're not in good form, C/J will be called upon as replacements.

I expect their K&C antics to surpass last year's.

[Sylvia]

Team entries are up! http://www.isuresults.com/events/wtt-13_teams.htm

CANADA
Patrick CHAN
Kevin REYNOLDS
Gabrielle DALEMAN
Kaetlyn OSMOND
Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE

CHINA
Nan SONG Men
Han YAN Men
Zijun LI Ladies
Kexin ZHANG Ladies
Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG Pairs
Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG Ice Dance

FRANCE
Florent AMODIO
Brian JOUBERT
Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY
Mae Berenice MEITE
Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT

JAPAN
Takahito MURA
Daisuke TAKAHASHI
Mao ASADA
Akiko SUZUKI
--- Pairs
Cathy REED / Chris REED

RUSSIA
Maxim KOVTUN
Konstantin MENSHOV
Adelina SOTNIKOVA
Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV

USA
Max AARON
Jeremy ABBOTT
Gracie GOLD
Ashley WAGNER
Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

Entries by discipline, including substitutes, plus link to Time and Practice schedule: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051444.htm

ETA that the Team USA subs are Miner, Nagasu, Denney/Frazier, and Hubbell/Donohue (I assume that Scimeca/Knierim & the Shibutanis must have declined to participate).

[patinage]

Yay, I'm glad Daleman is being sent. This will be a good, low-pressure event for her, and she sure earned it with her performances at Canadians and Junior Worlds. I wonder if this means she's skating senior next year.

[jjane45]

Team entries are up! http://www.isuresults.com/events/wtt-13_teams.htm
CHINA
Nan SONG Men
Han YAN Men
Zijun LI Ladies
Kexin ZHANG Ladies
Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG Pairs
Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG Ice Dance

Kexin

[robinhood]

Abbott is going? great news!
the chinese team is a very young and promising one
Pity about the pairs for Japan. We will miss Team Italy this year but France will provide the k&c voids for us...and the hotness, as always

[casken]

Team entries are up! http://www.isuresults.com/events/wtt-13_teams.htm

ETA that the Team USA subs are Miner, Nagasu, Denney/Frazier, and Hubbell/Donohue (I assume that Scimeca/Knierim & the Shibutanis must have declined to participate).

I'm guessing (hoping) that Z&B passed on being an substitute too?

[Sylvia]

I'm guessing (hoping) that Z&B passed on being an substitute too?

I don't know, but Denney/Frazier (#24) were the next highest available U.S. pair on the current ISU World Standings list (ditto for Mirai Nagasu at #21).

[Rock2]

Yay, I'm glad Daleman is being sent. This will be a good, low-pressure event for her, and she sure earned it with her performances at Canadians and Junior Worlds. I wonder if this means she's skating senior next year.

It has to be. With two Olympic spots I'm sure SC would like to see KO and another young gun get a spot, assuming Joannie doesn't return. She still hasn't said...

My heart goes out to Amelie. I hope she fights and skates well and earns a spot. But I have to feel that SC wants more options for the team and at WTT, this might be another chance to improve SB and get on the SGP.

I'll bet Daleman and Chartrand skate senior next year, while on the JGP there will be a number of possibles to fill the raft of slots we have, including Seguin, Austman, Dunley, Gong, Steward, Mallet, England...goes on and on (when does that happen in Canadian ladies??)

[kwanfan1818]

Unless Lacoste is injured, turned it down, or has decided to retire, it really sucks for Lacoste, because, by the rules in the communication, she should have gotten the invite, since one of her scores was used to qualify Canada for the event. (I know, rulz, schulz.)

[Ziggy]

If Pechalat/Bourzat lose to Bobrova/Soloviev again, they are kind of done. Their reputation will suffer a lot and PCS will drop in relation to B/S (they used to have a buffer). Not sure that this is the best idea given they were far from 100% at Worlds. Ugh.

It has to be. With two Olympic spots I'm sure SC would like to see KO and another young gun get a spot, assuming Joannie doesn't return. She still hasn't said...

Yes and Michelle Kwan will surely return as well. I mean she has never officially retired. She's surely just waiting for a suitable moment to announce her inevitable Olympic comeback.

[victorskid]

In an interview just before Worlds 2013, Joannie clearly said that she has not yet made a decision but that she will make one soon and that she will make an announcement after the CSOI tour is done and she's had some time at home.

[skatingfan04]

Yay for Gabby Daleman! This will be such a wonderful experience for her, one that she had earned with her performances at nationals and junior worlds. Given that she's one of the front runners for the second Olympic spot, she needs this type of experience (she just attained age eligibility for senior, I believe, so this will be her first senior international.)

[johndockley92]

Why isn't Hanyu doing it?

[jjane45]

Why isn't Hanyu doing it?

Although I was really hoping to see him @ WTT (those K&C moments lol), Yuzuru is currently recovering from left knee / right ankle injuries.

[VIETgrlTerifa]

I'm so happy Suzuki was named on the Japanese team.

I wonder what's going on with the Shibs.

[stjeaskategym]

Unless Lacoste is injured, turned it down, or has decided to retire, it really sucks for Lacoste, because, by the rules in the communication, she should have gotten the invite, since one of her scores was used to qualify Canada for the event. (I know, rulz, schulz.)

She's not listed as alternate either. Maybe she's injured? She had injury problems this past season, right?

I wonder what's going on with the Shibs.

It seems like Marina didn't want any of her teams there.