ISU Grand Prix Assignments 2018/19 season

[Maximillian]

And are Roberta Rodeghiero and Polina Edmunds done?

Don't know about Rodeghiero, but Edmunds just posted on IG that she's been a counselor at a Summer Camp for kids who have a parent battling cancer, so I would assume she's done (it wasn't a skating camp)

 

[RoseRed]

We don't know. SamuraiK's list in post #321 is the list of athletes that we know are on the replacement list. You have to be among the top ten athletes with either 1 or 0 spots already assigned on the GP to be clearly on that list. It doesn't matter that Paganini was selected during the initial draw. It only matters who is among the top ten after the draw is over. However, since so many of the athletes in that top ten list are ineligible for selection due to Russia & Japan having maxed out their spots, people are speculating that the current ladies replacement list might include athletes ranked below Fedichkina.

Even if they go only with eligible ladies, Paganini won't be on it.

This is what I have, removing all Russian and Japanese ladies, and the juniors:

1. Eunsoo Lim (CoR)
2. Angela Wang (NHK)
3. Courtney Hicks (NHK)
4. Hanul Kim
5. Xiangning Li (NHK)
6. Starr Andrews (SA)
7. Emmy Ma
8. Alaine Chartrand (SC)
9. Mae Bernice Meite (IdF)
10. Caroline Zhang (or So Hyun An if Caroline is done)

 

[haribobo]

Suzaki/Kihara got the other Finland spot on today's update. Esbrat/Novoselov still not removed from France on ISU site.

 

[Vagabond]

Of course, it could simply be random flaunting of the announcement, the way the Li/Xie spots seem to be.

I hate it when people flout definitions.

 

[breathesgelatin]

Brendan Kerry was added to Russia:
https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...entries-2/17413-men-2018-19-all-6-events/file

Muramoto/Reed are officially withdrawn from their events, per yesterday's news of their split:
https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...s-2/17411-ice-dance-2018-19-all-6-events/file

 

[npavel]

Is there a chance that Finnlands both ladies could skate at their home event?

 

[Carolla5501]

Don't know about Rodeghiero, but Edmunds just posted on IG that she's been a counselor at a Summer Camp for kids who have a parent battling cancer, so I would assume she's done (it wasn't a skating camp)

I think it was pretty evident Edmunds was done last year when she withdrew at Nationals. I hope she's very successful in the rest of her life

 

[Sylvia]

Muramoto/Reed are officially withdrawn from their events, per yesterday's news of their split:
https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...s-2/17411-ice-dance-2018-19-all-6-events/file

Also, Armenia must have confirmed the split of Tina Garabedian/Simon Proulx-Senecal since their names are crossed out of Rostelecom Cup.

 

[breathesgelatin]

Pairs... just the USD TBD host spot plus one spot at IdF remains (the spot to be vacated by Esbrat/Novoselov), although at this point the E/N withdrawal is not even reflected on the ISU list. Sub list:

41 Lu & Mitrofanov - NHK
42 Walsh & Michaud - SC
43 Pfund & Santillan
47 Barquero & Maestu

Dance... I decided to give the list a go, although I probably made mistakes. Here we have left to fill TBD host spots for USA, France, Finland and Russia; an NHK host spot just vacated by Muramoto/Reed (does Japan have a team they'd be ready to slot in?); and two open spots at Russia due to the withdrawals of Muramoto/Reed and Garabedian/Proulx-Senecal. I expanded the list to 11, including Sosnitskaia/Golovishnokov because of the rumored split of Mansourova/Ceska; if they are really split, then they would go off the sub list and also open up another spot at Finland.

FEAR / GIBSON - SA
EVDOKIMOVA / BAZIN - Rostelecom
MULLER / DIECK - SA
YANOVSKAYA / LUKACS - Rostelecom
REED / AMBRULEVICIUS - IDF
TORN / PARTANEN - FIN GP
TWEEDALE / BUCKLAND - SC
MANSOUROVA / CESKA - FIN GP reportedly split
SALES / WAMSTEEKER - SC
KOMATSUBARA / KOLETO - NHK
SOSNITSKAIA / GOLOVISHNOKOV

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Thanks, @breathesgelatin - adding:

51 Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN GER (none) - scheduled to compete at NRW Summer Trophy in Dortmund this weekend
54 Anastasia SHPILEVAYA / Grigory SMIRNOV RUS (none; added - sorry, @Dobre!)
55 Haley SALES / Nikolas WAMSTEEKER CAN (Skate Canada)
56 Jennifer URBAN / Benjamin STEFFAN GER (none)

 

[Dobre]

Dance...

FEAR / GIBSON - SA
EVDOKIMOVA / BAZIN - Rostelecom
MULLER / DIECK - SA
YANOVSKAYA / LUKACS - Rostelecom
REED / AMBRULEVICIUS - IDF
TORN / PARTANEN - FIN GP
TWEEDALE / BUCKLAND - SC
MANSOUROVA / CESKA - FIN GP reportedly split
SALES / WAMSTEEKER - SC
KOMATSUBARA / KOLETO - NHK
SOSNITSKAIA / GOLOVISHNOKOV

KOCH & NUCHTERN and SHPILEVAYA & SMIRNOV are above Sales & Wamsteeker. (Unless someone has heard otherwise?)

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Ladies grid was updated too and Rajicova has been crossed off both her events (Skate America and Finland).

https://www.isu.org/docman-document...ries-2/17412-ladies-2018-19-all-6-events/file

So many top skaters from Japan and Russia. Lucky if US entries come in above 5th place.

 

[Sylvia]

So many top skaters from Japan and Russia. Lucky if US entries come in above 5th place.

I think Bradie Tennell has a slim chance at Skate America.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I hate it when people flout definitions.

"Flout" is now considered a secondary definition of "flaunt," and I meant flaunt in both senses.

 

[Vagabond]

"Flout" is now considered a secondary definition of "flaunt," and I meant flaunt in both senses.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaunt

If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of "flaunt, parade" is found occasionally.

 

[kwanfan1818]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaunt

Many people can consider it whatever they want .

 

[SamuraiK]

Is there a chance that Finnlands both ladies could skate at their home event?

FIN should have taken the once in a lifetime chance and assign them both from the beginning but only reserved 1 TBA spot . Both are too far down the substitute lists to get anything elsewhere.

 

[SamuraiK]

Suzaki/Kihara got the other Finland spot on today's update. Esbrat/Novoselov still not removed from France on ISU site.

The other 2 withdrawals from IdF are still on the PDF with no replacements even though we know H/S and R/W already got them so I assume FRA has not updated to ISU anything despite updating its own website That or Didier is waiting till the last minute so he doesn't have to replace E/N with anyone.

Brendan Kerry was added to Russia:
https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...entries-2/17413-men-2018-19-all-6-events/file

its interesting that the column for Rostelecom cup has now only 11 entries as total in the bottom with the 12th file just as a blank space as if it's already a done deal there will be no replacement. Apparently they are keeping D10's spot untouched. I don't like it but it is what it is.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I think Bradie Tennell has a slim chance at Skate America.

Not me, Im going full throttle. Bradie with a host bump, GOLD MEDAL.... with Satoko and Kaori nipping.

3 lutz/3loop 2 times with no <, YASSSSSS!!!!!!!!

 

[her grace]

This is what I have, removing all Russian and Japanese ladies, and the juniors:

1. Eunsoo Lim (CoR)
2. Angela Wang (NHK)
3. Courtney Hicks (NHK)
4. Hanul Kim
5. Xiangning Li (NHK)
6. Starr Andrews (SA)
7. Emmy Ma
8. Alaine Chartrand (SC)
9. Mae Bernice Meite (IdF)
10. Caroline Zhang (or So Hyun An if Caroline is done)

That's a great list for Finland's event. The SA sub list minus Russia, Japan, and USA would be this:
1. Lim (COR)
2. Kim
3. Li (NHK)
4. Chartrand (SC)
5. Meite (IDF)
6. An
7. Craine
8. Algotsson
9. Lindfors
10. Paganini

But this is all conjecture--there's nothing in the announcement that says that athletes who can't compete at an event due to country limits are "replaced" with lower-ranked athletes from the SB list.

I assume FRA has not updated to ISU anything despite updating its own website That or Didier is waiting till the last minute so he doesn't have to replace E/N with anyone.

Isn't that standard operating procedure for Didier? Withdraw E/N at the last minute and not use the spot.

 

[kwanfan1818]

sn't that standard operating procedure for Didier? Withdraw E/N at the last minute and not use the spot.

He did that in 2016: they were first listed as a WD on the November 7 grid; IdF started on November 11. In 2017, they got the TBD on the September 19 grid, and they placed 7th.

Last season it was Besseghier who was WD at the last minute and wasn't replaced, and Zijun Li WD from both SA and IdF and wasn't replaced in either.

Hosts aren't required to substitute anyone until the Pairs field drops below 6, the Dance field drops below 8, and/or the singles fields drop below 10.

ETA: Last season, the TBD replacements were on the grids dated September 1-September 19.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

On paper, Didier could give the spot to other French pairs: Mendoza-Kovalev, Keriven-Pierre, or Esbrat-whoever..but it is never going to happen. The French masters are in 6 weeks. That is when he usually tells them not to waste their time and to apply for jobs at Holiday on Ice or the lido...you wouldn't want Didier to invest money in more than one pair. After all, that second pair guy could become olympic champion years later.

 

[misskarne]

Brendan Kerry was added to Russia:
https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...entries-2/17413-men-2018-19-all-6-events/file

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay I was hoping for this!

 

[Orm Irian]

He did that in 2016: they were first listed as a WD on the November 7 grid; IdF started on November 11. In 2017, they got the TBD on the September 19 grid, and they placed 7th.

Last season it was Besseghier who was WD at the last minute and wasn't replaced

To be fair, though, Besseghier's withdrawal wasn't DG playing games - Chafik hadn't fully recovered from his collapsed lung by that point, so it was medically mandated.

 

[kwanfan1818]

To be fair, though, Besseghier's withdrawal wasn't DG playing games - Chafik hadn't fully recovered from his collapsed lung by that point, so it was medically mandated.

The WD was predictable, given how critical lungs are to figure skaters, and it was a host spot, but at least he wasn't screwing with Aymoz's and Ponsart's heads, which is SOP for him.

 

[morqet]

Mansourova/Ceska are out of Finland http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108870.htm, although not updated on the grid yet.

 

[The Accordion]

Ponomarenko vs Bukin!!!! (This has probably happened before but I don't follow juniors so much so...)

 

[SamuraiK]

Ponomarenko vs Bukin!!!! (This has probably happened before but I don't follow juniors so much so...)

I doubt it. Stepanova & Bukin moved to senior in 2013-2014 season long before Carreira & Ponomarenko debuted at JGP. Its good that their parents rivalry was way before my time so I can't feel too old now watching their kids competing against each other

 

[jmtfti]

According to his Instagram, Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson "can't wait for Champs Camp."

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

According to his Instagram, Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson "can't wait for Champs Camp."

YASSSS Thats who I wanted to see!!!!!

I feel like Brian is capable of a lot. Jessica I feel like I hadn't seen her much in the end her previous relationship so Im thrilled to see what these 2 can do.