I really don't think there will be a Japanese sweep. All the Japanese girls are subject to melt downs especially under pressure. I willJapan, Japan, Japan.
(Really, it could go a whole myriad of ways).
if Tursy throws down a clean quad in her free skate and wins it all. The ladies will be very interesting. Actually, apart from Pap/Ciz winning gold in dance, there's a lot of uncertainty in all the disciplines. Is Hanyu fully recovered? Is Uno (who is also subject to melt downs)? Will Chen be on top of his game? Will the French pair team hold it together? Will the Russians come to play or are they going to go down in flames? Will the Chinese manage (both teams are really shakey)? Will Nikita twizzle and sizzle or will he and Zach try to out do each other in screwing up? Will Bab's team sneak in for a medal? Will DivaChock tell the rest to get out of her way as she 
I'd sacrifice a goat to the skategods beneath the full moon if I thought it could help her get those jumps around.
I'm too shocked/depressed to even have a gay meltdown right now :drama: :fragile:[/QUOTE said:
Let other threads dwell on guilt and misery.
I really feel like she got fecked here. I mean, how much was the overall difference in points at the Cup Final? 1 point? That's basically nothing. The bitching will be endless. I feel like she really could've used some time to work on her teknik and come back stronger next year. But I wish her all the best! Although if the Power of Three arrives roaring next season like they're expected to, who knows if this is the last chance.... so might as well enjoy it now.
The Power of ThreeUgh, poor Liza.
Also, poor Janny if she ends up skating badly in Saitama.
There are all sort of magical qualities associated with the Power of Three. 
Or MacBeth's witches. That's been Eteri's problem all along! She had 1 with Lip, 2 with Zag and Med, and now she's reached the magic triumvirent. Unless, all that magic was used up this season. 
. If you had just left her off the team, we would not be in this debacle now, right? I mean we could have had a nice normal splatfest for Tuk at Russian Nationals, but nooo, we had to have triple axels and a GP win and a GPF medal and pneumonia & no Europeans & big final head-to-head loss by one point and last minute dawdling by the federation and public whining by Med fans sure she would be robbed because she moved to Canada and now . . . Universiade).
Ironically, I think it's possible the Russian Fed has selected a team that is more trainwrecky than if they had selected the team trainwreck member. (This is your fault, @Jeschke , you know
All because someone had to break the rules & put Liza on the team.
& 
great?), but based on how they've actually been skating, this is the least formidable Russian team in a long time.
The Power of Three
and now she's reached the magic triumvirent.
This is nothing compared to the legendary
-Four!
This is for Mishin and for Zag to make all her haterez have to eat crow. Don't care which of the Japanese skaters is 3rd.
Yes. I would pay to see that KnC. Superimposed over Eteri. With Panova standing in the background.Tsareva is the only option!
Could it be that Dave Lease is more reliable that Radio Canada?
She won the Russian Cup Final. How much more escompté can you get than that?
Will DivaChock tell the rest to get out of her way as she
Satoko doesn't melt down. She just underrotates.
Then again, she's won world medals in the past, so maybe I can afford to spare the goats.