2020 Worlds Dance Podium Poll

Who will podium?


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I hope Papadakis & Cizeron will redeem themselves and get back on track to their usual excellence. If so, the competition is open for the silver medal. I see Sinitsina & Katsalapov capitalizing their upset on the French at the Europeans to build momentum as the unexpected favorite team in the 2020 WC. Gilles & Poirier and Stepanova & Bukin are the other pairings that I enjoy the most and have good chances to medal too.
 
Alot will depend on what happens at 4cc , am i that confident that chock and bates will medal no, a gpf medal doesn`t guarantee placement at worlds and gilles and poirier are skating at home.
 
Papadakis/Cizeron, Sinitsina/Katsalapov, Chock/Bates are the favorites imo.

It may be in Canada but Gilles/Poirier were still being scored like a second-tier team at GPF and I don't know if skating at home will really help. I think they can make top 5 but I'm not sure about the podium.
Hubbell/Donohue have completely screwed themselves over.
Stepanova/Bukin have the least stand out qualities of the GPF teams and even though their programs are good they don't stand out as much compared to the others.
 
Papadakis/Cizeron, Sinitsina/Katsalapov, Chock/Bates are the favorites imo.

It may be in Canada but Gilles/Poirier were still being scored like a second-tier team at GPF and I don't know if skating at home will really help. I think they can make top 5 but I'm not sure about the podium.
Hubbell/Donohue have completely screwed themselves over.
Stepanova/Bukin have the least stand out qualities of the GPF teams and even though their programs are good they don't stand out as much compared to the others.
S&K finished last there all G&P need is a surprise victory at 4cc ala S&K and all the momentum will be on there side plus the tech controller at gpf was Shawn Rettstatt american.
 
S&K finished last there all G&P need is a surprise victory at 4cc ala S&K and all the momentum will be on there side plus the tech controller at gpf was Shawn Rettstatt american.

S&K finished last there because of the slide "fall".
G/P finished almost 2 points behind everyone else in the RD with no major errors and similar levels. They had the joint highest FD base value with P/C and C/B, who both hit 70+ TES, yet they got 68 and were beaten by H/D with multiple lower levels. Their PCS was significantly lower than the other 5 teams in both programs, even skating skills where S/B should clearly score the lowest. I don't agree with it, but it's clear international judges aren't getting behind them as a top-tier team. And C/B having a surprise win at 4CC last year did not help them at all at worlds, really.

With how much international judges love C/B's FD, its gonna take some serious errors to stop them from winning 4CC.
 
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S&K finished last there because of the slide "fall".
G/P finished almost 2 points behind everyone else in the RD with no major errors and similar levels. They had the joint highest FD base value with P/C and C/B, who both hit 70+ TES, yet they got 68 and were beaten by H/D with multiple lower levels. Their PCS was significantly lower than the other 5 teams in both programs, even skating skills where S/B should clearly score the lowest. I don't agree with it, but it's clear international judges aren't getting behind them as a top-tier team. And C/B having a surprise win at 4CC last year did not help them at all at worlds, really.

With how much international judges love C/B's FD, its gonna take some serious errors to stop them from winning 4CC.
Different events, Panels we will see i still think they will Medal having worlds in a big federation country always boosts scoring just going by historical patterns. Don`t forget G&P were not even national champions yet at the final i feel alot of the scoring there was based on reputation and major errors were not sanctionned ala P&C in the rd.
 
S&K finished last there because of the slide "fall".
G/P finished almost 2 points behind everyone else in the RD with no major errors and similar levels. They had the joint highest FD base value with P/C and C/B, who both hit 70+ TES, yet they got 68 and were beaten by H/D with multiple lower levels. Their PCS was significantly lower than the other 5 teams in both programs, even skating skills where S/B should clearly score the lowest. I don't agree with it, but it's clear international judges aren't getting behind them as a top-tier team. And C/B having a surprise win at 4CC last year did not help them at all at worlds, really.

With how much international judges love C/B's FD, its gonna take some serious errors to stop them from winning 4CC.
Yeah its clear the rd has always been a main weakness for G&P , getting the key points especially they need avery strong rd at 4cc to make things interesting in the fd.
 
The top 6th teams will be close after the RD like last year WC and this year GPF. I think we will have 1.P/C 2.C/B 3.G/P

C/B : their free is well received everywhere. High marks for their free at COC against S/K and GPF.
G/P : WC are in canada and they are skating to Joni Mitchell. They were close to S/K fd score in Russia so their free could get them the bronze. They are Canada best chance for a medal like Pechalat and Bourzat were for France in 2012.

i wonder what team won't be in the last group : S/B? H/D? I don't know.
 
The top 6th teams will be close after the RD like last year WC and this year GPF. I think we will have 1.P/C 2.C/B 3.G/P

C/B : their free is well received everywhere. High marks for their free at COC against S/K and GPF.
G/P : WC are in canada and they are skating to Joni Mitchell. They were close to S/K fd score in Russia so their free could get them the bronze. They are Canada best chance for a medal like Pechalat and Bourzat were for France in 2012.

i wonder what team won't be in the last group : S/B? H/D? I don't know.
Though I’d happy with that top three, it’s difficult not to picture S/K being on the programme. I think H/D maybe pushed out of the top 5, I still appreciate their skating as but their material this year hasn’t done a lot to help them move ahead.
 
I think S/B is the most likely candidate to get pushed out of the top 5 at the moment (weakest skating skills and no stand out programs), but it depends on what happens at 4CC. I still think H/D could beat G/P there despite the crap programs.
 
the fact that s&b and H&D are now the number 2 team in their country doesn`t help them , one of the 2 will be pushed out of the final group, my guess is S&b worlds in north america won`t help russia number 2.
 
H/D are so many light years ahead of G/P in skating skills that despite their crap programs, they're not going to lose to them barring a major error (which Zach is always capable of, however.) S/B have some politikal clout plus their programs are both quite good this year. G/P finishes 7th at Worlds behind G/F unless something really interesting happens politically behind the scenes, and given Canada's current weaknesses in the other disciplines, they don't have a lot to trade.
 
G/P have a higher SB than G/F -- not miles higher, but still higher -- so that's not quite a foregone conclusion.
 
H/D are so many light years ahead of G/P in skating skills that despite their crap programs, they're not going to lose to them barring a major error (which Zach is always capable of, however.) S/B have some politikal clout plus their programs are both quite good this year. G/P finishes 7th at Worlds behind G/F unless something really interesting happens politically behind the scenes, and given Canada's current weaknesses in the other disciplines, they don't have a lot to trade.
Italy doesn`t have a judge at worlds though.
 
G/P have a higher SB than G/F -- not miles higher, but still higher -- so that's not quite a foregone conclusion.

Wasn't that from Skate Canada? Deduct a few points for homerism (same goes for any team skating at their host GP.)
 
True, but their Rostelecom score was also a little higher than G/F's SB. I'm not saying it's definite they'll beat them. But with a really good skate at a home Worlds, they could make things interesting!
 

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