M/K train in Oakville, ON and may be there now? ETA: I've heard Miura/Kihara are in the U.S. right now and hoping to be able to cross the border to Canada for ACI.
Oh, I know. I'm just being salty over the fact that they made Satoko withdraw from the women's event.
Maybe she still has trouble entering Canada and/or there are quarantine requirements? I'm not familiar with that though.
They were always going to have pairs, I believe. But the pairs was going to be just a senior B, not part of the Challenger. Like Lombardia is doing. But now it seems like the pairs has been added to the CS event.
Bossman, I think that means you. You are the small audience. Now get on the phone to the organizers & get your ticket.So dear organizers, can you finally give some details about audience?
ETA: Small audience contingent allowed - whatever that means
Her best bet is probably that the pair can make it and qualify them for the team event. The individual seems like a big reach for Mazzara at this point, at least based on what she looked like at WTT.I feel sorry for MBM. She's just now back on the ice and I fear for France getting an Olympic spot.
I don't have much confidence that France will earn an Olympic spot in the women's event.I feel sorry for MBM. She's just now back on the ice and I fear for France getting an Olympic spot.
I don't even think it's possible to handicap the pairs field at Nebelhorn trying for those 3 precious spots. There are way too many unknowns in that field - only one full team that finished ahead of Hamon/Strekalin are currently listed for Nebelhorn (another team is listed as a sub), then we have the Ukrainians (8th at Jr Worlds 3 years ago) who had to withdraw from Worlds due to a positive C19 test right before they left Kiev, the Chinese team (8th at Jr Worlds 2 years ago) who weren't sent to Stockholm, Jones/Boyadji who had less than a month of ice time prior to Worlds and have skated far better in the past, Barquero/Zandron who were too new to be ready for Worlds last season, etc.
If Liu doesn't win Nebelhorn running away, then there's something very wrong in the world. I don't know why anyone really believed Tursy was coming back, even if she was given an initial GP assignment to Rostelecom Cup. I said it when the GP assignments came out and it bears repeating - she'll withdraw and Russia will then toss the assignment out to some random skater who won't challenge their ladies - maybe Gubanova since Urushadze is on the JGP this season.
Still, Kurakova and Safonova are established Senior Women, and while it would be nice to see Liu win, I wouldn't be wrecked if she didn't. I just want an Olympic qualifying result - think preliminaries of Track & Field at the Olympics (but of course a set of great performances would be most welcome). Then again, there is no evidence that either one of them or Paganini for that matter are any more / less consistent. Liu could win. Besides these 4 ladies, are there any other Olympic Q participants who might be a threat? I honestly don't see any ...
I've listed all the Olympic qualifying initial entries here (relevant discussion thread in GSD
): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...es-pairs-ice-dance.108202/page-5#post-6047040
Thanks. Used my brain and found it in the meantime.
Kolyada and Semenenko aren't eligible since they made the FS at Worlds. So, yeah, they listed all of their men who can go as substitutes.
Sadovsky did not get the assignment by default. He has been skating well in training, at his monitoring sessions and also at camp, which is why he was selected. Nam is injured? I asked someone who was at camp and they said he was fine there but unfortunately he did not skate well.
I said "word is" - that was the rumor floating around the Canadian men's thread prior to the HPC. It was all based on speculations from people monitoring his social media (ridiculous as the Nathan Chen spec has been, TBH).
Damn. I was so stoked after reading in another thread that Aliev got the assignment, thinking he must be doing really well so far this season and he's getting some love from the RUS fed, but I think you're right.
France does not have one if you are vaccinated or can show a negative test.
he might very well be. St. Petersburg has had their own mini test skate. We'll see this weekend.
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I don't think, they will change their approach:So dear organizers, can you finally give some details about audience?
ETA: Small audience contingent allowed - whatever that means
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