2022 Worlds Podium Poll Pairs

[haribobo]

Well, this is pairs now!

 

[skatingguy]

This will be the most interesting Pairs event for some time - who will hold their nerve to win a World title.

 

[Finnice]

This will be the most interesting Pairs event for some time - who will hold their nerve to win a World title.

It will really be a game of nerves. There are so many I would love to medal when there is an opportunity. I just hope it will be a well-skated competition.

 

[miffy]

I’ve voted for M/K and the 2 US teams but I am hoping Vanessa and Eric make improvements to their levels and do well too - I don’t want to get my hopes up too high.

 

[Fadeevfanboy]

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[Seerek]

Hoping for more Japanese pairs in the next cycle after Miura and Kihara's successes.

 

[Fadeevfanboy]

Honestly the poll results probably say it all. It would be a bit surprising if it wasn't those 3 teams. Cain & Leduc I think are the only 1 of the 3 truly vurnerable to falling off. If either Miura & Kihara and Knierim & Frazier both don't atleast medal in this field it would be a pretty big surprise. Both are reasonably consistent and their scoring gap on everyone else at the Olympics was fairly big. Cain & Leduc I could easily see either winning gold or silver with a great outing, or not medalling at all, but I think they will ultimately just slot into 3rd as expected at the end of the day.

I could see a team like James & Radford surprising if they have a good outing. I think the judges have just been waiting for them to deliver a good skate.

 

[Karen-W]

JamRad are the only team who I could see upsetting the likely podium. While I like Metelkina/Parkman and think that both Georgian teams have a ton of potential, they aren't there yet and their ceiling is lower than JamRad right now. However, JamRad are inconsistent as heck so they could just as easily finish behind both MetPark and WalMich. Who knows?

If we thought there was a big drop off after the Russian/Chinese pairs, there is just as big of a drop off in the overall quality/consistency after the American/Japanese teams.

 

[Excidra]

I believe this is James and Radford's world title to lose. With their experience there is no reason, besides that they are a fairly new team, why they are struggling with the levels and scoring with in the range of skaters who are not in their league.

They need to keep their nerves and check, produce a clean skate with good levels and I think they can win this with some minor mistakes from the top teams.

Will MT/M be skating at worlds?

 

[briancoogaert]

I really hope Miura and Kihara can win, at least a medal. They were my favorite moment from the Olympics.

 

[Frau Muller]

Where’s Krasnopolsky in this poll?

Kops/Krasnopolsky for Top 10…TWO spots at next Worlds!

 

[zigzig]

Where’s Krasnopolsky in this poll?

Kops/Krasnopolsky for Top 10…TWO spots at next Worlds!

Then Samohin should take up pairs cuz he's hot and we need to see more of him.

 

[caseyedwards]

When worlds has a cup of nice winner

 

[Vagabond]

The door is wide open for Jones & Boyadji.