The USFS adhered pretty strictly to Nats results in every discipline except women.
Well, Coupe de Printemps entries aren't due until next week, I think, so they could send her out to that.
The only logical reason I can think of is Team Envelope Funding for next season. Due to their 4th at Nats they're in B1 whereas Pate/Bye and Zingas/Kolesnik are in B2 due to their 5th & 6th place finishes. Absolutely no one has their envelope changed by these alternate selections.
FWIW USFS updated their international assignments page yesterday and Challenge Cup is back on there, so somebody must be going. This would be a better fit for team Malinina/Skorniakov to take Sarah Everhardt and Lucius Kazanecki since Coupe de Printemps is a week before worlds, when presumably both parents would prefer to be in the US focusing on Ilia. Hopefully we'll find out soon from either the Challenge Cup organizers or USFS.
Uhm, yeah... there's an updated list from Jan 31 - still no US skaters - Martins/Bedard are listed as Res 2 in Pairs.
I think they're hoping or expecting that there will be a couple of withdrawals that will move the teams listed as reserves up to be able to compete.
Hey! Just want to chime in and say you’re absolutely wrong. A lot of top level skaters do read this forum and negative comments do effect people. Not that you would care ?
Oh, you are correct. I do not care if anything I say here bothers top level skaters. They read public forums by their own choice and if what they read affects them then that is the risk they are taking. They need to own that choice as much as I own my words and determine whether or not the risk of reading a public forum is worth the toll it may or may not take on their mental health.
And I’m saying that’s not true, at least from my own experience the things said at rinks do not compare to these forums ? and I also disagree with the sentiment that just because it’s an online skating forum it excuses some of the mean things said about skaters and their accomplishments.
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and others who do have plenty of rink life experience have stated otherwise. Just because you haven't experienced doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Fair point. Skaters should steer clear of these forums but it can be hard when the whole sport is about being judged on people’s opinions?
But, really, if a skater wants or needs validation for their accomplishments then they can go find their fan thread over in The Trash Can. If there isn't one, they can start it and go from there.
luckily none of it is being judged by our opinions we're just cranky old people who spend too much time obsessing over blades attached to people's feet
Same! I might even become a fan (if I wasn't already).
Oh, they do, just not here.
I don't doubt that, it's just that bulletin boards are so old school and for a young(er) person to wander on here and be like "I'm going to use this archaic technology just to talk up myself" it's just so funny to me (although there is some discussion to be had about whether we should be returning to board models as opposed to using places like discord as a database but that's something else entirely)
