Dang.
No Peng/Wang.
Apart from social media rumors, do we have any confirmation of this?
Zhang/Jia, I would guess.
They're already assigned as a host spot. CFSA updated & assigned all of their TBD host spots after the Interclub Comp last month.
Huh. Then I really don't know, because I don't even know who can compete in their places. Unless Wang/Zhu stage a miracle recovery, I guess.
No one. There is no third senior team right now. Only two senior eligible teams competed at COC selection.
Just pick someone off the alternates list I guess?
That's what I would have thought, but Karen seems to be saying that this spot can't be (easily?) assigned to someone who isn't a Chinese pair - because it was originally assigned to a pair who weren't seeded and weren't invited.
Don't count on it, I expect them to just quietly remove Peng/Wang from their assignments and that's it. We also didn't get any official announcement when Peng/Jin split. It just came to be known when Peng/Wang became a thing.
Right - they can still remove Peng/Wang from the entries ASAP, if it'd be enough. That particular thing is in CFSA's control, even if the split is not.
Yup.
Well, there is plenty of time, to be fair, to remove them from both of their GPs, but if they haven't removed them by the weekend before SkAm then the CFSA and Peng/Wang are still broken up then that's when, as a general pairs fan, I'd get pissed at the CFSA for denying another pairs team that spot.
to me. Like, just do this season for your country？Just two competitions at the very end after you've tried to recover from injury? Seems rather obvious to me, it doesn't even need to be a "China can and should force them because it's a dictatorship" deal for me.
Yeah, the CFSA doesn't have the best track record on that front, for sure.
This whole situation seems very bizarre to me. Do we know what caused the split? Is it something spat between them or was the inter-personal part of their relationship always an issue that would, inevitably, lead to a team breakup?Also, IMO P/W dropping the season is just kind of
And if I'm feeling like that, I would guess they're going to get cnetz backlash for sure, especially since they've already spent money on program choreography. I'm sure there's a lot of attempts at persuasion and blame game going on behind the scenes, because of that money.
Eh, we won't know for sure. All we know is that they were saying they would go to the Olympics. And now, apparently, they won't.
Eeesh. If they're out then that definitely affects the ability of China to qualify for the TE. Zhang/Huang are a good team but that's a tough ask to nab one of the 3 spots available at the Olympic qualifier. It would be a lot easier if the CFSA can convince Peng/Wang to compete this season - even if only at Worlds - and earn the spot outright. It can go to any age-eligible Chinese team (like Zhang/Huang) if Peng/Wang are determined to end the partnership but getting the spot is critical.
Loved her. I will grudgingly withdraw my griping that she got two JGP events and Shiqi Gao only got one, but I reserve the right to get mad on Shiqi's behalf again, if any of the other girls who took spots do badly.
China was only going to have 2 spots except for swooping in to offer to host the 7th GP after France WD. It's unfortunate because it meant that only 1 skater was going to get 2 spots, but it's also China's own doing for skipping Jr Worlds.
Ohh, yeah, the other spots are all at the same event, aren't they! OK, OK, fine, I guess I can't be mad at all! Except at the Chinese fed for screwing their spot count.
As far as I am aware the only person who publicly commented at the time about having any visa issues is the Chinese photographer Mao Yanzheng. I recall seeing an IG or Xwitter post from Mao asking if anyone could assist as he had already been credentialed by the ISU but was having trouble obtaining a visa. Ultimately, he did not get a visa and did not go to Jr Worlds - which is a shame because I enjoy his photos.
It is, and given how much ISU has started to pander to CFSA, I really doubt they'd have let them be denied visas. It's an annoying rumour.
