Dream Olympic Podiums 2 weeks away from the Games

[Holy Headband]

My response is a mix of wishful thinking/imagining other skaters bombing conveniently and me compromising with inevitability (in women's and ice dance particularly):

Men's:

Hanyu
Kagiyama
Kolyada

Women's:

Trusova
Higuchi
Sakamoto

Pairs:

Sui/Han
Boikova/Kozlovskii
Peng/Jin

Ice dance: uh... nothing even remotely realistic would qualify as my 'dream podium,' so I'm going to depart even further from reality here, but...

Papadakis/Cizeron
Stepanova/Bukin
Guignard/Fabbri

 

[Seerek]

I am biased since I am a big fan but I really feel Guignard & Fabbri have been so underrated by judges. Their countrymen Cappelini & Lanotte had absolutely no skating skills at all, particularly her, and had way better results. It would be great to see them finally get their due, although I know that would be a miracle.

Imo, Charlotte and Marco would have definitely won medals in a different era - not that their skating/programs seem overtly "dated" per se, but because what they do better than the other teams ahead of them isn't as valued in IJS vs. 6.0.

 

[moebius]

Team:1. Russia 2. Japan 3. Any team except for US
Ladies: Russian sweep
Men: 1-2 Hanyu or Kolyada 3. Kagiyama or Kondratiuk
Pairs:1-2 Sui/Han or any Russian pair 3. Russian
Dance: 1 P/C 2-3 Russians