My bad - yes, Estonia and Czech Rep are already q, so those countries falls away.
Updating my earlier list:
Updating my earlier men's list:
Shabotova has landed 3As in training and competition (2020 Budapest Trophy), so she can definitely improve upon her PB and potentially challenge for a spot at Nebelhorn.
I see USFS is still persisting with the wording that those are American spots to "confirm".....As expected, Alysa Liu and Vincent Zhou are going to Nebelhorn Trophy - link to USFS' press release today (Aug. 30):
United States to Send Liu, Zhou to Nebelhorn Trophy | U.S. Figure Skating
www.usfigureskating.org
FigureSkatingGeorgia confirmed on their Instagram account on Aug. 31 that Anastasia Gubanova will represent their federation ("Welcome Anastasia Gubanova to #TeamGeorgia!"): https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPGvpBIB3Q/
): http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00110963.htm
They are there now finally!2021 Nebelhorn Trophy initial entries are not yet published (was hoping to see the lists today
Well, how many wishful thinking Olympic season comebacks have we seen in the past that don't go anywhere.
Skate Austria's Instagram post 2 days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTOolYXCyKW/:
However, Skate Austria's post re. their 3 women is worded differently: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTROGyNCaRp/A thrilling neck-and-neck race between our men
Who is going to make his way to Nebelhorn Trophy 2021? @lucmaierhofer or @maurizio.zandronFind out next week at Lombardia Trophy 2021!
Who is going to be lady #2 to representat the Olympic Games 2022?
Find out in the first battle at Lombardia Trophy 2021, where Sophia Schaller (@sophia_schaller_00 ), Stefanie Pesendorfer (@s_pesendorfer ) and Lara Roth (@laranikolaroth ) will skate their hearts out! ⛸
I think there are more, but the partnerships never competed so they aren't worth noting. There's gaps in the years where he was trying out with this partner or that partner, and things just didn't work out.I just looked at Krasnopolski's Wikipedia page and was astonished that he's had just seven partners. It seems like it should be so many more than that.
The Turkish federation held a skateoff for their Olympic qualifying singles spots and the final results were announced today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcPKZXocif/
www.buzpateni.org.tr
I think it's likely both federations will withdraw their non-Olympic entry?
Demirboga is not happy at all with the judging situation and some of the calls based on his social media, so I would think this is a likely case for Turkey
Maierhofer was definitely way below Zandron‘s level so far, so I don’t see a problem there.
Was surprised to see Kuchvalska got the initial mention. Not that I think it makes any difference who they send in the end.
And both of them are entered for Lombardia Trophy this weekend. Kuchvalska is still listed as a substitute for Nebelhorn so I'd say that the Lombardia results will determine who actually skates at Nebelhorn.Maierhofer was definitely way below Zandron‘s level so far, so I don’t see a problem there.
Turkey on the other side. As said in my original post, if both skaters go, this is might get ugly
Was surprised to see Kuchvalska got the initial mention. Not that I think it makes any difference who they send in the end.
Gubanova for Armenia? I read earlier she was going to skate for Georgia. Which one is correct?
Georgia. It was announced on their IG.
I had seen it. In a recent post someone had posted Armenia (See the post I was responding to). That is why I asked that question.
Agreed. ETA that I do recall that -- after the 2021 Worlds decision was made -- he posted he had no problem with Oktar, just the way the federation had handled the situation.Demirboga is not happy at all with the judging situation and some of the calls based on his social media, so I would think this is a likely case for Turkey
My post came after the post you responded to
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Men's entry list was updated today and it now shows Basar Oktar as their qualifying entrant with Burak Demirboga as their non-qualifying entrant. I'm a little surprised the Turkish fed didn't withdraw Demirboga completely but there's still another 2 weeks to let the drama play out.Demirboga is not happy at all with the judging situation and some of the calls based on his social media, so I would think this is a likely case for Turkey
North Korean athletes will be allowed to participate pending individual approval by the IOC. North Korea as a NOC will not be allowed to participate in Beijing in the same way that Russia has been “banned” from the last two Olympics.
That's what I said: North Korea and not North Korean athletes. But there won't be North Korean athletes at the Beijing Games because North Korea will not let them qualify.
I would say that their Pairs team (or any other skaters) aren't likely to be invited by the IOC to attend as independent athletes. Not only did PRK not send them to Nebelhorn to compete, they weren't at Worlds last year and they weren't seen at all during the 2019-20 season. So, they will have been non-existent for what amounts to 2 full seasons. There are other North Korean athletes who could garner an invitation to compete in Beijing but not in figure skating, in most all likelihood. Possibly if there are still 2 open quota spots after the team event is filled out, they might get asked but they're also going to have to show up at some point this fall - there are two Challengers in Asia - Asian Open Trophy, which is the Beijing FS test event, and the Denis Ten Memorial. If PRK sent them to one or both of those and they skated fairly well, sure, there might be an offer made but I'm doubtful they'll appear at any fall comps.
