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June is almost here, so, in preparation and impatient anticipation, if the GP selection rules remain the same for 2018-19 as in last season then:
1. Guaranteed two: From 2018 Worlds, Singles 1-12, Pairs and Dance 1-10, with skaters/teams moving up for vacancies (retirements and not skating GP)
2. Guaranteed one: SB Top 24 and WS Top 24 not already guaranteed two
3. "Priority consideration" for two: Comeback skaters/teams 1-6 at Worlds in the last ten years (2009-2018 Worlds).
4. "May be considered" for another non-host choice: Comeback skaters/teams and split couples 7-12 at 2016 or 2017or 2018 Worlds
5. "Included in the process" age-eligible Jr. Worlds medalists and JGPF winners.
Reminder: No one moves up the SB list because of retirements, skaters who aren't age-eligible for seniors, etc. People can move up the WS list, but the skater/team has to be removed from the list by request of the Fed, and that has been rare in recent memory.
The GP Announcement omits the rules for split couples who placed 1-6 with a different partner, so it isn't clear whether it's within the last ten or two or some other number of prior championships, and it's also not clear whether this applies to skaters who've had more than one partner since the split. For example, does Mervin Tran, who placed 3rd at 2012 Worlds with Takahashi -- three partners ago, within the last ten Worlds -- qualify as a split couple with a new partner?
Except for a few educated guesses -- like if Savchenko is coaching in Obertsdorf and Chicago, and Massot is coaching in France, when skaters announce that their next year is full and they are taking all of the opportunities, etc. etc. (Rippon, the Shibs), Fernandez saying he might come back for Euros -- I've tried to stick to official announcements and/or Jackie Wong's site, so, yes, there may be retired skaters among the ones listed. And for comeback skaters, Czisny and Flatt and Rochette, etc. would qualify technically, but I'm not there.
For those guaranteed two, if someone else does retire or decide to skip GP, other skaters teams replace them, and there will be bump-ups into the higher selection groups.
So here is the outline at this time:
Ladies:
Guaranteed two from Worlds:
Guaranteed one from Top 24 SB:
ETA:
Next in line (not Top 24 WS): Shiwaira (26), Kihara (27), Samodurova (29) -- both have skated only junior internationally to date -- Leonova (30), Sakhanovich (32), Lim (34)
Guaranteed one from Top 24 WS:
As if.
1. Guaranteed two: From 2018 Worlds, Singles 1-12, Pairs and Dance 1-10, with skaters/teams moving up for vacancies (retirements and not skating GP)
2. Guaranteed one: SB Top 24 and WS Top 24 not already guaranteed two
3. "Priority consideration" for two: Comeback skaters/teams 1-6 at Worlds in the last ten years (2009-2018 Worlds).
4. "May be considered" for another non-host choice: Comeback skaters/teams and split couples 7-12 at 2016 or 2017
5. "Included in the process" age-eligible Jr. Worlds medalists and JGPF winners.
Reminder: No one moves up the SB list because of retirements, skaters who aren't age-eligible for seniors, etc. People can move up the WS list, but the skater/team has to be removed from the list by request of the Fed, and that has been rare in recent memory.
The GP Announcement omits the rules for split couples who placed 1-6 with a different partner, so it isn't clear whether it's within the last ten or two or some other number of prior championships, and it's also not clear whether this applies to skaters who've had more than one partner since the split. For example, does Mervin Tran, who placed 3rd at 2012 Worlds with Takahashi -- three partners ago, within the last ten Worlds -- qualify as a split couple with a new partner?
Except for a few educated guesses -- like if Savchenko is coaching in Obertsdorf and Chicago, and Massot is coaching in France, when skaters announce that their next year is full and they are taking all of the opportunities, etc. etc. (Rippon, the Shibs), Fernandez saying he might come back for Euros -- I've tried to stick to official announcements and/or Jackie Wong's site, so, yes, there may be retired skaters among the ones listed. And for comeback skaters, Czisny and Flatt and Rochette, etc. would qualify technically, but I'm not there.
For those guaranteed two, if someone else does retire or decide to skip GP, other skaters teams replace them, and there will be bump-ups into the higher selection groups.
So here is the outline at this time:
Ladies:
Guaranteed two from Worlds:
- Selection Group 1:
- 1-Kaetlyn OSMOND (CAN)
- 2-Wakaba HIGUCHI (JPN)
- 3-Satoko MIYAHARA (JPN)
- Selection Group 2:
- 4-Carolina KOSTNER (ITA)
- 5-Alina ZAGITOVA (RUS)
- 6-Bradie TENNELL (USA)
- Selection Group 3:
- 7-Gabrielle DALEMAN (CAN)
- 8-Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS)
- 9-Loena HENDRICKX (BEL)
- Selection Group 4:
- 10-Mirai NAGASU (USA)
- 11-Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA (KAZ)
- 12-Mariah BELL (USA)
Guaranteed one from Top 24 SB:
- 2-Evgenia MEDVEDEVA (RUS)
- 9-Kaori SAKAMOTO (JPN)
- 10-Mai MIHARA (JPN)
- 11-Polina TSURSKAYA (RUS)
- 13-Elena RADIONOVA (RUS)
- 16-Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA (RUS)
- 18-Dabin CHOI (KOR)
- 19-Marin HONDA (JPN)
- 21-Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA (RUS)
- 22-Daria PANENKOVA (RUS) (newly age-eligible)
- 23-Yura MATSUDA (JPN)
- 24-Mako YAMASHITA (JPN) (newly age-eligible)
ETA:
Next in line (not Top 24 WS): Shiwaira (26), Kihara (27), Samodurova (29) -- both have skated only junior internationally to date -- Leonova (30), Sakhanovich (32), Lim (34)
Guaranteed one from Top 24 WS:
- 12-Karen CHEN (USA)
- 17-Rika HONGO (JPN)
- 20-Nicole SCHOTT (GER)
- 24-Nicole RAJICOVA (SVK)
- Gracie Gold (Top 6 last 10 years)
As if.
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