Skate to Milano OWG Qualifier - Men - September edition

[Karen-W]

Well, we are here at last! The week of the OQE is upon us!

There are 5 men's spots up for grabs in Beijing. Which 5 skaters will earn spots for their countries? Quite a few of the skaters competing have at least one international competition this season under the belts, so I'm including those scores.

AIN RUS - Petr Gumennik
AIN BLR - Yauhenii Puzanau
ARM - Semen Daniliants - 187.48 CS Cranberry Cup
AUS - Douglas Gerber - 170.16 Asian Open FS Trophy
AUT - Maurizio Zandron - 208.70 Robin Cousins Cup
CRO - Jari Kessler
CZE - Georgii Reshtenko
ECU - Gabriel Martinez
FIN - Valtter Virtanen - 172.03 Robin Cousins Cup
FRA - Francois Pitot - 230.80 French Masters*
GBR - Edward Appleby
GER - Genrikh Gartung - 210.01 JGP Riga
HKG - Jarvis Ho - 180.17 Asian Open FS Trophy; 157.78 JGP Ankara
HUN - Aleksandr Vlasenko
IRL - Dillon Judge
ISR - Tamir Kuperman - 211.87 CS Cranberry Cup
KAZ - Dias Jirenbayev - 178.67 Asian Open FS Trophy
KOR - Hyungyeom Kim - 215.14 Asian Open FS Trophy
MAS - Ze Ze Fang - 156.92 Asian Open FS Trophy
MEX - Donovan Carrillo - 208.51 CS Cranberry Cup
MON - Davide Lewton Brain - 210.81 French Masters*
PHI - Paolo Borromeo - 140.51 Asian Open FS Trophy
POR - David Gouveia
PRK - Yong Myong Ro
TPE - Yu-Hsiang Li - 194.34 Asian Open FS Trophy
TUR - Burak Demirboga
UKR - Kyrylo Marsak - 223.20 CS Lombardia Trophy
* = domestic competition

 

[Karen-W]

Well, no one guessed correctly the 5 men who earned Olympic spots here - Petr Gumennik, Hyungyeom Kim, Donovan Carrillo, Kyrylo Marsak and Yu-Hsiang Li (Other option in the poll)!

Five people did correctly predict 4 -
@Sabine-Yuna (didn't select Kim)
@somechick, @floridaice, @AngieNikodinovLove (ANL) & @Rukia (didn't select Other)

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Well, no one guessed correctly the 5 men who earned Olympic spots here - Petr Gumennik, Hyungyeom Kim, Donovan Carrillo, Kyrylo Marsak and Yu-Hsiang Li (Other option in the poll)!

Five people did correctly predict 4 -
@Sabine-Yuna (didn't select Kim)
@somechick, @floridaice, @AngieNikodinovLove (ANL) & @Rukia (didn't select Other)

The way Francois has been skating, I knew not to select him.

 

[Rukia]

Well, no one guessed correctly the 5 men who earned Olympic spots here - Petr Gumennik, Hyungyeom Kim, Donovan Carrillo, Kyrylo Marsak and Yu-Hsiang Li (Other option in the poll)!

Five people did correctly predict 4 -
@Sabine-Yuna (didn't select Kim)
@somechick, @floridaice, @AngieNikodinovLove (ANL) & @Rukia (didn't select Other)

Davide made a good try of it i feel justified in my choice

 

[Karen-W]

Davide made a good try of it i feel justified in my choice

You and @floridaice would have been the only ones to have correctly guessed the 5 lucky guys had Davide not biffed that closing spin.

 

[Jonas]

There've been some quads up in here, but none of them ultimately made it to Cortina.

Ouch for Reshtenko -- so close! I probably would've given it to him based on the strength of his quads. Still, I hope that the progress he's made pushes him for the rest of this season!

Some of the guys here who nailed some quads, but didn't punch tix to Cortina are junior age eligible and can make Jr. Worlds quite interesting! Gartung, in particular and IMO, can make some heavy splashes! Hopefully, he can make the quick pivot to focus on his next Jr. Grand Prix assignment and qualify for the Final.

I don't see Tamir Kuperman slated for any of the remaining Jr. Grand Prix, which is kinda a shame since I think he would benefit from additional mileage in this environment.

Your thoughts...