Skate to Milano OWG Qualifier - Pairs - September edition

[Karen-W]

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

There are 3 pairs spots up for grabs in Beijing + 1 spot likely to be or possibly already relinquished by UZB. Which 4 teams will earn spots for their countries? All of the teams competing have at least one international competition this season under the belts (except Les Kovs, who competed at French Masters last month), so I'm including those scores.

ARM - Akopova/Rakhmanin - 174.84 - CS John Nicks IPC
AUT - Schaller/Mayr - 153.37 - CS John Nicks IPC
CHN - Zhang/Huang - 190.23 - Asian Open FS Trophy
CZE - Valesi/Bidar - 170.57 - Lombardia Trophy
FRA - Kovalev/Kovalev - 178.34 - French Masters*
ISL - Gunnarsdottir/Piazza - 158.91 - Lombardia Trophy
JPN - Nagaoka/Moriguchi - 192.77 - CS Kinoshita Group Cup
PHI - Gamez/Korovin - 141.14 - CS Kinoshita Group Cup and 143.49 Asian Open FS Trophy
PRK - Ryom/Han - 151.14 - Asian Open FS Trophy
UKR - Holichenko/Darenskyi - 135.77 - Lombardia Trophy
USA - Shin/Nagy - 165.76 - CS John Nicks IPC and 170.77 Glacier Falls NQS*
* = domestic competition