Thoughts:
-I am curious whether the Shevchenko & Eremenko and Lajoie & Lagha match scheduled for Latvia will really happen. If it does, I think it could be a big deal for whoever wins it.
-I love Avonley Nguyen & think she has grown a bit. She & Kolesnik look like a closer match this season. (They're going to need to hit their twizzles). I think he's quite promising. If I fall in love with this team, that will be the first time I have ever fallen in love with a rematched team in which one of the members was previously part of a team I loved. Jury is out, but the signs are there.
-I was hoping to see a run-off between last year's newbie medalists (the Greens and Khudaberdieva & Nazarov) this JGP season, and I'm a bit bummed that it doesn't look likely we will get it. Still, I think, good odds we'll see both teams at Junior Worlds. Though neither of those Junior Nationals podiums are easy to make.
-Of the young and/or new Canadian teams, I like Makita & Gunara. Especially their rhythm dance & his feel for the tango. Galiyanova & Lochhead look ready.
-Demougeot & Le Mercier are the young French team whom I liked & whose names I couldn't remember at the start of last season. JGP Season #3 now, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they've grown.
-I'm very curious how Ushakova & Nekrasov will follow up their Be Italian number and big climb from 7th at 2017 Russian Junior Nationals to 3rd at Junior Worlds last season. I hope they will do something fun. I dread something soft & flowy. And I expect something different from both.
-I like Gropman & Somerville's FD a lot for them. I'm more worried about their tango, but I do think they really should have a good shot at this podium in Bratislava.
-I am curious whether the Shevchenko & Eremenko and Lajoie & Lagha match scheduled for Latvia will really happen. If it does, I think it could be a big deal for whoever wins it.
-I love Avonley Nguyen & think she has grown a bit. She & Kolesnik look like a closer match this season. (They're going to need to hit their twizzles). I think he's quite promising. If I fall in love with this team, that will be the first time I have ever fallen in love with a rematched team in which one of the members was previously part of a team I loved. Jury is out, but the signs are there.
-I was hoping to see a run-off between last year's newbie medalists (the Greens and Khudaberdieva & Nazarov) this JGP season, and I'm a bit bummed that it doesn't look likely we will get it. Still, I think, good odds we'll see both teams at Junior Worlds. Though neither of those Junior Nationals podiums are easy to make.
-Of the young and/or new Canadian teams, I like Makita & Gunara. Especially their rhythm dance & his feel for the tango. Galiyanova & Lochhead look ready.
-Demougeot & Le Mercier are the young French team whom I liked & whose names I couldn't remember at the start of last season. JGP Season #3 now, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they've grown.
-I'm very curious how Ushakova & Nekrasov will follow up their Be Italian number and big climb from 7th at 2017 Russian Junior Nationals to 3rd at Junior Worlds last season. I hope they will do something fun. I dread something soft & flowy. And I expect something different from both.
-I like Gropman & Somerville's FD a lot for them. I'm more worried about their tango, but I do think they really should have a good shot at this podium in Bratislava.
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