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is harder to win, or carries more prestige?
Outside of Yuri on Ice, Worlds.
Let's put it this way: had V/M retired after 2014, their career would still have been considered pretty amazing even without a GPF title. Not winning Worlds would have been a much bigger deal.
I should have used a different example. Okay, then: Javi never won a GPF.
How is this even a question? The GPF is what we watch to pass the time before the real season begins.
Is the GPF a big deal in that stupid anime or something?
I am pretty sure Alissa Cziny would have taken the world bronze over the GPF win....It depends which medal. I would take a world gold over a GPF gold, but a GPF gold over a world silver, and for sure a GPF gold over a world bronze.
Skate Canadais harder to win, or carries more prestige?
Def Worlds esp. after this GP season where we have a sea of mediocrity in ladies skating, with lackluster performances, limited skating skills and of course those URs. Kind of a ''I don't want it, you take it'' season, imho.
Worlds is absolutely more prestigious, but the GPF is also big deal now, mostly because the men have made it so over the past four years (especially 2015–2016 GPF, which was an event for the ages).
I dunno, I disagree. I'm enjoying this season quite a bit. There have been some crappy performances (as always) but at the same time there has been some really great skating from the ladies this season.
Satoko has been amazing! Her programs are stunning and she's been skating stronger than last year...Elizaveta has re-reemerged as a gold medal threat complete with the 3A and upgraded content...We've had a number of amazing newbies come in and shake everything up with medal finishes in their first senior GP season (Rika Kihira, Sofia Samodurova, Eunsoo Lim) and two made the Final... Evgenia hasn't been skating well but she's continuing on which is exciting.... And despite Alina's minor struggles here and there, she's maintaining her position at the top of the sport. It should be noted that this is the first time in at least 20 years an Olympic gold medalist in this discipline has continued to compete full-time after winning--a few skaters came back to do a small comp/nats/worlds once or twice but I can't recall the last time a ladies' OGM came back to competing full-time.
Of course when you look at the skaters not on the senior level things get even more interesting. For Russia, the battle of Eteri's Triple A Squad (Alexandra, Anna, Alena) has been incredible; and for the U.S. there is Alysa Liu's strong season and technical content. All of these younger skaters will likely have a huge impact on their national results.
There have been some dud competitions but overall, I'm impressed with this season and excited to see how the second half will play out.
I am pretty sure Alissa Cziny would have taken the world bronze over the GPF win....