Rostelecom Cup of Russia
predictions are here! Please note that I’ve added some chatter about making it
to the GP Final in lieu of my regular notes...
And for the CoR timetable, click here.
LADIES:
Gold- Julia
Lipnitskaia, RUS
Silver- Carolina
Kostner, ITA
Bronze- Elizaveta
Tuktamysheva, RUS
Dark Horse: Kanako
Murakami, JPN
Who’s at the Final for
sure: Asada, Wagner, Pogorilaya, and Sotnikova
Who’s on the bubble: Radionova,
Suzuki
To get to the Final: Lipnitskaia
gets there for SURE if she’s anywhere on the podium here. Kostner, Tuktamysheva
and Murakami can only get there for SURE if they win. (Getting silver would put
each of them at 24 points for the season along with Elena Radionova and Akiko
Suzuki, so tiebreakers would come into play.)
MEN:
Gold- Maxim Kovtun,
RUS
Silver- Javier
Fernandez, ESP
Bronze- Tatsuki Machida
Dark Horse: Honestly,
with so many withdrawals from this event (Plushenko, Joubert, Reynolds)... I
can’t find one.
Who’s at the Final for
sure: Chan, Hanyu
Who’s on the bubble: Takahashi,
Yan, Oda, Rippon
To get to the Final: Kovtun
gets there if he gets anywhere on the podium... Machida
gets there if he finishes 4th or higher... if Fernandez (or Richard Dornbush or Joshua Farris for that matter) WINS, it
would put him on the 22-point bubble with Rippon, but numerous other things
would have to fall into place for him to get there. In other words, it’s still
mathematically possible for these three but not very likely.
PAIRS:
Gold- Savchenko/Szolkowy,
GER
Silver- Moore-Towers/Moscovitch,
CAN
Bronze- Bazarova/Larionov,
RUS
Dark Horse: Scimeca/Knierim,
USA
Who’s at the Final
for sure: Volosozhar/Trankov, Pang/Tong
Who’s on the bubble: Duhamel/Radford,
Peng/Zhang, Sui/Han, Berton/Hotarek
To get to the Final: Savchenko/Szolkowy
need to finish 4th or higher... Moore-Towers/Moscovitch need to
finish on the podium... Bazarova/Larionov have a chance if they finish on the podium, but it’s another case of
other-things-needing-to-happen-as-well.
DANCE:
Gold- Bobrova/Soloviev,
RUS
Silver- Weaver/Poje,
CAN
Bronze- Riazanova/Tkachenko,
RUS
Dark Horses: Chock/Bates,
USA
Who’s at the Final
for sure: Davis/White, Virtue/Moir, Pechalat/Bourzat, Cappellini/Lanotte
Who’s on the bubble: Ilinykh/Katsalapov,
Shibutani/Shibutani
To get to the Final: Both
Weaver/Poje and Bobrova/Soloviev need to finish somewhere on the podium...
Chock/Bates have an outside chance if they win bronze and a better shot if they
finish higher than that (seems very unlikely given their competition, though).
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