LADIES PREDICTIONS:
Gold—Satoko Miyahara (JPN)
Silver—Gracie Gold (USA
Bronze—Kanako
Murakami (JPN)
Dark Horse: Polina
Edmunds (USA
I know I might be on a pretty big limb with this one, but to
me, Miyahara’s got the best programs and the most consistent elements of the
bunch. (Also because the Russian athlete-of-the-week is veteran Alena Leonova,
and based on what I’ve seen of her this season I don’t see her having a shot at
this event.)
MEN PREDICTIONS
Gold—Takahito Mura (JPN)
Silver—Sergei Voronov
(RUS)
Bronze—Jeremy Abbott
(USA
Dark Horse: Yuzuru
Hanyu (JPN)
Last week I predicted a Japanese man and a Russian man would
go 1-2, and the results were actually the opposite. So what do I do this time?
Go with the Japanese man, naturally. Am I just a slow learner? We shall see. As
for head-wounded Hanyu, I really
don’t want him to skate at all. Even if he happens to do well, I am not
convinced that he is doing well for himself in the long-term.
PAIR PREDICTIONS
Gold—Kavaguti/Smirnov
(RUS)
Silver—Duhamel/Radford
(CAN)
Bronze—Yu/Jin (CHN)
Dark Horse: Bazarova/Deputat
(RUS)
Throw Quad SHOWDOWN!! For the first time this season, two
teams are likely to attempt throw quad salchows. They are the top two teams on
my list... but more than the complex elements, Kav/Smir and Duh/Rad are two
veteran teams with programs as interesting as they are. Hard to see anyone else
getting near the top in this field.
DANCE PREDICTIONS
Gold—Weaver/Poje (CAN)
Silver—Sinitsina/Katsalapov
(RUS)
Bronze—Coomes/Buckland
(GBR)
Dark Horse: Monko/Khaliavin
(RUS)
While I’m still on the fence regarding this year’s Vivaldi
FD, Wea/Po is the crème de la crème here no matter what they’re skating to. But
I’m also hoping Coomes/Buckland will pull down their second consecutive medal,
as this season’s programs indicate real progress for them!
Looks like this week’s Twitter hashtag is #NHKTrophy...
follow that thread when things kick off at 12:45AM
tonight (technically Friday morning). Or you can just follow me (@KLBSt8ofSk8)!
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