Helsinki Hopefuls: 2017 World Figure Skating Predictions, Part 3 (Ice Dance)

LAST YEAR’S TOP 10 DANCE TEAMS, IN ORDER:

Papadakis/Cizeron, Shibutanis, Chock/Bates, Cappellini/Lanotte, Weaver/Poje, Hubbell/Donohue, Coomes/Buckland, Gilles/Poirier, Sinitsina/Katsalapov, Guignard/Fabbri

(Two teams from this list are not at Worlds this year—Coomes/Buckland due to Penny’s continuing recovery from a shattered kneecap, and Sin/Kat because Bobrova/Soloviev’s return to the team & resulting success apparently bumped Sin/Kat from contention.)

What about 2017?

Since it’s ice dance, and I don’t have the skills to predict this like others can, I’m simply going to take what I know from this season & last season… work 3 “new” teams into the mix… and offer up this list without any further explanation. Enjoy:

GOLD: Virtue/Moir (CAN)

SILVER: Papadakis/Cizeron (FRA)

BRONZE: Shibutanis (USA)

4th: Chock/Bates (USA)

5^th: Cappellini/Lanotte (ITA)

6^th: Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS)

7^th: Weaver/Poje (CAN)

8^th: Hubbell/Donohue (USA)

9^th: Gilles/Poirier (CAN)

10^th: Stepanova/Bukin (RUS)