Gotta keep this short and sweet-- the event is about 5 minutes from starting as I type this sentence!!
MEN
GOLD: Shoma Uno (JPN)
SILVER: Alexander Samarin (RUS)
BRONZE: Alexei Bychenko (ISR)
DARK HORSE: Max Aaron (USA USA
WILD CARD: Misha
Ge (UZB), Javier Fernandez (ESP)
Fernandez as a wild card?? Why not? Whether his poor showing
in China was
due to illness or some other force, it still leaves me with no idea what to
expect. And let’s face it… even if he improves on last time, he still might
not make the podium.
LADIES:
GOLD: Alina Zagitova (RUS)
SILVER: Maria Sotskova (RUS)
BRONZE: Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN)
DARK HORSE: Mai Mihara (JPN)
WILD CARD: Polina Edmunds (USA
I’d rather see Osmond win again, but between The Red
Ballerina (Zag)’s bonus point strategy and the remarkable consistency between
both Russian ladies… I think they have the edge(s) here. And if you’ve seen the
now 19 year-old Edmunds lately, you might understand when I say it’s kinda like
she’s a kid from a TV sitcom that you come back to a couple years later and say
Wow, she’s not like I remember her AT ALL. Then to make things a little
more complicated, her comeback started with a poor showing at Finlandia Trophy
(13th). Hoping the best for her here, of course.
PAIRS
GOLD: Tarasova/Morozov (RUS)
SILVER: James/Cipres (FRA)
BRONZE: Peng/Jin (CHN)
DARK HORSE: Della Monica/Guarise (ITA),
Ilyushechkina/Moscovitch (CAN)
WILD CARD: Jones/Boyadji (GBR)
A tip I just learned: Zoe Jones (of Jones/Boyadji) is 37
YEARS OLD.
She’s like the USA ’s
Deanna Stellato, if Stellato was 37 YEARS OLD. (She’s only 34.)
Welcome to what is already my favorite story of the
Internationaux de France.
DANCE
GOLD: Papadakis/Cizeron (FRA)
SILVER: Weaver/Poje (CAN)
BRONZE: Chock/Bates (USA
DARK HORSE: Stepanova/Bukin (RUS)
WILD CARD: Guignard/Fabbri (ITA)
Because I don’t think C/B can challenge Wea/Po… especially
now that Wea/Po has its secret WeaPo(n) of “Je Suis Malade” back. (see what I
did there)
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