Last Stop, Milan: 2018 World Figure Skating Championship Predictions

Perhaps more than ever, I look forward to Worlds right after the Olympics because it creates an opportunity for new stars to shine. Here are my predictions for the action this week in Milan…

WOMEN

(Aside from 2 of the 3 US ladies, I fared pretty badly with my Olympic picks! This time I’ll be less specific on 4^th through 10^th and see what happens…)

GOLD: Alina Zagitova (RUS)

SILVER: Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN)

BRONZE: Satoko Miyahara (JPN)

4^th through 6^th, no particular order: Carolina Kostner (ITA), Wakaba Higuchi (JPN), Maria Sostkova (RUS)

Rest of the Top 10, no particular order: Gabby Daleman (CAN), Mirai Nagasu (USA), Bradie Tennell (USA), Choi Da-bin (S. KOR)

PAIRS

(Wow, I barely predicted anything for them Olympics-wise. Let’s change that…)

GOLD: Savchenko/Massot (GER)

SILVER: Tarasova/Morozov (RUS)

BRONZE: James/Cipres (FRA) (pleeeeeaaaase)

4^th through 6^th, no particular order: Marchei/Hotarek (ITA), Yu/Zhang (CHN), Zabiiako/Enbert (RUS)

Rest of the Top 10, no particular order: Astakhova/Rogonov (RUS), Seguin/Bilodeau (CAN), Moore-Towers/Marinaro (CAN), Della Monica/Guarise (ITA)

MEN

(Ooh, did a little better with these Olympic predictions. How about this time…)

GOLD: Shoma Uno (JPN)

SILVER: Nathan Chen (USA)

BRONZE: Jin Boyang (CHN)

4^th through 6^th, no particular order: Mikhail Kolyada (RUS), Dmitri Aliev (RUS), Vincent Zhou (USA)

Rest of the Top 10, no particular order: Max Aaron (USA), Aleksei Bychenko (ISR), Keiji Tanaka (JPN), Keegan Messing (CAN), Misha Ge (UZB)

DANCE

(Didn’t do too bad with these Olympic predictions either, though I had Russia’s Bobrova/Soloviev too low. Oopsie. They’re not here anyway…)

GOLD: Papadakis/Cizeron (FRA)

SILVER: Hubbell/Donohue (USA)

BRONZE: Cappellini/Lanotte (ITA)

4^th through 6^th, no particular order: Weaver/Poje (CAN), Chock/Bates (USA), Stepanova/Bukin (RUS)

Rest of the Top 10, no particular order: Gilles/Poirier (CAN), Guignard/Fabbri (ITA), Hawayek/Baker (USA), Hurtado/Khaliavin (ESP)

OK, that should do it! Follow me on Twitter @ KLBSt8ofSk8 as I follow as much of the action “live” as I can!