2018-2019 GP SELECTION

[chuckiem]

The 2018-2019 GP Selection Meeting will take place in Toronto June 26-28 per David Molina.

Here are the top 10/12 Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP slots), top 24 Seasons Best and World Ranking per discipline

TOP 12 WORLDS: LADIES

1 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN - has opted out of GP
2 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
3 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
4 Carolina KOSTNER ITA - competing in GP
5 Alina ZAGITOVA RUS
6 Bradie TENNELL USA
7 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN now seeded for GP
8 Maria SOTSKOVA RUS
9 Loena HENDRICKX BEL
10 Mirai NAGASU USA - will not compete in GP, may or may not compete rest of season.
11 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ
12 Mariah BELL USA

SEASONS BEST: LADIES * Top 12 Worlds

1 239.57 *Alina ZAGITOVA RUS
2 238.26 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
3 231.02 *Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN - has opted out of GP
4 225.52 Alexandra TRUSOVA RUS - age ineligible
5 222.38 *Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
6 217.63 *Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
7 216.28 *Maria SOTSKOVA RUS
8 215.98 *Carolina KOSTNER ITA - GP competition plans unknown
9 214.21 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
10 210.57 Mai MIHARA JPN
11 210.19 Polina TSURSKAYA RUS
12 207.39 Alena KOSTORNAIA RUS - age ineligible
13 206.82 Elena RADIONOVA RUS
14 204.10 *Bradie TENNELL USA
15 200.98 *Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ
16 199.68 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA RUS
17 199.64 Anastasia TARAKANOVA RUS - age ineligible
18 199.26 Dabin CHOI KOR
19 198.42 Marin HONDA JPN
20 196.83 *Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
21 196.68 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS
22 196.55 Daria PANENKOVA RUS
23 195.56 Yura MATSUDA JPN
24 195.17 Mako YAMASHITA JPN

WORLD RANKING - LADIES * Top 12 Worlds

1. *Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN - has opted out of GP
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
3. *Alina ZAGITOVA RUS
4. *Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
5. *Maria SOTSKOVA RUS
6. *Carolina KOSTNER ITA - GP competition plans unknown
7. Mai MIHARA JPN
8. *Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
9. Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
10. *Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
11. *Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ
12. Karen CHEN USA
13. *Mirai NAGASU USA - will not compete in GP, may or may not compete rest of season.
14. *Mariah BELL USA
15. Stanislavka KONSTANINOVA RUS
16. *Bradie TENNELL USA
17. Rika HONGO JPN
18. Dabin CHOI KOR
19. Marin HONDA JPN
20. Nicole SCHOTT GER
21. Laurine LECAVELIER FRA
22. *Loena HENDRICKX BEL
23. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS
24. Nicole RAJICOVA SVK


TOP 12 WORLDS: MEN

1 Nathan CHEN USA
2 Shomo UNO JPN
3 Mikhail KOLYADA RUS
4 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR - reportedly retired, but got 2 assignments
5 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
6 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
7 Dmitri ALIEV RUS
8 Keegan MESSING CAN
9 Misha GE UZB
10 Michal BREZINA CZE
11 Max AARON USA - announced retirement
12 Alexander MAJOROV SWE


SEASONS BEST: MEN * Top 12 Worlds

1 321.40 *Nathan CHEN USA
2 319.84 *Shoma UNO JPN
3 317.85 Yuzuru HANYU JPN
4 305.24 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP - will compete Euros only
5 300.95 Boyang JIN CHN
6 282.00 *Mikhail KOLYADA RUS
7 276.69 Vincent ZHOU USA
8 274.06 *Dmitri ALIEV RUS
9 271.12 Sergei VORONOV RUS
10 269.22 Jason BROWN USA
11 266.45 *Adam RIPPON USA - will not compete in GP; undecided re competing again
12 263.43 *Patrick CHAN CAN - retirement announced
13 261.56 *Max AARON USA - retirement announced
14 260.31 Keiji TANAKA JPN
15 258.34 *Misha GE UZB - reportedly retired
16 258.28 *Alexei BYCHENKO ISR - reportedly retired
17 256.31 *Kazuki TOMONO JPN
18 255.43 *Keegan MESSING CAN
19 254.86 *Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
20 254.61 Han YAN CHN
21 253.13 Alexander SAMARIN RUS
22 253.06 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL
23 251.44 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR
24 250.26 Moris KVITELASHVILI GEO

WORLD RANKING - MEN * Top 12 Worlds

1. *Nathan CHEN USA
2. *Shoma UNO JPN
3. Yuzuru HANYU JPN
4. *Mikhail KOLYADA RUS
5. Javier FERNANDEZ ESP - competing Euros only
6. *Alexei BYCHENKO ISR - reportedly retired
7. Jason BROWN USA
8. Boyang JIN CHN
9. *Dmitri ALIEV RUS
10. Adam RIPPON USA - will not compete in GP; undecided re competing again
11. *Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
12. Sergei VORONOV RUS
13. *Misha GE UZB - reportedly retired
14. Alexander SAMARIN RUS
15. Vincent ZHOU USA
16. Jorik HENDRICKX BEL
17. Moris KVITELASHVILI GEO
18. Keiji TANAKA JPN
19. *Kazuki TOMONO JPN
20. Matteo RIZZO ITA
21. Roman SAVOSIN RUS
22. *Keegan MESSING CAN
23. Alexei KRASNOZHON USA
24. *Alexander MAJOROV SWE



TOP 10 WORLDS: ICE DANCE

1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
2 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA
3 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN - not competing in GP this season
4 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA - NOT COMPETING
5 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA - coaching move to Gadbois
6 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
7 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
8 Tiffani ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
9 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
10 Kaitlyn HAWAYEK / Jean Luc BAKER USA - coaching move to Gadbois

SEASONS BEST: ICE DANCE * Top 10 Worlds

1 207.20 *Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
2 206.07 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN - Not competing this season
3 196.64 *Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA
4 194.25 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA - Not competing this season
5 192.35 *Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN - not competing in GP this season
6 192.08 *Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA - competition plans unkown
7 187.38 *Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA- coaching move to Gadbois
8 187.13 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS- Not competing this season
9 186.10 *Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
10 184.86 *Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
11 180.42 *Tiffani ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
12 178.44 *Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
13 177.15 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS
14 177.13 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR
15 174.29 *Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA- coaching move to Gadbois
16 168.58 Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV POL
17 168.33 Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN ESP
18 164.96 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS CAN
19 164.90 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN CAN - can't compete until 4CC
20 164.28 Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED JPN
21 164.07 Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV RUS
22 163.14 Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA
23 162.48 Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR TUR - announced retirement
24 162.06 Olivia SMART / Adria DIAZ ESP


WORLD RANKING - ICE DANCE * Top 10 Worlds

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN - Not competing this season
2. *Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
3. *Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA
4. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS- Not competing this season
5. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA - Not competing this season
6. *Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA - NOT COMPETING
7. *Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA- coaching move to Gadbois
8. *Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN - not competing in GP this season
9. *Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
10. *Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA- coaching move to Gadbois
11. *Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
12. *Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
13. Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED JPN
14. *Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
15. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV POL
16. Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA
17. Lorraine McNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER USA
18. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC FRA
19. Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR
20. Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU CHN
21. Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA - moving to SENIOR
22. Anastasia SKOPTCOVA / Kirill ALESHIN RUS - moving to SENIOR
23. Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT USA - he retired, she looking for new partner
24. Olivia SMART / Adria DIAZ ESP


TOP 10 WORLDS: PAIRS

1 Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT GER not competing this season
2 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS
3 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
4 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS
5 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA competing
6 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO CAN
7 Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG CHN
8 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS - not competing this season
9 Valentina MARCHEI / Ondreij HOTAREK ITA not competing
10 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN

SEASONS BEST: PAIRS * Top 10 Worlds

1 245.57 *Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT GER - not competing this season
2 235.47 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN - recovering from injury; competition status unknown
3 230.15 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN - announced retirement
4 225.53 *Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS
5 222.74 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS - recovering from injury; competition status unknown
6 219.20 *Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG CHN
7 218.53 *Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
8 216.59 *Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA not competing
9 212.88 *Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS
10 206.06 *Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA- competition status unknown
11 204.33 *Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO CAN
12 204.02 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN- recovering from injury; competition status unknown
13 203.64 *Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS - not competing this season
14 202.07 *Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN
15 194.42 Tarah KAYNE / Danny O'SHEA USA
16 193.63 Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM PRK
17 193.07 Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN - he retired - she to Cirque du Soleil
18 192.51 Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM USA - new coaching
19 191.58 Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII RUS - moving to Senior
20 190.61 Ashley CAIN / Timothy LEDUC USA
21 190.31 Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR AUS
22 189.60 Anna DUSKOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE SPLIT both looking for new partners
23 184.83 Annika HOCKE / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER
24 184.30 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT


WORLD RANKING - PAIRS * Top 10 Worlds

1. *Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT GER - not competing this season
2. *Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS
3. *Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS
4. *Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG CHN
5. *Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
6. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN - recovering from injury; competition status unknown
7. *Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA- competition status unknown
8. *Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA - competition status unknown
9. *Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS - not competing this season
10. Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN - he retired, she to Cirque du Soleil
11. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS - recovering from injury; competition status unknown
12. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN- recovering from injury; competition status unknown
13. Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR AUS
14. *Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN
15. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT
16. *Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO CAN
17. Ashley CAIN / Timothy LEDUC USA
18. Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII RUS - moving to Senior
19. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA
20. Tarah KAYNE / Danny O'SHEA USA
21. Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM USA
22. Xumeng GAO / Zhong XIE CHN
23. Anna DUSKOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE - SPLIT: both seeking new partners
24. Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV FRA

[Dragonlady]

I’m waiting to see who gets invited to which events. No point in commenting further until that happens.

[chuckiem]

Updates on skaters who are injured / possibly retired / split would be useful.

[Dragonlady]

Good point chuckie. I suspect we’ll get a better idea of what’s happening with the skaters who haven’t announced their intentions for the season when we see the names the federations submit for assignments, as well as in the responses to the invitations.

[Dragonlady]

Lubov Illiushushkina has joined Cirque Du Soleil and will not be finding a new partner. IMO This is a perfect fit for her.

[bumphystars]

Lubov Illiushushkina has joined Cirque Du Soleil and will not be finding a new partner. IMO This is a perfect fit for her.

This is great news! She will be gorgeous in Cirque.

[Trilogy86]

Katelyn Osmond will be sitting out the GP season as per the Canadian Press.

[chuckiem]

Interesting.

Kaetlyn's withdrawal from the GP leaves the seeds as:

1. Wakaba Higuchi
2. Satoko Miyahara
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Alina Zagitova
5. Bradie Tennell
6. Gabrielle Daleman

Obviously, Daleman will be Skate Canada's host pick.

With Osmond out, top seeds Higuchi or Miyahara might choose SC as one of their events. If that's the case, Skate Canada would be unlikely to invite Medvedeva.

[Andy]

I doubt Kostner will be in the GP circuit, but of course we will have to see.

[chuckiem]

Osmond has announced she will join a 26-city Thank You Canada Tour including Virtue / Moir, Duhamel / Radford, Patrick Chan, Elvis Stojko and more during October and November (the same months as the Grand Prix). She may run afoul of the ISU by doing the tour instead of participating in the GP. Plushenko tried to do something similar some years ago, and the ISU threatened him with sanctions keeping him from competing at Worlds. He had to back away from his plans.

If she does do the tour anyway, it may be that she is, indeed, retiring.

[Virginia]

When better to go out than when she's on top?

[Winnipeg]

Lubov Illiushushkina has joined Cirque Du Soleil and will not be finding a new partner. IMO This is a perfect fit for her.

This is great news! She will be gorgeous in Cirque.

Agree but I thought she and Dylan were going to skate shows?

[chuckiem]

Dylan has an injury which apparently would have prevented show skating. Liubov made the best choice for her own ongoing career.

[Winnipeg]

Dylan has an injury which apparently would have prevented show skating. Liubov made the best choice for her own ongoing career.

That's too bad. I wonder if she will stay in NA longer term?

[Dragonlady]

She’s really happy in Canada. I don’t think she’s leaving.

[chuckiem]

WEAVER / POJE will not compete in the GP this season, but will be at Nationals.

That makes STEPANOVA / BUKIN seed #6 and moves CAPPELLINI / LANOTTE up to seed #3---if they are competing in the GP. If C/L are not competing in the GP, the seeds would be:

1-3 PAPADAKIS / CIZERON, HUBBELL / DONOHUE, CHOCK / BATES
4-6 GILLES / POIRIER, STEPANOVA / BUKIN, ZAHORSKI / GUERREIRO

[Winnipeg]

She’s really happy in Canada. I don’t think she’s leaving.

Fantastic!!

[chuckiem]

We should hear by tomorrow which country will host the GP vacated by China. And we should know no later than Friday of this coming week the full roster of the Grand Prix events for next season.

[chuckiem]

Mirai Nagasu has announced she will not compete in the GP this season, and will not continue to 2022. She might return for the remainder of the 2018-2019 season---or not.

[Virginia]

Any word on Ashley Wagner? As the #4 US lady she should certainly get two GP assignments, especially with the #2 lady removing herself from the series. But I think we're all expecting Wagner to retire soon, if not immediately.

Has anybody heard any buzz?