International Skating Union

Some recent changes:

Satoko MIAHARA has withdrawn due to hip stress fracture and has been replaced by Rika HONGO

Zijun LI has been replaced by Xiangning LI, no explanation.

Ivan RIGHINI (ITA) has been replaced by Matteo RIZZO

Some interesting insights on the men's event from Phil Hersh in the article below. Some influential Russian coaches are big Nathan Chen fans. Who knew?

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/03/21/220141696

Han YAN (CHN) has withdrawn because of his painful shoulder injury. Boyang JIN will be the only Chinese man competing at Worlds.

Too bad about Yan. I much prefer his skating to that of Jin. China is allowed two entries. I wonder why their substitute Guan did not take Jin's spot?

Zijun LI (CHN) is back in today, Ziquan ZHAO out. No substitute for Han YAN.

Maybe China is afraid with Guan, they won't be able to keep 2 spots for next year?

You know, that may be why China is sticking with just one entry. Good point.

The tech panels were announced. Chuckie will you tell us their nationalities?

Here are the Tech Panels:

MEN

Referee Sissy KRICK GER
Tech Controller Hely ABBONDATI FIN
Tech Spec David KIRBY USA
Asst Tech Spec Igor BICH RUS

Judges will be selected from: AUS BEL CAN CHN GER GBR ISR ITA KOR RUS ESP UKR UZB

LADIES

Referee Leena LAAKSONEN FIN
Tech Controller Susan LYNCH AUS
Tech Spec Vanessa GUSMEROLI FRA
Asst Tech Spec Ricardo OLAVARRIETA MEX

Judges will be selected from: AUT CAN CZE FRA GBR JPN LAT NOR KOR SLO ESP SWE SUI

PAIRS

Referee Aniela HEBEL-SZMAK POL
Tech Controller Paolo PIZZOCARI ITA
Tech Spec Troy GOLDSTEIN USA
Asst Tech Spec Peter CAIN AUS

Judges will be selected from: AUT BLR CAN CHN FRA GER ISR ITA JPN LTU RUS SUI USA

ICE DANCE

Referee Rolf PIPOH GER
Tech Controller Ludmila MIKHAILOVSKAYA UKR
Tech Spec Andrezej DOSTATNI POL
Asst Tech Spec Gyorgy ELEK HUN

OK, IMO the Ice Dance panel was selected to help getting Bobrova/Soloviev on the podium (as if).
The judges will be selected from BLR CAN CZE FRA GER GBR ISR KOR RUS ESP TUR UKR USA

Ashley Wagner left her Sweet Dreams SP and will skate East of Eden as her SP music. Finally!

Isn't Mariah Bell also skating to East of Eden?

ihsia wrote:Maybe China is afraid with Guan, they won't be able to keep 2 spots for next year?

If Boyang Jin finishes in the top 10 than China will have 2 spots for Olympics/Worlds 2018 no matter where Guan would finish. It doesn't make any sense from an entries perspective for China not to send a 2nd skater. The only reason that it makes sense is if they feel that their other skaters are not ready to compete.

chuckiem wrote:
OK, IMO the Ice Dance panel was selected to help getting Bobrova/Soloviev on the podium (as if).

You imagine a plot in favor of Russia everywhere ))

chuckiem wrote:Isn't Mariah Bell also skating to East of Eden?

She is. And that will be interesting, once Mariah Bell is in Helsinki too. I like Ashley's change, but she has to be amazing. Mariah has a very good SP.

BrazilianFellow wrote:Ashley Wagner left her Sweet Dreams SP and will skate East of Eden as her SP music. Finally!

I don't believe this is true. She is in Helsinki practicing her 'SWEET DREAMS' SP in the sessions. She is having some jump issues, and her spins look slow like usual. However, she reworked her SP footwork, and it is much better. Let's hope she puts it all together for the actual short program!

Let me correct myself: I just saw a video in Youtube that Ashley skates to Sweet Dreams. She didn't change her SP. What I saw yesterday may have been a triple-triple Ashley did when the music played was East of Eden, Mariah's music. My mistake, my apologies.

According to the article below Ashley just made some tweaks to her sweet dreams short program.

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/03/27/220748700

LADIES SHORT PROGRAM Wednesday 10:40 am local time / 3:40 am EDT

Start Order

1 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR
2 Joshi HELGESSON SWE
3 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA UKR
4 Dasa GRM SLO
5 Anastasia GALUSTYAN ARM

6 Emmi PELTONEN FIN
7 Shuran YU SGP
8 Carolina KOSTNER ITA
9 Michela-Lucie HANZLIKOVA CZE
10 Xiangning LI CHN

** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** **

11 Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA SUI
12 Amy LIN TPE
13 Kailani CRAINE AUS
14 Helery HÄLVIN EST
15 Natasha McKAY GBR

16 Kerstin FRANK AUT
17 Loena HENDRICKX BEL
18 Isadora WILLIAMS BRA
19 Mariah BELL USA
20 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA

** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** **

21 Zijun LI CHN
22 Ivett TOTH HUN
23 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
24 Mai MIHARA JPN
25 Nicole SCHOTT GER

26 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN
27 Da Bin CHOI KOR
28 Karen CHEN USA
29 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT
30 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK
31 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ

** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** **

32 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
33 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
34 Ashley WAGNER USA
35 Maria SOTSKOVA RUS
36 Rika HONGO JPN
37 Anna POGORILAYA RUS


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PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM Wednesday 6:10 pm local time / 11:10 am EDT

Start Order

1 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Noah SCHERER SUI
2 Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAIA / Harley WINDSOR AUS
3 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI GBR
4 Anna DUSKOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE

5 Goda BUTKUTE / Nikita ERMOLAEV LTU
6 Emilia SIMONEN / Matthew PENASSE FIN
7 Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA-KORDYERU CRO
8 Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV FRA

** ** ** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** ** ** **

9 Sumire SUTO / Francis BOUDREAU-AUDET JPN
10 Tatiana DANILOVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK BLR
11 Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG CHN
12 Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM PRK

13 Daria BEKLEMISHCHEVA / Márk MAGYAR HUN
14 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT GER
15 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA
16 Natalia ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS

** ** ** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** ** ** **

17 Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA
18 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN
19 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT
20 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN

21 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
22 Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM USA
23 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA
24 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN

** ** ** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** ** ** **

25 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT GER
26 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
27 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS
28 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN

These predictions by a Finnish newspaper are hilarious :

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/03/ ... avel-scare

Chuckie please update the tech panel for pairs it is the same as the ladies thank you!

RESULTS LADIES SHORT PROGRAM

1 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS 79.01 42.10 36.91 9.11 9.04 9.39 9.21 9.39 0.00 32 3f+3t, 3lo, 2a
2 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN 75.98 41.23 34.75 8.61 8.43 8.86 8.71 8.82 0.00 26 3f+3t, 3z, 2a
3 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN 72.12 39.12 33.00 8.32 8.04 8.46 8.29 8.14 0.00 33 3t+3t, 3z, 2a
4 Anna POGORILAYA RUS 71.52 37.21 34.31 8.54 8.36 8.64 8.64 8.71 0.00 37 3z+3t, 3lo, 2a
5 Karen CHEN USA 69.98 38.35 31.63 7.82 7.64 8.11 7.96 8.00 0.00 28 3z+3t, 3lo, 2a
6 Maria SOTSKOVA RUS 69.76 38.14 31.62 8.00 7.75 7.93 7.96 7.89 0.00 35 3z+3t, 3f, 2a
7 Ashley WAGNER USA 69.04 35.27 33.77 8.50 8.14 8.61 8.39 8.57 0.00 34 3f+3t, 3lo, 2a
8 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 66.33 32.44 33.89 8.54 8.32 8.21 8.61 8.68 0.00 8 3t+3t. 3f, 2a, prob fcsp
9 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN 65.87 36.84 29.03 7.39 6.96 7.36 7.21 7.36 0.00 23 2a, 3z+3t, 3f
10 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ 65.48 36.65 28.83 7.14 7.07 7.29 7.25 7.29 0.00 31 3z+3t, 3lo, 2a
11 Da Bin CHOI KOR 62.66 35.46 27.20 6.89 6.64 6.86 6.86 6.75 0.00 27 3z+3t, 3f, 2a
12 Rika HONGO JPN 62.55 31.45 31.10 7.82 7.61 7.75 7.86 7.82 0.00 36 3f, 3t+3t<, 2a
13 Mariah BELL USA 61.02 32.16 28.86 7.11 6.96 7.25 7.25 7.50 0.00 19 3t+3t<-2hd, 3f, 2a
14 Ivett TOTH HUN 61.00 33.60 27.40 6.79 6.54 7.00 6.93 7.00 0.00 22 3t+3t, 3z, 2a
15 Mai MIHARA JPN 59.59 30.88 29.71 7.50 7.25 7.39 7.46 7.54 1.00 24 3z+3t, 2a, 2f*↓
16 Xiangning LI CHN 58.28 33.49 24.79 6.36 5.89 6.43 6.18 6.14 0.00 10 3f+3t<, 3z, 2a
17 Loena HENDRICKX BEL 57.54 30.71 26.83 6.71 6.43 6.86 6.68 6.86 0.00 17 3z+2t, 3f-so, 2a
18 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK 57.08 29.93 27.15 6.79 6.54 6.86 6.79 6.96 0.00 30 3z-hd+2t, 3lo, 2a
19 Kailani CRAINE AUS 56.97 31.54 25.43 6.29 5.96 6.64 6.36 6.54 0.00 13 3f+2t, 3lo, 2a
20 Zijun LI CHN 56.30 29.73 26.57 6.79 6.43 6.71 6.68 6.61 0.00 21 3t+3t<, 3f, 2a
21 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT 55.92 28.24 27.68 6.89 6.75 6.96 7.07 6.93 0.00 29 3z<, 3t+2t, 2a
22 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA 55.49 29.77 26.72 6.75 6.43 6.57 6.79 6.86 1.00 20 3z-to+3t<↓, 3lo, 2a
23 Anastasia GALUSTYAN ARM 55.20 30.63 24.57 6.21 5.89 6.21 6.11 6.29 0.00 5 3z+2t, 3f!, 2a
24 Nicole SCHOTT GER 54.83 29.64 26.19 6.71 6.39 6.50 6.50 6.64 1.00 25 3lo, 3t+3t↓, 2a


FINAL NOT REACHED:
25 Shuran YU SGP 52.87 30.31 22.56 5.89 5.25 5.68 5.68 5.71 0.00 7
26 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 52.07 27.85 25.22 6.39 5.89 6.32 6.39 6.54 1.00 2
27 Helery HÄLVIN EST 51.94 28.21 23.73 6.14 5.64 5.96 5.96 5.96 0.00 14
28 Amy LIN TPE 51.86 28.03 23.83 6.04 5.64 6.04 6.00 6.07 0.00 12
29 Emmi PELTONEN FIN 50.74 25.18 25.56 6.61 6.11 6.25 6.36 6.61 0.00 6
30 Isadora WILLIAMS BRA 50.65 27.79 22.86 5.75 5.54 5.75 5.82 5.71 0.00 18
31 Kerstin FRANK AUT 50.54 27.83 22.71 6.07 5.25 5.71 5.71 5.64 0.00 16
32 Natasha McKAY GBR 50.10 25.58 24.52 6.04 5.82 6.32 6.14 6.32 0.00 15
33 Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA SUI 47.86 26.57 21.29 5.46 5.18 5.29 5.36 5.32 0.00 11
34 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR 46.99 25.30 21.69 5.50 5.21 5.32 5.54 5.54 0.00 1
35 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA UKR 46.98 26.30 21.68 5.64 5.07 5.39 5.50 5.50 1.00 3
36 Dasa GRM SLO 46.63 25.03 22.60 5.79 5.39 5.61 5.68 5.79 1.00 4
37 Michela-Lucie HANZLIKOVA CZE 32.21 16.55 19.66 5.21 4.79 4.57 5.14 4.86 4.00 9

JUDGES FOR LADIES SP: FRA CAN GBR NOR JPN AUT KOR CZE SUI


LADIES FREE SKATE Friday 12 noon local time / 5 am EDT

Start Order

1 Zijun LI CHN
2 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA
3 Kailani CRAINE AUS
4 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT
5 Nicole SCHOTT GER
6 Anastasia GALUSTYAN ARM

7 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK
8 Loena HENDRICKX BEL
9 Xiangning LI CHN
10 Ivett TOTH HUN
11 Mariah BELL USA
12 Mai MIHARA JPN

** ** ** ** ** ** ZAMBONI ** ** ** ** ** **

13 Da Bin CHOI KOR
14 Rika HONGO JPN
15 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ
16 Ashley WAGNER USA
17 Carolina KOSTNER ITA
18 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN

19 Maria SOTSKOVA RUS
20 Karen CHEN USA
21 Anna POGORILAYA RUS
22 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
23 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
24 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN