baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted November 25, 2012 /\/\/\ - 4 bronzes & one Gold for the US -- not bad. Only 1 silver for Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted November 27, 2012 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Participants and alternates http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051420.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted November 27, 2012 /\/\/\ - 4 bronzes & one Gold for the US -- not bad. Only 1 silver for Canada. But at least 1 Canadian skater/team managed to land on the podium at all grand prix events. while the US were shut out at Skate Canada and Cup of China. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted November 27, 2012 But at least 1 Canadian skater/team managed to land on the podium at all grand prix events. while the US were shut out at Skate Canada and Cup of China. Less is more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 Greensboro, NC and St. Paul, Minn. will be hosting the 2015 and 2016 US Figure Skating Championships. These two cities both lost to Boston for the 2014 hosting rights. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted December 9, 2012 Results Men 1. Daisuke Takahashi, Japan 2. Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan 3. Patrick Chan, Canada Ladies 1. Mao Asada, Japan 2. Ashley Wagner, USA 3. Akiko Suzuki, Japan Pairs 1. Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Russia 2. Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov, Russia 3. Qing Pang/Jian Tong, China Ice Dance 1. Meryl Davis/Charlie White, USA 2. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Canada 3. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat, France Next stop: Zagreb for Euros Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted December 9, 2012 /\/\ The Russians are back in force in pairs. Am disappointed that Javier Fernandez did not win. Maybe he'll do better in Worlds. The US-Canadian rivalry in Ice Dancing goes on. They just keep alternating them. So maybe DW wins Worlds this year; the Olympics next year. And VM win Grand Prix & next year's (2014) Worlds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted December 9, 2012 Next year is 2013 not 2014. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted December 10, 2012 Next year is 2013 not 2014. FGS, how pedantic can u get? By year, one means the figure-skating season which means the 2012-2013 WINTER season. That is one year's worth of figure skating competition. It crosses over the calendar year,but people refer to it as within 'the same year.' When the athletes go into training and hope to peak by the major competition, they generally refer to ...training and peaking for the year...meaning the COMPETITION SEASON. Sheesh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 Ottawa to host 2014 Canadian Figure Skating Championships http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/12/18/ottawa-national-figure-skating-championships.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 Osmond (CAN) scored 70.56 points at the Canadian championship. That is the highest by a women this season. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 scores at national championships tends to be inflated. we'll see how she scores at worlds if she wins nationals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 scores at national championships tends to be inflated. we'll see how she scores at worlds if she wins nationals. Off course. Regardless and achievement. Hoepfully she qualifies and finishes in the top 10 in front of a home crowd qualifying 2 women for Sochi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 What's worrying for Canada is the possible absence of Poje/Weaver at London Worlds. Weaver injured her fibula a few back and had undergone surgery. Worlds is being held rather early this year than it usual 3rd/last week of March time frame. meaning, qualifying a third ice dance teams maybe an obstacle for Canada since the 2nd ice dance team cannot finish any lower than 10th to be on the safe side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 What's worrying for Canada is the possible absence of Poje/Weaver at London Worlds. Weaver injured her fibula a few back and had undergone surgery. Worlds is being held rather early this year than it usual 3rd/last week of March time frame. meaning, qualifying a third ice dance teams maybe an obstacle for Canada since the 2nd ice dance team cannot finish any lower than 10th to be on the safe side. In the end I predict 2 men 2 women 2 pairs and 3 ice dance for Canada Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 20, 2013 If Patrick wins in London and Reynolds finish no lower than 11th, Canada gets 3 spot. 2 for the pairs is perhaps the best shot unless both Duhamel/Radford and Moores-Towers/Moscovitch finish say 5 and 6 which will give Canada 3 spots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 20, 2013 If Patrick wins in London and Reynolds finish no lower than 11th, Canada gets 3 spot. 2 for the pairs is perhaps the best shot unless both Duhamel/Radford and Moores-Towers/Moscovitch finish say 5 and 6 which will give Canada 3 spots. tbh I am not open to 3 spots per country. It should be max of 2, giving more countries to partake. The numbers have been declining since 1998. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 20, 2013 unless Weaver/Poje will be given a medical bye for Worlds, then Canada will easily get 3 spots for ice dance. not sure if Weaver has fully recovered since the training accident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 20, 2013 Osmond scores 131.30 in the free and a total of 201.34 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 21, 2013 Looks like US is targeting 2016 Worlds. I would've expected them to go after 2017 since that is an Olympic qualifier. US Figure Skating sent out an RFP late last year to member organizations seeking to become local host partner. Here's the RFP: http://www.usfsa.org/content/events/201516/2016%20World%20Figure%20Skating%20Championships/2016%20ISU%20World%20Championships%20RFP.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Looks like US is targeting 2016 Worlds. I would've expected them to go after 2017 since that is an Olympic qualifier. US Figure Skating sent out an RFP late last year to member organizations seeking to become local host partner. Here's the RFP: http://www.usfsa.org/content/events/201516/2016%20World%20Figure%20Skating%20Championships/2016%20ISU%20World%20Championships%20RFP.pdf Maybe 2016 is just a starting point, allowing to move into 2017 if circumstances warrant it?? Plus, the event in 2016 is probably assured of a good contract from NBC because they will use it as a lead-in for the Rio coverage. Whereas, nobody would care for a Worlds in 2017. Edited January 22, 2013 by baron-pierreIV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 European figure skaters are in Zagreb right now. While the Americans are competing for their spots in Omaha at US Nationals. In Zagreb, Spain's Javier Fernandez is currently in the lead with 6 skaters to go in the short program by a whopping 13.98 points over current second placer Evgeni Plushenko of Russia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olympian 4 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 Maybe 2016 is just a starting point, allowing to move into 2017 if circumstances warrant it?? Plus, the event in 2016 is probably assured of a good contract from NBC because they will use it as a lead-in for the Rio coverage. Whereas, nobody would care for a Worlds in 2017. We'll see how it develops. I wonder which US cities will be interested? Boston, Denver, St. Paul?? The east coast had it in 2003 in DC while the west hosted it in 2009 in LA. Minneapolis hosted it in 1998. We'll know in a few weeks who US Figure Skating selects.. Ironically the 2 Asian Winter Olympic hosting were preceded by Worlds held in European cities beginning with the letter L. Lyon hosted Worlds the year before Sapporo while Lausanne hosted the year before Nagano. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1691 Report post Posted January 26, 2013 We'll see how it develops. I wonder which US cities will be interested? Boston, Denver, St. Paul?? The east coast had it in 2003 in DC while the west hosted it in 2009 in LA. Minneapolis hosted it in 1998. We'll know in a few weeks who US Figure Skating selects.. Ironically the 2 Asian Winter Olympic hosting were preceded by Worlds held in European cities beginning with the letter L. Lyon hosted Worlds the year before Sapporo while Lausanne hosted the year before Nagano. Does Dallas have a good indoor arena? Maybe Dallas? Anyway, Davis & White win the US Ice Dance title again; followed by (2) Madison chock-Even Bates (I LOVED their Dr. Zhivago free dance. MAGICAL!!) and (3) the Shibutanis dancing to the soundtrack of "Memoirs of a Geisha." Too bad team #4 - Madison Hubbell and the Zachary fellow came in 4th because I also LOVED their flamenco; I think one of the best flamenco numbers I have seen in competition ever.) But then they're the alternate team. Good luck to the US ice dancers! (Interesting note: of the top 5 ice dance couples, 3 of the ladies are of Asian descent.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Report post Posted January 26, 2013 It likely will have to be a city without an NHL or NBA franchise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
