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2017-2018 ISU Figure Skating Season - The Road to PyeongChang & Lombardia


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Well "tradtionally" they've been strong in pairs, ice dancing and men's competition. They've only begun to really get strong in women's after the 2010 Olympics in preparation for their hosting time. Yes they've had strong skaters in the past like Marya Butirskaya and Irina Slutskaya but there were always better skaters than them that prevented them from achieving gold at the Olympics.

And after evgeny plushenko left skating full-time due to injury and whatever crap that bignosed twat was involved in, there was no other Russian male to follow in his footsteps and taking gold for Russia since Viktor Petrenko in 1992. And that will probably stay so long as the russian men's coaches only focus on jumping and not the other elements that the Japanese, and even the Russian ladies coaches have learned to properly exploit.

2010 was a wakeup call for Russia in figure skating to get their glory back in the sport. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell how many of those athletes won their golds without cheating since their discovery of the doping scandal and the allegations that the majority of the Russian athletes did in fact dope.

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43 minutes ago, LatinXTC said:

 

And after evgeny plushenko left skating full-time due to injury and whatever crap that bignosed twat was involved in, there was no other Russian male to follow in his footsteps and taking gold for Russia since Viktor Petrenko in 1992. 

Hush, Petrenko is Ukrainian! 

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2019 Four Continents has been transferred from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, CA upon recommendation of the US Figure Skating

2018-19 ISU Grand Prix Calendar

October 19-21, 2018 USA

October 26-28, 2018 Canada

November 2-4, 2018 China

November 9-11, 2018 Japan

November 16-18, 2018 Russia

November 23-25, 2018 France

 

Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final

December 6-9, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Results

 

Men

1. Shoma Uno, Japan

2. Jason Brown, USA

3. Alexander Samarin, Russia

 

Ladies

1. Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada

2. Maria Sotskova, Russia

3. Ashley Wagner, USA

 

Pairs

1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada

2. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Germany

3. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France

 

Ice Dance

1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Canada

2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Canada

3. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA

 

Next stop: Beijing for Cup of China 

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Men

1. Mikhail Kolyada, Russia

2. Boyang Jin, China

3. Max Aaron, USA

 

Ladies

1. Alina Zagitova, Russia

2. Wakaba Higuchi, Japan

3. Elena Radionova, Russia

 

Pairs

1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China

2. Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, China

3. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Canada

Ice Dance

1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France

2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA

3. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev, Russia

 

Next Stop: Osaka for NHK Trophy

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Results

 

Men

1. Sergei Voronov, Russia

2. Adam Rippon, USA

3. Alexei Bychenko, Israel

 

Ladies

1. Evgenia Medvedeva, Russia

2. Carolina Kostner, Italy

3. Polina Tsurskaya, Russia

 

Pairs

1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China

2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Russia

3.  Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Russia

 

Ice Dance

1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Canada

2. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA

3. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Italy

 

Next Stop: Grenoble for Internationaux de France

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Results


Men
1. Javier Fernandez, Spain
2. Shoma Uno, Japan
3. Mishe Ge, Uzbekistan

 

Ladies
1. Alina Zagitova, Russia
2. Maria Sotskova, Russia
3. Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada

 

Pairs
1. Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Russia
2. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France
3. Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Italy

 

Ice Dance
1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France
2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA
3. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Russia
 

Next Stop: Lake Placid for Skate America 

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Results

Men

1. Nathan Chen, USA

2. Adam Rippon, USA

3. Sergei Voronov, Russia

 

Ladies

1. Satoko Miyahara, Japan

2. Kaori Sakamoto, Japan

3. Bradie Tennell, USA

 

Pairs

1. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Germany

2. Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, China

3. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada

 

Ice Dance

1. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA

2. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Italy

3. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Russia

 

Next Stop: Nagoya for Grand Prix Finals

 

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Considering how many gay guys and creepy old guys peruse this site I'm shocked how little attention this thread has gotten!

The US National champions ended this past week and it was not without its drama! The top 3 finalists in the ladies event were chosen to represent the US at Pyeongchang. Who was missing? Ashley Wagner.

We all remember 4 years ago she placed 4th in the US National championships as well and in a controversial move, she was chosen to go to Sochi instead of Mirai Nagasu, who finished 3rd. Although there was outrage among fans and disappointment from Mirai over the decision, she took it with grace.

Not Ashley though. The douche has been whining about her scores and the decision to leave her off the team. Should Mirai, Karen or Bradie be worried about another Tonya Harding assault like we saw 13 years ago? Probably not, but I wouldn't put it past the old heffer Ashley Wagner. Watch your back girls!

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/ashley-wagner-on-furious-reaction-after-being-left-off-olympic-team-no-regrets/

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On 10/24/2017 at 9:38 PM, olympian said:

2019 Four Continents has been transferred from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, CA upon recommendation of the US Figure Skating

2018-19 ISU Grand Prix Calendar

October 19-21, 2018 USA

October 26-28, 2018 Canada

November 2-4, 2018 China

November 9-11, 2018 Japan

November 16-18, 2018 Russia

November 23-25, 2018 France

 

Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final

December 6-9, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Cup of China reportedly not being held this year. ISU seeking to stage the Chinese Grand Prix event in Korea. The JGP event scheduled for Harbin has reportedly been re-assigned to Vancouver. 

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