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Polina and Sasha! But huh I had no idea Sasha has such long hair!

7 Mai MIHARA JPN Mai Mihara is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She was born on 22 August 1999 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She started skating when she was eight years old and debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in the 2012/13 season. Mihara made her senior international debut in early August 2015, winning the Asian Open. She also qualified for the 2015/16 JGP Final in Barcelona where she placed 6th. The following season she competed at her first Challenger Series competition, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy where she won gold and then made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2016 Skate America. She then took bronze at the Japan Championships, and took part at the Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea where she won another gold. At the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki she placed fifth overall, and together with Wakaba Higuchi won two spots for Japan at the 2018 Olympic Games. In April, Mihara competed as a part of Team Japan at the 2017 World Team Trophy and helped Team Japan win the gold medal overall. She is the 2017 Four Continents champion, 2016 Skate America bronze medalist, 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2016/17 Japanese national bronze medalist. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 72.10 146.17 218.27 She was diagnosed with arthritis in December, following the 2015 JGP Final. She is currently coached by Sonoko Nakano and Mitsuko Graham, and is a member of the Sysmex skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (choreo. by Benoit Richaud) FS: Gabriel's Oboe (from "The Mission" soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone (choreo. by David Wilson) She participated in 2017 CS Autumn Classic International where she finished 2nd (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 8 Dabin CHOI KOR Choi Da-bin is a South Korean figure skater. Choi was born on January 19, 2000, in Seoul, South Korea. She began skating when she was four years old. When she was nine, Choi won the novice silver medal at the 2010 South Korean Nationals. Competing on the senior level, she won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2013 Nationals. In the 2013/14 season she debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria she finished sixth overall. At the 2015 World Junior Championships she finished 9th. At the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, she placed 8th. Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Choi placed 7th at the 2016 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 NHK Trophy. She placed 5th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, improving her personal best scores in all categories. Called up to replace the injured Park So-youn at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, Choi won her country's first-ever figure skating gold medal at the event. She then competed at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland and placed 10th while improving her best scores, and won two spots for South Korea at the 2018 Winter Games. She is the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion and a four-time South Korean national medalist (two silver, two bronze). ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 62.66 128.45 191.11 She is currently coached by Eunhee Lee. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Papa, Can You Hear Me? by Michel Legrand (choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto) FS: Seven Gypsy Melodies, Songs My Mother Taught Me by Antonin Dvorak (choreo. by David Wilson) She participated in 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy where she placed 4th and Finlandia Trophy where she placed 9th (video: Short Program, Free Skate). 9 Elena RADIONOVA RUS Yelena (Elena) Radionova is a Russian figure skater, born in Moscow, Russia, on 6 January 1999. Her father enrolled her into figure skating classes when she was 3 years old, to align her club foot. Since the age of 4, she has been coached by Inna Goncharenko at CSKA Moscow, until the change this season. She has had a very successful Junior career with two gold medals from Junior World Championships and a gold from the Junior Grand Prix Final. She made her Senior debut in the 2013/14 career and managed to qualify for the GPF on her first try, where she finished fourth overall. The following season she medaled at the World Championships, by winning 3rd place. Last season she competed in two Grand Prix events and qualified for her fourth consecutive GP final, where she finished 6th. She did not participate in 2017 European or World Championships. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist, 2017 Winter Universiade champion and the 2015 Russian national champion. She is a gold medalist from Junior World Championships (2013 & 2014) and the 2012–13 JGP Final. She is the first ladies' single skater to repeat as World Junior champion in 2014, where she broke the WR previously held by Mirai Nagasu and Yulia Lipnitskaya and became the first junior lady to score above 190 points. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 64.89 120.30 211.32 She is currently coached by Elena Buianova and is a member of CSKA Moscow skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: It Ain't Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne) FS: Historia de un amor 2 (choreo. by Irina Tagaeva) This season she has participated in ISU CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2017, where she placed 3rd. She then participated at the Rostelecom Cup where she placed 4th (video: Short Program, Free Skate). 10 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS Elizaveta Sergeyevna "Liza" Tuktamysheva is a Russian figure skater. She was born 17 December 1996 in Glazov, Udmurtia, Russia and has started skating when she was four years old. Her sister, Evgenia, is seven years younger and has also taken up skating. She debuted at the Junior Grand Prix circuit in the 2010/11 season and qualified for the JGPF right away, where she won the silver medal. At the 2011 World Junior Championships she repeated this. She debuted on the senior Grand Prix circuit at Skate Canada the following season, where she won gold. She is the first ladies' skater to win her senior debut event and to win both events in her senior Grand Prix debut. At the Grand Prix Final, she finished fourth. In the 2012/13 season she qualified for the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia where she finished fifth. At the 2013 European Championships she won the bronze medal. At the 2013 World Championships for her Worlds debut, she finished 10th. In 2014/15 she qualified for the Grand Prix Final and won. She subsequently won the 2015 European Championship. At the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships she performed the triple axel for the first time in major competition, becoming the seventh woman to complete the jump and the fourth to do so at the World Championships. She won overall, becoming the third Russian woman to win the World Championships (after Maria Butyrskaya in 1999 and Irina Slutskaya in 2002 and 2005). She is the 2012 Youth Olympics champion, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and 2010–11 JGP Final silver medalist; the 2015 World champion, the 2015 European champion, the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion and the 2013 Russian national champion. At the 2015 World Championships, she became the first female skater to land four triple jumps in a short program (triple Axel, triple lutz, and a triple toe-triple toe combination). ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 77.62 141.38 210.40 She is currently coached by Alexei Mishin and Tatiana Prokofieva, and is a member of the Olympic School Zvezdni Led St. Petersburg skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Pisando Flores by Ara Malikian (choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva) FS: Erinnerung performed by Efim Jourist Quartett (choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva) This season she has participated in 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy where she finished 6th and CS Finlandia Trophy where she finished 3rd (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 11 Alina ZAGITOVA RUS Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova is a Russian figure skater. She was born on 18 May 2002 in Izhevsk, Russia. She was nameless for a year until her parents decided to name her "Alina" after watching Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. She began skating when she was five years old. She trained in Izhevsk under Natalia Antipina until 2015 when she switched to Sambo 70 in Moscow. Her international debut came in late August 2016 at a 2016/17 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. She qualified for the JGP Final, held in December in Marseille. In France, Zagitova ranked first in both segments and scored new junior ladies' records in all categories. She became the first junior lady skater in history to break the total score above the 200 mark. At the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei she won the gold medal. She is the 2017 World Junior champion, 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2017 Russian national senior silver medalist and 2017 national junior champion. She is the first junior lady skater in history to break the total score above the 200 mark, scoring a total of 207.43 points, at the 2016/17 JGP Final held in Marseille, France. She also set the junior-level ladies' record for the short program with score of 70.92 points there and the junior-level ladies' record for the free program with score of 136.51 points. She updated her record total to 208.60 set at the 2017 Junior Worlds. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 71.29 147.17 218.46 She is currently coached by Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov, and is a member of the Sambo 70 (Khrustalni) skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Black Swan (choreo. by Daniil Gleichengauz) FS: Don Quixote by Leon Minkus (choreo. by Daniil Gleichengauz) This season she has participated in 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy where she placed 1st (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 12 Amber GLENN USA Amber Glenn is an American figure skater. She was born October 28, 1999 in Plano, Texas, USA. She made her international debut and won a bronze medal at the 2013 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in the Czech Republic and became a national junior champion at the 2014 U.S. Championships. She participated at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and finished seventh. After placing fifth at the 2015 JGP in Latvia and sixth on the senior level at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic in mid-October of the same year, she took a break from skating and then returned at the start of the following one, after a change of coaches. Glenn placed 5th at the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, 4th at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and 8th at the 2017 U.S. Championships. She was selected to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships but withdrew in early March. She has won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prixseries and finished in the top ten at the 2014 World Junior Championships. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 67.93 115.67 183.60 She is currently coached by Peter and Darlene Cain, and is a member of the Dallas FSC skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Fever (Heat version) covered by Beyoncé (choreo. by Scott Brown) FS: The Red Violin by John Corigliano (choreo. by Scott Brown) She has participated at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy where she placed 8th and was elected to compete at the 2017 Cup of China after the withdrawal of Gracie Gold, her GP debut (video: Short Program, Free Skate)

1 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN Gabrielle Daleman is a Canadian figure skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 13, 1998. She has a younger brother who is also a competitive figure skater. She began skating at age four and debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2012. At the 2013 World Junior Championships she finished sixth. As a second time national silver medalist at the Canadian Championships, she was named to the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, where she finished 17th, as the youngest athlete in the Canadian delegation. The following season brought her senior Grand Prix debut and her first national title. She also finished seventh at the 2015 Four Continents Championships, 21st at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, and 8th at the 2015 World Team Trophy. The season after, she competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston where she finished 9th. During the season 2016/17 she won yet another silver at nationals, a silver at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea and finally at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki a bronze medal. She is the 2017 World bronze medalist, 2017 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 CS Autumn Classic champion, and 2015 Canadian national champion. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 72.70 142.41 214.15 Daleman underwent surgery to have an abdominal cyst removed during this off season. She is currently coached by Lee Barkell and Brian Orser, and is a member of the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Habanera (from "Carmen") by George Bizet (choreo. by Lori Nichol) FS: Gladiator Rhapsody, Now We Are Free (from "Gladiator" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer (choreo. by Lori Nichol) She participated in the ISU CS Finlandia Trophy 2017 where she finished 6th (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 2 Xiangning LI CHN Li Xiangning is a Chinese figure skater. She was born in Qiqihar, China on May 11, 2000. She began skating at the age of four and debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2013, placing 10th in Riga, Latvia. She participated in the 2015 World Junior Championships, held in March in Tallinn, Estonia where she finished 21st overall and the following season she was 20th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In 2016/17 she made her senior international debut\in November at the Cup of China and at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland she placed 14th, the highest for a Chinese lady. Li won her first senior international medal, silver, at the International Cup of Nice in October 2017. She is the 2017 International Cup of Nice silver medalist and a four-time Chinese national senior medalist. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 63.81 117.09 179.42 She is currently coached by Xin Zhang and is a member of the Qiqihar Winter Sports Centre skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone (choreo. by David Wilson) FS: Raymonda by Alexander Glazunov (choreo. by David Wilson) She participated in International Cup of Nice 2017 where she finished 2nd (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 3 Zijun LI CHN Li Zijun is a Chinese figure skater. She was born in Changchun, China on December 14, 1996. Li debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit during the 2010/11 season. At the Junior Grand Prix Final she won the bronze medal, and then finished 9th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. That year she won her first national title. The following season she again qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final which was held in Quebec City, Canada, where she finished fourth. In the 2012/13 season Li debuted on the senior Grand Prix series. At the 2014 Four Continents Championships she won a bronze medal, her first big senior one. She then competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia where she finished 14th and at the 2014 World Championships, where she finished 17th overall. At the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai she finished 9th. She finished 10th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei and 11th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston and 21st at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki. She is the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, 2010 JGP Final bronze medalist, the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics bronze medalist and a four-time (2011, 2012 & 2013, 2014) Chinese national champion. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 65.39 128.30 188.06 She is currently coached by Alexei Mishin and Haijun Gao and is a member of Jinlin Winter Sports Training Center skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: FS: She has not competed this season. 4 Ziquan ZHAO CHN Zhao Ziquan is a Chinese figure skater. She was born in Harbin, China on December 27, 1997. She made her international debut at the Volvo Open Cup in 2012/13 season where she placed 2nd. She has participated in 2012, 2013 and 2014 Junior Worlds Championships, where she finished 11th, 15th and 25th respectively. At the 2014 Four Continents Championships she finished 15th and at the 2015 World Championships 25th. She is a two-time Chinese national champion (2016, 2017). ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 58.20 97.40 147.79 She is currently coached by Shuguang Jia and Wei Liu, and is a member of the Harbin Winter Sports Training Centre skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Prelude Op.28, No.15 in D-Flat Major (Raindrop) by Frederic Chopin (choreo. by David Wilson) FS: Tarquito Militar, Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla (choreo. by David Wilson) She participated in 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy where she placed 16th (video: Short Program, Free Skate). 5 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN Wakaba Higuchi is a Japanese figure skater, born in Tokyo, January 2, 2001. She began skating at the age of 3 and quickly showed her talent, winning several novice titles. She was also a guest skater to skate in the gala at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan when she was 13 years old. Already in her debut on the JGP circuit she won the silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With a gold medal at her second JGP event in Dresden, Germany, she qualified for the 2014–15 JGP Final, where she finished third. That season she also won the the Japanese national junior title, a feat she repeated the following season. In her first senior season, she placed 10th at Four Continents Championships and 11th at World Championships, which helped bring Japan two slots for the upcoming 2018 Olympic Games. She won the team event with Team Japan at WTT 2017. She is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist (2015, 2016), the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time Japan senior national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016 and 2017). ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 74.26 145.30 217.63 She is coached by Koji Okajima and Noriko Sato, and is a member of Nihonbashi Jogakan Junior High School FSC skating club. She has been practicing the 3A but it is yet unknown if she will be using it in this season's programs at any point. 2017/18 season programs: SP: Gypsy Dance from the Don Quixote ballet by Minkus (choreo. by Massimo Scali) FS: "Skyfall" by Adele from the Skyfall film soundtrack (choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne) This season she participated in ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2017 where she placed 2nd, and achieved her personal best results in the FS and combined score. She then participated in the Rostelecom Cup where she won the bronze medal, which means this assignment will decide her possible GPF placement (video: Short Program, Free Skate) 6 Marin HONDA JPN Marin Honda is a Japanese figure skater. She was born on August 21, 2001 in Kyoto, Japan. She is one of five children and with the exception of her sister Maho, all of her siblings are figure skaters and Miyu is also a popular child actress in Japan. Honda began skating at the age of two after following her older brother, Taichi. She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix in the 2015/16 season and won the silver medal at the JGP in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. At her second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia she won gold which qualified her for that season's JGPF in Barcelona, Spain where she won the bronze medal behind Russia's Polina Tsurskaya and Maria Sotskova. She placed 6th at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships and 9th in the Senior Championships which assured she was named into the national team. At 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen she won the gold medal. The following season she qualified for her second JGP Final but withdrew due to illness. She placed fourth overall at her second senior Japan National Championships and was assigned to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei where she was awarded the silver medal. She is the 2016 World Junior champion, 2017 World Junior silver medalist and 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. She set the junior-level ladies's record for the free program to 128.64 points at the 2016 JGP Japan on September 11, 2016. Her record was broken at the 2016 JGP Germany by Anastasiia Gubanova (Russia) on October 8, 2016. ISU personal best scores Short Program Free Skate Combined Score 68.35 133.26 201.61 She is currently coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura, and is a member of Kansai University SC skating club. 2017/18 season programs: SP: The Giving by Michael W. Smith (choreo. by Marina Zueva) FS: Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (choreo. by David Wilson) She participated in 2017 U.S. Classic International where she placed 1st. She then participated at Skate Canada where she finished 5th, ending her GPF chances for the season (video: Short Program, Free Skate)

ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2017 Ladies entry list No. Name Country 1 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN 2 Xiangning LI CHN 3 Zijun LI CHN 4 Ziquan ZHAO CHN 5 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN 6 Marin HONDA JPN 7 Mai MIHARA JPN 8 Dabin CHOI KOR 9 Elena RADIONOVA RUS 10 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS 11 Alina ZAGITOVA RUS 12 Amber GLENN USA

I think last season he still felt he had a shot; this season and the scores coming in, and how partially, must be a big blow. And to be blunt, because though I appreciate Patrick on many levels, he did benefit from some of the inflation for quite a while. I have to wonder how much the shoe on the other foot shall we say is bothering him! Overall I hope he can find that spark in himself, and go out in style. It'd be a darn shame otherwise as he has had a great career.

Hello everyone! We invite you to the Hunger Games of China! Er. Cup of China I mean. Bloodbath though, it shall be!

Yes, there is. I can only face palm at a supposed ISU judge not knowing this but boy, how it illustrates the current situation. Unexpected / creative / difficult entry Clear recognizable steps/free skating movements immediately preceding element Varied position in the air / delay in rotation Great height and/or distance Superior extension on landing / creative exit Superior flow in and out (and in-between in jump combinations / sequences) So one more bullet and GOE go up one point.

Huh. Time flies! Happy monthiversary everyone

Tally so far Ice Dance Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR (CAN) 15 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI (USA) 15 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE (CAN) 13 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV (RUS) 13 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (USA) 11 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN (RUS) 11 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER (CAN) 9 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER (USA) 9 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI (ITA) 7 Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD (RUS) 7

Tally so far Pairs Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS) 15 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN) 15 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT (GER) 13 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV (RUS) 13 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (FRA) 11 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV (RUS) 11 Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK (ITA) 9 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT (RUS) 9 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU (CAN) 7 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN (CHN) 7

Tally so far Men Shoma UNO (JPN) 15 Nathan CHEN (USA) 15 Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) 13 Jason BROWN (USA) 13 Mikhail KOLYADA (RUS) 11 Alexander SAMARIN (RUS) 11 Misha GE (UZB) 9 Patrick CHAN (CAN) 9 Moris KVITELASHVILI (GEO) 7 Jorik HENDRICKX (BEL) 7

Tally so far Ladies Evgenia MEDVEDEVA (RUS) 15 Kaetlyn OSMOND (CAN) 15 Carolina KOSTNER (ITA) 13 Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS) 13 Wakaba HIGUCHI (JPN) 11 Ashley WAGNER (USA) 11 Elena RADIONOVA (RUS) 9 Courtney HICKS (USA) 9 Kaori SAKAMOTO (JPN) 7 Marin HONDA (JPN) 7

I though after CoC as that's half way through, though sure why not. I think Caro does but Wakaba is in a bit of a bind with that CoC assignment. Zagi, Mai ... though Marin seems to be taking a typical hit on the PCS due to her first year as Senior, she's also still very much in contention there. I am not sure 3+3 would be enough, we'd have to wait till the end to see how it unfolds.

Well .... I'd say Marin has made it pretty much impossible for herself to get to the GPF now, what with CoC coming up and the line up there. Of course this will influence the Oly spots fight too, so not the best for her. Pogo completely out as well, and with far more problems it seems. What a mess.

Well Erokhov just had a very, very good skate at the 3rd stage of CoR. It's going to be interesting at JGPF because his form is going up. This was better than at the JGPs. The ladies go tomorrow and the day after.

This men's event and Patrick's potential issues may really throw a wrench into the Team Event at the Olympics. That medal potential may energize him but it may not. He already has one and considering his state of mind, well. Hm.

*coughs delicately* Excuse you! There was that tiny group of us that said - here comes the 4Lz right from the start Anyway, about the scores. He'll be fine. I have to figure out how I'll survive the ladies at CoC to even get to NHK

And in a turn of events (which I welcome) Jason now has a pretty good shot at GPF! Considering the mess that is the fight for the spots in the USA this can only be good for him. Even if Chiddy does not WD (and more on that in a bit), he should be able to snag the bronze there, if not the silver again which is enough. Really good news for him. The quad situation remains though. He only URed it this time around but of course went down. I don't know. He needs that quad. As for Chiddy, I cannot really decide. He seemed deflated to me, and WDing from NHK could only potentially increase that. The men's field is insanity right now, he needs to stay in the game. Of course, if it is health, then it is a no brainer but it doesn't seem that way to me. More of a general drop.

Well Jason snagged the silver, good day

*shifty eyes* *clicks submit*

Kostornaya is skating in the Seniors division this coming Sunday in the 3rd stage of CoR. It'll be good to see how she's doing. Tara managed 2nd though it was an all right skate in the 2nd round, Juniors. Plus more Kostornaya is always a good thing. We'll be seeing Trusova too, Junior division. I'm curious to see how the 4S is at the moment..

I have questions .... But yay! I will no doubt mess it up in a few days, due to sheer, ahem, stubbornness! Thank you for all the work darling and congrats on the 3rd place!! And to kitsune and everyone else too. @kaeryth I think the real question is which one of us sucks the least because really ...

You can protect him! (seriously though, if you ask me, that rocks!)

I would tower over you! No worries, I'd protect you from mighty, tall Yuzu ... who is shorter than me as soon as I put on heels