Sunday, April 24, 2011

2011 World Figure Skating Championships: My Predictions

I hope everyone is getting excited for the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, I know I am! The events kick off tomorrow with the qualifying rounds. Once we hit the short programs, on Wednesday, I'll be either live-blogging or tweeting each of the events. My USFSA Fantasy Picks as well as my predictions for the top five in each event are as follows:

Fantasy Pairs:                                         Fantasy Men:
A) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER)             A) Patrick Chan (CAN)
B) Yankowskas/Coughlin (USA)            B) Artur Gachinski (RUS)
C) Kadlecova/Bidar (CZE)                     C) Jorik Hendrickx (BEL)

Fantasy Dance:                                       Fantasy Ladies:
A) Virtue/Moir (CAN)                               A) Yu-Na Kim (KOR)
B) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA)                 B) Ksenia Makarova (RUS)
C) Heekin-Canedy/Shakalov (UKR)       C) Juulia Turkkila (FIN)

Pairs Predictions:                                   Mens Predictions:
1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER)             1) Patrick Chan (CAN)
2) Kavaguti/Smirnov (RUS)                   2) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)
3) Volosozhar/Trankov (RUS)                3) Takahiko Kozuka (JPN)
4) Pang/Tong (CHN)                              4) Nobunari Oda (JPN)
5) Bazarova/Larionov (RUS)                  5) Brian Joubert (FRA)

Dance Predictions:                                Ladies Predictions:
1) Virtue/Moir (CAN)                             1) Yu-Na Kim (KOR)
2) Davis/White (USA)                            2) Miki Ando (JPN)
3) Pechalat/Bourzat (FRA)                    3) Mao Asada (JPN)
4) Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS)                   4) Alissa Czisny (USA)
5) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA)                5) Rachael Flatt (USA)

And in case you needed a reminder, below is the event schedule (EST):

Wednesday, April 27
5:30 a.m.: Men's short program
10:45 a.m.: Opening ceremonies
11:30 a.m.: Pairs short program

Thursday, April 28
5:00 a.m.: Men's free skate
10:00 a.m.: Pairs free skate

Friday, April 29
5:30 a.m.: Ladies short program
10:30 a.m.: Short dance

Saturday, April 30
5:30 a.m.: Ladies free skate
10:30 a.m.: Free dance

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