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Japan just announced the Olympic list during the conference of National Championships. The list is consistent with the ranking of National Championships as expected.

 

Men: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama

 

Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Wakabi Huguchi, Mana Kawabe

 

Ice Dance: Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

 

Pairs: Riku Miura/ Ryuichi Kihara

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:CAN Team Canada :CAN 

 

Men's Singles: Keegan Messing, Roman Sadovsky

Women's Singles: Madeline Schizas

Pairs: Vanessa James / Eric Radford, Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

Ice Dance: Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen, Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha

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54 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Pairs: Vanessa James / Eric Radford

Expected decision on the one hand, but nonetheless a ridiculous and embarassing one for many reasons.

 

If Walsh/Michaud plan to continue skating together, I hope they will seriously consider switching citizenship and go somewhere they are respected and appreciated.

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:USATeam USA

 

Men's

Jason Brown

Nathan Chen

Vincent Zhou

 

Women's

Mariah Bell

Karen Chen

Alysa Liu

 

Pairs

Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier

Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc

 

Ice Dance

Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

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Brown is more established, but leaving Malinin off the team after that performance is certainly questionable. They represent two very different styles, Malinin is more of spinning top, while Brown is more technically proficient/maturely choreographed skater. In my opinion, Brown is more representative of the past generation of figure skating, while Malinin is more representative of the present/future generation of figure skating.

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7 minutes ago, NearPup said:

:USATeam USA

 

Men's

Jason Brown

Nathan Chen

Vincent Zhou

 

Women's

Mariah Bell

Karen Chen

Alysa Liu

 

Pairs

Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier

Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc

 

Ice Dance

Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Brown is a fan favorite, but he's so overscored, and he has a low point ceiling. He shouldn't be on the Olympic team. It's simply a case of USFS giving the fans what they want. 

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