Figure Skating 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread

[Gianlu33 4,725]

Rizzo do it! Finally we qualified the men's and the team event!  Rizzo is our 2nd atlete here, maybe he can defeat Righini and go the to Olympics  

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 9/29/2017 at 6:39 PM, dcro said:

Apart from Kennes (who won't get selected by Dutch NOC even if he qualifies)

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Exactly  

 

In fact, he had to finish in the top-6 here apparently. Same goes for Niki Wories.

[dcro 10,210]

Looks like Finland may fail to qualify in figure skating... Again.

 

should be safe, assuming that Reed is not getting the permission...

[ahjfcshfghb 288]

It sounds like they may have changed Majorov's qualification criteria. Now he needs 'Top 8 finishes' at Grand Prix/Challenger events. Not sure what the means specifically. But this article and others released yesterday make no mention of the 260 point rule.

http://www.nsd.se/sport/majorovs-ord-efter-os-platsen-sjukt-bra-nm4656436.aspx

 

[ahjfcshfghb 288]

  On 9/30/2017 at 9:22 AM, dcro said:

Looks like Finland may fail to qualify in figure skating... Again.

 

should be safe, assuming that Reed is not getting the permission...

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Quite sad for them. Thought they'd done enough. Great to see  and ! I watched the Slovak skaters (Mysliveckova is Czech actually!) and I have to say I really like them. I don't know, they always look like they're having lots of fun on the ice. 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 9/30/2017 at 9:22 AM, ahjfcshfghb said:

It sounds like they may have changed Majorov's qualification criteria. Now he needs 'Top 8 finishes' at Grand Prix/Challenger events. Not sure what the means specifically. But this article and others released yesterday make no mention of the 260 point rule.

http://www.nsd.se/sport/majorovs-ord-efter-os-platsen-sjukt-bra-nm4656436.aspx

 

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That's odd. Apparently Majorov said himself in an interview that he needs 260 points, maybe a lack of communication between them.

 

http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2017majorov

[dcro 10,210]

finishes behind the qualification zone, so there is no doubt anymore.

[ahjfcshfghb 288]

  On 9/30/2017 at 9:27 AM, dcro said:

 

That's odd. Apparently Majorov said himself in an interview that he needs 260 points, maybe a lack of communication between them.

 

http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2017majorov

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Who knows  It would be Martinez who gets the spot left over, shame he'd miss the Games. Philippines will have other athletes though I think.

I'm fairly sure Ukolova won't qualify but with three of our categories qualified, Ukolova could get an additional quota for the team event. Maybe Eliska Brezinova, even. 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 9/30/2017 at 9:29 AM, ahjfcshfghb said:

I'm fairly sure Ukolova won't qualify but with three of our categories qualified, Ukolova could get an additional quota for the team event. Maybe Eliska Brezinova, even. 

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Or even Hanzlickova. However, looking at the team rankings here, looks like Czechs will have to wait and see what happens with Israel/Australia (they'll need to reach minimum requirements in women's singles and ice dance, respectively). Only 10 teams could participate.

[ahjfcshfghb 288]

  On 9/30/2017 at 9:36 AM, dcro said:

 

Or even Hanzlickova. However, looking at the team rankings here, looks like Czechs will have to wait and see what happens with Israel/Australia (they'll need to reach minimum requirements in women's singles and ice dance, respectively). Only 10 teams could participate.

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What are these minimum requirements? Are these a certain point score?