I'm really excited to see two Olympic champs compete this weekend in Shanghai - Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya (won gold in the team event) and Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu. They are both phenomenal skaters, in that they're both technically amazing, but also have quirky stylistic elements that they rock that set themselves apart from the rest of the field. I'm expecting both to win gold by a significant margin here. I also think Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva as a good shot at the podium again, but if Yulia performs flawlessly, Elizaveta may be stuck with silver again.
As for the Americans, I've made no secret of the fact that I'm not particularly impressed with Polina Edmunds. Her skating is very junior-level. But given the fact that the field is thinned (not everyone on the world stage is competing), she may have a chance to medal. I also think the Shibutani siblings have a good shot at a medal (maybe even gold??) in the dance competition.
Here are my Fantasy Skating picks for Cup of China:
| Cup of China Event | ||
| Ladies A Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) | Ladies B Gabrielle Daleman (CAN) | Ladies C Hae Jin Kim (KOR) |
| Men's A Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) | Men's B Richard Dornbush (USA) | Men's C Yi Wang (CHN) |
| Pairs A Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang (CHN) | Pairs B Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang (CHN) | Pairs C Jessica Noelle Calalang/Zack Sidhu (USA) |
| Ice Dancing A Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) | Ice Dancing B Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) | Ice Dancing C Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN) |
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