I believe is time to open this topic .Some news from ice dance .Domnina and Shabalin will miss this championship due to old trauma.Maxim still have problems with his knee and for the last two days there were articles about their decision and it is been confirmed by the President of Russian Federation Valentin Piseev.Here is the article/in Russian/



http://www.allsport.ru/index.php?id=12954

"2008 European Champions in Ice Dancing, winners of the 2008 ISU Grand Prix Final Oxana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin will not be able to participate in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships to be held on March 17-23 in Goteborg, Sweden, the FSFR President Valentin Piseev was quoted as saying.
During practice Maxim Shabalin twisted his leg and fell acute pain in his knee, which was operated in December. After careful examination on March 11 by Professor Anatoly Orletskiy in the Central Institute of Trauma and Orthopedy (CITO) the partial injury of the left knee inner-side ligaments was diagnosed. Maxim was recommended to eliminate physical activity for two weeks and prescribed a course of rehabilitation therapy.
Final decision regarding the course of treatment will be determined after consultations with the specialists including the head of CITO Sergey Mironov.
Unfortunately, withdrawal of Oxana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin from participation in the World Figure Skating Championships will not allow the Russian skaters to compete for gold.
The FSFR President expressed his hopes that Maxim will successfully overcome his injury consequences and will compete at the highest level at the future Championships and 2010 Olympic Games.
Substitute Ice Dancing couple Ekaterina Bobrova – Dmitry Soloviev will participate in the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteborg instead of Oxana and Maxim."

I am sorry....Probably Maxim wanted to start again too soon ...

About to compete for gold.... they are not very kind with Jana & Sergei......I like them very much and I hope that they compete ...

Thanks for opening this topic, Viki !

Link for the official website:
http://www.goteborg.com/default.aspx?id=23606&redirect=true (English version)

And the site for "entries and results":
http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00010329.htm

Piemontesina! According to the official and updated ISU list Jana and Sergei are skating! So you will see them ! And I hope too that we will see them in the exhibition ...

Thank you , Petra! ( I saw them in Turin, at final of GP : they are so kind and simple.. )

– Two-time World bronze medalist Evan Lysacek has withdrawn form the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden, March 17-23. Lysacek will be replaced by 2005 U.S. junior champion Jeremy Abbott.

www.usfigureskating.org

2008WC is coooming soon.Good Luck to Ina And Yuri and everyone.

GOOD LUCK, INCHE AND URA!!!!! GOOD LUCK, everyone!!!

Two more days left
Good luck, Ina and Yuri, good luck Sinead&John, Fede&Massimo! (I wonder if it's possible that Fede&Massimo win a medal, if Oksana&Maxim don't participate I hope so...)

Starting order for the CD:
http://www.isufs.org/results/wc2008/SEG007.HTM
Ina and Yura are in the first group. Good luck! And I hope that starting number 13 won"t bring bad luck to Sinead&Jonh

Finally WC will begin!!!
I missed FS sooo much!

Good luck to Ina and Yura!!! And to Steph!
And to every one!!!

GOOD LUCK, Inche and Ura, Yana and Serezha!!! GOOD LUCK, everybody!!!

Isabelle & Olivier first after CD, that enlightens my day ! (even if it's not surprising at all ).

And Nathalie & Fabian are 6th, that's great too (but Davis & White are sooo close ). But I do hope they will be 5th at least. The same for the Kerrs

Ice Dancing - Result after CD

1 Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 40.73 1
2 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 38.71 2
3 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 37.98 3
4 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 37.15 4 Uh, they seem to have a subscription on the 4th place ! Goooooo !
5 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 35.02 5
6 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 34.82 6
7 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 34.80 7
8 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 33.48 8 Gooooo! Sinead and John!
...
30 Ina DEMIREVA / Juri KURAKIN BUL 17.75 30
31 Kristina KIUDMAA / Aleksei TROHLEV EST 16.72 31

Am I right that Ina and Juri can skate their OD now?
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Besides: Good luck to Aliona and Robin this evening! They will have to skate first ! But I hope that at the end they will be first!

Yes, they can!!!

Pairs - Result after short program

1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 74.36 1
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 72.00 2 Ups! The toeloop ! And somehow the thrown Lutz, too ...
3 Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 71.42 3
4 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 68.66 4
5 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 67.87 5
...

Good luck for tomorrow, Aliona and Robin! You can still do it!!!