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[macaroni-rascal]

I am praying for a good 4CC, Colorado Springs altitude is brutal for all non US skaters. What are your predictions?

Colorado Springs is brutal for any skaters who don't train in Colorado Springs, haha! Any US skater training outside of CS doesn't have a good time either.

Sadly, a lot of the heavy hitters this season aren't going to be at 4CC, which both makes it a fun event, but also a slightly disappointing event. The disciplines are a somewhat empty, but that there will be some unexpected medalists.

Men:

The Canadian men, on top of competing for medals, are competing against each other to see who will get the second spot at worlds, Keegan already has been assigned, but Gogolev and Orzel will be battling it out, which is very exciting! My money is on Conrad, I trust him and Ravi over Gogo and Raf any day of the week.

Boyang Jin is finally competing again, he was out of the GP due to injury, so it will be interesting to see how he is skating. He's generally a very messy, inconsistent skater, but with all the time off, hopefully he's doing better.

Japanese men are the skaters to beat here, Kao, Shun, and Koshiro, if they all skate well, could theoretically sweep the podium.

I desperately want Jun to skate well, with two clean programs, but he's had a hard season. Wishing him all the best. I also love Sihyeong Lee, I want him to skate well, I love his SP this season.

US is sending their B-team, Liam Kapeikis, who had a great short program at nats, but a rough free skate, Jimmy Ma, who had the opposite, and Maxim Maumov who nabbed the pewter will be hoping to come out as the top American man at this competition.

Women:

Forever angry Fiona Bomardier wasn't given any assignments where she could get her tech mins, the Canadian national bronze medalists isn't at 4CC, and its a damn crime. Maddie Schizas needs two strong programs to get her confident for worlds, and hopefully a top 10 finish to get Canada two spot for women at worlds next season, that is most likely her goal for the season.

Japan, once again, is sending their B-team to 4CC, which I think is a very good idea. Mone, Rinka, and Hana will be very fun to watch, I enjoy all of their skating, One or more of them could medal here.

Korea has a very good team, Haein, Yelim, and Chaeyeon are wonderful skaters, I really hope Haien has a good skate especially, I really like her skating.

The US is sending their worlds team to 4CC, Amber, Isabeau, and Bradie, they will all want to have strong skates, Isabeau will most likely medal, Amber will want to beat Bradie.

Pairs:

The most empty field, as has been the theme of the season, but still with some fun competition!

Canada has a pretty strong team, hoping Deanna is doing better and has been training well, this will also be Lia and Trennt first major international competition, judges have been kind to them nationally, will be interesting to see how they do outside of Canada -- shout out to @anewbeginningagain for reminding me Lia and Trennt did Golden Spin.

Two Chinese pairs teams we haven't seen before will be competing here, which is fun, I'm interested in what they will do.

This is Riku and Ryuichi's competition to lose, since they missed Nationals, this will be their first competition since the GPF, they can sweep the season if they skate it.

US pairs teams will be competing against each other as much as against other pairs to be the #2 American pairs team, although they all have double/single jumps, and/or double throws, so medaling here is unlikely for all of them.

Ice dance:

Harris and Chan have fun programs this season, I want them to skate well.

With Gilles and Poirier out, the Canadanes are on track to get the silver medal, Marjo and Zak will want to keep outscoring Lauriault and Legac, as well as outscoring the #2 and #3 US teams (Green and Parsons, and Carreira and Ponomarenko)

Wang and Liu have only been seen twice this season, so they are out of practice, and won't score well, just from being off the international scene for so long.

Team Koko have no hope out outscoring KanaDai, unless KanaDai fall about 4 times, which is possible, but doubtful.

This is Chock and Bates' to lose, they'll want to outscore G/P's scores this season, so that they have the strongest shot at worlds gold. Carreira and Ponomarenko will want to beat Green and Parsons.

Lots of fun competitions happening during the larger competitions. I will miss some skaters, but it will still be a fun event!

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