Kind of a shocker here for the ladies...Rachael Flatt, Caroline Zhang, and Ashley Wagner all got put on the B Team...that's right...the B Team!Who's on the A Team you ask? That would be Mirai Nagasu (of course, she's national champ), Beatrisa Liang (huh?), and Kimmie Meissner (wow!).
Not exactly sure how these girls will get placed for the Grand Prix but Mirai, Beatrisa, and Kimmie will have first crack at two and or three events before the others despite the fact they have performed stronger this season.
No shockers amongst the men, pairs, or ice dancers...exactly what you'd expect.
I think Kimmie especially, but Beatrisa too, have received an early Christmas present here from U.S. Figure Skating!
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I don't know very much about how the USFS works, but this makes no sense to me. I mean, I love Kimmie and everything, but leaving Rachel, Ashley, and Caroline out of the A team makes no sense to me.
according to the criteria on their website, for Team A there is "Consideration for World senior medalists within the past three years, who have retained their eligible status, and have committed to competing in the next competitive season." that would include Kimmie Meissner...
kimmie and bebe placed top ten at worlds, which automatically qualifies them for team a.
That makes sense...thanks for the clarification. Then is there only three available spots on Team A or can there be more than that? Just kind of seems to me that some of the other ladies...especially Flatt, are getting shafted!
It seems that team a and team b have three spots/team, but c and reserve have more.
The criteria doesn't say anything about the number of members.
Here's the criteria:
http://www.usfigureskating.org/Shell.asp?cat=2&sid=35400
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