This week is bound to be a bit gymnastics heavy, but not to forget that the figure skating season starts in just a few days- I'm like a kid in a candy shop!The first senior grand prix stop is the NHK trophy in Mao Asada's home town of Nagoya, Japan.
Some of the top names to watch are-
Ladies
Asada herself - hoping to show she is nowhere near done since after her olympic silver medal.
Carolina Kostner - former European champ looking for redemption after another olympic disappointment.
Kiira Korpi- fresh from her win at Nebelhorn.
World Junior champ Kanako Murakami
Americans Rachael Flatt, Caroline Zhang and Ashley Wagner
Mens
World Champ Daisuke Takahashi of Japan
The talented (and slightly nuts) Denis Ten
The Veteran Kevin Van-Der-Perren
Pairs
World Champs Pang & Tong
World Jr Silver Medallists Takahashi & Tran - competing on the junior and senior circuits this season.American Champs Denney & Barrett
Russians Bazarova & Larionov
Dance
Olympic silver medallists Davis & White
Their young counterparts The Shibutani siblings
Italians Cappellini & Lanotte
Canadians Weaver & Poje
Also - the Junior Grand Prix Circuit is now complete and the qualifiers to the Grand Prix final in Beijing are-
| Ladies | Mens |
| Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 1st, 1st | Andrei Rogozine (CAN) 1st, 1st |
| Liza Tuktamisheva (RUS) 1st , 1st | Han Yan (CHN) 1st, 1st |
| Risha Shoji (JPN) 1st, 2nd | Joshua Farris (USA) 2nd, 1st |
| Polina Shelepen (RUS) 1st, 3rd | Keegan Messing (USA) 1st, 4th |
| Christina Gao (USA) 2nd, 2nd | Richard Dornbush (USA) 4th, 1st |
| Yasmin Siraj (USA) 2nd, 2nd | Max Aaron (USA) 3rd, 2nd |
| Kristeine Gong (USA) 2nd, 4th | Zhan Bush (RUS) 3rd, 2nd |
| Kiri Baga (USA) 2nd, 5th | Gordei Gorshkov (RUS) 4th, 2nd |
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| Pairs | Dance |
| Stolbova/Klimpov (RUS) 1st, 1st | Monko/Khaliavin (RUS) 1st, 1st |
| Sui/Han (CHN) 2nd, 1st | Stepanova/Bukin (RUS) 1st, 1st |
| Yu/Jin (CHN) 3rd, 1st | Pushkash/Guerreiro (RUS) 2nd, 1st |
| Takahashi/Tran (JPN) 2nd, 2nd | Lichtman/Copely (USA) 1st, 3rd |
| Purich/Schulz (CAN) 3rd, 3rd | Kosigna/Moroshkin (RUS) 3rd, 1st |
| Silaeva/Minchuk (RUS) 3rd, 4th | Sinitsina/Zhiganshin (RUS) 2nd,2nd |
| Cain/Reagan (USA) 6th, 2nd | Galyeta/Shumski (UKR) 2nd, 3rd |
| Steele/Schultz (CAN) 4th, 6th | Antipova/Kudashev (RUS) 3rd, 4th |
Not too many surprise entries here the Russians dominate the Ice Dance and the americans have a new crop of talented singles skaters.
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