To be honest I was pretty surprised to see Japan's Takahiko Kozuka in the qualifying round, given he was 4th at Four Continents and 10th at Worlds last year. He won this round with ease and should place very well in the main competition starting Wednesday.
Special mentions to young talents Joey Russell of Canada, who stepped up as an alternate after the withdrawal of Shawn Sawyer, and also to Misha Ge of Uzbekistan who, coached by Frank Carroll, is making his senior worlds debut. Ge (pronounced like the letter G) finished an impressive 12th at this years 4 Continents.
Comiserations to those who just missed out, including Austalia's Mark Webster and GB's David Richardson. I do wonder at the state of GB skating without even John and Sinead Kerr to lead the way.
A quote from icenetwork's Lynne Rutherford on Twitter - Skaters are coming off the ice saying it is extremely hot, making it difficult to sustain energy. Bern was too cold - now Moscow is too hot. Yu-Na Kim also said after her practice yesterday that the ice felt softer than she was used to, and the arena won't even be full yet! I hope this doesn't affect the level of performances in the later competition.
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