I think whichever works best for your narrative should be fine -- there doesn't seem to be any clear canon one way or the other. Then again, there's only the six finalists in each discipline skating at the GPF, right? So it seems to be more concentrated than other competitions.
Whatever works, honestly -- it's an AU from RL, right? ;)
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Whatever works, honestly -- it's an AU from RL, right? ;)