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In honor of the ISU approving the age increase for Junior Pairs (this title could apply to Senior Ice Dancers too, lol)!
New, confirmed Pairs teams reported in the previous thread (and in the US and Canadian Pairs threads) -
CAN - Fiona Bombardier/Benjamin Mimar
CAN - Ashlyn Schmitz/Raine Eberl
ESP (jr) - Megan Yudin/Patricio Rossi Lopez
FRA - Chloe Panetta/Flavien Giniaux
FRA (jr) - Clelia Liget-Latus/Allan Fisher
GBR (jr?) - Neamh Davison/Daniel Borisov
GBR (jr) - Rebecca Ritchie/Kyle McLeod
SUI - Oxana Vouillamoz/Tom Bouvar
SUI (jr) - Zoe Pflaum/Linus Mager
USA - Audrey Shin/Balasz Nagy
USA (jr) - Gracie Gottschalk/Sam Herbert
USA (jr) - Addyson McDanold/Aaron Felberbaum
UZB - Ekaterina Geinish/Dmitrii Chigirev (released by RUS in May 2024)
Rumored new partnerships include:
CAN - Joy Weinberg/Thierry Ferland
CAN/ESP - Brooke McIntosh/Marco Zandron
USA/AUT - Gabriella Izzo/Luc Maierhofer
USA (jr) - Baylen Taich (US Nationals N-2)/Jared McPike (2024 WOG bronze with Cayla Smith)
Pairs Multiple Entries for 2025 Worlds -
3 = CAN, JPN, GER
2 = HUN, ITA, GEO, AUS, USA
Qualifying Rounds were eliminated at the ISU Congress so we're back to the old qualifying system and the Direct Entries process below no longer applies -
Direct Entries = 19 - if all countries with multiple entries use all of their spots then only 5 teams from the Qualifying Round to the Championship Round Short Program. It is possible, though, that only 15 DE spots will be used (JPN 2, HUN 1, GEO 1, AUS 1) which will give 9 teams the opportunity to advance from the QR. Any way you slice it, it's going to be FIERCE next year in the Qualifying Round with likely entries from NED, CHN, UKR, FIN, POL, GBR, PHI, AUT, SWE, CZE and FRA.
Skate Austria will host an ISU Development Seminar “Pair Skating Days” on July 1-7, 2024 in picturesque Zell am See (SW of Salzburg) with Alison Purkiss, Knut Schubert, Severin Kiefer & Miriam Ziegler - more info: https://skateaustria.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pair-Skating-Days-2024-Information-FIN.pdf
ISU Council's proposal for the following age limits for Junior Pairs that passed at the ISU Congress yesterday:
21 for women, 23 for men [as of July 1]. Maximum 7 years age gap between the partners.
So, I looked through the SB list for Pairs, the ISU bios, and the USFS Nats bios to figure out which teams the ISU age increase would positively impact and allow to compete additional junior seasons if the ISU Council proposal passes - I don't think it's realistic to think either the USFS or Skate Canada proposals will pass. I'm not sure who among the Canadian pairs that haven't competed internationally yet would be positively impacted by the age increase (none of their intact teams that competed int'lly are aging out of juniors this year) - perhaps someone can chime in with that info. And, obviously, I've left off the teams that have already split up.
* = skater who ages out without the age increase
de Nardin/Rossi Lopez* ESP – 2 additional seasons(split)
Ehrhard*/Pellegris FRA – 2 additional seasons
Metelkina/Berulava* GEO – 2 additional seasons
Ackermann/Harms* GER - 1 additional season
Steblyanka*/Gneiding* GER - 2 additional seasons(split)
Shimizu/Honda* JPN – 2 additional seasons
Pacha/Derechowski* POL – 2 additional seasons
Pazienza/Knorr* SUI - 2 additional seasons
Delis/Schwab* USA – 1 additional season
Williams/Lewer* USA - 2 additional seasons
Just for the sake of clarity these are the technical changes that were approved for next season for the Singles & Pairs disciplines.
243. Singles & Pair Skating Technical Committee
Rule 620 To amend the below parts as follows, whereby all text of the current rule which is not shown as amended, shall stay in force:
Short Programs Pairs
2. The Senior Short Program shall consist of the following required elements, which form three groups. The groups that are effective on July 1st of each year are:
2024-2025
a) Any hand to hand lift take-off (Group Four);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Throw jump (double or triple);
d) Solo jump (double or triple);
e)Solo spin combination with only one change of foot;Pair Spin Combination;
f) Death spiral backward outside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface;
2025-2026
a) Any Lasso lift take-off (Group Five);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Throw jump (double or triple);
d) Solo jump (double or triple);
e) Solo spin combination with only one change of foot;
f) Death spiral backward inside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.
2026-2027
a) Any hip lift take-off (Group Three);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Throw jump (double or triple);
d) Solo jump (double or triple);
e)Solo spin combination with only one change of foot;Pair Spin Combination;
f) Death spiral forward inside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.
3. The Junior Short Program shall consist of the following required elements, which form three groups. The groups that are effective on July 1st of each year are:
2024-2025
a) Any hand to hand lift take-off (Group Four);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Double or triple Salchow throw jump;
d) Double Flip or double Axel solo jump;
e)Solo spin combination with only one change of foot; Pair Spin Combination
f) Death spiral backward outside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.
2025-2026
a) Any Lasso lift take-off (Group Five);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Double or triple toe loop or Flip/Lutz throw jump;
d) Double loop or double Axel solo jump;
e) Solo spin combination with only one change of foot;
f) Death spiral backward inside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.
2026-2027
a) Any hip lift take-off (Group Three);
b) Twist lift (double or triple);
c) Double or triple loop throw jump;
d) Double Lutz or double Axel solo jump;
e)Solo spin combination with only one change of foot; Pair Spin Combination;
f) Death spiral forward inside;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.
Reason: Usual groups rotation
New, confirmed Pairs teams reported in the previous thread (and in the US and Canadian Pairs threads) -
CAN - Fiona Bombardier/Benjamin Mimar
CAN - Ashlyn Schmitz/Raine Eberl
ESP (jr) - Megan Yudin/Patricio Rossi Lopez
FRA - Chloe Panetta/Flavien Giniaux
FRA (jr) - Clelia Liget-Latus/Allan Fisher
GBR (jr?) - Neamh Davison/Daniel Borisov
GBR (jr) - Rebecca Ritchie/Kyle McLeod
SUI - Oxana Vouillamoz/Tom Bouvar
SUI (jr) - Zoe Pflaum/Linus Mager
USA - Audrey Shin/Balasz Nagy
USA (jr) - Gracie Gottschalk/Sam Herbert
USA (jr) - Addyson McDanold/Aaron Felberbaum
UZB - Ekaterina Geinish/Dmitrii Chigirev (released by RUS in May 2024)
Rumored new partnerships include:
CAN - Joy Weinberg/Thierry Ferland
CAN/ESP - Brooke McIntosh/Marco Zandron
USA/AUT - Gabriella Izzo/Luc Maierhofer
USA (jr) - Baylen Taich (US Nationals N-2)/Jared McPike (2024 WOG bronze with Cayla Smith)
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