2025–26 Canadian Pairs: News and Updates

[Sylvia]

@shutterbug - from the 2025-26 GP Announcement:

"e) Medallists from the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2025 and gold medallists from the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2024/25 will be included in the selection process. Skaters/Couples who have stated their intention to skate as Senior in the season 2025/26 might be included in the Grand Prix event(s) if they fulfil the requirements of the minimum Grand Prix score."

Early discussion/projections/speculation re. the 2026 GP Pairs: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...-2026-grand-prix-entries.113603/#post-6909936

 

[Karen-W]

Question for those who follow rules changes closely - When McIntosh/Mimar won their World Jr. bronze
in 2022, I recall the event YouTube commentator (Ted?) saying the medallists were guaranteed a Sr. GP spot in the following season. M/M did get a SCI host spot and plus a 2nd GP event in 2022 (as did LaLa in the 2019 season), so it does seem reasonable(?). Has there been a rule change with respect to this, or am I mis-remembering?

Ted misspoke in 2022. The GP General Announcement has stated, for years, that Jr Worlds medalists & JGPF gold medalists are put into the GP selection pool but they're not guaranteed an assignment.

In 2022 the pairs field was EXTREMELY thin once Russia was banned and all of their pairs teams were excluded from the GP pools so pretty much any and all teams who were eligible for GPs got them, especially if they were from host feds like McMim.