2026-27 Junior Grand Prix - General Discussion

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JGP #3 in Bangkok, Thailand - changes made in the entries since August 4:

JUNIOR MEN
Romulus PELTONEN FIN (competed in Riga) replaced by Anton ERKAMA (won Finnish test skate)

JUNIOR WOMEN
Morocco's Hanna Yasmine Neila SEMLALI MAR (added after initial entries were published)
Sofiia DZEPKA AIN2 (replaced Elena Kostyleva in Xi'an on Aug. 10)
Victoria YONEMORI AUT replaced Hannah FRANK (moved to TUR & SLO)
Venla SINISALO FIN (2nd in Finnish test skate behind Annika Pellonmaa) replaced Lotta ARTIMO
Izabella KIRILLOVA replaced Sophia SHIFRIN ISR (moved to GEO & presumably POL)
Anna SERGIENKO SLO replaced Ula ZADNIKAR

JUNIOR ICE DANCE
Ayumi SHIBAYAMA / Tomoki KIMURA JPN - removed from their provisional 2nd assignment (6th in Xi'an)

 

[her grace]

Japan’s being especially harsh this year. Sixth in dance isn’t enough for a second assignment? And I refuse to believe that there aren’t other deserving women if they don’t want Wada and compatriot to get a second.

 

[Karen-W]

A second AIN2 pairs team has been added to JGP Ankara - Taisiia Guseva/Daniil Ovchinnikov.

ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix Ankara 2026

isu-skating.com

AIN1 & AIN2 were supposed to have 1 pairs entry at JGP Poland, so it would seem they weren't able to work out the visa issues & the ISU is allowing them to use their 3rd overall series entry at JGP Ankara instead.

 

[aprilediv]

Japan’s being especially harsh this year. Sixth in dance isn’t enough for a second assignment?

So bummed by this. It's not like they have better alternatives? They just don't have the funding to invest in junior ice dancers then?

 

[spin2win]

it's been rumored this offseason that JFed is hurting for money + I imagine the yen's weakness and poor exchange rate is hurting their corporate sponsors a lot-- between not sending seniors to challengers + the way they set up their initial JGP entries where they did not use full quotas on the european stops

I'm not surprised then that they are being tough on junior assignments

 

[Karen-W]

it's been rumored this offseason that JFed is hurting for money + I imagine the yen's weakness and poor exchange rate is hurting their corporate sponsors a lot-- between not sending seniors to challengers + the way they set up their initial JGP entries where they did not use full quotas on the european stops

I'm not surprised then that they are being tough on junior assignments

So, the JSF did not use all of their men's entries on the JGP last season or the season before. This is not a new development and they're making decisions to send skaters out based upon their own internal criteria. I'm sure the skaters are aware of what they need to score both domestically to earn 1 JGP berth and what they need to score internationally to earn a 2nd JGP berth.

Apart from last season, with it being the Olympic season, the JSF hasn't usually sent a LOT of skaters to Challengers, or at least they didn't during this past Olympic cycle. They tend to keep their skaters home, competing in domestic competitions - and their Regional qualifying competitions to Japanese Nats start later this month & continue through early October, when the bulk of the pre-GP Challengers are scheduled. They don't give byes through their Regionals or Sectionals as easily as the USFS or Skate Canada does.

 

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Scores as they compare to Jr Worlds 2026 (I placed the skaters who are higher than the standard score in that category)

MEN

268/243/241 (1-3 place at JW 2026)
Lazarev 260, Choi 246, YLi 244

224 (5th)
JLee 229, Kaewtathip 229

216 (10th)
Weilier 221, Ebihara 219

198 (15th)
Takahashi, NSheiko, Nishino, Uemura, Okazaki, Chan, Blackwell, JLi, KSheiko, Barakhouski

Still to skate- Aleksandr Plushenko, Denis Krouglov, Alek Tankovic, Tonghe Tian, Edward Solovyov, Furkan Incel, Yehor Kurtsev, Henry Gao, Kirk Haugeto, Ryan William Azadpour

WOMEN

208/205/197 (1-3 place)
Dzepka 213, Bath 209, Okada 205, Kanazawa 202

185 (5th)
YWang 195, Cho 192, Yamada 191, YLiu189, SJin 188, Lautowa-Peguero 187, Tzimpoukakis 185

177 (10th)
ChenXiJin 183, YunXiFan 183, Stahovich 183, Nasybullina 181, Miyazaki 180, Ezhova 178

168 (15th)
Guo 173, Wada 170, OLengyelova 170

Still to skate- Haruna Murakami, Mia Zeng, Arina Kalugina, Elina Goidina, Stefania Gladki, Inga Gurgenidze, Sophia Shifrin, Mayuko Oka, Nayeon Ko, Elisabeth Dibbern, Alica Lengyelova, Jessica Jurka, Rachel Samiri, Emilia Nemirovsky

PAIRS

167/162/160 (1-3 Place)
Shesheleva/Karnaukhov 191

149 (5th)
Chen/Dong 157

136 (10th)
Moss/Galbavy 145, Cohen/Vochozka 143

Still to skate- Guseva/Ovchinnikov, Kallay/Lacasse, Guo/Zhang, Mapelli/Quesada Grau, Telemaque/Coulon, Polman/Renoldi, Shelesteva/Sadykov, Heckova/Valky, Oh/Felberbaum, Yun/Castelletti

DANCE

166/164/164 (1-3 place)
Fefelova/Valov 166

153 (5th)
Mouaden/Bigot 162, Bianchi/Basile 160, Vaclavikova/Lissauer 159

138 (10th)
Hienne/Varescon 149, Stapert/Korotcov 147, Ben Khelifa/Levesque 144, Hoewing-Moxley/Sladkov 144, Homick/Buelow 143, Kobor/Kobor 142, Li/Ge 141, Calhoun/Zheltyshev 141, Briere/Celestino 140, Shibayama/Kimura 140, Cohas-Bogey/Grishin 139

Still to skate- Fischer/Fischer, Chen/Chitipakhovian, Aboian/Veselukhin, Soldati/Tagliabue, Grimm/Rodin, Kruk/Eisenhaber, Marler Davies/Black, Perrier Gianesini/Blanc Klaperman, Beznosikova/Leleu, Gans/Pak, Anderson/Dawson

 

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Standings after the first 3 singles events & 2 pairs events:

Junior Men: https://results.isu.org/events/jgp2026/jgpsmen.htm
Junior Women: https://results.isu.org/events/jgp2026/jgpswomen.htm
Junior Ice Dance: https://results.isu.org/events/jgp2026/jgpsdance.htm
Junior Pairs: https://results.isu.org/events/jgp2026/jgpspairs.htm (CHN, LAT, TUR, POL)

Cross-posting @her grace's Ice Dance standings compilation today from the "JGP 2026-2027 Standings, Final Qualifications, & Strategy" thread in Kiss & Cry:

1 Mariia FEFELOVA / Artem VALOV AIN2 15 (CHN) + 15 (THA) = 30 qualified (328.25)
2 Zoe BIANCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 13 (CHN) + 13 (THA) = 26 bubble, but probably getting it (314.53)
3 Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 9 (CHN) + 9 (THA) = 18 (290.04) nope
4 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA 15 (LAT) (162.57) + TUR
5 Aneta VACLAVIKOVA / William LISSAUER USA 13 (LAT) (159.04) + SLO (TBC)
6 Lea HIENNE / Louis VARESCON FRA 11 (THA) (149.03) + unknown, likely POL
7 Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 11 (LAT) (143.68) + GEO
8 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER 11 (LAT) (142.33) + TUR
9 Laurence BRIERE / Earl Jesse CELESTINO CAN 9 (LAT) (140.77) + unknown, POL?
...
11 Chaima BEN KHELIFA/Julien LEVESQUE CAN 7 (THA) (144.17) + ??
12 Jane CALHOUN / Mark ZHELTYSHEV USA 7 (141.36) (CHN) + GEO
10 Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN FRA 7 (LAT) (139.77) + SLO

Still to come:
Aboian/Veselukhin USA: TUR + POL?
Anderson/Dawson CAN: TUR + SLO
Grimm/Rodin GER: GEO + SLO
Perrier Gianesini/Blanc Klaperman FRA: GEO + SLO
Soldati/Tagliabue ITA: GEO + POL?

MEN after 3 events:
1 Lev LAZAREV AIN2 15 (250.21) + 15 (260.90) = 30 (511.11) Qualified for Final
2 Yanhao LI NZL 13 (230.89) + 13 (244.68) = 26 (475.57) 2 silvers should be enough to qualify
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3 Habin CHOI KOR 15 (246.41) + TUR
4 Jaekeun LEE KOR 13 (229.77) + SLO
5 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 11 (229.51) + SLO
6 Ean WEILER SUI 11 (221.73) + GEO
7 Daiya EBIHARA JPN 11 (219.76) + TUR
8 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 9 (213.78) + GEO
9 Taiga NISHINO JPN 9 (209.78) + SLO
10 Hayato OKAZAKI JPN 9 (204.50) + GEO
11 Vasil BARAKHOUSKI AIN1 4 + 4 = 8 (398.03)
12 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 7 (211.05) + SLO
13 Shun UEMURA JPN 7 (209.73) + POL?
14 Patrick BLACKWELL USA 7 (202.80) + GEO
15 Kirill SHEIKO ISR 0 + 5 = 5 (366.15)
16 William CHAN CAN 5 (203.53)
17 Jiarui LI HKG 5 (202.37) + SLO
18 Janis ZNOTINS LAT 4 (188.25)
19 Grayson LONG CAN 3 (197.54) + TUR

Denis KROUGLOV BEL - will debut in GEO
Artur SMAGULOV KAZ - will debut in GEO
Yehor KURTSEV UKR - will debut in TUR
Aleksandr PLIUSHCHENKO AZE - will debut in TUR

WOMEN after 3 events:
1 Sofiia DZEPKA AIN2 15 (213.28) + 15 (205.73) = 30 (419.01) Qualified for Final
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2 Hana BATH AUS 15 (209.07) + SLO
3 Mei OKADA JPN 13 (205.47) + TUR
4 Sumika KANAZAWA JPN 13 (202.79) + SLO
5 Yuxuan LIU CHN 13 (189.57) + ?
6 Varvara STAHOVICH AIN1 7 (180.58) + 5 (183.35) = 12 (363.93)
7 Yihan WANG CHN 11 (195.03) + GEO
8 Lia CHO CAN 11 (192.75) + POL?
9 Shuxian JIN CHN 11 (188.80) + TUR
10 Kei YAMADA JPN 9 (191.44) + GEO
11 Leandra TZIMPOUKAKIS SUI 9 (185.88) + SLO
12 Chen Xi JIN CHN 9 (183.94) + TUR
13 Skylar LAUTOWA-PEGUERO USA 7 (187.56)
14 Yun Xi FAN CHN 7 (183.90) + SLO
...
17 Valeriya EZHOVA 5 (178.25) + GEO
18 Amaliia NASYBULLINA GEO 4 (181.85) + TUR

Still to skate:
Stefania GLADKI FRA #4 TUR & ?
Nayeon KO KOR #4 TUR & ?
Inga GURGENIDZE #4 TUR & #5 GEO
Arina KALUGINA AZE#4 TUR & #5 GEO
Lilou REMEYSEN BEL #4 TUR & #6 SLO
Sophia SHIFRIN ISR #5 GEO & ?
Elina GOIDINA EST #5 GEO & #7 POL?
Mia Zixuan ZENG AUS #5 GEO & #7 POL
Rachel SAMIRI USA #5 GEO
Mayuko OKA JPN #6 SLO (recovering from injury)
Haruna MURAKAMI AUS #6 SLO & 7 POL
Emilia NEMIROVSKY USA #6 SLO

PAIRS after 2 events (TUR & POL are left):
1 Yuxuan CHEN / Yinbo DONG CHN 13 (157.52) + 15 (153.51) = 28 points (311.03) Qualified for Final
2 Polina SHESHELEVA / Egor KARNAUKHOV AIN2 15 (191.84) - TUR next
3 Reagan MOSS / Jakub GALBAVY USA 13 (145.28) - POL next (to be confirmed)
4 Debora Anna COHEN / Lukas VOCHOZKA CZE 11 (143.49) - TUR next
5 Chen Ling WANG / Yong Zheng CHEN CHN 11 (134.50) - TUR next
6 Sofia JARMOC / Luke WITKOWSKI USA 9 (132.21) - TUR next
7 Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan Daniel FISHER FRA 9 (128.16) - TUR next
8 Brianna DION / Jacob COTE CAN 7 (128.02) - TUR next

Taisiia GUSEVA / Daniil OVCHINNIKOV AIN2 (moved from POL) & Rui GUO / Yiwen ZHANG CHN are listed for TUR.

 

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Olivia Smart’s video:

Olivia Sophie Smart on Instagram: "The Junior Grand Prix circuit has started.. but unfortunately it’s come with a few cons that I can’t stay quiet about. #figureskating #isufigureskating #jgpfigure"

oliviasmartx on August 23, 2026: "The Junior Grand Prix circuit has started.. but unfortunately it’s come with a few cons that I can’t stay quiet about. #figureskating #isufigureskating #jgpfigure".

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Olivia’s follow-up podcast episode (Sept. 4, 2026) Lessons We Learned at our Junior Figure Skating Grand Prix! - Jean-Luc Baker joined her at the 7-minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rl8OmhX3Y0
"Today we talk all things Junior Grand Prix and how it changed our lives and our careers. From how we met at a competition, our experiences at our first and last Juniors, the transition to senior Grand Prix and so much more!"

 

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Re-posting a Google translated excerpt from the JGP Riga news thread in Kiss & Cry:

Aylin Cetinkaya has written a very good preview for a Turkish Sports website:

Genç buz pateni sporcularımız sezonu açıyor - TRTSpor

Artistik buz pateninde Gençler Grand Prix yarışmaları geçtiğimiz hafta Çin’de başladı. Serinin ikinci yarışması bu hafta Riga’da yapılacak ve Deniz Tarım il...

www.trtspor.com.tr

Turkish Ice Skating Federation Grand Prix Qualifiers
Last year, Leyla Çetin and Furkan Emre İncel represented our country at the World Junior Championships. Leyla Çetin's 29th place finish earned our country the right to participate in 4 separate JGPs (Junior Grand Prix) for women. We have a quota of sending one athlete to each of these competitions. However, since we are hosting one of the JGP competitions, we have the right to send 3 female skaters to the competition in Ankara. Therefore, a total of 6 female skaters can compete in 4 JGPs. However, the Federation may also decide to send one skater to two separate JGPs, as many countries prefer to send their most successful skaters to two separate competitions. In the men's category, Furkan Emre İncel finished 39th, thus earning our country the right to send one athlete to each of 3 JGPs. Again, since we are hosting the competition in Ankara, with the additional quota, 5 male athletes can compete in 3 JGPs. The Turkish Ice Skating Federation organized a national team selection competition in Ankara on August 1-2, 2026, to determine the skaters it will represent in these competitions. The second stage of the selection competition will be held on September 5-6, 2026. Based on the results of the first stage, the Federation decided to send Deniz Tarım and Kaan Şanal to the JGP competition in Riga, the capital of Latvia.

Türkiye held their second JGP Ankara selection competition this past weekend - results:

Junior Grand Prix Secme Yarismasi

Event results for Junior Grand Prix Secme Yarismasi

onlinesonuclar.buzpateni.org.tr

Top 4 men of 5:
1 Mehmet Cenkay KARLIKLI 186.74 1 1
2 Kaan SANAL 163.65 3 2 (145.76 19th in his JGP debut in Riga)
3 Furkan Emre INCEL 160.05 2 3
4 Ege ALACAN 145.79 4 4

2 women competed (both already are listed for the Ankara JGP):
1 Leyla CETIN 170.13 1 1
2 Deniz TARIM 163.83 2 2

 

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Men Aging Out of Junior after this season (already eligible for senior events now)- Jaekeun Lee, Ean Weiler, Nikita Sheiko, Patrick Blackwell, Nicholas Brooks, Grayson Long, Ryan William Azadpour

Men already old enough for Senior Events, but still age eligible for juniors next season- Yanhao Li, Daiya Ebihara, Caleb Farrington, Zachary LoPinto, Tonghe Tian, Shun Uemura, Kirk Haugeto, William Chan

Men who will be old enough for Senior next season (but also will be Jr eligible still)- Lez Lazarev, Habin Choi, Sena Takahashi, Louis Mallane, Taiga Nishino, Yehor Kurtsev, Denis Krouglov, Henry Gao

Men who will still be only Junior Age Eligible next season- Hiro Kaewtathip, Hitonari Tani, Daniel Koppel
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Women who will be senior age eligible next season (a few are already eligible this season)

AUS- Hana Bath, Haruna Murakami
JPN- Mei Okada, Kei Yamada, Mayuko Oka, Kaoruko Wada
CHN- Yihan Wang
USA- Annika Chao, Emilia Nemirovsky
CAN- Victoria Barakhtina
KOR- Nayeon Ko, Jeongyul Hwang
Other- Gurgenidze, Kaljuvere, Goidina, Gladki, Shifrin

 

[SakuraHere]

A teen kid Dzepka is smarter than ISU https://x.com/fkatwistat/status/2095912849428136258 But it's not difficult to be smarter than ISU.

 

[victorskid]

The entries for Gdansk are now up:

ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix Gdansk 2026

isu-skating.com

 

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JGP #7 in Gdansk, Poland (Oct. 8-10) - entries as of Sept. 8, 2026:

JUNIOR MEN
1 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM
2 Denis KROUGLOV BEL
3 Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL
Deyan MIHAYLOV S
4 William CHAN CAN
Alexander GE S
Ethan LUO S
Colton MONESS S
Rui QIN S
Liam SCHMIDT S
Travis TRANG S
Bowen YAN S
5 Tonghe TIAN CHN
Zhuo Lang LI S
6 Jan VALTERA CZE
Jakub TYKAL S
Tadeas VACLAVIK S
7 Matias HEINONEN FIN
Anton ERKAMA S
Romulus PELTONEN S
8 Gianni MOTILLA FRA
Baptiste GELLON S
Lorenzo HEURTEBIS S
Lenny OLIVIER S
9 Edward SOLOVYOV GBR
Callum GILCHRIST S
Lewis MACDONALD S
Lloyd THOMSON S
10 Makar NIKOLAEV GEO
11 Leon ROJKOV GER
Michelangelo CAPRANO S
Soner OEZTUERK S
Robert WILDT S
Felix Haoyu ZENG S
12 Christopher Konstantinos MANIS GRE
13 Matvey SOKOLOV ISR
Nikita SHEIKO S
14 Federico BERRUTO ITA
Giovanni AVOLIO S
Simone CLEMENTINO S
Denys KOVALENKO S
Matteo MARCHIONI S
Felix OBERBACHER S
Edoardo Luigi PROFAIZER S
Davide TOMAS S
15 Shun UEMURA JPN
Daiya EBIHARA S
Taiga NISHINO S
Hayato OKAZAKI S
Sena TAKAHASHI S
16 Jaewook CHUNG KOR
17 Yesung KIM KOR
18 Janis ZNOTINS LAT
19 Leon LO NED
20 Jan GULAJ POL
21 Oscar OLIVER POL
22 Ryszard SIUDEK POL
Przemyslaw BARTOSIK S
23 Sandro DE ANGELO SUI
Gion SCHMID S
Ean WEILER S
24 Dominik DRNZIK SVK
25 Tim NORDIN SWE
Albin SAMUELSSON S
26 Bo-Shun WU TPE
27 Yehor KURTSEV UKR
Fedir BABENKO S
Mark LYSYCHENKO S
28 Caleb FARRINGTON USA
29 Henry GAO USA [likely a placeholder]
Ryan William AZADPOUR S
Patrick BLACKWELL S
Isaac FULTON S
Kirk HAUGETO S
Daniel KOPPEL S
Zachary LOPINTO S
Louis MALLANE S
Evan NEUHAUS S
Marlo ROSEN S
Ryedin RUDE-DENMAN S
Hitonari TANI S
Vaclav VASQUEZ S

JUNIOR WOMEN
1 Izabella ESAIAN ARM
2 Haruna MURAKAMI AUS
3 Mia Zixuan ZENG AUS
Hana BATH S
Emma CHEN S
Sophia FENG S
Amber FU S
Ann KYLE S
Kalyn SHIMOGAKI S
4 Lia LYUBENOVA BUL
Varvara ABRAMKINA S
Sofia CHEN S
5 Lia CHO CAN
Uxia GONZALEZ-ABRALDES S
Gabrielle JUGNAUTH S
Ksenia KROUZKEVITCH S
Hannah QUINN S
Aleksa VOLKOVA S
6 Maria Ignacia CASTRO CHI
7 Yuxuan LIU CHN
Yun Xi FAN S
Yihan WANG S
8 Oliviia BAZLOVA CYP
Vasilisa BOGOMOLOVA S
9 Jana HORCICKOVA CZE
Elen KRIVANKOVA S
Marketa SUKUPOVA S
Veronika TAUBEOVA S
Darya TIMOFEEVA S
10 Ariadna GUPTA ESPADA ESP
Eloisa MERINO-SOLA S
Noa SEGUI JIMENEZ S
11 Elina GOIDINA EST
Vilena IVANNIKOVA S
Sofia NEKRASSOVA S
Karina SHESTERIKOVA S
12 Venla SINISALO FIN
Annika PELLONMAA S
Darja TRUBITSON S
Julia VAHA-RUOHOLA S
Saaga VOLKOVA S
13 Stefania GLADKI FRA
Mila BERTSCH S
Anne-Sophie HEURTEBIS S
Shylina RENAUD S
Louane WOLFF S
14 Alice SMITH GBR
Mia CRAIG S
Lilian MUSGRAVE S
Arina VOROBEVA S
Jessica WORTH S
15 Ketevan MAKHARADZE GEO
16 Anna GERKE GER
Helen BOEHM S
Sophie ERHARDT S
Adelina VOROTELIAK S
Diana Alexandra ZIESECKE S
17 Sofia LAMPRINOU GRE
18 Saedis Heba GUDMUNDSDOTTIR ISL
Elin Katla SVEINBJORNSDOTTIR S
19 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR
20 Simona TKACHMAN ISR
Elizabeth BALONOV S
Anastasia FREIFELD S
Talia GEFTAR S
Nikol KUPERMAN S
Shahaf PINCHAS S
Shaked PINCHAS S
Anna VALIK S
21 Beatrice SOLDATI ITA
Lea Marie CASTLUNGER S
Nicole DE ROSA S
Amanda GHEZZO S
Noemi JOOS S
Ornella MESSANA S
Chiara MINIGHINI S
Zoe MOSCA BARBERIS S
Ginevra Antonina VOLANTE S
22 Sumika KANAZAWA JPN
Mei OKADA S
Rena UEZONO S
Kei YAMADA S
23 Nayeon KO KOR
Jeongyul HWANG S
Hyewon JOO S
Hyowon LEE S
24 Kira BARANOVSKA LAT
25 Salome SCHMID LIE
26 Gabriele JUSKAITE LTU
Milana SINIAVSKYTE S
Evelina STAVICKYTE S
Aniceta VILCINSKAITE S
27 Camila Simone AREVALO ARIAS MEX
Victoria SUTTON HOP S
28 Angel DELEVAQUE NED
Lara ACHERMANN S
Roos HARKEMA S
Floor VAN DER PAS S
Summer WIJKHUIZEN S
29 Zofia BOCHENEK POL
30 Aleksandra JANIKOWSKA POL
31 Lena KOPYTOWSKA POL
Maryia LUKSHA S
Julia SUBOCZ S
32 Katarina FEDOROVA COELHO POR
33 Ella HAWKES RSA
Haley Rae THOMSON S
34 Ana SCEPANOVIC SRB
Diana MARJANOVIC S
Djurdja NIKOLIC S
Nadja SAVIC S
Dunja TRESNJIC S
Mariana VALITSKAIA S
35 Elisabeth DIBBERN SUI
Sayra BESSIRE S
Valeriya EZHOVA S
Eugenia SEKULOVSKI S
Leandra TZIMPOUKAKIS S
36 Alica LENGYELOVA SVK
37 Lilly ALMGREN-LIDMAN SWE
Nora COPPENS S
Hedda HEDSTROM S
Nora SAYED S
Alice WESTLING S
38 Marie BIERWERT UAE
Sara BIN KARAM S
Marina MAKARENKO S
39 Khrystyna HALIARETA UKR
Sofiia RYMSHYNA S
Kateryna ZHEREBKO S
40 Jessica JURKA USA [likely a placeholder]
Annika CHAO S
Madison CHONG S
Tera GROPP S
Mia IWASE S
Jiaying Ellyse JOHNSON S
Hannah KIM S
Skylar LAUTOWA-PEGUERO S
Deborah LIU S
Emilia NEMIROVSKY S
Cleo PARK S
Angela SHAO S
Mia SMITH S
Kaya TIERNAN S
Lizbeth TU S

JUNIOR PAIRS
1 Kaydee KALLAY / Etienne LACASSE CAN
2 Miroslava ORESHKIN / Vladimir FURMAN CAN
3 Alia TANG / William BOCSKAY CAN
Ava CHEUNG / Keith LAU S
Namitha KARTHA / Makya BERTRAND S
Amy RITCHIE / Mitchell DUNN S
Violet SINGH / Sean MABE S
Alie VIGNEAULT / Emerick RASOANAIVO S
4 Rui GUO / Yiwen ZHANG CHN
5 Ze Yu SONG / Guang Ye ZHAO CHN
Chen Ling WANG / Yong Zheng CHEN S
6 Leontina HORCICKOVA / Jindrich KLEMENT CZE
Debora Anna COHEN / Lukas VOCHOZKA S
7 Sofia GOMEZ MORENO / Mario MARTINEZ-INIGUEZ ESP
8 Anita MAPELLI / Noah QUESADA GRAU ESP
9 Romane TELEMAQUE / Lucas COULON FRA
Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan Daniel FISHER S
10 Zlata KAMALOVA / Danil PANOV GEO
11 Irina NAPOLITANO / Edoardo COMI ITA
12 Polina POLMAN / Gabriel RENOLDI ITA
13 Laura GAUCH / Linus MAGER SUI
14 Laura HECKOVA / Alex VALKY SVK
15 Olivia JUNG / Carter GRIFFIN USA [new]
16 Teryn KIM / Lazuli LUNE USA [new]
17 Reagan MOSS / Jakub GALBAVY USA
Alena KERR / Sam HERBERT S
Juliet MEEK / Devin MEEK S
Kaitlyn OH / Aaron FELBERBAUM S
Baylen TAICH / Nikolai APTER S
Elizabeth YUN / Mitchell CASTELLETTI S

JUNIOR ICE DANCE
1 Silvia LUTAY / Konstantin TKACHENKO BUL
2 Chaima BEN KHELIFA / Julien LEVESQUE CAN
3 Laurence BRIERE / Earl Jesse CELESTINO CAN
Charlie ANDERSON / Cayden DAWSON S
Madelaine BREAU / Kurtis CHE S
Victoria CARANDIUC / Andrei CARANDIUC S
Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW S
Annabelle THEROUX / Rafael GOSSARD S
4 Xin Yue KANG / Shi Bo HAO CHN
5 Kristyna STANCLOVA / Karel KOSTRON CZE
Barbora KLESALOVA / Matej KLESAL S
Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK S
Klara VLCKOVA / Tomas VLCEK S
6 Lumia SASSI / Aarne SAVOLA FIN
Iris LAHTI / Oskari LIEDENPOHJA S
7 Angelina CUCHERAT / Leopold DACQUIN FRA
8 Lea HIENNE / Louis VARESCON FRA
Alexandra BALYAN / Nikolai BALABARDIN S
Rose Anne Marie BORDET / Hugo TOMAS S
Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN S
Siloe Nayeli Claire DESBOIS-RENAUDIN / Enzo TOMAS S
Emi DUFOUR / Juan Carlos MARAVILLA S
Lou-Bella LEMAIRE / Mael QUINQUIS S
Kira LISTKOVA / Tahory TADDEI-DUGUE S
Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT S
Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN S
9 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR
Annabel MANN / Jack HAMMOND S
Ashlie SLATTER / Louis GREGORY S
10 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER
Mia-Luisa GIBBESCH / Lias LUFT S
Darya GRIMM / Grigorii RODIN S
Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR S
Warunya Katharina SALENBAUCH / Paiboon Hermann SALENBAUCH S
11 Liliia LITENKO / Aleksandr RYZHENKOV ISR
Rebecca Grace LICHTMAN / Blake GILMAN S
12 Melissa CACHOVA / Ivan MOROZOV ITA
13 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA
Laura FINELLI / Tommaso BARISON S
Martina LAVAZZA / Raphael Raymond MEUNIER S
14 Yeva ALEKHNOVICH / Stanislaw BORYSEWICZ POL
15 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL
16 Claudia AMARO LETESTU / Marco AMARO LETESTU POR
17 Leonie WOODTLI / Timon David SUHNER SUI
Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR S
18 Lucia STEFANOVOVA / Jacopo BOERIS SVK
19 Mihana NAKAJIMA / Isak Bengt-Eric GRANS SWE
20 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA
21 Anaelle KOUEVI / Yann HOMAWOO USA [likely a placeholder]
Jane CALHOUN / Mark ZHELTYSHEV S
Marian CARHART / Denis BLEDSOE S
Xinyu CHEN / Gordei CHITIPAKHOVIAN S
Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF S
Grace FISCHER / Luke FISCHER S
Clara FUGATE / Warren FUGATE S
Rylen LUKANIN / Patrick O'BRIEN S
Aneta VACLAVIKOVA / William LISSAUER S

 

[spin2win]

Changes to JGP Ankara #4 entries since release:
Junior Pairs

• Kaitlyn Oh/Aaron Felberbaum (USA) replaces Julianne Wong/Jared McPike [moved and finished 10th at JGP #2 in Latvia]
• Taisiia Guseva/Daniil Ovchinnikov (AIN2) entered; 3rd AIN2 pair quota moved from JGP #7 in Poland to here
• Irina Napolitano/Edoardo Comi (ITA) withdrawn [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]
• Laura Heckova/Alex Valky (SVK) withdrawn [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]

Junior Women

• Lelle Agota Molnar (ROU) replaces Adria Lilliac (ROU)
• Nora Sayed (SWE) replaces Lilly Almgren-Lidman (SWE) [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]
• Sofia Chen (BUL) replaces Krista Georgieva
• Adelina Voroteliak (GER) replaces Diana Alexandra Ziesecke [assignment swap, moved to JGP #5 in Georgia]
• Kaoruko Wada (JPN) [8th in JGP #1 in Xi'an] withdrawn
• Martina Petra Major (HUN) replaces Polina Dzsumanyijazova [9th at JGP #1 in Latvia; entered at CS Nepela Memorial senior]

Junior Men

• Robert Wildt (GER) replaces Leon Rojkov [assignments moved to JGP #5 in Georgia and JGP #7 in Poland]
• Kaan Sanal (TUR) replaces Ege Alacan
• Ilona von Steenberghe (BEL) replaces Lilou Remeysen [assignment moved to JGP #6 in Slovenia]

Junior Dance
- Silvia Lutay/Konstantin Tkachenko (BUL) withdrawn [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]

Changes to JGP Batumi #5 entries since release:
Junior Women

• Karin Miyazaki (JPN) [6th at JGP #1 in Xi'an] withdrawn
• Bella Aydin (TUR) replaces Leyla Cetin [assignment swap, moved to JGP #6 in Slovenia]

Junior Men

• Jan Gulaj (POL) withdrawn [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]
• Leon Rojkov (GER) replaces Felix Haoyu Zeng [20th at JGP #1 in Xi'an]
• Mehmet Cenkay Karlikli (TUR) [also assigned to JGP #4 in Turkey] replaces Ege Alacan

Junior Dance
- Silvia Lutay/Konstantin Tkachenko (BUL) withdrawn

Changes to JGP Ljubljana #6 entries since release:
Junior Women

• Mayuko Oka (JPN) withdrawn
• Sumika Kanazawa (JPN) [2nd at JGP #3 in Bangkok] withdrawn [assignment moved to JGP #7 in Poland]
• Yuxuan Liu (CHN) [2nd at JGP #1 in Xi'an] replaces Yun Xi Fan [assignment swap, moved to JGP #7 in Poland]

Junior Men
- Vaclav Vasquez (USA) replaces Hitonari Tani [15th at JGP #3 in Bangkok]

Changes to JGP Gdansk #7 entries since release:
Junior Men

• Gianni Motilla (FRA) withdrawn
• Shun Uemura (JPN) [5th at JGP #3 in Bangkok] withdrawn

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks very much for compiling the changes, @spin2win!

JGP #6 in Ljubjlana, Slovenia (Oct. 1-3) […]
12 Anna WAUGH / Matthew JACOBY IRL [5th at 2026 U.S. Novice Nationals]

Unfortunately, Waugh/Jacoby will be withdrawing from what would have been their JGP ice dance debut for Ireland in Slovenia due to an injury sustained by Matt at Bolero Cup — Anna’s post mentions 4-6 weeks off the ice:

annaspam on Instagram: "Kick off to the new season!✅ In Lake Placid, NY was our international debut representing Ireland🇮🇪 @iceskatingireland and first time competing as a junior. Proud say that we had step out on the ice and competed both programs.

54 likes, 7 comments - sspamannaw on September 10, 2026: "Kick off to the new season!✅ In Lake Placid, NY was our international debut representing Ireland🇮🇪 @iceskatingireland and first time competing as a junior. Proud say that we had step out on the ice and competed both programs. As we and...

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ETA - updated entries for JGP #4 in Ankara, Turkey (Sept. 17-19, 2026) as of Sept. 12: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-jgp-ankara-2026/

* = JGP debut

JUNIOR MEN (33)
1 Rahul RAVINDRAN* AUS
2 Daniel RUIS AUT
3 Aleksandr PLIUSHCHENKO* AZE
4 Mohammed AAMARA* BEL
5 Alek TANKOVIC* BIH [6th in Junior at 2026 US Nationals]
6 Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL
7 Grayson LONG CAN [8th in Xi'an]
8 Zhuo Lang LI CHN
9 Jakub TYKAL CZE
10 David ESCRIBANO SALVADOR* ESP
11 Vladislav CHURAKOV EST
12 Matias HEINONEN FIN
13 Lloyd THOMSON GBR
14 Michelangelo CAPRANO GER
15 Robert WILDT GER
16 Matteo MARCHIONI ITA
17 Daiya EBIHARA JPN [bronze in Xi'an; 9th at Jr. Worlds]
18 Nikita KOZLOV KAZ
19 Habin CHOI KOR [gold in Riga]
20 Donghan YU KOR
21 Akims KIRILOVS LAT
22 Razvan CIONAC ROU
23 Ziga JEVNIK SLO
24 Sandro DE ANGELO SUI [1st JGP of 2]
25 Niccolo BOERIS* SVK
26 Albin SAMUELSSON SWE
27 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE
28 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR [4th in Ankara last year]
29 Mehmet Cenkay KARLIKLI TUR
30 Kaan SANAL TUR
31 Yehor KURTSEV UKR [12th at Jr. Worlds 208.45]
32 Ryan William AZADPOUR* USA
33 Kirk HAUGETO USA [2nd JGP; his JGP debut was in 2022] Sept. 8th FSO article: https://figureskatersonline.com/new...urning-to-first-junior-grand-prix-since-2022/

JUNIOR WOMEN (40-->39)
1 Stefaniia SOLOVEVA ARG
2 Emma CHEN* AUS
3 Kalyn SHIMOGAKI AUS
4 Hannah FRANK AUT
5 Arina KALUGINA AZE [14th at 2025 Jr. Worlds]
6 Ilona VAN STEENBERGHE BEL
7 Leila FESTIC BIH
8 Sofia CHEN* BUL
9 Chen Xi JIN CHN [4th in Xi'an]
10 Shuxian JIN CHN [bronze in Xi'an]
11 Paula KASNAR CRO
12 Jana HORCICKOVA CZE [1st JGP of 2]
13 Sarah ABU ELSEOUD EGY
14 Ariadna GUPTA ESPADA* ESP
15 Sofia NEKRASSOVA EST
16 Darja TRUBITSON FIN
17 Stefania GLADKI FRA [season debut]
18 Arina VOROBEVA GBR
19 Inga GURGENIDZE GEO [1st JGP of 2; 6th at Jr. Worlds]
20 Amaliia NASYBULLINA* GEO [7th in Bangkok]
21 Adelina VOROTELIAK* GER
22 Martina Petra MAJOR HUN
23 Noemi JOOS ITA
24 Mei OKADA JPN [silver in Riga]
25 Safiya ABAYEVA KAZ
26 Zlata SAPRINA KGZ
27 Nayeon KO KOR [1st JGP of 2]
28 Angel DELEVAQUE NED
29 Katarina FEDOROVA COELHO* POR (switched from GER)
30 Lelle Agota MOLNAR ROU
31 Ula ZADNIKAR SLO
32 Elisabeth DIBBERN SUI [1st JGP of 2]
33 Nora SAYED SWE
34 Angela Urvashi NORIN* THA
35 Ava Yu Tong CHEN* TPE
36 Bella AYDIN TUR
37 Leyla CETIN TUR
38 Deniz TARIM TUR
39 Jessica JURKA USA [2nd at U.S. Junior Team Cup]

JUNIOR PAIRS (17)
1 Taisiia GUSEVA / Daniil OVCHINNIKOV* AIN2 [moved here from POL]
2 Polina SHESHELEVA / Egor KARNAUKHOV AIN2 [gold in Xi'an]
3 Brianna DION / Jacob COTE CAN [5th in Xi'an]
4 Kaydee KALLAY / Etienne LACASSE* CAN [new]
5 Marykim RANZI / Enryck LEGAULT CAN [5th in Riga]
6 Rui GUO / Yiwen ZHANG CHN [won JGP Final; 6th at Jr. Worlds]
7 Chen Ling WANG / Yong Zheng CHEN CHN [bronze in Xi'an]
8 Debora Anna COHEN / Lukas VOCHOZKA CZE [bronze in Riga]
9 Anita MAPELLI / Noah QUESADA GRAU* ESP [11th at Jr. Worlds]
10 Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan Daniel FISHER FRA [4th in Riga]
11 Romane TELEMAQUE / Lucas COULON FRA [1st JGP of 2; 14th at Jr. Worlds]
12 Polina POLMAN / Gabriel RENOLDI ITA [1st JGP of 2; 10th at Jr. Worlds]
13 Vassilianna SHELESTOVA / Abay SADYKOV* KAZ [new]
14 Sofia JARMOC / Luke WITKOWSKI USA [4th in Xi'an with 132.21]
16 Kaitlyn OH / Aaron FELBERBAUM* [new] - 3rd (122.92 3rd in NQS comp. in Norwood, MA)
17 Elizabeth YUN / Mitchell CASTELLETTI* USA - (121.32 4th in NQS comp. in Norwood, MA)

JUNIOR ICE DANCE (21-->20)
1 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE
2 Charlie ANDERSON / Cayden DAWSON CAN [1st JGP of 2]
3 Audra GANS / Danil PAK* CAN [new; he last competed for TUR on Sept. 13, 2025]
4 Shanjie YIN / Shirui YANG CHN
5 Kristyna STANCLOVA / Karel KOSTRON CZE
6 Carlota GARCIA BARRANCO / Aleksandr OSTROVSKII ESP [new]
7 Lumia SASSI / Aarne SAVOLA* FIN
8 Alexandra BALYAN / Nikolai BALABARDIN* FRA [new]
9 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA [gold in Riga; 5th at Jr. Worlds]
10 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR
11 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER [bronze in Riga]
12 Warunya Katharina SALENBAUCH / Paiboon Hermann SALENBAUCH GER
13 Laura FINELLI / Tommaso BARISON* ITA [new]
14 Eva SHELAEVA / Ivan SOLOVYEV KAZ
15 Claudia AMARO LETESTU / Marco AMARO LETESTU POR
16 Maite VAN MULDERS / Tudor Dominic ANDREI* ROU [new]
17 Leonie WOODTLI / Timon David SUHNER SUI
18 Lucia STEFANOVOVA / Jacopo BOERIS SVK
19 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA [1st JGP of 2; Jr. World champions]
20 Xinyu (Effie) CHEN / Gordei CHITIPAKHOVIAN* USA [1st JGP of 2]

 

[Stephanie]

Jeongyul Hwang (9th in Xi’an) has replaced Jiyu Huh in Batumi.

Korean assignments are normally final after their selection competition and not performance related. I believe Jiyu had injury issues over the summer, so I’m guessing this is the reason, especially after a disappointing FS in Bangkok. Hopefully she can recover for the rest of the season.

 

[Sylvia]

10 Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan Daniel FISHER FRA [4th in Riga]

2 French pairs entries are down to one in Ankara as Liget-Latus/Fisher are no longer listed in the ISU entries - we'll see if they show up in Gdansk instead.

Still to skate:
...
Mayuko OKA JPN #6 SLO (recovering from injury)

Re-posting here from the Japanese news thread - Oka's name is no longer listed for Ljubljana, sadly (JPN does not have a women's entry there at all now):

No Mayuko Oka on the JGP this year

 

[Sylvia]

Changes to JGP Ankara #4 entries since release:

• Ilona von Steenberghe (BEL) replaces Lilou Remeysen [assignment moved to JGP #6 in Slovenia]

Remeysen was originally scheduled for both Ankara and Ljubljana - she posted about her injury recovery and a SP teaser (Mask of Zorro, choreo. by Richaud) today:

Lilou Remeysen on Instagram: "The Mask of Zorro Short program 26/27 Choreography by @benoitrichaud My comeback is in full progress ⚔️🖤 This week’s ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ankara comes a little too early in my build-up after my injury, but every d

1,671 likes, 51 comments - lilou_remeysen on September 15, 2026: "The Mask of Zorro Short program 26/27 Choreography by @benoitrichaud My comeback is in full progress ⚔️🖤 This week’s ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ankara comes a little too early in my build-up after my injury, but every day I’m...

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ETA that she was off the ice for 8 weeks earlier this year:

Lilou Remeysen on Instagram: "Eight weeks felt like forever. I was watching skating instead of being on the ice myself, and it wasn’t easy. But my body needed the time to heal. Today I finally laced up my skates again, and it felt so good to be bac

863 likes, 44 comments - lilou_remeysen on July 27, 2026: "Eight weeks felt like forever. I was watching skating instead of being on the ice myself, and it wasn’t easy. But my body needed the time to heal. Today I finally laced up my skates again, and it felt so good to be back on the ice. I...

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