2026 Junior Worlds - Rhythm Dance

[Sylvia]

This is the first event on Friday, March 6, 2026.

Time schedule for Friday (13:00-17:13 in Tallinn / 6:00-10:13 am Eastern time): https://results.isu.org/results/sea...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

ISU Livestream with Ted Barton & Mark Hanretty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA8OECzOY7o

Junior Rhythm Dance starting order/live results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/wjc2026/SEG007.htm

StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Silvia LUTAY / Konstantin TKACHENKO BUL
2 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE
3 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE
4 Lucia STEFANOVOVA / Jacopo BOERIS SVK
5 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN ISR
7 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN
8 Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP
9 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN
10 Yuxuan XING / Han Wan CHAU HKG

Ice Resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST
12 Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA JPN
13 Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA
14 Tetiana BIELODONOVA / Ivan KACHUR UKR
15 Shanjie YIN / Shirui YANG CHN

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN
17 Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI
18 Jasmine ROBERTSON / Chase ROHNER USA
19 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER
20 Zoe BIANCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA

Ice Resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 5
21 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR
22 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE
23 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA
24 Anita STRAUB / Andreas STRAUB AUT
25 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER

Warm-Up Group 6
26 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN
27 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA
28 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR
29 Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA
30 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA

Qualification rule: The best 20 skaters after Rhythm Dance will advance to the next segment.

 

[Aceon6]

Wheeeee. THIRTY teams. That means at least 20 Ricky Martin or Back Street Boys. Kill me now.

 

[victorskid]

And the first team has to stop as his skate lace broke...

 

[Kateri]

Very stressful closeup on him trying to lace the skate as fast as possible. I wonder if skaters have actual nightmares about this, like those dreams when you're trying to dial a phone number but keep getting it wrong.

 

[Kateri]

I'm glad they can laugh it off. Poor kids!

 

[Aceon6]

Two Americans skating to Canadian country representing Azerbaijan. Yup, this is ice dance.

 

[Aceon6]

Skip the line, skate for Sweden!

 

[Karen-W]

Two Americans skating to Canadian country representing Azerbaijan. Yup, this is ice dance.

Now, I know they started off with Shania, but since when are Brooks & Dunn Canadian?

 

[Aceon6]

Skip the line, skate for Sweden!

Well, Mark says he’s Swedish, so there’s that.

 

[Hanna]

CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE IS SKATING TO THE BEST SPICE GIRLS SONG aka Never give up on the good times!

 

[Karen-W]

Well, Mark says he’s Swedish, so there’s that.

Yes, with that well-known Swedish surname of Mackenzie!

I know, I know, his mom is probably Swedish, but he was born & raised in Toronto, so how frequent are the family trips to Sweden?

 

[beepbeep]

Well, Mark says he’s Swedish, so there’s that.

We had a Swedish team skating to Ace of Base, even if for less than a hot minute, so there’s that too

 

[Wyliefan]

Did Ted get hit on the head or something? Why is he taking us through Skating for Beginners on day 3 of a competition that probably only hardcore fans are watching?

 

[Aceon6]

Did Ted get hit on the head or something? Why is he taking us through Skating for Beginners on day 3 of a competition that probably only hardcore fans are watching?

He’s being kind to the folks who just wandered into the bar.

On another shallow note, I know that these teams are mostly just happy to be there, but I wish Júlia saved this dress for a different style.

 

[Kateri]

Did Ted get hit on the head or something? Why is he taking us through Skating for Beginners on day 3 of a competition that probably only hardcore fans are watching?

I wonder if the ISU hopes some people who watched the Olympics will take interest in the next available competition.

 

[beepbeep]

Did Ted get hit on the head or something? Why is he taking us through Skating for Beginners on day 3 of a competition that probably only hardcore fans are watching?

I’m, for one, fully appreciating these explanations.

In Brazil, there’s been an influx of new fans since the Olympics.
We’ve directed them to watch junior worlds (it’s for free …), so this sort of commentary helps a lot. The ones we had in our own language during the games absolutely sucked…

 

[Aceon6]

I wonder if the ISU hopes some people who watched the Olympics will take interest in the next available competition.

And hope that they stumble into the ISU YouTube channel. That’s as big of a stumble as stumbling into the wrong bar.

 

[Aceon6]

There’s a proper Finn in this competition. She skates for Spain.

ETA, it took until the 7th team to get a mostly green set of blobs.

 

[Wyliefan]

Rozhnova's hair must have taken hours to do. It's like Metelkina's hair on steroids.

 

[Kateri]

That was fun, don't think I've seen this "Finnish" team before.

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 6 groups we have the first ice resurfacing.

The RD results so far:
1 Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP 47.54 26.06 21.48 5.36 5.43 5.36 0.00 #8
2 Yuxuan XING / Han Wan CHAU HKG 47.09 26.24 20.85 5.25 5.18 5.25 0.00 #10
3 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 45.41 23.76 21.65 5.46 5.61 5.21 0.00 #7
4 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 43.48 24.52 18.96 4.68 4.79 4.79 0.00 #5
5 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 41.38 23.00 18.38 4.71 4.57 4.54 0.00 #3
6 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 39.32 20.08 19.24 4.89 4.79 4.79 0.00 #9
7 Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN ISR 39.09 19.76 19.33 4.86 4.89 4.79 0.00 #6
8 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE 38.79 21.30 17.49 4.43 4.43 4.29 0.00 #2
9 Lucia STEFANOVOVA / Jacopo BOERIS SVK 38.47 21.75 18.72 4.68 4.61 4.79 2.00 #4
10 Silvia LUTAY / Konstantin TKACHENKO BUL 30.10 20.36 16.74 4.29 4.00 4.29 7.00 #1


We will see the first Q appear with the next group.

 

[MsZem]

Scrolling through the ISU bios, the juniors seem to have much more variety in their music choices than the seniors. Ace of Base, The Cardigans, Destiny's Child, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Moloko, loads of MC Hammer... did the seniors hog all the Ricky Martin CDs?

 

[Wyliefan]

I like Deych/Hu, but they look a little rusty today. Of course, as Mark is saying, they didn't know they were coming until about a week ago!

 

[Sally1214]

Hi everybody. I got here just in time to catch the end of the USA team and all of the Ukranians. As Mark and Ted are saying, "what a way to celebrate a birthday." Tatiana will always remember the day she turned 15 years old. And, I just can't help it .... I have to dance in my chair to "Can't Touch This." Just happens ....

 

[my little pony]

this theme is less embarrassing when these babies do it, though I still dont like it

 

[Wyliefan]

I'm still sad Anderson/Dawson aren't here, though I like Homick/Buelow too. I wish Canada had three spots.

 

[Wyliefan]

Summer and Nick's twizzles weren't great, but the rest looked strong. Love their expression and energy.

 

[PRlady]

Buelow is another guy who’s boy band cute. Mitch, too.

 

[PRlady]

Ok Swiss guy that was cool.

 

[her grace]

Fun unique costumes for the Swiss skating to Daft Punk. Swiss teams are doing great creating concepts. Nice glide across the ice, think they could add some more power to their skating to make it even more impressive. Cool knee spin from Weiderkehr ala Candeloro--I would have liked to see them both do that in sync