2026 Junior Worlds - Rhythm Dance

[her grace]

Robertson/Rohner

Good spacing, twizzles were out of sync in places (level 3 for him), maintained speed well throughout program, very nice relaxed quality while they are skating

 

[Wyliefan]

Such a fun program from Jasmine and Chase. Their twizzles looked a little weak as well, but they still got positive GOE. Love their attention to detail.

 

[PRlady]

Really like the junior Americans, they really progressed quickly.

 

[her grace]

Kobor/Kobor

slide went awry in diagonal steps, program got sticky in places, nice rotational lift to end

 

[Sally1214]

I'm enjoying the dancers but, man, that looks like a very sparse audience in attendance. I wonder if it will pick up for the men's free skate since it will be a Friday evening? One can only hope ....

 

[her grace]

Bianchi/Basile

Nice job hitting the beat of the music, think they could perform more through the patterns, lovely speed, nice limber movement, could skate closer together

 

[victorskid]

After 4 of 6 groups, another ice resurfacing.

RD results so far:
1 Q Jasmine ROBERTSON / Chase ROHNER USA 59.16 32.85 26.31 6.57 6.64 6.57 0.00 #18
2 Q Zoe BIANCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 57.94 31.58 26.36 6.50 6.61 6.71 0.00 #20
3 Q Tetiana BIELODONOVA / Ivan KACHUR UKR 51.55 28.23 23.32 5.82 5.96 5.75 0.00 #14
4 Q Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 50.78 28.65 22.13 5.71 5.39 5.54 0.00 #13
5 Q Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA JPN 50.13 27.67 22.46 5.57 5.61 5.71 0.00 #12
6 Q Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 49.38 25.30 24.08 6.07 6.04 6.00 0.00 #16
7 Q Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI 49.21 25.51 23.70 6.18 5.93 5.71 0.00 #17
8 Q Shanjie YIN / Shirui YANG CHN 48.79 26.51 22.28 5.64 5.50 5.61 0.00 #15
9 Q Lara SUNDBERG / Hector GONZALEZ ELVIRA ESP 47.54 26.06 21.48 5.36 5.43 5.36 0.00 #8
10 Q Yuxuan XING / Han Wan CHAU HKG 47.09 26.24 20.85 5.25 5.18 5.25 0.00 #10
11 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER 46.03 23.66 22.37 5.75 5.46 5.61 0.00 #19
12 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 45.88 24.50 21.38 5.39 5.36 5.32 0.00 #11
13 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 45.41 23.76 21.65 5.46 5.61 5.21 0.00 #7
14 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 43.48 24.52 18.96 4.68 4.79 4.79 0.00 #5
15 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 41.38 23.00 18.38 4.71 4.57 4.54 0.00 #3
16 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 39.32 20.08 19.24 4.89 4.79 4.79 0.00 #9
17 Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN ISR 39.09 19.76 19.33 4.86 4.89 4.79 0.00 #6
18 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE 38.79 21.30 17.49 4.43 4.43 4.29 0.00 #2
19 Lucia STEFANOVOVA / Jacopo BOERIS SVK 38.47 21.75 18.72 4.68 4.61 4.79 2.00 #4
20 Silvia LUTAY / Konstantin TKACHENKO BUL 30.10 20.36 16.74 4.29 4.00 4.29 7.00 #1

 

[PRlady]

That made me miss Ashlie and Atl.

 

[her grace]

Sznajder/Novak

A Czechia team that's not siblings

Base pattern on rhumba, there's a very nice dance-y quality to the way that they move and they always look so happy, smooth entrance and exit from lift

 

[Sally1214]

I could listen to Mark Hanretty talk all day (well, I guess I sort of AM). I'm a sucker for accents and I love his Scottish brogue.

 

[skateycat]

Thank you Ted! I have been wondering for a long time why ice dancers only get five minutes where everyone else gets six. And thank you Mark and Ted for both telling us what they know and speculating other good reasons for the difference. Best part of my day so far. It's early yet in the Pacific time zone though...

 

[Wyliefan]

Pid/Kov's and Abo/Ves's costumes go together nicely.

 

[Wyliefan]

Layla's raring to go!

 

[her grace]

Veillon/Brandys

Good speed and power through the patterns, More "Around the World" music. Nice ice coverage on twizzles. Very well done

 

[Sally1214]

Way to go, Layla and Alex!

 

[Colonel Green]

Ouch, keypoints.

 

[her grace]

Mouaden/Bigot

excellent depth of edge, some nice details in the choreography, good performance capabilities, slightly lower TES than CAN and as FRA #2, they'll probably slot behind CAN here

 

[Wyliefan]

Fast and smooth and confident from Dania and Theo. Very nice. I do want to see them connect a bit more.

 

[PRlady]

After Worlds I’m going to boycott MC, BSB and Ricky Martin for at least a decade.

 

[her grace]

After Worlds I’m going to boycott MC, BSB and Ricky Nartin fur at least a decade.

Meanwhile, mini-grace and I were singing "Everybody" on the way to school earlier this week. I think it's getting put into rotation in our house.

 

[Wyliefan]

Here we go again.

 

[Colonel Green]

The Backstreet Boys’ discography had other songs, guys.

 

[Wyliefan]

Looked like a little hesitation on the twizzles for Ambre. Too close to the boards, maybe?

 

[her grace]

PG/BK

I love their strong extensions, I also like that neither partner looks hunched over, levels 2 and 3 for patterns, think they've improved their expression this season, too. They used to be (mostly) technicians, but now they are performing and connecting more

 

[Wyliefan]

Nice breakdown of the different teams' strengths from Mark.

 

[Colonel Green]

Here we go again.

i guess they did promise they’d be back again.

 

[her grace]

Aboian/Veselukhin

Champions skate to Vogue. level 4 on quickstep, nice twizzles (camera was kinda far back but looked good), good energy and sass

 

[Wyliefan]

You diva it up, Hana. Not even Piper Gilles has ever used ponytailography so effectively.

 

[Allen]

Just from a perspective of pure enjoyment, I enjoyed the rhythm dance here much more than at the Olympics.

 

[Aceon6]

You diva it up, Hana. Not even Piper Gilles has ever used ponytailography so effectively.

I’m still wrapping my head around Hana’s being a local kid. Hot ice dancers don’t typically come out of New England.