ISU 2021-22 Junior Grand Prix announcement

[Colonel Green]

ISU Communication No. 2353:

JGP Courchevel (August 18-21)
JGP Edmonton (August 25-28)
JGP Kosice (September 1-4)
JGP Krasnoyarsk (September 15-18)
JGP Ljubljana (September 22-25)
JGP Gdańsk (September 29-October 2)
JGP Linz (October 6-9)

Hey, it’s almost a year from now, we can hope.

It’s a shame that the cancelled Japanese JGP from this season wasn’t carried over.

But the Russian JGP is literally in Siberia, so expect a Chelyabinsk-sized crowd again.

 

[victorskid]

In order to be a host, you seem to have to have red and white in your flag

 

[Frau Muller]

May it all come to pass!

 

[Colonel Green]

In order to be a host, you seem to have to have red and white in your flag

Blue is optional.

 

[Vagabond]

says that the third, fourth, and fifth events will use the same flags with detachable decals.

 

[Sylvia]

And here's the press release: https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/1...ting-calendar-season-2021-22?templateParam=15

At its last meeting on October 16, 2020 the Council approved the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Calendar for the season 2021/22 as follows:

August 18-21, 2021 Courchevel / FRA - previously held here in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2O19

August 25-28, 2021 Edmonton / CAN (including Pair Skating) - first time held in this city (1999, 2002, 2005 Montreal, 2011 Final Quebec City, 2018 Richmond & 2018 Final Vancouver, 2020 Richmond)

September 1-4, 2021 Kosice / SVK (including Pair Skating) - previously held here in 2013, 2020

September 15-18, 2021 Krasnoyarsk / RUS (including Pair Skating) - first time held in this city (2012 Final Sochi, 2016 Saransk, 2O19 Chelyabinsk)

September 22-25, 2021 Ljubljana / SLO - previously held here in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

September 29 - October 2, 2021 Gdansk / POL - previously held here in 1999 Final, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Final, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2O19

October 6-9, 2021 Linz / AUT (including Pair Skating) - previously held here in 2012, 2015, 2018

 

[rfisher]

I don't care where they are held as long as they happen

 

[euterpe]

I believe the JGP will actually happen only if a vaccine is ready and available for distribution to most of the world.

 

[Samurina]

Well, most of these countries probably have enough vaccine supply to innoculate a majority of their populations by that time and since these competitions are in smaller cities instead of larger ones it may actually be feasible.

 

[Frau Muller]

My only concern is with the 2nd event, since Canada seems to be extra-cautious with all-things-******.

 

[barbk]

How are JGP spots to be allocated for next year given no Junior Worlds? (Sorry if I missed it earlier.)

 

[seabm7]

How are JGP spots to be allocated for next year given no Junior Worlds? (Sorry if I missed it earlier.)

They will recycle the 2020 Junior Worlds results, according to the ISU communication posted yesterday.

 

[Sylvia]

They will recycle the 2020 Junior Worlds results, according to the ISU communication posted yesterday.

The ISU Council met on March 2, 2021 via an online meeting.
...
ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Calendar season 2021/22 entry quotas
Further to the cancellation of the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2021, the Council confirmed that the results of the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2020, which were held in Tallinn, Estonia, shall be the basis for establishing the entry quotas to the Junior Grand Prix Events 2021/22.

 

[Vagabond]

They will recycle the 2020 Junior Worlds results, according to the ISU communication posted yesterday.

That's very good news for Italian Junior Men and Georgian Junior Ice Dancers, who will have two entries at every event. The Georgian Federation should be recruiting right now.

 

[Sylvia]

Copying @her grace's relevant JGP spots posts from the 2020 Junior Worlds forum in the Archives ("not counting any potential host country spots"):

LADIES (correct post now edited in ):

14 spots: RUS, USA, KOR
7 spots: POL, CAN, AZE

MEN:

full complement of 14: Russia, Japan, Italy
7 spots: USA, France, Estonia

ICE DANCE:

14 spots: USA, GEO, RUS
7 spots: FRA, CAN, JPN

PAIRS:

3 spots in 4 events: Russia, Germany, France, USA
2 spots in 4 events: Georgia, China, Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Italy
1 spot in 3 events: everybody else

 

[jlai]

Copying @her grace's relevant JGP spots posts from the 2020 Junior Worlds forum in the Archives ("not counting any potential host country spots"):

LADIES:

MEN:

ICE DANCE:

PAIRS:

Hi Silvia

The ladies one — that looks more like the men’s entires. I see Italy in there? Thx

 

[Sylvia]

(^^^ @jlai, I was editing in the correct ladies' countries above as you were replying to me. )

Since ISU Communication No. 2382 - Single & Pair Skating Required Elements for Short Program 2021/22 - is relevant to this thread, here are the Junior Men/Ladies/Pairs SP elements that rotate in (underlined below) for the upcoming season:

Rule 611
3. The Junior [Singles] Short Program shall consist of the following required elements shall consist of the following required elements, which form three groups. The groups that are effective on July 1st of each year are:

2021-2022
Men
a) Double or triple Axel Paulsen;
b) Double or triple Flip jump;
c) Jump combination consisting of a double and a triple jump or two triple jumps;
d) Flying sit spin;
e) Camel spin with only one change of foot;
f) Spin combination with only one change of foot;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.

Ladies
a) Double Axel Paulsen;
b) Double or triple Flip jump;
c) Jump combination consisting of two double jumps or one double and one triple jump or two triple jumps;
d) Flying sit spin;
e) Layback / sideways leaning spin or camel spin without change of foot;
f) Spin combination with only one change of foot;
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface.

Rule 620
3. The Junior [Pairs] 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:

2021-2022
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
f) Death spiral backward outside
g) Step sequence fully utilizing the ice surface

 

[Sylvia]

Just noticed the 2021-22 ISU JGP Announcement is now linked from here: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/events/junior-grand-prix-of-figure-skating

Direct link (25 pages): https://www.isu.org/docman-document...-grand-prix-2021-22-general-announcement/file

Entries by country per discipline are based on the results of 2020 Junior Worlds - refer to Tables A-D on pages 15-18.

Key excerpts:

Skaters/Couples entered for an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating may not participate
in the same discipline of an event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (senior) in the same season.

Additional Entries
For Men and Ladies and Ice Dance, if any ISU Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter Skaters in the competition concerned, this entry will be given to the first ISU Member, mentioned under b) for an additional entry.
If another ISU Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter Skaters in the competition concerned, this entry will be given to the second ISU Member mentioned under b). If all ISU Members under b) receive the right of a second entry, all further places not used will not be considered for replacement. The order of priority as listed has to be observed.

2.4 Procedure of Nominating and Deadline
The following procedure is necessary to control and to calculate points as well as to offer possible changes
of non-used slots within the various events:
a) Entries by number
ISU Members must announce by June 1, 2021 at the latest, to the ISU Secretariat, their
participants by number for all seven events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The
official forms must be used. The ISU Members must also announce by June 1, 2021 the disciplines
and/or the events in which they were originally entitled to enter participants but will not use this
right.
Requests of changes of events or slots will only be approved in exceptional circumstances and
must be addressed to the ISU Secretariat by May 21, 2021.
ISU Members announcing the events and disciplines after the above-mentioned deadline will lose
the right to participate in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
b) Entries by Names (Competitors and Judges)
Entries by names of Competitors and Judges must be made through the ISU Members in the Online
Registration System (ORS) respecting the individual entry deadlines as given in the
respective announcement of each ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event.
Each ISU Member must also announce the official substitute entries (Competitors and Judges) in
each discipline (see also the individual announcements).
c) Name Changes
Any change(s) of Competitors before each event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating
can only be made among the names officially entered, and must be corrected in the ORS
accordingly.
Based on the information received from the ISU Members, the ISU will inform the ISU Members concerned
about changes or additional possibilities to enter Competitors, after June 15, 2021.

 

[Sylvia]

Tucked away in this article linked in this thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...rves-isu’s-lifetime-achievement-award.108383/

ISU JGP announcer Ted Barton talked about the plans for the coming campaign in a phone call with Ice Time this week after last season’s JGP was canceled.
“Plan A is that we move forward as is. We travel, we execute, we produce, like we have always done at a high level,” Barton stated. “We introduce a whole new generation of young skaters because of the two-year gap. Any juniors that we would have known have now moved to senior.”
Barton said the new JGP season will offer viewers something unique.
“We will see the cleanest slate of juniors we have ever seen,” Barton commented. “Because we have always had a mix of some juniors who were moving to seniors the next year, some who were staying around for two years, or three years, or four years. But this is brand new and clean. We will understand, at least from my perspective, what this next generation over the next eight years will be when we take a look at these skaters.”

Fingers crossed!

 

[Colonel Green]

“We introduce a whole new generation of young skaters because of the two-year gap. Any juniors that we would have known have now moved to senior.”

Oh dear, Ted has forgotten that there's more to the JGP than Russian ladies.

 

[danafan]

Canadian stop cancelled

2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Canada cancelled

OTTAWA, ON: With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding international travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Skate Canada has cancelled the 2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Canada. The event was scheduled to take place from August 25-28, 2021, at Meadows Arena in Edmonton, AB. For the...

skatecanada.ca

 

[Karen-W]

Canadian stop cancelled

2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Canada cancelled

OTTAWA, ON: With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding international travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Skate Canada has cancelled the 2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Canada. The event was scheduled to take place from August 25-28, 2021, at Meadows Arena in Edmonton, AB. For the...

skatecanada.ca

What a shock. Except it's not. I hope that the USFS or some other fed can step in and offer to host this JGP event.

 

[Colonel Green]

Yeah, I figured that was likely given that both the federal government and the public aren't in any hurry to reopen the borders.

 

[happycamper2554]

What a shock. Except it's not. I hope that the USFS or some other fed can step in and offer to host this JGP event.

IFS Magazine says France will be hosting back to back to make up for the cancellation. I haven't seen this anywhere else though. so no idea how official it is.

https://twitter.com/ifsmagazine/status/1407717209720373255

ETA Found the official ISU announcement

Second ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event moves from Edmonton (CAN) to Courchevel (FRA) - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

 

[Colonel Green]

IFS Magazine says France will be hosting back to back to make up for the cancellation. I haven't seen this anywhere else though. so no idea how official it is.

https://twitter.com/ifsmagazine/status/1407717209720373255

As it's from IFS, I would assume it's confirmed.

 

[Colonel Green]

The border is set to reopen for vaccinated adults in July, so I'm assuming the issue is that for this junior event especially there'd be lots of younger teenagers who are low-priority for vaccination in their countries, and thus wouldn't in all likelihood be able to come.

 

[marbri]

The border is set to reopen for vaccinated adults in July, so I'm assuming the issue is that for this junior event especially there'd be lots of younger teenagers who are low-priority for vaccination in their countries, and thus wouldn't in all likelihood be able to come.

It's a bit more complicated ( I have been following as my daughter will go in August to study)

Government of Canada's first phase to easing border measures for travellers entering Canada - Canada.ca

Today, the Government of Canada is announcing the details of the first phase of its approach to easing border measures for travellers entering Canada. These cautious adjustments are now possible because of the successes of the vaccine roll out in Canada and Canadians following public health...

www.canada.ca

Long story short the rule change on July 5th is for fully vaccinated (at least 14 days before arrival) who are permitted to enter Canada are no longer subject to the mandatory hotel and 14 day quarantine. They need to present a PCR test within 72 hours of arrival, get retested when landing and wait for the results. If it's negative they are free and no longer have to quarantine. If they are positive they have to have quarantine arrangements ready.

So the only real change is for those who are currently eligible to come to Canada is to skip mandatory hotel and 14 quarantine if they are fully vaccinated and pass two PCR tests. For everyone else the current rules/restricitions are extended until July 21st. And possibly longer depending on what the government decides.

They only accept 4 vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, AZ and Janssen) which could be an issue for quite a few competitors/officials who took, for example, Sputnik. I imagine based on the timing of the announcements (cancellation and French Fed announcing back to back to make up for it) that at least SC, French Fed and the ISU were going over the current situation and decided it's too late to see what the rules are on July 21st and to pull the plug now.

 

[Sylvia]

The ISU website calendar has been updated to list Courchevel as hosting JGPs #1 & #2 (Edmonton's dates were August 25-28, 2021) -- here's the event page for #2: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...grand-prix-of-figure-skating?templateParam=11

Thanks!

ETA Found the official ISU announcement

Second ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event moves from Edmonton (CAN) to Courchevel (FRA) - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (FFSG) confirmed their willingness and feasibility to host two Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Events back-to-back in Courchevel and the ISU Council agreed to allot them the second Junior Grand Prix. Consequently the first two ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events of the series will take place in Courchevel (FRA) on August 18-21 and August 25-28, 2021.

Due to the lack of a practice rink in Courchevel, the Pair Skating event which was planned in Canada, will move to the sixth ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Gdansk (POL) on September 29-October 2, 2021.

Updated calendar (individual Announcements will be linked from each of the event pages):

August 18-21, 2021 Courchevel / FRA ISU event page

August 25-28, 2021 Courchevel / FRA ISU event page

September 1-4, 2021 Kosice / SVK (including Pair Skating) ISU event page

September 15-18, 2021 Krasnoyarsk / RUS (including Pair Skating) ISU event page

September 22-25, 2021 Ljubljana / SLO ISU event page

September 29 - October 2, 2021 Gdansk / POL (including Pair Skating) ISU event page

October 6-9, 2021 Linz / AUT (including Pair Skating) ISU event page

 

[Sylvia]

Yesterday Ted Barton posted that he was getting his second shot today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZmbivp0Po/

 

[greenapple]

The border is set to reopen for vaccinated adults in July, so I'm assuming the issue is that for this junior event especially there'd be lots of younger teenagers who are low-priority for vaccination in their countries, and thus wouldn't in all likelihood be able to come.

That makes sense. As the upcoming border changes apply only to fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents, it is likely that there would be parents, coaches, etc. who would not be permitted to enter and those that do would still have to quarantine.