ISU Junior Grand Prix 2024-25

[kalamalka]

Yes, super glad to see Kemp/Elizarov on the list (and Canada assigning 3 pairs, after just one each for the first 2 events)

 

[Belsornia]

Looks like GBR didn't use a dance spot. Sigh.

 

[coralline]

So Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN will do a back to back…which is logical for reducing travel cost. A little bit sad though that I won't see them in Wuxi.

 

[Karen-W]

Looks like GBR didn't use a dance spot. Sigh.

Yes, I was a bit surprised at that since Turkey can't be that expensive of a trip. Are Ash or Atl injured?

 

[Belsornia]

Are Ash or Atl injured?

They’re still on the start list for this week’s BIS qualifier.

 

[Frau Muller]

Will we be able to hear music during the JGP streams…or will Ted or Mark keep their fingers on the mute button?


Will we hear music during the Senior streams or telecasts?

 

[Karen-W]

Will we be able to hear music during the JGP streams…or will Ted or Mark keep their fingers on the mute button?


Will we hear music during the Senior streams or telecasts?

I don't see any reason why we won't since those comps aren't subject to the USFS' license. None of those events are happening in the US and the ones that are would fall under the Peacock contract.

 

[danafan]

ISU tweeted that their JGP streams are moving to their main ISU youtube channel. They used to have a separate channel for the JGP.

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[Karen-W]

ISU tweeted that their JGP streams are moving to their main ISU youtube channel. They used to have a separate channel for the JGP.

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Hmmmmm... Interesting decision. It's sort of a shame since Ted worked so hard to build up the subscriber base to over 100k on the JGP channel, but I think it makes good sense to have all the content on one channel rather than siloed. Spit-balling here but I'm guessing it will improve user engagement levels to have more regular content for a lengthier part of the year, plus it is one-stop shopping for ISU skating content.

 

[Belsornia]

As long as they keep the old channel up as an archive!

I also hope they continue to post individual clips off all the JGP skaters (and preferably extend that to the senior GP too).

 

[Karen-W]

Full list of Finland's JGP assignments -

Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto on Instagram: "Nyt on aika virittää striimauslaitteet kuntoon, sillä junioreiden Grand Prix -osakilpailut alkavat ensi viikolla! ❄️⚡️ Junioreiden GP-sarja käynnistyy Riikassa, Latviassa 28.–31. elokuuta. Syksyn aikana pää

379 likes, 0 comments - skatingfinland on August 22, 2024: "Nyt on aika virittää striimauslaitteet kuntoon, sillä junioreiden Grand Prix -osakilpailut alkavat ensi viikolla! ❄️⚡️ Junioreiden GP-sarja käynnistyy Riikassa, Latviassa 28.–31. elokuuta. Syksyn aikana pääsemme seuraamaan useita...

www.instagram.com

 

[Elka]

ISU tweeted that their JGP streams are moving to their main ISU youtube channel. They used to have a separate channel for the JGP.

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Channel for the JGP was not geoblocked. So this means we have to have VPN for the JGP too.

 

[tony]

Channel for the JGP was not geoblocked. So this means we have to have VPN for the JGP too.

The ISU can put whatever settings they want for each video.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, I'd forgotten about the geoblocking thing!

 

[skatingguy]

There's no reason to believe that the Junior Grand Prix will be geoblocked. Junior Worlds was shown on the main ISU YouTube channel, and it was not geoblocked.

 

[danafan]

I wouldn’t assume any geo blocking. I don’t think the jpg is included in any purchased broadcasting rights? I’m sure it will be available as usual.

 

[Karen-W]

There's no reason to believe that the Junior Grand Prix will be geoblocked. Junior Worlds was shown on the main ISU YouTube channel, and it was not geoblocked.

I wouldn’t assume any geo blocking. I don’t think the jpg is included in any purchased broadcasting rights? I’m sure it will be available as usual.

Correct. The JGPF also was not geo-blocked and it would have been more likely to be a part of any purchased broadcasting rights since it is held in conjunction with the GPF.

 

[danafan]

Entries for JGP Gdansk are up

http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120584.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Entries for JGP Gdansk are up

http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120584.htm

Men -
No. Name Nation
1 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKAIA AND 1
2 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 2
Konstantin SMIRNOV ARM 2 S
3 Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL 3
Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 3 S
4 Anthony PARADIS CAN 4
5 Edward VASII CAN 4
Parker HEIDERICH CAN 4 S
David HOWES CAN 4 S
John KIM CAN 4 S
David LI CAN 4 S
6 Tadeas VACLAVIK CZE 5
Jakub TYKAL CZE 5 S
Jan VALTERA CZE 5 S
7 Wendell HANSSON-OSTERGAARD DEN 6
8 Jegor MARTSENKO EST 7
Vladislav CHURAKOV EST 7 S
Arlet LEVANDI EST 7 S
9 Matias LINDFORS FIN 8
Arttu JUUSOLA FIN 8 S
Jari KRESTYANNIKOV FIN 8 S
10 Tao MACRAE GBR 9
Lucas FITTERER GBR 9 S
Jedidiah LINCOLN GBR 9 S
11 Leon ROJKOV GER 10
Luca FUENFER GER 10 S
Genrikh GARTUNG GER 10 S
Soner OEZTUERK GER 10 S
12 Kolos RAC HUN 11
Benedek Pal DOZSA HUN 11 S
Aleksei VLASENKO HUN 11 S
13 Tamir KUPERMAN ISR 12
Leonid GITELMAN ISR 12 S
Kirill SHEIKO ISR 12 S
Nikita SHEIKO ISR 12 S
14 Daiya EBIHARA JPN 13
15 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 13
Haru KAKIUCHI JPN 13 S
Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN 13 S
Rio NAKATA JPN 13 S
Taiga NISHINO JPN 13 S
16 Minkyu SEO KOR 14
Habin CHOI KOR 14 S
Jaekeun LEE KOR 14 S
Hyunseo PARK KOR 14 S
Donghan YU KOR 14 S
17 Kirills KORKACS LAT 15
Ratmirs BEKISBAJEVS LAT 15 S
Nikolajs KRIVOSEJA LAT 15 S
Janis ZNOTINS LAT 15 S
18 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU 16
Mantas GRYBA LTU 16 S
19 Jakub LOFEK POL 17
20 Oscar OLIVER POL 17
21 Matvii YEFYMENKO POL 17
Ryszard SIUDEK POL 17 S
22 Cody KOCK RSA 18
23 Aurelian CHERVET SUI 19
Gion SCHMID SUI 19 S
24 Lukas VACLAVIK SVK 20
Niccolo BOERIS SVK 20 S
Adam HAGARA SVK 20 S
25 Hugo BOSTEDT SWE 21
Casper JOHANSSON SWE 21 S
Albin SAMUELSSON SWE 21 S
Elias SAYED SWE 21 S
26 Yehor KURTSEV UKR 22
Mark KULISH UKR 22 S
Lev MYSHKOVETS UKR 22 S
Vadym NOVIKOV UKR 22 S

Women -
No. Name Nation
1 Andrea PAZOS GUERRA AND 1
2 Sofi KARAPETYAN ARM 2
Rubina SIMONYAN ARM 2 S
3 Flora Marie SCHALLER AUT 3
Hannah FRANK AUT 3 S
4 Chiara HRISTOVA BUL 4
Krista GEORGIEVA BUL 4 S
Lia LYUBENOVA BUL 4 S
5 Lulu LIN CAN 5
Sandrine BLAIS CAN 5 S
Reese ROSE CAN 5 S
Aleksa VOLKOVA CAN 5 S
6 Barbora TYKALOVA CZE 6
Amelie Emma CEPLOVA CZE 6 S
Katerina HANUSOVA CZE 6 S
Jana HORCICKOVA CZE 6 S
Viktorie KUCIANOVA CZE 6 S
Michaela MALKOVA CZE 6 S
Nela SNEBERGEROVA CZE 6 S
7 Camilla Vinther POULSEN DEN 7
Emilia Due BORCH DEN 7 S
SelmaSiri LARSEN DEN 7 S
8 Maria Eliise KALJUVERE EST 8
Elina GOIDINA EST 8 S
Marianne MUST EST 8 S
Marta Helena PRANGEL EST 8 S
9 Lotta ARTIMO FIN 9
10 Annika PELLONMAA FIN 9
Pihla BERGMAN FIN 9 S
Karina INNOS FIN 9 S
Iida KARHUNEN FIN 9 S
Minja PELTONEN FIN 9 S
Venla SINISALO FIN 9 S
Darja TRUBITSON FIN 9 S
11 Ninon DAPOIGNY FRA 10
Mila BERTSCH FRA 10 S
Eve DUBECQ FRA 10 S
Stefania GLADKI FRA 10 S
Milana MOZEIKO FRA 10 S
Louane WOLFF FRA 10 S
12 Olesya RAY GER 11
Sophie ERHARDT GER 11 S
Anna GERKE GER 11 S
Julia GRABOWSKI GER 11 S
13 Polina DZSUMANYIJAZOVA HUN 12
Lena EKKER HUN 12 S
Zsofia SZEPLAKI HUN 12 S
Boglarka ZHANG HUN 12 S
14 Saoirse O'SULLIVAN IRL 13
15 Saedis Heba GUDMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 14
16 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR 15
Gabriella GRINBERG ISR 15 S
Anna IUSHCHENKOVA ISR 15 S
Simona TKACHMAN ISR 15 S
17 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 16
Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA 16 S
Giulia BARUCCHI ITA 16 S
Amanda GHEZZO ITA 16 S
Noemi JOOS ITA 16 S
Sarina JOOS ITA 16 S
Chiara MINIGHINI ITA 16 S
18 Mao SHIMADA JPN 17
19 Kaoruko WADA JPN 17
Riria KONO JPN 17 S
Ikura KUSHIDA JPN 17 S
Ami NAKAI JPN 17 S
Mei OKADA JPN 17 S
Yo TAKAGI JPN 17 S
Rena UEZONO JPN 17 S
20 Yujae KIM KOR 18
21 Nayeon KO KOR 18
Harin JANG KOR 18 S
Hyorin LEE KOR 18 S
Seojin YOUN KOR 18 S
Nayeong YU KOR 18 S
22 Kira BARANOVSKA LAT 19
Jelizaveta DERECINA LAT 19 S
Nikola FOMCHENKOVA LAT 19 S
Natasa JERMOLICKA LAT 19 S
Taisia KRIVOSHEYA LAT 19 S
Adelija MATJUNINA LAT 19 S
Miriama SOSINA LAT 19 S
23 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 20
Agne IVANOVAITE LTU 20 S
Gabriele JUSKAITE LTU 20 S
Veronika LUCKO LTU 20 S
Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU 20 S
Evelina STAVICKYTE LTU 20 S
24 Angel DELEVAQUE NED 21
Emilia SOLOUKHIN NED 21 S
Jolanda VOS NED 21 S
25 Pernille WITH NOR 22
26 Mora BRICENO RANTICA PER 23
Sara ZOFREA BRAVO PER 23 S
27 Weronika FERLIN POL 24
28 Aleksandra JANIKOWSKA POL 24
29 Noelle STREULI POL 24
Anastasiia BEZUHLA POL 24 S
Zofia BOCHENEK POL 24 S
Julia KASPRZYK POL 24 S
Julija POLNIUK POL 24 S
30 Ella HAWKES RSA 25
31 Olivia BACSA SUI 26
32 Leandra TZIMPOUKAKIS SUI 26
Elisabeth DIBBERN SUI 26 S
Chiara SCHÖLL SUI 26 S
33 Alica LENGYELOVA SVK 27
Olivia LENGYELOVA SVK 27 S
Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK 27 S
34 Alexandra ODMAN SWE 28
Lilly ALMGREN-LIDMAN SWE 28 S
Nina FREDRIKSSON SWE 28 S
Leona GEBARA SWE 28 S
Ellinor NORDQVIST SWE 28 S
35 Chichaya RUNGRATTANAPRASERT THA 29
Nutcha DOLTANAKARN THA 29 S
Phattaratida KANESHIGE THA 29 S
Pimmpida LERDPRAIWAN THA 29 S
Kidakarn THAMSIRIANUNT THA 29 S
36 Yu-Feng TSAI TPE 30
Sadie Shen WENG TPE 30 S
37 Josephine LEE USA 31
Sofia BEZKOROVAINAYA USA 31 S
Alina BONILLO USA 31 S
Annika CHAO USA 31 S
Alayna COATS USA 31 S
Ela CUI USA 31 S
Logan HIGASE-CHEN USA 31 S
Keira HILBELINK USA 31 S
Jiaying Ellyse JOHNSON USA 31 S
Jessica JURKA USA 31 S
Mia KALIN USA 31 S
Teryn KIM USA 31 S
Emilia NEMIROVSKY USA 31 S
Cleo PARK USA 31 S
Angela SHAO USA 31 S
Sophie Joline VON FELTEN USA 31 S

Pairs -
No. Name Nation
1 Ava KEMP / Yohnatan ELIZAROV CAN 1
2 Julia QUATTROCCHI / Simon DESMARAIS CAN 1
3 Noemie ROLLAND / Etienne LACASSE CAN 1
Siyul BACK / Gavin MAHONEY CAN 1 S
4 Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 2
Rui GUO / Yiwen ZHANG CHN 2 S
Xuanqi ZHANG / Wenqiang FENG CHN 2 S
5 Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA ESP 3
Claudia Sinclair SCOTTI / Noah QUESADA GRAU ESP 3 S
Megan YUDIN / Patrizio Romano ROSSI LOPEZ ESP 3 S
6 Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan Daniel FISHER FRA 4
Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA 4 S
Romane TELEMAQUE / Lucas COULON FRA 4 S
7 Rebecca RITCHIE / Kyle MCLEOD GBR 5
Neamh DAVISON / Daniel BORISOV GBR 5 S
8 Aliyah ACKERMANN / Tobija HARMS GER 6
9 Sonja LOEWENHERZ / Robert LOEWENHERZ GER 6
10 Nora Marleen ROTHENBUEHLER / Mozes Jozsef BEREI HUN 7
11 Sofia ENKINA / Nikita KOVALENKO ISR 8
12 Melissa MERRONE / Alberto TOMMASI ITA 9
13 Irina NAPOLITANO / Edoardo COMI ITA 9
14 Elisabetta PROFAIZER / Matteo Libasse MANDELLI ITA 9
Polina POLMAN / Gabriel RENOLDI ITA 9 S
15 Wiktoria PACHA / Szymon DERECHOWSKI POL 10
16 Chiara Michaela PAZIENZA / Maxim KNORR SUI 11
17 Nikola SITKOVA / Oliver KUBACAK SVK 12
18 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 13
19 Saya CARPENTER / Ignacio MARAVILLA USA 14
20 Elizabeth HANSEN / William CHURCH USA 14
21 Reagan MOSS / Jakub GALBAVY USA 14
Addyson MCDANOLD / Aaron FELBERBAUM USA 14 S

Ice Dance -

No. Name Nation
1 Elisabeth HAVERS / Leo HAVERS AUT 1
2 Sandrine GAUTHIER / Quentin THIEREN CAN 2
3 Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 2
Sophia GOVER / Billy WILSON FRENCH CAN 2 S
Alyson LACOMBE / Morgan LALIBERTE LAURENT CAN 2 S
Rachel MARTINS / Juel KOWALCZYK CAN 2 S
Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 2 S
4 Xinyi YU / Tianyi LIU CHN 3
Xinai DING / Hanchong ZHENG CHN 3 S
5 Lauren Audrey BATKOVA / Jacob YANG CZE 4
Natalie BLAASOVA / Filip BLAAS CZE 4 S
Barbora KLESALOVA / Matej KLESAL CZE 4 S
Kristyna STANCLOVA / Karel KOSTRON CZE 4 S
Eliska ZAKOVA / Filip MENCL CZE 4 S
6 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 5
Arina BELJAJEVA / Frederick MERILO EST 5 S
Angela CHUVILYAEVA / Maksim SEMJONOV EST 5 S
7 Hilda TAYLOR / Alexander BUCHHOLDT FIN 6
Enna KESTI / Oskari LIEDENPOHJA FIN 6 S
Cilla LAINE / Urho REINA FIN 6 S
Mai TARVAINEN / Aarne SAVOLA FIN 6 S
8 Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN FRA 7
9 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA 7
Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA 7 S
Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA 7 S
Louise DUPRAT / Tahory TADDEI-DUGUE FRA 7 S
Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 7 S
Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 7 S
Alisa OVSIANKINA / Maximilien RAHIER FRA 7 S
Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA 7 S
10 Molly HAIRSINE / Alessio SURENKOV-GULTCHEV GBR 8
Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 8 S
Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ GBR 8 S
11 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER 9
12 Lilia SCHUBERT / Nikita REMESHEVSKIY GER 9
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY GER 9 S
Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 9 S
13 Laura FINELLI / Massimiliano BUCCIARELLI ITA 10
Zoe BIANCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 10 S
Vittoria PETRACCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 10 S
Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 10 S
Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA 10 S
14 Sumire YOSHIDA / Ibuki OGAHARA JPN 11
15 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL 12
Zofia GRZEGORZEWSKA / Oleg MURATOV POL 12 S
16 Alexandra LEVY / Alan LLORENTE SUI 13
17 Aneta VACLAVIKOVA / Ivan MOROZOV SVK 14
18 Myroslava TKACHENKO / Riccardo PESCA UKR 15
Tetiana BIELODONOVA / Ivan KACHUR UKR 15 S
Vira FAHRADOVA / Oleksandr KAPRYSHANSKYI UKR 15 S
Polina KAPUSTINA / Mykhailo KLIUIEV UKR 15 S
Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 15 S
Sofiia REKUNOVA / Denys FEDIANKIN UKR 15 S
19 Yahli PEDERSEN / Benjamin STARR USA 16
20 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 16
Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA 16 S
Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 16 S
Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN USA 16 S
Olivia ILIN / Dylan CAIN USA 16 S
Caroline MULLEN / Brendan MULLEN USA 16 S
Elliana PEAL / Ethan PEAL USA 16 S
Emily RENZI / William LISSAUER USA 16 S
Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 16 S

Kudos to those who correctly predicted the new team of Pedersen/Starr would be assigned to the same JGP as Wolfkostin/Tsarevski! Also - what's the deal with Slatter/Ongay-Perez? They're clearly healthy enough to compete, so I'm not quite understanding the strategy of BIS in waiting until the last 2 JGPs to send them out.

There are more Pairs teams than Dance teams here!!!! Two new Italian pairs teams!

Interesting to see Holichenko/Darenskiy doing one JGP. I'm not sure that makes much sense (I did check and they are, just barely, still young enough to compete jr this season). They're a good enough team that I'd have had them doing 2 JGPs and likely making the JGPF where they can earn some prize money. Also, does anyone know what's up with Sierova/Khobta? That's the Ukrainian team I expected to see on the JGP this season.

Quattrochi/Desmarais are currently entered in 3 JGPs - Czechia, Turkey & Poland. My guess, since Skate Canada doesn't have them on their assignments list for Turkey is that they're going to Czechia & Poland.

Women & Men - no major surprises here.

 

[toddlj]

Entries for JGP Gdansk are up

http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120584.htm

Is this some sort of oversight or is the US really not sending any men to this.

 

[Karen-W]

Is this some sort of oversight or is the US really not sending any men to this.

We only have 6 men's spots this year and Poland is the one JGP that we can't send enter any men.

 

[danafan]

Is this some sort of oversight or is the US really not sending any men to this.

Page 14 of this document says how many spots each country has and at which events. (Based on results from 2024 jr worlds).

https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2024-25/junior-grand-prix-5/series-files-66/33979-general-announcement-2024-25-1/file

 

[toddlj]

We only have 6 men's spots this year and Poland is the one JGP that we can't send enter any men.

at one point I'm sure I knew that but it still seems so dumb. There must be a better method for determining spots than the current one.

 

[Samurina]

Where is titova

 

[LoisAGOEs]

Also, does anyone know what's up with Sierova/Khobta? That's the Ukrainian team I expected to see on the JGP this season.

I don’t remember if it was confirmed anywhere but it’s been heavily rumoured for a while that they’ve split.

 

[Karen-W]

I don’t remember if it was confirmed anywhere but it’s been heavily rumoured for a while that they’ve split.

Definitely hasn't been confirmed but it wouldn't surprise me given the severity of her injuries. I hope he can find a good new partner.

 

[Andrea82]

There are more Pairs teams than Dance teams here!!!! Two new Italian pairs teams!

The 2 new pairs are
Melissa MERRONE / Alberto TOMMASI
Elisabetta PROFAIZER / Matteo Libasse MANDELLI

Tommasi was already in Pairs. He competed in 2022/23 in B events (Nice, Bavarian Open, Challenge Cup). Marrone comes from Single.
Profaizer also come Single. Mandelli was an Ice Dancer (Galimberti/Mandelli who also competed at Junior Nationals). The ID to Pairs path is quite unusual.

So the situation for Italy is

Sarina Joos: Riga and Ostrava
Noemi Joos: Bangkok
Ghezzo: Ankara
Pezzetta: Gdańsk

1 spot in Lubjiana and 1 Waxi left. I guess Pezzetta will get a 2nd JGP. Then for the final spot it may be one of the various girls listed as subs so far (Agostinelli, Minighini, Barucchi).

Zich: Ankara
Di Tria: Riga
Profaizer: Ostrava

This is easy to predict.
Spot left vacant in Bangkok. There isn't an Italian spot in Waxi. So I guess Zich will get the spot in Lubijana. Zich, Di Tria and Profaizer are the only men listed as subs in various stages. So there isn't anybody else considered.

Polman/Renoldi: Ostrava and Ankara
Napolitano/Comi: Ankara and Gdańsk
Merrone/Tommasi: Gdańsk
Profaizer/Mandelli: Gdańsk

3 spots left vacant in Riga, 2 spots left vacant in Ostrava and 1 in Ankara. So the strategy seems 2 JGPs to the partnerships already active last season and 1 JGP to the new pairs.

Tali/LaFornara: Riga and Bangkok
Finelli/Bucciarelli: Ostrava and Gdańsk
Petracchi/Basile: Ankara

That's 1 spot in Lubjiana and 1 in Wuxi. Soldati/Tagliabue (5th at Junior Nationals last season) and Bianchi/Rota (who were in Advanced Novice last season) are the subs for earlier stages. They may get the last 2 JGPs, but a second JGP for Petracchi/Basile (3rd at Junior Nationals last season) is also an option.

 

[Belsornia]

Also - what's the deal with Slatter/Ongay-Perez? They're clearly healthy enough to compete, so I'm not quite understanding the strategy of BIS in waiting until the last 2 JGPs to send them out.

S/OP didn't appear to be at the BIS dance camp in June, which was around the time - if not the when - the JGP spots were allocated. S/OP were always going to get two spots, so if (and this is speculation) they were off ice for a while earlier in the summer because of injury/illness/whatever it would have made sense to give them the last events. They're clearly in shape now, and there's still time to swap them with Hairsine/Surenkov-Gultchev either in Gdansk or Bangkok. I agree that back-to-back events with intercontinental travel in between doesn't seem ideal!

Mandelli was an Ice Dancer (Galimberti/Mandelli who also competed at Junior Nationals). The ID to Pairs path is quite unusual.

But unusually popular this season! with Mandelli and Alex Lapsky on the JGP, and Davide Calderari, who was in the YOG ice dance competition, on IPS looking for a pairs partner.

 

[coralline]

Oh does that mean BabyBrits will be in Wuxi？and if Ilin/Cain are also sent here，we will have a full YOG dance podium！

 

[Frau Muller]

Do we know who will announce the JGPs this season? Ted Barton? Mark Hanretty? Hopefully both - The Olde Reliables! Someone else? Just two days to go!