JGP #3 Istanbul, Sept. 6-9, 2023

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ISU's event page: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...grand-prix-of-figure-skating?templateParam=11

Time & Practice Schedule: https://results.isu.org/schedules/jgptur2023_ColouredTimeSchedule.pdf

Entries as of Sept. 2, 2023: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117399.htm

Junior Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL 1
2 David BONDAR CAN 2
3 Terry Yu Tao JIN CAN 2
4 Wendell HANSSON-OSTERGAARD DEN 3
5 Jegor MARTSENKO EST 4
6 Gianni MOTILLA FRA 5
7 Arin YORKE GBR 6
8 Konstantin SUPATASHVILI GEO 7
9 Luca FUENFER GER 8
10 Aleksei VLASENKO HUN 9
11 Daiya EBIHARA JPN 10
12 Rio NAKATA JPN 10
13 Nikita KRIVOSHEYEV KAZ 11
14 Minkyu SEO KOR 12
15 Fedir KULISH LAT 13
16 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU 14
17 Jakub LOFEK POL 15
18 Razvan CIONAC ROU 16
19 Aurelian CHERVET SUI 17
20 Ean WEILER SUI 17
21 Lukas VACLAVIK SVK 18
22 Elias SAYED SWE 19
23 Ege ALACAN TUR 20
24 Ali Efe GUNES TUR 20
25 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR 20
26 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR 21
27 Kai KOVAR USA 22

Junior Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Lana GALIJASEVIC BIH 1
2 Chiara HRISTOVA BUL 2
3 Uliana SHIRYAEVA CAN 3
4 SelmaSiri LARSEN DEN 4
5 Valeska Martina ONA PROANO ECU 5
6 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 6
7 Eve DUBECQ FRA 7
8 Arabella SEAR-WATKINS GBR 8
9 Olesya RAY GER 9
10 Polina DZSUMANYIJAZOVA HUN 10
11 Sophia TKACHEVA IRL 11
12 Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR ISL 12
13 Ami NAKAI JPN 13
14 Rena UEZONO JPN 13
15 Yekaterina BALYUBA KAZ 14
16 Zhasmin SHLAGA KGZ 15
17 Yujae KIM KOR 16
18 Seojin YOUN KOR 16
19 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT 17
20 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 18
21 Katherine ONG PUI KUAN MAS 19
22 Maria GRIBINIC MDA 20
23 Fatima GOMEZ SANDOVAL MEX 21
24 Jana KUKOVSKA MKD 22
25 Emilia SOLOUKHIN NED 23
26 Noelle STREULI POL 24
27 Tara Maria IENCIU ROU 25
28 Anastasia BRANDENBURG SUI 26
29 Olivia LENGYELOVA SVK 27
30 Benyapa SAOYOD THA 28
31 Selin AKBULUT TUR 29
32 Sena Lidya BAYRAKTAROGLU TUR 29
33 Derya TAYGAN TUR 29
34 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR 30
35 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA 31

Junior Pairs
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Jazmine DESROCHERS / Kieran THRASHER CAN 1
2 Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA ESP 2
3 Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA 3
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 4
5 Sonja LOEWENHERZ / Robert LOEWENHERZ GER 5
6 Anastasia STEBLYANKA / Lukas GNEIDING GER 5
7 Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG USA 6 (switched assignments with training mates Naomi Williams/Lachlan Lewer who were moved to #5 Budapest)
8 Adele ZHENG / Andy DENG USA 6

Junior Ice Dance
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Emma GOODSTADT / Christian BENNETT CAN 1
2 Dana SABATINI-SPECIALE / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 1
3 Andrea PSURNA / Jachym NOVAK CZE 2
4 Eliska ZAKOVA / Filip MENCL CZE 2
5 Louise DUPRAT / Tahory TADDEI-DUGUE FRA 3
6 Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA 3
7 Mariia ALIEVA / Yehor BARSHAK GEO 4
8 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 5
9 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA 6
10 Eva SHELAEVA / Ivan SOLOVYEV KAZ 7
11 Harlow Lynella STANLEY / Nikita SOSNENKO MEX 8
12 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL 9
13 Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI 10
14 Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV UKR 11
15 Olivia ILIN / Dylan CAIN USA 12 (replaced the injured Jenna Hauer/Benjamin Starr)
16 Yahli PEDERSEN / Jeffrey CHEN USA 12

 

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Skate Canada's press release (Aug. 30):

New and Experienced Skaters to Compete at Third ISU Junior Grand Prix in Istanbul

OTTAWA, ON (August 30, 2023) – A solid squad of 9 NextGen skaters, including one woman, two men, one pair team and two ice dance teams, will represent Canada at the third stop of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The event will take place in Istanbul, Turkey from September 6-9...

skatecanada.ca

Mitch Islam is listed as Sabatini-Speciale/Buelow's sole coach in the release so it appears he will be in Istanbul? 4 coaches are listed in their ISU bio and it was mentioned in GSD last week that Alexandra Paul's name was added to the Choreographers line: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114025.htm

 

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Team USA press release (Sept. 4):

Ten U.S. Juniors to Compete at Junior Grand Prix in Turkey - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Ten junior athletes will represent the U.S. at the third stop of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series in Istanbul, Turkey, September 6-9.

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

Copying over this post yesterday in the Italian news thread in GSD:

Looks like [Elena] Agostinelli will withdraw

FISG team for Istanbul
Athlete: Giulia Isabella Paolino, Andrea Tuba
Coach: Brunilde Bianchi
Judge: Francesca Ornella Mineo (Ice Dance)

https://www.fisg.it/summon/?id=1801

 

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Team USA is in Istanbul (group photo shared by Adele Zheng/Andy Deng's coaching team account in the Chicago area): https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0fmmpr_IT/

 

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Starting orders for Junior Women & Pairs SP are up: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/jgptur2023/index.htm

We should continue having separate threads by discipline, right?

ETA:

Pairs & RD starting orders also are up now and all 4 PBP threads have been created - links:

Women: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/jgp-istanbul-women-sp-fs.110955/

Pairs: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/jgp-istanbul-pairs-sp-fs.110954/

Men: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/jgp-istanbul-men-sp-fs.110953/

Ice Dance (RD is on Friday): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/jgp-istanbul-ice-dance-rd-fd.110952/

 

[Wyliefan]

Mark's advice to the jerks in the YouTube comment section is the most Mark thing ever: "Go have some cake and come back with a bit more jollity."

https://twitter.com/takakais/status/1700143792441999695

SelmaSiri Larsen of Denmark also spoke out yesterday:
Today i skated my first ever program at a JGP. That should be enough to make me extremely happy and proud. However, i had to read some really inacceptable comments (among other things about my body), and that was unfortunately enough to make me really unhappy and uncomfortable. This is just a reminder, that kids down to 13 competes at these competitions, and kids should never have to read such horrible stuff about themselves. I am 18, i can deal with it, but kids down to 13 are not supposed to read comments like “maybe she should eat a little less” Another thing: It is completely wrong to compare an adults body to a childs. I am 172 cm tall. Of course i look different than anyone shorter than that. So please, never comment on other peoples bodies. And think before you type.
Tomorrow i will enjoy my free skate to the fullest

Selmasiri Bella Larsen on Instagram: "Today i skated my first ever program at a JGP. That should be enough to make me extremely happy and proud. However, i had to read some really inacceptable comments (among other things about my body), and that was

selmasiri_bella on September 7, 2023: "Today i skated my first ever program at a JGP. That should be enough to make me extremely happy and proud. However, i had to read some re...".

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BRAVO, SelmaSiri! Thank you, @Wyliefan - would you mind cross-posting in the JGP thread in GSD? https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/

ETA that Iceland's Julia Sylvia Gunnarsdottir was inspired by SelmaSiri Larsen's post yesterday and wrote one today - I've linked to it in GSD: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/page-6#post-6465903

 

[Wyliefan]

Glad to!

 

[Wyliefan]

The ISU's social media intern needs a thesaurus. Their posts about this weekend's winners keep using the word "flawless." (Even when it isn't true!)

 

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Getty Images (1127 on and off ice photos)

 

[Frau Muller]

The ISU's social media intern needs a thesaurus. Their posts about this weekend's winners keep using the word "flawless." (Even when it isn't true!)

…or all of the other crappy descriptive titles/WONDER WORDS!!!!

Playlist of adjectives by the intern (see the titles & loud graphics):

https://www.youtube.com/@isujuniorgrandprix/videos

 

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Getty Images (1130 on and off ice photos)

Jurij Kodrun took the photos for ISU/Getty Images in Istanbul - he posted a selection of 10 "impressions" on his IG account today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxD6ffco7Hm/

Re-posting here from the JGP thread in GSD...

I think this is my favorite "Backstage" video yet -- IMO, a really good editing job that captures all the exciting action on and emotions off the ice in Istanbul! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyxI6adQLo

ETA link to ISU's recap of Istanbul: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...x-final-spot-in-istanbul-tur?templateParam=15