JGP #6 - Gdansk, POL - Oct. 1-4, 2025 - Ice Dance RD & FD

[victorskid]

SP Start Order/Live Results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2526/jgppol2025/SEG007.htm
Detailed Time Schedule: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
Gdansk is 6 hours ahead of EDT
Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiIS22UQazA

Start Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR
2 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR
3 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL
4 Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF USA


Warm-Up Group 2
5 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE
6 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL
7 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA
8 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL

Ice resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST
10 Grace FISCHER / Luke FISCHER USA
11 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN
12 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE


Warm-Up Group 4
13 Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA
14 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA
15 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN
16 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN
17 Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI

 

[victorskid]

And we are live for the RD.

PANEL OF JUDGES
Referee Mr. Stephen FERNANDEZ ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Janis ENGEL ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Pia-Maria GUSTAFSSON ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Joanna BUDNER-SZUMAN ISU

Judge No.1 Mr. Oleg SAPRYKIN UKR
Judge No.2 Mr. Marco FAGGIOLI ITA
Judge No.3 Ms. Katarzyna SZAWAREJKO POL
Judge No.4 Ms. Hilary QUICK CAN
Judge No.5 Mr. John COLE USA
Judge No.6 Ms. Riitta Elina TURUNEN FIN
Judge No.7 Ms. Solene BJORNSON LANGEN FRA
Judge No.8 Ms. Ere LUSTI EST
Judge No.9 Ms. Zuzana PLESNIKOVA CZE

Data Operator Mr. Juha RÄTTÖ ISU
Replay Operator Mr. Xander GIJTENBEEK ISU

 

[victorskid]

After the first 2 of 4 groups, we have the first ice resurfacing of the day.

RD results so far:
1 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 65.69 36.56 29.13 7.36 7.29 7.25 0.00 #1
2 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE 54.28 29.29 24.99 6.18 6.43 6.18 0.00 #5
3 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 51.63 28.88 22.75 5.86 5.68 5.57 0.00 #2
4 Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF USA 51.16 29.91 21.25 5.29 5.39 5.29 0.00 #4
5 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 41.78 23.79 18.99 4.82 4.75 4.71 1.00 #3
6 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 40.54 23.05 18.49 4.79 4.54 4.57 1.00 #7
7 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 32.58 19.19 16.39 4.32 3.96 4.04 3.00 #6
8 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 26.86 15.31 11.55 3.14 2.79 2.75 0.00 #8


Playlist of individual skates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpSvhaVpsU&list=PLuiPiC1Hk8eJ1rt_iNTlWvJzpS8tB-fd4

 

[Karen-W]

FYI - in the first group alone we got one "cuddly toys" from Mark and two programs with "Cosmic Girl". I mostly tuned out the 2nd group. Will be refocusing attention with the third group, then probably dipping back out again.

 

[victorskid]

For the penultimate team, Mark did what Ted did yesterday - repeating what the tech panel were saying as the program was skated.

After all 4 groups of the RD, the results:
1 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 65.69 36.56 29.13 7.36 7.29 7.25 0.00 #1
2 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 63.60 35.73 28.87 7.39 7.25 7.07 1.00 #11
3 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 60.41 33.91 26.50 6.68 6.79 6.46 0.00 #14
4 Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 56.87 31.75 25.12 6.43 6.46 6.00 0.00 #13
5 Grace FISCHER / Luke FISCHER USA 56.26 32.71 23.55 6.00 5.89 5.82 0.00 #10
6 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE 54.28 29.29 24.99 6.18 6.43 6.18 0.00 #5
7 Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI 52.97 30.11 22.86 5.79 5.79 5.61 0.00 #17
8 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 51.63 28.88 22.75 5.86 5.68 5.57 0.00 #2
9 Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF USA 51.16 29.91 21.25 5.29 5.39 5.29 0.00 #4
10 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 50.06 28.92 21.14 5.39 5.36 5.14 0.00 #16
11 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 45.62 26.53 19.09 4.86 4.86 4.64 0.00 #12
12 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 44.40 24.40 20.00 5.07 5.11 4.86 0.00 #9
13 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 42.61 23.95 18.66 4.75 4.71 4.57 0.00 #15
14 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 41.78 23.79 18.99 4.82 4.75 4.71 1.00 #3
15 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 40.54 23.05 18.49 4.79 4.54 4.57 1.00 #7
16 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 32.58 19.19 16.39 4.32 3.96 4.04 3.00 #6
17 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 26.86 15.31 11.55 3.14 2.79 2.75 0.00 #8


Protocols: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Playlist of individual skates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpSvhaVpsU&list=PLuiPiC1Hk8eJ1rt_iNTlWvJzpS8tB-fd4

 

[Wyliefan]

I was a bit surprised Sol/Tag scored as high as they did, when Arianna had what Mark called a "wibbly wobbly woo" (which translates to a loss of momentum) on her second twizzle.

 

[skatingguy]

10th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pTdDv_Nlo
Eva Rozhnova/Platon Zubkov
Age: 15/19
Coach: Neil Brown
Music: 100 Percent Pure Love, Makin' Happy

Straight Line Lift 4
Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 1 + kpNNNY
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2

There program was highly stylized that fit the 90's theme, and the music. Not the most difficult transitional content, but they skated clean.

50.06 = 10th Place

 

[skatingguy]

9th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCbiw_L_6o
Sophia Feige/Wiles Middlekauff
Age: 17/17
Coach: I. Shpilband, N. Deller, A. Lenda
Music: Cosmic Girl, Canned Heat

Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpNYYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:1 M:4 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:3
Rotational Lift 4

Fun program, nice energy, and good use of the music. Skating skills need more time.

51.16 = 9th Place

 

[skatingguy]

8th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpS5B2SWFvU
Mimi Marler Davies/Joseph Black
Age: 14/18
Coach: Karen Quinn, Alan Abretti
Music: Men in Black, Cosmic Girl

Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Quickstep 1st Sec B + kpNNNN (1 + kp NNYN after review)
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Rotational Lift 4

A few bumpy moments in the transitional movements, and the program overall was a bit flat.

51.63 = 8th Place

 

[skatingguy]

7th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2-uD__2Lw8
Seraina Tscharner/Laurin Wiederkehr
Age: 17/19
Coach: Alisa Besseghier, Lucie Mysliveckova
Music: Homework, Compilation by Daft Punk

Sequential Twizzles W:2 M:4 (W:1 M:4 after review) - Seraina spun
Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpNYNY
Quickstep 1st Sec 1 + kpNNYN
Straight Line Lift 4
Diagonal Step Sequence W:1 M:2

Highly conceptualized program, and use of the music accented by head isolation, and arm movement.

52.97 = 7th Place

 

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpSvhaVpsU
Diane Sznajder/Jachym Novak
Age: 19/18
Coach: Matej Novak, Kateryna Dushka
Music: What is Love 7 Mix, Canned Heat

Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpYNYY (2 + kpNNYY after review)
Quickstep 1st Sec 1 + kpNNYN
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:3 M:3 after review) - Jachym did an extra rotation
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Rotational Lift 4

Some innovative movements, and transitions in the lift compared to many of the rotational lifts we've seen this season.

54.28 = 6th Place

 

[her grace]

RD thoughts

Pidgaina/Koval

good twizzles which covered a lot of ice, good sense of musical timing and rhythm in midline step sequence to match the Can't Touch This music, excellent basics with good edges and knee bend, quick step not as strong as rhumba, think they could give a bit more conviction to the choreo dance moves

Feige/Middlekauf

great flow on the rhumba, negative GOE on quickstep, slowed way down for twizzles, nice basics and both a have a danceable quality in the way they move their upper bodies, nice potential for future

Sznajder/Novak

non-sibling Czech team, clean extended legline, difficult entry into twizzles then got far apart on those, definitely get the impression that they are dancing out there, good connection with the music and the choreo

Fischer/Fischer

long voiceover to start, neat footwork through rhumba--now needs to add expressiveness to it (level 4!), she bobbles twizzles, strong basics, next challenge for them will be adding consistent expression through the elements and creating a complete performance

Veillon/Brandys

nice unison, and skating close together, I find her posture a bit hunched forward, interesting sliding move, out of sync on twizzles and little bobble from him, nice rotational lift to close

Koch/Chataignoux

black and yellow costumes but not a Kill Bill program, good body alignment through the rhumba, kinda slow through the rotational lift without much ice coverage, crisp twizzles, presentation feels a bit forced

Soldati/Tagliabue

good speed, getting out of sync in places, nice energy and commitment to the interpretation, Individual elements were good, a lot of polishing to do in skating consistently closer together, matching legline, etc. There's a certain charisma to them that will carry them far

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWzhlof941g
Grace Fischer/Luke Fischer
Age: 14/16
Coach: I. Shpilband, P. Camerlengo, N. Deller
Music: Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

Rhumba 1st Sec 4 + kpYYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpYNYN (1 + kpNNYN after review)
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 - Grace with a bobble on the 2nd twizzle
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 4

Very nice performance with good skating skills, and feel for the music.

56.26 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7GN_eHeOw
Lou Koch/Lucas Chataignoux
Age: 18/20
Coach: Karine Arribert, Mahil Chantelauze
Music: Shy Guy, Moving On Up

Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpYNNY
Quickstep 1st Sec B + NNNN (1 + kpNNYN after review)
Rotational Lift 4
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4 (W:4 M:3 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1

Clear, crisp choreography, and a good feel for the music, but not the levels on the step sequences that they need to be on the podium.

56.87 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwS1MksmcNE
Arianna Soldati/Nicholas Tagliabue
Age: 14/19
Coach: B. Fusar Poli, R. Pelizzola, F. Bernardi
Music: Gonna Make You Sweat, Get Ready

Rhumba 1st Sec 4 + kpYYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 3 + kpYNYY (2 + kpNNYY after review)
Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:3 M:3 after review) - Arianna with a bobble on the 2nd twizzle
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:2 (W:1 M:1 after review)
Stationary Lift 4

Great performance, and wonderful use of the music throughout. They're both great, but Nicholas has something special, and it was hard not to watch him.

60.41 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1DagZ1KQA
Layla Veillon/Alexander Brandys
Age: 19/20
Coach: S. Moir, C. Moir, A. Diaz, M. Hubbell
Music: Around the Worlds, Insomnia

Rhumba 1st Sec 4 + kpYYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:3 - Alexander with a stumble at the end of the 2nd twizzle
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Rotational Lift 4 >

Solid technical skate, and an improved performance from their previous event.

-1.00 = Extended Lifts
63.60 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTvAehH_5M
Irvina Pidgaina/Artem Koval
Age: 17/21
Coach: Galina Churilova
Music: Everybody (Backstreets Back), U Can't Touch This

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:3 (W:2 M:2 after review)
Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpNYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Rotational Lift 4

Strong, powerful skaters, and performers.

65.69 = 1st Place

 

[victorskid]

Free Dance Start Order/Live Results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2526/jgppol2025/SEG008.htm
Detailed start order: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7jIDhJa_OY

Start Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 17 26.86
2 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 16 32.58
3 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 15 40.54
4 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 14 41.78

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 13 42.61
6 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 12 44.40
7 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 11 45.62
8 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 10 50.06

Ice resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF USA 9 51.16
10 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 8 51.63
11 Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI 7 52.97
12 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE 6 54.28

Warm-Up Group 4
13 Grace FISCHER / Luke FISCHER USA 5 56.26
14 Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 4 56.87
15 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 3 60.41
16 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 2 63.60
17 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 1 65.69

 

[victorskid]

PANEL OF JUDGES
Referee Mr. Stephen FERNANDEZ ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Janis ENGEL ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Pia-Maria GUSTAFSSON ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Joanna BUDNER-SZUMAN ISU

Judge No.1 Mr. Oleg SAPRYKIN UKR
Judge No.2 Ms. Riitta Elina TURUNEN FIN
Judge No.3 Mr. Marco FAGGIOLI ITA
Judge No.4 Mr. John COLE USA
Judge No.5 Ms. Zuzana PLESNIKOVA CZE
Judge No.6 Ms. Katarzyna SZAWAREJKO POL
Judge No.7 Ms. Solene BJORNSON LANGEN FRA
Judge No.8 Mr. Liam MEANWELL GBR
Judge No.9 Mr. Attila SOOS HUN

Data Operator Mr. Juha RÄTTÖ ISU
Replay Operator Mr. Xander GIJTENBEEK ISU

As mentioned by Ted before the RD, CDN judge Hilary Quick travelled to Gdansk but was only picked for the RD judging panel.

 

[victorskid]

Before the dancing got started Ted & Mark talked a bit about the announcement yesterday of the locations for the JGP next season as well as some of the other ISU announcements that came out from the Council.

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 4 groups we have an ice resurfacing.

Free dance results so far:
1 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 71.44 40.14 31.30 5.29 5.36 5.00 0.00 #6
2 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 69.29 38.15 31.14 5.32 5.25 5.00 0.00 #7
3 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 65.19 36.27 28.92 4.96 4.82 4.68 0.00 #4
4 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 63.11 36.39 26.72 4.54 4.46 4.36 0.00 #2
5 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 62.16 35.02 28.14 4.79 4.57 4.71 1.00 #3
6 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 59.73 32.09 28.64 4.93 4.82 4.57 1.00 #5
7 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 58.34 31.92 28.42 4.89 4.61 4.71 2.00 #8
8 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 37.80 22.52 16.28 2.96 2.61 2.57 1.00 #1


Overall results so far:
1 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 115.84 12 1
2 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 114.91 11 2
3 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 108.40 10 7
4 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 106.97 14 3
5 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 102.70 15 5
6 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 102.34 13 6
7 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 95.69 16 4
8 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 64.66 17 8


Playlist of individual dances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxtbT1q7oo0&list=PLuiPiC1Hk8eIfAwiiI5pBg_vK96iHpFzh

 

[her grace]

Feige/Middlekauf

not quite in sync on twizzles and level 1 from her--she started spinning in place on second one, good posture and carriage, some work to do on edgework and clarity of turns, particular for her, he has an expressive way of moving that is appealing and she hits some stunning lifts, good potential for future

 

[her grace]

Marler Davies/Black

They look comfortable together as a team. I'm not really ok with for Porgy and Bess, but if you wrench the piece of music from its context, then I suppose it can fit. It just doesn't work for me.

 

[her grace]

Tscharner/Weiderkehr

interesting martial arts theme, okay twizzles level 3 for her, think they could skate a bit closer together, impressive use of theme and it's incorporated well throughout the program. Beautiful stag position in the curve lift, the ubiquitous lay-down-on-the-ice move during the choreo steps--why? unique and enjoyable

 

[her grace]

Sznajder/Novak

Love that they chose such a different style from the RD, good to show range, nice maturity to their movement, showing some crisp and dynamic, emotional interpretation, he's getting some low levels on steps and turns so work to do there, but performance was so well done

 

[Marta24]

I really like Sznajder/Novak. I hope they will get the Junior Worlds spot this season

 

[her grace]

Fischer/Fischer

Looks like they've left Agosto to be at Igor's school full-time. Good knee bend and getting deep into their edges, could add more facial expression, jump entry into twizzles and got a level 4 and 3, program similar in tone to their RD

 

[Wyliefan]

Fischers looked slow, but they had good expression and presentation. Some nice details in the choreography. And cute costumes.

 

[her grace]

Great debut for Fischer/Fischer, they're going to end up with a higher point total score than all the other US teams who have had one assignment and Kouevi/Homawoo who had two.

 

[her grace]

Koch/Chataignoux

nice twizzles, working the edges through the one step turns, nice musical interpretation--think they could have added a bit more tension throughout, a little sticky getting out of their choreo slide move, mature performance