Friday, December 3, 2010

Junior Grand Prix Final--Dance Preview

Monko/Khalivan's scores are well aboved the rest of the field.  If they perform like they did earlier this season, they should easily win gold.  The rest of the field seems more tightly clustered and have traded places on the podium throughout the season.  Any one of them has a shot at the medal stand if they skate cleanly.

Stepanova/Bukin have beat Pushkash/Guerreiro and Kosigina/Moroshkin earlier this season.
Kosigina/Moroshkin have beat Lichtman/Copely and Antipova/Kudashev this season.
Lichtman/Copely have beat Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
Monko/Khaliavan have beat Sinitsina/Zhiganshin andGalyeta/Shumski earlier this season.
Pushkash/Guerreiro have beat Galyeta/Shumski and Antipova/Kudashev this season.
Antipova/Kudashev have beat Lichtman/Copely.
Galyeta/Shumski have beat Antipova/Kudashev earlier this season.

Competitors in order of qualification:

Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavan, RUS: They are the reigning World Junior bronze medalists.  They won gold at Brasov Cup and J. Curry Memorial.  They won gold at their first trip to the JGP Final last season.  Their personal best total score is 155.04.

Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, RUS: They won gold at Courcheval and SBC Cup in their first season on the JGP.  Their personal best total score is 130.08.

Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro, RUS: They finished 6th at the World Junior Championships.  They won silver at SBC Cup and gold at Czech Skate.  They finished 5th at their first trip to the Final last season.  Their personal best total score is 136.80.

Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely, USA: They won gold at Cup of Austria and bronze at Pokal der Blauen.  Their personal best total score is 129.96. 

Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin, RUS: They won bronze at Courcheval and gold at Pokal der Blauen at their first season on the JGP.  Their personal best total score is 126.92.

Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin, RUS: They won silver at Cup of Austria and J. Curry Memorial.  Their personal best total score is 133.86.

Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski, UKR: They finished 8th at the World Junior Championships.  They won silver at Brasov Cup and bronze at Czech Skate.  Their personal best total score is 124.65.

Marina Antipova/Artem Kudashev, RUS: They won silver at Pokal der Blauen and placed 4th at Czech Skate.  They placed 8th at the Final last season.  This is their 3rd trip to the Final.  Their personal best total score is 123.83.

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