Monday, August 29, 2011

JGP Austria Entries

Men
David Kranjec, AUS
Manuel Drechsler, AUT
Liam Firus, CAN
Han Yan, CHN
He Zhang, CHN
Petr Coufal, CZE
Bela Papp, FIN
Simon Hocquaux, FRA
Niko Ulankovsky, GER
Peter-James Hallam, GBR
Harry Hau Yin Lee, HKG
Kristof Forgo, HUN
Maurizio Zandron, ITA
Sei Kawahara, JPN
Keiji Tanaka, JPN
Gordei Gorshkov, RUS
Peter Reitmayer, SVK
Victor Bustamante, ESP
Marcus Bjork, SWE
Mandus Thorman, SWE
Tomi Pulkkinen, SUI
Burak Demirboga, TUR
Stanislav Petrsov, UKR
Timothy Dolensky, USA
Emmanuel Savary, USA

Ladies
Zara Pasfield, AUS
Anita Kapferer, AUT
Mona Lisa Weinberger, AUT
Nina Larissa Wolfslast, AUT
Lieselotte Swerts, BEL
Alexandra Najarro, CAN
Ziquan Zhao, CHN
Petra Juric, CRO
Eliska Brezinova, CZE
Daria Podtelejnikova, DEN
Svetlana Issakova, EST
Beata Papp, FIN
Anais Ventard, FRA
Isabel Drescher, GER
Amani Fancy, GBR
Michelle Joyce Chan, HKG
Regina Borbely, HUN
Micol Cristini, ITA
Haruna Suzuki, JPN
Kako Tomotaki, JPN
Michelle Quintero, MEX
Kim Bell, NED
Camilla Gjersem, NOR
So-Youn Park, KOR
Polina Agafonova, RUS
Evgenia Gerasimova, RUS
Jelena Tadic, SRB
Kai Jing Leong, SIN
Alexandra Kunova, SVK
Pina Umek, SLO
Tina Sturzinger, SUI
Duygu Sen, USA
Courtney Hicks, USA
Katarina Kulgeyko, USA


Pairs
Kestila/Bullard, AUS
Martini/Kiefer, AUT
Purdy/Marinaro, CAN
Li/Jiang, CHN
Sui/Han, CHN
Yu/Jin, CHN
Kadlecova/Bidar, CZE
Mendozza/Boyadji, FRA
Wenzig/Landgraf, GER
Epstein/Epstein, GBR
Jaskolka/Snopek, POL
Malinkiewicz/Lofek, POL
Grechukhina/Filonov, RUS
Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS
Vasilieva/Shevchuk, RUS
Rodriguez/Maestu, ESP
Lundberg/Lundberg, SWE
Morand/Leeman, SUI
Lavrentieva/Rudik, UKR
Denney/Frazier, USA
Duarte/Grafton, USA
Oltmanns/Santillan, USA


Dance
Smith/Eisenbauer, AUT
Edwards/Pang, CAN
Orford/Williams, CAN
Zhang/Wu, CHN
Prochazkova/Ceska, CZE
Elizabeth/Le Gac, FRA
Pousset/Thauron, FRA
Hauser/Lerche, GER
Smart/Buckland, GBR
Merkwart/Lukacs, HUN
Moscheni/Savoldi, ITA
Maekawa Moreno/Maekawa Moreno, MEX
Zajac/Binkowski, POL
Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS
Smirnova/Koscheev, SLO
Bausback/Rokachev, SUI
Nosulia/Kholoniuk, UKR
Bonacorsi/Mager, USA
Heritage/Fast, USA

JGP Latvia Dance Preview

The Russians dominated the dance events on the JGP last season and I expect them to do just as well this season.  Their dance field is very deep and some of the top contenders from last season will be returning.  Kosigina and Moroshkin finished 6th at Junior Worlds after claiming two medals on the JGP.  With some of their competition moving up to seniors, they'll have their eyes on the podium at all of their events this season.  There will likely be three teams fighting for the remaining podium slots.  Poulin/Servant of Canada impressed at their lone event last season and just missed the podium.  Prochazkova and Ceska from the Czech Republic scored well in their two events but didn't make the medal stand.  Aldridge and Eaton from the United States finished off the podium in both their events but have done very well in summer competitions.  

One of the advantages the older competitors will have this season is that the short dance is a combination of Latin patterns.  The rhythm, feel and performance quality of Latin dances will be easier to understand and execute by the older skaters as they'll be able to grasp more of the nuances of the movement and show the sexy side that is essential to Latin styles.  One team to watch for is the young team of Tkachenka/Gulitski from Belarus.  At just 13 and 15, they have 5-6 more seasons of JGP eligibility and really have a chance to develop their skating and earn world ranking points.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Kosigina/Moroshkin
Silver: Poulin/Servant
Bronze: Aldridge/Eaton

Bios of the competitors are below.

Tkachenka/Gulitski, BLR: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 15.  

Poulin/Servant, CAN: They finished 4th at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 118.00.  She is 16 and he is 20.

Prochazkova/Ceska, CZE: They finished 9th at JGP Germany and 6th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 116.32.  She is 17 and he is 18.  

Gassoumi/Le Molaire, FRA: They finished 9th at JGP Japan.  Their personal best is 96.89.  She is 17 and he is 16.

Leininger/Caurel, FRA: They finished 12th at JGP France last season.  Their personal best is 80.98.  She is 16 and he is 16.  

Muller/Gerke, GER: This is their JGP debut.  She is 15 and he is 20.  

Bagnall/Shanahan, GBR: This is their JGP debut.  She is 16 and he is 17.  

Bugrov/Rogov, ISR: They finished 15th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  They placed 18th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 68.99.  She is 15 and he is 19.  

Uzurova/Ali, KAZ: They finished 17th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 11th at JGP Romania and 12th at JGP Japan last season.  Their personal best is 101.98.  She is 14 and he is 16.  

Jakusina/Grishins TBC, LAT: This is their international debut.  She is 14 and he is 17. 

Pecherkina/Jakushin, LAT: They finished 17th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  They placed 13th at JGP Austria and 17th at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 86.93.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Carroll/Gerber, POL: They finished 22nd at Junior Worlds.  They placed 10th at JGP Romania last season.  Their personal best is 90.74.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Kosigina/Moroshkin, RUS: They finished 6th at Junior Worlds.  They won bronze at JGP France and gold at JGP Germany last season to qualify for the JGPF where they finished 6th.  Their personal best is 126.92.  She is 16 and he is 17.  

Morozova/Zhirnov, RUS: This is their JGP debut.  She is 14 and he is 16.

Demirsal/Akalin, TUR: They finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  This is their JGP debut.  She is 16 and he is 16.

Nosulia/Kholoniuk, UKR: They finished 19th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 5th at JGP Austria and 10th at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 109.17.  She is 16 and he is 21.  

Aldridge/Eaton, USA: They placed 6th at JGP France and 4th at JGP Great Britain last season.  Their personal best is 110.00.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Gamelin/Gamelin, USA: They finished 16th at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 83.94.  They are twins and both 18.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

JGP Latvia Pairs Preview

This is Sui and Han of China's event to lose.  They competed as juniors and seniors last season and medaled at the Grand Prix Final in addition to defending their Junior Worlds title.  They have throw quads in their arsenal and impressive lifts.  They should have an easy time winning here and preparing for their Grand Prix season.  Yu/Jin took home the bronze from the JGPF to add to their two JGP medals from the season and should also put up a strong showing here. A trio of veteran teams could be fighting it out for the last spot on the podium: Purdy/Marinaro from Canada, Petaikina/Kurduykov from Russia and Duarte/Grafton from the USA.  Young teams from China, Russia and the USA are also making their debuts and could snatch a medal.  The competition is tight for the last spot on the podium with so many teams looking to make their mark.

Podium predictions:
Gold: Sui/Han, CHN
Silver: Yu/Jin, CHN
Bronze: Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS

Bios of the competitors:

Martini/Kiefer, AUT: They finished 21st at Worlds, 15th at Europeans and 16th at Junior Worlds.  Their personal best is 100.87.  She is 18 years old and he is 20 years old. 

Purdy/Marinaro, CAN: The finished 10th at JGP Great Britain and 9th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 129.29.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Li/Jiang, CHN: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 19.

Sui/Han, CHN: They are the 2010 and 2011 World Junior Champions.  They won silver at Cup of China and bronze at Skate America last season to qualify for the GPF where they won bronze.  They won silver at JGP Austria and gold at JGP Germany last season to qualify for the JGPF but they withdrew to focus on the senior competition.  Their personal best is 179.04.  She is 16 years old and he is 19.

Yu/Jin, CHN: The won bronze at JGP Austria and gold at JGP Czech Republic last season to qualify for the JGPF where they won bronze.  Their personal best is 140.58.  She is 15 and he is 17.

Krutskinkh/Morozov, RUS: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 18.  

Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS: They finished 5th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 131.94.  She is 16 and he is 20.  

Tudvaseva/Lisiev, RUS: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 18. 

Lundberg/Lundberg, SWE: They placed 12th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 95.15.  She is 16 and he is 19. 

Denney/Frazier, USA: This is their first season together since last competing as a team in 2008.  She is 15 and he is 18. 

Duarte/Grafton, USA: They placed 5th at JGP Great Britain and 7th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 123.45.  She is 18 and he is 19. 

Oltmanns/Santillan, USA: They placed 11th at JGP Austria last season.  She is 14 and he is 19.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

JGP Latvia Ladies Preview

A third of these skaters (fourteen) are making their JGP debuts.  There are a few veterans who will be eyeing the top of the podium, however.  Zijun Li of China won a medal last season to earn a berth in the JGPF where she won bronze.  Polina Shelepen of Russia won two medals to join Li in the Final as did Yasmin Siraj of the United States.  Other contenders include Polina Agafonova of Russia who won the bronze medal at Junior Worlds back in 2010 and Miyabi Oba of Japan who impressed with an 8th place finish at Worlds in her international debut and will make her JGP debut here.  This is one of the most competitive ladies fields so far on the JGP and for many of these skaters, how they perform here will determine if they will qualify for a second competition.  With this tough of a field, it will be hard for a newcomer to sneak in and snag a medal.  

Podium predictions:
Gold: Polina Shelepen, RUS
Silver: Miyabi Oba, JPN
Bronze: Yasmin Siraj, USA


Bios of the competitors:

Taylor Dean, AUS: This is her international debut.  She is 15 years old.

Natascha Zangl, AUT: This is her JGP debut.  She is 16 years old.

Kristina Zakharanka, BLR: This is her JGP debut.  She is 14 years old.

Anais Claes, BEL: This is her JGP debut.  She is 16 years old.

Arijana Tirak, BIH: She placed 32nd at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 45.49.  She is 15 years old.

Zijun Li, CHN: She placed 9th at the World Junior Championships.  She won the bronze medal at JGP Austria and finished 4th at JGP Czech Republic to earn a berth to the JGPF where she won the bronze medal.  Her personal best is 149.82.  She is 14 years old.  

Corinna Lijun Lin, TPE: This is her JGP debut.  She is 16 years old.

Gerli Liinamae, EST: She placed 13th at Europeans and 15th at Junior Worlds.  She finished 10th at JGP France and 9th at JGP Germany last season.  Her personal best is 133.73.  She is 16 years old.

Nea Viiri, FIN: This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old.

Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA: She finished 7th at JGP France and 14th at JGP Austria.  Her personal best is 120.78.  She is 16 years old.

Christina Erdel, GER: This is her JGP debut.  She is 16 years old.

Heidbjort Arney Hoskuldsdottir, ISL: This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old. 

Margot Krisberg, ISR: She finished 26th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  She placed 26th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 88.00.  She is 16 years old.

Riona Kato, JPN: This is her international debut.  She is 13 years old.

Miyabi Oba, JPN: She finished 8th at Junior Worlds.  This is her JGP debut.  Her personal best is 148.62.  She is 16 years old.

Regina Glazman, KAZ: This is her JGP debut.  She is 14 years old.

Alina Fjodorova, LAT: She placed 28th at Junior Worlds.  She finished 15th at JGP France and 12th at JGP Germany last season.  Her personal best is 113.95.  She is 16 years old.

Ieva Gaile, LAT: This is her international debut.  She is 14 years old.

Karina Rutlauka, LAT: This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old.

Rimgaile Meskaite, LTU: She finished 14th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  She placed 27th at JGP Great Britain and 19th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 97.27.  She is 15 years old. 

Anine Rabe, NOR: She finished 15th at JGP Great Britain last season.  Her personal best is 99.60.  She is 18 years old. 

Alexandra Kamieniecki, POL: She finished 27th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 26th at JGP Austria and 16th at JGP Czech Republic.  Her personal best is 100.87.  She is 14 years old.

Ho Jung Lee, KOR: She placed 23rd at Junior Worlds.  She finished 9th at JGP Romania and 6th at JGP Japan last season.  Her personal best is 122.86.  She is 14 years old.

Polina Agafonova, RUS: She is the 2010 World Junior bronze medalist.  She placed 7th at JGP Austria and 4th at JGP Germany last season.  Her personal best is 154.27.  She is 15 years old.

Polina Shelepen, RUS: She placed 7th at Junior Worlds.  She won gold at JGP France and bronze at JGP Czech Republic to qualify for the JGPF last season where she placed 5th.  Her personal best is 159.29.  She is 16 years old.

Sandra Ristivojevic, SRB: She finished 33rd in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old.

Dominika Murckova, SVK: She finished 25th at JGP Germany last season.  Her personal best is 82.77.  She is 15 years old.

Patricia Glescic, SLO: She finished 20th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 6th at JGP Austria and 17th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 125.46.  She is 17 years old.

Josefine Taljegard, SWE: She placed 20th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 104.63.  She is 16 years old.

Tina Sturzinger, SUI: She finished 22nd at JGP France and 9th at JGP Great Britain last season.  Her personal best is 110.23.  She is 15 years old.

Sila Saygi, TUR: She finished 26th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 13th at JGP France and 12th at JGP Romania last season.  Her personal best is 118.94.  She is 15 years old.

Ashley Cain, USA: This is her JGP debut.  She also competes in pairs and finished 4th at Junior Worlds.  She is 16 years old.

Yasmin Siraj, USA: She won silver medals at JGP France and Great Britain last season to qualify for the JGPF where she finished 7th.  Her personal best is 161.75.  She is 15 years old.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Ondrej Nepala Memorial Entries

This event takes place September 29-Oct 2.


Ladies
1 FRANK Kerstin AUT
2 SCHONBERGER Belinda AUT
3 VAN DAELE Kaat BEL
4 LIBRIC Mirna CZE5 BOCEK Martina CZE
6 LOBACHEVSKAYA Nastasia CZE
7 PARVIAINEN Minna FIN
8 MEITE Mae Berenice FRA
9 MARROCCO Lena FRA
10 McCORKELL Jenna GBR
11 ROBERTSON Karly GBR
12 GARLISI Alice ITA
13 RODHEGIERO Roberta ITA
14 ISHIKAWA Shoko JPN
15 RABE Anine NOR
16 SOTNIKOVA Adelina RUS
17 GRM Dasa SLO
18 SEEH Marina SRB
19 MURCKOVA Dominika SVK
20 SIMANČÍKOVÁ Monika SVK
21 VITEKOVA Erika SVK
22 OLSSON Angelica SWE
23 POPOVA Natalia UKR
24 KONONENKO Anastasya UKR

Men
1 VAN DER PERREN Kevin BEL
2 ALVES Kevin BRA
3 DVORAK Miroslav CZE4 STRID Justus DEN
5 BESSEGHIER Chafik FRA
6 RICHARDSON David GBR
7 EVANS Lawrence GBR
8 MARKO Marton HUN
9 CONTESTI Samuel ITA
10 PARKINSON Paul ITA
11 MURAKAMI Daisuke JPN
12 NAKAMURA Kento JPN
13 RAKIMGALIYEV Abzal KAZ
14 AMBRULEVICIUS Saulius LTU
15 CHAN Zheng Feng MAS
16 LUCINE Kim MON
17 MYZYK Patrick POL
18 CIEPLUCHA Maciej POL
19 GRIGORIEV Artem RUS
20 STROBL Jakub SVK
21 IGNATENKO Dmytro UKR
22 CASSAR Jonathan USA
23 HOCHSTEIN Grant USA

Pairs
1 JAMES Vanessa/CIPRES Morgan FRA
2 HAUSCH Maylin/WENDE Daniel GER
3 BERTON Stefania/HOTAREK Ondrej ITA
4 VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana/TRANKOV Maxim RUS
5 ILUSHECHKINA Lubov /MAISURADZE Nodary RUS
6 CASTELLI Marissa/SCHNAPIR Simon USA

Dance
1 HOFER Rachel/KLIER Christoph AUT
2 SILNA Barbora /KURAKIN Juri AUT
3 ZLOBINA Yuliya /SITNIKOV Aleksey AZE
4 KUBOVA Gabriela /KISELEV Dmitry CZE
5 WALDEN Louise/EDWARDS Owen GBR
6 ZHIGANSHINA Nelli/GAZSI Alexander GER
7 NAGY Zsuzsanna/FEJES Maté HUN
8 TUROCZI Dora/MAJOR Balazs HUN
9 ALESSANDRINI Lorenza/VATURI Simone ITA
10 ZVORYGINA Alexandra/BERNADOWSKI Maciej POL
11 CANNUSCIO Anastasia/MCMANUS Colin USA

JGP Romania Entries

Mens
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM
Dmitri Kagirov, BLR
Nam Nguyen, CAN
Peter O Brien, CAN
Jordan Ju, TPE
Tomas Kupka, CZE
Thomas Sosniak, FRA
Paul Fentz, GER
Ryuju Hino, JPN
Jun Suzuki, JPN
Clint Maverik Eguia, PHI
Lukasz Pazdro, POL
Dong-Won Lee, KOR
Catalin Dimitrescu, ROU
Vlad Ionescu, ROU
Zsolt Kosz, ROU
Maxim Kovtun, RUS
Nicky Obreykov, SWE
Ondrej Spiegl, SWE
Noah Scherer, SUI
Sinthawachiwa Phiriyiphon, THA
Engin Ali Artan, TUR
Yakov Godorozha, UKR
Harrison Choate, USA
Shotaro Omori, USA

Ladies
Marta Grigoryan, ARM
Sabrina Schulz, AUT
Ira Vannut, BEL
Arijana Tirak, BIH
Amanda Sunyoto-Yang, TPE
Pernille Sorensen, DEN
Sindra Kriisa, EST
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA
Angelika Dubinski, GER
Dimitra Korri, GRE
Margot Krisberg, ISR
Micol Cristini, ITA
Yukiko Fujisawa, JPN
Yuki Nishino, JPN
Chelcie Jo Mahinay, PHI
Alexandra Kamienicki, POL
Hae-Jin Kim, KOR
Raisa Rjenovschi, ROU
Denisa Sandu, ROU
Polina Korobeynikova, RUS
Polina Shelepen, RUS
Sandra Ristivojeic, SRB
Karolina Sykorova, SVK
Nika Ceric, SLO
Marta Garcia, ESP
Diana Zanta, SUI
Melanie Swang, tHA
Melisa Sema Atik, TUR
Polina Ogarova, UKR
McKinzie Daniels, USA
Yasmin Siraj, USA

Dance
Shostak/Kisliakov, BLR
Bent/MacKeen, CAN
Poulin/Servant, CAN
Konickova/Lang, CZE
Prochazkova/Ceska, CZE
Shtork/Rand, EST
Flemin/Flemin, FRA
Hetman/Allain, FRA
Koch/Nuchtern, GER
Bugrov/Rogov, ISR
Sforza/Fioretti, ITA
Uzurova/Ali, KAZ
Simonova/Dragun, RUS
Stepanova/Bukin, RUS
Galyeta/Shumski, UKR
Aldridge/Eaton, USA
Hawayek/Bramante, USA
Nagornyuk/Kovalenko, UZB

JGP Latvia Mens Preview

This is a relatively young field as 11 of the skaters are making their debut on the Junior Grand Prix.  None of the skaters here medaled last season on the JGP.  The big contendors will be Jiaxing Liu of China, Stanislav Pertsov of Ukraine and Viktor Romanenkov of Estonia.  Liu has competed in 4 JGP events and his best finish was 4th place.  Romanenkov has competed in 8 JGP events and his best finish was 8th place.  Pertsov has competed in 6 JGP events and his best finish was 6th place.  This experience should help them against the youngsters to earn their first medals.

Two new skaters to the JGP circuit could pull off the upset here.  Canada's Nam Nguyen and Emmanuel Savary of the USA are both 13 and newly eligible to compete on the Grand Prix.  Both competed as juniors nationally last season and have impressed with their skills at their young age.  Savary has one international event under his belt which he won in the novice division.  Nguyen has gained a lot of national fame which could cause him to rise to the occasion or feel the pressure.  If either of them skate clean, they could find themselves in medal contention.

Medal Predictions:
Gold: Jiaxing Liu, CHN
Silver: Stanislav Pertsov, UKR
Bronze: Viktor Romanenkov, EST

Bios of the competitors can be found below.   

Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He finished 21st in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  He finished 17th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  His personal best is 125.77.  He is 15 years old.

Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He finished 21st at the JGP Dresden last season.  His personal best is 111.18.  He is 16 years old.

Nam Nguyen, CAN:  This is his international debut.  He is the reigning national junior champion.  He is 13 years old.

Jiaxing Liu, CHN: He finished 16th at the World Junior Championships.  He placed 10th at JGP Germany and 5th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  His personal best is 168.65.  He is 18 years old.

He Zhang, CHN: He finished 10th at JGP Japan and 9th at JGP Germany last season.  His personal best is 161.01.  He is 14 years old. 

Viktor Romanenkov, EST: He finished 18th at the World Junior Championships.  He placed 8th at JGP Romania and 11th at JGP Germany last season.  His personal best is 150.06.  He is 17 years old.  

Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 11th at JGP Great Britain last season.  His personal best is 122.09.  He is 17 years old.

Charles Tetar, FRA: This is his JGP debut.  He is 16 years old.

Martin Rappe, GER: He finished 13th at JGP Germany and 9th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  His personal best is 145.95.  He is 18 years old.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 6th at JGP France and 12th at JGP Japan last season.  His personal best is 153.55.  He is 16 years old.

Sei Kawahara, JPN: He placed 10th at JGP Romania last season.  His personal best is 135.51.  He is 15 years old. 

Abish Baytkanov, KAZ: This is his JGP debut.  He is 16 years old.

Maksims Kirilovs, LAT: This is his international debut.  He is 16 years old.

Devidas Kizala, LTU: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old. 

June-Hyung Lee, KOR: This is his international debut.  He is 14 years old.  

Feodosiy Efremenkov, RUS: This is his international debut.  He is 15 years old.

Ilia Petrov, RUS: This is his international debut.  He is 15 years old.

Carlo Rothlisberger, SUI: This is his JGP debut.  He is 17 years old.

Osman Akgun, TUR: This is his JGP debut.  15 years old.

Stanislav Pertsov, UKR: He finished 15th at World Juniors.  He placed 13th at JGP Austria and 6th at JGP Czech Republic.  His personal best is 161.92.  He is 18 years old. 

Timothy Dolensky, USA: This is his international debut.  He is 19 years old.

Emmanuel Savary, USA: This is his JGP debut.  He is 13 years old.

Monday, August 15, 2011

JGP Baltic Cup Entries


Men
Manuel Drechsler, AUT
Alexei Mialionhkin, BLR
Denis Margalik, CAN
Petr Coufal, CZE
Matthias Versluis, FIN
Charles Tetar, FRA
Armen Agaiain, GEO
Harry Mattick, GBR
Artem Tsoglin, ISR
Maurizio Zandron, ITA
Ryuichi Kihara, JPN
Shoma Uno, JPN
Adil Zharbolov, KAZ
Arturas Ganzela, LTY
Florian Gostelie, NED
Kamil Dymowski, POL
Krysztof Gala, POL
Lukasz Pazdro, POL
Artur Dmitriev, RUS
Vlasislav Tarasenko, RUS
Peter Reitmayer, SVK
Marcus Bjork, SWE
Igor Reznichenko, UKR
Joshua Farris, USA
David Wang, USA

Ladies
Ksenia Bakusheva, BLR
Kate Charbonneau, CAN
Petra Juric, CRO
Adela Jelinkova, CZE
Jasmine Alexandra Costa, EST
Juulia Turkkila, FIN
Anais Ventard, FRA
Stephanie Rigley, GBR
Veronica Mishkind, ISR
Carol Bressanutti, ITA
Satoko Miyahara, JPN
Miu Sato, JPN
Alina Fjodorova, LAT
Beatrice Meilunaite, LTU
Maral-Erdene Gansukh, MGL
Michelle Couwenberg, NED
Agata Krygier, POL
Olga Szelc, POL
Paulina Turkowska, POL
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS
Kristina Zaseeva, RUS
Brittany Lau, SIN
Monika Simancikova, SVK
Rebecka Emanuelsson, SWE
Romy Buhler, SUI
Alina Milevskaia, UKR
Samantha Cesario, USA
Lauren Dinh, USA

Pairs
Paliakova/Fomichev, BLR
Bobak/Beharry, CAN
Wenzig/Landgraf, GER
Jaskolka/Snopek, POL
Klatka/Chruscinski, POL
Malinkiewicz/Lofek, POL
Krutskikh/Morozov, RUS
Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS
Tudvaseva/Lisiev, RUS
Lavrentieva/Rudik, UKR
Usmantseva/Lysoy, UKR
Aaron/Settlage, USA
Calalang/Sidhu, USA
Simpson/Blackmer, USA

Dance
Kavaliova/Bieliaiev, BLR
Bruser/Lum, CAN
Hasegawa/Hasegawa, CAN
Konickova/Lang, CZE
Baadsgaard Snider/Dubrovski, DEN
Lohmus/Davodov, EST
Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA
Rudchenko/Reggiani, FRA
Jones/Sharpe, GBR
Tessari/Colafato, ITA
Uzurova/Ali, KAZ
Pecherkina/Jakushin, LAT
Birgelaite/Starvinskas, LTU
Carroll/Gerber, POL
Kaliszek/Kaliszek, POL
Zajac/Binkowski, POL
Kosigina/Moroshkin, RUS
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS
Smirnova/Koscheev, SLO
Galyeta/Shumski, UKR
Mancini/Brooks, USA
Parsons/Parsons, USA

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Nebelhorn Trophy Entries

Men
Mitchell Chapman, AUS
Jorik Hendrickx, BEL
Kevin Alves, BRA
Elladj Balde, CAN
Samuel Morais, CAN
Michal Brezina, CZE
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari, FIN
Valtter Virtanen, FIN
Brian Joubert, FRA
Romain Ponsart, FRA
Franz Streubel, GER
Ronbert Murray, GBR
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN
Tatsuki Machida, JPN
Denis Ten, KAZ
Boyito Mulder, NED
Min-Seok Kim, KOR
Konstantin Menshov, RUS
Ivan Tretiakov, RUS
Javier Fernandez, ESP
Javier Raya, ESP
Max Aaron, USA
Stephen Carriere, USA

Ladies
Kerstin Frank, AUT
Isabelle Pieman, BEL
Adriana Desanctis, CAN
Yretha Silete, FRA
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO
Sarah Hecken, GER
Natalie Weinzierl, GER
Tiffany Packard Yu, HKG
Clara Peters, IRL
Francesca Rio, ITA
Roberta Rodeghiero, ITA
Karen Kemanai, JPN
Shion Kokubun, JPN
Manouk Gijsman, NED
Victoria Muniz, PUR
Min-Jeong Kwak, KOR
Ksenia Makarova, RUS
Marina Seeh, SRB
Sonia Lafuente, ESP
Joshi Helgesson, SWE
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE
Irina Movchan, UKR
Joelle Forte, USA
Mirai Nagasu, USA

Pairs
Dube/Wolfe, CAN
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Gierok/Just, GER
Hausch/Wende, GER
Vartmann/Van Cleave, GER
Monalbano/Krasnopolski, ISR
Berton/Hotarek, ITA
Bazarova/Larionov, RUS
Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS
Denney/Coughlin, USA
Marley/Brubaker, USA

Dance
Geil/Eisenbauer, AUT
Harvey/Gagnon, CAN
Ralph/Hill, CAN
Kubova/Kiselev, CZE
Karmi/Lindholm, FIN
Lindholm/Kanervo, FIB
Hermann/Hermann, GER
Kolbe/Caruso, GER
Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER
Walden/Edwards, GBR
Nagy/Fejes, HUN
Turoczi/Major, HUN
Reed/Reed, JPN
Tobias/Stagniunas, LTU
Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS
Hurtado/Diaz, ESP
Agafonova/Ucar, TUR
Hubbell/Donohue, USA
Olson/Cowan, USA

Sunday, August 7, 2011

JGP Brisbane Entries

Men
Brendan Kerry, AUS
David Kranjec, AUS
Oliver Porter, AUS
Luiz Manella, BRA
Liam Firus, CAN
Marco Zakouril, CZE
Bela Papp, FIN
Simon Hocquaux, FRA
Christopher Berneck, GER
Wayne Wing Yin Chung, HKG
Keiji Tanaka, JPN
Yoji Tsuboi, JPN
Ryan Zhi Jwen Yee, MAS
Michael Christian Martinez, PHI
Dong-Won Lee, KOR
Mikhail Kolyada, RUS
Suchet Kongchim, THA
Jason Brown, USA
Philip Warren, USA

Ladies
Brooklee Han, AUS
Chantelle Kerry, AUS
Cheltzie Lee, AUS
Victoria Huebler, aUT
Isadora Williams, BRA
Alexandra Najarro, CAN
Anita Madsen, DEN
Sindra Kriisa, EST
Beata Papp, FIN
Bahai Taleb, FRA
Sumika Yamada, HKG
Risa Shoji, JPN
Haruna Suzuki, JPN
Reyna Hamui, MEX
Medelaine Parker, NZL
Chelcie Jo Mahinay, PHI
Hae-Jin Kim, KOR
Alexandra Deeva, RUS
Polina Korobeynikova, rUS
Yi Ching Ng, SIN
Nika Ceric, SLO
Isabelle Olsson, SWE
Sandra Kophon, THA
Courtney Hicks, USA
Vanessa Lam, USA

Dance
Orford/Williams, CAN
Aghai/Partanen, FIN
Coward/Brown, GBR
Yigit/Speden, NZL
Loseva/Lunin, RUS
Zenkova/Sinitsin, RUS
Jancosek/Seknicka, SVK
Bonacorsi/Mager, USA
Heritage/Fast, USA

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Results from Glacier Falls Summer Competition

Official results have not been posted yet.  For unofficial results see unseenskaters.wordpress.com.

Ashley Wagner's SP

Caroline Zhang's SP

Leah Keiser's SP

Courtney Hicks SP

Mirai Nagasu SP

Jason Brown SP

Jonathan Cassar SP

Joshua Farris SP

Max Aaron SP

Scott Dyer SP

Douglass Razzano SP

Marley/Brubaker SP

Jason Brown FS

Nathan Chen SP

Scott Dyer FS
Max Aaron FS

Nathan Chen FS

Joshua Farris FS

Jonathan Cassar FS

Mirai Nagasu FS

Ashley Wagner FS

Courtney Hicks FS

Leah Keiser FS



Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/umbsgoblue#p/u and http://www.youtube.com/user/feraina1#p/u for the videos!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

JGP Latvia Entries

Men
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM
Pavel Ignatenko, BLR
Nam Nguyen, CAN
Jiaxing Liu, CHN
He Zhang, CHN
Jordan Ju, TPE
Viktor Romanenkov, EST
Matthias Versluis, FIN
Charles Tetar, FRA
Martin Rappe, GER
Ruuju Hino, JPN
Sei Kawahara, JPN
Abish Baytkanov, KAZ
Maksims Kirilovs, LAT
Devidas Kizala, LTU
June-Hyung Lee, KOR
Feodosiy Efremenkov, RUS
Gordei Gorshkov, RUS
Tomi Pulkkinen, SUI
Osman Akgun, TUR
Stanislav Pertsov, UKR
Timothy Dolensky, USA
Emmanuel Savary, USA

Ladies
Marta Grigoryan, ARM
Jaimee Nobbs, AUS
Natascha Zangl, AUT
Kristina Zakharanka, BLR
Anais Claes, BEL
Arijana Tirak, BIH
Zijun Li, CHN
Corinna Lijun Lin, TPE
Gerli Liinamae, EST
Cecilia Torn, FIN
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA
Christina Erdel, GER
Heidbjort Arney Hoskuldsdottir, ISL
Margot Krisberg, ISR
Riona Kato, JPN
Miyabi Oba, JPN
Regina Glazman, KAZ
Alina Fjodorova, LAT
Samanta Kovalkova, LAT
Karina Rutlauka, LAT
Rimgaile Meskaite, LTU
Anine Rabe, NOR
Alexandra Kamieniecki, POL
So Yeon Park, KOR
Polina Agafonova, RUS
Polina Shelepen, RUS
Sandra Ristivojevic, SRB
Dominika Murckova, SVK
Patricia Glescic, SLO
Josefine Taljegard, SWE
Tina Sturzinger, SUI
Sila Saygi, TUR
Katarina Kulgeyko, USA
Yasmin Siraj, USA

Pairs
Martini/Kiefer, AUT
Purdy/Marinaro, CAN
Li/Jiang, CHN
Sui/Han, CHN
Yu/Jin, CHN
Kadlecova/Bidar, CZE
Wenzig/Landgraf, GER
Krutskinkh/Morozov, RUS
Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS
Tudvaseva/Lisiev, RUS
Lundberg/Lundberg, SWE
Denney/Frazier, USA
Duarte/Grafton, USA
Oltmanns/Santillan, USA

Dance
Tkachenka/Gulitski, BLR
Poulin/Servant, CAN
Prochazkova/Ceska, CZE
Gassoumi/Le Molaire, FRA
Leininger/Caurel, FRA
Muller/Gerke, GER
Bagnall/Shanahan, GBR
Bugrov/Rogov, ISR
Uzurova/Ali, KAZ
Jakusina/Grishins TBC, LAT
Pecherkina/Jakushin, LAT
Carroll/Gerber, POL
Kosigina/Moroshkin, RUS
Morozova/Zhirnov, RUS
Demirsal/Akalin, TUR
Nosulia/Kholoniuk, UKR
Aldridge/Eaton, USA
Gamelin/Gamelin, USA