None of the girls here medaled at a JGP event last season and there are several girls looking to make a breakthrough.
Kate Charbonneau of Canada has had an up and down couple of years. She won a silver medal on the JGP in 2009 and placed 6th at Junior Worlds. Last season she placed outside the top 10 at both of her events and didn't qualify for Junior Worlds at Canadian nationals. She has the ability to put up good scores and if she goes clean, she could take the top spot here.
Monika Siminckova of Slovakia has been to 4 JGP events and has come close to the medal stand at several of them. She is a very consistent skater and can easily make the medal stand, especially if other ladies don't perform their best. Juulia Turkilla of Finland has a lot of international experience, but only one JGP event on her resume. With Laura Lepisto returning to competition this season, Turkilla will be looking to take home her first medal and make a name for herself back home.
Samantha Cesario of the United States finished just off the podium at her lone event last season. Lauren Dinh also from the United States is making her JGP debut. Both have won the Gardena Trophy, Cesario in 2010 and Dinh in 2011. Cesario has won acclaim for her Black Swan program in her summer competitions and has put up impressive scores. Dinh had some struggles in her summer competitions, but is working on an impressive jump arsenal and improving her program components. Both these ladies should be very competitive.
Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia is the next generation of "wonderbabies" and hopes to follow in the footsteps of Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamisheva. She has triple-triples (and even a double axel+triple toe+double toe in her free) and amazing flexiblity and spins to go with a commanding presence on the ice. Especially look for her Biellman which she performs with her leg completely straight behind her. She is just 13 and will be age eligible for Sochi. If she wants one of those spots she'll have to start proving herself here. She'll also be looking for a spot on the Junior Worlds team this season and with Sotnikova and Tuktamisheva not old enough to compete at Worlds, they'll be taking two of those three spots.
My podium predictions
Gold: Julia Lipnitskaia
Silver: Samantha Cesario
Bronze: Monika Siminckova
Bios of the competitors:
Ksenia Bakusheva, BLR: She finished 14th at JGP Romania last season. Her personal best is 94.88. She is 16 years old.
Kate Charbonneau of Canada has had an up and down couple of years. She won a silver medal on the JGP in 2009 and placed 6th at Junior Worlds. Last season she placed outside the top 10 at both of her events and didn't qualify for Junior Worlds at Canadian nationals. She has the ability to put up good scores and if she goes clean, she could take the top spot here.
Monika Siminckova of Slovakia has been to 4 JGP events and has come close to the medal stand at several of them. She is a very consistent skater and can easily make the medal stand, especially if other ladies don't perform their best. Juulia Turkilla of Finland has a lot of international experience, but only one JGP event on her resume. With Laura Lepisto returning to competition this season, Turkilla will be looking to take home her first medal and make a name for herself back home.
Samantha Cesario of the United States finished just off the podium at her lone event last season. Lauren Dinh also from the United States is making her JGP debut. Both have won the Gardena Trophy, Cesario in 2010 and Dinh in 2011. Cesario has won acclaim for her Black Swan program in her summer competitions and has put up impressive scores. Dinh had some struggles in her summer competitions, but is working on an impressive jump arsenal and improving her program components. Both these ladies should be very competitive.
Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia is the next generation of "wonderbabies" and hopes to follow in the footsteps of Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamisheva. She has triple-triples (and even a double axel+triple toe+double toe in her free) and amazing flexiblity and spins to go with a commanding presence on the ice. Especially look for her Biellman which she performs with her leg completely straight behind her. She is just 13 and will be age eligible for Sochi. If she wants one of those spots she'll have to start proving herself here. She'll also be looking for a spot on the Junior Worlds team this season and with Sotnikova and Tuktamisheva not old enough to compete at Worlds, they'll be taking two of those three spots.
My podium predictions
Gold: Julia Lipnitskaia
Silver: Samantha Cesario
Bronze: Monika Siminckova
Bios of the competitors:
Ksenia Bakusheva, BLR: She finished 14th at JGP Romania last season. Her personal best is 94.88. She is 16 years old.
Kate Charbonneau, CAN: She finished 15th at JGP Austria and 13th at JGP Germany. Her personal best is 147.46. She is 18 years old.
Ema Lipovscak, CRO: Her personal best is 76.21. She is 16 years old.
Elizaveta Ukolova, CZE: This is her international debut. She is 13 years old.
Jasmine Alexandra Costa, EST: She finished 13th at JGP Great Britain and 15th at JGP Czech Republic last season. Her personal best is 120.56. She is 17 years old.
Juulia Turkkila, FIN: She finished 20th at Worlds, 15th at Europeans and 16th at Junior Worlds. She placed 10th at JGP Germany last season. Her personal best is 136.68. She is 16 years old.
Anais Ventard, FRA:
Stephanie Rigley, GBR: She finished 19th at JGP Great Britain last season. Her personal best is 95.13. She is 18 years old.
Carol Bressanutti, ITA: This is her JGP debut. She is 18 years old.
Satoko Miyahara, JPN: This is her international debut. She is 13 years old.
Miu Sato, JPN: This is her international debut. She is 14 years old.
Alina Fjodorova, LAT: She placed 28th at Junior Worlds. She finished 13th at JGP Latvia. Her personal best is 113.95. She is 16 years old.
Beatrice Meilunaite, LTU:
Maral-Erdene Gansukh, MGL: She finished 35th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds. This is her JGP debut. She is 15 years old.
Michelle Couwenberg, NED: This is her JGP debut. She is 18 years old.
Agata Krygier, POL
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS: This is her international debut. She is 13 years old.
Kristina Zaseeva, RUS: She finished 14th at JGP Great Britain last season. Her personal best is 99.61. She is 14 years old.
Brittany Lau, SIN: She finished 26th at Four Continents and 29th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds. She placed 18th at JGP Japan last season. Her personal best is 87.10. She is 17 years old.
Monika Simancikova, SVK: She finished 18th at Junior Worlds. She placed 5th at JGP Austria and 6th at JGP Czech Republic last season. Her personal best is 125.64. She is 16 years old.
Monika Simancikova, SVK: She finished 18th at Junior Worlds. She placed 5th at JGP Austria and 6th at JGP Czech Republic last season. Her personal best is 125.64. She is 16 years old.
Rebecka Emanuelsson, SWE: She finished 30th at Junior Worlds. She placed 16th at JGP Austria last season. Her personal best is 119.89. She is 16 years old.
Romy Buhler, SUI: She finished 16th at Europeans and 14th at Junior Worlds. She placed 10th at JGP Japan last season. Her personal best is 122.33. She is 16 years old.
Alina Milevskaia, UKR: She finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds. She placed 11th at JGP Romania and 9th at JGP Austria last season. Her personal best is 120.19. She is 16 years old.
Samantha Cesario, USA: She finished 4th at JGP Romania last season. Her personal best is 122.39. She is 18 years old.
Lauren Dinh, USA: This is her JGP debut. She is 15 years old.
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