Friday, October 21, 2011

JGP Estonia Recap

Men
Joshua Farris won his second gold medal of the year and qualified for his 2nd Junior Grand Prix Final.  Maxim Kovtun also won his second medal of the season and qualified for the Final.  Shoma Uno increased his score by 12 points since Poland to take the bronze medal.

Viktor Romanenkiv and Julian Zhi-Hie Yee both had a 10 point increase in their scores since their first event.  Pavel Ignatenko saw his score plummet 29 points from the mark he set in Latvia.

Ladies
Gracie Gold took home the gold medal from her international debut with the 2nd highest score of the season.  Risa Shoji increased her score by 10 points since Australia to take the silver medal and secure a spot in the Final.  Samantha Cesario won the bronze.

Monika Simancikova increased her score by 11 points since Poland and Isabelle Olsson increased her score by 15 points since Italy.

Chantelle Kerry scored 17 points lower than in Australia.  A week after winning the silver medal in her international debut, Anna Shershak's score fell 21 points and she finished well off the podium.

Pairs
Bobak and Beharry improved by 15 points since Poland to take their first gold medal and qualify for the Final.  Simpson and Blackmer won the silver and also qualified for the Final.  Calalang and Sidhu continued their impressive improvements this season and increased their score by 17 points since Poland to take the bronze medal and secure their first trip to the Final.

Klatka and Chruscinski finished 11 points higher than in Poland and Grechukhina and Gilonov finished 17 points higher than in Poland.

Krutsikh and Morozov were down 19 points since Latvia.

Dance
Yankovskaia and Mozgov improved their score my an impressive 21 points since Poland to take their first gold medal and qualify for the Final.  Shtork and Rand improved by 19 points since Romania to take the silver medal.  Kosigina and Moroshkin won the bronze but fell just short of making a return trip to the Final.

Nagornyuk and Kovalenko improved by 11 points since Romania but Hawayek and Bramante finished 13 points down from their score in Romania. 

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