Junior Worlds: Pairs Short Program Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	59.29	32.60		26.69	6.57	6.57	6.71	6.68	6.82	0.00	#18
2	Q	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	54.72	31.25		23.47	6.04	5.61	6.00	5.82	5.86	0.00	#13
3	Q	Ekaterina PETAIKINA / Maxim KURDYUKOV	RUS	51.18	28.49		22.69	5.82	5.46	5.79	5.54	5.75	0.00	#14
4	Q	Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER	USA	50.81	27.93		22.88	5.71	5.46	5.79	5.71	5.93	0.00	#10
5	Q	Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Andrei DEPUTAT	RUS	50.50	27.94		22.56	5.89	5.46	5.64	5.64	5.57	0.00	#3
6	Q	Katherine BOBAK / Ian BEHARRY	CAN	49.77	26.97		22.80	5.71	5.43	5.75	5.82	5.79	0.00	#15
7	Q	Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO	CAN	49.51	27.88		21.63	5.54	5.14	5.46	5.32	5.57	0.00	#20
8	Q	Kylie DUARTE / Colin GRAFTON	USA	48.24	26.63		21.61	5.46	5.11	5.46	5.36	5.61	0.00	#17
9	Q	Kamila GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH	RUS	47.51	26.91		20.60	5.25	5.00	5.29	5.18	5.04	0.00	#1
10	Q	Meiyi LI / Bo JIANG	CHN	46.97	26.88		20.09	5.07	4.89	5.04	5.11	5.00	0.00	#12
11	Q	Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER	USA	46.83	25.82		22.01	5.57	5.36	5.39	5.61	5.57	1.00	#16
12	Q	Hayleigh BELL / Alistair SYLVESTER	CAN	42.01	23.00		19.01	4.96	4.50	4.61	4.82	4.86	0.00	#2
13	Q	Magdalena KLATKA / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI	POL	41.42	24.44		16.98	4.36	4.07	4.32	4.25	4.21	0.00	#11
14	Q	Camille MENDOZA / Christopher BOYADJI	FRA	40.67	23.13		17.54	4.57	4.25	4.25	4.39	4.46	0.00	#7
15	Q	Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDIK	UKR	39.71	22.94		16.77	4.32	3.93	4.18	4.25	4.29	0.00	#9
16	Q	Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER	AUT	38.92	21.21		17.71	4.57	4.21	4.46	4.43	4.46	0.00	#19
17		Rachel EPSTEIN / Dmitry EPSTEIN	NED	36.84	20.19		16.65	4.29	3.89	4.21	4.21	4.21	0.00	#6
18		Bianca MANACORDA / Niccolo MACII	ITA	35.37	20.19		15.18	3.82	3.64	3.86	3.86	3.79	0.00	#4
19		Maria PALIAKOVA / Mikhail FOMICHEV	BLR	33.43	18.49		15.94	4.14	3.86	3.93	4.07	3.93	1.00	#8
20		Alessandra CERNUSCHI / Filippo AMBROSINI	ITA	29.91	14.66		15.25	3.75	3.43	3.79	3.96	4.14	0.00	#5

Junior Worlds: Short Dance Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	63.78	34.29		29.49	7.46	7.18	7.43	7.46	7.32	0.00	#17
2	Q	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	62.68	34.28		28.40	7.14	6.93	7.18	7.04	7.18	0.00	#20
3	Q	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	58.89	31.93		26.96	6.89	6.54	6.82	6.82	6.64	0.00	#13
4	Q	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	58.09	33.14		24.95	6.29	6.00	6.29	6.29	6.29	0.00	#25
5	Q	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	57.76	31.21		26.55	6.61	6.39	6.64	6.79	6.71	0.00	#16
6	Q	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	55.86	30.64		25.22	6.39	6.14	6.29	6.36	6.32	0.00	#18
7	Q	Maria NOSULIA / Evgeni KHOLONIUK	UKR	54.91	30.57		24.34	6.18	5.93	6.11	6.07	6.11	0.00	#23
8	Q	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	54.53	30.42		24.11	6.07	5.79	6.04	6.07	6.11	0.00	#24
9	Q	Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN	GER	51.68	28.86		22.82	5.96	5.50	5.71	5.61	5.71	0.00	#3
10	Q	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	51.06	28.93		22.13	5.64	5.32	5.68	5.57	5.46	0.00	#19
11	Q	Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND	EST	50.75	27.50		23.25	5.96	5.71	5.82	5.82	5.75	0.00	#21
12	Q	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	47.15	27.72		19.43	5.00	4.68	4.89	4.93	4.79	0.00	#5
13	Q	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	46.35	26.99		20.36	5.46	5.11	5.29	5.04	4.68	1.00	#14
14	Q	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksandrs JAKUSHIN	LAT	45.84	25.64		20.20	5.25	4.86	5.04	5.14	4.96	0.00	#10
15	Q	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	45.82	25.00		20.82	5.46	5.18	5.39	5.29	4.82	0.00	#22
16	Q	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	45.37	27.43		18.94	4.89	4.57	4.75	4.82	4.64	1.00	#6
17	Q	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	45.00	24.57		20.43	5.18	4.89	5.14	5.25	5.07	0.00	#2
18	Q	Andreanne POULIN / Marc-Andre SERVANT	CAN	43.81	23.67		20.14	5.29	4.96	4.89	5.07	4.96	0.00	#8
19	Q	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	43.08	25.29		17.79	4.57	4.29	4.54	4.54	4.32	0.00	#11
20	Q	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	42.04	23.43		18.61	4.86	4.50	4.71	4.57	4.61	0.00	#4
21		Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	41.84	21.71		21.13	5.36	5.21	5.25	5.32	5.25	1.00	#15
22		Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	40.09	23.15		16.94	4.36	4.11	4.32	4.39	4.04	0.00	#9
23		Elektra HETMAN / Benjamin ALLAIN	FRA	39.22	21.85		18.37	4.75	4.50	4.54	4.68	4.50	1.00	#12
24		Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO	ESP	38.23	20.86		17.37	4.50	4.18	4.43	4.36	4.25	0.00	#1
25		Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV	SUI	35.27	20.22		15.05	3.96	3.57	3.79	3.86	3.64	0.00	#7

Junior Worlds: Ladies Preliminary Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Kaetlyn OSMOND	CAN	97.36	52.10		45.26	5.75	5.50	5.71	5.61	5.71	0.00	#29
2	Q	Ziquan ZHAO	CHN	94.53	54.94		39.59	5.29	4.71	5.07	4.89	4.79	0.00	#34
3	Q	Hae-Jin KIM	KOR	93.97	54.00		40.97	5.46	4.82	5.21	5.11	5.00	1.00	#26
4	Q	Elizaveta UKOLOVA	CZE	82.09	48.48		33.61	4.50	3.96	4.25	4.36	3.93	0.00	#1
5	Q	Brooklee HAN	AUS	82.05	43.14		38.91	5.07	4.54	4.96	4.82	4.93	0.00	#32
6	Q	Joshi HELGESSON	SWE	80.36	41.30		40.06	5.36	4.75	5.04	5.00	4.89	1.00	#30
7	Q	Patricia GLESCIC	SLO	79.69	46.40		34.29	4.57	4.00	4.32	4.36	4.18	1.00	#27
8	Q	Anita MADSEN	DEN	76.70	41.27		35.43	4.71	4.14	4.61	4.32	4.36	0.00	#35
9	Q	Anine RABE	NOR	75.26	38.18		38.08	4.86	4.43	4.93	4.79	4.79	1.00	#28
10	Q	Angelika DUBINSKI	GER	74.88	39.61		35.27	4.86	4.00	4.64	4.36	4.18	0.00	#2
11	Q	Alina FJODOROVA	LAT	71.52	37.01		34.51	4.61	4.07	4.43	4.32	4.14	0.00	#31
12	Q	Isadora WILLIAMS	BRA	71.30	38.03		35.27	4.68	4.18	4.29	4.43	4.46	2.00	#12
13		Inga JANULEVICIUTE	LTU	71.21	42.28		28.93	3.86	3.54	3.68	3.68	3.32	0.00	#16
14	Q	Kristina ZAKHARANKA	BLR	70.12	35.95		34.17	4.39	4.04	4.29	4.43	4.21	0.00	#14
15		Alexandra KAMIENIECKI	POL	69.11	37.01		34.10	4.64	3.89	4.21	4.36	4.21	2.00	#24
16		Sila SAYGI	TUR	66.38	31.25		35.13	4.54	4.14	4.43	4.39	4.46	0.00	#33
17		Margot KRISBERG	ISR	66.11	34.82		32.29	4.32	3.68	4.07	4.11	4.00	1.00	#8
18		Katie POWELL	GBR	65.01	33.29		32.72	4.14	3.89	4.21	4.00	4.21	1.00	#15
19		Elena MANGAS	ESP	63.61	33.03		30.58	4.00	3.61	4.00	3.79	3.71	0.00	#22
20		Eline ANTHONISSEN	BEL	61.31	32.22		29.09	3.82	3.32	3.86	3.50	3.68	0.00	#23
21		Melanie SWANG	THA	60.86	32.77		29.09	3.75	3.43	3.86	3.57	3.57	1.00	#25
22		Oliya CLARKSON	GRN	60.75	31.73		29.02	3.82	3.32	3.68	3.57	3.75	0.00	#10
23		Sandra RISTIVOJEVIC	SRB	58.43	32.75		26.68	3.50	3.21	3.39	3.36	3.21	1.00	#3
24		Kim BELL	NED	56.98	31.62		27.36	3.71	3.25	3.32	3.39	3.43	2.00	#4
25		Isabella SCHUSTER	GRE	55.30	31.14		25.16	3.36	2.96	3.18	3.29	2.93	1.00	#6
26		Alina MILEVSKAIA	UKR	54.00	23.27		32.73	4.39	3.82	3.89	4.25	4.11	2.00	#36
27		Regina GLAZMAN	KAZ	53.36	27.80		26.56	3.39	2.96	3.43	3.32	3.50	1.00	#21
28		Vasilena YAKIMOVA	BUL	53.23	27.74		25.49	3.43	3.07	3.32	3.11	3.00	0.00	#11
29		Michelle QUINTERO	MEX	53.07	26.96		26.11	3.50	3.11	3.32	3.32	3.07	0.00	#13
30		Amanda SUNYOTO-YANG	TPE	50.79	25.17		26.62	3.36	3.14	3.39	3.43	3.32	1.00	#19
31		Madelaine PARKER	NZL	49.37	24.24		26.13	3.29	3.36	3.25	3.25	3.18	1.00	#7
32		Raisa RJENOVSCHI	ROU	49.17	25.85		23.32	2.93	2.71	2.96	3.04	2.93	0.00	#9
33		Kai Jing LEONG	SIN	46.57	21.85		25.72	3.54	3.04	3.00	3.18	3.32	1.00	#5
34		Regina BORBELY	HUN	45.39	21.26		26.13	3.50	3.29	3.00	3.43	3.11	2.00	#18
35		Maral-Erdene GANSUKH	MGL	44.20	22.23		22.97	2.96	2.75	2.96	2.93	2.75	1.00	#20
36		Ema LIPOVSCAK	CRO	40.40	18.29		24.11	3.32	2.89	2.75	3.11	3.00	2.00	#17

Junior Worlds: Pairs Preliminary Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	96.37	53.82		44.55	5.89	5.46	5.46	5.57	5.46	2.00	#13
2	Q	Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER	USA	91.58	47.26		45.32	5.93	5.43	5.61	5.71	5.64	1.00	#9
3	Q	Meiyi LI / Bo JIANG	CHN	88.48	50.90		38.58	4.96	4.79	4.79	4.86	4.71	1.00	#15
4	Q	Hayleigh BELL / Alistair SYLVESTER	CAN	81.11	41.67		40.44	5.21	4.89	5.04	5.07	5.07	1.00	#1
5	Q	Magdalena KLATKA / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI	POL	75.75	40.68		35.07	4.39	4.21	4.39	4.50	4.43	0.00	#11
6	Q	Camille MENDOZA / Christopher BOYADJI	FRA	73.64	38.07		36.57	4.86	4.32	4.54	4.64	4.50	1.00	#10
7	Q	Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER	AUT	71.49	36.81		34.68	4.64	4.18	4.29	4.32	4.25	0.00	#12
8	Q	Bianca MANACORDA / Niccolo MACII	ITA	67.49	35.70		31.79	3.93	3.86	4.04	4.04	4.00	0.00	#5
9	Q	Rachel EPSTEIN / Dmitry EPSTEIN	NED	66.63	32.17		34.46	4.39	4.11	4.39	4.29	4.36	0.00	#2
10	Q	Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDIK	UKR	65.23	31.76		33.47	4.46	4.14	3.96	4.29	4.07	0.00	#8
11	Q	Maria PALIAKOVA / Mikhail FOMICHEV	BLR	63.35	29.52		33.83	4.25	4.18	4.29	4.29	4.14	0.00	#14
12		Alexandra RODRIGUEZ / Aritz MAESTU	ESP	59.19	30.37		29.82	3.71	3.71	3.71	3.79	3.71	1.00	#3
13		Veera KESTILA / Callum BULLARD	AUS	56.16	31.08		25.08	3.07	2.96	3.18	3.25	3.21	0.00	#4
14		Linda WENZIG / Matti LANDGRAF	GER	52.61	23.00		31.61	4.39	3.79	3.68	4.11	3.79	2.00	#7
15		Anjelika ILIEVA / Pavel Petrov SAVINOV	BUL	51.53	25.79		26.74	3.57	3.18	3.43	3.32	3.21	1.00	#6

Junior Worlds: Dance Preliminary Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN	GER	72.36	37.50		34.86	5.96	5.67	5.83	5.83	5.83	0.00	#13
2	Q	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	70.58	35.73		34.85	5.83	5.58	6.00	5.83	5.96	0.00	#12
3	Q	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	70.40	35.49		34.91	5.75	5.67	5.92	5.92	5.96	0.00	#9
4	Q	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	69.24	35.16		34.08	5.75	5.46	5.79	5.79	5.75	0.00	#17
5	Q	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	64.94	31.92		33.02	5.71	5.29	5.58	5.58	5.46	0.00	#10
6	Q	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksandrs JAKUSHIN	LAT	64.24	33.59		30.65	5.25	4.88	5.21	5.17	5.17	0.00	#16
7	Q	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	61.19	29.67		31.52	5.33	4.96	5.42	5.38	5.38	0.00	#8
8	Q	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	59.81	30.42		29.39	5.08	4.71	4.88	5.04	4.88	0.00	#15
9	Q	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	58.99	29.33		29.66	5.13	4.79	4.96	5.08	4.83	0.00	#14
10	Q	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	58.31	31.33		27.98	4.67	4.58	4.71	4.83	4.58	1.00	#4
11	Q	Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	58.04	28.74		29.30	5.08	4.71	4.88	5.00	4.83	0.00	#18
12		Johanna ALLIK / Paul BELLANTUONO	EST	57.30	30.15		28.15	4.88	4.50	4.75	4.75	4.67	1.00	#2
13		Ekaterina BUGROV / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	56.10	28.83		27.27	4.75	4.42	4.50	4.63	4.46	0.00	#1
14		Natalia KALISZEK / Michal KALISZEK	POL	54.36	25.42		28.94	5.04	4.63	4.83	4.88	4.83	0.00	#11
15		Stephanie BAADSGAARD SNIDER / Stepan DUBROVSKI	DEN	54.21	27.25		26.96	4.58	4.29	4.63	4.63	4.46	0.00	#7
16		Szidonia MERKWART / Adam LUKACS	HUN	44.68	22.75		21.93	3.79	3.46	3.75	3.75	3.63	0.00	#5
17		Ayesha YIGIT / Shane SPEDEN	NZL	40.53	23.58		17.95	3.17	2.83	3.04	3.17	2.83	1.00	#3
18		Hannah SPARKE / Lochran DOHERTY	AUS	27.46	14.47		13.99	2.58	2.17	2.29	2.42	2.25	1.00	#6

Junior Worlds: Men's Preliminary Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	116.33	61.31		55.02	5.54	5.29	5.57	5.50	5.61	0.00	#23
2	Q	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	110.48	57.42		54.06	5.46	5.21	5.39	5.43	5.54	1.00	#16
3	Q	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	109.42	58.14		51.28	5.04	4.96	5.32	5.00	5.32	0.00	#18
4	Q	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	107.41	57.13		50.28	5.18	4.82	5.07	4.96	5.11	0.00	#17
5	Q	Martin RAPPE	GER	106.93	58.27		49.66	5.36	4.75	4.93	4.93	4.86	1.00	#21
6	Q	Harry MATTICK	GBR	105.17	55.39		50.78	5.21	4.75	5.14	5.11	5.18	1.00	#15
7	Q	Maurizio ZANDRON	ITA	101.47	50.97		50.50	5.11	4.79	5.07	5.07	5.21	0.00	#25
8	Q	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	97.05	48.69		48.36	5.07	4.75	4.82	4.75	4.79	0.00	#22
9	Q	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	92.05	47.41		45.64	4.89	4.39	4.54	4.54	4.46	1.00	#20
10	Q	Brendan KERRY	AUS	89.76	44.46		46.30	4.93	4.43	4.54	4.68	4.57	1.00	#19
11	Q	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	88.31	40.17		48.14	4.96	4.43	4.96	4.68	5.04	0.00	#24
12	Q	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	85.15	45.31		39.84	4.32	3.71	3.89	4.11	3.89	0.00	#7
13	Q	Kamil DYMOWSKI	POL	84.89	43.03		42.86	4.50	4.00	4.36	4.21	4.36	1.00	#11
14	Q	Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER	SUI	79.93	40.63		41.30	4.29	3.93	4.04	4.18	4.21	2.00	#10
15		Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	78.33	36.61		41.72	4.29	3.89	4.29	4.18	4.21	0.00	#3
16		Osman AKGÜN	TUR	77.76	43.00		35.76	3.89	3.39	3.57	3.57	3.46	1.00	#13
17		Florian GOSTELIE	NED	69.25	30.39		39.86	4.14	3.86	3.93	4.11	3.89	1.00	#14
18		Suchet KONGCHIM	THA	67.31	31.81		35.50	3.89	3.36	3.57	3.54	3.39	0.00	#12
19		Arturas GANZELA	LTU	61.54	29.58		31.96	3.43	3.04	3.11	3.29	3.11	0.00	#6
20		Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	61.26	33.34		28.92	3.14	2.61	2.89	2.86	2.96	1.00	#2
21		Armen AGAIAN	GEO	59.73	30.23		32.50	3.64	3.04	3.07	3.36	3.14	3.00	#1
22		Zsolt KOSZ	ROU	57.06	20.42		38.64	4.04	3.50	4.07	3.71	4.00	2.00	#8
23		Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG	HKG	54.38	23.74		30.64	3.32	2.79	3.00	3.21	3.00	0.00	#9
24		Bernhard PAULI	AUT	54.15	26.79		27.36	2.82	2.36	2.82	2.89	2.79	0.00	#5
WD		Kristof FORGO	HUN											#4

Junior Worlds: Dance Preview

While North American teams have been dominating at the senior level in ice dance, the Russians have been able to hold on to the Junior ranks, winning the last two Junior World titles and sweeping the last two JGP Finals.  This year, Russia is sending all three of their medal winning Final teams to Junior Worlds.  Stepanova and Bukin have won four JGP gold medals (every event they have entered) in the last two years and won the JGP Final bronze medal twice.  They were left off the Junior Worlds team last season.  Sinitsina and Zhiganshin have two silver and two gold JGP medals as well as 1 silver and 1 gold JGP Final medals.  They were also left off the Junior Worlds team last season.  Yanovskaya and Mozgov are a new team this season and have medaled at every event they have entered including winning the gold at the Youth Olympic Games.  The only team likely to challenge this trio is Aldridge and Eaton who have been showing steady improvement all season and were solid at U.S. nationals.  Overall, this is a fairly inconsistent group of competitors with results all over the board, and the consistency of the top three Russian teams is likely to pay off here.

Stepanova/Bukin won two gold medals to qualify for the JGP Final where they won bronze.  They have the best short dance, 2nd best free dance and 2nd best total score of the season.

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin have been perfect all season, winning two JGP golds and gold at the JGP Final.  They increased their score by 11 points between their first two events of the season. They have the 2nd best short dance, best free dance and best total score of the season.

Yanovskaya/Mozgov collected a gold and a bronze on the JGP before taking home the silver medal from the JGP Final.  Their bronze came at their international debut in Poland and they showed a big improvement in Estonia, taking home the gold with a 21 point improvement in their personal best score.  They have the 3rd best short dance, 3rd best free dance and 3rd best total score of the season.

Aldridge/Eaton won silver and bronze medals to qualify for the JGP Final. They improved their personal best by 8 points en route to their first JGP medal in Latvia and had a whopping 18 point improvement to snag the silver medal in Austria.  They have the 5th best short dance, 4th best free dance and 4th best total score of the season.

Nosulia/Kholoniuk won a gold and bronze medal on the JGP to qualify for the Final.  After finishing 19th at Junior Worlds last season, they pulled up to take home the gold medal from JGP Latvia, the first event of the season, beating their personal best by 15 points.  They have the 6th best short dance, 10th best free dance and 8th best total score of the season.

Bonacorsi/Mager won a silver and bronze medal on the JGP and just missed qualifying for the Final.  They won their silver in Australia with a new personal best score. They have the 9th best short dance, 7th best free dance and 7th best total score of the season.

Orford/Williams won gold at JGP Australia with a new personal best score but dropped to a disappointing 10th place at JGP Austria.  They have the 10th best short dance, 6th best free dance and 9th best total score of the season.

Shtork/Rand won silver at JGP Estonia after a 19 point improvement over their previous JGP outing. They have the 8th best free dance and 10th best total score of the season.

Other teams to watch for are Papadakis/Cizeron, Koch/Nuchtern, Hetman/Allain and  Prochazkova/Ceska.

Teams who medaled on the JGP and are not at this event include Russians Kosigina/Moroshkin (2 medals, alternates) and Zenkova/Sinitsin (2 medals, alternates); Ukranians Galyeta/Shumski (2 medals); and Canadians Bent/McKeen (alternates).

My podium predictions:

Gold: Sinitsina/Zhiganshin

Silver: Stepanova/Bukin

Bronze: Yanovskaya/Mozgov

Bios of the competitors:

Sparke/Doherty, AUS:

Kavaliova/Bieliaiev, BLR: They placed 23rd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 8th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 111.34.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Orford/Williams, CAN (D): They finished 8th at Junior Worlds.  They won gold at JGP Australia and finished 10^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 127.21.  She is 19 and he is 20.

Poulin/Servant, CAN (D): They finished 6^th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 118.00.  She is 16 and he is 20.

Zhang/Wu, CHN: They finished 12th at JGP Austria and 10^th at JGP Italy.  Their personal best is 110.90.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Prochazkova/Ceska, CZE: They finished 4^th at JGP Latvia and 8^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 116.81.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Baadsgaard Snider/Dubrovski, DEN: They finished 13^th at their international debut in Poland.  Their personal best is 91.95.  She is 19 and he is 21.

Allik/Bellantuono, EST: She is 17 and he is 18.

Shtork/Rand, EST (D): They finished 10th at Junior Worlds last year.  They placed 14th at Europeans.  They finished 7th at JGP Romania and won silver at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 126.51.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Aghai/Partanen, FIN: They finished 6^th at their international debut in Australia and 9^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 101.80.  She is 17 and he is 20.

Hetman/Allain, FRA (D): She is 19 and he is 20.

Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA (D): They finished 12th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 4th at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 122.79.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Koch/Nuchtern, GER: They finished 4^th at JGP Austria and Italy.  Their personal best is 124.35.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Smart/Buckland, GBR: They finished 13^th at their international debut in Austria and 12^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 92.64.  She is 14 and he is 19.

Merkwart/Lukacs, HUN: They finished 18^th at their international debut in Austria.  Their personal best is 72.35.  She is 14 and he is 15. 

Bugrov/Rogov, ISR: They finished 15^th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  They placed 15^th at JGP Latvia and 9^th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 98.87.  She is 16 and he is 20.  

Sforza/Fioretti, ITA: They finished 20th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 5th at JGP Romania and 7^th at JGP Italy.  Their personal best is 109.05.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Uzurova/Ali, KAZ: They finished 17^th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 6th at the Youth Olympic Games.  They placed 7^th at JGP Latvia and 15^th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 102.77.  She is 15 and he is 17.  

Pecherkina/Jakushin, LAT: They finished 17^th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  They placed 8^th at JGP Latvia and 7^th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 113.24.  She is 19 and he is 21.

Yigit/Speden, NZL: They finished 19th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 9th at JGP Australia.  Their personal best is 67.90.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Kaliszek/Kaliszek, POL: They finished 11^th at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 98.12.  She is 15 and he is 21.

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS (D): They won gold at JGP Poland and JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where they won gold.  Their personal best is 151.10.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Stepanova/Bukin, RUS (D): They won gold at JGP Romania and Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where they won bronze.  Their personal best is 149.98.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Yanovskaya/Mozgov (D), RUS: They won gold at the Youth Olympic Games.  They won bronze in their international debut in Poland and gold at JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where they won silver.  Their personal best is 142.72.  She is 15 and he is 16. 

Robledo/Fenero, ESP (D): She is 17 and he is 19.

Bausback/Rokachev, SUI (D): They finished 14^th at their international debut in Austria and 13^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 92.39.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Demirsal/Akalin, TUR: They finished 16^th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  They finished 16^th at their JGP debut in Latvia.  Their personal best is 79.78.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Nosulia/Kholoniuk, UKR (D): They finished 19^th at Junior Worlds.  They won gold at JGP Latvia and bronze at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where they finished 6th.  Their personal best is 128.34.  She is 17 and he is 21.

Aldridge/Eaton, USA (D): They won bronze at JGP Latvia and silver at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where they placed 4th.  Their personal best is 136.85.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Bonacorsi/Mager, USA (D): They finished 11th at Junior Worlds last season.  They won silver at JGP Australia and bronze at JGP Italy.  Their personal best is 129.63.  She is 19 and he is 21.

Parsons/Parsons, USA (D): They placed 4th at the Youth Olympic Games.  They finished 9^th at their international debut in Poland.  Their personal best is 114.22.  She is 14 and he is 16.

Nagornyuk/Kovalenko, UZB: They finished 8^th at their international debut in Romania and 6^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 114.98.  She is 16 and he is 20.