JGP Latvia Recap

The first event of the season has come and gone and was full of surprises.  Some skaters made big strides and had surprise wins while others didn't perform as they had hoped.

Men

Ryuju Hino of Japan finished 6th and 12th in his JGP events last season.  He made a big jump here to take the gold medal and increased his personal best score by over 30 points.  His teammate Sei Kawahara increased his personal best score by 25 points.

He Zhang of China placed 9th and 10th in his JGP events last season but moved up to the silver medal here.  He also increased his personal best by 20 points.  Timothy Dolensky of the United States took home the bronze in his JGP debut.  June-Hyoung Lee of Korea placed 4th in his JGP debut and is only 14 years old.

The biggest improvement of the event was Pavel Ignatenko of Belarus.  He finished 21st in his JGP event last season but climbed to 8th place here.  He had a 40 point increase in his personal best.

Newcomers Nam Nguyen of Canada and Emmanuel Savary of the United States were expected to contend for the podium here.  They had respectable outings for only being 13 and in their JGP debut, but didn't do as well as many people might have expected.

Ladies

The ladies event was slightly disappointing as very few ladies set new personal bests and those that did were only by a few points.  This was a sharp contrast to the men's event.

Polina Agafonova of Russia showed she's back in contention, taking home the bronze medal here.  Her teammate, Polina Shelepen, took home hold.  Zijun Li of China won her first silver medal on the JGP.

Gerli Liinamae of Estonia jumped from 10th and 9th last season to 4th place here.  Ashley Cain of the United States finished 6th in her JGP debut.  Josefine Taljegard jumped from 20th last season to 9th here and increased her personal best by 9 points.

Yasmin Siraj of the United States finished 5th at this event after making a trip to the Final last season.  She finished 26 points below her season's best and will likely not be receiving a second event this season.  Miyabi Oba of Japan finished 26 points below her score at Junior Worlds.  Sila Saygi of Turkey finished a disappointing 40 points below her personal best.

Pairs

Sui and Han won this event as suspected.  They had a big lead over the field but were still 15 points below their score at Junior Worlds.  They seem to be slow starters and these events are essentially warm-ups for their Grand Prix assignments.

Purdy and Marinaro of Canada moved from 10th and 9th last season to the bronze medal this season.

This event was a disappointment for the Russian and American teams who had three teams each and didn't medal at all.  Duarte and Grafton of the United States placed 5th and 7th last season and had good summer competitions, but fell to 9th place here.

Dance

Nosulia and Kholoniuk of Ukraine are the Cinderella story of this event.  They finished 5th and 10th at their events last season and finished 19th at Junior Worlds just a few months ago.  They set a new personal best by 15 points to take the gold medal here.  Aldridge and Eaton of the United States brought home their first medal with a bronze and increased their personal best by 8 points.

Uzurova and Ali of Kazakhstan continue to make a name for themselves as they finished 7th here, their best finish to date.  The Gamelin twins from the United States finished 17th in the short dance but pulled out a 7th place free skate to climb the standings and increase their personal best by 11 points.

Poulin and Servant of Canada were in medal contention but lost ground in the free dance to finish in 6th place, 10 points below their personal best.

JGP Latvia Mens Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Ryuju HINO	JPN	124.61	68.91		55.70	5.82	5.39	5.79	5.39	5.46	0.00	#20
2	He ZHANG	CHN	123.12	58.88		64.24	6.54	6.18	6.50	6.36	6.54	0.00	#19
3	Timothy DOLENSKY	USA	120.25	60.33		59.92	6.07	5.89	6.07	5.93	6.00	0.00	#22
4	Jiaxing LIU	CHN	115.52	58.18		57.34	6.04	5.46	5.71	5.64	5.82	0.00	#18
5	June-Hyoung LEE	KOR	113.69	54.99		60.70	6.18	5.96	5.96	6.11	6.14	2.00	#21
6	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	107.51	59.63		47.88	5.18	4.54	4.79	4.79	4.64	0.00	#12
7	Martin RAPPE	GER	104.98	56.90		48.08	5.29	4.57	4.86	4.75	4.57	0.00	#14
8	Viktor ROMANENKOV	EST	104.76	54.82		49.94	5.25	4.79	5.07	4.93	4.93	0.00	#13
9	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	101.87	49.35		52.52	5.25	5.11	5.25	5.29	5.36	0.00	#15
10	Stanislav PERTSOV	UKR	100.33	49.97		50.36	5.29	4.82	4.93	5.07	5.07	0.00	#16
11	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	99.47	51.55		48.92	5.21	4.61	4.89	4.86	4.89	1.00	#17
12	Feodosiy EFREMENKOV	RUS	98.74	52.68		47.06	5.00	4.46	4.71	4.68	4.68	1.00	#11
13	Ilia PETROV	RUS	96.87	51.93		45.94	4.79	4.29	4.64	4.57	4.68	1.00	#6
14	Emmanuel SAVARY	USA	93.56	47.48		47.08	4.89	4.61	4.79	4.61	4.64	1.00	#9
15	Osman AKGUN	TUR	89.84	50.54		39.30	4.07	3.75	4.18	3.86	3.79	0.00	#4
16	Charles TETAR	FRA	85.76	42.02		44.74	4.61	4.18	4.43	4.54	4.61	1.00	#8
17	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	80.00	37.50		42.50	4.50	4.11	4.11	4.21	4.32	0.00	#7
18	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	72.08	28.58		44.50	4.61	4.32	4.39	4.43	4.50	1.00	#10
19	Carlo ROETHLISBERGER	SUI	66.63	29.19		38.44	4.00	3.61	3.86	3.86	3.89	1.00	#5
20	Deividas KIZALA	LTU	61.73	26.75		36.98	3.82	3.57	3.64	3.71	3.75	2.00	#3
21	Abish BAYTKANOV	KAZ	49.51	20.51		32.00	3.32	3.18	3.11	3.21	3.18	3.00	#1
22	Maksims KIRILOVS	LAT	41.62	16.24		25.38	2.79	2.54	2.36	2.64	2.36	0.00	#2

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Ryuju HINO	JPN	182.71	2	1
2	He ZHANG	CHN	182.38	1	2
3	Timothy DOLENSKY	USA	176.77	4	3
4	June-Hyoung LEE	KOR	171.75	3	5
5	Jiaxing LIU	CHN	170.72	5	4
6	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	160.49	7	6
7	Martin RAPPE	GER	155.54	10	7
8	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	154.34	6	11
9	Viktor ROMANENKOV	EST	152.42	11	8
10	Stanislav PERTSOV	UKR	151.93	9	10
11	Feodosiy EFREMENKOV	RUS	150.71	8	12
12	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	148.95	12	9
13	Ilia PETROV	RUS	143.54	13	13
14	Emmanuel SAVARY	USA	136.33	17	14
15	Charles TETAR	FRA	131.61	14	16
16	Osman AKGUN	TUR	131.15	18	15
17	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	124.74	16	17
18	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	117.40	15	18
19	Carlo ROETHLISBERGER	SUI	107.30	19	19
20	Deividas KIZALA	LTU	92.88	20	20
21	Abish BAYTKANOV	KAZ	77.76	21	21
22	Maksims KIRILOVS	LAT	64.06	22	22

JGP Latvia Free Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK	UKR	72.22	35.08		37.14	6.11	6.00	6.25	6.36	6.39	0.00	#14
2	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	72.20	37.57		35.63	5.89	5.75	5.96	6.14	6.11	1.00	#17
3	Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN	RUS	69.48	33.36		37.12	6.21	6.00	6.11	6.36	6.39	1.00	#15
4	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	69.25	34.15		35.10	5.75	5.64	6.00	6.00	6.04	0.00	#16
5	Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV	RUS	64.73	29.35		36.38	6.04	5.86	6.07	6.36	6.14	1.00	#18
6	Andreanne POULIN / Marc-Andre SERVANT	CAN	64.42	29.07		35.35	6.11	5.71	5.79	6.00	5.93	0.00	#10
7	Danielle GAMELIN / Alexander GAMELIN	USA	63.41	34.36		29.05	4.89	4.64	4.89	5.04	4.89	0.00	#2
8	Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	56.60	28.08		29.52	5.14	4.79	5.07	4.89	4.75	1.00	#11
9	Myriam GASSOUMI / Clement LE MOLAIRE	FRA	55.88	28.42		27.46	4.43	4.36	4.79	4.71	4.79	0.00	#7
10	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksander JAKUSHIN	LAT	55.53	30.70		27.83	4.89	4.25	4.82	4.71	4.75	3.00	#12
11	Baily CARROLL / Peter GERBER	POL	54.62	28.07		26.55	4.43	4.25	4.54	4.57	4.46	0.00	#3
12	Magalie LEININGER / Maxime CAUREL	FRA	54.46	27.14		27.32	4.68	4.29	4.64	4.61	4.71	0.00	#9
13	Ekaterina BUGROV / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	50.77	24.99		26.78	4.50	4.39	4.36	4.68	4.43	1.00	#8
14	Katharina MUELLER / Justin GERKE	GER	50.28	27.71		24.57	3.93	4.29	3.82	4.29	4.04	2.00	#6
15	Kate Louise BAGNALL / Rory SHANAHAN	GBR	50.21	25.57		24.64	4.43	3.93	4.18	4.11	3.93	0.00	#13
16	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	47.27	27.00		20.27	3.68	3.32	3.36	3.39	3.11	0.00	#1
17	Olga JAKUSHINA / Aleksandrs GRISHINS	LAT	38.78	19.91		20.87	3.64	3.39	3.32	3.68	3.39	2.00	#5
18	Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI	BLR	37.44	21.91		15.53	2.75	2.54	2.54	2.71	2.39	0.00	#4

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK	UKR	124.84	1	1
2	Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN	RUS	119.24	2	3
3	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	118.18	5	2
4	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	116.81	4	4
5	Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV	RUS	114.29	3	5
6	Andreanne POULIN / Marc-Andre SERVANT	CAN	108.03	6	6
7	Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	98.18	8	8
8	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksander JAKUSHIN	LAT	97.64	7	10
9	Danielle GAMELIN / Alexander GAMELIN	USA	94.78	17	7
10	Myriam GASSOUMI / Clement LE MOLAIRE	FRA	91.10	12	9
11	Magalie LEININGER / Maxime CAUREL	FRA	90.86	10	12
12	Baily CARROLL / Peter GERBER	POL	88.43	15	11
13	Kate Louise BAGNALL / Rory SHANAHAN	GBR	86.85	9	15
14	Katharina MUELLER / Justin GERKE	GER	85.66	11	14
15	Ekaterina BUGROV / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	85.37	13	13
16	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	79.78	16	16
17	Olga JAKUSHINA / Aleksandrs GRISHINS	LAT	72.67	14	17
18	Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI	BLR	60.88	18	18

JGP Latvia Ladies Free Skate Results

Junior Ladies - Free Skating

Result Details

Pl.   Name Nation TSS = TES +   PCS + SS TR PE CH IN Ded. - StN. 1 Polina SHELEPEN RUS 105.48 59.53   45.95 6.07 5.54 5.79 5.61 5.71 0.00 #27 2 Zijun LI CHN 93.10 45.59   48.51 6.39 5.79 6.18 6.00 5.96 1.00 #28 3 Yasmin SIRAJ USA 88.51 43.38   46.13 5.82 5.61 5.79 5.86 5.75 1.00 #29 4 Gerli LIINAMAE EST 87.68 45.37   44.31 5.79 5.50 5.36 5.61 5.43 2.00 #31 5 Polina AGAFONOVA RUS 87.24 39.59   47.65 6.21 5.71 5.93 6.04 5.89 0.00 #30 6 Miyabi OBA JPN 86.69 46.59   40.10 5.29 4.82 5.14 4.89 4.93 0.00 #17 7 Ashley CAIN USA 83.81 35.35   50.46 5.96 6.18 6.54 6.29 6.57 2.00 #32 8 Tina STUERZINGER SUI 78.31 40.92   37.39 4.93 4.50 4.71 4.61 4.61 0.00 #24 9 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA 78.03 40.97   38.06 4.93 4.46 4.82 4.79 4.79 1.00 #22 10 Josefine TALJEGARD SWE 76.02 35.56   40.46 5.07 4.89 5.11 5.04 5.18 0.00 #26 11 Ho Jung LEE KOR 75.49 36.50   39.99 5.21 4.64 5.04 5.04 5.07 1.00 #18 12 Riona KATO JPN 73.85 35.99   38.86 5.29 4.71 4.79 4.79 4.71 1.00 #25 13 Nea VIIRI FIN 73.67 36.51   37.16 4.61 4.61 4.68 4.57 4.75 0.00 #16 14 Alina FJODOROVA LAT 71.41 35.17   36.24 4.68 4.21 4.61 4.68 4.46 0.00 #21 15 Ieva GAILE LAT 66.26 32.09   35.17 4.54 4.36 4.43 4.36 4.29 1.00 #19 16 Alexandra KAMIENIECKI POL 65.96 31.57   36.39 4.68 4.39 4.50 4.64 4.54 2.00 #23 17 Dominika MURCKOVA SVK 63.65 30.81   32.84 4.32 3.96 4.14 4.07 4.04 0.00 #11 18 Kristina ZAKHARANKA BLR 59.16 28.29   31.87 4.14 3.82 3.96 4.07 3.93 1.00 #10 19 Karina RUTLAUKA LAT 57.39 28.09   29.30 3.89 3.46 3.71 3.64 3.61 0.00 #6 20 Sandra RISTIVOJEVIC SRB 57.28 28.10   29.18 3.89 3.46 3.64 3.57 3.68 0.00 #9 21 Rimgaile MESKAITE LTU 55.58 28.26   28.32 3.64 3.39 3.57 3.57 3.54 1.00 #8 22 Christina ERDEL GER 54.84 24.29   31.55 4.11 3.86 3.82 3.89 4.04 1.00 #15 23 Margot KRISBERG ISR 53.68 25.35   31.33 4.11 3.75 3.79 3.93 4.00 3.00 #13 24 Taylor DEAN AUS 53.01 27.90   26.11 3.21 3.14 3.32 3.29 3.36 1.00 #7 25 Anine RABE NOR 52.94 23.94   32.00 4.11 4.04 3.82 4.07 3.96 3.00 #14 26 Anais CLAES BEL 51.94 23.47   28.47 3.57 3.46 3.61 3.54 3.61 0.00 #4 27 Natascha ZANGL AUT 50.84 23.96   29.88 3.96 3.71 3.64 3.75 3.61 3.00 #12 28 Heidbjort Arney HOSKULDSDOTTIR ISL 48.46 24.18   25.28 3.36 3.00 3.29 3.04 3.11 1.00 #5 29 Sila SAYGI TUR 47.56 19.10   32.46 4.25 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.04 4.00 #20 30 Regina GLAZMAN KAZ 43.33 19.93   24.40 3.11 2.86 3.14 3.00 3.14 1.00 #1 31 Corinna Lijun LIN TPE 42.94 18.83   24.11 3.25 2.82 3.00 3.00 3.00 0.00 #3 32 Arijana TIRAK BIH 24.38 9.77   16.61 2.18 1.96 1.96 2.14 2.14 2.00 #2

Result

FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS 1 Polina SHELEPEN RUS 153.40 5 1 2 Zijun LI CHN 148.19 1 2 3 Polina AGAFONOVA RUS 141.84 2 5 4 Gerli LIINAMAE EST 136.58 4 4 5 Yasmin SIRAJ USA 135.26 6 3 6 Ashley CAIN USA 132.95 3 7 7 Miyabi OBA JPN 122.66 14 6 8 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA 118.80 9 9 9 Josefine TALJEGARD SWE 117.48 8 10 10 Tina STUERZINGER SUI 116.02 12 8 11 Riona KATO JPN 115.97 7 12 12 Ho Jung LEE KOR 112.20 13 11 13 Alina FJODOROVA LAT 110.79 10 14 14 Nea VIIRI FIN 109.38 15 13 15 Alexandra KAMIENIECKI POL 103.70 11 16 16 Ieva GAILE LAT 99.23 17 15 17 Dominika MURCKOVA SVK 95.80 18 17 18 Kristina ZAKHARANKA BLR 87.90 26 18 19 Karina RUTLAUKA LAT 86.52 25 19 20 Christina ERDEL GER 86.23 20 22 21 Rimgaile MESKAITE LTU 85.80 24 21 22 Sandra RISTIVOJEVIC SRB 85.48 27 20 23 Margot KRISBERG ISR 84.97 21 23 24 Anine RABE NOR 84.47 19 25 25 Taylor DEAN AUS 83.96 23 24 26 Natascha ZANGL AUT 82.08 22 27 27 Sila SAYGI TUR 80.76 16 29 28 Heidbjort Arney HOSKULDSDOTTIR ISL 75.94 28 28 29 Anais CLAES BEL 75.45 31 26 30 Corinna Lijun LIN TPE 68.75 29 31 31 Regina GLAZMAN KAZ 66.92 30 30 32 Arijana TIRAK BIH 38.99 32 32