JGP Czech Republic Ice Dance Results

Short Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	59.54	33.29		27.25	6.79	6.71	6.96	6.79	6.82	1.00	#15
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	54.10	27.57		27.53	6.75	6.75	6.75	7.04	7.04	1.00	#3
3	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	53.74	28.72		25.02	6.36	6.21	6.29	6.25	6.18	0.00	#13
4	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	53.48	27.21		26.27	6.46	6.36	6.64	6.61	6.71	0.00	#10
5	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	51.68	29.14		22.54	5.64	5.50	5.75	5.64	5.64	0.00	#11
6	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	49.30	25.71		23.59	5.93	5.82	6.00	5.86	5.89	0.00	#6
7	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	48.19	25.65		22.54	5.68	5.50	5.57	5.71	5.68	0.00	#1
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	47.35	26.72		21.63	5.39	5.36	5.36	5.54	5.39	1.00	#2
9	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	46.33	25.08		22.25	5.54	5.39	5.64	5.61	5.61	1.00	#8
10	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	44.61	24.00		20.61	5.18	5.07	5.14	5.18	5.18	0.00	#14
11	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	41.21	23.29		17.92	4.64	4.46	4.43	4.50	4.39	0.00	#4
12	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	41.16	20.93		20.23	4.89	4.89	5.21	5.18	5.11	0.00	#16
13	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	38.61	18.51		20.10	5.04	4.96	5.00	5.21	4.93	0.00	#9
14	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	34.38	16.36		19.02	4.93	4.82	4.64	5.00	4.46	1.00	#5
15	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	34.32	18.71		15.61	3.93	3.79	3.96	4.04	3.82	0.00	#7
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	32.72	17.50		15.22	3.79	3.71	3.82	3.96	3.75	0.00	#12

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	81.68	41.92		39.76	6.50	6.46	6.79	6.71	6.82	0.00	#15
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	79.29	37.59		42.70	7.07	6.96	7.29	7.21	7.18	1.00	#16
3	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	76.26	39.23		37.03	6.11	5.96	6.25	6.32	6.39	0.00	#12
4	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	76.10	40.95		35.15	5.82	5.68	5.96	6.04	5.93	0.00	#9
5	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	76.08	38.15		37.93	6.39	6.21	6.36	6.39	6.32	0.00	#13
6	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	75.19	33.94		41.25	6.93	6.75	6.96	6.96	6.86	0.00	#14
7	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	71.16	37.37		33.79	5.68	5.43	5.61	5.79	5.79	0.00	#5
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	69.03	34.75		34.28	5.71	5.57	5.82	5.82	5.75	0.00	#10
9	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	68.42	35.61		32.81	5.61	5.32	5.57	5.46	5.46	0.00	#8
10	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	67.37	32.54		34.83	5.82	5.64	5.93	5.93	5.82	0.00	#11
11	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	61.93	29.26		32.67	5.21	5.21	5.61	5.68	5.75	0.00	#7
12	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	59.42	29.29		30.13	5.18	4.86	4.93	5.32	4.89	0.00	#2
13	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	59.09	29.42		29.67	5.04	4.82	4.89	5.11	4.93	0.00	#1
14	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	51.18	26.49		24.69	4.18	4.04	4.14	4.29	3.96	0.00	#3
15	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	50.32	22.86		27.46	4.75	4.50	4.46	4.64	4.54	0.00	#6
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	44.42	21.15		23.27	3.96	3.79	3.86	4.04	3.79	0.00	#4

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	135.16	4	1
2	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	134.73	1	6
3	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	133.39	2	2
4	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	129.82	3	5
5	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	127.78	5	4
6	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	124.45	7	3
7	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	117.49	9	7
8	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	116.67	6	10
9	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	116.38	8	8
10	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	113.03	10	9
11	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	103.09	12	11
12	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	97.70	13	13
13	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	93.80	14	12
14	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	91.53	11	15
15	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	85.50	15	14
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	77.14	16	16

JGP Czech Republic Dance Preview

There are four teams competing here that are still in the running for the Final.  Edwards and Pang started their season with a silver medal at JGP Mexico.  They won the free skate at that event and nearly claimed the gold with one of the best free skate scores of the season.  The Parsons siblings also claimed a silver medal this season at JGP Slovakia.  Popova and Vlasenko just took home the silver medal from Belarus last week after pulling up from a 3rd place short dance.  They come in with the biggest disadvantage as they won't have time to tinker with their levels, especially in the short dance.  All three teams need a gold medal to guarantee a spot int he Final, while a silver or bronze would keep them in the running.

Evdokimova and Bazin won the bronze medal earlier this season at JGP Mexico after a 4th place short dance and a 3rd place free dance but they finished more than 20 points behind Edwards and Pang.  They'll have quite an uphill battle to catch the other three top teams here.  They need a gold medal to qualify for the Final while a silver will keep them in contention.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Edwards/Pang
Silver: Parsons/Parsons
Bronze: Popova/Vlasenko

Bios of the competitors:
Smith/Eisenbauer, AUT: They placed 32nd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 17th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 83.49.  She is 16 and he is 15.

Edwards/Pang, CAN: They placed 12th at Junior Worlds.  They won silver at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 135.01.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Wu/Soo, CAN: This is their international debut.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Konickova/Lang, CZE: They finished 16th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 87.94.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Mansour/Ceska, CZE: They placed 12th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 103.21.  She is 18 and he is 21.

Vadskjaer Grapek/Jones, DEN: They placed 18th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 76.08.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Schiffner/Salatzki, GER: They finished 19th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 8th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 113.11.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Smart/Buckland, GBR: They placed 22nd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 7th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 116.70.  She is 16 and he is 20.

Moscheni/Lukacs, HUN: They finished 6th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 119.49.  She is 18 and he is 17.

Bolshem/Zilberberg, ISR: They placed 30th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 15th at JGP Turkey and 11th at JGP Croatia last season.  Their personal best is 97.39.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Kaliszek/Kurbakov, POL: They placed 9th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 109.24.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS: They won bronze at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 116.81.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Popova/Vlasenko, RUS: They won silver at JGP Belarus.  Their personal best is 128.71.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Korotitskaia/Spodirev, UKR: They finished 6th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 114.47.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Lewis/Bye, USA: They placed 5th at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 104.32.  She is 13 and he is 15.

Parsons/Parsons, USA: They won silver at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 134.09.  She is 15 and he is 18.

JGP Slovakia Free Dance Results

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	84.33	40.82		44.51	7.39	7.21	7.54	7.50	7.61	1.00	#17
2	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	79.01	39.88		40.13	6.82	6.61	6.71	6.61	6.71	1.00	#18
3	Holly MOORE / Daniel KLABER	USA	73.88	33.89		39.99	6.50	6.43	6.86	6.75	7.00	0.00	#19
4	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	72.12	35.82		36.30	6.14	5.75	6.14	6.21	6.21	0.00	#16
5	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	71.89	38.19		33.70	5.61	5.25	5.93	5.71	5.86	0.00	#13
6	Kristina BAKLANOVA / Andrei BAGIN	RUS	71.79	34.28		37.51	6.32	6.18	6.25	6.29	6.25	0.00	#20
7	Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN	CAN	70.06	34.65		36.41	6.11	5.93	6.04	6.14	6.21	1.00	#14
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	66.28	34.45		33.83	5.64	5.50	5.57	5.79	5.79	2.00	#15
9	Sara GHISLANDI / Giona Terzo ORTENZI	ITA	62.62	31.03		31.59	5.18	5.04	5.43	5.36	5.50	0.00	#7
10	Lauren COLLINS / Danny SEYMOUR	CAN	61.57	32.38		29.19	4.89	4.64	4.96	5.04	4.96	0.00	#6
11	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	61.39	29.22		33.17	5.64	5.25	5.68	5.64	5.61	1.00	#11
12	Yue ZHAO / Chang LIU	CHN	60.00	28.18		31.82	5.39	5.11	5.46	5.32	5.36	0.00	#12
13	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	54.75	28.34		26.41	4.46	4.29	4.50	4.46	4.36	0.00	#8
14	Mathilde DIAS / Jean-Denis SANCHIS	FRA	53.44	27.67		25.77	4.32	4.07	4.54	4.25	4.46	0.00	#4
15	Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	53.11	25.65		27.46	4.54	4.36	4.75	4.86	4.54	0.00	#9
16	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	50.65	23.88		27.77	4.79	4.54	4.43	4.79	4.61	1.00	#10
17	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	47.93	26.58		22.35	3.79	3.57	3.75	3.86	3.75	1.00	#2
18	Charlotte DYSON / Paul DREDGE	GBR	44.61	24.35		20.26	3.57	3.25	3.43	3.39	3.29	0.00	#5
19	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	43.86	22.66		21.20	3.54	3.32	3.71	3.75	3.50	0.00	#3
20	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	40.79	21.91		19.88	3.46	3.21	3.36	3.36	3.21	1.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	143.39	1	1
2	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	131.10	2	2
3	Holly MOORE / Daniel KLABER	USA	123.91	4	3
4	Kristina BAKLANOVA / Andrei BAGIN	RUS	123.60	3	6
5	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	121.50	5	4
6	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	119.49	7	5
7	Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN	CAN	118.65	6	7
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	113.11	8	8
9	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	106.41	9	11
10	Yue ZHAO / Chang LIU	CHN	103.80	10	12
11	Sara GHISLANDI / Giona Terzo ORTENZI	ITA	103.21	12	9
12	Lauren COLLINS / Danny SEYMOUR	CAN	102.71	11	10
13	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	91.54	14	13
14	Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	89.61	15	15
15	Mathilde DIAS / Jean-Denis SANCHIS	FRA	87.98	17	14
16	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	87.94	13	16
17	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	83.49	16	17
18	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	76.08	18	19
19	Charlotte DYSON / Paul DREDGE	GBR	75.89	19	18
20	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	66.01	20	20

JGP Slovakia Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	59.06	29.43		29.63	7.39	7.29	7.43	7.54	7.39	0.00	#10
2	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	52.09	28.14		23.95	6.07	5.93	5.93	6.04	5.96	0.00	#12
3	Kristina BAKLANOVA / Andrei BAGIN	RUS	51.81	27.93		23.88	5.93	5.82	6.07	6.07	5.96	0.00	#15
4	Holly MOORE / Daniel KLABER	USA	50.03	25.65		24.38	6.00	5.82	6.18	6.11	6.29	0.00	#11
5	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	49.38	26.00		23.38	5.89	5.64	6.00	5.82	5.86	0.00	#9
6	Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN	CAN	48.59	23.79		24.80	6.18	6.04	6.25	6.25	6.25	0.00	#3
7	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	47.60	28.15		20.45	5.11	5.00	5.11	5.18	5.14	1.00	#2
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	46.83	24.50		22.33	5.54	5.32	5.75	5.64	5.64	0.00	#13
9	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	45.02	21.64		23.38	5.82	5.64	5.96	5.89	5.89	0.00	#18
10	Yue ZHAO / Chang LIU	CHN	43.80	22.29		21.51	5.46	5.21	5.39	5.36	5.43	0.00	#17
11	Lauren COLLINS / Danny SEYMOUR	CAN	41.14	21.14		20.00	4.89	4.75	5.11	5.14	5.07	0.00	#8
12	Sara GHISLANDI / Giona Terzo ORTENZI	ITA	40.59	19.93		20.66	5.07	5.00	5.29	5.32	5.14	0.00	#5
13	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	37.29	17.28		20.01	5.07	4.86	5.04	5.07	4.96	0.00	#19
14	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	36.79	18.72		18.07	4.64	4.32	4.50	4.61	4.50	0.00	#6
15	Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	36.50	18.15		18.35	4.46	4.50	4.71	4.61	4.64	0.00	#7
16	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	35.56	20.00		15.56	3.86	3.71	3.93	4.07	3.86	0.00	#16
17	Mathilde DIAS / Jean-Denis SANCHIS	FRA	34.54	16.43		18.11	4.61	4.39	4.57	4.61	4.46	0.00	#1
18	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	32.22	17.71		14.51	3.75	3.43	3.68	3.61	3.64	0.00	#14
19	Charlotte DYSON / Paul DREDGE	GBR	31.28	16.50		14.78	3.75	3.54	3.71	3.82	3.64	0.00	#4
20	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	25.22	12.21		14.01	3.50	3.32	3.54	3.64	3.50	1.00	#20

JGP Slovakia Dance Preview

Yanovskaya and Mozgov have been one of the best teams on the Junior circuit over the past several seasons but haven't been able to claim a Junior Worlds medal.  They have four JGP medals and have qualified for the Final twice.  They never reached their personal best mark last season, and can still improve.

Bent and Mackeen claimed their first JGP gold medal earlier this season at JGP Latvia.  They finished 5th at Junior Worlds last season and shown they are ready to improve their standing.  However, they finished just 3rd in the Free Dance at Latvia and only won gold by half a point.  They'll need to clean up their Free Dance if they want to hold on again and have a chance to compete in the Final.

The Parsons siblings won their first JGP medal last season but injuries took them out of nationals and cost them a chance at the Junior Worlds team.  Their WISA teammates have already had a strong start to their season and the program is known for it's innovative choreography which makes their teams stand out.  The biggest problem they have been contending with the past season is that their heights are very closely matched which makes some of the holds and lifts more difficult, but they've been handling it well so far.

Baklanova and Bagin have only competed once on the JGP and are looking for their first medal.  The Russians are very strong in Ice Dance, and they train with Alexander Zhulin one of the top dance coaches in Russia.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Yanovskaya/Mozgov
Silver: Bent/Mackeen
Bronze: Parsons/Parsons

Bios of the competitors:
Smith/Eisenbauer, AUT: They placed 32nd at Junior Worlds.  Their personal best is 79.50.  She is 16 and he is 15.

Abts/Buckens, BEL: They placed 33rd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 13th at JGP France and 17th at JGP Turkey last season.  Their personal best is 77.67.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Bent/MacKeen, CAN: They finished 5th at Junior Worlds.  They won gold at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 129.16.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Collins/Seymour, CAN: This is their international debut.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Zhao/Liu, CHN: This is their international debut.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Konickova/Lang, CZE: They finished 15th at JGP Slovenia last season.  Their personal best is 87.46.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Vadskjaer Grapek/Jones, DEN: This is their international debut.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Dias/Sanchis, FRA: This is their JGP debut.  She is 15 and he is 20.

Rouffanche/Brissaud, FRA: This is their international debut.  She is 16 and he is 15.

Schiffner/Salatzki, GER: They finished 19th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 13th at JGP Slovenia and 10th at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 97.80.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Steffan/Steffan, GER: This is their JGP debut.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Dyson/Dredge, GBR: They placed 12th at JGP France last season.  Their personal best is 63.14.  She is 15 and he is 21.

Moscheni/Lukacs, HUN: This is their international debut.  She is 18 and he is 17.

Ghislandi/Ortenzi, ITA: They placed 7th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 99.90.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Kim/Minov, KOR: They finished 20th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 10th at JGP Croatia last season.  Their personal best is 104.48.  She is 15 and he is 20.

Baklanova/Bagin, RUS: They finished 8th at JGP Turkey last season.  Their personal best is 115.44.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Yanovskaya/Mozgov, RUS: They won silver at JGP Austria and JGP Slovenia last season to qualify for the JGPF where they finished 4th.  Their personal best is 146.96.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Gaistruk/Olejnik, UKR: They finished 12th at JGP Croatia last season.  Their personal best is 95.95.  She is 15 and he is 19.

Moore/Klaber, USA: They finished 8th at JGP France last season.  Their personal best is 103.04.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Parsons/Parsons, USA: They placed 6th at JGP Austria and won bronze at JGP Croatia.  Their personal best is 134.09.  She is 15 and he is 17.