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Friday, September 6, 2013

JGP Mexico Ladies Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Polina EDMUNDS	USA	57.78	33.35	24.43	6.21	5.83	6.29	6.04	6.17	0.00	#9
2	Natalia OGORELTSEVA	RUS	57.49	33.43	24.06	6.04	5.75	6.17	6.04	6.08	0.00	#22
3	Julianne SEGUIN	CAN	50.98	28.53	22.45	5.88	5.50	5.58	5.54	5.58	0.00	#19
4	Mariah BELL	USA	49.91	26.55	23.36	5.88	5.50	5.83	5.96	6.04	0.00	#7
5	Alsu KAIUMOVA	RUS	48.42	29.28	20.14	5.33	4.88	4.92	5.13	4.92	1.00	#15
6	Rika HONGO	JPN	48.09	25.99	22.10	5.88	5.50	5.42	5.54	5.29	0.00	#16
7	Da Bin CHOI	KOR	47.48	26.25	21.23	5.63	5.13	5.29	5.21	5.29	0.00	#29
8	Giada RUSSO	ITA	43.87	23.90	20.97	5.33	5.17	5.25	5.25	5.21	1.00	#30
9	Josefine TALJEGARD	SWE	43.56	22.03	22.53	5.38	5.42	5.58	5.83	5.96	1.00	#24
10	Netta SCHREIBER	ISR	43.43	23.82	20.61	5.33	5.00	5.08	5.29	5.08	1.00	#17
11	Sandrine MARTIN	CAN	43.25	22.98	20.27	5.04	4.75	5.13	5.21	5.21	0.00	#4
12	Lyydia MAATTANEN	FIN	42.53	22.14	20.39	5.17	4.92	5.17	5.17	5.04	0.00	#8
13	Chloe ING	SIN	40.93	21.27	19.66	4.79	4.63	5.13	5.08	4.96	0.00	#13
14	Tanja ODERMATT	SUI	39.22	22.50	16.72	4.42	3.96	4.21	4.17	4.13	0.00	#6
15	Melanie Yuung-Hui CHANG	TPE	39.03	21.39	18.64	4.92	4.50	4.63	4.71	4.54	1.00	#28
16	Brooklee HAN	AUS	39.01	19.31	20.70	5.25	4.92	5.04	5.38	5.29	1.00	#27
17	Michaela DU TOIT	RSA	36.52	19.93	16.59	4.29	3.83	4.25	4.25	4.13	0.00	#25
18	Dominika MURCKOVA	SVK	34.91	17.56	17.35	4.58	4.25	4.21	4.33	4.33	0.00	#5
19	Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU	GRE	32.02	16.79	16.23	4.21	3.88	4.13	4.00	4.08	1.00	#21
20	Samantha CABILES	PHI	30.96	15.33	15.63	4.00	3.63	3.96	3.88	4.08	0.00	#26
21	Promsan RATTANADILOK NA PHUKET	THA	30.79	17.43	15.36	4.08	3.63	3.75	3.92	3.83	2.00	#23
22	Yong Yeu Tiffany LAU	HKG	29.26	15.29	13.97	3.54	3.25	3.58	3.42	3.67	0.00	#2
23	Maria Jose CAVAZOS	MEX	29.10	15.33	13.77	3.46	3.33	3.46	3.50	3.46	0.00	#1
24	Michelle QUINTERO	MEX	26.41	12.83	14.58	4.04	3.46	3.63	3.67	3.42	1.00	#11
25	Sarah MACGIBBON	NZL	25.65	13.52	13.13	3.38	3.17	3.33	3.33	3.21	1.00	#14
26	Amirah Azfariena AZHARI	MAS	19.71	9.35	11.36	3.08	2.75	2.88	2.88	2.63	1.00	#10
27	Anhelina BOSKO	ARG	19.31	8.98	11.33	3.00	2.71	2.83	2.88	2.75	1.00	#18
28	Itzel GAITAN	MEX	18.13	7.78	12.35	3.17	3.00	2.96	3.13	3.17	2.00	#3
WD	Jennifer PARKER	GER										#20
WD	Anavi TEKRIWAL	IND										#12

JGP Mexico Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER	USA	56.11	29.50	26.61	6.50	6.58	6.67	6.83	6.67	0.00	#7
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	53.46	27.66	25.80	6.33	6.42	6.42	6.58	6.50	0.00	#3
3	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	43.97	21.83	22.14	5.50	5.42	5.50	5.75	5.50	0.00	#6
4	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	42.71	21.99	21.72	5.67	5.58	5.17	5.50	5.25	1.00	#2
5	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	42.50	23.49	19.01	4.50	4.75	4.75	5.00	4.75	0.00	#5
6	Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER	GRE	38.58	20.83	17.75	4.58	4.17	4.58	4.42	4.42	0.00	#1
7	Mina ZDRAVKOVA / Henry AIKEN	GBR	29.71	16.67	13.04	3.33	3.08	3.42	3.33	3.17	0.00	#4

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

JGP Mexico Dance Preview

Despite this being a relatively small field, only two of the teams are making their international debuts and two of these teams took home medals from the JGP last season.

Hawayek and Baker were a new team last season and took home a silver medal from JGP Germany. They finished in the top 10 in their first trip to Junior Worlds. They train at the Detroit Skating Club home to some of the top ice dance teams in the World and with the renowned coaches Krylova and Camerlengo. They have a very nice style together on the ice and she has a ton of personality in their programs. They won both their segments at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships and set themselves up to be one of the top US junior teams this season. However, their Junior Worlds score was their lowest score of the season and they'll need to keep their levels up and be more consistent in their scores.

Edwards and Pang won bronze medals at both of their JGP events last season and just missed qualifying for the Final. They went on to finish just outside the top 10 at Junior Worlds. They also won both of their segments at Lake Placid earlier this summer but were a few points behind Edwards and Pang. They also had some inconsistency last season with a nearly 22 point spread between events.

Sforza and Fioretti finished just .01 points behind Hawayek and Baker at their first JGP assignment last year and were only a point behind Edwards and Pang at Junior Worlds. They seem poised to claim the first JGP medal of their careers if they can continue to keep pace with the top two teams here.

Evdokimova and Bazin also finished off the podium at their two events last season but finished solidly within the top 10. They're also chasing their first JGP medal here.

One young team to keep an eye on is Lewis and Bye. They are the reigning US novice champions and at just 13 and 15 have several years of JGP eligibility ahead of them. They finished in the top 3 in both of their segments at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Hawayek/Baker
Silver: Edwards/Pang
Bronze: Sforza/Fioretti

Bios of the competitors:
Desveaux/Razgulajevs, CAN: This is their international debut. She is 16 and he is 16.

Edwards/Pang, CAN: They placed 12th at Junior Worlds. They won bronze at JGP France and bronze at JGP Turkey last season. Their personal best is 135.01. She is 17 and he is 18.

Zdrakova/Aiken, GBR: They placed 17th at JGP Slovenia last season. Their personal best is 65.60. She is 14 and he is 17.

Glastris/Lettner, GRE: They placed 26th at Junior Worlds. They finished 16th at JGP Turkey and 13th at JGP Croatia last season. Their personal best is 92.15. She is 18 and he is 20.

Sforza/Fioretti, ITA: They finished 13th at Junior Worlds. They placed 6th at JGP Turkey last season. Their personal best is 127.98. She is 18 and he is 20.

Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS: They placed 5th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Slovenia last season. Their personal best is 116.81. She is 16 and he is 17.

Hawayek/Baker, USA: They placed 7th at Junior Worlds. They finished 5th at JGP Turkey and won silver at JGP Germany last season. Their personal best is 138.61. She is 16 and he is 19.

Lewis/Bye, USA: This is their international debut. She is 13 and he is 15.

Monday, September 2, 2013

JGP Mexico Ladies Preview

Polina Edmunds is making her JGP debut here and ready to take the international scene by storm. After spending several seasons nationally at the Junior level getting good results and some notice, she took the junior ladies title at US nationals with her triple + triple combinations and improved style. She is capable of both the triple lutz + triple toe and the triple flip + triple toe and has been known to include both in her free skate. She scored nearly 160 points in her win at Gardena Spring Trophy last season and after strong summer results, looks poised to make the podium here.

Rika Hongo finished in the top 10 at Junior Worlds and took home a silver medal from the JGP last season. She is also the only lady at this event to win a medal on the JGP last season. She was consistently in the 140 range all season and will need to up her elements and program components to reach the next level and give herself a chance at the Final this year.

Da Bin Choi of Korea is making her JGP debut at just 13 years old. She has had one international competition this season, the Asian Figure Skating Trophy, where she scored just over 140 points. If she can replicate that result, she'll be solidly in the mix for medals here.

Julianne Seguin finished 2nd at Skate Detroit earlier this summer and has been attempting a double axel + triple toe. She had some problems with under-rotations and messy landings at this competition but if she can clean everything up then she could also make a run for the podium. Her best finish on the JGP was 7th last season but she did manage to finish in the top 10 at Four Continents. Her teammate Sandrine Martin placed 2nd at the Liberty Summer Competition and is making her international debut.

One thing is for certain in junior ladies, and that is that you can never count out the Russians. They are sending a 14 and a 13 year old both making their international debuts to this competition. Alsu placed 14th in the Junior Ladies event at Russian nationals and 9th in Senior ladies while Natalia finished 13th in Senior ladies. Both of their scores at Russian nationals would land them on the podium here, but nationals results tend to be slightly inflated.

Another skater to look for is Mariah Bell. She made her international debut back in 2011 and did not receive any international assignments last season. She has an infectious personality on the ice and is a solid short program skater. Her biggest weakness over the past few seasons has been putting out a clean free skate to keep her on top the standings.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Polina Edmunds
Silver: Rika Hongo
Bronze: Alsu Kaiumova

Bios of the competitors:
Anhelina Bosko, ARG: She placed 23rd at JGP USA last season. Her personal best is 63.15. She is 15 years old.

Brooklee Han, AUS: She placed 21st at Worlds, 12th at Four Continents and 16th at Junior Worlds. She finished 8th at JGP USA and 12th at JGP Turkey last season. Her personal best is 141.88. She is 18 years old.

Sandrine Martin, CAN: This is her international debut. She is 15 years old.

Julianne Seguin, CAN: She placed 11th at Four Continents. She finished 7th at JGP France and 10th at JGP Slovenia last season. Her personal best is 146.58. She is 16 years old.

Melanie Yuung-Hui Chang, TPE: This is her JGP debut. She is 17 years old.

Lyydia Maattanen, FIN: This is her JGP debut. She is 15 years old.

Jennifer Parker, GER: She placed 18th at JGP Slovenia last season. Her personal best is 99.52. She is 17 years old.

Isabella Schuster-Vellisariou, GRE: She finished 33rd at Europeans and 37th at Junior Worlds. She finished 24th at JGP Germany last season. Her personal best is 82.04. She is 17 years old.

Yong Yeu Tiffany Lau, HKG: She placed 31st at JGP Slovenia last season. Her personal best is 69.73. She is 16 years old.

Anavi Tekriwal, IND: This is her international debut. She is 15 years old.

Netta Schreiber, ISR: She placed 32nd at Junior Worlds. She finished 14th at JGP USA and 23rd at JGP Turkey last season. Her personal best is 101.33. She is 15 years old.

Giada Russo, ITA: She placed 13th at JGP Germany last season. Her personal best is 115.47. She is 16 years old.

Rika Hongo, JPN: She placed 9th at Junior Worlds. She won silver at JGP France and placed 5th at JGP Croatia last season. Her personal best is 149.38. She is 17 years old.

Amirah Azfariena Azhari, MAS: This is her international debut. She is 14 years old.

Maria Jose Cavazos, MEX: This is her international debut. She is 17 years old.

Itzel Gaytan, MEX: This is her international debut. She is 18 years old.

Michelle Quintero, MEX: She placed 26th at JGP Germany last season. Her personal best is 74.76. She is 18 years old.

Sarah MacGibbon, NZL: This is her JGP debut. She is 18 years old.

Samantha Caibles, PHI: This is her international debut. She is 16 years old.

Da Bin Choi, KOR: This is her JGP debut. She is 13 years old.

Alsu Kaiumova, RUS: This is her international debut. She is 14 years old.

Natalia Ogoreltseva, RUS: This is her international debut. She is 13 years old.

Chloe Ing, SIN: This is her international debut. She is 14 years old.

Dominika Murckova, SVK: She placed 13th at JGP Croatia last season. Her personal best is 104.66. She is 17 years old.

Michaela Du Toit, RSA: This is her international debut. She is 13 years old.

Josefine Taljegard, SWE: She finished 24th at Junior Worlds. She placed 10th at JGP USA and 7th at JGP Croatia last season. Her personal best is 122.99. She is 18 years old.

Tanja Odermatt, SUI: She placed 20th at JGP France last season. Her personal best is 91.49. She is 16 years old.

Promsan Rattanadilok Nu Phuket, THA: She placed 28th at JGP Austria last season. Her personal best is 75.59. She is 14 years old.

Mariah Bell, USA: This is her JGP debut. She is 17 years old.

Polina Edumunds, USA: This is her JGP debut. She is 15 years old.

Slovenia Open Men's Results

Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Michal BREZINA	CZE	71.49	34.40	38.09	8.00	7.50	7.25	7.67	7.67	1.00	#3
2	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROM	63.67	34.16	30.51	6.17	6.00	6.00	6.17	6.17	1.00	#6
3	Kim LUCINE	MON	60.67	29.93	30.74	6.00	5.75	6.08	6.33	6.58	0.00	#4
4	Stephane WALKER	SUI	55.19	27.52	27.67	5.75	5.42	5.25	5.75	5.50	0.00	#2
5	Justus STRID	DEN	54.34	27.00	28.34	5.92	5.50	5.58	5.67	5.67	1.00	#7
6	Osman AKGUN	TUR	42.87	20.70	22.17	4.50	4.25	4.42	4.42	4.58	0.00	#5
7	Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	36.72	16.48	21.24	4.58	4.08	4.08	4.33	4.17	1.00	#1

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Kim LUCINE	MON	126.82	64.16	63.66	6.08	5.92	6.42	6.58	6.83	1.00	#7
2	Michal BREZINA	CZE	125.83	53.67	74.16	7.92	7.17	7.33	7.33	7.33	2.00	#5
3	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROM	118.43	59.27	60.16	6.33	5.50	6.08	6.00	6.17	1.00	#4
4	Justus STRID	DEN	110.43	53.61	56.82	5.83	5.33	5.83	5.67	5.75	0.00	#3
5	Stephane WALKER	SUI	108.75	55.57	55.18	5.92	4.92	5.50	5.75	5.50	2.00	#6
6	Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	89.90	47.06	42.84	4.58	3.92	4.25	4.50	4.17	0.00	#2
7	Osman AKGUN	TUR	81.68	43.84	37.84	4.25	3.42	3.75	3.83	3.67	0.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Michal BREZINA	CZE	197.32	1	2
2	Kim LUCINE	MON	187.49	3	1
3	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROM	182.10	2	3
4	Justus STRID	DEN	164.77	5	4
5	Stephane WALKER	SUI	163.94	4	5
6	Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	126.62	7	6
7	Osman AKGUN	TUR	124.55	6	7

Slovenia Open Ladies Results

Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Kerstin FRANK	AUT	46.91	24.25	22.66	5.75	5.50	5.75	5.75	5.58	0.00	#1
2	Dasa GRM	SLO	45.15	25.21	21.94	5.75	5.50	5.25	5.42	5.50	2.00	#8
3	Fleur MAXWELL	LUX	43.45	20.99	22.46	5.83	5.50	5.58	5.67	5.50	0.00	#11
4	Sila SAYGI	TUR	39.80	19.66	20.14	5.08	4.75	5.17	5.17	5.00	0.00	#7
5	Nika CERIC	SLO	38.97	20.31	18.66	4.67	4.33	4.75	4.83	4.75	0.00	#4
6	Eliska BREZINOVA	CZE	36.72	17.74	19.98	5.33	4.58	4.92	5.08	5.08	1.00	#6
7	Birce ATABEY	TUR	35.98	18.66	17.32	4.58	4.17	4.25	4.33	4.33	0.00	#9
8	Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU	GRE	34.04	17.30	16.74	4.25	3.92	4.25	4.25	4.25	0.00	#5
9	Belinda SCHOENBERGER	AUT	32.94	17.60	17.34	4.58	4.17	4.17	4.50	4.25	2.00	#3
10	Tina STURZINGER	SUI	29.76	11.36	18.40	4.92	4.50	4.25	4.58	4.75	0.00	#10
11	Christina GRILL	AUT	28.51	15.77	14.74	3.92	3.42	3.67	3.83	3.58	2.00	#2

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Kerstin FRANK	AUT	83.98	39.45	46.53	6.00	5.58	5.83	5.75	5.92	2.00	#10
2	Dasa GRM	SLO	77.59	34.13	43.46	5.75	5.33	5.33	5.42	5.33	0.00	#7
3	Fleur MAXWELL	LUX	77.25	32.98	46.27	5.83	5.42	5.75	5.92	6.00	2.00	#8
4	Birce ATABEY	TUR	76.75	42.48	34.27	4.50	3.92	4.42	4.25	4.33	0.00	#2
5	Eliska BREZINOVA	CZE	75.18	35.71	39.47	5.08	4.67	5.00	5.00	4.92	0.00	#9
6	Nika CERIC	SLO	69.32	31.19	38.13	5.00	4.58	4.50	4.92	4.83	0.00	#11
7	Tina STURZINGER	SUI	66.08	32.54	34.54	4.67	4.00	4.25	4.50	4.17	1.00	#4
8	Sila SAYGI	TUR	64.33	26.73	37.60	4.75	4.33	4.67	4.92	4.83	0.00	#6
9	Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU	GRE	59.65	26.85	32.80	4.25	3.83	4.00	4.25	4.17	0.00	#3
10	Christina GRILL	AUT	58.56	28.88	30.68	3.92	3.67	3.75	3.92	3.92	1.00	#5

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Kerstin FRANK	AUT	130.89	1	1
2	Dasa GRM	SLO	122.74	2	2
3	Fleur MAXWELL	LUX	120.70	3	3
4	Birce ATABEY	TUR	112.73	7	4
5	Eliska BREZINOVA	CZE	111.90	6	5
6	Nika CERIC	SLO	108.29	5	6
7	Sila SAYGI	TUR	104.13	4	8
8	Tina STURZINGER	SUI	95.84	10	7
9	Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU	GRE	93.69	8	9
10	Christina GRILL	AUT	87.07	11	10
WD	Belinda SCHOENBERGER	AUT

Saturday, August 31, 2013

JGP Latvia Free Dance Results

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD	RUS	75.50	38.10	37.40	6.21	6.04	6.36	6.32	6.39	0.00	#9
2	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	75.03	35.71	39.32	6.54	6.39	6.64	6.64	6.68	0.00	#10
3	Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN	CAN	72.72	34.81	37.91	6.36	6.14	6.36	6.39	6.46	0.00	#11
4	Elliana POGREBINSKY / Ross GUDIS	USA	71.53	36.55	35.98	6.00	5.93	6.00	6.14	5.96	1.00	#12
5	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	67.93	33.73	34.20	5.71	5.57	5.71	5.71	5.89	0.00	#8
6	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	63.50	32.13	32.37	5.39	5.36	5.25	5.57	5.43	1.00	#5
7	Sara GHISLANDI / Giona Terzo ORTENZI	ITA	61.42	28.95	32.47	5.25	5.25	5.50	5.61	5.61	0.00	#7
8	Florence CLARKE / Tim DIECK	GER	55.02	29.78	25.24	4.36	4.00	4.29	4.25	4.25	0.00	#3
9	Kathrin HAUSER / Sevan LERCHE	GER	54.97	27.34	27.63	4.71	4.39	4.71	4.71	4.64	0.00	#6
10	Olga JAKUSHINA / Aleksandrs GRISHINS	LAT	51.47	27.42	24.05	4.14	3.86	3.93	4.11	4.07	0.00	#2
11	Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKI	BLR	50.27	28.16	22.11	3.75	3.54	3.68	3.86	3.68	0.00	#4
12	Reka STAUDT / Mate STAUDT	HUN	41.47	22.60	19.87	3.54	3.21	3.25	3.43	3.14	1.00	#1