JGP France Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	52.91	27.30		25.61	6.45	6.25	6.35	6.40	6.50	0.00	#5
2	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	52.25	26.20		26.05	6.55	6.30	6.50	6.50	6.65	0.00	#11
3	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	46.53	25.40		21.13	5.30	5.10	5.20	5.35	5.40	0.00	#4
4	Victoria HASEGAWA / Connor HASEGAWA	CAN	45.68	25.10		20.58	5.15	5.00	5.10	5.30	5.15	0.00	#2
5	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	45.29	24.60		20.69	5.20	4.90	5.20	5.20	5.30	0.00	#13
6	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	45.00	24.00		21.00	5.40	5.00	5.15	5.40	5.25	0.00	#1
7	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	44.54	23.80		20.74	5.00	4.90	5.30	5.25	5.40	0.00	#9
8	Holly MOORE / Daniel KLABER	USA	42.98	22.60		20.38	4.95	4.75	5.25	5.20	5.25	0.00	#3
9	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	40.86	21.30		19.56	5.05	4.75	4.85	5.05	4.75	0.00	#6
10	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	39.19	19.10		20.09	5.00	4.80	5.15	5.15	5.00	0.00	#10
11	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	38.91	16.70		22.21	5.55	5.25	5.65	5.60	5.65	0.00	#12
12	Charlotte DYSON / Paul DREDGE	GBR	27.43	14.70		13.73	3.55	3.25	3.45	3.55	3.35	1.00	#7
13	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	26.14	13.98		12.16	3.30	2.95	2.95	3.10	2.90	0.00	#8
14	Victoria-Laura LOHMUS / Andrei DAVODOV	EST	22.23	10.10		12.13	3.20	3.00	3.00	3.15	2.85	0.00	#14

JGP Courchevel Dance Preview

In the world of Junior Ice Dance, Russia reigns supreme.  Despite two medals on the Junior Grand Prix last season, Zenkova and Sinitsin were not named to the Junior Worlds team.  In one of the toughest events, their silver and bronze last season also left them out of the JGP Final.  They'll need higher placements if they want to make the Final and Junior Worlds for the first time and they have a great shot at their first gold here.  

Papadakis and Cizeron just missed the podium at both of their JGP events last season but broke out with a 5th place finish at Junior Worlds.  They have steadily been climbing the ranks and will be attempting to qualify for their first Final this season.  

Two Canadian teams are in the medal hunt.  Edwards and Pang finished 5th in their JGP debut last season.  They haven't competed internationally since but finished 2nd at nationals and should see an increase in their scores from last season given their scores at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships.  The Hasegawa siblings finished 5th at both of their events last season.  They dropped from 3rd in 2011 to 5th in 2012 at nationals and will have to make up ground to keep pace with their teammates.

Two U.S. teams are making their international debuts.  McNamara and Carpenter are the reigning US junior bronze medalists.  They are the youngest competitors at this event and she aged into juniors this season on the international level.  They have a unique style and their programs are always interesting.  Moore and Klaber are the reigning US novice champions and share the same coaches as Pechalat/Bourzat and Weaver/Poje.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Zenkova/Sinitsin
Silver: Papadakis/Cizeron
Bronze: McNamara/Carpenter

Bios of the competitors:

Kavaliova/Bieliaiev, BLR: They placed 19th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 8th at JGP Poland last season.  Their personal best is 111.34.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Abts/Buckens, BEL: They placed 16th at JGP Italy last season.  Their personal best is 70.08.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Edwards/Pang, CAN: They placed 5th at JGP Austria last season.  Their personal best is 122.90.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Hasegawa/Hasegawa, CAN: They placed 5th at JGP Poland and JGP Italy last season.  Their personal best is 118.45.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Lohmus/Davodov, EST: They finished 12th at the Youth Olympic Games.  They placed 20th at JGP Poland and Estonia last season.  Their personal best is 70.78.  She is 15 and he is 18.

Elizabeth/Le Gac, FRA: They finished 5th at the Youth Olympic Games.  They placed 9th at JGP Austria and 8th at JGP Italy last season.  Their personal best is 111.87.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA: They finished 5th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 4th at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia last season.  Their personal best is 138.70.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Rudchenko/Reggiani, FRA: They placed 14th at JGP Poland last season.  Their personal best is 91.71.  She is 17 and he is 20.

Dyson/Dredge, GBR:  This is their international debut.  She is 14 and he is 20.

Sforza/Fioretti, ITA: They finished 10th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 5th at JGP Romania and 7^th at JGP Italy last season.  Their personal best is 116.25.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS: They finished 7th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 116.81.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Zenkova/Sinitsin, RUS: They won bronze at JGP Australia and silver at JGP Italy last season. Their personal best is 130.58.  She is 17 and he is 20.

Korotitskaia/Spodirev, UKR: This is their JGP debut.  She is 14 and he is 18.

McNamara/Carpenter, USA: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 16.

Moore/Klaber, USA: This is their international debut.  She is 16 and he is 18.

JGP Italy Dance Preview

This promises to be a good event with several teams in contention for the podium.  Stepanova and Bukin of Russia already have a gold medal from Romania.  If they finish on the podium, they'll earn a spot in the JGP Final.  Their score in Romania is the highest in this field by a comfortable margin, so they should not have a problem repeating their gold medal performance here.

Bonacorsi and Mager of the United States took home the silver medal in Australia.  Last weekend, Orford and Williams, who won gold in Australia, showed that their scores didn't hold up in a larger field.  Bonacorsi and Mager will have to improve on their performance if they hope to make the medal stand again at this event.  They'll need a gold medal to guarantee a spot in the Final while a silver or bronze might land them in a tiebreaker.

Koch and Nuchtern of Germany finished just off the podium last weekend in Austria.  They have a real shot at climbing the ranks here and nabbing their first JGP medal if they can maintain their performance level and not burn out from two back to back competitions.

Zenkova and Sinitsin of Russia have a bronze medal from Australia.  If they want to make the Final, they'll need a gold medal.  A silver would put them in a possible tiebreaker.

Also in the mix are Hasegawa and Hawegawa of Canada.  They can't qualify no matter what the result here, and that lack of pressure could give them the extra edge to capture their first medal.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Stepanova/Bukin
Silver: Koch/Nuchtern
Bronze: Bonacorsi/Mager

Bios of the competitors:

Abts/Buckens, BEL:

Dalmer/Firus, CAN

Hasegawa/Hasegawa, CAN: They finished 5^th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 118.45.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Zhang/Wu, CHN: They finished 12th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 110.90.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Elizabeth/Le Gac, FRA: They finished 9^th at their international debut in Austria.  Their personal best is 111.87.  She is 15 and he is 16. 

Pousset/Thauron, FRA: They finished 10^th at their international debut in Austria.  Their personal best is 103.35.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Koch/Nuchtern, GER: They finished 4^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 124.09.  She is 18 and he is 19.

Coward/Brown, GBR: They finished 7^th at their JGP debut in Australia.  Their personal best is 92.66.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Cazzaniga/Ortenzi, ITA

Busi/Fabbri, ITA: They finished 11^th at their international debut in Austria.  Their personal best is 101.79.  He is 18.

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

Tessari/Colafato, ITA: They finished 16^th at their JGP debut in Poland.  Their personal best is 88.95.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Mansour/Zhunussov, KAZ

Zenkova/Sinitsin, RUS: They won bronze at JGP Australia.  Their personal best is 122.35.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Stepanova/Bukin, RUS: They won gold at JGP Romania.  They won gold at JGP France and Japan last season to qualify for the JGP Final where they won bronze.  Their personal best is 134.29.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Yermak/Liubchenko, UKR: They finished 7th at JGP France last season.  Their personal best is 91.28.  She is 15 and he is 19.

Bonacorsi/Mager, USA: They finished 11th at Junior Worlds.  They won silver at JGP Australia.  Their personal best is 123.62.  She is 18 and he is 20.