JGP Italy Recap

Men
Han Yan increased his score by 14 points in one week and earned his second gold medal and a spot in the Junior Grand Prix Final.  Jason Brown took home the silver medal and also secured a spot in the Final.  June-Hyoung Lee took home his 1st medal, a bronze.

Some skaters had weaker performances here, than earlier this season.  Artur Dmitriev botched the jumps in his short program and finished 23 points less than Poland and will likely not make the Final.  Maurizio Zandron finished 12 points less than in Austria and Yoji Tsuboi finished 13 points below his score in Latvia.

Filippo Ambrosini improved his score by 24 points since Poland and Luiz Manella improved his personal best by 40 points in his season debut.

Ladies
Julia Lipnitskaia set a record for her score on route to her second gold medal of the season and a trip to the Junior Grand Prix Final as the top seeded skater.  She also increased her score by 11 points since Poland.  Her teammate Anna Shershak took home the silver medal in her international debut.  Hannah Miller, also making her international debut, won the bronze.

Anita Madsen finished 12 points higher than in Australia and climbed from 17th in the short to 8th overall.  So Youn Park increased her score by 13 points since Austria.  Isadora Williams had the biggest improvement of the ladies event, increasing her personal best by 21 points in her season debut.

Satoko Miyahara finished 19 points below the mark she set in Poland where she won the silver medal.  Micol Cristini finished 13 points less than Romania.  Isabelle Olsson finished 12 points below her personal best in her season debut and Sandy Hoffman finished 22 points below her personal best.  Courtney Hicks withdrew after sustaining an injury during her free skate.

Dance
Stepanova and Bukin won their second gold medal of the season and claimed their spot in the Final.  They closed the gap between themselves and their teammates Sinitsina and Zhiganshin and the race for gold in the Final should be very close.  Zenkova and Sinitsin increased their score by 15 points since Romania to capture the silver medal and Bonacorsi and Mager took home the bronze.

Tessari and Colafato finished 12 points below their score in Poland.  Yermak and Liubchenko finished 19 points above their personal best in their season debut.

JGP Italy Ladies Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Julia LIPNITSKAIA	RUS	119.34	63.10		56.24	7.18	6.79	7.18	7.00	7.00	0.00	#29
2	Anna SHERSHAK	RUS	98.73	47.83		50.90	6.43	6.07	6.46	6.46	6.39	0.00	#32
3	Satoko MIYAHARA	JPN	98.33	50.84		47.49	6.21	5.61	6.04	5.93	5.89	0.00	#24
4	So-Youn PARK	KOR	95.65	49.93		45.72	6.18	5.21	5.89	5.61	5.68	0.00	#28
5	Hannah MILLER	USA	93.96	41.18		52.78	6.57	6.39	6.68	6.64	6.71	0.00	#31
6	Ziquan ZHAO	CHN	87.53	46.56		41.97	5.68	4.86	5.36	5.36	4.96	1.00	#30
7	Kate CHARBONNEAU	CAN	81.23	37.57		45.66	5.86	5.57	5.71	5.71	5.68	2.00	#27
8	Anita MADSEN	DEN	78.49	42.49		36.00	4.79	4.39	4.54	4.54	4.25	0.00	#19
9	Laurine LECAVELIER	FRA	75.63	40.46		36.17	4.79	4.25	4.57	4.57	4.43	1.00	#12
10	Isadora WILLIAMS	BRA	72.59	38.80		34.79	4.64	4.00	4.50	4.32	4.29	1.00	#8
11	Brooklee HAN	AUS	71.38	36.85		36.53	4.71	4.29	4.61	4.68	4.54	2.00	#18
12	Saya UENO	JPN	71.21	31.06		41.15	5.43	5.00	5.04	5.18	5.07	1.00	#23
13	Isabelle OLSSON	SWE	70.92	35.71		37.21	5.21	4.36	4.61	4.64	4.43	2.00	#22
14	Eveliina VILJANEN	FIN	69.94	32.23		39.71	5.21	4.75	4.96	4.96	4.93	2.00	#21
15	Sandy HOFFMANN	GER	67.32	31.12		37.20	5.00	4.43	4.57	4.82	4.43	1.00	#25
16	Sabrina SCHULZ	AUT	66.47	31.33		35.14	4.50	4.14	4.43	4.46	4.43	0.00	#13
17	Caterina ANDERMARCHER	ITA	65.21	30.66		35.55	4.54	4.25	4.54	4.46	4.43	1.00	#17
18	Romy BUEHLER	SUI	63.74	31.12		34.62	4.57	4.04	4.32	4.46	4.25	2.00	#16
19	Victoria MANNI	ITA	63.11	27.85		35.26	4.46	4.18	4.43	4.50	4.46	0.00	#14
20	Elena MANGAS	ESP	62.51	32.05		31.46	4.11	3.61	3.96	4.11	3.86	1.00	#7
21	Micol CRISTINI	ITA	60.59	27.98		33.61	4.61	3.79	4.25	4.32	4.04	1.00	#11
22	Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK	THA	60.55	25.48		35.07	4.64	4.18	4.50	4.46	4.14	0.00	#20
23	Nika CERIC	SLO	59.99	28.13		31.86	4.14	3.75	4.00	4.14	3.89	0.00	#15
24	Anais CLAES	BEL	57.66	27.30		30.36	3.75	3.64	3.86	3.86	3.86	0.00	#2
25	Alexandra KUNOVA	SVK	55.78	29.64		27.14	3.86	3.04	3.39	3.46	3.21	1.00	#6
26	Tsz Ying Crystal CHIK	HKG	54.90	29.54		25.36	3.54	2.96	3.14	3.25	2.96	0.00	#3
27	Isabella SCHUSTER	GRE	50.32	24.28		27.04	3.68	3.25	3.36	3.54	3.07	1.00	#9
28	Aislin ROSADO	MEX	48.82	23.99		25.83	3.43	2.93	3.39	3.21	3.18	1.00	#5
29	Denisa SANDU	ROU	46.29	21.04		25.25	3.54	2.89	3.07	3.25	3.04	0.00	#10
30	Ashley BRICKMAN	PHI	39.67	15.79		24.88	3.54	2.79	3.11	3.11	3.00	1.00	#4
31	Deirdre FAEGRE	IRL	33.71	18.58		17.13	2.39	1.93	2.07	2.25	2.07	2.00	#1
WD	Courtney HICKS	USA											#26

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Julia LIPNITSKAIA	RUS	183.05	1	1
2	Anna SHERSHAK	RUS	150.21	3	2
3	Hannah MILLER	USA	146.74	2	5
4	So-Youn PARK	KOR	144.71	4	4
5	Satoko MIYAHARA	JPN	143.24	7	3
6	Ziquan ZHAO	CHN	133.33	5	6
7	Kate CHARBONNEAU	CAN	127.01	6	7
8	Anita MADSEN	DEN	115.55	17	8
9	Isabelle OLSSON	SWE	114.77	9	13
10	Saya UENO	JPN	114.30	10	12
11	Eveliina VILJANEN	FIN	110.65	11	14
12	Laurine LECAVELIER	FRA	110.34	20	9
13	Brooklee HAN	AUS	109.06	15	11
14	Sandy HOFFMANN	GER	105.65	12	15
15	Caterina ANDERMARCHER	ITA	103.04	14	17
16	Sabrina SCHULZ	AUT	102.87	19	16
17	Romy BUEHLER	SUI	101.33	16	18
18	Isadora WILLIAMS	BRA	101.20	27	10
19	Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK	THA	98.64	13	22
20	Nika CERIC	SLO	96.97	18	23
21	Victoria MANNI	ITA	96.54	21	19
22	Elena MANGAS	ESP	93.54	25	20
23	Micol CRISTINI	ITA	92.83	22	21
24	Alexandra KUNOVA	SVK	86.92	24	25
25	Tsz Ying Crystal CHIK	HKG	82.27	28	26
26	Isabella SCHUSTER	GRE	82.04	23	27
27	Anais CLAES	BEL	82.03	30	24
28	Denisa SANDU	ROU	77.18	26	29
29	Aislin ROSADO	MEX	73.00	31	28
30	Ashley BRICKMAN	PHI	64.40	29	30
31	Deirdre FAEGRE	IRL	52.53	32	31

JGP Italy Free Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	87.12	41.22		45.90	7.79	7.46	7.71	7.68	7.71	0.00	#16
2	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	76.74	35.64		41.10	6.89	6.71	6.89	6.93	6.93	0.00	#14
3	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	75.96	36.28		39.68	6.61	6.43	6.75	6.71	6.71	0.00	#15
4	Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN	GER	72.46	35.51		36.95	6.25	5.96	6.18	6.32	6.21	0.00	#13
5	Victoria HASEGAWA / Connor HASEGAWA	CAN	66.92	32.94		33.98	5.79	5.54	5.68	5.79	5.57	0.00	#11
6	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	63.22	31.50		31.72	5.39	5.11	5.36	5.36	5.32	0.00	#6
7	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	60.74	33.22		31.52	5.39	5.04	5.32	5.32	5.32	4.00	#8
8	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	60.42	27.08		33.34	5.57	5.32	5.75	5.68	5.64	0.00	#10
9	Lolita YERMAK / Alexander LIUBCHENKO	UKR	59.34	25.64		33.70	5.79	5.43	5.57	5.68	5.71	0.00	#9
10	Caelen DALMER / Shane FIRUS	CAN	59.24	29.36		29.88	4.93	4.82	5.07	5.07	5.14	0.00	#12
11	Lindsay POUSSET / Louis THAURON	FRA	57.64	30.57		27.07	4.61	4.32	4.61	4.64	4.50	0.00	#4
12	Sarah COWARD / Avidan BROWN	GBR	53.21	24.98		29.23	4.93	4.71	4.79	5.04	5.00	1.00	#7
13	Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI	ITA	53.11	25.79		27.32	4.61	4.46	4.61	4.64	4.50	0.00	#5
14	Jasmine TESSARI / Stefano COLAFATO	ITA	49.75	28.15		21.60	3.79	3.39	3.61	3.71	3.61	0.00	#2
15	Cortney MANSOUR / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV	KAZ	48.62	26.00		22.62	3.96	3.61	3.82	3.89	3.64	0.00	#3
16	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	41.58	21.95		19.63	3.39	3.18	3.29	3.39	3.14	0.00	#1

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	149.98	1	1
2	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	130.58	2	2
3	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	129.63	3	3
4	Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN	GER	124.35	4	4
5	Victoria HASEGAWA / Connor HASEGAWA	CAN	118.45	5	5
6	Lolita YERMAK / Alexander LIUBCHENKO	UKR	110.75	6	9
7	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	107.73	7	8
8	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	103.28	12	6
9	Caelen DALMER / Shane FIRUS	CAN	102.38	8	10
10	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	100.96	11	7
11	Lindsay POUSSET / Louis THAURON	FRA	97.46	13	11
12	Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI	ITA	95.03	9	13
13	Sarah COWARD / Avidan BROWN	GBR	94.58	10	12
14	Cortney MANSOUR / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV	KAZ	81.69	14	15
15	Jasmine TESSARI / Stefano COLAFATO	ITA	76.99	16	14
16	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	70.08	15	16

JGP Italy Men's Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Han YAN	CHN	147.30	75.60		71.70	7.39	6.93	7.14	7.18	7.21	0.00	#23
2	Jason BROWN	USA	125.91	58.17		68.74	6.79	6.79	6.86	6.93	7.00	1.00	#21
3	Artur DMITRIEV	RUS	121.20	59.84		63.36	6.46	6.18	6.29	6.43	6.32	2.00	#24
4	June-Hyoung LEE	KOR	118.50	57.52		60.98	6.18	5.89	6.07	6.14	6.21	0.00	#25
5	Jay YOSTANTO	USA	105.47	48.83		56.64	6.00	5.50	5.64	5.64	5.54	0.00	#26
6	Martin RAPPE	GER	101.81	53.01		50.80	5.36	4.79	5.14	5.11	5.00	2.00	#19
7	Maurizio ZANDRON	ITA	98.50	46.86		52.64	5.29	5.07	5.25	5.32	5.39	1.00	#20
8	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	96.89	46.89		53.00	5.57	5.18	5.25	5.36	5.14	3.00	#22
9	Noah SCHERER	SUI	94.02	47.74		46.28	4.89	4.43	4.64	4.54	4.64	0.00	#11
10	Christophe BELLEY-LEMELIN	CAN	92.55	44.31		49.24	5.00	4.61	5.04	4.93	5.04	1.00	#16
11	Saverio GIACOMELLI	ITA	88.23	42.45		46.78	4.86	4.39	4.64	4.75	4.75	1.00	#12
12	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	84.10	38.62		46.48	4.64	4.43	4.71	4.64	4.82	1.00	#13
13	Igor REZNICHENKO	UKR	81.65	37.71		45.94	4.75	4.54	4.57	4.61	4.50	2.00	#14
14	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	79.66	29.80		50.86	5.18	4.86	5.11	5.07	5.21	1.00	#17
15	Filippo AMBROSINI	ITA	79.51	32.95		48.56	4.86	4.64	4.82	4.96	5.00	2.00	#18
16	Marco ZAKOURIL	CZE	75.67	37.79		38.88	4.04	3.61	3.86	3.93	4.00	1.00	#6
17	Yoji TSUBOI	JPN	74.08	31.14		44.94	4.86	4.39	4.36	4.50	4.36	2.00	#9
18	Vlad IONESCU	ROU	72.37	33.23		40.14	4.25	3.89	3.93	4.04	3.96	1.00	#8
19	Shu NAKAMURA	JPN	70.48	28.92		43.56	4.54	4.21	4.14	4.46	4.43	2.00	#15
20	Krysztof GALA	POL	66.93	34.43		33.50	3.68	3.11	3.32	3.43	3.21	1.00	#3
21	Oliver PORTER	AUS	64.44	29.30		36.14	3.96	3.29	3.75	3.64	3.43	1.00	#7
22	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	62.04	30.48		32.56	3.57	2.93	3.39	3.25	3.14	1.00	#1
23	Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO	MEX	59.50	22.44		38.06	3.86	3.71	3.71	3.89	3.86	1.00	#10
24	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	51.61	23.33		31.28	3.46	2.86	3.21	3.11	3.00	3.00	#5
25	Adil ZHARBOLOV	KAZ	49.31	18.51		32.80	3.50	3.04	3.21	3.29	3.36	2.00	#2
26	Suchet KONGCHIM	THA	48.97	23.41		29.56	3.43	2.71	3.00	2.89	2.75	4.00	#4

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Han YAN	CHN	219.37	1	1
2	Jason BROWN	USA	194.28	2	2
3	June-Hyoung LEE	KOR	176.48	4	4
4	Artur DMITRIEV	RUS	174.19	5	3
5	Jay YOSTANTO	USA	164.27	3	5
6	Martin RAPPE	GER	152.51	7	6
7	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	149.03	6	8
8	Maurizio ZANDRON	ITA	143.19	11	7
9	Noah SCHERER	SUI	137.79	13	9
10	Christophe BELLEY-LEMELIN	CAN	137.54	10	10
11	Saverio GIACOMELLI	ITA	131.99	14	11
12	Igor REZNICHENKO	UKR	125.87	12	13
13	Filippo AMBROSINI	ITA	125.64	8	15
14	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	125.31	16	12
15	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	125.08	9	14
16	Marco ZAKOURIL	CZE	116.32	18	16
17	Yoji TSUBOI	JPN	114.79	17	17
18	Shu NAKAMURA	JPN	113.71	15	19
19	Vlad IONESCU	ROU	107.80	19	18
20	Oliver PORTER	AUS	96.67	21	21
21	Krysztof GALA	POL	96.24	25	20
22	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	92.95	23	22
23	Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO	MEX	92.84	20	23
24	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	81.46	24	24
25	Suchet KONGCHIM	THA	80.30	22	26
26	Adil ZHARBOLOV	KAZ	71.34	26	25