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 Belarus Free Dance Results

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	80.99	40.80		40.19	6.65	6.50	6.80	6.80	6.90	0.00	#14
2	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	76.89	39.24		37.65	6.35	5.95	6.50	6.30	6.50	0.00	#13
3	Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV	RUS	72.33	36.80		38.53	6.55	6.25	6.40	6.55	6.45	3.00	#15
4	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	69.22	33.20		36.02	6.05	5.75	6.10	6.05	6.25	0.00	#16
5	Carolane SOUCISSE / Simon TANGUAY	CAN	68.06	33.66		34.40	5.65	5.65	5.85	5.85	5.75	0.00	#12
6	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	66.69	34.20		32.49	5.40	5.25	5.50	5.50	5.55	0.00	#9
7	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	66.56	33.00		33.56	5.65	5.40	5.65	5.65	5.75	0.00	#11
8	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	63.23	29.50		33.73	5.80	5.30	5.75	5.65	5.80	0.00	#10
9	Loreen GEILER / Sven MIERSCH	GER	58.11	30.50		28.61	4.80	4.55	4.85	4.90	4.90	1.00	#5
10	Tory PATSIS / Joseph JOHNSON	USA	56.97	26.70		31.27	5.30	5.05	5.15	5.55	5.10	1.00	#8
11	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	55.98	30.80		25.18	4.35	4.05	4.30	4.35	4.00	0.00	#3
12	Jessica JIANG / Tyler MILLER	CAN	53.15	24.20		28.95	4.85	4.65	4.90	4.90	4.95	0.00	#7
13	Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI	BLR	52.18	25.84		26.34	4.35	4.20	4.50	4.45	4.60	0.00	#6
14	Laura BOUTARY / Alex LAMASSE	FRA	50.83	26.40		24.43	4.30	4.00	4.00	4.25	3.80	0.00	#2
15	Slavyana TSENOVA / Egor ZAYTSEV	BUL	46.83	23.42		24.41	4.00	3.95	4.10	4.35	4.05	1.00	#4
16	Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKI	BLR	40.95	19.40		21.55	3.80	3.40	3.65	3.80	3.40	0.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	137.97	1	1
2	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	128.71	3	2
3	Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV	RUS	128.64	2	3
4	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	120.06	4	4
5	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	114.18	5	6
6	Carolane SOUCISSE / Simon TANGUAY	CAN	113.30	6	5
7	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	111.59	7	7
8	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	105.72	8	8
9	Tory PATSIS / Joseph JOHNSON	USA	98.93	9	10
10	Loreen GEILER / Sven MIERSCH	GER	96.63	11	9
11	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	92.47	13	11
12	Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI	BLR	91.28	10	13
13	Jessica JIANG / Tyler MILLER	CAN	89.85	12	12
14	Laura BOUTARY / Alex LAMASSE	FRA	86.40	14	14
15	Slavyana TSENOVA / Egor ZAYTSEV	BUL	79.69	15	15
16	Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKI	BLR	71.84	16	16

JGP Belarus Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	56.98	31.00		25.98	6.50	6.40	6.55	6.45	6.55	0.00	#14
2	Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV	RUS	56.31	31.10		25.21	6.40	6.15	6.35	6.35	6.25	0.00	#11
3	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	51.82	26.98		24.84	6.15	6.05	6.20	6.30	6.30	0.00	#15
4	Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV	KOR	50.84	27.20		23.64	5.95	5.80	5.90	5.80	6.05	0.00	#6
5	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	47.49	27.20		20.29	5.10	4.85	5.30	5.00	5.10	0.00	#10
6	Carolane SOUCISSE / Simon TANGUAY	CAN	45.24	23.20		22.04	5.60	5.40	5.55	5.55	5.45	0.00	#8
7	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	45.03	23.40		21.63	5.45	5.20	5.45	5.45	5.45	0.00	#1
8	Valeria GAISTRUK / Alexei OLEJNIK	UKR	42.49	20.90		22.59	5.75	5.50	5.55	5.75	5.65	1.00	#16
9	Tory PATSIS / Joseph JOHNSON	USA	41.96	21.10		20.86	5.20	4.90	5.35	5.15	5.40	0.00	#3
10	Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI	BLR	39.10	23.90		15.20	3.90	3.65	4.00	3.90	3.60	0.00	#9
11	Loreen GEILER / Sven MIERSCH	GER	38.52	19.00		19.52	4.90	4.60	4.95	4.95	4.95	0.00	#12
12	Jessica JIANG / Tyler MILLER	CAN	36.70	17.78		18.92	4.85	4.50	4.80	4.85	4.65	0.00	#5
13	Leah STEFFAN / Benjamin STEFFAN	GER	36.49	18.40		18.09	4.70	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.30	0.00	#2
14	Laura BOUTARY / Alex LAMASSE	FRA	35.57	18.50		17.07	4.30	4.10	4.30	4.25	4.35	0.00	#4
15	Slavyana TSENOVA / Egor ZAYTSEV	BUL	32.86	16.40		16.46	4.25	3.95	4.25	4.20	3.95	0.00	#7
16	Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKI	BLR	30.89	15.90		14.99	3.85	3.65	3.80	3.80	3.65	0.00	#13

JGP Belarus Dance Preview

There is only one team in this field that has already competed and are still in contention for the Final.  McNamara and Carpenter are one of the more unique teams on the junior circuit and are also one of the youngest teams.  They won their first medal at JGP Latvia earlier this season, taking home a silver and just missing out on a gold medal.  They didn't set a personal best and still have room for improvement but seem poised to claim their first gold medal here.  They need a gold or silver to qualify for the Final while a bronze medal would keep them in contention.

Morozova and Zhirnov are making their season debut in Belarus.  They finished 4th at one event last season and won a medal at their second event.  They had a significant 13 point improvement between their events last year.

Kim and Minov finished 5th at their first event this season, a significant improvement over their 10th place finish a year before.  They'll be trying to hold off Popova and Vlasenko, a Russian team making their JGP debut but with previous international experience.

Two Canadian teams are also making their debut here along with Patsis and Johnson, the reigning US Novice Silver Medalists.

My podium predictions:
Gold: McNamara/Carpenter
Silver: Morozova/Zhirnov
Bronze: Kim/Minov

Bios of the competitors:
Kaunatskaia/Lukouski, BLR: They finished 11th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 78.27.  She is 15 and he is 17.

Kavaliova/Bieliaiev, BLR: They finished 29th at Worlds and 21st at Junior Worlds.  They finished 9th at JGP France and 11th at JGP Austria last season.  She is 19 and he is 20.

Tkachenka/Gulitski, BLR: They placed 13th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 96.44.  She is 15 and he is 17.

Tsenova/Zaytsev, BUL: They finished 34th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 20th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 75.78.  She is 14 and he is 16.

Jiang/Miller, CAN: This is their international debut.

Soucisse/Tanguay, CAN: This is their international debut.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Boutary/Lamasse, FRA: This is their international debut.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Elizabeth/Le Gac, FRA: They placed 15th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 5th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 115.57.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Geiler/Miersch, GER: This is their JGP debut.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Steffan/Steffan, GER: They finished 13th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 91.54.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Gabusi/Mirzakhani, ITA: This is their JGP debut.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Kim/Minov, KOR: They finished 20th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 5th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 121.50.  She is 15 and he is 20.

Morozova/Zhirnov, RUS: They placed 4th at JGP USA and won bronze at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 124.41.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Popova/Vlasenko, RUS: This is their JGP debut.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Gaistruk/Olejnik, UKR: They finished 9th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 106.41.  She is 15 and he is 19.

McNamara/Carpenter, USA: They placed 9th at Junior Worlds.  They won silver at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 128.16.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Patsis/Johnson, USA: This is their international debut.  She is 17 and he is 19.