Junior Worlds: Pairs Preview

Sui and Han are the two-time reigning Champions of this event and the only medalist returning from last season.  They also just won the Four Continents title at the senior level.  They won two gold medals on the JGP and the JGP Final this season as well as a silver medal on the Senior Grand Prix.  They have a quad twist and a throw quad in their free skate which gives them a technical content unmatched in the world.  Their size difference also allows from some interesting and difficult lift entrances and exits.  This is their title to lose, but they've shown that big elements can be costly as a mistake on the throw quad at Cup of China cost them a medal and a trip to the Grand Prix Final.  They have the best short program, free skate and total score of the season.  They have the 4th best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total senior scores of the season.


Bobak/Beharry won a gold and silver medal on the JGP to qualify for the JGP Final where they won silver.  Their silver medal came in their first competition together and they improved by 15 points to take the gold in Estonia.  They have been known to come from behind after a poor short program, but have really cleaned this segment up to keep them in contention the whole competition.  They have the 2nd best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total score of the season.


Yu/Jin won two silver medals on the JGP to qualify for the Final and took home gold from the Youth Olympic Games.  They increased their score by 15 points from Latvia to Austria.  However, they dropped to a disappointing 5th place at the Final, even though they were only 2 points from the podium.  They have the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 2nd best total score of the season.


Simpson/Blackmer won a gold and silver medal on the JGP and qualified for the Final where they won bronze.  Their gold medal came in their first event together as a team and they were the first U.S. team to win JGP gold since 2007.  Their free skate is especially breathtaking set to the music from Titanic and is wonderfully emoted.  They have the 4th best short program, 5th best free skate and 4th best total score of the season.


Petaikina/Kurdyukov won bronze at JGP Austria and qualified for the JGP Final.  They showed significant improvement between Latvia and Austria with a 17 point improvement in their score.  They just missed the podium at the JGP Final, finishing .18 behind Simpson and Blackmer.  They have the 7th best short program, 4th best free skate and 5th best total score of the season.  


Li/Jiang: While they didn't win a medal on the JGP, their scores are some of the best in this field and they showed significant improvement during the season with a 38 point bump in their scores between Latvia and Austria.  They have the 8th best short program, 6th best free skate and 7th best total score of the season.  


Purdy/Marinaro won bronze at JGP Latvia showing a big improvement over their previous placements but dropped to 10th place with a score 17 points lower in Austria. They have the 7th best free skate and 9th best total score of the season.


Other teams in the mix include Davankova/Deputat who won the Russian Junior National title and Denney/Frazier who won the US Junior National title.


Teams who won a medal on the JGP but are not at this event include Russians Tudvaseva/Lisiev (alternates) and Americans Calalang/Sidhu (alternates).


My podium predictions:
Gold: Sui/Han
Silver: Yu/Jin
Bronze: Bobak/Beharry


Bios of the competitors:
Kestila/Bullard, AUS: They finished 20^th at their international debut in Austria and 14^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 75.84.  She is 13 and he is 18.

Martini/Kiefer, AUT: They finished 16th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 21^st at Worlds.  They finished 15^th at Europeans.  They finished 16^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 112.10.  She is 19 and he is 21.

Paliakova/Fomichev, BLR: They finished 18th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 18th at Europeans.  They placed 8^th at their JGP debut in Poland and 9^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 109.01.  She is 19 and he is 21.

Ilieva/Savinov, BUL: She is 15 and he is 20.

Bell/Sylvester, CAN: She is 15 and he is 17.

Bobak/Beharry, CAN (D): They won silver at their JGP debut in Poland and gold at JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where they won silver.  Their personal best is 152.65.  She is 17 and he is 20.

Purdy/Marinaro, CAN (D): They won bronze at JGP Latvia and finished 10^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 134.46.  She is 17 and he is 20.

Li/Jiang, CHN: They finished 10^th at their JGP debut in Latvia and 4^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 138.92.  She is 14 and he is 19.

Sui/Han, CHN (D): They are the reigning Junior World Champions.  They are the reigning Four Continents Champions.  They won silver at Skate Canada and finished 5th at Cup of China.  They won gold at JGP Latvia and Austria to qualify for the JGP Final and won gold.  They are the 2010 World Junior Champions.  Their personal best is 201.83.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Yu/Jin, CHN: They won gold at the Youth Olympic Games.  They finished 7^th in their Grand Prix debut, Skate Canada and 6th at Cup of China.  They took home the silver from JGP Latvia and Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where they finished 5th.  Their personal best is 162.96.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Mendozza/Boyadji, FRA: They finished 10^th at their international debut in Estonia.  Their personal best is 103.36.  She is 17 and he is 21.

Wenzig/Landgraf, GER: She is 14 and he is 19.

Cernuschi/Ambrosini, ITA (D): She is 15 and he is 18.

Manacorda/Macii, ITA: She is 14 and he is 16.

Epstein/Epstein, NED: They finished 17th at Junior Worlds last season.  They finished 18^th at their JGP debut in Austria and 12^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 86.33.  She is 18 and he is 18 (they are twins).  

Klatka/Chruscinski, POL: They finished 14th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 7^th at JGP Poland and 7^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 115.07.  She is 14 and he is 20.

Davankova/Deputat, RUS (D): She is 13 and he is 19.

Gainetdinova/Bich, RUS (D): She is 14 and he is 19.

Petaikina/Kurduykov, RUS: They finished 4^th at JGP Latvia and won bronze at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where they finished 4th.  Their personal best is 146.17.  She is 17 and he is 21. 

Rodriguez/Maestu, ESP: They finished 17^th at their international debut in Austria and 11^th at JGP Estonia.  Their personal best is 91.30.  She is 15 and he is 21.

Lavrentieva/Rudik, UKR: They finished 15th at Junior Worlds last season.  They placed 9th at JGP Poland and 12^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 107.77.  She is 14 and he is 20.

Denney/Frazier, USA: They placed 8^th at their JGP debut in Latvia and 7^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 125.50.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Duarte/Grafton, USA (D): They placed 9^th at JGP Latvia and 6^th at JGP Austria.  Their personal best is 127.54.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Simpson/Blackmer, USA (D): They won gold at their international debut at JGP Poland and silver at JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where they won bronze.  Their personal best is 146.35.  She is 15 and he is 20. 

Junior Worlds: Ladies Preview

Julia Lipnitskaia won two gold medals en route to the JGP Final where she won gold. She is undefeated this season and has set the bar high with her difficult technical content including triple + triple and double axel + triple toe combinations and her impressive flexibility in her spins.  She also set a record score for a junior program under IJS at JGP Italy.  She has the best short program, free skate and total score of the season.

Gracie Gold won gold at her international debut at JGP Estonia.  She went on to win the junior national title with a record score, surpassing two-time World Junior Medalist Agnes Zawadzki and Courtney Hicks who took home a gold medal on the JGP this season.  She has amazing height in her jumps and solid triple + triple combinations.  She's gained a lot of attention after nationals and will no longer be under the radar.  She has the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 3rd best total score of the season.

Adelina Sotnikova is the reigning Junior World Champion and is the only medalist returning to this event.  She won two bronze medals on the Senior Grand Prix and took home the silver medal from the Youth Olympic Games.  While she had a solid senior debut season, she was eclipsed by her teammate Elizaveta Tuktamisheva who withdrew from this event to focus on next season.  Her scores have been significantly lower than last season and has been showing lots of mistakes in her formerly solid programs.  She has the 4th best short program and 10th best free skate score of the season.  She has the 10th best total senior score of the season.

Satoko Miyahara won silver at JGP Poland in her international debut but dropped 19 points and off the podium in Italy.  She has the 5th best short program, 8th best free skate and 5th best total score of the season.  

Zijun Li won two silver medals on the Junior Grand Prix to qualify for the JGP Final.  She has the 7th best short program, 5th best free skate and 8th best total score of the season.

Risa Shoji won two silver medals on the JGP to qualify for the JGP Final.  She has lots of difficult content in her programs but is often plagued by under-rotation calls.  She has the 8th best short program, 9th best free skate and 7th best total score of the season.

Polina Shelepen won two JGP gold medals to qualify for the JGP Final where she won silver.  She was recently named to the team after Tuktamisheva withdrew and it seems that she will be heading to Nice and the World Championships as well if she performs well here.  She has the 9th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total score of the season.  

Vanessa Lam won a gold and bronze medal on the JGP to qualify for the JGP Final.  She won bronze in Australia and improved to gold in Austria with an 11 point increase in her score.  She had a subpar outing at the JGP Final due to an injury and had a solid if not spectacular performance at nationals.  She has the 6th best free skate and 9th best total score of the season.

Also in the mix are Kaetlyn Osmond who did not compete internationally this season but won the senior short program at Canadian nationals and Hae-Jin Kim who won bronze at JGP Romania and made several impressive jumps in her personal best throughout the season.  Joshi Helgesson and Christina Gao competed at the senior level this season and this will be their first junior event of the year.

There are quite a few JGP medalists that won't be attending this event including Polina Agafonova of Russia (two medals, an alternate), Anna Shershak of Russia, Polina Korobeynikova of Russia (two medals, Senior Worlds team), Courtney Hicks from the United States (injured), Samantha Cesario of the United States (two medals, injured) and Hannah Miller of the United States (an alternate).

My podium predictions:

Gold: Julia Lipnitskaia

Silver: Gracie Gold

Bronze: Adelina Sotnikova

Bios of the competitors:

Brooklee Han, AUS: She finished 21st at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 8th at JGP Australia and 13^th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 115.49.  She is 16 years old.

Sabrina Schulz, AUT (D): She finished 12^th at JGP Romania and 16^th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 102.87.  She is 17 years old.

Kristina Zakharanka, BLR: She finished 18^th at her JGP debut in Latvia.  Her personal best is 87.90.  She is 14 years old.

Eline Anthonissen, BEL: She is 16 years old.

Anais Claes, BEL (D): She finished 29^th in her JGP debut in Latvia and 27^th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 82.03.   She is 16 years old.

Isadora Williams, BRA: She finished 18th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 101.20.  She is 16 years old.

Vasilena Yakimova, BUL: She is 15 years old.

Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN: Her personal best is 111.90.  She is 16 years old.

Zijun Li, CHN (D): She placed 9^th at the World Junior Championships last season.  She won bronze at the Youth Olympic Games.  She won the silver medal at JGP Latvia and JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where she finished 4th.  Her personal best is 157.70.  She is 15 years old.  

Ziquan Zhao, CHN: She finished 6^th at her international debut in Italy.  Her personal best is 133.33.  She is 14 years old.

Amanda Sunyoto-Yang, TPE: She finished 23^rd at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 82.34.  She is 19 years old.

Ema Lipovscak, CRO: She finished 24^th at JGP Poland.  Her personal best is 76.21.  She is 16 years old.

Elizaveta Ukolova, CZE: She finished 15^th at her international debut in Poland.  Her personal best is 96.89.  She is 13 years old.

Anita Madsen, DEN: She finished 29th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 12th at JGP Australia and 8^th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 115.55.  She is 16 years old.

Gerli Liinamae, EST (D): She placed 15^th at Junior Worlds last season.  She finished 4^th at JGP Latvia and JGP Estonia.  Her personal best is 140.30.  She is 16 years old.

Juulia Turkkila, FIN (D): She placed 16th at Junior Worlds last season.  She finished 20th at Worlds. She placed 17th at Europeans.  She placed 13th at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia.  Her personal best is 136.68.  She is 17 years old.

Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA (D): She finished 8th at JGP Latvia and JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 120.78.  She is 16 years old. 

Angelika Dubinski, GER: She finished 16^th in her JGP debut in Romania.  Her personal best is 95.19.  She is 16 years old.

Katie Powell, GBR: She finished 13th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 15th at JGP Estonia.  Her personal best is 106.13.  She is 19 years old.  

Isabella Schuster, GRE: She finished 26th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 82.04.  She is 16 years old.

Oliya Clarkson, GRN: She is 14 years old.

Regina Borbely, HUN: Her personal best is 85.66.  She is 17 years old.

Margot Krisberg, ISR: She finished 26^th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 23^rd at JGP Latvia and 17^th at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 95.06.  She is 17 years old.

Carol Bressanutti, ITA (D): She finished 16^th at her JGP debut in Poland.  Her personal best is 96.40.  She is 18 years old.

Satoko Miyahara, JPN (D): She won silver at her international debut in Poland and placed 5^th at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 162.20.  She is 13 years old.

Miu Sato, JPN (D): She finished 4^th at her international debut in Poland and 4^th at JGP Austria.  Her personal best is 141.52.  She is 15 years old.

Risa Shoji, JPN (D): She placed 5th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 6th at the Youth Olympic Games.  She won silver at JGP Australia and JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where she finished 6th.  Her personal best is 157.83.  She is 15 years old.

Regina Glazman, KAZ: She finished 31^st at her JGP debut in Latvia.  Her personal best is 66.92.  She is 14 years old.

Alina Fjodorova, LAT: She placed 28^th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 16th at Europeans.  She finished 13^th at JGP Latvia and 9^th at JGP Poland.  Her personal best is 133.48.  She is 16 years old.

Inga Januleviciute, LTU: She finished 18^th at her JGP debut in Estonia.  Her personal best is 94.29.  She is 16 years old.

Michelle Quintero, MEX: She finished 28th at JGP Austria.  Her personal best is 74.76.  She is 17 years old.

Maral-Erdene Gansukh, MGL: She finished 35th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 25^th at her JGP debut in Poland and 28^th at JGP Estonia.  Her personal best is 58.33.  She is 15 years old.

Kim Bell, NED: She finished 22^nd at her JGP debut in Austria.  Her personal best is 84.11.  She is 17 years old.

Madelaine Parker, NZL: She finished 23rd in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 19^th at her JGP debut in Australia.  Her personal best is 82.84.  She is 16 years old.

Anine Rabe, NOR: She finished 24^th at JGP Latvia.  Her personal best is 99.60.  She is 19 years old.

Alexandra Kamieniecki, POL: She finished 27^th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 15^th at JGP Latvia and 9^th at JGP Romania. Her personal best is 111.91.  She is 15 years old.

Hae-Jin Kim, KOR: She finished 5th at JGP Australia and won bronze at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 144.61.  She is 14 years old.

Raisa Rjenovschi, ROU: She placed 27th at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 64.90.  She is 16 years old.

Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS (D): She won gold at her international debut in Poland and at JGP Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where she won gold.  Her personal best is 183.05.  She is 13 years old.

Polina Shelepen, RUS (D): She placed 7^th at Junior Worlds last season.  She won gold at JGP Latvia and JGP Romania to qualify for the JGP Final where she won silver.  Her personal best is 162.34.  She is 16 years old. 

Adelina Sotnikova, RUS (D): She is the reigning Junior World Champion.  She won silver at the Youth Olympic Games.  She won bronze at Cup of China and Rostelecom Cup.  Her personal best is 178.87.  She is 15 years old.

Sandra Ristivojevic, SRB: She finished 33^rd in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 22^nd at her JGP debut in Latvia and 21^st at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 85.48.  She is 15 years old.

Kai Jing Leong, SIN: Her personal best is 63.12. She is 18 years old.

Monika Simancikova, SVK (D): She finished 18th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 14th at Europeans.  She placed 10th at JGP Poland and 9^th at JGP Estonia.  Her personal best is 136.79.  She is 16 years old.

Patricia Glescic, SLO: She finished 20^th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 15th in the preliminary round at Europeans.  Her personal best is 125.46.  She is 17 years old.

Elena Mangas, ESP: She finished 22nd at JGP Italy.  Her personal best is 93.54.  She is 16 years old.

Joshi Helgesson, SWE: She finished 15th at Worlds.  She placed 10th at Europeans.  She placed 10th at Skate America.  Her personal best is 149.08.  She is 18 years old.

Tina Stuerzinger, SUI (D): She placed 8th at the Youth Olympic Games.  She finished 10^th at JGP Latvia and 12^th at JGP Austria.  Her personal best is 116.02.  She is 16 years old.

Melanie Swang, THA: She finished 20th at Four Continents. She finished 15^th at JGP Romania.  Her personal best is 97.53.  She is 17 years old.

Sila Saygi, TUR: She finished 26^th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 27^th at JGP Latvia.  Her personal best is 118.94.  She is 16 years old.

Alina Milevskaia, UKR: She finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 14th at JGP Poland.  Her personal best is 120.19.  She is 16 years old.

Christina Gao, USA (D): She placed 4th at Junior Worlds last season.  She placed 5th at Cup of China and 10th at Rostelecom Cup.  Her personal best is 167.14.  She is 17 years old.

Gracie Gold, USA (D): She won gold at her JGP debut in Estonia.  Her personal best is 172.69.  She is 16 years old.

Vanessa Lam, USA (D): She won bronze at JGP Australia and gold at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where she finished 5th.  Her personal best is 156.58.  She is 16 years old.

Junior Worlds: Men's Preview

Joshua Farris won a pair of gold medals on the JGP and went on to win the bronze at the Final.  He started off the season with a solid short program, increasing his personal best and getting over the 200 point mark.  He improved his scores in Estonia but mistakes at the Final dropped him to third overall.  After struggling with his free skate all season, he scrapped it and debuted a new program at nationals.  He had a messy outing at nationals and failed to cross the 200 point mark.  If he hits his programs he could be at the top of the podium but he hasn't shown that consistency yet this season.  He has the best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total score of the season.

Han Yan won a pair of gold medals on the Junior Grand Prix and took home his second consecutive silver medal from the Grand Prix Final.  He started off his season crossing the 200 point mark in Austria and had a 14 point improvement in one week in Italy.  He made some mistakes in his short program at the Final which cost him a shot at the title.  He has a quad in his free skate which gives him a huge competitive edge and if he lands it cleanly, he has a buffer against mistakes later in his program.  He has the 2nd best short program, best free skate and best total score of the season.

Jason Brown won a gold and a silver on the JGP to qualify for the Final where he won gold.  He won his first Junior Grand Prix gold in Australia and set a new personal best score.  He doesn't have a triple axel in his program and has been focusing on components to stay competitive with the other skaters.  He won the JGP Final as he skated two clean programs while the other top competitors made mistakes, but if they skate clean he has a huge disadvantage in his technical element score.  He was suffering from a tweaked ankle at nationals and had some mistakes on footwork but still crossed the 200 point mark.  He has the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 2nd best total score of the season.

Artur Dmitriev won silver at JGP Poland and beat Joshua Farris in the free skate at that event.  After a botched short program at JGP Italy, he finished 23 points below his earlier result and cost himself a spot in the Final.  He has the 4th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total score of the season.  

Keiji Tanaka is the reigning silver medalist at this event and the only returning medalist.  He won a silver and a bronze on the JGP to qualify for the Final.  His bronze medal in Austria came after a a 19 point drop from his earlier event and he failed to set a new personal best this season.  He has the 5th best short program, 6th best free skate and 6th best total score of the season.

Ryuju Hino won a gold and a silver medal on the JGP and qualified for the Final.  He showed big improvement taking home his first JGP medal in Latvia and increasing his personal best by 30 points.    He has the 8th best short program, 7th best free skate and 7th best total score of the season.

He Zhang won silver at JGP Latvia, taking home his first JGP medal and increasing his personal best by 20 points.  In Austria, he dropped 18 points and finished off the medal stand.  He has the 10th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total score of the season.

Liam Firus won bronze at JGP Australia but dropped 24 points in his outing in Austria.  He has the 10th best free skate and total score of the season.

Denis Ten is a dark horse in this event having competed as a senior all season.  He has quads in his programs and has respectable outings including two 5th place finishes on the Grand Prix and a 6th place finish at Four Continents.  

Zhan Bush has also competed as a senior all season but on the senior B circuit.  He beat out several other Russian men with top junior scores and JGP medals and will be looking to improve on his 11th place finish at this event last season.

Other skaters in the mix include Nam Nguyen who won bronze at JGP Romania, Shoma Uno who won bronze at JGP Estonia, June-Hyoung Lee who won bronze at JGP Italy and Timothy Dolensky who won bronze at JGP Latvia.

My podium predictions:

Gold: Han Yan

Silver: Joshua Farris

Bronze: Denis Ten

Bios of the competitors:

Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He finished 21^st in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 28th at Europeans.  He placed 18^th at JGP Latvia and 14^th at JGP Romania.  His personal best is 128.97.  He is 15 years old.

Brendan Kerry, AUS: He finished 17th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 19th at Four Continents. He placed 14th at Junior Grand Prix Australia.  His personal best is 144.26.  He is 17 years old.

Bernhard Pauli, AUT: He is 14 years old.

Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He finished 8^th at JGP Latvia and 10^th at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 154.34.  He is 16 years old.

Luiz Manella, BRA: He placed 22nd at Four Continents.  He finished 7th at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 149.03.  He is 17 years old.

Liam Firus, CAN (D): He finished 20th at Junior Worlds last season.  He won bronze at JGP Australia and finished 11^th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 180.00.  He is 19 years old.

Nam Nguyen, CAN:  He finished 12^th in his JGP debut in Latvia and won bronze at JGP Romania.  His personal best is 169.55.  He is 13 years old.

Han Yan, CHN (D): He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season.  He won gold at JGP Austria and Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where he won silver.  His personal best is 219.37.  He is 15 years old.

He Zhang, CHN (D): He won silver at JGP Latvia and finished 5^th at JGP Austria.   His personal best is 182.38.  He is 15 years old.

Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He finished 11^th at JGP Australia.  His personal best is 133.24.  He is 14 years old.

Petr Coufal, CZE (D): He finished 19th at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 8th at JGP Poland and 13^th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 156.63.  He is 17 years old.

Daniel Albert Naurits, EST (D): He placed 17th at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 96.02.  He is 13 years old.  

Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 17^th at JGP Latvia and 9^th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 140.21.  He is 17 years old.

Armen Agaian, GEO: He finished 26th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 20^th at his JGP debut in Poland.  His personal best is 82.04.  He is 15 years old.

Martin Rappe, GER: He finished 7^th at JGP Latvia and 6^th at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 155.54.  He is 18 years old.

Harry Mattick, GBR: He finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 11th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 137.58.  He is 18 years old.

Wayne Wing Yin Chung, HKG: He placed 17th at JGP Australia.  His personal best is 99.44.  He is 15 years old.

Kristof Forgo, HUN: His personal best is 98.55.  He is 18 years old.

Maurizio Zandron, ITA: He finished 7th at JGP Austria and 8^th at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 155.33.  He is 18 years old.

Ryuju Hino, JPN (D): He won gold at JGP Latvia and silver at JGP Romania to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 5th.  His personal best is 182.71.  He is 17 years old.

Keiji Tanaka, JPN (D): He is the reigning World Junior silver medalist.  He won silver at JGP Australia and bronze at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 6th.  His personal best is 196.98.  He is 17 years old.

Shoma Uno, JPN (D): He won silver at the Youth Olympic Games.  He finished 4^th at his international debut in Poland and won bronze at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 175.15.  He is 14 years old.

Denis Ten, KAZ (D): He finished 14th at the World Championships.  He placed 6th at Four Continents.  He placed 5^th at Skate America and Skate Canada.  His personal best is 212.39.  He is 18 years old.

Arturas Ganzela, LTU: He finished 27^th at his JGP debut in Poland.  His personal best is 87.27.  He is 15 years old.

Julian Zhi Jie Yee, MAS: He finished 22^nd at his international debut in Italy and 14^th at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 112.90.  He is 14 years old.

Florian Gostelie, NED: He placed 18^th at his JGP debut in Poland.  His personal best is 88.10.  He is 18 years old.

Michael Christian Martinez, PHI: He finished 7th at the Youth Olympic Games.  He placed 8th at JGP Australia.  His personal best is 151.60.  He is 15 years old.

Kamil Dymowski, POL: He finished 14th at JGP Poland and 13^th at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 116.19.  He is 16 years old.

June-Hyoung Lee, KOR: He placed 4th at the Youth Olympic Games.  He finished 4^th in his JGP debut in Latvia and won bronze at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 15 years old. 

Zsolt Kosz, ROU: He placed 20th at JGP Romania.  His personal best is 103.59.  He is 19 years old.

Zhan Bush, RUS (D): He finished 11th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 176.64.  He is 18 years old.

Artur Dmitriev, RUS (D): He finished 8th at Junior Worlds last season.  He won silver at JGP Poland and finished 4^th at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 197.09.  He is 19 years old.

Victor Bustamante, ESP: He finished 14th at JGP Austria and Italy.  His personal best is 132.28.  He is 17 years old.

Marcus Bjork, SWE (D): He is 17 years old.

Suchet Kongchim, THA: He finished 25th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season..  He placed 18th at JGP Australia and 25^th at JGP Italy.  His personal best is 88.61.  He is 18 years old.

Osman Akgun, TUR: He finished 16^th at his JGP debut in Latvia.  His personal best is 131.15.  He is 15 years old.

Yakov Godorozha, UKR (D): He finished 8th at JGP Romania and JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 147.22.  He is 18 years old.

Jason Brown, USA (D): He placed 7th at Junior Worlds.  He won gold at JGP Australia and silver at JGP Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where he won gold.  His personal best is 208.41.  He is 17 years old.

Timothy Dolensky, USA (D): He won the bronze at JGP Latvia and finished 4^th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 176.77.  He is 19 years old.

Joshua Farris, USA (D): He won gold at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 207.67.  He is 17 years old.

The Nordics Results

Junior Men

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Tino OLENIUS	FIN	138.05	1	1
2	Josef OSCARSSON-ERICSSON	SWE	128.90	3	2
3	Marcus BJÖRK	SWE	127.32	2	3
4	Bertil SKEPPAR	SWE	124.15	4	5
5	Juho PIRINEN	FIN	118.50	5	7
6	Keiran ARAZA	DEN	116.35	6	6
7	Erik MARTOMA	FIN	113.48	7	4

Junior Ladies

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Seidi RANTANEN	FIN	113.74	9	1
2	Eveliina VILJANEN	FIN	112.43	3	5
3	Rebecka EMANUELSSON	SWE	111.12	6	2
4	Josefin TALJEGÅRD	SWE	109.54	4	6
5	Alisa MIKONSAARI	FIN	108.91	5	4
6	Pernille SÖRENSEN	DEN	107.54	7	3
7	Timila SHRESTHA	FIN	105.31	1	8
8	Emilia TOIKKANEN	FIN	103.93	11	7
9	Anita MADSEN	DEN	103.62	2	10
10	Gabriella JOSEFSSON	SWE	97.90	8	9
11	Elin HALLBERG	SWE	96.12	10	12
12	Daria PODTELEJNIKOVA	DEN	94.86	13	11
13	Natasja REMSTEDT	SWE	88.53	12	15
14	Heidi LILLESAETER	NOR	86.23	14	14
15	Nora STENERSEN	NOR	82.67	15	16
16	Emma ANDERSEN	DEN	82.09	17	13
17	Heidbjört HÖSKULDSDOTTIR	ISL	75.17	16	17

Senior Men

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	198.85	1	1
2	Justus STRID	DEN	150.11	2	2
3	Julian LAGUS	FIN	141.23	5	4
4	Viktor ZUBIK	FIN	136.80	9	3
5	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	136.42	3	6
6	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	131.67	7	5
7	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	128.11	6	7
8	Mathias ANDERSSON	SWE	127.72	4	8
9	Michael NEUMAN	SWE	117.36	8	9
10	Girts JEKABSONS	LAT	94.88	10	10

Senior Ladies

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Juulia TURKKILA	FIN	138.23	1	2
2	Joshi HELGESSON	SWE	137.38	3	1
3	Isabelle OLSSON	SWE	128.04	4	3
4	Beata PAPP	FIN	125.86	2	4
5	Anine RABE	NOR	113.32	7	5
6	Anne Line GJERSEM	NOR	110.86	5	8
7	Camilla GJERSEM	NOR	110.15	9	6
8	Henriikka HIETANIEMI	FIN	107.35	10	7
9	Karina JOHNSON	DEN	107.18	8	9
10	Cecilia TÖRN	FIN	107.14	6	10
WD	Minna PARVIAINEN	FIN

Senior Dance

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO	FIN	115.48	1	1
2	Malin MALMBERG / Thomas NORDAHL	SWE	84.50	2	2

Four Continents: Free Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	111.24	54.07		57.17	9.46	9.32	9.71	9.61	9.71	0.00	#10
2	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	107.25	50.01		57.24	9.54	9.36	9.68	9.61	9.64	0.00	#11
3	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	99.03	47.42		51.61	8.50	8.36	8.75	8.71	8.89	0.00	#8
4	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	94.91	47.06		48.85	8.14	8.00	8.21	8.25	8.21	1.00	#9
5	Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE	USA	79.27	40.72		39.55	6.61	6.43	6.54	6.75	6.75	1.00	#5
6	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG	CHN	69.63	36.50		33.13	5.68	5.36	5.54	5.54	5.57	0.00	#7
7	Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM	CAN	69.45	33.07		37.38	6.29	6.11	6.11	6.36	6.36	1.00	#4
8	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	67.68	38.07		30.61	5.18	4.93	5.21	5.18	5.11	1.00	#3
9	Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN	AUS	65.81	34.93		30.88	5.21	4.93	5.21	5.32	5.21	0.00	#6
10	Corenne BRUHNS / Ryan VAN NATTEN	MEX	55.64	32.66		22.98	4.00	3.64	3.82	4.00	3.79	0.00	#1
11	Cortney MANSOUR / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV	KAZ	53.13	30.43		22.70	3.96	3.46	3.86	4.04	3.79	0.00	#2

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	182.84	2	1
2	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	179.40	1	2
3	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	163.26	3	3
4	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	158.29	4	4
5	Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE	USA	129.20	5	5
6	Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM	CAN	117.97	6	7
7	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG	CHN	115.05	7	6
8	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	107.61	9	8
9	Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN	AUS	105.91	8	9
10	Corenne BRUHNS / Ryan VAN NATTEN	MEX	91.57	10	10
11	Cortney MANSOUR / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV	KAZ	78.66	11	11