ISU Torun Junior Grand Prix Pre Info

Season 2009/2010 | 09.09.2009 –13.09.2009 | Tor-Tor Ice Rink | ISU INFO

Programs Info

Short Program/Original Dance

Men= 2.50 min. but may be less

Ladies= 2.50 min. but may be less

Pairs= 2.50 min. but may be less

Dance= 2.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Long Program/Free Dance

Men= 4 min. +/- 10 seconds

Ladies= 3.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Pairs= 4 min. +/- 10 seconds

Dance= 3.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Compulsory Dance will be the Westminster Waltz.

Original Dance is Country/Folk music with vocal music.

Schedule

10.09.2009

Compulsory Dance | Ladies Short Program | Pairs Short Program

04.09.2009

Men Short Program | Original Dance | Ladies Long Program + Medal ceremony

05.09.2009

Free Dance | Men Long Program | Pairs Long Program + Medal ceremony

Entries

All entries can be found here

Current Junior World Standings after 2 JGP’s (HUN and USA) are here:

Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance

ISU Lake Placid Junior Grand Prix Day 3

Results are on ISU

Pairs (after LP)

The Swiss Pair Anais MORAND  and Antoine DORSAZ finished only 6th with 121.70 points in total. She turned out on the double Axel and he fell at the Camel Spin. Anais and their coach Ingo Steuer seemed to be mad at Antoine afterwards for not trying to get back into the Spin after the fall; as a result they didn’t get tribute to the whole element. Ingo’s commentary in the K’n’C: “An element with crap quality is still better than no element. So now you probably kicked yourself out. ” Ingo talked about the qualification for the Olympics in February and I also think now they have nearly no chance to participate there.

Kaleigh HOLE and Adam JOHNSON from Canada won with 140.87 points. In the interview afterwards she said that she does pairs only since April. I was surprised by that because they were very strong especially at the pair skating elements such as the 3STh and the Lifts.

ISU Lake Placid Junior Grand Prix Day 2

Dance (after OD)

I absolutely liked the program of the Swiss couple Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST (13^th with 59.85 points). I felt like I’m in the Alps because you could even hear the cows mooing. They just needed stronger elements. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI from the USA still lead with 90.44 points and a very strong performance in the OD, even I got a bit dizzy after their twizzle.  Stefanie FROHBERG / Tim GIESEN from Germany are 7th with 72.34 points, they danced to an Irish music and were pretty good, one of the most creative programs. I am glad they didn’t choose Bavarian Beer Polka or something. Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN from Russia are 6th with 73.37 points. Does someone know if he is related to Germany’s Nelli Zhiganshina, or is Zhiganshin a very common name in Russia?

My notes during the OD

Ladies (after SP) + Men (after FS)

Unfortunately I couldn’t watch these two, but on ISU the results are already online. Daniel Dotzauer from Germany finished 5^th with 151.81 points. Congratulations! For those who are interested: Figureskating-Online published an interview with Daniel before the JGP (only in German). Click here

Today is the Free Dance, Pairs Free Skate and Ladies Free Skate from 10.30 – 16.00 h (local time), 16.30 – 22.00 h German Time. I keep my fingers crossed for Anais and Antoine

ISU Lake Placid Junior Grand Prix Day 1

I looove watching Figure skating in the middle of the night

Dance (after CD)

Maia SHIBUTANI and Alex SHIBUTANI from the USA lead with 34.09 points. I loved their Tango argentino, such deep edges and great speed. The German couple Stefanie FROHBERG and Tim GIESEN got 27.80 points and are currently 7^th. Really bad day for the very young French pair Gabriella PAPADAKIS and Guillaume CIZERON (15.33 points). She stepped on her skirt at the beginning, he fell at the first step of the first pattern and at the second round both fell on the 21^st step, but they are only 14 and 15 years old. Good luck at the OD and FD!  Because of sound problems inside the arena, the whole competition delayed for 20 minutes.

ISU Lake Placid Junior Grand Prix Pre Info

Season 2009/2010 | 02.09.2009 – 05.09.2009 | Herb Brooks Ice Rink | ISU INFO

Programs Info

Short Program/Original Dance

Men= 2.50 min. but may be less

Ladies= 2.50 min. but may be less

Pairs= 2.50 min. but may be less

Dance= 2.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Long Program/Free Dance

Men= 4 min. +/- 10 seconds

Ladies= 3.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Pairs= 4 min. +/- 10 seconds

Dance= 3.30 min. +/- 10 seconds

Compulsory Dance will be the Argentine Tango.

Original Dance is Country/Folk music with vocal music.

ISU Budapest Junior Grand Prix Day 3

Men (after LP)

Richard DORNBUSH from USA won the Gold medal with 187.83 points. He did 6 clean triples including a triple axel in his Rachmaninoff LP. The silver medal also goes to the USA. Grant HOCHSTEIN with 179.03 points and a very well done 3Lz+3T combination. Third is Zhan BUSH from Russia with 155.27 points. A big success for the young Russian boy, his old personal best was 134.68. But anyway a big gap with over 30 points from first to third place!  Germany’s Paul FENTZ lost two places after his LP and finished 12^th with 115.84 points. He missed the 3Lz and singled the Axel.

Dance (after FD)

Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV from Russia won with 166.06 points, I loved their Lift combination (curve+rotational) at the end. Second place goes to Karen ROUTHIER / Eric SAUCKE-LACELLE from Canada. They skated to Libertango and got 149.94 points; they also had a very nice lift combination at the end. Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI from Italy finished third with 142.03 points. Dominique DIECK / Michael ZENKNER from Germany finished 13th overall with 115.51 points.

All Results and Judges score on ISU

The next Grand Prix will be in Everett (USA) from 02.09 – 06.09. 2009. IceNetwork will broadcast live and for free. You just need to register.