for Skating Magazine

http://skatingmagazineblog.com/2012/...12-jgp-turkey/

Apparently the rink is gorgeous in Istanbul.

Some of the Gala videos are posted :)
links to main user videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/mihsersh/videos?view=0

Boys:

Jason Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoknCi5VkFc&feature=plcp

Alexander Petrov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXVJBekWZz0&feature=plcp

Nam Nguyen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPa5rbYZYF8&feature=plcp

Osman Akgun ( Turkey )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiyJzV_HSAw&feature=plcp

Girls:

Leah Keiser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoknCi5VkFc&feature=plcp

So Youn Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqM-FCzHhA&feature=plcp

Satoko Miyahara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ-2Jq3kgbw&feature=plcp

Miyabi Oba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVI1TPK3PX4&feature=plcp

Sila Saygi ( Turkey )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGfJqp1_cU&feature=plcp

Ice Dance:

Koch/Nuechtern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5l4SQDpRM&feature=plcp

Demirsal/Akalın ( Turkey )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6M2c15pwc&feature=plcp

Edwards/Pang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1PJnYjkyWM&feature=plcp

Mcnamara/Carpenter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZy4Q_eraZ8&feature=plcp

16:00 Istanbul time

Start order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Armen AGAIAN GEO 20 37.28
2 Catalin DIMITRESCU ROU 24 29.55
3 Ryan Zhi Jwen YEE MAS 22 33.24
4 Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG HKG 23 30.18
5 Cameron HEMMERT AUS 21 34.38
6 Tomas KUPKA CZE 19 38.67

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Carlo ROETHLISBERGER SUI 18 39.50
8 Charlie PARRY-EVANS GBR 14 41.67
9 Iassen PETKOV BUL 13 41.79
10 Giray SENOL TUR 15 40.40
11 Marcus BJORK SWE 17 39.96
12 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR 16 40.38

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Osman AKGUEN TUR 10 44.53
14 Taichi HONDA JPN 8 51.78
15 Pavel IGNATENKO BLR 7 52.25
16 Kamil DYMOWSKI POL 12 43.76
17 Shu NAKAMURA JPN 9 50.64
18 June Hyoung LEE KOR 11 44.04

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Alexander PETROV RUS 2 60.28
20 Ivan PAVLOV UKR 5 53.63
21 Jason BROWN USA 1 65.95
22 Shotaro OMORI USA 4 55.28
23 Andrei ZUBER RUS 6 53.11
24 Nam NGUYEN CAN 3 59.09

12:00 Istanbul time

Start Order

Warm Up Group 1
1 Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKI BLR 20 23.88
2 Ayesha CAMPBELL / Shane SPEDEN NZL 19 28.69
3 Slavyana TSENOVA / Egor ZAYTSEV BUL 21 22.12
4 Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS BEL 18 30.93

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER GRE 15 36.49
6 Marina ELIAS / Denis KORELINE EST 17 31.19
7 Anastasia CHIRIYATYEVA / Sergei SHEVCHENKO UKR 14 37.05
8 Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG ISR 16 32.85

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC FRA 11 43.06
10 Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO ESP 12 39.01
11 Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN FIN 10 45.05
12 Myriam GASSOUMI / Clement LE MOLAIRE FRA 13 38.93

Warm-Up Group 4
13 Kristina BAKLANOVA / Andrei BAGIN RUS 7 48.99
14 Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA CZE 8 48.80
15 Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN TUR 9 48.74
16 Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI ITA 6 52.23

Warm-Up Group 5
17 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA 3 54.56
18 Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG CAN 4 54.51
19 Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER USA 5 53.97
20 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 1 59.32
21 Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN GER 2 56.73

18:30 Istanbul Time (GMT + 2)

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Oliya CLARKSON GRN 28 27.75
2 Melisa Sema ATIK TUR 27 29.13
3 Aislin ROSADO MEX 25 32.28
4 Netta SCHREIBER ISR 26 31.13
5 Zselyke KENEZ ROU 30 21.32
6 Ecem ERTENLI TUR 29 26.76

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Isabella LARKIN GBR 22 33.09
8 Anita MADSEN DEN 23 32.79
9 Kristina ZAKHARANKA BLR 20 34.58
10 Sila SAYGI TUR 19 35.30
11 Pina UMEK SLO 24 32.71
12 Alina FJODOROVA LAT 21 33.10

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Hwi CHOI KOR 14 37.77
14 Rebecka EMANUELSSON SWE 16 36.87
15 Elizaveta UKOLOVA CZE 17 36.11
16 Darin KHUSSEIN UKR 18 35.49
17 Brooklee HAN AUS 15 37.24
18 Anna AFONKINA BUL 13 38.44

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA 7 44.85
20 Nina JIANG USA 8 41.71
21 Beata PAPP FIN 12 38.53
22 Kristina ZASEEVA RUS 10 40.54
23 Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA SUI 11 39.68
24 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR 9 40.92

Warm-Up Group 5
25 Uliana TITUSHKINA RUS 2 51.40
26 Gerli LIINAMAE EST 5 46.86
27 So Youn PARK KOR 1 51.45
28 Leah KEISER USA 3 50.70
29 Miyabi OBA JPN 4 49.16
30 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN 6 46.62

The following listing of information is in the start order for the Ladies Short Program. JGP Bosphorus is a rather weak field. My guess is that Satoko Miyahara JPN , the Lake Placid JGP winner wins here too, with some serious competition from Uliana Tijushina RUS. Leah Keiser of the USA has been skating well recently, and may finish third. If So Youn Park KOR can skate as strong a long program as her short program in Lake Placid, she can medal. Other strong competitors here are Kristina Zaseeva RUS and Nina Jiang USA.

Gerli Liinamäe EST
SP Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
LP Palladio performed by Escala
Gerli, who is 17, is coached by Tiiu Valgemäe. Her choreographer is Olga Volozhinskaia. She is the Senior Estonian Ladies' champion. She finished fourteenth at last year's Junior Worlds. She finished fourth at both her JGP assignments last year.
Her personal best score, achieved at the 2011 JGP Tallinn Cup, is 140.30.
Her SP from JGP Tallinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkVMFoYuepQ

Sila Saygi TUR
SP Baghdad by Jesse Cook
LP Valse Sentimentale by P. I. Tchaikovski
Sila's coach & choreographer is Kutay Eryoldas. She is 16, and won the Junior Ladies Championship of Turkey in 2010/2011. She competed at Junior Worlds, but did not advance past the preliminary round. Her best ever total score was 118.94. She finished sixth at the Bavarian Openof 2012.
Her LP from the 2011 Istanbul Cup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjONtvfc8E

Satoko Miyahara JPN
SP Voice of Spring Waltz (Frühlingsstimmen Walzer) by J. Strauss jr.
LP Romeo and Juliet; Adagio
Her coaches are Coach: Mie Hamada, Yamoto Tamura, & Yoko Niino. Her choreographers are Tom Dickson & Kenji Miyamoto. She is 14.
Her best ever total score was 162.20 at JGP Baltic last year.
She is the current Japanese junior Champion, and she placed 4th at Junior Worlds last year.
She also won the Junior Ladies competition at the Asian FS Trophy in Taipei earlier this summer, and just won JGP Lake Placid with a score of 161.65.
Her winning SP and LP from JGP Lake Placid.
SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLA6M...feature=relmfu
LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTvVgzKtD4

Miyabi Oba JPN
SP Tempest by Gaetano Pugnami, Fritz Kreisler
LP The Firebird by Igor Stravinski
Miyabi is 16. Her coach is Yuko Monna. Her choreographer is Kenji Miyamoto. She is 17.
Her best ever score, achieved at the 2011 World Junior Championships, is 148.62. She placed fifth at the Japanese Junior Championships.
Her LP from 2011 Chubu Regionals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L86zbD68YqI
A Japanese 3 minutes news program about her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06wHnTolDdA

Yasmine Kimiko Yamado SUI
SP Butterfly Lovers by Gang Chen, Zhan-Hao He
LP Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46 Moorning Mood by Edvard Grieg
Her coach and choreographer is Bettina Ariza-Hügin. Yasmine is 15. She finished second at the Bavarian Open this year. This is her JGP debut.
Her LP from NRW Trophy, where she scored 119.22 overall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGsSi9SP9U

Leah Keiser USA
SP Intro and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille St.-Saens
LP Seasons by Alexander Glazunov
Her coaches are John Nicks & Christa Fassi. Her choreographer is Lori Nichol. She is 15.
She finished twelfth in Seniors at the US Championships last season. She also won the International Challenge Cup at the Hague in Seniors last season. This is her first JGP appearance.
Her LP from last year's Pacific Coast competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_FWZWmfk8

Anna Afonkina BUL
Anna has never updated her ISU biography. The entrylist leads to a stub entry from a girl of that same name who competed for Russia some years ago.
It's not clear that it is the same person, but perhaps this is the same Anna Afonkina who used to skate for Russia, who competed on the Russian Cup series in 2011. Her best results was on the fourth leg in 2011, where she finished tenth and scored 130.44.
Here is a video of Anna from her 2012 National Champioships where she finished first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVx0v3KSaw

Brooklee Han AUS
SP Prayer for Taylor by Michael Smith; Titanic Symphony by Richard Clayderman
LP Ave Maria by Caccini
Her coach and choreographer is Coach: Serhii Vaypan.
Her best ever total score was achieved recently at JGP Lake Placid, where she finished eighth and scored 128.92.
She placed 30th in World Juniors last year.
She also competes in Dressage and Eventing Equestrian competitions.
An interview with Brooklee by the aussieskates blog:
http://www.aussieskates.com/brooklee..._articles.html
Her LP from Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GxX8vqQ1I

Melisa Sema Atik TUR
SP Winter from Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi
LP The Mask of Zorro (soundtrack) by James Horner
Melisa is still 15. Her coach & choreographer is Zeynep Aydin.
Her best ever score happened at JGP Brasov last season, where she scored 93.94. She finished second in juniors at the 2011 Turkish championships. She finished twentieth at The International Challenge at the Hague last spring.
Her free skate from that competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSFNL5IOGA

Hwi Choi KOR
SP The Road
LP Lord of the Dance
Hwi is only 14. Her coach is Kyu Hyun Lee. She finished second in juniors at the Asian Figure Skating Trophy this summer.
Hwi finished eighth at JGP Courchevel recently, where she received her best ever score of 116.42.
Her SP from Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBqtmxkx854

Rebecka Emanuelsson SWE
SP Two Guitars; Dark Eyes
LP Cinema Paradiso (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone
She is still 17. Her coaches are Christina Halmi & Tanja Magnusson. Her choreographer: is Katja Magnusson. She is the Swedish silver medallist in juniors. She finished third at the Nordics, and twenty-first at JGP Courchevel. Her highest score is from 2008, and is 119.89.
Her LP from Nordics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9RmoXntD1s

Isabella Larkin GBR
SP The Meadow by Alexandre Desplat
LP Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb and Vanessa Mae
Her coach is Lesley Pearce and her choreographer is Rostislav Sinicyn. She is still 15.
She is the British silver medallist in juniors and recently finished tenth at the Bavarian Open.
I do not have a video of her.

Alina Fjodorova LAT
SP Inception (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
LP Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell
Alina is 17. Her coaches are Evgeni Rukavitsin and Andrejs Brovenko. Her choreographers are Maxim Trankov & Dmitrijs Gaitjukevics. Her personal best score is 133.48, achieved at last season's European championships, where she finished. sixteenth. She finished twenty first last year at World Juniors.
Her SP from Cup of Nice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6pCCgSg-KU

Uliana Titushkina RUS
SP Teheran 43 (soundtrack) by Michel Legrand
LP Kyuushutsu (soundtrack) by Naoki Sato
Her coach is Alina Pisarenko, and her choreographer is Irina Sushenko. Her best ever score was 143.92, which she earned at JGP Courchevel, where she won the bronze medal, She is just 13.
Her SP from Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr53ZtVMb4g
Her LP from Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVZw6hJSXPA

Oliya Clarkson GRN
Her program info is listed as from this season, but is actually from the 2011/2012 season.
SP Bird (information from 2011/12 season)
LP Don't Worry Be Happy; Sunrise Sunset; Moscow Night (all information from 2011/12 season)
Oliya skated at 2012 Junior Worlds, and is the first skater to represent Grenada at an ISU championship. She is the national senior champion of Grenada. She is 15. Her coaches are Nikolai Morosov, R. Serov & M. Voitsekhovskaia. Morosov is also her choreographer.
A montage of her skating from 2010, from Ice Theater of New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ms1jrMt80

Ecem Ertenli TUR
SP Quantum of Solace (soundtrack)
LP The Tourist (soundtrack)
Her coaches are Zeynep Aydin & Kutay Eryoldas. Her choreographer is Zeynep Aydin. She is 16.
This is her JGP debut. She recently finished in twenty first place in juniors at the Bavarian Open.
A video of her skating from March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZ1s3Gbqhg

Pina Umek SLO
SP Reflection of Passion by Yanni
LP Main Theme from Howl's Moving Castle (soundtrack)
Her coaches are Anja Bratec, Tamara Dorofejev, and Jan Cejvan. Her choreographer is Jeranjak Ipakjan. Her best ever score was 76.00, achieved last season at JGP Austria. She finished fourteenth at the Triglav Trophy this spring.
Her SP from JGP Austria 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQJ5rl4qXU

So Youn Park KOR
SP Pantoum for Piano
LP West Side Story (musical) by L. Bernstein
Her coach & choreographer is Hyun Jung Chi.
Her personal best was 144.71 at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi 2011
She won the Asian FS Trophy 2012 Taipei in seniors earlier this month, and she placed 4th in juniors the Youth Olympic Games earlier this year. She recently competed at JGP Lake Placid, where she finished sixth.
She was particularly good in the Short Program, in which she placed second.
Here is her Lake Placid SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBxkbIsaIWA

Anne Line Gjersem NOR
SP Hey Pachuco (from "The Mask" soundtrack)
LP Danse Macabre by Camille St.-Saens
Anne Line is 18. Her coaches are Ela Magnusson & Laco Vince. Her choreographer is Salome Brunner.
Her best ever score was 108.63, achieved on the JGP in 2008. She is the current Norwegian bronze medallist in Seniors. She finished seventh this spring at the Gardena Spring trophy. Her twin sister is also competing on the JGP circuit this year.
Her free skate from the 2012 International Challenge Cup in The Hague.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFrhKkJc8g

Elizaveta Ukolova CZE
SP A Comme Amour by Paul de Senneville, performed by Richard Clayderman
LP Swing Kids (soundtrack) by James Horner; Autumn Leaves by Kosma
Her coach is Barbora Koskova and her choreographer is Igor Tchiniaev. She is 14.
Her best ever score of 110.97 was earned at last year's World Junior Championships, where she finished in twenty second place. She is the Czech junior champion.
Her SP from the 2011 NRW Trophy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MOGt6Z_dLU

Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry FRA
Lenaelle is 17. Her coaches are Didier and Claudine Lucine, S. Golaz and A. Berthet. Her choreographer is Merovee Ephrem. Her ISU biography has not been updated, so I do not have a listing of what music she is using. Her best ever score is 120.78, scored at 2010 JGP Courchevel. Lenaelle finished third in Seniors at the last French championships. She finished third at the Triglav Trophy this spring.
Her SP at Junior Worlds last year, where she finished twenty seventh overall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3LwHlZ4Qo

Aislin Rosado MEX
Aislin is 17. She has never updated her ISU biography. Her best ever score was 73.00 at 2011 JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi in 2011, where she finished twenty ninth.
Her SP there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxkABv5oMtc

Netta Schrieber ISR
SP Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens
LP Carmen by George Bizet
Her coach is Coach Gilberto Viadana, and her Choreographer is Michela Boschetto. She is 14.
Lake Placid JGP was her international debut. She scored 101.33, which is her only ISU score, and therefore her personal best, and finished fourteenth.

Kristina Zaseeva RUS
SP Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss
LP The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand
Her coach is Elena Vodorezova. Her choreographers are Tatiana Tarasova & Irina Tagaeva. She is still 15. Her best score was 120.29, earned at last year's Baltic Cup, where she was seventh. She recently finished second at Triglav Trophy.
She competed at the Russian Junior Championships last season, where she finished eighth and scored 148.73. She had had problems in the long program, but was fifth in the Short program.
Her free skate from last year's Baltic Cup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4fwF1oqv00

Zelyke Kenez Rou
SP Compilation of Music
LP Cabaret (soundtrack)
She is just 13. Her coach is Maria Bogyo Loffler. Her choreographers are Kinga Farks & Natalia Popova. This is her JGP debut. She is just up from novices.
Her winning program in novices at Crystal Skate 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNob5LofyOI

Beata Papp FIN
SP Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Richard Rodgers
LP La Cumparsita by Gerardo Hernan Matos Rodriguez
Her coach is Brian Orser and her choreographers are Mark Pillau for the SP, and Maikki Uotila Kraatz for her LP.
Her best ever score was 120.27 at JGP Austria last year. She placed third in Senior Ladies at the Finnish National Championships. She also placed fourth in Seniors at The Nordics.. The Papp family now all lives in Canada, to facilitate the children's training. She recently competed at JGP Lake Placid, where she finished eleventh.
Her SP from Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx9kTLoLWp4

Anita Madsen DEN
SP Totentanz by Maksim Mrvica
LP Poeta by Vicente Amigo
Anita is 17. Her coaches are Kalle Strid and Martin Johannson. Her choreographers are Susanne Seger and Kalle Strid. Her best ever score was 115.55 at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi in 2011. She is the Danish silver medallist, and finished twenty sixth last year at World Juniors.
She recently competed at JGP Courchevel, where she finished eleventh.
Her SP from Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ43xWP-IV4

Nina Jiang USA
SP Assassin's Tango (from Mr. and Mrs. Smith soundtrack) by John Powell; Volver by Maxime Rodriguez
LP Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) by John Williams; Jet Li's Fearless (soundtrack) by Shigeru Umebayashi; Medley of Wadaiko Matsuriza. She is 15.
Nina's coach and choreographer is Shanyn Vallon. Her best ever ISU score was 131.08, scored at JGP Courchevel 2010, where she finished fifth. She finished eleventh at US Seniors Championships last year.
Her free skate from Skate Detroit last month
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSWtsQqsADk

Darin Khussein UKR
SP Frida soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal
LP Tosvits Tsov by Ara Gevorkian.
Darrin's coach is Marina Amirkhanova. Her choreographers are Irina Chubarets and Maria Tumanovskaia. She is 15. She recently finished fourth in juniors at Ice Star 2012 in Minski.
Her LP from NRW Trophy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsHmQo2vHQ

Kristina Zakharanka BLR
SP Russian Dance (from "Swan Lake") by Petr I. Tchaikovski
LP Don Quixote by Leon Minkus
Kristina is 15. Her coach is Alexander Morozov. She is the Senior Champion of Belarus. She recently finished third at Ice Star of Minski. Her best ever personal score is 87.90.

















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Thursday, September 20
14:10 Ladies SP (GMT +2, Istanbul time)

Live Results Page
http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgptur2012/SEG003.HTM

I jjust got the preview up. You might like to look at it:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sho...757#post660757

Start Order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Gerli LIINAMÄE EST

2 Sila SAYGI TUR

3 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN

4 Miyabi OBA JPN

5 Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA SUI

6 Leah KEISER USA

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Anna AFONKINA BUL

8 Brooklee HAN AUS

9 Melisa Sema ATIK TUR

10 Hwi CHOI KOR

11 Rebecka EMANUELSSON SWE

12 Isabella LARKIN GBR

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Alina FJODOROVA LAT

14 Uliana TITUSHKINA RUS

15 Oliya CLARKSON GRN

16 Ecem ERTENLI TUR

17 Pina UMEK SLO

18 So Youn PARK KOR

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR

20 Elizaveta UKOLOVA CZE

21 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA

22 Aislin ROSADO MEX

23 Netta SCHREIBER ISR

24 Kristina ZASEEVA RUS

Warm-Up Group 5
25 Zselyke KENEZ ROU

26 Beata PAPP FIN

27 Anita MADSEN DEN

28 Nina JIANG USA

29 Darin KHUSSEIN UKR

30 Kristina ZAKHARANKA BLR

Thursday, September 20
19:00 Men's SP, Istanbul time (GMT +2)

Live Results Page

http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgptur2012/SEG001.HTM

Start Order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Andrei ZUBER RUS

2 Nam NGUYEN CAN

3 Charlie PARRY-EVANS GBR

4 Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG HKG

5 Ivan PAVLOV UKR

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Giray SENOL TUR

7 Taichi HONDA JPN

8 June Hyoung LEE KOR

9 Pavel IGNATENKO BLR

10 Shotaro OMORI USA

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Tomas KUPKA CZE

12 Ryan Zhi Jwen YEE MAS

13 Catalin DIMITRESCU ROU

14 Shu NAKAMURA JPN

15 Jason BROWN USA

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR

17 Cameron HEMMERT AUS

18 Alexander PETROV RUS

19 Armen AGAIAN GEO

20 Kamil DYMOWSKI POL

Warm-Up Group 5
21 Andrew FERNANDES IND

22 Osman AKGÜN TUR

23 Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER SUI

24 Marcus BJÖRK SWE

25 Iassen PETKOV BUL

Which is Friday, September 21
14:55 Short Dance Istanbul Time

Start order will be up soon!

Live Results Page
http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgptur2012/SEG005.HTM

Looking at their resumes, the team that should win this in a walk is Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin of Russia. Their personal best score is over 20 points higher than any of the other teams here has ever achieved. They are the junior World silver medallists, and the JGPF bronze medallists. However, having just watched their SD from the recent Russian test skate, they looked somewhat under trained to me. Given the fussiness of the current SD rules, I do not expect this event to be a 20 point runaway. I do not see how they can avoid winning however. Predicting the other medallists is more tricky. Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang of Canada, who recently won the bronze medal at JGP Courchevel have to be high in the running. However, Jean-Luc Baker and Kaitlin Hawayek, a new team from the US, defeated Edwards and Pang at Lake Placid IDC this summer. We should be keeping an eye on them, too. I favor Jean-Luc and Kaitlin particularly because of their strength at LPIDC in the short dance, a weaker point for Edwards & Pang. There are a number of promising teams who could sneak in if these falter.

Shari Koch & Christian Nüchtern skated to a fourth place finish at JGP Austria last week. Although Carolina Prochazkova & Michal Ceska of Czech Republic only finished seventh in Linz, their free dance performance was a disaster, marked by three separate deductions. I am looking to see them improve their placing here. And one can never ignore new Russian teams, and there is one here, Kristina Baklanova & Andrei Bagin, coached by Svinin & Zhuk who used to train Khoklova & Novitski. Finally, there is the very young American team of Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter, whom I do not expect to win, place, or show, but who should again win the hearts of the crowd, especially with their different and charming Zombies Short Dance, and set themselves up well for the next JGP season.


Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin RUS
Their ISU biography has not been updated.
Their coaches are Alexander Svinin & Irina Zhuk. Their choreographers are Irina Zhuk & Igor Pivorovich. Alexandra is 17. Ivan just turned 19. They have skated together siuce 2006. Ivan's father is the famous ice dancer Andrei Bukin, who with his partner, Natalia Bestemaniova, won the 1988 Olympic gold medal, and four successive World championships from 1985 to 1988. Ivan is the former partner of Elena Illinykh.
Their personal best score of 149.98 was achieved last year at the ISU JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi. They placed second at Russian Junior Nationals last year. They placed second at Junior Worlds, and third at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They are the overwhelming favorites at this competition.

Their SD from the recent Russian Test Skate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejm6nUyjrbQ


Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang CANSD Blues: Why Don't You Do Right; Swing: Mr. Pinstripe Suit by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FD George Valentin (from The Artist soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource; Waltz for Peppy (from The Artist soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource; Peppy and George (from The Artist soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource

Madeline & Zhao Kai made their debut on the JGP last year at JGP Innsbruck, where they placed 5th and scored their highest total score of 122.90. They are coached by Wing & Lowe. Madeline is 16 and Zhao Kai is 17.

They are the reigning Canadian Junior Silver medallists. They did a wonderful job recently at BC Summer Skate, where they scored 52.51 in winning the SD. They withdrew from the FD. They also competed at LPIDC, where they won their group in the FD with a score of 70.19, the highest score recorded for any of the three sections there.

Their Coaches & Choreographers are Megan Wing & AaronLowe.
At LPIDC, their SD scored 47.99 (second in their section, 3rd highest event wide)
At LPIDC, their FD scored 70.19 (first in their section & highest event wide)
Max internationally, 122.9 at JGP Austria last year.
2nd at Canadian Junior Nationals
They recently competed at JGP Courchevel, where they won the bronze medal, with a score of 113.73.

Their FD from JGP Courchevel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Iyqj5G2qQ


Kaitlyn Hawayak & Jean-Luc Baker USA
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Swing: Gimme Some Rhythm Daddy performed by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
FD Singing in the Rain (soundtrack) by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Kaitlin is 15, nearly 16. Jean-Luc is almost 19. Their current coaches are Camerlengo, Krylova, Scali, Annenko-Deller & Elizabeth Punsalan. Their choreographers are Camerlengo & Krylova. Jean-Luc skated with Joylyn Yang previously. Joylyn was severely injured and retired from skating. Kaitlin formerly skated with Michael Bramante. This is a new pairing. Kaitlin & Jean-Luc skated at the Lake Placid IDC competition this summer, where they won their section in the short dance with a score of 51.21. Of the three sections, Hawayek and Baker scored less only than Aldridge & Eaton, and that by less than two points. The field included Edwards & Pang and Macnamara & Carpenter, two teams that will also compete here in Turkey. They also won their section of the Free Dance, giving them a total score for the event of 66.85+51.21 = 118.06. I would not be at all surprised to see them in the top six here.
Here is a photo from their free dance at Lake Placid:
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-HB-DB.jpg.php

Shari Koch & Christian Nüchtern GER
SD Feeling Good; Hey Pachuco
FD Big Spender; Fever;

Christian is 20, and Shari will be turning 19 later this month.
Their ISU bio has not been updated this season.
Their coach is Oleg Ryzhkin, and their choreographer is Rostislav Sinicyn.
Their best ever personal score was 124.35 at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi last season, where they finished 4th. They also finished fourth at the JGP Austria 2012 Linz competition this last week, where their total score was 117.56. Perhaps they will be able to medal at this competition, especially if they can improve their pattern dance score.
Their SD at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKxivoSab8
Their FD at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xovuhdcFxMM


Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter USA
SD Hip-Hop: Ramalama Bang Bang by Roisin Murphy; Blues: Zombie Blues by Flipron; Hip-Hop: Ramalama Bang Bang by Roisin Murphy
FD Le Balcon by Gerard Presgurvic; Les Rois Du Monde by Gerard Presgurvic

Lorraine is 13 & Quinn is 16. Their coaches & choreographers are Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak & Dmytri Ilin from the up and coming Wheaton Academy rink in MD. Lorraine & Quinn won the bronze medal in Juniors at the US Nationals in Juniors last year. They were second in the SD at LPIDC in their section, this summer with a score 44.60, and third in the FD at LPICD, scoring 66.20 in their section.

They made their international debut at JGP Courchevel where they finished 6th, with their personal best (and only) total score of 108.33.
Their Zombies Short Dance, performed at JGP Courchevel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qtei69fLg



Kristina Baklanova & Andrei Bagin RUS
SD Swing; Blues; Swing
FD
They have no ISU biography on file.

Here is their SD from the 2012 Russian Junior Nationals.
Their highest score of 120.60 in the 2011 Junior Russia Cup was in third leg, where they finished third. They finished tenth in 2012 at Russian Junior Nationals with a score of 117.35
Here's their SD at Russian Junior Nationals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlOXU...layer_embedded


Carolina Prochazkova & Michal Ceska CZE
SD Blues by Michael Buble; Swing by Parov Stelar
FD Latin Selection by Marc Anthony

Karolina is 18, and Michal just turned 20 this month.
Their coaches are Rostislav Sinicyn and Natalia Karamyseva, and their choreographers are Rostislav Sinicyn and Igor Tchinaev
This is their third year on the JGP. Their best ever score was 116.81 at the Volvo Cup last year.
They are the 2010 junior champions of Czech Republic, and placed third in seniors in the national championships last year. They competed at the World Junior Championships where they finished 21st. They won the 2012 Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf in juniors.
They recently competed at JGP Linz, where they finished seventh, with a score of 113.58. Indeed, they would have finished higher if they had not incurred -3 points in deductions, for losing a piece of a costume, an extended lift, and an extra, illegal element.
Their FD from JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29Z5LVQj_8

Sofia Sforza & Francesco Fioretti ITA
SD Swing, Brother Swing; Blues
FD
Their ISU biography has not yet been updated this year.

Sofia is 17, and Francesco is 19. Their coach & choreographer is Valter Rizzo.
Their best total score was 116.25 at last year's World Junior Championships, where they finished tenth. They are the current National Junior Champions of Italy, and placed third in Juniors at the 2012 Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf.
They competed at JGP Courchevel this year, where they withdrew, following the short dance, where they finished eleventh.
Their SD from JGP Courchevel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR6mvs2YVK0

Kristsina Kaunatskaia & Yan Lukouski BLR
SD Blues: Feeling Good by Michael Buble; Swing: Can't Buy My Love by Paul McCartney, John Lennon
FD Adios Nonino; Red Tango

Their Coaches are Alexander Morozov & Tatiana Bieliaieva. Their choreographers are Zhanna Gorbatenkova and Alexander Tolstik
Kristsina is still 14; Yan is 16.
This is their JGP debut; I could not find any videos of them.


Laura Abts & Maarten Buckens BEL
SD Halo by Beyonce; Intergalactic by Beastie Boys
FD Peppy and George (from The Artist soundtrack); George's Cafe lyrics performed by Hooverphonic (from The Artist soundtrack); Leatherheads by Randy Newman

They debuted on the JGP last year at JGP Milano.
Their previous best total score is 70.08
Their coaches and choreographers are Corey Lapaige, Kim Mathijs. Laura has just turned 15, and Maarten is about to turn 17.
They recently competed at JGP Courchevel where they finished thirteenth.

Their FD from Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D97zWtuI-A


Slayvana Tsenova & Egor Zaytsev BUL
SD Blues: Aint No Sunshine When She's Gone Hip-Hop: Ice Ice Baby
FD Samba, Rhumba, Samba

Their coach is Oksana Potdykova. Their choreographers are Nadezhda Hristova & Anna Nikolova.
Slayvana is still 13, and Egor is 15.
They finished sixth in advanced novices at the 2012 International Trophy of Lyon.
This is their JGP debut. I could not find a video of their skating.

Marina Elias & Denis Koreline EST
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher (from "Blues Brothers" soundtrack); Swing
FD Rock'n'Roll Medley

Their Coach & choreographer is Lee Rand. This is their JGP debut.
Marina is 15, and Denis is 19.
I do not have any videos or photographs of them.


Sara Aghai & Jussiville Partanen FIN
SD Trouble by Elvis Presley
FD Egyptic by Beats Antique; feres by Natacha Atlas; Sharm-elSheikh by Zamalek Musicians

Aghai & Partanen are the Finnish junior champions.
Wing & Lowe are both their coaches and choreographers.
Sara is 17, nearly 18, and Jussiville is 21.
Sara & Jussiville finished 16th at the last Junior Worlds
Their highest total score, internationally, was record at Junior Worlds.
They finished 6th in their section of the SD at LPIDC with a score of 39.98, and 7th in their section of the FD with a score of 57.94. They recently competed at JGP Lake Placid, where they finished ninth overall and scored a personal best of 61.60 in the free dance.
Their FD from Lake Placid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQTCdJtKA1Y

Estelle Elizabeth & Romain Le Gac FRA
Estelle & Romain are coached by Zazoui and Haguenauer. Estelle is 16, and Romain is 17. They have not updated their ISU bio as yet, and I can't recognize their music from the JGP Courchevel videos. Their highest score was 111.87 at JGP Austria last year. They are the reigning French Junior ice dance champions, a competition they won with a score of 115.69. They recently competed at JGP Courchevel, where they finished tenth.
Their SD from JGP Courchevel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2KQE8oQ8c
Their FD from JGP Courchevel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwtDJjG2VUI

Myriam Gassoumi & Clément Le Molaire FRA
Myriam & Clément have never filed an ISU biography, despite having been international competitors since at least 2008. She is 18; he is 17. Their best total score to date of 96.89 was achieved at Baltic Cup in 2010. They recently finished ninth in Juniors at the International Ice Dance Trophy Lyon. Last year they placed third at the French National Championships in Juniors.
Here is their SD from Trophy Lyon 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJesnS0wIzs

Carina Glastris & Nicholas Lettner GRE
SD Blues; Swing
FD Twenties Ragtime and Charleston

This is a new team, coached and choreographed by the Scarborough school of Carol & Jon Lane & Juris Razguliaevs. Carina is 17. Nicholas is 19.They have added the following extra information to their ISU biography:
Lettner's brother has also competed at the national level in ice dance in Canada.

Anna Bolshen & Ronald Zilberberg ISR
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Swing: King of Swing by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FD Pink Panther (soundtrack) by Henry Mancini

Anna is still 13. Ronald is 16. They train in Hackensack, NJ, with coach & choreographer Galit Chait.
This is their JGP debut.
They competed at the Lake Placid IDC. Here is a photo from their SD there:
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-BZ-DB.jpg.php

Ayesha Campbell & Shane Speden NZL
SD No One by Allicia Keys; Fallin by Allicia Keys
FD Carol Ann by Michael W. Smith; Freedom Battle by Michael W Smith

Ayesha is 19, and Shane is 20. Ayesha used to compete using the surnameYigit. .
Their coach & choreographer is Monica McDonald.
They earned their personal best score of 67.90 at Baltic Cup last season. They finished 17th at last year's World Junior Championship.
They are the first couple to represent New Zealand in ice dance. They have been the New Zealand junior champions for the last 3 years.
They finished sixteenth at JGP Austria, where they earned their best ever total dance score of 68.84.
Here's their SD from JGP Linz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4aumqowOts


Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero ESP
SD Blues: Your Heart Is As Black As Night by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa; Swing: Tough Lover by Christina Aguilera (from "Burlesque" soundtrack)
FD Chicago (soundtrack)

Their coaches are Muriel Zazoui, R. Haguenauer, & Olivier Schoenfelder
Their choreographer is Romain Haguenauer.
They are the current Spanish National Junior Champions. They have not appeared before on the JGP, but did compete at the World Junior Championships last year where they finsihed twenty-fourth, and did not qualify for the free dance. They placed seventh in Juniors in the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf.
Cagla Demirsal & Berk Akalin TUR
Their ISU biographies have yet been updated this year.
Cagla and Berk are both 17. They train with Natalia Dubova & Oleg Voiko in Stamford, CT, USA. Dubova & Voiko are also their choreographers.
They finished eighteenth at the World Junior Championships last year, where they achieved their personal best score of 101.23. They are the Turkish senior champions in dance.. They also place third in the 2011 Istanbul Cup.
Their amusing FD at last year's Junior World Championships, skated to The Flight of the Bumblebee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqbQmo2v0U

Anastasia Chiriyatyeva & Sergei Shevchenko UKR
SD Blues: Save My Soul by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Hip Hop: Ants by eDit

FD Tore My FD Heart by Oona; Otros Aires; Tore My Heart by Oona
This is a new pairing. Sergei formerly skated with Xenia Chepizhko. They are coached by Irina Voroninskaia, and their choreographer is Nadezhda Krasniak. Anastasia is 19; Sergei is 21.
Here's Sergei's FD with his previous partner on at last year's JGP at Sheffield, England.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwYeNEzc2k

The ISU has posted JGP Bosphorus 2012 entries:

Junior Men http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00027913.htm

Junior Ladies http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00027914.htm

Junior Ice Dance http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00027915.htm

If more convenient, links to all of the above are here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051391.htm

(No Junior Pairs.)