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I'm pulling for Canada's Junior Dance Champions Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier to medal at Jr World's. What a stunning dance team with great potential. The samba is definitely their dance - and their freedance is breathtaking.
Crone/Poirier finished 13th on the JGP, with one bronze medal and a 5th place. I think they will place behind Weaver/Poje and Lenko/Islam, both of whom were on the alternate list for the JGPF.
Good grief. They really should do something about all these Russian judges. It will be a Russian sweep not dervingly but what the majority of judges will act on.I expect four of the top 5 to be two Russian and two US teams, in some order, and wouldn't be at all surprised to see the top 5 all Russian and US teams.
The judges for Jr. Worlds Ice Dance are:
CD/OD: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA
FD: Germany, Italy plus 8 judges selected at random from the CD judges.
Alternates: If any of the selected judges withdraw, these are the alternates (in substitution order): Slovak Republic, Serbia, Latvia, Israel.
What do you mean with "all these Russian judges"? I see only one. Or would you argue that Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Ukraine are provinces of Russia? This seems like a fair representation of "eastern" and "western" countries to me. Especially for the FD.
I am really intrigued with Weaver and Poje @ this competition. They shaocked the world at Nationals, don't be surprised if they do it again here. People thought going into Nationals they were a fringe top 5 team there too!
I am really intrigued with Weaver and Poje @ this competition. They shaocked the world at Nationals, don't be surprised if they do it again here. People thought going into Nationals they were a fringe top 5 team there too!