Russian Junior Nationals

Ladies, Pairs & Dance got done today - men will skate the free tomorrow.

Ladies Final:
1. Adelina Sotnikova 170.28
2. Еlizaveta Tuktamysheva 155.14
3. Оksana Gozeva 153.58
4. Polina Shelepen 142.40
5. Ksenia Makarova 140.21
6. Nicole Gosviyani 130.82
7. Polina Agafonova 130.54
8. Еvgenia Tarasova 126,32
9. Еlizaveta Milovanova 120,97
10. Dinara Vasfieva 119.65.
11. Еkaterina Kozyreva 118.66
12. Maria Krylova 118.32.
13. Tatiana Mikhailova 115.86
14. Natalia Mitina 110.51
15. Maria Artemyeva 109.01
16. Anna Ovcharova 106.77
17. Polina Korobeinikova 106.40
18. Nina Petushkova 104,14
19. Evgenia Pochufarova 104.13
20. Maria Sharova 86.71
WD Jana Smekhnova 34.08

Sotnikova & Tuktamysheva also went 1-2 at Senior Nationals, but neither is age-eligible for Junior Worlds. The highest age-eligible skaters are Gozeva (3) and Makarova (5).

Pairs Final:
1. Martyusheva/Rogonov 154,65
2. Sheremetieva/Kuznetsov 149.61
3. Imaikina/Novoselov 147.99
4. Morozova/Golubev 138,16
5. Kuklina/Kushtanov 127.56
6. Vassileva/Shevchuk 124.49
7. Astahova/Bochkov 120.93
8. Malakova/Klimov 118.95
9. Semenova/Petukhov 115.19
10. Petaykina/Kurduykov 114.30
11. Makarova/Shemet 102.72

Iliushechkina/Maisuradze didn't compete (too close to Euros), but have already been selected to Junior Worlds. Krasilnikova/Bezmaternikh withdrew due to illness (her). Ozerova did not recover in time from her injury at the JGP Final.

Dance Final
1. Riazanova/Guerreiro 175.62
2. Pushkash/Kiselev- 170.54
3. Antipova/Kudashev 158.07
4. Ilinykh/Katsalapov 155.71
5. Monko/Khaliavin 153.69
6. Baturintseva/Volobuiev 153.54
7. Sinitsina/Zhingashin. 147.35
8. Telegina/Adoniev 141.58
9. Starygina/Moroshkin 139.65
10. Loseva/Lunin 134.02
11. Kosygina 129.33
12. Ruchkin/Kozhevnikov 128.42
13. Kabysheva/Komolov 117.73
14.Yurchenko/Savin 117.62

I'd imagine the top three here will go to JW. R/G certainly have a chance for a medal and P/K and A/K should finish within the top ten. Ilinykh/Katsapalov are a new team, I think, and they are coached by Alexander Zhulin. I think she's 14 or 15.

Men's SP
1. Artem Grigoriev 72.73.
2. Arthur Gachinsky 71.81.
3. Ivan Bariev 70.58.
4. Gordey Gorshkov 60,94.
5. Nikita Mikhailov 59,90.6.
6. Stanislav Kovalev 58.58.
7. Мark Shamatov 58.13.
8. Аrtur Dmitriev 58.07.
9. Daniil Gleyhengauz 57.83.
10. Аlexander Nikolaev 56.03.
11. Jean Bush 53.09.
12. Sergey Alekseev 51.27.
13. Nikita Smirnov 51,20.
14. Ivan Beach 50.01.
15. Sergei Borodulin 49.41.
16. Konstantin Miluykov 47.98.
17. Fedosyi Efremenko 43.79.
18. Maxim Kovtun 39,48.
19. Yevgeny Ilyin 37.21.

Thanks for these results!!!

18. Nina Petushkova 104,14
she was ill? or injuried?

JW selection will be hard in pairs. Krasilnikova/Bezmaternikh are the reigning world junior champions, so will they be selected?

I think Grigoriev/Gachinski/Bariev will be the final podium in men...

Men's Final:

1. Ivan Bariev - 211,38
2. Artur Gachinsky – 197,33
3. Artem Grigoriev – 185,80.
4. Stanislav Kovalev – 181,94.
5. Mark Shamatov – 174,54
6. Gordey Gorshkov – 174,23
7. Alexander Nikolajev – 167,54.
8. Daniil Gleyhengauz – 164,74
9. Jean Bush – 159,11
10. Sergey Alexeev – 154,37
11. Artur Dmitriev – 149,25.
12. Konstantin Milokov – 146,50
13. Nikita Mikhailov – 146,06
14. Ivan Beach – 143,39
15. Sergey Borodulin – 138,14
16. Nikita Smirnov – 133,23
17. Fedosyi Efremenko – 131,67
18. Maksim Kovtun – 124,61
19. Yegenyi Ilyin – 109,92


My guess (and I truly have no idea what happened, it is just a guess) is that Petushkova had a bad skate, jump-wise and it's not like her spins, spirals and presentation bring in high marks. A lot of the younger girls ahead of her - Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva, Milovanova, Shelepen, Agafonova - have the whole package. Obviously, we already knew that Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva & Shelepen were capable of beating her. But a lot of the junior girls in Russia around that age are quite good. Some of them, like Milovanova for example, don't have jumps above the 3S but are really consistent and good overall skaters who do what they can very well. Others like Agafonova have fantastic style and great spins - Agafonova has an amazing Biellman. So with so many good girls and a bad skate, maybe the judges felt they had no reasons to hold Petushkova up.

Leonova is supposed to go to junior worlds too. Instead of Makarova I guess. But not sure.

Yeah, according to an article on allsport, the preliminary team is:

Pairs: Iliushechkina/Maisuradze, Martiusheva/Rogonov, Sheremetieva/Kuznetsov
subs: Imaikina/Novoselov, Morozova/Golubev

Dance: Riazanova/Guerreiro, Pushkash/Kiselev, Antipova/Kudashev
Subs: Ilinykh/Katsalapov, Monko/Khaliavin, Baturintseva/Volobuiev

Men: Bariev, Gachinski, Grigoriev
subs: Kovalev, Shamatov, Gorshkov

Ladies: Leonova, Gozeva
(no subs mentioned)

I don't like how federations are sending senior skaters to junior worlds. I wish Makarova had gotten the chance.

Leonova will make Europeans, Junior Worlds and Worlds the same season? And Iliushechkina/Maisuradze too...

What's the age of the dance team Ilinykh/Katsalapov?

If this is the same Elena Ilinykh, then she is 14. I don't know his age.

Ilynych was born in 94, Katsalapov - in 91
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=10352

Here's the link to the detailed results:
http://www.goldskate.ru/schedule/RusJuniors2009.html