Are Junior worlds a highway to success, or do most of the people who win junior medals simply fall off the wayside?
Remember the three Russian girls who had a podium sweep in the mid 1990s? Probably not I haven't seen any of their skating, but I heard nice comments about it. Now, I'm not sure if any of them are still skating at the elite level.
Of couse there have also been skaters who have been sucessful on both the junior and senior level, Ilia Kulik, Irina Slutskaya, Gordeeva& Grinkov, Anton Sikharulidze, Maria Petrova...
Remember the three Russian girls who had a podium sweep in the mid 1990s? Probably not I haven't seen any of their skating, but I heard nice comments about it. Now, I'm not sure if any of them are still skating at the elite level.
Of couse there have also been skaters who have been sucessful on both the junior and senior level, Ilia Kulik, Irina Slutskaya, Gordeeva& Grinkov, Anton Sikharulidze, Maria Petrova...