I believe the unused JGP spots get redistributed to the next country(ies) in line. Didn't Canada pick up some spots that way a few years back?
But unused JWC spots remain unused.
2025 World Junior Championships Pairs FS
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But unused JWC spots remain unused.
For JGP, Pairs spots are not redistributed. They do it for Group B in Men, Women and Ice Dance only.
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Good grief. Could the ISU rules be more convoluted? And why the difference; just cause they can?See @saine who beat me up to it
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That should be the ISU new motto... "Cause we can"
I think because Pairs is only in 4/7 JGPs. Which is a shame about the redistribution, I think the US could've filled some of those spots.
I don't think that was cowardice. It got blown up after the podium at JGP Budapest 2023 where Sierova/Khobta were not comfortable being hugged by them on that podium (where Ariano Kent/Laliberte Laurent also won bronze.) I looked back at the NHK Trophy Victory Ceremony, they gave congratulatory hugs to Kam/O'Shea and Miura/Kihara.
If they wanted to avoid the same issue with Holichenko/Darenskyi, I don't blame them. Holichenko/Darenskyi may not have been comfortable with it, and it would've been the right decision on Metelkina/Berulava's part. I don't think they would've wanted to put Ariano Kent/Laliberte Laurent in the position of being in a second awkward podium of rebuffed congratulatory hugs.
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It is not about B/M nationality people don't like this. It is about the age. (I don't like Luka but it is mostly because I liked Karina and that is a different story). People like them at senior competitions. And it is not only them, as said there are other teams which are not juniors. Don't be blind towards that mass of people like lot of real junior skaters (also other ones in other competitions) who are originally from Russia. It is about the ridiculous rule. But I think quite many would not like if other federations used that rule too and would send skaters who had not competed at a any junior competitions during current season. I think good rule is get rid of minimums which can be achieved from previous season. Use JGP and some other junior competitions as qualification competitions, 40-50 best will be qualified so that if federation have more skaters than spots on that list, then federation can choose who to send. There have been also 19-years old skaters in singles who have not competed at juniors before JWC. It is exactly same issue. There will not be 50 skaters as big feds have more top skaters than 3. The amount will be about 40 in singles and in pairs/ID the amount will be as it has been now as there are not so many of them. The amount in ID/pairs can also be restricted for example to 25-30.
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