2025 JGP Solidarity Cup: General Info and Pregame Chat

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2025 JGP Solidarity Cup is the sixth of seven individual events of the 2025-26 Junior Grand Prix series and will take place October 2-4, 2025, in Gdansk, Poland. The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series consists of seven international junior invitational events during the fall culminating with the 2025-26 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December 2025.

This event will feature the Singles & Pair skating and Ice Dance disciplines and will be conducted in accordance with the ISU Constitution and General Regulations, the ISU Special Regulations, and relevant ISU Communications.

Participation in the seven events and the Final of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is open to all Competitors who belong to an ISU Member and qualify with regard to eligibility according to Rule 102, provided their ages fall within the limits specified in Rule 108, paragraph 3. b) and they meet the participation, citizenship and residency requirements in Rule 109 and ISU Communication 2526 or any update of this Communication.

• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Schedule
• Entries: Men | Women | Pairs | Ice Dance
• Results

Junior Grand Prix Standings
Men | Women | Pairs | Ice Dance

 

[Keith]

Entries, and quite a big field!!

 

[kurakovabot]

Wowww, such a deep field! I need advice - do you guys think it's worth it, going only to the Women's FS? I'd have to travel all across the country by a train and get home by like.. 4am, but the urge to see so many of my fav juniors skate live, and it would be my first ever live junior event too, is very deep! Has anyone ever been to a JGP? Is the overall experience worth all the difficulties i would have to take to get there?

 

[NoNameFace]

Whoooooop for BIG field!
My only fear is that if Japanese skaters who are assigned there will not place in top 5 om their 1st assignment (not sure if that rule still stands), Japanese Fed could blank the spots...

 

[Karoltyna]

Gdańsk is such a lovely city, I'm tempted to go this year...

 

[AlexRus]

ISU JGP Solidarity Cup 2025
POLGdansk / POL
1 Oct - 4 Oct, 2025

As for Entries/Results.

In order of Personal Best, * - unofficial best if no official.
In (brackets) No of previous Event, place, score - if any.

Junior Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Taiga NISHINO JPN 233.50 (3 1 233.50)
2 Habin CHOI KOR 232.19 (3 2 232.19)
3 Genrikh GARTUNG GER 218.94 (1 3 210.01)
4 Caleb FARRINGTON USA 210.66 (5 3 210.66) Substituted
5 Daiya EBIHARA JPN 207.17 (4 4 201.57)
6 Ean WEILER SUI 195.52 (1 8 189.98)
7 Yingrui LI CHN 192.79*
8 Yehor KURTSEV UKR 192.19 (1 7 192.19)
9 Lloyd THOMSON GBR 190.56
10 Louis MALLANE USA 182.03* Substituted
11 Matias LINDFORS FIN 180.80
12 Elias SAYED SWE 179.56 (3 20 143.14)
13 Matvii YEFYMENKO POL 179.09
14 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU 178.67 (1 12 161.57)
15 Tadeas VACLAVIK CZE 177.15 (2 5 177.15)
16 Edward VASII CAN 166.16 Substituted
17 Jarvis HO HKG 165.18 (2 9 157.78)
18 Ilya NESTEROV EST 165.04*
19 Matteo MARCHIONI ITA 160.57 (3 15 160.57)
20 Dmitry RUDENKO SVK 152.88 (5 16 152.88)
21 Oscar OLIVER POL 151.34 (5 18 151.34)
22 Aleksei VLASENKO HUN 149.84
23 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 140.54
24 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 140.00 (2 16 127.77)
25 Daniil VALANOV NOR 138.53 (1 17 138.53)
26 Ryszard SIUDEK POL 138.29 (1 18 138.29)
27 Aaron KIM KOR 128.89 (4 14 128.89)
28 Wendell HANSSON-OSTERGAARD DEN 120.15 (1 23 106.75)
29 Razvan CIONAC ROU 114.80 (2 18 112.37)
WD Lucius KAZANECKI USA 202.67 (2 3 202.67)
WD David BONDAR CAN 196.86 (3 10 168.78)
WD Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 155.19 (5 14 154.83)
WD Matvey SOKOLOV ISR 140.62 (5 20 140.62)
WD Patrick BLACKWELL USA 221.56 (4 2 222.17)
WD Ziga JEVNIK SLO 99.87
WD Nicholas BROOKS USA 195.34 Substituted (3 6 195.34)
WD Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL 128.95 Substituted

Junior Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Kaoruko WADA JPN 198.22 (3 4 180.83)
2 Sophie Joline VON FELTEN USA 197.41 (2 3 186.92)
3 Yujae KIM KOR 196.10 (2 2 196.10)
4 Sumika KANAZAWA JPN 185.77 (3 1 185.77)
5 Nayeon KO KOR 180.14 (3 7 166.67)
6 Elisabeth DIBBERN SUI 173.67 (1 3 173.67)
7 Kaya TIERNAN USA 170.54*
8 Shiqi GAO CHN 170.27 (2 13 145.20)
9 Alica LENGYELOVA SVK 167.71 (5 8 167.71)
10 Nicole DE ROSA ITA 153.44*
11 Hannah QUINN CAN 141.14*
12 Katerina HANUSOVA CZE 137.56
13 Karina INNOS FIN 136.57
14 Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU 134.45 (5 17 128.81)
15 Marta Helena PRANGEL EST 133.46 (4 19 133.46)
16 Julianna FARRELL IRL 133.11*
17 Zofia BOCHENEK POL 132.34* Substituted
18 Emma LYONS GBR 128.73*
19 Lucca DIJKHUIZEN NED 127.32 (2 19 127.32)
20 Ula ZADNIKAR SLO 125.69 (5 22 125.69) Substituted
21 Camilla Vinther POULSEN DEN 125.02 (1 29 84.44)
22 Paula KASNAR CRO 120.36 (3 25 120.36)
23 Aleksandra JANIKOWSKA POL 118.72 (1 22 110.55)
24 Weronika FERLIN POL 118.27 (5 23 118.27)
25 Chloe Desiree LEUNG HKG 117.90
26 Zsofia SZEPLAKI HUN 117.61 (2 27 116.85)
27 Isabella WANG AUS 116.62*
28 Pernille WITH NOR 115.73
29 Oleksandra DELIAMURE UKR 109.91*
30 Sofi KARAPETYAN ARM 108.12
31 Saedis Heba GUDMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 106.45 (1 27 99.62)
32 Nadja SAVIC SRB 97.29 Substituted
33 Krista GEORGIEVA BUL 97.28
34 Salome SCHMID LIE 87.99 (3 31 87.99)
35 Ketevan MAKHARADZE GEO 80.76* Novice
36 Andrea PAZOS GUERRA AND 78.51 (2 35 67.80)
37 Andreea Cristiana Maria LAZAR ROU 77.92* Novice Substituted
38 Maria Ignacia CASTRO BRITO CHI 75.62*
WD Ana STRATULAT ROU 85.40
WD Dunja TRESNJIC SRB 73.84
WD Zala GRUM SLO 112.21
WD Julija POLNIUK POL 131.12
WD Mila BERTSCH FRA 116.76
WD Emilia NEMIROVSKY USA 156.81 (4 11 156.81)
WD Gabriele JUSKAITE LTU 144.31 (5 17 133.07)

Junior Pairs
No. Name Nation Score
1 Xuanqi ZHANG / Wenqiang FENG CHN 160.76 (1 2 160.76)
2 Jazmine DESROCHERS / Kieran THRASHER CAN 160.65 (3 2 160.65)
3 Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER USA 159.63 (1 3 159.63)
4 Romane TELEMAQUE / Lucas COULON FRA 147.35 (1 7 122.81)
5 Julia QUATTROCCHI / Etienne LACASSE CAN 146.67 (2 3 146.67)
6 Irina NAPOLITANO / Edoardo COMI ITA 143.88 (3 7 133.27)
7 Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA 139.92 (3 5 139.92)
8 Yuxuan CHEN / Yinbo DONG CHN 132.60 (1 4 132.60)
9 Polina POLMAN / Gabriel RENOLDI ITA 132.06 (2 13 108.70)
10 Alzbeta KVIDEROVA / Jindrich KLEMENT CZE 124.54 (1 6 124.54)
11 Lily WILBERFORCE / Mozes Jozsef BEREI HUN 124.42 (2 10 124.42)
12 Milada KOVAR / Jared MCPIKE USA 120.36*
13 Ava CHEUNG / Stephen LEE CAN 117.38*
14 Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA ESP 113.26 (3 12 104.89)
15 Zarah WOOD / Alex LAPSKY GBR 111.65 (3 11 111.65)
16 Chiara Michaela PAZIENZA / Maxim KNORR SUI 109.80
17 Paola JURISIC / Michail SAVENKOV AUT 102.26*
18 Carolina Shan CAMPILLO / Pau VILELLA ESP 94.03
- Anfisa SEVASTIANOVA / Lukas GNEIDING GER -
WD Hannah HERRERA / Ivan KHOBTA UKR -

Junior Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 168.30 (2 1 155.14)
2 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 161.83 (1 1 161.83)
3 Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 142.89 (3 4 142.89)
4 Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 138.22 (1 4 138.22)
5 Diane SZNAJDER / Jachym NOVAK CZE 130.92 (3 7 130.92)
6 Grace FISCHER / Luke FISCHER USA 128.64*
7 Sophia FEIGE / Wiles MIDDLEKAUFF USA 128.30*
8 Seraina TSCHARNER / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI 126.68 (1 7 126.68)
9 Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 123.59 (2 9 123.59)
10 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 114.69 (1 15 96.61)
11 Eva ROZHNOVA / Platon ZUBKOV FIN 114.47*
12 Laura BALCERSKA / David DIADCHENKO POL 109.34 (1 13 109.34)
13 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 107.40 (3 16 107.40)
14 Matilde PETRACCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 103.55 (5 15 103.55)
15 Villo Mira SZILAGYI / Istvan JARACS HUN 95.25
16 Yelyzaveta LISOVA / Jakub JANICKI POL 87.40 (3 20 87.40)
17 Zofia GAWRON / Dawid KAMINSKI POL 75.64*
WD Sophia EDLER / Jonathan HOERMANN GER 97.72*

 

[brblja]

Wowww, such a deep field! I need advice - do you guys think it's worth it, going only to the Women's FS? I'd have to travel all across the country by a train and get home by like.. 4am, but the urge to see so many of my fav juniors skate live, and it would be my first ever live junior event too, is very deep! Has anyone ever been to a JGP? Is the overall experience worth all the difficulties i would have to take to get there?

I’ve been to the Gdańsk JGP twice and I’m going this year too (although I only have to travel halfway across the country ). It’s been pretty great the last two years, and looking at the women’s field this year - definitely worth it. Let me know here or PM me if you have any questions about the venue etc.!

 

[Arin]

Wowww, such a deep field! I need advice - do you guys think it's worth it, going only to the Women's FS? I'd have to travel all across the country by a train and get home by like.. 4am, but the urge to see so many of my fav juniors skate live, and it would be my first ever live junior event too, is very deep! Has anyone ever been to a JGP? Is the overall experience worth all the difficulties i would have to take to get there?

I recommend going - I've been to every edition since 2017, because I actually live within less than half an hour walking distance - I love that JGP is happening in my city for so many years now It's fantastic experience to watch skating live, and even though I've been to several other competitions, including Euros, JGP is probably my favourite. I even have a favourite seat behind tech panel, I love to watch them watch reviews and making calls

 

[FlossieH]

Finally an Irish entry!

 

[Green Carrots]

I’ve been to the Gdańsk JGP twice and I’m going this year too (although I only have to travel halfway across the country ). It’s been pretty great the last two years, and looking at the women’s field this year - definitely worth it. Let me know here or PM me if you have any questions about the venue etc.!

Hi! I really want to visit this event and I'm going from Ukraine so it's gonna be quite a tough travel. Can you provide some basic info please?
I suppose last year there were no tickets, you can be a spectator for free? Is it so this year as well?
How can you enter the rink? Should we go to the security and tell we are spectators or how is it happening? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I've never been to a fs comp...
Also, are we allowed to leave the rink during the break and then go back?
Would be very grateful for your answer

 

[brblja]

Hi! I really want to visit this event and I'm going from Ukraine so it's gonna be quite a tough travel. Can you provide some basic info please?
I suppose last year there were no tickets, you can be a spectator for free? Is it so this year as well?
How can you enter the rink? Should we go to the security and tell we are spectators or how is it happening? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I've never been to a fs comp...
Also, are we allowed to leave the rink during the break and then go back?
Would be very grateful for your answer

No tickets in the past and shouldn’t be this year, the arena is just open and you can come and go as you like during the event (the public space by the entrance and rink side seats). There’s no security you need to go through etc. and no assigned seating, you just pick wherever you like from the seats still empty.

The seats have a pretty great view of the ice, and from a lot of them you can also look down on the judges’ tables. During breaks and resurfacing, a lot of the people leave/to grab food/drink/have a walk, there’s no issues with it.

If you don’t have accommodations yet, the rink building has a hotel attached on the side - it’s not the highest standard there is, but has a lot of perks (no need to queue up for the public toilets at the rink - popping over to your room bathroom will be quicker than queueing up, some rooms have windows going out to the practice rink instead of outside - prime practice watching spot, and it’s cheaper than a lot of the other hotels, because it’s generally out of the way for anything aside from the arena and local uni).

If you’re coming by train: the arena is right next to the local train station, so basically any place to stay within the tri-city local train line (SKM) will be just a quick skip to the arena.

Let me know if you want to know anything else! You can also PM if you prefer.

 

[Green Carrots]

No tickets in the past and shouldn’t be this year, the arena is just open and you can come and go as you like during the event (the public space by the entrance and rink side seats). There’s no security you need to go through etc. and no assigned seating, you just pick wherever you like from the seats still empty.

The seats have a pretty great view of the ice, and from a lot of them you can also look down on the judges’ tables. During breaks and resurfacing, a lot of the people leave/to grab food/drink/have a walk, there’s no issues with it.

If you don’t have accommodations yet, the rink building has a hotel attached on the side - it’s not the highest standard there is, but has a lot of perks (no need to queue up for the public toilets at the rink - popping over to your room bathroom will be quicker than queueing up, some rooms have windows going out to the practice rink instead of outside - prime practice watching spot, and it’s cheaper than a lot of the other hotels, because it’s generally out of the way for anything aside from the arena and local uni).

If you’re coming by train: the arena is right next to the local train station, so basically any place to stay within the tri-city local train line (SKM) will be just a quick skip to the arena.

Let me know if you want to know anything else! You can also PM if you prefer.

Wow thanks for such an informative response also, are there any opportunities to meet the skaters for taking an autograph/photo? I actually hope to spot them at the seats, I know some skaters come to support their teammates. But maybe we can meet them somewhere in the hall or entrance?
And is there any internet connection at the rink? I have a TG channel about fs and hope to make and post a bit of footage

 

[brblja]

Wow thanks for such an informative response also, are there any opportunities to meet the skaters for taking an autograph/photo? I actually hope to spot them at the seats, I know some skaters come to support their teammates. But maybe we can meet them somewhere in the hall or entrance?
And is there any internet connection at the rink? I have a TG channel about fs and hope to make and post a bit of footage

I'm not an autograph person, so I didn't try myself, but I've seen athletes around and other people asking for photos/signatures. Some of them do come to the public section to cheer on teammates, but there's also a separate section on the other side of the rink that's for athletes only, so some of them stay at that side.

I think you'd be OK asking in the public spaces, as long as you do it after they skate themselves (I've also seen some of the skaters use the public spaces pre-performance while waiting for their turn).

Not sure about public wifi, as I was always using my phone with a mobile connection, but at least one of the mobile operators offers a prepaid SIM card with 200GB for 10 days for 15zł/3.5 euro, if you need reliable internet while in Poland.

 

[Green Carrots]

I'm not an autograph person, so I didn't try myself, but I've seen athletes around and other people asking for photos/signatures. Some of them do come to the public section to cheer on teammates, but there's also a separate section on the other side of the rink that's for athletes only, so some of them stay at that side.

I think you'd be OK asking in the public spaces, as long as you do it after they skate themselves (I've also seen some of the skaters use the public spaces pre-performance while waiting for their turn).

Not sure about public wifi, as I was always using my phone with a mobile connection, but at least one of the mobile operators offers a prepaid SIM card with 200GB for 10 days for 15zł/3.5 euro, if you need reliable internet while in Poland.

Thank you so much, it's all really useful really hope I will get there

 

[Jeanie19]

Thank you so much, it's all really useful really hope I will get there

I hope you get there, too.

 

[kalamalka]

I'll be going this year - coming from Canada. Still trying to figure out the logistics (where to stay for easy access by transit - I'm over 70, so I think local transit is free but SKM trains cost regular fare - and good grocery shopping/markets if I can get a place with kitchen, etc.). Thanks for the useful information above, brblja. I hope I'll have the opportunity to meet other GS people while there. I've been interested in going to a Gdansk JGP for a while, esp since there are usually (always?) pairs there.
I've now been to JGPs in Riga, Ostrava, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Salzburg and Dresden, as well as a couple in Canada (which are rare). They're fun and cheap (sometimes free) events to see lots of skating, including some skaters who will become competitive seniors soon - as well as to visit interesting cities and regions. It's even better when it's possible to string together a couple of events (JGP and/or Challenger) in nearby places.

 

[brblja]

I'll be going this year - coming from Canada. Still trying to figure out the logistics (where to stay for easy access by transit - I'm over 70, so I think local transit is free but SKM trains cost regular fare - and good grocery shopping/markets if I can get a place with kitchen, etc.). Thanks for the useful information above, brblja. I hope I'll have the opportunity to meet other GS people while there. I've been interested in going to a Gdansk JGP for a while, esp since there are usually (always?) pairs there.
I've now been to JGPs in Riga, Ostrava, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Salzburg and Dresden, as well as a couple in Canada (which are rare). They're fun and cheap (sometimes free) events to see lots of skating, including some skaters who will become competitive seniors soon - as well as to visit interesting cities and regions. It's even better when it's possible to string together a couple of events (JGP and/or Challenger) in nearby places.

Local transit is paid as well, but almost any type of transit has reduced fare for seniors (however, some of the reductions are based on retiree status, not plain age, in which case it’s not applicable to foreigners).

For the SKM trains, actually, there’s a 70+ half-year ticket that costs the same as two regular single use tickets so about 4 CAD. The website to buy it is all in Polish, but if google translate won’t do the job, let me know, I can walk you through it. https://bilety.skm.pkp.pl/pl/tariff...date=2025-09-22+20:06:24++0200&tariff_id=2654

For the busses/trams in Gdańsk, its retiree-status based, unfortunately, so you’d have to pay full fare (72h ticket is 18-26 CAD depending on type of transit covered).

When picking where to stay, definitely check google maps on how good the public transit connection is before deciding - the network in the city is pretty weird, so sometimes places that look close can have a terrible connection. In fact, since the arena is so close to the SKM rail, a place in Sopot or Gdynia that’s also by a station might be much better for commuting than a place in Gdansk away from the train line and without a direct tram. And when checking the commute, check last departure as well! Some lines might stop running well before the competition ends for the day.

 

[kalamalka]

Local transit is paid as well, but almost any type of transit has reduced fare for seniors (however, some of the reductions are based on retiree status, not plain age, in which case it’s not applicable to foreigners).

For the SKM trains, actually, there’s a 70+ half-year ticket that costs the same as two regular single use tickets so about 4 CAD. The website to buy it is all in Polish, but if google translate won’t do the job, let me know, I can walk you through it. https://bilety.skm.pkp.pl/pl/tariff_connections/6295619109?date=2025-09-22+20:06:24++0200&tariff_id=2654

For the busses/trams in Gdańsk, its retiree-status based, unfortunately, so you’d have to pay full fare (72h ticket is 18-26 CAD depending on type of transit covered).

When picking where to stay, definitely check google maps on how good the public transit connection is before deciding - the network in the city is pretty weird, so sometimes places that look close can have a terrible connection. In fact, since the arena is so close to the SKM rail, a place in Sopot or Gdynia that’s also by a station might be much better for commuting than a place in Gdansk away from the train line and without a direct tram. And when checking the commute, check last departure as well! Some lines might stop running well before the competition ends for the day.

I appreciate all the info, and I'll PM you with a couple of additional questions. I decided to spend the first couple of nights of the competition at the hotel at the arena, since the events go very late (and the days are long - the most skaters of any JGP). Then I'll stay either in Gdansk or Sopot for my last 3 nights. Even though I do always look at transit links before I book accommodation, I've had the experience in two places so far with JGPs where in one case all transit stopped before an event ended, and in the other just the direct bus to my accommodation on one night. Very annoying since the last group of free programs is the most important.
The ZTM website confirms what several other sources had said - it's free for over 70s, you just need to be able to show proof of age. That was the case when I was in Krakow last year as well. But I hadn't looked at the half-year SKM ticket - it never occurred to me it would be no more than 2 single tickets!

 

[ramurphy2005]

No big surprise, per USFS assignment page, they've given Farrington a second assignment, and removed Brooks.

 

[Sabsi]

Since I moved to Poland this summer, I’ll be at the event too