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On reviewing the entry list here, it seems to me that Kristine Musademba and Becky Bereswill should finish first and second again, as they did at Courchevel. After that my crystal ball is very dim. One competitor I am interested in is Ksenia Makarova, the daughter of Oleg Makarov and Larisa Selezneva who used to skate pairs for Russia and now coach in the US. Ksenia has always competed in the US system. I am wondering how she came to skate for Russia, since I do not see where she competed at Russian Nationals. Does anyone know the story?

Sonia LAFUENTE ESP could well win the bronze medal here, as she did at Sheffield last year. And a very nice win for the hometown crowd that would be

I'd love to hear anything else about these competitors..


Entry format used below:
Competition SP LP FINAL (score)

Kristine MUSADEMBA USA
2008 JGP Courchevel 1 1 1 (143.02)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 5 5 4 (143.86)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 4 4 (143.80)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 8 4 4 (117.98)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 1 2 2 (137.16)
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 5 1 2 (129.25)
2007 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (139.77)
2007 U.S. South Atlantic Novice Regionals 1 1 1 (131.14)
2006 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 1 1 1 (104.15)
Courchevel Ladies was not telecast
2008 Liberty SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJYHtPkc5M
2008 Liberty LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvnRbJk2wg&feature=related

Becky BERESWILL USA
2008 JGP Courchevel 2 2 2 (134.98)
2008 AEGON Challenge Cup 2 3 3 (127.08)
2008 U.S. National Championships 14 10 10 (137.65)
2008 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 3 3 2 (137.87)
2008 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 1 1 1 (132.63)
2007 U.S. Midwestern Junior Sectionals 12 8 8 (104.85)
2007 U.S. Southwestern Junior Regionals 1 4 3 (122.48)
2006 U.S. Midwestern Junior Sectionals 4 7 5 (100.50)
2006 U.S. Southwestern Junior Regionals 5 3 4
2005 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 6 8 7
2005 U.S. Southwestern Novice Regionals 2 2 2
2004 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 12 12 12
2004 U.S. Southwestern Novice Regionals 2 2 2
Courchevel Ladies was not telecast
Liberty 2008 SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om6SElFHJN8&feature=related
Liberty 2008 LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR3iE8Lij0c

Mari SUZUKI JPN
2005 Novice Mladost Trophy 6 3 4
2005 Japanese Junior National Championships 24 16 18 (94.19)
2007/2008 Japanese Junior National Championships 16 7 10 (114.79)


Ekaterina KOZIREVA RUS - Withdrawn :disapp:
2008 JGP Merano 5 12 9 (109.16)
2008 Russian National Championships 13 13 13 (109.65)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 12 9 9 (106.55)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 9 9 9 (110.89)
2007 Russian National Championships 7 7 6 (119.18)
2006 JGP The Hague 3 4 4 (121.93)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 3 4 3 (114.85)
2006 Russian Universiade SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4nhXkpHgL0
2007 Russian Universiade LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmtMbhKRGk

Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS
I believe this girl is the child of Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov. Selezneva and Makarov are married and used to skate pairs for Russia.
They currently live and coach in the US.
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 7 7 (112.59)
2007 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 2 2 2 (127.07)
2007 U.S. North Atlantic Novice Regionals 1 1 1 (115.65)

Sonia LAFUENTE ESP
2008 World Championships 30 30 (FNR)
2008 World Junior Championships 9 11 12 (119.99)
2008 European Championships 18 21 20 (119.66)
2008 Spanish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (117.95)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 6 3 3 (122.24)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 18 21 20 (94.64)
2007 World Junior Championships 13 14 14 (116.43)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 5 2 1 (107.42)
2007 Spanish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (106.02)
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 4 4 4 (99.68)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 2 1 1 (106.72)
2006 JGP Mexico 7 2 2 (108.83)
2006 JGP Courchevel 13 4 5 (105.14)
2006 World Junior Championships 29 30
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 26 23 23 (80.60)
2005 Andorra Cup [JGP] 11 11 12 (87.87)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 4 6 4
2004 Novice Merano Cup 2 1 1
2003 Novice Merano Cup 4 3 3

Kanako MURAKAMI JPN
2006 Novice Gardena Spring Trophy 1 1 1 (106.06)
2007/2008 5th at Japan Jr Nats, Novice A, FS score 71.60
2008 Nagoya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jggVUetn4o0
Her Tango LP in March 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIZ7GVA2jw

Alisa MIKONSAARI FIN
2008 JGP Merano 12 9 11 (108.03)
2008 Junior Nordic Championships 1 2 2 (119.02)
2008 Finnish Junior National Championships 6 1 1 (113.59)

Roberta RODEGHIERO ITA
2008 JGP Merano 13 14 13 (103.40)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 4 5 5 (110.41)
2008 Bavarian Open 3 3 3 (125.04)
2008 Italian National Championships 4 4 4 (120.63)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 9 18 15 (92.41)
2007 Junior Merano Cup 6 2 2 (109.77)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 7 7 7 (80.46)
2007 Junior Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 11 6 7 (88.59)
2007 Italian National Championships 8 7 7 (97.09)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 14 10 13 (76.16)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 12 13 13 (86.80)
2006 Junior Gardena Spring Trophy 10 9 8 (85.57)
2006 Junior Dragon Trophy 10 8 10 (87.01)
2006 Italian Junior National Championships 4 3 3 (94.78)
2005 Junior Merano Cup 1 1 1 (94.93)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 15 23 17 (82.61)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 5 7 7
2005 Italian Junior National Championships 6 4 4

Rylie MCCULLOCH-CASARSA CAN
2008 JGP Courchevel 11 7 7 (107.62)
2008 Canadian Novice National Championships 6 8 6 (88.94)
2008 Novice Western Challenge 1 1 1 (100.05)
2008 Western Ontario Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (105.71)
2007 Western Ontario Novice Sectionals 3 3 3 (88.12)
2006 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 9 10 10 (75.60)

Anastasia LISTOPAD UKR
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 18 13 14 (91.70)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 9 15 12 (96.17)
2007 World Junior Championships 39 39 (FNR)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 3
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 8 11 10 (80.39)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 23 24 24 (77.34)
2007 Ukrainian Nationals SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi4CexJX884

Loretta HAMUI MEX
2008 World Championships 44 44 (FNR)
2008 Four Continents Championships 18 17 17 (99.89)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 21 16 19 (96.42)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 9 9 9 (97.68)
2007 World Junior Championships 35 35 (FNR)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 17 20 19 (87.77)
2006 JGP Mexico 4 7 6 (93.48)
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 20 27 26 (78.64)
2005 Croatia Cup [JGP] 22 27 26 (70.18)
2005 Mexican Junior National Championships 2
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo (Nov) 9 9 9
2004 Mexican Junior National Championships 2 2 2

Isabel HEINTGES GER
2008 JGP Ostrava 20 12 14 ( 97.62 )
2008 German National Championships 12 11 12 (102.79)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 9 8 10 (92.10)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 13 8 10 (97.05)
2007 Junior Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 9 3 3 (98.07)
2007 German Junior National Championships - Group A 13 8 9 (89.15)
2006 German Novice National Championships - Group A 6 7 5 (65.96)

Georgia GLASTRIS GRE
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 13 17 16 (85.75)
2008 World Junior Championships 50 50 (FNR)
2008 U.S. Upper Great Lakes Novice Regionals 7 10 9 (84.18)

Jenna SYKEN ISR
http://jennasyken.com/videos.html
2008 Israeli Junior National Championships 2 (83.96)
2007 World Junior Championships 37 37 (FNR)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 13 23 20 (73.27)
2006 JGP Liberec 14 17 17 (94.66)
2006 JGP Courchevel 7 9 10 (96.84)
2006 Israeli Junior National Championships 1
2006 Eastern Novice Sectionals 8 9 9 (82.73)
2006 U.S. North Atlantic Novice Regionals 4 4 4
2005 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 6 8 8
2005 U.S. South Atlantic Novice Regionals 2 2 2
2004 U.S. South Atlantic Novice Regionals 3 7 5

Cecilia TÖRN FIN
2008 Novice Nordic Championships 8 8 8 (79.49)

Crystal KIANG TPE
2008 Four Continents Championships 25 25 (FNR)
2008 U.S. Eastern Sectionals 14 16 14 (85.74)
2008 U.S. North Atlantic Regionals 4 3 3 (101.21)
2007 U.S. North Atlantic Junior Regionals 5 5 5 (93.01)
2006 U.S. North Atlantic Junior Regionals 6 5 5
2005 U.S. North Atlantic Novice Regionals 13 11 11
2004 U.S. North Atlantic Novice Regionals 12 13 13

Jasmine Alexandra COSTA EST
2008 JGP Merano 24 17 21 (91.78)
2008 Estonian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (133.84)
2007 Junior Haabersti Cup 3 2 2 (107.69)
2007 Estonian Junior National Championships 2 1 1 (95.34)

Nicole GURNY GER
2008 JGP Merano 17 20 18 (96.38)
2008 Junior Bavarian Open - Junior Worlds Qualification 5 4 5 (96.87)
2008 German Junior National Championships 2 5 5 (107.05)
2007 Junior Golden Bear 1 8 1 (106.36)
2007 German Novice National Championships - Group A 1 2 1 (101.40)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 1 3 1 (89.67)
2006 Novice Liberec Trophy 1 5 2 (86.72)

Merovee EPHREM MON
2008 World Championships 28 28 (FNR)
2008 World Junior Championships 35 36 (FNR)
2008 European Championships 37 - 38 (FNR)
2007 Coupe Internationale de Nice 12 14 14 (78.98)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 8 17 13 (92.12)
2007 World Championships 37 - 37 (FNR)
2007 World Junior Championships 32 32 (FNR)
2007 European Championships 30 - 30 (FNR)
trains in France

Manouk GIJSMAN NED
2008 JGP Courchevel 15 28 24 (81.75)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 8 9 8 (96.81)
2008 World Junior Championships 45 45 (FNR)
2008 Junior Bavarian Open 13 17 15 (78.34)
2008 Dutch Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (90.39)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 8 7 7 (98.02)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 17 14 14 (93.54)
2007 Novice Gardena Trophy 14 15 15 (57.90)
2007 Novice Challenge Cup 9 9 9 (79.59)
2007 Novice Dragon Trophy 3 7 6 (73.06)
2006 Novice Coupe Internationale de Nice 11 12 11 (64.36)
2006 Novice Triglav Trophy 15 15 14 (64.84)
2006 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 17 27 23 (63.95)
2006 Dutch Novice National Championships 4 6 4 (65.66)
2005 Novice (92 & younger) Montfort Cup 8 9 8
2005 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 20 18 19

Ariana TARRADO RIBES AND
2008 Novice Coupe du Printemps 1 3 1 (84.05)
2008 Novice AEGON Challenge Cup 6 7 6 (84.76)
2008 Novice Dragon Trophy 2 4 4 (86.40)
2008 Spanish Novice National Championships 3 1 1 (87.71)
2007 Novice Santa Claus Cup 2 4 3 (92.07)
2007 Novice Coupe Internationale de Nice 20 14 17 (69.46)
2007 Novice Triglav Trophy 11 11 11 (60.70)
2007 Novice Dragon Trophy 11 11 11 (63.84)

Jaimee NOBBS AUS
008-09 Australian Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (96.06)
2008 Australian Novice National Championships 1 1 1 (98.47)
2007 Australian Novice National Championships 1 1 1 (97.66)
2005 Novice Golden Bear 6 10 8 (58.88)
2006 Australian Novice National Championships 4 2 2
Her Novice SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZoqBWxOAA
Her winning Novice LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UnDik0OlGY

Anne Line GJERSEM NOR
2008 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 7 3 4 (88.79)
2008 Novice Nordic Championships 5 11 9 (77.24)
2007 Novice Warsaw Cup 27 4 11 (84.00)
2007 Novice Nordic Championships 10 10 11 (72.65)

Marta OLCZAK POL
2008 Polish Novice National Championships 1 1 1 (89.52)
2007 Junior NRW Trophy 6 9 8 (86.74)
2007 Novice Warsaw Cup 7 11 8 (86.12)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 23 21 22 (65.14)
2007 Novice Gardena Trophy 10 2 5 (80.08)
2007 Polish Novice National Championships 3 1 1 (72.86)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 19 5 9 (77.60)
2006 Novice Coupe Internationale de Nice 8 15 13 (63.55)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 15 19 18

Hyeon-Jung KIM KOR
2008 JGP Merano 9 24 20 (95.17)
2008 World Junior Championships 13 15 14 (115.09)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 18 17 18 (86.19)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 9 9 9 (97.99)
2007 Korean Junior National Championships 2 (104.14)

Karolina SYKOROVA SVK
Competition SP LP Final
2008 Novice Triglav Trophy 3 4 4 (99.31)
2007 Novice Santa Claus Cup 1 1 1 (112.34)
2007 Novice Grand Prize SNP 1 4 2 (77.32)
2006 Novice Grand Prize SNP 2 3 2 (79.01)

Patricia GLESCIC SLO
2008 Novice Gardena Trophy 17 15 16 (73.57)
2008 Junior Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 9 5 7 (91.47)
2008 Novice Dragon Trophy 3 5 5 (82.98)
2007 Novice Golden Bear 15 13 13 (68.60)
2007 Novice Merano Cup - 2 2 (54.98)
2007 Novice Triglav Trophy 4 2 2 (78.43)
2007 Slovenian Novice National Championships 4 2 2 (75.25)
2006 Novice Triglav Trophy 23 11 19 (61.15)

Marta GARCIA ESP
2008 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 4 13 9 (77.18)
2008 Spanish Novice National Championships 4 6 5 (78.90)
2007 Novice Merano Cup - 1 1 (55.34)
2007 Novice Triglav Trophy 3 9 9 (68.05)
2007 Spanish Novice National Championships 3 3 3 (72.22)
2007 Andorran Novice National Championships 3 7 7 (64.90)

Noemie SILBERER SUI
2008 JGP Merano 10 15 12 (103.82)
2008 World Junior Championships 36 37 (FNR)
2008 Swiss National Championships 5 3 3 (110.47)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 5 3 3 (110.30)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 22 28 26 (85.09)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 8 12 9 (83.98)
2007 Swiss National Championships 7 6 6 (108.86)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 4 4 4 (90.04)
2006 Swiss National Championships 6 4 4 (103.31)
2005 Swiss Junior National Championships 1 1 1

Rebecka EMANUELSSON SWE
2008 JGP Merano 20 6 10 (109.06)
2008 Novice Nordic Championships 2 1 1 (108.37)
2006 Novice Haabersti Cup 2 2 2

Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK THA
2007 Novice Asian Trophy 4 4 4 (84.06)

Signe MAGNUSSEN DEN
2008 JGP Courchevel 27 29 29 (70.65)
2008 Junior Copenhagen Trophy 5 11 10 (77.63)
2008 Junior Nordic Championships 16 15 16 (76.86)
2008 Danish Junior National Championships 1 3 3 (90.95)
2007 Novice Challenge Cup 7 18 13 (71.17)
2007 Novice Nordic Championships 7 6 6 (81.60)
2006 Novice Nordic Championships 7 12 12 (59.15)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 21 15 16

Caroline PETERSSON SWE

Hiu Tung TO HKG

Clara PETERS IRL
2008 Ostrava 31 31 31 (71.15)

Celia ROBLEDO ESP
2005 World Junior Championships 31
2004 Junior Merano Cup 11 10 10
2004 Spanish Junior National Championships 2
2003 Skate Bled 25 22 23

Talitha LOFTUS RSA
2008 South African Junior National Championships 5 3 3 (68.12)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 26 26 26

dorispulaski said:

Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS
I believe this girl is the child of Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov. Selezneva and Makarov are married and used to skate pairs for Russia.
They currently live and coach in the US.
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 7 7 (112.59)
2007 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 2 2 2 (127.07)
2007 U.S. North Atlantic Novice Regionals 1 1 1 (115.65)

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She is. She competed at Russian Junior Nationals last year, finishing fourth with a score of 134,67.

Link to the results: http://www.goldskate.ru/news/fullnewseng.shtml?newsid=335

It seems Ksenia is doing what lots of other skaters have done when they can't quite break through in the US---they change to a federation where the competition isn't quite so tough.

I hope she does well for Russia and is happy with her choice.

Which brings me to wondering what the Japanese federation is doing with/to Daisuke Murakami. He was scheduled to compete in Mexico City for Japan, but when he got there, he couldn't skate because the JSF hadn't filed the proper paperwork.

Now it seems that all the JGP slots for Japanese men are filled, so he won't get to compete in the JGP this year. Too bad, as he is a terrific skater and probably would have earned a spot in the JGPF.

Yes, I thought the Japanese federation was dreadful to Murakami. And incompetent, particularly letting him arrive in Mexico with the papers unfiled.

dorispulaski said:

Yes, I thought the Japanese federation was dreadful to Murakami. And incompetent, particularly letting him arrive in Mexico with the papers unfiled.

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It begs the question if the Japanese Federation are paying Morozov or not. His performance at MidAtlantics wasn't exactly on par with Takahashi and Oda. However, Murakami does have potential for future succeses.

Back on Topic: I see no obvious reason for Musademba and Bereswill not to repeat their successes in Madrid. It would be nice if Sonia La Fuente can get a bronze.

Joesitz said:

It begs the question if the Japanese Federation are paying Morozov or not. His performance at MidAtlantics wasn't exactly on par with Takahashi and Oda. However, Murakami does have potential for future succeses.

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But Murakami will be competing as a JUNIOR, not a Senior, so it is not reasonable to expect him to perform at the same level as Oda and Takahashi. Murakami is only 17, while Takahashi and Oda are 22 and 21.

Morozov helped make Rippon into a Junior World Champion. Murakami is developing nicely, as his Midlantics performance showed. What more does the JSF want? If they object to Murakami training with Morozov, publicly embarrassing both skater and coach is not the way to handle it.

Maybe Murakami should reconsider his decision to skate for Japan.

Murakami is listed as an alternate for Belarus, South Africa and Sheffield, so maybe there is a chance he will still compete?

I certainly hope so, especially considering his MidAtlantics performance & scores.

oleada said:

Murakami is listed as an alternate for Belarus, South Africa and Sheffield, so maybe there is a chance he will still compete?

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But whom should he replace? The nominated guys Hanyu, Yoshida and Sasaki finished all better than Murakami at the Japan Jr. Championships 2007/2008.

Exactly. And of those 3, Sasaki and Hanyu have already skated well enough to earn a second event, and Yoshida skates next week in BLR, where getting a visa takes time.

You have wrong updates about Caroline Petersson from Sweden. That results is from a different one, who now is a senior skater.

Caroline Petersson who is from Sweden is a first year junior skater, she was number 3 in novice 13 years old in Sweden last year. She is very talented, last year she did 2a, 3s and 3t very easily. She sometimes do silly novice mistakes on her easier jumps, and need to improve her basics. Her spins are fast. It will be interesting to se her in this field. I have only seen her against novice competors before.

Thank you for the correction.

As of the RESULTS page, Carolyn Petersson is no longer on the roster.

http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpesp2008/

NOTE:

Ksenia MAKAROVA competed at Midlantics as a Junior just two weeks ago. She was third:

122.95 39.09 83.86 Samantha CESARIO
115.02 41.96 73.06 Kendall WYCKOFF
110.04 45.43 64.61 Ksenia MAKAROVA

Good for Ksenia! I loved her parents' skating the best of the Russian pairs of that era (yes, even over Gordeeva & Grinkov, at least as Olympic eligible skaters). S&M were so creative. I hope Ksenia skates amazingly well in Madrid.

chuckm said:

As of the RESULTS page, Carolyn Petersson is no longer on the roster.

http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpesp2008/

NOTE:

Ksenia MAKAROVA competed at Midlantics as a Junior just two weeks ago. She was third:

122.95 39.09 83.86 Samantha CESARIO
115.02 41.96 73.06 Kendall WYCKOFF
110.04 45.43 64.61 Ksenia MAKAROVA

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I missed Makarova at Midatlantics. I did see Cesario and she was better than aveerage. I would like to see her again somewhere.

Apparently Caroline Petersson from Sweden has an injury in her back and are not allowed to be on the ice at the moment.