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Perhaps the Russians don' t want to pay to ship all those fine pair skaters to Goyang, Korea. In any case, they do not have Ekaterina SHEREMETIEVA / Mikhail KUZNETSOV competing here at Sheffield, so there are theoretically 3 spots open for non-Russian pairs at the JGPF.
Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE ,
Ksenia KRASILNIKOVA / Konstantin BEZMATERNIKH ,
Ksenia OZEROVA / Alexander ENBERT RUS seem to have clinched already.
Zhang & Wang will almost surely qualify, even though they have only 18 points.

The remaining 4 places will likely come from this competition. Imaikina & Novoselov and Martiusheva and Rogonov will doubtless qualify here. That leaves 2 spots open, plus the possibility of a team overtaking Zhang & Wang.

Current placings of those who have effectively clinched their JGPF spots:
1 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE RUS
30 1 292.71 2 181.96 97.17 110.75 27​
2 Ksenia KRASILNIKOVA / Konstantin BEZMATERNIKH RUS
24 1 263.02 2 162.50 81.94 100.52 22​
3 Ksenia OZEROVA / Alexander ENBERT RUS
24 2 273.72 2 174.06 96.90 99.66 27​
4 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN
18 3 257.03 2 158.78 87.62 98.25 22​

Here are the competitors competing at Sheffield:

Sabina IMAIKINA / Andrei NOVOSELOV RUS
13 2 127.01 1 76.00 76.00 51.01 16
Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS
11 3 131.78 1 81.66 81.66 50.12 11​
Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR USA
9 4 120.51 1 77.20 77.20 43.31 16​
Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN
9 4 120.12 1 74.45 74.45 45.67 11​
12 Amanda VELENOSI / Mark FERNANDEZ CAN
7 5 120.37 1 77.33 77.33 43.04 16​
Kloe BAUTISTA / Galvani HOPSON USA
5 6 115.53 1 71.86 71.86 43.67 16​

By the way, there are other pairs here who could medal:
Tatiana NOVIK / Konstantin MEDOVIKOV RUS This is first JGP competition this year for Novik and Medovikov. However, they are an outstanding pair and are as likely to medal as the other Russian pairs that have performed so well this year. And Sergejeva and Glebov are an outstanding pair who had a hard time with their last competition.

This is a packed competition and I just wish I could be there to watch!.

Sabina IMAIKINA / Andrei NOVOSELOV RUS
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 2 5 2 (127.01)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 7 7 7 (102.63) 2008
Russian Cup 125.74 2 2 2
2008 Russian Junior National Championships 127.60 10 6 8
2nd at 2008 Russian Cup in Samara 120.
Photos
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=454

Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA & Alexei ROGONOV RUS
2008 Mexico 2 3 3 (131.78)
were third in the Russian Junior pairs competition in February
with a score of 144.30, which competition Krasilnikova & Bezmaternikh won with a score of 156.25.
Photos
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=502

Tatiana NOVIK / Konstantin MEDOVIKOV RUS
Their first event this year on the JGP
2008 Russian Cup 5 4 4 (111.74)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 8 10 10 (100.74)
Photos
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=518
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=514

Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN
Coaching History: Richard Gauthier , Bruno Marcotte
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 5 4 4 (120.12)
2008 Japanese National Championships in Juniors 1 1 1 (104.36)
2008 World Junior Championships 13 15 15 (113.23)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 5 6 6 (113.82)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 14 10 12 (108.90)
sp jr. worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmEWkycm18
exhibition to Shout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT2nLzzszoU

Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR USA
Coach and Choreographer: Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall, Sheryl Franks
SP Music: Theme from Survivor by Russ Landau
FS Music: Selections from Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Their Icenetwork biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39090&mode=P
3rd at US Nationals in Novices (behind Carman/Knierim and Chase/Speroff)
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 5 3 4 (120.51)
2008 Indy Challenge SP 3rd (46.94)
2008 Indy Challenge LP 3rd ( 79.47)
2008 U.S. Novice National Championships 4 2 3 (116.42)
2008 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (110.58)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 11 9 10 (113.98)
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 9 7 9 (101.15)
2007 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 4 4 4 (94.48)
Their SP, as skated at Liberty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9iVKDnydp0
They won the Jr. LP at Liberty with a score of 75.51

Amanda VELENOSI / Mark FERNANDEZ CAN
Coaching History: Valérie Saurette Annik Douaire Daniele Robillard Manon Perron Nathalie Martin
SP: Selection from album Save My Soul by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
LP: Concerto En Fa by Alain Lefevre
Personal Best Total Score 128.65
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
First Alternates for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 7 2 5 (120.37)
2008 World Junior Championships 10 9 9 (125.46)
2008 Canadian National Championships 10 10 10 (131.31)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 8 5 (125.71)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 5 6 5 (125.71)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 (125.36)
2007 World Junior Championships 6 6 6 (128.65)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 4 2 2 (119.07)
2007 Junior Eastern Challenge 3 2 2 (109.22)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 6 6 6 (113.53)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 3 4 3 (117.85)
2006 Junior North American Challenge Skate (Pittsburgh) 4 7 4 (101.68)
Canadian Championships 2008 SP (they finished 10th in Seniors with a score of 131.31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDst7I1vU0s
Gdansk SP 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E9CC8HKJ_M

Zoey BROWN / Ian BEHARRY CAN
Coaching History: Kevin Wheeler Beccy Magvarisi Jeff Carr
SP: Bari Phunky Bari by Sergio Percussions, Zulu
LP: Selection from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 9 6 7 (115.39)
2008 Indy Challenge SP 5 (46.25)
2008 Indy Challenge LP 8 (73.49)
2008 Novice Western Challenge 2 2 2 (106.09)
2008 Western Ontario Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (102.25)

Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS CAN
Coaching History: Patricia Hole
Ice Network has a nice article about them.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080826&content_id=51114&vkey=ice_news
2008 Belarus 9 6 8 (114.88)
2008 Indy Challenge SP 8th (43.27)
2008 Indy Challenge LP 4th (79.36 )
2008 Canadian Junior National Championships 2 1 2 (129.07)
2008 Junior Western Challenge 1 1 1 (113.69)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 4 5 4 (122.98)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 15 12 14 (97.38)
2007 Junior Western Challenge 1 2 2 (98.33)
2006 Canadian Junior National Championships 14 12 14 (84.50)
2006 Junior Western Challenge 5 5 5 (75.50)



Alexandra HERBRIKOVA / Lukas OVCACEK CZE
SP: Taking the Field by Yong San Pae
LP: Spanish Suites
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 13 13 13 (90.72)
2007 Novice NRW Trophy 2 3 2 (81.66)
2007 Novice Warsaw Cup 2 2 2 (76.62)
2007 Novice Nebelhorn Trophy 2 (38.90)
Last Season's LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpcQGJ9d1GA


Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV EST
Coaching History: Ekaterina Nekrassova
Ilya's younger sister is Elena Glebova.
Third Alternates for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
2008 Ostrava 10 10 10 (98.05)
2008 World Junior Championships 9 6 6 (131.02)
2008 Estonian National Championships 1 1 1 (141.96)
2007 Cup of Russia 7 7 7 (130.21)
2007 Cup of China 7 6 6 (113.68)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 10 4 6 (117.64)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 8 6 6 (116.84)
2007 World Junior Championships 7 10 7 (121.32)
2007 Estonian National Championships 1 1 1 (126.73)
2006 Junior Warsaw Cup 1 1 1 (108.66)
2006 JGP Liberec 8 9 9 (109.87)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 8 8 7 (109.45)
2006 Junior Haabersti Cup 1 1 1
2005 Junior Haabersti Cup 1 1 1
2004 Junior Haabersti Cup I 1 1 1
Here's a video of their 2007 Jr. Worlds SP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EkX-L64O04

Camille FOUCHER / Bruno MASSOT FRA
Coaching History: Jean-François Ballester
Best score 89.09 2008 World Jr Championships
This is their first competition on the JGP this year.
2008 Senior Masters de Patinage 3 2 3 (117.49)
2008 World Junior Championships 18 18 18 (89.09)
2008 French National Championships 2 3 3 (90.66)
2007 Junior Masters de Patinage 1 1 1 (79.53)
2008 Master's de Patinage SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uA1LDCQ2Q&feature=related
2008 Master's de Patinage LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWrkbo1mHzQ

Anne Laure LETSCHER / Rudy HALMAERT FRA
Coach: Laurence Halmaert
This is their first competition on the JGP this year.
Rudy's previous partner was Agne Oradauskaite, competing for Lithuania
2008 Junior Masters de Patinage 1 1 1 (102.00)

Tameron DRAKE / Edward ALTON GBR
Coaching History: Sue Walsh, Phil Walsh
Best personal score 78.06 at Sheffield 2007 (17th)
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 17 16 16 (78.89)
2008 British Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (75.09)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 16 17 17 (78.06)
2007 Junior Mladost Trophy 1 2 2 (80.30)
2007 British Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (76.33)

Carolina GILLESPIE / Daniel AGGIANO ITA
Carolina skated in Novices in Italy previously.
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 10 12 12 (94.81)
2008 Italian Junior National Championships 2 1 2 (92.47)
2007 Junior Mladost Trophy 2 1 1 (87.63)
2007 Italian Junior National Championships 1 1 1
Their LP from Ostrava 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HySLzQxz4JM
SP from 2007 Italian Nationals in Juniors (held in December) They finished second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cYbeL5MzKw
LP from 2007 Italian Nationals. They won the free skate but were not able to take over the lead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcl2iTY8iEw

Krystyna KLIMCZAK / Janusz KARWETA POL
Coaching History: Iwona Mydlarz-Chruscinska
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 9 10 10 (113.14)
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 12 11 11 (96.54)
2008 World Junior Championships 16 16 16 (108.87)
2008 Polish National Championships 2 2 2 (116.05)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 9 9 9 (110.69)
2007 Junior Warsaw Cup 1 1 1 (109.20)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 13 15 15 (93.55)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 12 14 14 (108.48)
2007 World Junior Championships 14 14 13 (97.54)
2007 Polish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (97.74)
2007 Polish National Championships 2 2 2 (110.64)
2006 Junior Warsaw Cup 2 2 2 (92.31)
2006 JGP Liberec 12 13 12 (92.75)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 12 11 11 (86.70)
2006 Polish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (106.81)
This year's SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpGvSe6Zz-M
This year's LP (Western themed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rywCLl7p7U&feature=related
2007/2008 SP from JGP Gdansk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTw1L5fq5E
2007/2008 LP from another competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QscE471F4zw

Joanna SULEJ / Mateusz CHRUSCINSKI POL
This is their first event on the JGP this year
Joanna used to skate singles. Here's a montage of her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL_k9utu86A

Gabriela CERMANOVA / Martin HANULAK SVK
Coach: Voloda Dvojnikov
Best total score 95.74
2008 Ostrava 34.67 14 in the SP, WD before the LP
2008 World Junior Championships 17 17 17 (95.74)
Jr Worlds SP 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSOXu0NTG1k
Jr Worlds LP 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClKYdMcyz9Y&feature=related

Anna KHNYCHENKOVA / Sergei KULBACH UKR
2008 Ostrava 15 14 14 (84.91)
Anna skated singles in the 2005/2006 season.
2008 Ukrainian Championships in Juniors -their LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C__1HbStbFk
2008 Ukrainian Championships in Juniors -their SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaqCachX190&feature=related

Molly AARON & Daniyel COHEN USA
Coach: Dough Ladret
Ice Network bio (very incomplete at this time)
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/de...d=39130&mode=P
2008 Mexico 9 7 8 (112.82)
2008 Indy Challenge SP 11 (40.30 )
2008 Indy Challenge LP 11( 61.90)
Cohen was 10th at US jrs with his previous partner
Aaron took a 4th and a 5th place in JGP events in 2005 with a previous partner.

Kloe BAUTISTA / Galvani HOPSON USA
They are just up from Novices, having been 4th at the US championships in novices.
Their Icenetwork biography:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/de...d=39111&mode=P
SP music: Pink Panther music remix
FS music: Selections from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie soundtrack by Nicholas Hooper
2008 Czech Skate [JGP] 4 7 6 (115.53)
2008 Indy Challenge SP 6 (45.87 )
2008 Indy Challenge LP 10 (65.55)
2008 U.S. Novice National Championships 3 4 4 (113.80)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (114.47)
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 10 8 10 (98.93)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 2 1 2 (90.20)
Some tiny videos:
They succeed in doing a throw double flip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bch99TfkIVU
 
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