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NMURA

Medalist
Joined
Jul 14, 2010
MEN
1 Simon-Gabriel IONIAN AUT
2 Clement LEDOUX AUT
3 Maximilian OBSIEGER AUT
4 Dmitri KAGIROV BLR
5 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL
6 Samuel MORAIS CAN
7 Yuhang GUAN CHN
8 Han YAN CHN
9 Ivor MIKOLCEVIC CRO
10 Petr COUFAL CZE
11 Keiran ARAZA DEN
12 Christopher BERNECK GER
13 Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
14 Fumiya ITAI JPN
15 Ryuichi KIHARA JPN
16 Girts JEKABSONS LAT
17 Kamil BIALAS POL
18 Min-Seok KIM KOR
19 Zhan BUSH RUS
20 Artem GRIGORIEV RUS
21 Nicky OBREYKOV SWE
22 Noah SCHERER SUI
23 Stanislav PERTSOV UKR
24 Richard DORNBUSH USA
25 Alexander ZAHRADNICEK USA

LADIES
1 Victoria HUEBLER AUT
2 Belinda SCHONBERGER AUT
3 Sabrina SCHULZ AUT
4 Katsiarina PAKHAMOVICH BLR
5 Ira VANNUT BEL
6 Kate CHARBONNEAU CAN
7 Zijun LI CHN
8 Petra JURIC CRO
9 Kristina KOSTKOVA CZE
10 Daria PODTELEJNIKOVA DEN
11 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORY FRA
12 Julia PFRENGLE GER
13 Judit GRIGA HUN
14 Alice GARLISI ITA
15 Yukiko FUJISAWA JPN
16 Ayumi GOTO JPN
17 Zanna PUGACA LAT
18 Reyna HAMUI MEX
19 Joyce DEN HOLLANDER NED
20 Ariel NADAS NZL
21 Camilla GJERSEM NOR
22 Alexandra KAMIENIECKI POL
23 Polina AGAFONOVA RUS
24 Adelina SOTNIKOVA RUS
25 Monika SIMANCIKOVA SVK
26 Patricia GLESCIC SLO
27 Rebecka EMANUELSSON SWE
28 Anais MORAND SUI
29 Birce ATABEY TUR
30 Alina MILEVSKAIA UKR
31 Lindsay DAVIS USA
32 Christina GAO USA

PAIRS
1 Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL CAN
2 Kristen TIKEL / Ian BEHARRY CAN
3 Duo CHENG / Yu GAO CHN
4 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN
5 Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
6 Alexandra HERBRIKOVA / Alexandr ZABOEV CZE
7 Klara KADLECOVA / Petr BIDAR CZE
8 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA / Mark MAGYAR HUN
9 Magdalena KLATKA / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI POL
10 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV RUS
11 Tatiana DANILOVA / Andrei NOVOSELOV RUS
12 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
13 Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDIK UKR
14 Brynn CARMAN / AJ REISS USA
15 Mandy GARZA / Brandon FRAZIER USA
16 Olivia OLTMANNS / Joshua SANTILLAN USA

ICE DANCE
1 Hanna ASADCHAYA / Sergei PLISHKIN BLR
2 Edrea KHONG / Edbert KHONG CAN
3 Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA CZE
4 Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND EST
5 Sofia GASSOUMI / Arnaud PASZTORY FRA
6 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
7 Helen WRAY / Jack FINERTY GBR
8 Maria DER / Daniel MAJER HUN
9 Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksander JAKUSHIN LAT
10 Baily CARROLL / Peter GERBER POL
11 Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS
12 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN RUS
13 Nikola VISNOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK
14 Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI
15 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR
16 Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK UKR
17 Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY USA
18 Anastasia OLSON / Jordan COWAN USA

Why can they enter two American men?
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Placings at Jr Worlds, I presume, just like why there are 2 Japanese Men. There was one Japanese man, who won, and there were 2 US men in the top 6, 3 in the top 10.

Here's the relevant quote from the JGP announcement communication for the ISU for this year:

2. ENTRIES
2.1 Men and Ladies
Members are entitled to enter competitors in the different events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure
Skating in Men and Ladies according to the following system (see annexed Tables A and B):
a) 2 entries in 7 events:
The three (3) best placed Members at the previous ISU World Junior Figure Skating
Championships may enter two (2) participants in all seven (7) events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix
of Figure Skating in the category concerned
b) 1 entry in 7 events:
Members placed four (4) to six (6) at the previous ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships
are entitled to enter one (1) participant in seven (7) events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure
Skating in the category concerned.
c) 1 entry in 6 events:
Members placed seven (7) to twelve (12) at the previous ISU World Junior Figure Skating
Championships are entitled to enter one (1) participant in six (6) events of the ISU Junior Grand
Prix of Figure Skating in the category concerned.
d) 1 entry in 5 events:
Members who qualified with skaters for the Final Free Skating, but were not placed in the first 12
ISU Members of the previous ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, may enter one (1)
participant in five (5) events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in the category
concerned.
e) 1 entry in 4 events:
Members, who placed 25 to 30 in the Short Program of the previous ISU World Junior Figure
Skating Championships, may enter one (1) participant in four (4) events of the ISU Junior Grand
Prix of Figure Skating in the category concerned.
f) 1 entry in 3 events:
Members, who placed 31 and lower in the Short Program of the previous ISU World Junior Figure
Skating Championships but participated in the category concerned, may enter one (1) participant
in three (3) events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in the category concerned.
g) 1 entry in 2 events:
Members, who not participated in the previous ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in
the category concerned, may enter one (1) participant in two (2) events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix
of Figure Skating in the category concerned.
h) Organizing Member:
The Organizing Member may enter in its event up to three (3) men and three (3) ladies.
Additional Entries
For Men and Ladies if any Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter skaters in the
competition concerned, this slot will be given to the first Member, mentioned under b) for an additional entry.
If another Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter skaters in the competition
concerned, this slot will be given to the second Member mentioned under b). If all Members under b) receive
the right of a second entry, all further places not used will not be considered for replacement. The order of
priority as listed has to be observed.

The initial tables did not show 2 US men, but I wonder whether it was appealed, because the US had 2 men in 4 to 6, so one entry each for Messing and Hochstein?
 
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dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Nan Song was 2nd, so that would have qualified 2 men, from the rules.

The odd thing is that Gachinski qualified two Russian men, but only one is entered ?
 

NMURA

Medalist
Joined
Jul 14, 2010
China has the right to send two men to every event. In France and Romania, China dind't send anyone. Their "unused" spots are given to the US but this case is different. Having two men in the 4-6th places at JW does not give the US two spots each.
 

Lucky Star

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 27, 2009
Nan Song was 2nd, so that would have qualified 2 men, from the rules.

The odd thing is that Gachinski qualified two Russian men, but only one is entered ?

No, two are entered, Zhan Bush and Artem Grigoriev.

Wow, how many strong ladies are there! Sotnikova and Agafonova from Russia, Fujisawa from Japan and Gao from the US! It's gonna be interesting!
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
OK, I feel better. I would hate for Russia not to fill the spot when they have many talented junior men to put in it. For some reason, my eye skipped over Bush.
 

bigsisjiejie

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 22, 2009
China has the right to send two men to every event. In France and Romania, China dind't send anyone. Their "unused" spots are given to the US but this case is different. Having two men in the 4-6th places at JW does not give the US two spots each.

Either you're wrong about this, and the US gets 1 spot for last year's 4th place, and 1 spot for last year's 5th place....or the US got the Kazahkstan spot for the extra, as Kaz isn't sending anybody to Graz. My guess is the latter, but the former does make some kind of sense also. It's not clear from the ISU rules dorisp posted above.
 
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Chemistry66

Mmmmm, tacos.
Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 16, 2010
Either you're wrong about this, and the US gets 1 spot for last year's 4th place, and 1 spot for last year's 5th place....or the US got the Kazahkstan spot for the extra, as Kaz isn't sending anybody to Graz. My guess is the latter, but the former does make some kind of sense also. It's not clear from the ISU rules dorisp posted above.

What happened is that the US, having the 4th ranked skater at Junior Worlds, got one of the China spots for men for both Courchevel (France) and Brasov (Romania), as per the last paragraph of what doris posted.

Additional Entries
For Men and Ladies if any Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter skaters in the
competition concerned, this slot will be given to the first Member, mentioned under b) for an additional entry.
If another Member mentioned under a) to c) does not use its right to enter skaters in the competition
concerned, this slot will be given to the second Member mentioned under b). If all Members under b) receive
the right of a second entry, all further places not used will not be considered for replacement. The order of
priority as listed has to be observed.

Note that is says "any member mentioned under a) to c)". Kazakhstan's spots for the JGP fall under group c, and as all three group b nations (USA, CAN, SWE) are using their spots, Kazakhstan's is the first to be unused for Graz. Therefore, as the highest ranked in group b, USA gets the spot.

It just so happened to work out that they also got two spots for Courchevel and Brasov, but there's no telling whether or not they'll get two at the other events. Depends on if any of the other a-c nations don't use all of their men's spots.
 

NMURA

Medalist
Joined
Jul 14, 2010
It's unlikely that no "unused" spots are left. For example, are there any men in Argentina, Andorra, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Singapore, Montenegro, Serbia, Thailand, et al? USA may end up sending two men to all events.
 
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champs

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 11, 2007
It's unlikely that no "unused" spots are left. For example, are there any men in Argentina, Andorra, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Singapore, Montenegro, Serbia, Thailand, et al? USA may end up sending two men to all events.

Whether any of the countries you listed entered any man at all to any of the JGP events has NO relevance to whether USA has gained an extra spot for each of the events. Concerning men's events, USA, CAN, and SWE are the only three countries that were possibly allowed extra spot for each event, and JPN, CHN, RUS, USA, CAN, SWE, KAZ, ESP, FRA, BEL, GER, and POL are the only 12 countries that could have given away their slot that allowed some or all of USA, CAN, and SWE to gain their second spot.

Canada also could have taken its second spot at JGP France (a spot not used by BEL), at JGP Romania (a spot not used by KAZ), and at JGP Austria (a spot not used by ESP), and so could Sweden at JGP France (a spot not used by POL), at JGP Romania (a spot not used by BEL), and at JGP Austria (a spot not used by FRA), but these two countries did not take any of these for whatever reason.
 

bigsisjiejie

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 22, 2009
Whether any of the countries you listed entered any man at all to any of the JGP events has NO relevance to whether USA has gained an extra spot for each of the events. Concerning men's events, USA, CAN, and SWE are the only three countries that were possibly allowed extra spot for each event, and JPN, CHN, RUS, USA, CAN, SWE, KAZ, ESP, FRA, BEL, GER, and POL are the only 12 countries that could have given away their slot that allowed some or all of USA, CAN, and SWE to gain their second spot.

Canada also could have taken its second spot at JGP France (a spot not used by BEL), at JGP Romania (a spot not used by KAZ), and at JGP Austria (a spot not used by ESP), and so could Sweden at JGP France (a spot not used by POL), at JGP Romania (a spot not used by BEL), and at JGP Austria (a spot not used by FRA), but these two countries did not take any of these for whatever reason.

Thanks for the clear and concise explanation. It makes sense now. But it is interesting to ponder why CAN and SWE didn't add an extra man when they could--I'm sure they have the candidates. :scratch:
 

feraina

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 3, 2007
]Wow, how many strong ladies are there! Sotnikova and Agafonova from Russia, Fujisawa from Japan and Gao from the US! It's gonna be interesting!

I know. It's a crazy strong field. There's also Zijun Li from China, who has all 5 triples, as well as 2A-3T. It will be a very interesting competition!
 

Meli_Huber

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 25, 2008
It´s a really strong field. So I am not happy that Julia Pfrengle had to skate here. She have a 3-3 Combi and a 3Lo. In an eaysier field she can do really fine, especially in the Short Programm. But here, a top 10 will be a good result!

Really excited to see Adelina. Hope that she can have a lot of fun, and the pressure is not too big for this young girl. Same for Liza this week. Hopefully both will have a great deput!
 

feraina

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 3, 2007
Han Yan (CHN) won gold at JGP Istanbul last year as a 13-yr-old:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012352.htm
It's too bad he didn't get to do another JGP, he would've probably qualified for the JGPF and done well there!

He's really, really good, only 14 years old (13 in the video)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT4tOqcmBF8

Given this is only the third event, hopefully he'll get two this year. He should be a contender for a medal here in Graz.
 

feraina

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 3, 2007
I know. It's a crazy strong field. There's also Zijun Li from China, who has all 5 triples, as well as 2A-3T. It will be a very interesting competition!

Here's Zijun's new SP, skated at Shen/Zhao's wedding in Beijing recently. She fell on her 3F in a puddle, where Mao Asada, Pang/Tong, and many other skaters also fell. The rink was apparently very warm, and the ice quite slushy. Otherwise, I think it's a pretty good program for her. Age-appropriate music that shows off her youth, line, and grace. There's a long stretch of the footwork sequence on one foot, very impressive for a 13-yr-old. She reminds me a little of Mao Asada at that age, though of course without the 3A (but she does have all 5 triples, a 2A-3T, a 3T-3T, and is working on a 3F-3T).
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/8Og_IiHeBbg/
 

feraina

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 3, 2007
A wonderful video of Christina Gao's LP from Skate Detroit:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTkzMDA3NTQ4.html

She looks really good here in terms of coverage, speed, and expression (maybe because of the angle of the video on youtube). It's interesting how much she reminds me of Yuna Kim. They are both lanky and slender. And like Yuna, she has textbook jumps, and she even shares with Yuna some small gestures/mannerisms. But she also shares the lack of extension, toe point, turn out, etc: in footwork, in layback spin, etc. It's really uncanny how much they look alike. Maybe Christina is the real reason Yuna and Brian had problems? Anyway, not to start any rumor...

But I do think that Christina has a good chance of winning both of her JGP's and the JGPF, and then getting on the podium at National's. I have a hunch that this year's National's podium might be Mirai, Christina, Caroline, and Ashley -- in that order. Maybe Rachael will drastically improve, maybe Alissa will finally find some consistency under the new coach, maybe Zawadszki will make leaps and bounds in presentation (as Christina has over the summer, apparently). Well, let's see!
 

yangjie

On the Ice
Joined
Apr 17, 2009
Gao, 2 strong russians, one ladies from canada, and fujisawa from japan.

looks like this game will be hard for young ladies.
 

feraina

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 3, 2007
Here's a video of Yukiko Fujisawa's junior FS from the latest Japanese National's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p2rW-LFLlU

I can't believe a program with 7 triples, 3 2A's, amazing spins, spirals, and footwork, skated almost completely clean, with good presentation, edging, skating skills, extension, etc. only got 3rd in the junior level! (And later she placed 10th in Seniors.) Who *won* that competition??
(ETA: Kanako Murakami, of course, good for her to hold her nerves against such a tough field! 2nd was Haruka Imai.)

That's just insane! Japanese ladies' field is soooooo deep. Sochi 2014 looks like a it will be a serious three-way contest among lots of talented Russian, Japanese, and (hopefully) US ladies.
 
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