Entries and Substitutes for 2015 Riga Cup

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LADIES
No.NameNation
1Tania MARGARIDOAND1
2Amelia SADLERAUS2
Serena XUAUS2S
3Tatsiana MIHITSBLR3
Daria BATURABLR3S
Alina SUPONENKOBLR3S
Anastasia ZAITSAVABLR3S
4Loena HENDRICKXBEL4
Charlotte VANDERSARRENBEL4S
5Sarah TAMURACAN5
Grace LINCAN5S
Megan YIMCAN5S
Selena ZHAOCAN5S
6Xiangning LICHN6
Lu ZHENGCHN6S
7Polina USTINOVACYP7
8Elizaveta UKOLOVACZE8
Jana COUFALOVACZE8S
Anna DUSKOVACZE8S
Michaela-Lucie HANZLIKOVACZE8S
Elisabeth HARSHCZE8S
Aneta JANICZKOVACZE8S
Dahyun KOCZE8S
Natalie KRATENOVACZE8S
Klara SVETLIKOVACZE8S
9Leonora Colmor JEPSENDEN9
Malene ANDERSENDEN9S
Vanessa SEVIDOVADEN9S
10Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVAEST10
Natalja GORDEEVAEST10S
Jelizaveta LEONOVAEST10S
Diana REINSALUEST10S
11Viveca LINDFORSFIN11
Anni JÄRVENPÄÄFIN11S
Joanna KALLELAFIN11S
Karoliina LUHTONENFIN11S
Emmi PELTONENFIN11S
Jenni SAARINENFIN11S
12Lea SERNAFRA12
Alizee CROZETFRA12S
Julie FROETSCHERFRA12S
Nadjma MAHAMOUDFRA12S
Cassandra PEROTINFRA12S
Marina POPOVFRA12S
Pauline WANNERFRA12S
13Thuridur Bjorg BJORGVINSDOTTIRISL13
14Yuna AOKIJPN14
15Kaori SAKAMATO JPN14
Wakaba HIGUCHIJPN14S
Marin HONDAJPN14S
Yura MATSUDAJPN14S
Mai MIHARAJPN14S
Emiri NAGATAJPN14S
Rin NITAYAJPN14S
Yuna SHIRAIWAJPN14S
16Aiza MAMBEKOVAKAZ15
17Vlada LAHALAT16
18Diana NIKITINALAT16
19Darija SHATIBELKOLAT16
Kristine GAILELAT16S
Elizabete JUBKANELAT16S
Anzelika KLUJEVALAT16S
Nikola MAZGANELAT16S
Anastasija PAVLOVICHALAT16S
Viktoria SHITOVALAT16S
20Romana KAISERLIE17
21Kamile LINAUSKAITELTU18
Dovile DIDZGALVYTELTU18S
Valerija KEDALTU18S
Elzbieta KROPALTU18S
Migle MAZEIKAITELTU18S
Ugne PECIUKAYTYTELTU18S
22Daisy VREENEGOORNED19
23Juni Marie BENJAMINSENNOR20
Madeleine LINDHOLM TORGERSENNOR20S
Cindy Yu XIANOR20S
24SDa Bin CHOIKOR21
25Yu Jin CHOIKOR21
26Julia SAUTERROU22
27Alisa FEDICHKINARUS23
28Maria SOTSKOVARUS23
Ekaterina MITROFANOVARUS23S
Serafima SAKHANOVICHRUS23S
Maria SOTSKOVARUS23S
29Miroslava MAGULOVASVK24
Bronislava DOBIASOVASVK24S
Alexandra HAGAROVASVK24S
Nina LETENAYOVASVK24S
30Anastasia SCHNEIDERSWE25
Matilda ALGOTSSONSWE25S
Victoria ENGLUNDSWE25S
Cassandra JOHANSSONSWE25S
Anita ÖSTLUNDSWE25S
31Zeynep Dilruba SANOGLUTUR26
32Anastasia GOZHVAUKR27
Kim CHEREMSKYUKR27S
Daria GOZHVAUKR27S
Kateryna IVANCHENKOUKR27S
33Amber GLENNUSA28
34Rebecca PENGUSA28
Emily CHANUSA28S
Anna Grace DAVIDSONUSA28S
Vivian LEUSA28S
Brynne MCISAACUSA28S
Akari NAKAHARAUSA28S
Nina OUELLETTEUSA28S
Paige RYDBERGUSA28S
Olivia SERAFINIUSA28S
Elena TAYLORUSA28S
Bradie TENNELLUSA28S
Megan WESSENBERGUSA28S


MEN
No.NameNation
1Anton KARPUKBLR1
Artsiom TSELUIKOBLR1S
Yakau ZENKOBLR1S
2Timothee MANANDBEL2
3Nicolas NADEAUCAN3
Edrian Paul CELESTINOCAN3S
Antony CHENGCAN3S
Joseph PHANCAN3S
4Tangxu LICHN4
5Yunda LUCHN4
Yuheng LICHN4S
6Nikita VITRYANYUKCYP5
7Daniel TSIONDEN6
8Aleksandr SELEVKOEST7
Jegor ZELENJAKEST7S
Daniil ZURAVEST7S
9Kevin AYMOZFRA8
Daniel Albert NAURITSFRA8S
Adrien TESSONFRA8S
10Armen AGAIANGEO9
11Sena MIYAKEJPN10
12Kazuki TOMONOJPN10
Taichi HONDAJPN10S
Hidetsugu KAMATAJPN10S
Yuto KISHINAJPN10S
Daichi MIYATAJPN10S
Shu NAKAMURAJPN10S
Koshiro SHIMADAJPN10S
Mitsuki SUMOTOJPN10S
Taichiro YAMAKUMAJPN10S
Sota YAMAMOTOJPN10S
13Artur PANIKHINKAZ11
14Glebs BASINSLAT12
15Daniels ROSCIKSLAT12
16Deniss VASILJEVSLAT12
17Julian Zhi Jie YEEMAS13
18Michel TSIBANED14
19Sondre ODDVOLL BOENOR15
20Se Jong BYUNKOR16
21Dmitri ALIEVRUS17
22Petr GUMENNIKRUS17
Alexei EROKHOVRUS17S
Evgeniy ILYINRUS17S
Andrei LAZUKINRUS17S
Vladislav TARASENKORUS17S
23John-Olof HALLMANSWE18
Illya SOLOMINSWE18S
24Lukas BRITSCHGISUI19
Tim HUBERSUI19S
Nurullah SAHAKASUI19S
Nicola TODESCHINISUI19S
25Mehmet CAKIRTUR20
26Mikhail MEDUNITSAUKR21
Dmitriy BOGOMOLUKR21S
Yaroslav PANIOTUKR21S
Ivan PAVLOVUKR21S
Ivan SHMURATKOUKR21S
27Paolo BORROMEOUSA22
28Alexei KRASNOZHONUSA22
Jonah BARRETTUSA22S
Anthony BOUCHERUSA22S
Nathan CHENUSA22S
Tomoki HIWATASHIUSA22S
Justin LYUSA22S
Oleksiy MELNYKUSA22S
Kevin SHUMUSA22S
Kendrick WESTONUSA22S
Vincent ZHOUUSA22S

ICE DANCE
No.NameNation
1Maria OLEYNIK / Yuri HULITSKIBLR1
Emilia KALEHANAVA / Uladzislau PALKHOUSKIBLR1S
Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yan LUKOUSKIBLR1S
Palina MISHCHANCHUK / Uladzimir ZAITSAUBLR1S
2Melinda MENG / Andrew MENGCAN2
3Hannah WHITLEY / Elliott GRAHAMCAN2
Mackenzie BENT / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVSCAN2S
Payten HOWLAND / Simon-Pierre MALETTE-PAQUECAN2S
Megan KOENIG-CROFT / Jake RICHARDSONCAN2S
4Xibei LI / Guangyao XIANGCHN3
5Katerina BUNINA / German FROLOVEST4
Marina ELIAS / Denis KORELINEEST4S
Viktoria SEMENJUK / Artur GRUZDEVEST4S
6Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUDFRA5
Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURONFRA5S
Adeline GALAYAVIEVA / Laurent ABECASSISFRA5S
Mathilde HAROLD / Mael DEMOUGEOTFRA5S
Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GACFRA5S
Julia WAGRET / Mathieu COUYRASFRA5S
7Villö MARTON / Danyil SEMKOHUN6
8Nataliya ALEKSANDROVA / Ricards EVELINSLAT7
9Jogaile ZILLONYTE / Luca MORINILTU8
Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALALTU8S
10Anastasia POLIBINA / Radoslaw BARSZCZAKPOL9
11TBA / TBAKOR10
12Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKORUS11
13Sofia SHEVCHENKOVA / Igor EREMENKORUS11
Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZINRUS11S
Eva KHACHATURIAN / Andrei BAGINRUS11S
Ksenia KONKINA / Georgy REVIYARUS11S
Sofia POLISHCHUK / Alexander VAKHNOVRUS11S
Daria RUMIANTSEVA / Dmitri RIABCHENKORUS11S
Daria SHIROKHOVA / Nikita NAZAROVARUS11S
Anastasia SKOPTCOVA / Kirill ALESHINRUS11S
14Ksenia DUBIVKA / Vadym KRAVTSOVUKR12
15Anzhelika YURCHENKO / Volodymyr BYELIKOVUKR12
Olga GIGLAVA / Aleksandr SIROSHTANUKR12S
Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROVUKR12S
Daria POPOVA / Mark SELEZNEVUKR12S
Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKOUKR12S
Angelina SINKEVYCH / Yegor YEGOROVUKR12S
16Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKOUSA13
17Emily DAY / Kevin LEAHYUSA13
Gigi BECKER / Luca BECKERUSA13S
Julia BIECHLER / Damian DODGEUSA13S
Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLEUSA13S
Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYEUSA13S
Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTERUSA13S
Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONSUSA13S
Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOITUSA13S

PAIRS
No.NameNation
1Justine BRASSEUR / Mathieu OSTIGUYCAN1
2Hope MCLEAN / Trennt MICHAUDCAN1
Keelee GINGRICH / Davin PORTZCAN1S
Bryn HOFFMAN / Bryce CHUDAKCAN1S
Lori-Anne MATTE / Thierry FERLANDCAN1S
3Yue HAN / Ziyu KANGCHN2
4Ying ZHAO / Zhong XIECHN2
5Anna DUSKOVA / Martin BIDARCZE3
6Ekaterina BORISOVA / Dmitry SOPOTRUS4
7Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Stepan KOROTKOVRUS4
8Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODINRUS4
Amina ATAKHANOVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOVRUS4S
Maria CHUZHANOVA / Denis MINTSEVRUS4S
Anastasia GUBANOVA / Alexei SINTSOVRUS4S
Elena IVANOVA / Tagir KHAKIMOVRUS4S
Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEVRUS4S
9Renata OGANESIAN / Mark BARDEIUKR5
10Lindsay WEINSTEIN / Jacob SIMONUSA6
Gabriella MARVALDI / Cody DOLKIEWICZUSA6S
Sarah ROSE / Joseph GOODPASTERUSA6S

Yay, 4 of my favorite junior men (Dmitry Aliev, Petr Gummenik, Deniss Vasiljevs & Alexei Krasnozhon) I can't wait for this one!

Glad to see the Mengs. I really like them.

Two new Chinese pairs! Anyone have info on them?

I don't know much about the new Russian ladies at this event. Initial impressions are it's a pretty good draw for Amber Glenn. I would really like to see her skate to her potential and get to the JGP final this year. I do believe that she has that potential if she can conquer nerves.

I like Diana Nikitina a lot too.

I don't know if this is a "great draw" for Glenn - IMO, it is a tougher field than Slovakia. Sakamoto's got a higher PB than Glenn, and it was set last year vs Amber's from two seasons ago. Aoki, Soloviova, and Fedichkina are all newcomers to the JGP this year but competed very well in arguably the two deepest fields in the world. Aoki is the Japanese novice champ; Soloviova is the novice silver medalist (behind Gubanova) and Fedichkina was the top finisher at Russian nationals that isn't one of the wonder novices or a JGP competitor (she also out scored Glenn at her Nationals, with a junior level program - not a direct comparison, I know). Glenn has experience and maturity on her side, but she's not consistent either. I think it will depend on whoever skates best that day.

breathesgelatin said:

Glad to see the Mengs. I really like them.

Two new Chinese pairs! Anyone have info on them?

I don't know much about the new Russian ladies at this event. Initial impressions are it's a pretty good draw for Amber Glenn. I would really like to see her skate to her potential and get to the JGP final this year. I do believe that she has that potential if she can conquer nerves.

I like Diana Nikitina a lot too.

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Not sure if it is a good draw for Amber because I don't know how she skates. Feditchkina and Solovieva are newly eligible and therefore we don't know how they will manage the pressure of international competition. but they do have a decent technical content.

At the Russian junior nationals Feditchkina's technical content:
SP: 3F-3T, FCSp4, StSq3, 1Lz, 2A, CCoSp3, LSp3, No fall, but the singled Lutz was costly mistake!
FS: 2A, 3F-3T, 3Lz, FCSp4, LSp4, 2A-3T-2T, 3F-2T, 3Lo, 3S, CCoSp3, StSq2. No falls

At the Russian junior B nationals Solovieva's technical content:
SP: 3Lz, 3Lo-3T, FCSp4, StSq3, 2A, CCoSp3, LSp4 - No falls
FS: 3Lo-3T,, 3F, 3Lz-2T, FSSp4, CCoSp3, StSq2, 2A-1Lo-3S, 3Lz (fall), 3Lo, 2A, LSp3.

oleada said:

I don't know if this is a "great draw" for Glenn - IMO, it is a tougher field than Slovakia. Sakamoto's got a higher PB than Glenn, and it was set last year vs Amber's from two seasons ago. Aoki, Soloviova, and Fedichkina are all newcomers to the JGP this year but competed very well in arguably the two deepest fields in the world. Glenn has experience and maturity on her side, but she's not consistent either. I think it will depend on whoever skates best that day.

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I think you are right.
Among all these girls, probably Amber is the most mature and musical one I assume
though the consistency is her biggest enemy.
On the other hand, the quality of Sakamoto's jumping is just superb,
but she still skated too juniorish last season.

One of the key elements for the prediction on JGP is the required solo jump, and it is Flip this year,
which means that many of top contenders will perform, for SP, the jump layout of

3Lz+3T, 3F and 2A

Sakamoto does have 3Lz+3T, and Amber did land one during FP at one of her last year's JGP.
Aoki does 3Lz+3Lo, but not have been tested by the international judges.

I have not seen the performances by Soloviova and Fedichkina,
but judging with their jumping layouts of last year, thanks to hanca,
it seems that 3Lutz is not very strong jump for them.
Probably Solovieva is going to do 3Lo+3T, 3F and 2A.

This is the video of Marin Honda & Yuna Aoki from the Junior Nationals where they were invited to compete
because their 2nd and 1st finish @Novice Nationals.

https://youtu.be/0QypDH1zfUk

Honda's starts @2:10 and Aoki's starts @8:50

Can Amber compete with them?
Of course yes if she hits all of her jumps.

Well, it is not going to be easy.
Japan will send the stronger team than last year definitely,
and Russians are probably strong as last year.

I predict we will see 3 Russian girls and 3 Japanese girls @JGP finals like last year.
However, in order to move up to the senior level, Amber needs better WS and SB,
which means she likes to get into the finals and top 6 finish @Junior Worlds.
And that means she needs to medal here, preferably gold or silver.

Can she do it?
Of course if she hits all her jumps.
We will see.

recently update the list due to inclusion of korea's entries

ladies:
choi da-bun
choi yu-jin

men:
byun se-jong

Some switch up happened!

ice dance:
lee ho-jung / richard kam

oleada said:

Fedichkina was the top finisher at Russian nationals that isn't one of the wonder novices or a JGP competitor (she also out scored Glenn at her Nationals, with a junior level program - not a direct comparison, I know).

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Not just not a direct comparison, but Glenn also absolutely tanked at her nationals FS. But as you say, her consistency will be tested here. If she can skate the way she practices, the rest of the field will have a hard time keeping up with her. But, as with many skaters (and teenagers!!), that's a huge if.

Bear in mind that Glenn changed her program at the last possible moment before Nationals, an incredible dumb thing to do. No wonder she tanked!

chuckm said:

Bear in mind that Glenn changed her program at the last possible moment before Nationals, an incredible dumb thing to do. No wonder she tanked!

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She also just appears to have headcase issues... this is not the first time this has happened.

Replacement: Sotskova instead Solovieva http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028313.htm

Yessss!
Hoping this JGP will be a good competition for Maria!

I hope she does well!

I think she will.
According to the report from the recent Russian test skate, Maria did well.
If she hits all her jumps, she will win this.
Other main competitors are

Fedichkina from Russian, who also performed well at the test skate
Aoki and Sakamoto from Japan
Da Bin from Korea
Amber from US

Aoki did not do well @the recent Asian open

https://youtu.be/a10WIXvhPEE
https://youtu.be/i9ABcrgnDMs

She totally bombed her SP, but you still cannot deny her talent.

Sakamoto also bombed her SP @the same competition, but her FP was decent.

https://youtu.be/Yr2n1B0Qe5U

Assuming this slow piece of music was given to her in order to improve her artistry,
she still moves very junior-ishly and also this program kills her strength like speed and power.
hope it will develop well as the season progresses.

Da bin skated well @Korean test skate, at least technically.

https://youtu.be/B2EylOwFHa4
https://youtu.be/KjFXlD6yg4w

No doubt, she is the best jumper that Korea has now,
but she still does not have any connection with music at all.
Korea seriously needing one other decent female skater to be sent to the next Olympic game which will take place in Korea.
They should consider to send her to US or Canada to develop her quality of performance, PCS-sides.
I can see that she and her teams are trying, but it is just not working fast enough.

Fedichkina is a lovely skater.

https://youtu.be/22fIE7eLfG4

But after watching so many good Russian girls, I do not find anything particularly stands out from her.
Still I think she can medal here.

I do not find any new/recent information on Amber.
If she skates clean or almost clean, she can finish as high as second here,
but if she skates like last year she can be 6th or lower.
I hope she had a good off season training, and some mental training as well.

Big Maria fan here! I hope she starts the season by winning this competition!

Excited to see Justine Brasseur skate (Isabelle Brasseur's niece)! Often we see siblings, but its interesting to have cousins competing on the JGP circuit in the same discipline.

Petr! go my boy!

As of 8/22, Sauter is no longer on the roster.

Cannot wait to see how Maria does here.

chuckm said:

As of 8/22, Sauter is no longer on the roster.

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Darn it :scowl::disagree: