So it's time to update the alternates list
Men
Not listed for any JGP, Yakovlev (RUS) and Tsuboi (JPN) are finally eligible to enter the GP circuit.
01 (27) 230.84 Vladimir LITVINTSEV (AZE) – GP RUS
02 (28) 230.54 Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR) – GP FRA
03 (35) 224.44 Brendan KERRY (AUS) – GP CAN
04 (39) 220.57 Paul FENTZ (GER) – GP CAN
05 (40) 220.50 Aleksei BYCHENKO (ISR) – GP JPN
06 (44) 217.78 Irakli MAYSURADZE (GEO)
07 (46) 214.59 Aleksei EROKHOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
08 (47) 213.40 Sota YAMAMOTO (JPN) – GP JPN
09 (48) 212.94 Conrad ORZEL (CAN) – GP JPN
10 (50) 210.31 Mitsuki SUMOTO (JPN)
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11 (51) 209.58 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN (ARM)
12 (54) 208.19 Bennet TOMAN (CAN)
13 (55) 207.51 Zhi Jie YEE (MAS)
14 (56) 206.76 Lukas BRITSCHGI (SUI)
15 (57) 206.10 Jimmy MA (USA)
16 (58) 205.92 Kirill YAKOVLEV (RUS)
17 (60) 205.15 Ryuju HINO (JPN)
18 (65) 199.19 Konstantin MILIUKOV (BLR) - only eligible to skate for Belarus after 15.11 -> so eligible for GP RUS and JPN?
19 (68) 195.88 Tatsuya TSUBOI (JPN)
20 (69) 195.83 Sean RABBITT (USA)
21 (70) 195.40 Chih-I TSAO (TPE) – GP CHN
22 (74) 193.38 Sejong BYUN (KOR) – has to score over 194.05 at a challenger
23 (75) 192.01 Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (NOR) – has to score over 194.05 at a challenger
Out of the list
Retired : Fernandez (ESP, #7), Kovtun (RUS, #20), Majorov (SWE, #31), Reynolds (CAN, #66)
Assumed retired : Dolensky (USA, #52), Johnson (USA, #64)
Injured : Dmitriev (RUS, #34)
Is doing JGP : Danielian (RUS, #38), Gumennik (RUS, #42), Mozalev (RUS, #45), Phan (CAN, #52), Gorodnitsky (ISR, #59), Kagiyama (JPN, #61), Torgashev (USA, #62), Kovler (CAN, #63), Dunk (USA, #71), Selevko (EST, #72), Belohradsky (CZE, #73)
Will do JGP : Grassl (ITA, #24), Siao Him Fa (FRA, #43), Maierhofer (AUT, #67)
Not age-eligible : Gogolev (CAN, #26)
Ladies
After all JGP entries are published, Piredda (ITA) is finally listed for JGP Milano. But Tarusina (RUS), Yoshioka (JPN) and Kim NH (KOR) are finally not listed for any JGP (or only as substitute for Tarusina), which opens to them the possibility to enter the GP circuit.
01 (18) 202.62 Serafima SAKHANOVICH (RUS) – GP CAN, only eligible to replace a russian skater
02 (20) 198.76 Anna TARUSINA (RUS) - only eligible to replace a russian skater
03 (21) 198.65 Anastasia GUBANOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
04 (24) 196.34 Yelim KIM (KOR) – GP CAN
05 (26) 194.15 Alena LEONOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
06 (30) 188.90 Anastasia GULIAKOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
07 (32) 188.61 Marin HONDA (JPN) – GP CHN
08 (34) 183.98 Young YOU (KOR) – GP CAN
09 (42) 179.88 Ekaterina RIABOVA (AZE) – GP RUS
10 (43) 179.72 Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS) – GP FRA, only eligible to replace a russian skater
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11 (45) 178.07 Courtney HICKS (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
12 (46) 177.22 Yi Christy LEUNG (HKG)
13 (50) 175.19 Shiika YOSHIOKA (JPN)
14 (52) 174.72 Starr ANDREWS (USA) – GP JPN, possible USA TBA spot
15 (54) 173.61 Daria PANENKOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
16 (56) 172.02 Emmi PELTONEN (FIN)
17 (57) 170.68 Veronik MALLET (CAN) – GP USA, possible CAN TBA spot
18 (58) 170.56 Nicole SCHOTT (GER)
19 (60) 170.33 Megan WESSENBERG (USA)
20 (61) 169.03 Nicole RAJICOVA (SVK)
21 (62) 167.84 Kailani CRAINE (AUS)
22 (63) 166.77 Eliska BREZINOVA (CZE)
23 (64) 166.25 Amber GLENN (USA) – GP USA
24 (71) 164.68 Yasmine YAMADA (SUI)
25 (72) 162.80 Yujin CHOI (KOR)
26 (73) 162.48 Hanul KIM (KOR)
27 (74) 161.58 Pernille SORENSEN (DEN)
28 (75) 161.16 Dasa GRM (SLO)
Out of the list:
Retired : Han (AUS #66), Austman (CAN #69)
Skipping GP season : Chartrand (CAN #55)
Is doing JGP : Tarakanova (RUS #29), Vasilieva (RUS #35), Harrell (USA #47), Araki (JPN #49), Sumiyoshi (JPN #51), Kawabata (JPN #53), Arkhipova (UKR #58), Urushadze (GEO #67), Feigin (BUL #68), To (KOR #70)
Will do JGP : Piredda (ITA #39)
Not age-eligible : Kanysheva (RUS #22), Sinitsyna (RUS #31), Lee (KOR #40), Wi (KOR #48)
Not eligible due to country switching : Lin (CHN #38)
Pairs
01 (16) 187.95 Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM (PRK) – GP CHN
02 (20) 183.89 Alisa EFIMOVA / Aleksandr KOROVIN (RUS) – GP CHN, possible RUS TBA spot
03 (23) 174.40 Evelyn WALSH / Trennt MICHAUD (CAN) – GP RUS, possible CAN TBA spot
04 (25) 168.77 Feiyao TANG / Yongchao YANG (CHN) – GP CAN, possible CHN TBA spot
05 (26) 166.95 Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAIA / Harley WINDSOR (AUS) – GP USA
06 (29) 164.10 Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE (CAN) – GP USA, possible CAN TBA spot
07 (30) 163.74 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI (ITA) – GP RUS
08 (33) 159.54 Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW (USA)
09 (35) 157.28 Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV (USA) – GP RUS
10 (36) 157.12 Lina KUDRIAVTSEVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
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11 (37) 153.99 Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU (CRO)
12 (38) 153.70 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI (GBR)
13 (39) 151.21 Nica DIGERNESS / Danny NEUDECKER (USA)
Out of the list:
Split : Stellato-Dudek/Bartholomay (USA #22), Hocke/Blommaert (GER #27), Feng/Nyman (USA #31), Barquero/Maestu (ESP #32), Suzaki/Kihara (JPN #40), Kvartalova/Sviatchenko (RUS #41), Kops/Tsoglin (ISR #42), Miura/Ichihashi (JPN #44)
Assumed split/retired : Poluianova/Sopot (RUS #28)
Are doing JGP : Panfilova/Rylov (RUS #15), Akhantieva/Kolesov (RUS #18), Pepeleva/Pleshkov (RUS #34), Hamon/Strekalin (FRA #43)
Will do JGP : Kostiukovich/Ialin (RUS #14)
The pairs ranked 45-67 on the SB list will have to reach more than 140.90 points at a challenger event in order to have a chance to be selected as an alternate. Here are the few ones who aren’t junior-eligible anymore and not reported to have split :
14 (52) 131.20 Vivienne CONTARINO / Marco PAULETTI (ITA)
15 (57) 121.44 Lori-Ann MATTE / Thierry FERLAND (CAN)
Ice dance
01 (28) 170.47 Betina POPOVA / Sergei MOZGOV (RUS) – GP CAN, possible RUS TBA spot
02 (29) 168.34 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS (FIN) – GP RUS
03 (30) 168.06 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS (LTU) – GP RUS
04 (31) 168.02 Adelina GALIAVIEVA / Louis THAURON (FRA) – GP RUS, possible FRA TBA spot
05 (32) 167.94 Anastasia SHPILEVAIA / Grigori SMIRNOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
06 (34) 165.31 Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN (GER)
07 (36) 162.94 Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI (ITA)
08 (37) 162.50 Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND (GBR)
09 (38) 161.40 Anna YANOVSKAYA / Adam LUKACS (HUN)
10 (40) 158.11 Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK (GER)
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11 (42) 156.16 Aleksandra NAZAROVA / Maksim NIKITIN (UKR)
12 (43) 154.42 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV (UKR)
13 (44) 154.27 Jennifer URBAN / Benjamin STEFFAN (GER)
14 (46) 152.49 Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Jeremie FLEMIN (POL)
15 (47) 152.46 Ellie FISHER / Simon-Pierre MALETTE-PAQUETTE (CAN) - still active?
16 (50) 151.55 Annabelle MOROZOV / Andrei BAGIN (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
17 (51) 150.23 Haley SALES / Nikolas WAMSTEEKER (CAN) – GP CAN
18 (56) 147.03 Julia WAGRET / Pierre SOUQUET (FRA) – possible FRA TBA spot
19 (59) 143.04 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER (CAN)
20 (62) 141.98 Evgenia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD (FRA) – possible FRA TBA spot
21 (67) 138.97 Molly LANAGHAN / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS (CAN)
22 (68) 138.81 Victoria MANNI / Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER (SUI)
23 (69) 138.53 Chantelle KERRY / Andrew DODDS (AUS)
Out of the list:
Skipping GP season : Weaver/Poje (CAN #6)
Retired : Manta/Johnson (USA #21)
Split : Parsons/Parsons (USA #14), Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov (RUS #26), Green/Green (USA #45), Ivanenko/Karpov (RUS #49), Gropman/Somerville (USA #53), Konkina/Vakhnov (RUS #54), Kublikova/Hulitski (BLR #55), Kuts/Mikhailov (RUS #60), Ichilov/Davidovich (ISR #61), Buga/Pokhiliuk (AZE #63), Moscheni/Fabbri (ITA #65), Stairs/Graham (CAN #74), Gunter/Wein (USA #75)
Are doing JGP : Nguyen/Kolesnik (USA #33), Kazakova/Reviya (GEO #35), Shanaeva/Naryzhny (RUS #48), Davis/Smolkin (RUS #52), Demougeot/Le Mercier (FRA #57), Golubtsova/Belobrov (UKR #58), Bronsard/Bouaraguia (CAN #64), D’Alessandro/Waddell (CAN #70),
Will probably do JGP : Ushakova/Nekrasov (RUS #24), Righi/Dubrovin (ITA #71)
Unknown status : Elder/Elder (USA #72)
JGP subs only : Andreeva/Desiatov (RUS #73)