2023 JGP Cup of Austria: General Info

[gsk8]

2023 JGP Cup of Austria is the second of seven of the 2023-24 Junior Grand Prix series and will take place Aug 30 - Sep 2, 2023, in Linz, Austria, at the Linz AG Eisarena. The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series consists of seven international junior invitational events during the fall culminating with the 2023-24 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December 2023.

This event will feature all four disciplines: the singles (Men and Women), pair and ice dance disciplines, and will be conducted in accordance with the 2022 ISU Constitution and General Regulations, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules for Single & Pair Skating, the Technical Rules for Ice Dance 2023/24 (ISU Communication 2560) and relevant ISU Communications.

• ISU Event Page
• Official Website
• Tickets
• Announcement
• Entries
• Schedule
• Biographies
• Music Selection
• Planned Program Content
• Time Schedule

 

[yesterday]

They already did their logo

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I'm not sure if I'll go and watch live, Linz isn't necessarily the city I want to spend one of the last summer weekends in. But lets wait for the entry lists, maybe I cannot resist.

 

[yesterday]

Linz isn't necessarily the city I want to spend one of the last summer weekends in

a-ha?

 

[elektra blue]

is it that depressing?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

is it that depressing?

It wouldn't say depressing, but it is a rather industrial city without any proper mountains or lakes around. So not my favourite place for my summer activities, which usually involve swimming and hiking.

 

[yesterday]

It wouldn't say depressing, but it is a rather industrial city without any proper mountains or lakes around. So not my favourite place for my summer activities, which usually involve swimming and hiking.

We will proudly welcome you to Pichlinger See or Pleschinger See (two lakes)
And you can of course hike the Kürnberg or the Pöstlingberg (two "mountains")

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

the Kürnberg or the Pöstlingberg (two "mountains")

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

without any proper mountains or lakes around.

the Kürnberg or the Pöstlingberg (two "mountains")

You guys got me curious, so I looked them up:

Name​	Height​
Kürnberg	526m
Pöstlingberg	539m

To put them into context, I compared them to my local mountain, Slieve Gallion, which dominates the skyline not just in my hometown, but of the whole surrounding area:

Name​	Height​
Slieve Gallion	528m

I live on a drumlin. The top of it is at 86m, and I'm at 80m. It is a hill. And it is dwarfed by Slieve Gallion. There is no way that they can both have the same classification. Sieve Gallion is a mountain. Wikipedia even says so in it's opening sentence!

That's it settled. No question about it, those ARE "proper mountains" in Linz!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

 

[yesterday]

 

[elektra blue]

guys, size doesn't matter

 

[yesterday]

Provisional schedule:

Thursday, 31th August 2023
~10:30 a.m. SP Men
~ 3:00 p.m. SP Pairs
~ 5:00 p.m. SP Women
Friday, 1st September 2023
~ 11:00 a.m. RD
~ 2:00 p.m. FP Pairs
~ 5:00 p.m. FP Women
Saturday, 2nd September 2023
~ 11:30 a.m. FD
~ 3:00 p.m. FP Men

all times CEST.

(https://skateaustria.at/jgpaustria2023/)

 

[Laid-Back Enthusiast]

will the event be open to the public or you need to buy tickets?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

will the event be open to the public or you need to buy tickets?

Tickets will go on sale 7th of August.

ISU JGP Cup of Austria 2023 - Skate Austria

Die ISU Junioren Grand Prix Serie ist die zweithöchste Wettbewerbsstufe für Junior*innen (nur die Junioren-Weltmeisterschaften sind höher) und sind auch die Qualifikationswettbewerbe für die Teilnahme an den Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. Linz ist einer von nur sieben Austragungsorten...

skateaustria.at

Buy tickets for Skate Austria Event GmbH

www.tickettailor.com

 

[yesterday]

Yes, you buy tickets but they are
a) not too expensive and
b) it's definitely not selling out and it's usually free choice of seats

 

[Jumping_Bean]

The entries have been released:

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

The entries have been released:

I knew it! I knew that after updating a few of my Fan Fests this morning, I would end up having to go back to at least one of them!

Although there are not as many as I was expecting, I just had a feeling that I would have kids going to Linz. So I was waiting around for the entries to be announced before doing the updates. But, they took too long to come out, and I went ahead with the updates anyway.

I suppose I can re-assure myself that Angelina and Ilia's ISU Bio hasn't got their new music in it yet. So I was always going to have to go back to it anyway.

By the way, we have a commentator's nightmare in the Men's entry list:

Alexander VLASCENKO	GER
Aleksandr VLASENKO	HUN
Aleksei VLASENKO	HUN

(I take it that the two skaters representing Hungary are brothers, as they are both originally from Tiumen).

Whoever is behind the microphone will be grateful that the first and third skaters in that table are alternates.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Andrea82]

Strange lack of Italian entries in men (they had 2 spots) and women given that Austria is pretty close.
edit: Italy didn't have any spot in Women, so I can't be surprised by the of lack of entries. The point about Men still stands.

 

[Laid-Back Enthusiast]

Strange lack of Italian entries in men (they had 2 spots) and women given that Austria is pretty close.
edit: Italy didn't have any spot in Women, so I can't be surprised by the of lack of entries. The point about Men still stands.

Lombardia trophy is a week after so maybe it's a factor?