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What do you mean by that last statement?
2023 JGP Istanbul Pairs Free Skate
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They don't even look like juniors, really not sure why they are here
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I was thinking if you'd never competed in seniors before and you got a new partner and were still Junior eligible, you might stay in juniors to get comfortable first.
But yeah both members of the team competed in Seniors with their previous partners, so that's not the case here.
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Probably money. I think they should have been eligible for getting GP spots as a returning split couple, but maybe nobody wanted to invite them?
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What's even crazier is that Anastasiia has never competed in Juniors internationally prior to this, so this is in fact her junior debut - After already having competed at Sr Worlds and on the Sr GP circuit.
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which Freddie? That Freddie is dead, he doesn't have any costumes anymore.
Sorry, I'm too stupid to read posts correctly. Now I understand.
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Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO skate to The Millionaire Waltz by Queen. They clearly look ready for seniors with big elements, lifts, jumps and spins. A weird fall on the choreo element is very costly for them. I guess if you are junior eligible with a new partner and better chances of competing more often as a junior then that's what you do. I like others am still sour at him due to his attitude towards his previous partner who was struggling from injury. As for here, they are the winners of this event. I like her and am happy for her.
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They aren't the first and they won't be the last.
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Annika Hocke went to an Olympics with one partner then was in the JGP final a couple of seasons later with another.
The Ukrainian junior team had a mixed junior and senior season (winning Challenger series medals and going to senior worlds). They're scheduled to compete in the last 2 JGP Pairs events this season.
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Because they are age eligible. Other teams have done similar to them but don't recieve this criticism. I think his behaviour toward his partner last season is why- and while he behaved pretty badly, it's not really relevant to whether they are age eligible for juniors or not.
I assume more opportunities to compete and especially win golds - neither have been to a grand prix final before so they are pretty fortunate to still be age-eligible for juniors.
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I might have asked this, but do Flores/Wang qualify for the JGPF now with 2 silvers?
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And Annika's partner, Robert, had at the time not competed in a single Senior competition., so the situation is not exactly the same, is it?
And the Ukrainians didn't even make the Free Skate at Worlds, while Safina/Berulava's highest placement at Sr Worlds was 4th.
They are the first in exactly this situation, I know of not a single pair in which both partners skated as seniors exclusively for at least one season and then went back to Jrs after repartnering. I don't know of anyone who finished 4th at Worlds who went back to Juniors, or anyone who won a GP medal, but maybe I'm just missing someone, so if you know any examples, I'd be really happy to hear about them.
I'd say so. Unofficially
There's only 2 pairs events left and I can't see 6 pairs beating two silver medals. In the current field, I can think of 3 pairs who can score higher point totals than them so they should be safe in a tiebreak situation.
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So Star Wars in the JGPF. I'm excited to see that again. Such a fun program.
