2023 Junior Worlds: Info & Pregame Chat

[yesterday]

my eyes were instantly drawn to the avocados and then i noticed the green thing on top of them... what is it? so cute

From google pics of such stuffies, I'd say it's a leaf and a stem?

 

[CoyoteChris]

Last year it was on the same ISU Channel as the JGP. I am hoping that will be true this year.

Pray.....

 

[CoyoteChris]

Oh the irony...Loved watching Mone and Hana live at Four Conts....best wishes to Ami and Mao....great to see them at their Nats.....

22​	Ami NAKAI	JPN​	21​
23​	Mao SHIMADA	JPN​	21​
	Mone CHIBA	JPN​	21​	S​
	Hana YOSHIDA	JPN​	21​	S​

 

[CoyoteChris]

And yes, I will probably hate myself for not driving the 423 miles to Calgary to watch the Jr Worlds, especially with the positive exchange rate....

 

[Ruthypegs]

I'm going to admit that I did not pay much attention to the juniors this year. Are there any special skaters that we should keep an eye on?

IMHO these two - super talented and with loads of potential

Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ

 

[AlexRus]

ISU World Junior Championships 2023
Calgary, AB / CAN
27.02.2023 - 05.03.2023

In order of Season Best, * means unofficial best if no official.

Junior Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Kao MIURA JPN 281.53
2 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 231.47
3 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 229.88
4 Lucas BROUSSARD USA 220.43
5 Wesley CHIU CAN 219.90
6 Nozomu YOSHIOKA JPN 219.68
7 Francois PITOT FRA 212.25
8 Arlet LEVANDI EST 209.50
9 Naoki ROSSI SUI 208.34
10 Daniel MARTYNOV USA 204.14
11 Hyungyeom KIM KOR 202.19
12 Yudong CHEN CHN 201.84
13 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA 200.73
14 Rakhat BRALIN KAZ 199.38
15 Aleksa RAKIC CAN 197.56
16 Michael XIE USA 193.48
17 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ 192.67
18 Adam HAGARA SVK 189.72
19 Makar SUNTSEV FIN 189.03
20 Noah BODENSTEIN SUI 184.42
21 Edward APPLEBY GBR 182.64
22 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR 181.98
23 Lev VINOKUR ISR 179.49
24 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 177.16
25 Konstantin SUPATASHVILI GEO 176.09
26 Casper JOHANSSON SWE 175.05
27 Edward VASII CAN 166.16
28 Yu-Hsiang LI TPE 164.71
29 Jakub LOFEK POL 164.41
30 Oleg MELNIKOV KAZ 162.30
31 Tobia OELLERER AUT 160.11
32 Ali Efe GUNES TUR 159.09
33 Semen DANILIANTS ARM 158.21
34 David SEDEJ SLO 153.86
35 Yanhao LI NZL 151.54
36 Hugo Willi HERRMANN GER 151.03
37 Heung Lai ZHAO HKG 147.86
38 Jegor MARTSENKO EST 140.22*
39 Kirills KORKACS LAT 136.74
40 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL 125.26
41 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU 115.01
42 Adrian JIMENEZ DE BALDOMERO ESP 108.92
WD Robert YAMPOLSKY USA 223.06

Junior Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Mao SHIMADA JPN 217.68
2 Ami NAKAI JPN 205.90
3 Jia SHIN KOR 200.32
4 Kimmy REPOND SUI 192.51
5 Inga GURGENIDZE GEO 190.52
6 Minsol KWON KOR 189.37
7 Soho LEE USA 185.92
8 Yujae KIM KOR 185.67
9 Niina PETROKINA EST 183.74
10 Xiangyi AN CHN 179.31
11 Lorine SCHILD FRA 179.00
12 Phattaratida KANESHIGE THA 175.41
13 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 174.49
14 Iida KARHUNEN FIN 173.75
15 Kaiya RUITER CAN 172.42
16 Nikola FOMCHENKOVA LAT 172.34
17 Clare SEO USA 170.33
18 Josephine LEE USA 169.42
19 Maria Eliise KALJUVERE EST 169.32
20 Jade HOVINE BEL 161.66
21 Livia KAISER SUI 161.59
22 Polina DZSUMANYIJAZOVA HUN 156.16
23 Noelle STREULI POL 152.37
24 Daria AFINOGENOVA LTU 148.61
25 Anna LEVKOVETS KAZ 146.57
26 Sofia Lexi Jacqueline FRANK PHI 142.75
27 Julia VAN DIJK NED 138.03
28 Zoja KRAMAR SLO 138.00*
29 Chiara HRISTOVA BUL 136.17
30 Nina FREDRIKSSON SWE 135.99*
31 Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP 135.27
32 Tsz Ching CHAN HKG 133.15
33 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK 130.19
34 Barbora TYKALOVA CZE 128.92
35 Hannah FRANK AUT 128.74
36 Olesya RAY GER 127.25
37 Babeth HANSSON-OSTERGAARD DEN 124.96
38 Sofiia HRYHORENKO UKR 123.34*
39 Natalia ACOSTA MOISES MEX 120.61
40 Gabriella GRINBERG ISR 120.16
41 Alexa SEVERN GBR 116.36
42 Oda Tonnesen HAVGAR NOR 114.33
43 Vlada VASILIEV AUS 113.95
44 Stella MAKRI GRE 106.90
45 Fatma Yade KARLIKLI TUR 105.80
46 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU 99.24
47 Katherine ONG PUI KUAN MAS 89.33

Junior Pairs
No. Name Nation Score
1 Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS 185.53
2 Sophia BARAM / Daniel TIOUMENTSEV USA 176.78
3 Violetta SIEROVA / Ivan KHOBTA UKR 154.76
4 Haruna MURAKAMI / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 149.03
5 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Flavien GINIAUX FRA 144.00
6 Chloe PANETTA / Kieran THRASHER CAN 139.72
7 Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER USA 136.23*
8 Ava KEMP / Yohnatan ELIZAROV CAN 129.37
9 Yixi YANG / Shunyang DENG CHN 125.97
10 Ashlyn SCHMITZ / Tristan TAYLOR CAN 125.38
11 Barbora KUCIANOVA / Lukas VOCHOZKA CZE 120.09
12 Sonja LOEWENHERZ / Robert LOEWENHERZ GER 101.76
13 Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA 99.36
14 Aliyah ACKERMANN / Tobija HARMS GER 95.82

Junior Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE 176.26
2 Nadiia BASHYNSKA / Peter BEAUMONT CAN 171.61
3 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 162.53
4 Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY GER 161.42
5 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 159.55
6 Anna SIMOVA / Kirill AKSENOV SVK 159.14
7 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 157.11
8 Sandrine GAUTHIER / Quentin THIEREN CAN 156.92
9 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA 156.36
10 Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV UKR 150.95
11 Nao KIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 149.66
12 Jenna HAUER / Benjamin STARR USA 147.44
13 Helena CARHART / Volodymyr HOROVYI USA 145.46
14 Hailey YU / Brendan GIANG CAN 145.35
15 Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH CYP 143.24
16 Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER GER 143.13
17 Noemi Maria TALI / Stefano FRASCA ITA 140.72
18 Louise BORDET / Thomas GIPOULOU FRA 139.32
19 Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV ISR 137.64
20 Grace Elizabeth VAINIK / Yehor BARSHAK GEO 135.65
21 Xuantong LI / Xinkang WANG CHN 134.45*
22 Sofiia BEZNOSIKOVA / Max Archadi Brunovitch LELEU BEL 132.97
23 Irmak YUCEL / Nikita IVANOV TUR 131.28*
24 Milla O'BRIEN / Laurin WIEDERKEHR SUI 130.43
25 Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ GBR 129.42
26 Anita STRAUB / Andreas STRAUB AUT 125.47
27 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL 121.66
28 Jinny KIM / Namu LEE KOR 121.35
29 Maya BENKIEWICZ / Mark SHAPIRO HUN 113.62
30 Athena Faith ROBERTS / Eric ALIS ESP 111.96*
31 Harlow Lynella STANLEY / Nikita SOSNENKO MEX 92.71

 

[yume]

Not Kao's SB being 50 points above Memola's. Though that's from seniors. With the junior layouts and PCS that would probably drop to 25-30pts lead. Same for Repond whose best senior score is 192 but the junior score this season must be in low 180s.

 

[chuckm]

Although Calgary is not at 6000 ft elevation like Colorado Springs, it is not at sea level either---3428 feet. That's higher than Lake Placid (1800 ft). While I wouldn't expect to see skaters gasping for breath while on the ice, some skaters may find freeskates a bit more taxing than usual.

 

[lariko]

Although Calgary is not at 6000 ft elevation like Colorado Springs, it is not at sea level either---3428 feet. That's higher than Lake Placid (1800 ft). While I wouldn't expect to see skaters gasping for breath while on the ice, some skaters may find freeskates a bit more taxing than usual.

Yeah, it always feels so much easier to run when we go to BC. But novices seemed okay in the FS yesterday, though I only watched women and dance.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Although Calgary is not at 6000 ft elevation like Colorado Springs, it is not at sea level either---3428 feet. That's higher than Lake Placid (1800 ft). While I wouldn't expect to see skaters gasping for breath while on the ice, some skaters may find freeskates a bit more taxing than usual.

But the density altitude is -760 ft right now! (2668) ft LOL! More like Spokane today....We shall see what it is during the comp.
It would be interesting to see all the last Olympic sites listed by altitude.
Here is a good article on why speed skaters do better at altitude
https://www.insidescience.org/news/why-speed-skaters-perform-better-higher-elevation. The track at Salt lake is 4675 ft.

 

[mrrice]

IMHO these two - super talented and with loads of potential

Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ

Wow!!!! I just watched them on Youtube. Spectacular!

 

[Ruthypegs]

Wow!!!! I just watched them on Youtube. Spectacular!

they're great, aren't they - and only 13 and 15 (although I think Atl may have turned 16 recently) - here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcuaUAVeayw

 

[Weathergal]

they're great, aren't they - and only 13 and 15 (although I think Atl may have turned 16 recently) - here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcuaUAVeayw

Wow there's load of potential there! I've been hearing about them and have been meaning to check them out. Thanks for posting the link.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Wow there's load of potential there! I've been hearing about them and have been meaning to check them out. Thanks for posting the link.

They give me the same feeling as the first time I watched the Shibs...you KNEW you were seeing something special. And good for them for going with bold music...

 

[mrrice]

Although Calgary is not at 6000 ft elevation like Colorado Springs, it is not at sea level either---3428 feet. That's higher than Lake Placid (1800 ft). While I wouldn't expect to see skaters gasping for breath while on the ice, some skaters may find freeskates a bit more taxing than usual.

When I was still teaching, we went to Calgary for the Stampede. Coming from the coast of California, We experienced some altitude sickness the first day but, it was nowhere near what I experienced at the Red Rock Amphitheater outside of Denver.

 

[Reverie]

At the Junior level are the starting orders in the short program completely random?

 

[Dreamer57]

I hope that Kida/Morita can fight for a top 10 finish! Feels like I haven't seen them for ages
Also, I would love new SBs for Anna Pezzetta and Kaiya Ruiter!

 

[cheerknithanson]

I'm most excited for dance. I feel like it's going to be an exciting competition for the top 5.

 

[Ruthypegs]

They give me the same feeling as the first time I watched the Shibs...you KNEW you were seeing something special. And good for them for going with bold music...

Definitely! I saw them competing at the British Nationals in 2019 or 2020, and was really struck by their presence on the ice.

 

[elektra blue]

I hope that Kida/Morita can fight for a top 10 finish! Feels like I haven't seen them for ages
Also, I would love new SBs for Anna Pezzetta and Kaiya Ruiter!

Anna has to keep it together and stop imitating Frangipani's wildness