2025 Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games

[AlexBreeze]

2025 Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games

Date: 08-12 January 2025
Venue: Crystal Sports Palace, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Categories: Junior
Disciplines: Single and Pair Skating, Ice Dance

Current local time in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia (UTC+11)
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/russia/yuzhno-sakhalinsk​

• Official Website
• Schedule
• Entries, Schedule, Results, and Protocols
• Live Streams
  • 1tv https://www.sport1tv.ru/sport/iv-rossiysko-kitayskie-molodezhnye-zimnie-igry-figurnoe-katanie
  • VLC media player link https://1tv-live-gcore.servicecdn.ru/dash-live3/streams/sport-1/sport-1.mpd

How to watch Russian events

So far there are two ways to watch the official broadcast:
1) Official way: Channel One website. The website is geoblocked in some countries by local providers. You can use Dutch VPN if you are from Europe, or Canadian VPN if you are from the USA to avoid the block.
2) Unofficial way: Channel One's technical channel. You just need to open this link https://1tv-live-gcore.servicecdn.ru/dash-live3/streams/sport-1/sport-1.mpd via VLC media player. VPN is not needed for this. This option is preferable because the broadcast quality will be better.

Schedule:
Friday, 10 January
14.00 - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance
14.45 - Men - Short Program
15.45 - Pairs - Short Program
16.45 - Women - Short Program

Saturday, 11 January
11.30 - Ice Dance - Free Dance
12.20 - Men - Free Skate
13.25 - Pairs - Free Skate
14.15 - Women - Free Skate

Entries ​

Ice Dance	Pairs	Women	Men
RUS: Elizaveta Maleina/Matvei Samokhin	RUS: Veronika Merenkova/Danil Galimov	RUS: Agata Petrova	RUS: Eduard Karartynyan
RUS: Arina Gorshenina/Ilya Makarov	RUS: Taisiya Shcherbinina/Artem Petrov	RUS: Anna Lyashenko	RUS: Vadim Voronov
CHN: Xinai Ding/Hanchong Zheng	CHN: Rui Guo/Yiwen Zhang	RUS: Sofiya Dzepka	RUS: Nikita Sarnovskiy
CHN: Shanjie Yin/Shirui Yang	CHN: Xuanqi Zhang/Wenqiang Feng	CHN: Ruiyang Zhang	CHN: Wenbao Han
		CHN: Coco Yihan Wang	CHN: Yihe Sun
		CHN: Wandi Xu

 

[AlexBreeze]

Lev Lazarev was supposed to take part in the event but had to withdraw due to illness.

Last time I didn't do a separated thread but this time we have an official broadcast.

 

[rinkanator]

2025 Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games

Date: 08-12 January 2025
Venue: Crystal Sports Palace, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Categories: Junior
Disciplines: Single and Pair Skating, Ice Dance

Current local time in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia (UTC+11)
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/russia/yuzhno-sakhalinsk​

• Official Website
• Schedule
• Entries, Results, and Protocols
• Live Streams
  • 1tv https://www.sport1tv.ru/sport/iv-rossiysko-kitayskie-molodezhnye-zimnie-igry-figurnoe-katanie
  • VLC media player link https://1tv-live-gcore.servicecdn.ru/dash-live3/streams/sport-1/sport-1.mpd

How to watch Russian events

So far there are two ways to watch the official broadcast:
1) Official way: Channel One website. The website is geoblocked in some countries by local providers. You can use Dutch VPN if you are from Europe, or Canadian VPN if you are from the USA to avoid the block.
2) Unofficial way: Channel One's technical channel. You just need to open this link https://1tv-live-gcore.servicecdn.ru/dash-live3/streams/sport-1/sport-1.mpd via VLC media player. VPN is not needed for this. This option is preferable because the broadcast quality will be better.

Schedule:
Friday, 10 January
14.00 - Short Program

Saturday, 11 January
11.00 - Free Skate

Entries ​

Ice Dance	Pairs	Women	Men
RUS: Elizaveta Maleina/Matvei Samokhin	RUS: Veronika Merenkova/Danil Galimov	RUS: Agata Petrova	RUS: Eduard Karartynyan
RUS: Arina Gorshenina/Ilya Makarov	RUS: Taisia Shcherbinina/Artem Petrov	RUS: Anna Lyashenko	RUS: Vadim Voronov
CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA	RUS: Sofia Dzepka	RUS: Nikita Sarnovskiy
CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA
		CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA
		CHN: TBA	CHN: TBA

Chinas womens entries are Ruiyang Zhang, Coco Yihan Wang and Wandi Xu, I believe

 

[AlexBreeze]

Detailed schedule & Chinese entries are up.

 

[TeamGubanova]

its kind of interesting that China decided to send their B squad to this event with none of the discipline's front-runners in attendance. This definitely means its an even easier sweep for all the Russian contestans there

 

[AlexBreeze]

Very many people in the stands.

 

[klena]

All Russian juniors did well in SP Molodtsy!

 

[lariko]

Such a joy to see folks packing the stadium to cheer on the junior skaters

 

[lariko]

Wow, Scherbinina/Petrov had an SP i hope they will skate in Saransk. It was just flowing...

 

[Mathematician]

How were the entries for this even determined?

 

[AlexBreeze]

How were the entries for this even determined?

Entries for this are always chaotic. But they sent Anisimova 2 years ago so I don't complain.

 

[AlexBreeze]

its kind of interesting that China decided to send their B squad to this event with none of the discipline's front-runners in attendance. This definitely means its an even easier sweep for all the Russian contestans there

Apparently Zhang/Feng beat Merenkova/Galimov here.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Taisia Shcherbinina had a silver in singles two years ago. Today she gets a gold in pairs.

 

[Skating91]

I thought it was Yihan Wang from the recent GP final, but it seems there is another Yihan Wang.

Another good crowd there to cheer on the skaters.

 

[klena]

Great skate by Vadim Voronov with 4Lz-2t and 4Lz! Clean!

 

[KhinSuShein]

I would like China improve quickly in figure skating - it should normally.

 

[lariko]

To me Voronov is losing what was so appealing about his skating before, as the programs seemed sketched in here. But, I guess, they wanted two 4Lz before the show down in Saransk.

 

[3T3T]

That was an enjoyable competition.

I didn’t think Dzepka did enough to win but she hung on, barely…… I really liked her skating and style. Petrova was also enjoyable.

For Pairs S/P deserved their win, I thought their short was fantastic, an error or two in the free. I was quite impressed with the Chinese couple a really strong free, their best from the JGP was 91 and they were 114 yesterday. Not the best skate for M/G, I like there 2 Unlimited short but they were rightly placed 3rd.

For Men, I preferred Eduard K but after his free skate he lost 10 points in TES to finish 3rd. I wasn’t to keen on the skating of the Top 2. For Dance M/S deservesd their win.