2026 NextGen - Skate Canada | July 16-19

[cocteautwin]

I give Ukraine a pass. They never had the depth to field those 12 slots... I don't know much about China, especially at Junior levels.. .We see teams appearing with huge tricks than disappear being rematched or whatever... But Canada right now has 8 teams on their next gen competition start orders. I think those 8 teams could get a sport. 4 teams could get 2 spots and the younger/less developed teams could get 1 spot each. That would be great for the future of these young athletes.

In the end, I'll be somewhat happy if a minimum of 8 spots are used out of the 12... I am not even certain that will happen.

China set a minimum score of 120 total points for their teams to get a granx prix. This was at recent domestic competition. 3 of 5 teams didn't get it (although one team was just 1.5 short). Top pairs didn't have to compete based on their previous international achievements. There will be another event to fight for spots at later grand prix with the same min to achivie. Right now they have 4 teams who assured jgp spots. It may change after second qualifying event but I don't think they will use all the quota.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Or competition who will forfeit more: Canada or China? Ukraine is a default winner but the fight for second place will be fierced.

China has three teams that are guaranteed 2 spots, and another one that is likely to get two assignments as well. There's another team that is very close to the minimum score the Chinese federation has set, so the best case scenario is probably China sending 5 pairs teams to two events each and only giving up two spots.

 

[labgoat]

Yay! I get to watch a lot of this!