ISU Jr GP 2024/25 Event #2 - Czech Skate, Ostrava, CZE - Sept. 4-7, 2024

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The entries are now posted, by discipline: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120577.htm

Time & practice schedule: https://results.isu.org/schedules/jgpcz ... hedule.pdf

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Updates to entries:
Jr. Men:
Tobia Oellerer replaces Daniel Ruis
Kolos Rac replaces Aleksei Vlasenko

Jr. Women:
Flora Marie Schaller replaces Hannah Frank
Charlotte Jennes replaces Danielle Verbinnen
Polina Dzsumanyijazova replaces Lena Ekker
Gabriella Grinberg replaces Sophia Shifrin
Vita Kas replaces Julija Lovrencic
Elisabeth Dibbern replaces Anthea Gradinaru
Sofiia Ekzarkhova replaces Varvara Parasochka

Jr. Dance:
Lauren Audrey Batkova / Jacob Yang replace Kristyna Stanclova / Karel Kostron

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Alica Lengyelova replaces Vanesa Selmekova at Junior Grand Prix Czech Skate

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More updates from Junior Grand Prix Czech Skate (August 23rd):
Mikayel Salazaryan and Lilia Schubert / Nikita Remeshevskiy have withdrawn

Edoardo Luigi Profaizer replaces Raffaele Francesco Zich

Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys replace Victoria Carandiuc / Andrei Carandiuc

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Hugo Bostedt replaces Casper Johansson at JGP Czech Skate (Aug. 31)

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Update - September 3rd:

Myroslava Tkachenko / Riccardo Pesca have withdrawn from JGP Czech Skate (Ice Dance).

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Skate Canada's press release on the team gong to Ostrava: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/09/seven-ca ... nd-prix-2/

Seven Canadian Athletes Make Their Way to Ostrava for ISU Junior Grand Prix #2
September 3, 2024/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (September 3, 2024) – Seven up-and-coming athletes will be representing Canada at the second stop of the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, taking place from September 4-7, 2024 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

The team will be comprised of several athletes who finished on the podium at Skate Canada’s NextGen Competition and who were recently named to Skate Canada’s 2024 NextGen Team.

Ice dancers Laurence Brière and Julien Lévesque will be making their Grand Prix debut after claiming titles at both the 2024 Novice Canadian Championships and the 2023-2024 Skate Canada Challenge – Pre-Novice/Novice last season. They will be joined by junior national champions and 2024 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships competitors Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys.

In pairs, the team of Julia Quattrochi and Simon Desmarais are already showing great promise after the duo placed second at the NextGen Competition and fourth at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships. They are coached by Stéphanie Valois, who notably works with national bronze medalists Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Éthier. NextGen Competition silver medalist David Bondar will be completing the team.

For the full competition schedule, entries and results, please visit www.isu.org.

Team Canada
Name | Age | Hometown | Coach | Training Location

Men
David Bondar | 17 | Richmond Hill, Ont. | Lee Barkell | Toronto, Ont.

Pairs
Julia Quattrochi | 18 | Laval, Que. & Simon Desmarais | 20 | Carignan, Que. | Stéphanie Valois | Rosemère, Que.

Ice Dance
Laurence Brière | 16 | Carignan, Que. & Julien Lévesque | 18 | Boucherville, Que. | Mylène Girard | Chambly, Que.
Layla Veillon | 18 | London, Ont. & Alexander Brandys | 19 | London, Ont. | Cara Moir & Scott Moir

Team Leaders – Laurene Collin-Knoblauch & Mike Slipchuk
Officials – Patty Klein & Wei Shi
Medical Team – Olesia Markevych & Erik Torchia

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The links for the live stream of the individual parts of the competition are now posted here: https://www.youtube.com/SkatingISU
They appear to be missing one for the Pairs FS currently.

Commentary will be done by Ted Barton & Mark Hanretty again and I believe Jason Brown will be doing some guest commentary.

The link for the Entries/Start Orders/Results should appear tomorrow here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120577.htm

Ostrava is 6 hours ahead of EDT.

The time conversions - EDT is 2nd from the bottom:

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Event overview (all times local to Ostrava)


The Entries/Start Orders/Results link is now up: https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/jgpcze2024/

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Day 1 of competition (all times local to Ostrava)

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The first event of the day is complete. The top 3 men are very close after the SP (within one point). Canada's David Bodnar skated early but held onto 6th place, putting him into the final warm-up group for the free skate.



Detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The video of the full SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1RuCG8Z9o
David Bodnar's skate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na95XrsjUnI

The leaders




David Bodnar in the Kiss 'n Cry

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The 2nd event of the first day of competition was the Pairs SP.
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp8vvACWyFA

The results:


Detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The leaders




The CDN pair opened the skating in the final group and will do so again for the free skate as they are in 4th position.
Julia & Simon in the Kiss 'n Cry

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The 3rd and final event of the 1st day lasted some 5 hours, ending at almost 11 p.m. local time.
The Women SP results leave room for quite a bit of movement of positions with the free skate:


The detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The leaders

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The overview of Day 2 of competition:


Live streams:

• RD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aILXUF0zMwk
• Pairs FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TFLCVnIyZk
• Men FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5IEm_BgNA

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One of the two CDN teams is in potential podium position after the Rhythm Dance. An unfortunate fall in their final/ending pose cost them 2 points, unfortunately.



The detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The leaders




The two CDN teams in the Kiss 'n Cry

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The 2nd event of day 2 was the Pairs free skate. The CDN team finished first in the free skate and moved onto the podium

Segment results:


Overall results:


Detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The medallists:




Romane Telemaque / Lucas Coulon are the first French pairs team to medal on the Junior Grand Prix since Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland in 1997! They competed last week in Riga and finished in 4th place.



With their SP and FS results here, Quattrocchi / Desmarais have obtained the minimum combined technical scores required for Junior Worlds.

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The final event of Day 2 was the Men FS - Jason Brown joined Ted & Mark for commentary during the last 2 groups.

FS results:


Detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

Overall results:


The medallists




David Bodnar in the Kiss 'n Cry

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The final day of competition (all times local to Ostrava)


Live streams:

• Women FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT6UAks-pCk
• Free Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pngFx69EWuc

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First event of the final day was the Jr Women FS. Canada did not qualify to have an entry in this JGP event.
The results:


The detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The overall results:


The medallists:





Stefania Gladki is the first French woman to medal on the Junior Grand Prix since Laura Dutertre in 2005, 19 years ago. In fact, Stefania Gladki’s silver medal is the best result for a French woman since Gwenaelle Jullien in 1998!

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The final event - the Free Dance and the results bring a bronze medal to Canada


The detailed protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/season2 ... Skater.pdf

The overall results


The medallists




Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux are the first French ice dance team to win a Junior Grand Prix since Angelique Abachkina / Louis Thauron in 2016!

Our bronze medallists (in their RD costumes in the 1st image and their FD costumes in the 2nd)

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Skate Canada's press release about the results in Ostrava: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/09/canadian ... n-czechia/

Canadian Skaters Bring Home Two Bronze from Junior Grand Prix in Czechia
September 7, 2024/by Skate Canada

Photo Credit: International Skating Union

Ostrava, CZE (September 7, 2024) – Canadian junior skaters Julia Quattrocchi and Simon Desmarais and Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys captured bronze medals in pairs and ice dance respectively this weekend at the second ISU Junior Grand Prix of the season in Ostrava, Czechia.

Pair skaters Quattrocchi of Laval, Que., and Desmarais of Carignan, Que., finished fourth in the short program on the first day of competition on Thursday and then laid down a brilliant free program that saw them place first with a score of 91.94 on Friday to finish third overall with a total score of 137.54.

“We felt really good on the ice. It was a little bit more stressful than the other competition, but I think we delivered what we know we could do, and we’re really happy about it,” said Quattrocchi who together with Desmarais made her Junior Grand Prix debut this weekend.

Xuanqi Zhang and Wenqiang Feng of China won gold (145.55), while Romane Telemaque and Lucas Coulon of France took silver (139.84).

In the ice dance competition, Veillon and Brandys, both of London, Ont., skated a beautiful free dance to place second overall in that portion of the competition with a new personal best score of 89.78. Combined with their rhythm dance score of 55.04, they came away with a total score of 144.82 to take home bronze and their best international result to date.

“We’re really proud to be able to come out here and get our first international medal,” said Veillon who together with Brandys are the reigning Canadian junior champions. “Obviously, it didn’t come without some issues, but we’re just proud we were able to come together today and skate to the best of our capabilities.”

Fellow Canadians Laurence Brière of Carignan, Que., and Julien Levesque of Boucherville, Que., who were making their Junior Grand Prix debut, finished 12th overall with a total score of 116.99.

Celina Fradji and Jean-Hans Fourneaux of France won gold (158.66), while Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski of the USA took silver (144.94).

David Bondar of Richmond Hill, Ont., had a very strong start to his season, laying down personal best scores for both his short program (68.35) and his free skate (120.73) to finish seventh overall in the men’s competition.

Minkyu Seo of Korea, the reigning junior world champion, won gold (224.78), while Patrick Blackwell of the USA took silver (221.56), and Adam Hagara of Slovakia, bronze medallist at last year’s Junior World Championships, took bronze (211.23).

Canada did not have any competitors in the women’s event.

The third Junior Grand Prix of the season takes place next weekend in Bangkok, Thailand from September 11-14, 2024 and will feature Canadian men’s, women’s, and ice dance teams.

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Ted & Mark's must watch moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ1IK7axHqY