ISU 2024 Junior World Championships - Taipei City, TPE - 26 Feb. - 4 March

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The entries will appear, by discipline, here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117487.htm

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Today U.S. Figure Skating announced its men's, women's, pairs and ice dance selections for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2024,

MEN
Daniel Martynov
Jacob Sanchez
Alternate 1: Beck Strommer
Alternate 2: Taira Shinohara
Alternate 3: Lucius Kazanecki

WOMEN
Josephine Lee
Sherry Zhang
Alternate 1: Logan Higase-Chen
Alternate 2: Sarah Everhardt
Alternate 3: Elyce Lin-Gracey

PAIRS
Olivia Flores and Luke Wang
Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer
Adele Zheng and Andy Deng

ICE DANCE
Leah Neset and Artem Markelov
Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal
Yahli Pedersen and Jeffrey Chen
Alternate 1: Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr
Alternate 2: Caroline Mullen and Brendan Mullen
Alternate 3: Olivia Ilin and Dylan Cain

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The full lists of entries and alternates, by discipline, are now posted: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117487.htm

Interestingly, China has opted not to send any skaters to the Junior Worlds for some reason.

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The entries:

Junior Men ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Junior Women



Junior Pairs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Junior Ice Dance

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From: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/02/junior-c ... pionships/

Junior Canadian Skaters Look to Make Mark at 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
February 21, 2024/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (February 21, 2024) – Canada’s up-and-coming figure skaters have big goals for the 2024 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, which will take place in Taipei City, Taipei from February 26 to March 3, 2024. Team Canada will feature two pair teams, three ice dance teams, two men, and two women.

Pair team Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov placed sixth at the 2023 World Junior Championships held in Calgary, Alta., and will enter this year’s competition riding a high after capturing a silver medal at the ISU Grand Prix Final, gold at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Solidarity Cup in Gdansk, Poland, and gold at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships (nationals). They will be joined by Martina Ariano Kent and Charly Laliberté-Laurent who finished fourth at the Grand Prix Final, won gold at the JGP Cup of Austria, bronze at the JGP Budapest, and took silver at nationals.

The ice dance competition will feature all of the junior medallists from nationals with gold medallists Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys, silver medallists Chloe Nguyen and Brendan Giang – who also captured silver at the JGP Cup of Austria, and bronze medallists Alisa Korneva and Kieran MacDonald. All teams will be looking to gain valuable experience on the international stage.

The men’s event will be promising after both skaters recently podiumed in the senior men’s competition at nationals. Aleksa Rakic captured silver at the event and also finished fourth at the 2023 Cranberry Cup and fifth at the Nebelhorn Trophy. 2023 national junior bronze medallist Anthony Paradis delivered an inspired performance to claim bronze at his first senior nationals.

Kaiya Ruiter will look to cap off a strong season at the event after earning her first Canadian senior championships title in January, and silver medals at Skate Canada Challenge and the Autumn Classic International. She finished tenth at the World Junior Championships last year that were held in her hometown of Calgary, Alta. She’ll be joined by Lulu Lin who continues her climb up the ranks after being crowned the junior Canadian champion in January and finishing seventh at the Junior Grand Prix Solidarity Cup in Poland.

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The links are now up on the ISU YouTube channel for this competition: https://www.youtube.com/@SkatingISU

The time conversion information for the competition - ET is 2nd from the bottom:

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An article on the US team going to Taipei: https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/ar ... mpionships

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The Entries/Start Orders/Results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wjc2024/

The Start Orders for the first day of competition which begins at 9:30 p.m. tonight (Feb. 27) for those in the Eastern Time Zone:

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ISU artlcle about this competition: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

The article highlights some of the skaters/teams to watch.

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The arena which will be home this this event

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The first day of competition with times that are 13 hours AHEAD of Eastern Time.



Streamed on ISU YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SkatingISU

Start Orders/Resutls: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wjc2024/

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Good results for the two CDN teams in the Pairs Short Program:



The top 3



Press conference photo (all 3 teams received "small medals" for their SP placements)

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The 6-hour marathon of the Jr. Women SP (which I slept through) ended with these results:



Not a very good result for our Sr. Canadian champion - she will be in the first warm-up group for the free skate

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The start orders for the Men SP

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The second day of competition say the Men take the ice for their SP and then the Pairs FS.

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The Jr Men skated while I slept (and the Board was unavailable) but here are the results:



The top 3 with their small medals

Anthony Paradis was happy with his skate, even if it wasn't perfect

An excellent result for Aleksa Rakic

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I woke up in time to see the Jr Pairs FS - there were quite a few problems for many of the teams, unfortunately.

The FS results:



The overall results:


Luka Berulava became the first skater to win Junior Worlds with different partners.

The last time two pairs teams were on the podium at Junior Worlds was 2006 with Julia Vlassov/ Drew Meekins and Kendra Moyle/Andy Seitz. Drew is the coach of Flores/Wang and Williams/Lewer.

The Top 3:



The podium:

The "funny" press conference photo, complete with medals


ISU Press release: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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Skate Canada press release on the results of Day 2: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/02/canadian ... pionships/


Day 3 of competition will begin with the Rhythm Dance - the start order includes 3 CDN teams:


The 2nd competition of Day 3 will be the Jr Women Free Skate - the start order:

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After an evening "nap", I stayed up and watched the Rhythm Dance live last night/overnight. The results:


The press conference photo, complete with small medals


After that I headed to bed (about 4 a.m.), opting not to watch the Jr Women Free Skate. I was pleased to find out the results this morning with a CDN placing in the top 6 in the FS and in the top 10 overall. The overall placement will have positive consequences for JGP and Jr Worlds placements next season.
The FS results:


The overall results:


Podium picture

Press conference photo, complete with medals

A very happy Lulu Lin Kaiya Ruiter

The ISU Press Release: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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The final day of competition began at 11 p.m. ET on the 1st of March:


The Free Dance results:


The overall results:



The medalists enjoying some bubble tea at the press conference


ISU Press Release: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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The final event of the competition was the Jr Men Free Skate - the results:


The overall results:


Medalists having fun at the press conference


Minkyu Seo is the first male Korean skater to win a World Juniors title.

Adam Hagara becomes the first skater representing Slovakia to medal at a championship event!

ISU Press Release: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

Aleksa Rakic with mixed feelings on his performance:

A very happy Anthony Paradis:
His PCS score was the 5th highest in the FS as you can see below! He raised his personal best for the free program by about 25 pts
1 Seo 76.72
2 Levandi 75.16
3 Pitot 73.86
4 Nakata 73.63
5 Paradis 73.50
6 Nakamura 72.43
7 Sanchez 71.59
8 Hagara 71.50
9 Rakic 69.80
9 Lofek 69.80

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Skate Canada's press release after the final day of competition: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/03/canadian ... pionships/


The line-up for the Exhibition Gala

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PJ Kwong's blog for Skate Ontario on their skaters at Jr. Worlds: https://skateontario.org/intheloop/team ... d-on-fire/