ISU Junior Grand Prix 2022-2023 - event #3 - Riga, LAT - Sep. 6-10

[Elizabeth]

The entries and alternates, by discipline, have now been posted: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113500.htm

[Elizabeth]

For event #3 we will have both commentators back but Ted will be "working from home" in BC while Mark will be in the arena in Riga. The event will be live streamed from the ISU JGP YouTube channel - the links by individual competitions are not yet posted: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix

The time and practice schedule: http://results.isu.org/schedules/jgplat ... hedule.pdf

Competition will take place on Thursday, Friday Saturday and we will have all four disciplines again this week.

Riga, Latvia is 7 hours ahead of EDT

The Entries/Start Orders/Results link should appear in a few days here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113500.htm

[Elizabeth]

Brazil will be represented in the Junior Ice Dance component of this event - they train at Ice Dance Elite in Scarborough, ON.

Catharina Guedes Tibau and Cayden Oliver Dawson will be accompanied by coach Marc-André Servant, a former Canadian ice dance competitor.

[Elizabeth]

The ISU JGP YouTube page has been updated with the links for the individual parts of the competition in Riga: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix

You should see you local time, rather than the Riga time, beneath each of them - a lot of early mornings for those of us in EDT!!

[Elizabeth]

The Skate Canada press release about the CDN team headed to Riga: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/09/11-nextg ... in-latvia/

[Elizabeth]

The Entries/Start Orders/Results page is now available along with the detailed time schedules for the events tomorrow: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... gplat2022/

The overview of the weekend events (in local time in Riga, 7 hours ahead of EDT)

[Elizabeth]

Two nice guys having a chat in Riga - Mark Hanretty posted this photo saying:

Former world champion, 2x Olympic medalist and coaching legend.
Also incredibly humble!

Brian is there as the coach of Grayson LONG. He also is a coach for Natalia ACOSTA MOISES who represents MEX at this event and who also trains at the TC&SC

[Elizabeth]

Up first, the Junior Women SP - the start orders/results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG003.htm



The live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVERgS1_OdA



The CAN skater is just out of the final warm-up group for the FS after competing in the SP this morning - she earned a personal best score. The detailed results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG003.htm


The protocols link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf



The top 3 after the SP were all very colour coordinated:




The SP of the leader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBsQiaW658

[Elizabeth]

The second event was the Jr Pairs SP.



The live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwdDEOF1eEE



The results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG005.htm
Both CDN teams achieved personal best scores.



The protocols link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf


The top 3:

[Elizabeth]

The third and final event of the first day was the Jr Men SP.



Start Orders/Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG001.htm


Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8bLuna1lA
During the broadcast, word came out about the death of Queen Elizabeth II - both Ted and Mark honoured her in short remarks The end of an era.


The outstanding SP of the leader after this aspect of the competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVEDXDQTU48


The top 3 after the SP

[Elizabeth]

The second day of competition began with the Rhythm Dance. The Start Order/Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG007.htm

The live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2E63JZZ7bw




After the event, the top 3:

[Elizabeth]

The next event is the Pairs FS - a field of only 6 teams means that 1/2 of them will stand on the medal podium later today.

The Start Orders/Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG006.htm

The live stream: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fetKh2mEXKc/hqde ... 3J3-kC7Cow


There was a small but very boisterous group of "fans" cheering on the CDN teams today - their fellow team members representing our country were bedecked in the red & white



The top three will result in more celebrations, I'm sure





Smiling CDN coaches and their teams in the Kiss 'n Cry:

[Elizabeth]

The third & final event for today - the Junior Women FS. The Start Orders/Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG004.htm

The live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KenRq9l9D4E



The overall results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T002RS.htm


In achieving personal best scores in both the SP and the FS (and with a little help from other skaters), our Canadian skater Justine Miclette moved herself up from 11th after the SP to 8th overall. An excellent debut on the JGP.



The protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf



The top 3:













Medals in Pairs and Women were awarded at the end of the competition events of the day.



Two of the medals went to CDN pairs

[Elizabeth]

The competition was completed today with the Junior Men FS and the Free Dance.

The Junior Men FS results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG002.htm

The Overall results for the Junior Men: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T001RS.htm

The protocols for the Junior Men: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf

The top 3






The Free dance results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG008.htm

The overall Junior Ice Dance Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T004RS.htm

The protocols for the Junior Ice Dance: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf

The top 3





Another medal for Canada today


Our dance teams