ISU Junior Grand Prix 2023-24 - general information & standings (post events)

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The ISU has posted information on their Junior Grand Prix page about this season's events: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/even ... re-skating

There are now links on that page for each of this season's seven JGP events.

The General Announcement document describing all the details is also linked from that page.

The key information, regarding the dates and locations appears on this page of that document:

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The schedule for the JGP this season

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There are now links for further information on each of the events found here: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/even ... re-skating

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An interview with Ted Barton & Mark Hanretty as we approach the beginning of the JGP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTU79vLaIEg

The focus is on the 2023-24 Rhythm Dance theme and they touch on the "essence" of the 1980s.

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USFS has put up an informational page about the 2023 JGP series - there is general information but there is also more information about the US skaters who will be participating. A warning - if you have an ad blocker software operating, the page will not full open up.

The link: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/feat ... 3jgpseries

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https://t.co/Hcl2j9kHyQ

The ISU JGP preview article: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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An article about Junior skaters making their debut in the JGP series to look out for: https://anythinggoe.com/jgpnewskaters/

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Another video interview of Ted and Mark - this time talking about "A Coach's Life": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosMiMDXxVw

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With two JGP events completed, for three disciplines, and one for pairs, here's some information on the standings, by discipline, so far. The standings at the end of the series will determine who qualifies for the JGP Final.

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Updated standings after 3 events:

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The top 6, by discipline, after 4 of 7 events indicate that some skaters have now secured spots in the Grand Prix Final.

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Since event #7 has no Pairs competition, the top 6 teams qualifying to the Junior GPF have now been determined:
Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava
Martina Ariano Kent/Charly Laliberte Laurent
Violetta Sierova/Ivan Khobta
Olivia Flores/Luke Wang
Ava Kemp/Yohnatan Elizarov
Jazmine Desrochers/Kieran Thrasher

Congratulations to all of them, especially the s

Teams 7, 8 & 9 will be the alternates for the JGPF

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With one more event left, the current top 6 in each discipline:




There could be some changes in 3 of the 4 but not in pairs as they will not be competing in Yerevan.

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The top 6 women after the final JGP event:
Mao Shimada
Jia Shin
Ami Nakai
Rena Uezono
Yuseong Kim
Minsol Kwon

The 3 alternates
Yo Takagi
Elyce Lin-Gracey
Seojin Youn

The unofficial final results showing the 6 qualifiers and the 3 alternates

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The top 6 Jr. Ice Dance couples after the final JGP event:
Leah Neset / Artem Markelov
Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov
Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov
Yahli Pedersen / Jeffrey Chen
Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux

The 3 alternates
Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal
Iryna Pidgaina / Artem Koval
Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura

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And the Jr Men - the top 6:
Rio Nakata
Juheon Lim
Francois Pitot
Hyungyeom Kim
Daniel Martynov
Adam Hagara

And the 3 alternates:
Beck Strommer
Minkyu Seo
Daiya Ebihara