ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023 - Calgary, CAN - Feb. 27-Mar. 5

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Entries, by discipline, will be posted here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113607.htm

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The all-event tickets are now on sale according to the Skate Canada press release below.

All-Event Tickets on Sale for ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® 2023
January 26, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (January 24, 2023) – Skate Canada is excited to announce that all-event tickets for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® 2023 can now be purchased at Ticketmaster.ca. The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® will take place in Calgary, Alberta, at WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park, from February 27 to March 5, 2023, and will feature the world’s top young skaters competing for junior titles in men, women, pair, and ice dance.

All-event tickets are priced at $100 (plus applicable taxes and fees) and include all competitions, practices, and the Exhibition Gala (the Exhibition Gala practice is closed to the public).

Single day tickets will be available for sale in February 2023.

ABOUT THE ISU WORLD JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS®

The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual event that moves around the globe, showcasing the best young skaters from around the world.

Skate Canada has a long and illustrious history of hosting ISU sanctioned events, having previously held the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships five times. This will be the first time Calgary has been selected to host the event. Canada has hosted the Championships in London (1981), Kitchener (1987, 2005), Hull, (1992), and Saint John (1998).

[Elizabeth]

The entries (and alternates) have now been posted: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113607.htm

[kittykins]

I had considered going to this live, but I will enjoy it on live streaming with my newish Windows 10 laptop. I returned the new Windows 11 one as it was missing some key components. It's unfortunate, but this one serves me fine...just have to continue to take it back and forth with me on trips to see my Dad. Well, things could be worse, lol.

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Skate Canada's press release about the CDN team: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/02/sixteen- ... next-week/

Sixteen Canadian Skaters Set to Compete for Junior World Titles in Calgary Next Week
February 21, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (February 21, 2023) – Sixteen of Canada’s most prominent junior athletes will be competing at Calgary’s WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park from February 27 – March 5, 2023 in the hopes of taking home junior world titles in their respective disciplines. Team Canada will count one woman, three men, three pair teams and three ice dance teams at the 2023 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships®.

In women, local talent Kaiya Ruiter will be looking to shine in front of her home crowd after the 16-year-old captured a silver medal at the 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in senior women, as well as another silver at the 2022 Ice Challenge.

The men’s field will be led by National Team member and 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships senior bronze medalist Wesley Chiu, who will be joined by junior national champion Edward Nicholas Vasii and Aleksa Rakic, who finished fifth at the Egna Junior Grand Prix earlier this season.

Grand Prix finalists and junior national champions Chloe Panetta & Kieran Thraser will be leading the charge in the pair discipline after a breakthrough season that includes a bronze medal at the Ostrava Junior Grand Prix. Grand Prix silver medalists Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov will be competing alongside them, as well as IceChallenge gold medalists Ashlyn Schmitz & Tristan Taylor.

Completing the team will be three solid ice dance teams, including Grand Prix Final junior champions Nadiia Bashynska & Peter Beaumont, who have won every competition they’ve entered this season. Riga Junior Grand Prix silver medalists and Skate Canada Challenge champions Sandrine Gauthier & Quentin Thieren will also be aiming for a spot on the podium, as will 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships bronze medalists Hailey Yu & Brendan Giang.

Competition begins on Wednesday, March 1 with the pair and women’s short program, followed by the men’s short program and pair free program the following day. Friday will see the women’s titles awarded, while ice dancers will perform their rhythm dance. The event concludes on Saturday with the men’s free program and the free dance. Select athletes will also take part in the Exhibition Gala on Sunday, March 5. For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, please click here: https://worldjuniorfigureskating.com/

The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® is the pinnacle junior figure skating competition of the year. It is an annual event that moves around the globe and is hosted each year by a different skating federation.

[Elizabeth]

Local article on your lone CDN Woman entered in World Juniors which will take place at her "home rink": https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.6756924

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USFS press release about their team going to Junior Worlds: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news ... ships.aspx

Despite what the press release says, on the official entries list Michael Xie is now one of the US entries with Robert Yampolsky moved to an alternate position.

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[kittykins]

GREAT! Thanks for the reminder!

[Elizabeth]

The Entries/Schedule/Start order/Results link is now available: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/wjc2023/

The links for the ISU live stream of the individual events are on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SkatingISU/vid ... shelf_id=0

The CBC Sports streaming schedule (in Eastern Time): https://www.cbc.ca/sports/streaming-sch ... %20Skating

Wednesday Mar 01 - 1:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Paris Short Program

Wednesday Mar 01 - 4:45 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Women's Short Program

Thursday Mar 02 - 2:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Men's Short Program

Thursday Mar 02 - 9:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Paris Free Program

Friday Mar 03 - 2:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Friday Mar 03 - 7:45 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Women's Free Program

Saturday Mar 04 - 2:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Ice Dance Free Dance

Saturday Mar 04 - 6:15 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Jr Men's Free Program

Sunday Mar 05 - 5:00 p.m. - ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Gala

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The ISU overview of the competition

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The arena is ready



A preview from Europe on Ice: https://t.co/d37sOZJQEB

The practice rink

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Wednesday's events:

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The Pairs SP is underway and Ted Barton is the commentator for the ISU stream.

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Results after the Pairs SP


The top 3 teams who each received small medals




The three CDN teams (in order of finish)

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The marathon Jr Women SP event saw 47 skaters compete for the top 24 positions in order to proceed to the free skate. The results:


The top 3 women who each received a small medal




The sole CDN finished in 11th and will be in the penultimate warm-up group for the FS

[Elizabeth]

Today starts with the Jr Men SP where 42 men, including 3 CDNs, will try to qualify for the 24 spots in the FS.
The ISU YouTube live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWp4JzSGaYI

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The Jr Men SP marathon is done - 2 of the 3 CAN men qualified for the FS:



The top 3


Wearing their small medals


Up next is the Pairs FS @ 9 p.m. ET

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The results of the Pairs FS


The overall results:


The pairs podium

These were the first U.S. World Junior pairs champions since Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier in 2013. Coach Todd Sands was in the hospital following his heart attack yesterday morning. Other coaches as well as his gold medal winning team sent out good wishes to him.



Skate Canada's press release after Thursday's competition: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/03/chiu-in- ... pionships/

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Today the ice dance part of the event begins with the Rhythm Dance - there are 30 couples but only 20 will proceed to the Free Dance. The YouTube link: https://t.co/Wh5Gfsmt8h

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Very tight at the top after the RD




After winning everything they entered all season, Canada's Bashynska & Beaumont find themselves in 4th after the RD.


The small medal winners

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Up next, the 2nd and final event of today, the Jr Women's Free Skate.

The ISU YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbepHwUV_fY

Medals are now being awarded to the Jr Women - the winner got a world class score for her technical program that included a triple axle and a quad toe!


The overall results which found CAN's entry earning us 2 spots for next year


The winner's FS, in case you missed it: https://t.co/yLYmZjtqae

The happy medalists





A bit of trivia - gold medalist Mao Shimada was named after Japanese skating great, Mao Asada - look at the two ends of the table below [of the "new" International Judging System (IJS) era] for a neat historical "tie-in"

[Elizabeth]

Skate Canada press release on Friday's results: https://t.co/LJnFddpHtz


Today's action will begin in about 20 minutes:


The live stream for the FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-qrf6Gzso

The free dance results:


Overall results:


The podium


A medal for Canada but not the colour they hoped.
History made for the winners - Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek become the first Czech ice dance team to win any World Junior Figure medal.

Happy medalists at press conference

[Elizabeth]

The last event of the the 2023 Jr Worlds competition - the Jr. Men FS. The results:


The overall results with lots of changes in placement from the SP:





Photo fun at the post medal ceremony press conference


Skate Canada press release after the event: https://t.co/GvDU1YeH1C

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The line-up for the Exhibition Gala


The YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdBicRQ0II

More detail on who planned to skate to what: