ISU Junior Grand Prix 2022-2023 begins with Event #1 - Courcheval, FRA - 24-27 August

[Elizabeth]

The official announcement has been released by the ISU: https://t.co/bEtGWv7p8H
It contains all the details about points, entries, etc.

The seven events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating are:
1st event - August 24-27, 2022 - Courchevel, France
2nd event (incl. Pair Skating) - Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2022 - Ostrava, Czech Republic
3rd event (incl. Pair Skating) - September 7-10, 2022 - Riga, Latvia
4th event - September 21-24, 202 - Yerevan, Armenia
5th event (incl. Pair Skating) - Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2022 - Grenoble, France
6th event (incl. Pair Skating) - October 5-8, 2022 - Gdansk, Poland
7th event - October 12-15, 2022 - Egna-Neumarkt, Italy

The combined ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Juniors and Seniors) will be organized for the best Men, Women, Pairs and Ice Dance Couples in
Torino / Italy - December 8 – 11, 2022

NOTE: The ISU has yet to make a similar announcement for the senior Grand Prix - it awaits determination of whether/where the full slate of 6 events will take place. There will be no event in Russia nor in China. Once the announcement is made, we will see the lists of entries by discipline. This is expected to happen over the next 10 days or so.

[Elizabeth]

The entries and alternates, by discipline, for the first JGP have now been published: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113495.htm

Canada has one entry in Junior Men and in Junior Women and two entries in Junior Pairs.







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

Note that the actual names of the entries from KOR should be added very soon - they held their selection competition over the last weekend.

[Elizabeth]

An update - the ISU site was updated today with the Korean entries for Courchevel:

• Men: Younghyun CHA
• Women: Yujae KIM and Seojin YOUN
• Ice Dance: Hannah Lim/Yi Quan

[Elizabeth]

A second JGP event was scheduled to take place in Grenoble, FRA Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2022 - it was announced today that this has now been rescheduled for Gdansk, POL which means there will be two events there, back-to-back, the 5th and 6th.

From: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news ... teParam=15

The ISU was informed by the Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (FFSG) of the cancellation of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event that was scheduled to take place from September 28 to October 1, 2022 in Grenoble (FRA). The Council decided to reallocate the event to Gdansk (POL) following a spontaneous application.

The ISU regrets that the hosting of the Event will not be in Grenoble as originally scheduled but is pleased that the event will take place in Gdansk and thanks the FFSG and Polish Figure Skating Association for their efforts and cooperation.

[Elizabeth]

The ISU has now published the entries & alternates, by discipline (including pairs), for the 2nd JGP event: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113498.htm

It will take place in Ostrava, CZE from 30.08.2022 to 03.09.2022

[Elizabeth]

I will be using this thread for the first Jr GP event and creating separate ones for the succeeding events


Entries (& alternates), by discipline: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113495.htm

Time & practice schedule: http://results.isu.org/schedules/jgpfra ... hedule.pdf

Junior Men entries & alternates: https://results.isu.org/events/jgpfra2022_JuniorMen.htm

Junior Women entries & alternates: https://results.isu.org/events/jgpfra20 ... rWomen.htm

Junior Ice Dance entries & alternates: https://results.isu.org/events/jgpfra20 ... eDance.htm

The ISU has a "teaser" about the new season of JGP up on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxZlEVAdx8
The channel is where we should find all the live coverage with Ted Barton's commentary: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix

[Elizabeth]

In a video on Twitter, Ted Barton confirms that he will be hosting the commentary on the ISU JGP YouTube channel but mentions being joined by a special member of the team. I have to wonder if it will be someone who can add knowledge on the ice dance side, an area where Ted admits he is less knowledgeable.

https://twitter.com/ISU_Figure/status/1 ... 6004200451

[Elizabeth]

The links, by event, are now available here: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix

First up, Junior Women SP at 8 a.m. EDT on August 25th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOBQNObAg8Q

That will be followed by the Junior Men at 1 pm. EDT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEyGEk57BU

[Elizabeth]

Article from Skate Canada about the CDN skaters participating: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/08/nextgen- ... ng-season/

[Elizabeth]

And I was right in my guess/hope - Mark Hanratty will be joining Ted on the JGP broadcasts according to this tweet from the ISU: https://twitter.com/ISU_Figure/status/1 ... 7591863298

IFS Magazine recently had an article on Mark: https://ifsmagazine.com/mark-hanretty-t ... nd-the-mic

[Elizabeth]

A JGP preview from the ISU with information about points and prize money, etc.: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

[kittykins]

Thanks for all the info. I am REALLY looking forward to it and will tuning in with bells on, lol.

[Elizabeth]

The Entries/Start Orders/Results page for this first event is now available: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... gpfra2022/

There are links for the detailed time schedules for tomorrow's two events - Courcheval is 6 hours ahead of EDT

The overall time schedule (local times in Courcheval):


And Danielle Earl's version in EDT:

[Elizabeth]

Mark & Ted are looking forward to the competition (amid some beautiful scenery)

[Elizabeth]

The first group of Junior Women is warming up and the stream is live with Ted & Mark

http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG003.htm You may notice that the PCS scores now only have 3 values rather than the 5 we have been used to.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOBQNObAg8Q

[kittykins]

Mark & Ted are looking forward to the competition (amid some beautiful scenery)

Very nice! Lucky!

[Elizabeth]

Mark & Ted are looking forward to the competition (amid some beautiful scenery)

Very nice! Lucky!

I'm enjoying the pairing of Ted & Mark - no commentary during the performances, just as we have come to expect with Ted, but positive and constructive commentary afterward. They seem to make a good team

[Elizabeth]

Up next the Junior Men SP - the starting order: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG001.htm

The live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEyGEk57BU

[Elizabeth]

The CDN entries in the Jr Women and Jr Men SPs each ended up in the top 12, putting them each in the penultimate group for the FS. The scores are generally quite "bunched up" and I expect lots of movement of positions in the FS. It is the first competition of the JGP season and it is happening at altitude - lack of training and stamina issues caught up with many of the skaters today.

Jr Women SP results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T002RS.htm
and Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf

Jr. Men SP results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T001RS.htm
and Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf

Top 3 Junior Women



Top 3 Junior Men




Tomorrow will begin with the Junior Rhythm Dance followed by the Junior Women Free Skate.

[Elizabeth]

The live stream of the RD was definitely enhanced by the knowledgeable commentary of Mark Hanretty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgKgUQFNvWo

As with the other events, videos of events and individual programs can be found in the playlists section of the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/isujuniorgrandprix/playlists

The results:






The team in the lead trains at I.AM in Montreal.


Up next is the Junior Women free skate beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT.

[Elizabeth]

As expected, there have been lots of changes of position in the overall results based on the Jr Women's free skates so far. We are up to the last 2 groups, the first of which includes Lia Pereira from CAN.
The live results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... SEG004.htm
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5JYcXV9N2M

Ted and Mark have explained that they are together at the rink for this JGP event and will be together again for one or two more. For the others, it seems that they will take turns "team broadcasting" with one being in the arena and one at home (or in a studio at home). I think Mark said that he will have to miss one event, leaving Ted on his own. They really seem to work well as a team - I'm enjoying this new approach

[Elizabeth]

Tough outings for a number of the skaters in this first JGP and at altitude. One skater (representing Peru) even had to compete in borrowed skates as hers did not arrive! The medals were awarded to the Junior Women at the end of today's competition.

The free skate results:


The overall results:


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

The medal winners:

[Elizabeth]

If you don't want to watch everything, the ISU has a Day 2 Highlights video on their JGP YouTube channel: https://t.co/CBEyw1OkUH

You'll also find one there for Day 1.

Tomorrow, there will be an early start (5:30 a.m. EDT) for the Jr. Men FS followed by the Free Dance. A Gala is scheduled to close out the competition tomorrow afternoon. All the video links are on the YouTube channel.

[Elizabeth]

It's the final day of this first JGP competition of the season.

[Elizabeth]

The Junior Men started extra early this morning and, once again, there were some changes in position from the results after the short program.

The early season and high altitude seemed to combine to drain the performances of many of the skaters - I think there was a record number of falls

Our Canadian Junior Man, David Li (below), moved up in the standings, ending up in the top 10, matching the top 10 finish for our Junior Woman


Junior Men Free Skate results:



Overall Junior Men results:


The medals will be awarded after the completion of the free dance to the top 3.







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And the event ends with the Junior Free Dance:



Protocols for the Free Dance: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Skater.pdf