Junior Grand Prix Romania:
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Showing posts with label Polina Shelepen. Show all posts
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Junior Grand Prix Catch-Up
Winning performances over the last few weekends on the Junior Grand Prix:
Junior Grand Prix Romania:
Junior Grand Prix Austria:
Junior Grand Prix Italy:
Junior Grand Prix Romania:
Junior Grand Prix Austria:
Junior Grand Prix Italy:
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Monday, August 30, 2010
Junior Grand Prix: France
The first Junior Grand Prix event wrapped in France this past weekend.As expected, Russia's Polina Shelepen took the women's title and did so by a healthy margin despite being in second after the short program. Canada's Andrei Rogozine took the men's title. Russia added another gold in Ice Dance with Stepanova and Bukin taking the top spot.
Team USA had a fairly successful event. While there was no Gold to be had in France, U.S. Junior National Champ Jason Brown won the men's free skate in an attempt to chase down Canada's Rogozine, coming up just short and settling with the silver. Jason (see video below) had a tremendous performance in his Junior Grand Prix Debut. His Teammate, Max Aaron, pulled in for the bronze medal. In the ladies field Yasmin Siraj had a comeback performance to go from 6th to 2nd and take the silver medal. American Cannuscio and McManus took the silver after some volatility in the placements coming out of the new 'Short Dance.' Teams I think are still working it out. Incidentally, Cannuscio and McManus became the very first team to compete the dance in ISU competition.
In short, it was a great weekend for Russia and the United States.
Medalists are listed below and full results can be seen here. Next Junior Grand Prix stop will be Brasov, Romania.
Women:
RUS
USAMen:
CANDance:
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Pics of the Week
It is finally here, the beginning of the Junior Grand Prix. I sent some some good luck tweets off and the skaters are hitting the practice ice as I type this.
Two very promising stars are competing in Courchevel. Polina Shelepen of Russia, who won both her Junior Grand Prix events and finished second at the Junior Grand Prix Final last season and American Jason Brown, the reigning U.S. Junior Champion.
Polina Shelepen is one of Russia's most promising up and coming skaters and this girl has a plan! Last month she spoke with Golden Skate's Tatjana Flade about her Junior debut last season and her goals. "I guess I can say that I fulfilled my plan to 50 percent. At the beginning of the season, I more or less did everything, then I wasn't in top shape towards the end. I think I have grown again and needed some time to adjust. But I really like being at the big competitions and enjoyed the Junior Grand Prix."
At just 15, she would have liked to have made her senior debut this season but will again compete in the Junior Ranks. Her coach Eteri Tutberidze explained, "We would have liked to move up to seniors in order to save time. Polina's job isn't so much to achieve certain placements, but to improve her overall skating. It is a process. The placements now aren't so important. It is important where we will finish in figure skating in ten or more years."
Olympic Champion in Sochi? Who knows...
Back on home soil Jason Brown is quickly moving up the ranks and he is doing so with some flair. I've had my eye on this guy since 2007 when he won at the U.S. Junior Championships (Juvenile Title) and he has steadily improved since. He medaled as an intermediate, as a novice, and won last season as a Junior. Also, I have to support the local skaters...chalk one up for Illinois! I remember watching his Short Program to "Hey Pachuco" at Nationals and thinking 'look at this kid go!' Then he did a complete 180 in the Free Skate performing to the "Pas de Deux" from The Nutcracker showing his versatility. I was impressed.
He makes his Junior Grand Prix this week in France and I have a feeling he is going to do well. He succeeds at everything he does and is an all around amazing guy. If you look at his Ice Network profile you see this huge list of amazing things he does including volunteering with the City Skate Outreach Program in Chicago and supporting Chicago Cares. He even turned his Bar Mitzvah into a charity project. That's awesome. And like Polina...he's only 15.
And I have to give Jason final props on his favorite show..."Glee". He's my kind of people!
Two very promising stars are competing in Courchevel. Polina Shelepen of Russia, who won both her Junior Grand Prix events and finished second at the Junior Grand Prix Final last season and American Jason Brown, the reigning U.S. Junior Champion.
Polina Shelepen is one of Russia's most promising up and coming skaters and this girl has a plan! Last month she spoke with Golden Skate's Tatjana Flade about her Junior debut last season and her goals. "I guess I can say that I fulfilled my plan to 50 percent. At the beginning of the season, I more or less did everything, then I wasn't in top shape towards the end. I think I have grown again and needed some time to adjust. But I really like being at the big competitions and enjoyed the Junior Grand Prix."At just 15, she would have liked to have made her senior debut this season but will again compete in the Junior Ranks. Her coach Eteri Tutberidze explained, "We would have liked to move up to seniors in order to save time. Polina's job isn't so much to achieve certain placements, but to improve her overall skating. It is a process. The placements now aren't so important. It is important where we will finish in figure skating in ten or more years."
Olympic Champion in Sochi? Who knows...
Back on home soil Jason Brown is quickly moving up the ranks and he is doing so with some flair. I've had my eye on this guy since 2007 when he won at the U.S. Junior Championships (Juvenile Title) and he has steadily improved since. He medaled as an intermediate, as a novice, and won last season as a Junior. Also, I have to support the local skaters...chalk one up for Illinois! I remember watching his Short Program to "Hey Pachuco" at Nationals and thinking 'look at this kid go!' Then he did a complete 180 in the Free Skate performing to the "Pas de Deux" from The Nutcracker showing his versatility. I was impressed.He makes his Junior Grand Prix this week in France and I have a feeling he is going to do well. He succeeds at everything he does and is an all around amazing guy. If you look at his Ice Network profile you see this huge list of amazing things he does including volunteering with the City Skate Outreach Program in Chicago and supporting Chicago Cares. He even turned his Bar Mitzvah into a charity project. That's awesome. And like Polina...he's only 15.
And I have to give Jason final props on his favorite show..."Glee". He's my kind of people!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Junior Grand Prix: Belarus
After a week off, the Junior Grand Prix picked up again. This time in Minsk, Belarus. By all accounts, it was a rough go for Team USA.
In Pairs, China reigned supreme with two of three Chinese teams competing taking the gold and silver medals. Sui and Han, who as far as I could tell were in their first major international competition, won by nearly twenty points. A future powerhouse? See the video below...I find them very accomplished at such a young age! Zhang and Wang, the team that finished 16th at the World Championships in L.A. took the silver. Canadians Hole and Johnson, who won gold in Lake Placid, had to settle for the bronze in Belarus after a comeback performance from 7th place in the short program. Americans Carmen and Reiss finished 10th.
Amongst the women, Polina Shelepen managed another win, her second on the Junior Grand Prix. Japan's Yuki Nishino pulled in for the silver medal and Ksenia Makarova of Russia again medaled on the Junior Grand Prix; this time a bronze. American Kristiene Gong slipped from third after the short program to finish fourth overall.
In the men's field, Russian Artur Gachinski got his season underway with a win in Minsk. China's Nan Song broke up a Russian party by taking the silver (almost the gold, he had the wiing free skate and it was very close) with Gachinski's teammate Stanislav Kovalev earning the bronze. American Eliot Halverson placed fifth in the field.
In Ice Dance, Russian's Monko and Khaliavin dominated the field and took the ice dance easily. The lone medal America was able to walk away with was Tibbetts and Brubaker's silver. A much better performance for them here than at Lake Placid where they had a tumble on their footwork. The bronze went to Agafonova and Dun of Ukraine.
Full results are here. This week the Junior Grand Prix stays in the region with a stop in Dresden, Germany.
In Pairs, China reigned supreme with two of three Chinese teams competing taking the gold and silver medals. Sui and Han, who as far as I could tell were in their first major international competition, won by nearly twenty points. A future powerhouse? See the video below...I find them very accomplished at such a young age! Zhang and Wang, the team that finished 16th at the World Championships in L.A. took the silver. Canadians Hole and Johnson, who won gold in Lake Placid, had to settle for the bronze in Belarus after a comeback performance from 7th place in the short program. Americans Carmen and Reiss finished 10th.
Amongst the women, Polina Shelepen managed another win, her second on the Junior Grand Prix. Japan's Yuki Nishino pulled in for the silver medal and Ksenia Makarova of Russia again medaled on the Junior Grand Prix; this time a bronze. American Kristiene Gong slipped from third after the short program to finish fourth overall.In the men's field, Russian Artur Gachinski got his season underway with a win in Minsk. China's Nan Song broke up a Russian party by taking the silver (almost the gold, he had the wiing free skate and it was very close) with Gachinski's teammate Stanislav Kovalev earning the bronze. American Eliot Halverson placed fifth in the field.
In Ice Dance, Russian's Monko and Khaliavin dominated the field and took the ice dance easily. The lone medal America was able to walk away with was Tibbetts and Brubaker's silver. A much better performance for them here than at Lake Placid where they had a tumble on their footwork. The bronze went to Agafonova and Dun of Ukraine.
Full results are here. This week the Junior Grand Prix stays in the region with a stop in Dresden, Germany.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Junior Grand Prix: Hungary
The season got underway this past weekend in Budapest and Team USA did pretty well.
We were strongest in the Men's where American Richard Dornbush took the title (video below) with teammate Grant Hochstein right behind winning the silver. Richard told Ice Network, "You don't want to put out your best now and not do as well later; I'm happy with how I did, but I have room to improve." It was a bit of clammer to get to the bronze but it eventually fell into the hands of Russian Zhan Bush.
In Ice Dance, Team USA was unable to get on the podium with Gilles and Donohue surprisingly finishing fourth. They had some problems with their twizzles in the free skate and didn't get the levels they expected for their step sequences. "It's still a much higher-level program that it was given credit for," Donohue told Ice Network. Russians Ilinykh and Katsalapov skated to a convincing victory with Canadians Routhier and Saucke-Lacelle earning the silver, Italians Alessandrini and Vaturi the bronze.
In the ladies field, Russian Polina Shelepen won convincingly with a free skate that included seven triple jumps! American Angela Maxwell, who had a rough short program and found herself in fifth place, regrouped in the free skate and surged up to take the silver. Despite earning another Junior Grand Prix medal, she told Ice Network she wasn't happy with her performance. "My nerves got the better of me. I was trying to pull myself together the whole program." Japan's Haruka Imai took the bronze medal. American Ellie Kawamura who was second after the short program finished fourth after a tough free skate.
Here are the complete results.
Next weekend, the Junior Grand Prix comes home and will take place in Lake Placid (same site as the Senior Grand Prix Event, Skate America). A large contingency of Americans will be competing including: Bonacorsi and Mager, Duarte and Grafton, Joshua Farris, Taylor Firth, Andrew Gonzales, DeeDee Leng, Ross Miner, Kristine Musademba, Pipkin and Dunne-Neustadt, Maia and Alex Shibutani, Simpson and Miller, and Tibbetts and Brubaker. Lake Placid is one of only a few JGP events to have a pairs field so it should be an exciting competition.
Also of note, Ice Network will be airing Junior Grand Prix Lake Placid live and free so be sure to tune in.
Don't forget I'm compiling a list of the Greatest 1000 Moments on Ice. Be sure to let me know what should go on that list!
We were strongest in the Men's where American Richard Dornbush took the title (video below) with teammate Grant Hochstein right behind winning the silver. Richard told Ice Network, "You don't want to put out your best now and not do as well later; I'm happy with how I did, but I have room to improve." It was a bit of clammer to get to the bronze but it eventually fell into the hands of Russian Zhan Bush.In Ice Dance, Team USA was unable to get on the podium with Gilles and Donohue surprisingly finishing fourth. They had some problems with their twizzles in the free skate and didn't get the levels they expected for their step sequences. "It's still a much higher-level program that it was given credit for," Donohue told Ice Network. Russians Ilinykh and Katsalapov skated to a convincing victory with Canadians Routhier and Saucke-Lacelle earning the silver, Italians Alessandrini and Vaturi the bronze.
In the ladies field, Russian Polina Shelepen won convincingly with a free skate that included seven triple jumps! American Angela Maxwell, who had a rough short program and found herself in fifth place, regrouped in the free skate and surged up to take the silver. Despite earning another Junior Grand Prix medal, she told Ice Network she wasn't happy with her performance. "My nerves got the better of me. I was trying to pull myself together the whole program." Japan's Haruka Imai took the bronze medal. American Ellie Kawamura who was second after the short program finished fourth after a tough free skate.
Here are the complete results.
Next weekend, the Junior Grand Prix comes home and will take place in Lake Placid (same site as the Senior Grand Prix Event, Skate America). A large contingency of Americans will be competing including: Bonacorsi and Mager, Duarte and Grafton, Joshua Farris, Taylor Firth, Andrew Gonzales, DeeDee Leng, Ross Miner, Kristine Musademba, Pipkin and Dunne-Neustadt, Maia and Alex Shibutani, Simpson and Miller, and Tibbetts and Brubaker. Lake Placid is one of only a few JGP events to have a pairs field so it should be an exciting competition.Also of note, Ice Network will be airing Junior Grand Prix Lake Placid live and free so be sure to tune in.
Don't forget I'm compiling a list of the Greatest 1000 Moments on Ice. Be sure to let me know what should go on that list!
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