2018 JGP Canada: ISU Info

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ISU JGP Canada 2018
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Richmond / CAN
12.09.2018 - 15.09.2018

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[RemyRose]

Team Canada, preliminary (?) list:

Men
Stephen Gogolev

Ice Dance
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha

 

[bennorii]

Team Australia:

Ladies
Luci Sori Yun

Men
James Min

Ice Dance
Matilda Friend / William Badaoui

 

[Colonel Green]

The ISU entry list is up:

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111603.htm

 

[Ice Dance]

Young You, Scherbakova, Tarakanova, Yokoi, Aoki, Harrell--this field is stacked.

 

[Colonel Green]

Excited that Miku and Tyler not only get a JGP, they make their debut on home ice. Those two improve at such a pace that I could see them making a bid for the national junior title once Marjorie and Zach have moved on.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

I believe in my Anya and Nastya to carry through and take a 1-2 sweep!
although RusFed needs to start listing all the girls as subs, now they couldn't sub Sasha here if they wanted to

 

[invisiblespiral]

Young You, Scherbakova, Tarakanova, Yokoi, Aoki, Harrell--this field is stacked.

Agreed.

Yokoi is guaranteed this slot even if she doesn't medal in Bratislava?

 

[Colonel Green]

Yokoi is guaranteed this slot even if she doesn't medal in Bratislava?

Barring the Japanese Fed withdrawing her, yes.

 

[BillNeal]

Excited that Miku and Tyler not only get a JGP, they make their debut on home ice. Those two improve at such a pace that I could see them making a bid for the national junior title once Marjorie and Zach have moved on.

Yes, so much potential! There's a chance they can podium behind Lajoie/Lagha and Konkina/Vakhnov.

 

[chuckm]

Yes, so much potential! There's a chance they can podium behind Lajoie/Lagha and Konkina/Vakhnov.

Anything can happen---the GREENS were newbies last season and won two bronze medals. But:

MAKITA / GUNARA finished behind D'ALESSANDRO / WADDELL at Minto and behind GUNTER / WEIN at Lake Placid.

JGP SVK bronze winners GROPMAN / SOMERVILLE scored 10 points higher than what M/G scored at Minto.

 

[4everchan]

Anything can happen---the GREENS were newbies last season and won two bronze medals. But:

MAKITA / GUNARA finished behind D'ALESSANDRO / WADDELL at Minto and behind GUNTER / WEIN at Lake Placid.

JGP SVK bronze winners GROPMAN / SOMERVILLE scored 10 points higher than what M/G scored at Minto.

you are correct Chuck... At the time BillNeal posted his enthusiasm for M/G though, Bruce and Nathalie were not supposed to be at JGP Canada... they were added in after Corey Circelli's injury. So yeah... at this point, it would tough for M/G to make the podium but gosh, they are exciting to watch... Their twizzles in particular are so sharp and fast...

 

[chuckm]

There is one HUGE problem with this competition. It directly conflicts with the US FS Classic Challenge in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake is in Mountain Time, but unfortunately, most if not all the events occur at the same time as the JGP event in Canada.

On Thursday, the JGP Ladies SP is OK. SLC Pairs SP overlaps the start of the JGP Dance RD. But the two Men's SPs completely overlap.
On Friday, the JGP Pairs SP overlaps the start of the SLC Dance RD. The JGP Ladies FS completely overlaps the SLC Ladies SP and Pairs FS. The JGP FD overlaps the SLC Men FS.
On Saturday, the JGP Men FS is OK. The JGP Pairs FS overlaps the SLC FD. The SLC Ladies FS is OK.

I can try to watch both, with the risk of becoming schizophrenic. The US Classic is on NBC Sports Gold while the JGP event is on YouTube. I can put one on Google and the other on Firefox with the scores on IE. Of course, I will have to turn the sound off on one....

Lombardia also happens in the same time schedule, but as it is in Europe, the competition happens pretty much in the morning, so no conflict.
There is also a Junior-Novice US event which is scheduled right before the Senior US Classic, but that is mostly noon-4 pm, so again no conflict.
But a very busy week nonetheless.......

 

[4everchan]

There is one HUGE problem with this competition. It directly conflicts with the US FS Classic Challenge in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake is in Mountain Time, but unfortunately, most if not all the events occur at the same time as the JGP event in Canada.

On Thursday, the JGP Ladies SP is OK. SLC Pairs SP overlaps the start of the JGP Dance RD. But the two Men's SPs completely overlap.
On Friday, the JGP Pairs SP overlaps the start of the SLC Dance RD. The JGP Ladies FS completely overlaps the SLC Ladies SP and Pairs FS. The JGP FD overlaps the SLC Men FS.
On Saturday, the JGP Men FS is OK. The JGP Pairs FS overlaps the SLC FD. The SLC Ladies FS is OK.

I can try to watch both, with the risk of becoming schizophrenic. The US Classic is on NBC Sports Gold while the JGP event is on YouTube. I can put one on Google and the other on Firefox with the scores on IE. Of course, I will have to turn the sound off on one....

Lombardia also happens in the same time schedule, but as it is in Europe, the competition happens pretty much in the morning, so no conflict.
There is also a Junior-Novice US event which is scheduled right before the Senior US Classic, but that is mostly noon-4 pm, so again no conflict.
But a very busy week nonetheless.......

LOL.. my main issue is that work conflicts with the competition lol... glad to see you are only worried about events being held at the same time

we certainly cannot blame the organizers for the time schedule... they are stepping in for china when nobody else wanted to... if it had been in china, i would have been able to watch it live.. damn it.

 

[Colonel Green]

I'm in the Atlantic time zone, so this is by far the most conveniently-scheduled event in the JGP.

 

[chuckm]

LOL.. my main issue is that work conflicts with the competition lol... glad to see you are only worried about events being held at the same time

we certainly cannot blame the organizers for the time schedule... they are stepping in for china when nobody else wanted to... if it had been in china, i would have been able to watch it live.. damn it.

If it had been in China, no way I could watch it live--can't deal with middle of the night for GP events, so forget about JGP. Last year I could catch the GPs on Olympic Network reruns during the day. Don't know yet how NBCgold will work re replays.

 

[Ice Dance]

MAKITA / GUNARA finished behind D'ALESSANDRO / WADDELL at Minto and behind GUNTER / WEIN at Lake Placid.

A legitimate battle worth watching. Makita & Gunara and D'Alessandro & Waddell split results in the RD and FD at Minto, and M&G and Gunter & Wein split results at Lake Placid. (Both teams left points on the table at Lake Placid. M&G mucked up the twizzles in the RD and G&W had a mistake in the free). Also, the score we have on Ivanenko & Karpov is an old one, from a JGP two years ago (in which they outscored G&W). I&K's scores will likely leap up when they get one for this season just like the other teams' scores have. (Provided Russia leaves I&K in the lineup).

Having said all of that, I think the favorites for the medal race are probably Lajoie & Lagha, Gropman & Somerville, and Konkina & Vakhnov. Those are your teams composed of athletes that currently hold JGP medals.

 

[chuckm]

Agree with Ice Dance's assessment. And be wary of Russian #2 out of the gate.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Awww no, why Canada? This ladies short is on at a hideous hour for me 3am! If I want to see Anastasia Tarakanova (and Coachshenko) I better pray unlike other Russian ladies she draws the last group!

The men's event is on at a good time for me though, fortunately I don't have work on Fridays.

 

[Sabrina]

What a weird thing...While the JGP was in Europe I struggled with the roughly 7 h time difference, now that JPG comes to Canada, I leave for Europe in a few of hours, so I end up with 10 hours difference, even worse than before, as Vancouver is 3 hours away form Toronto, LOL.
Going back to skaters, I wish everyone a lot of good luck! I really hoped Aurora Cotop would have skated this time. Maybe she does not feel ready, or I really don't know the reason behind it.
Good luck Gogo and everybody else!