JGP Kaunas: Ice Dance Predictions

[GS Forum Staff]

Pre-game chat and predictions for 2018 JGP Kaunas: Ice Dance

Here is a link to the entries for Ice Dance
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108769.htm

Viktoriia AZROIAN / Aleksandr SIROSHTAN	ARM
Yana BUGA / Georgy POKHILYUK	AZE
Karina SIDARENKA / Maksim YALENICH	BLR
Irina GALIYANOVA / Grayson LOCHHEAD	CAN
Ashlynne STAIRS / Elliott GRAHAM	CAN
Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER	CZE
Tatjana BUNINA / Ivan KUZNETSOV	EST
Lila-Maya SECLET MONCHOT / Renan MANCEAU	FRA
Lara LUFT / Asaf KAZIMOV	GER
Sasha FEAR / George WADDELL	GBR
Alice ROGATNIK / Yehor BARSHAK	ISR
Francesca RIGHI / Aleksei DUBROVIN	ITA
Mira Isabel POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA	LTU
Ekaterina ANDREEVA / Ivan DESYATOV	RUS
Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV	RUS
Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV	UKR
Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN	USA
Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK	USA

 

[AlexRus]

Junior Dance (Main Entries) in order of Personal Best
In ( ) - best unofficial, at competitions which don't give ISU Best, only for skaters who haven't ISU Best.

1 Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV RUS 149.01
2 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV UKR 136.06
3 Ashlynne STAIRS / Elliott GRAHAM CAN (134.51 Canadian Junior Championships)
4 Ekaterina ANDREEVA / Ivan DESYATOV RUS (132.58)
5 Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 125.30
6 Irina GALIYANOVA / Grayson LOCHHEAD CAN (125.12 - new couple, at JrNats were with other partners)
7 Francesca RIGHI / Aleksei DUBROVIN ITA (120.52)
8 Tatjana BUNINA / Ivan KUZNETSOV EST (114.34)
9 Yana BUGA / Georgy POKHILYUK AZE 112.55
10 Sasha FEAR / George WADDELL GBR 110.32
11 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 110.30
12 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA (106.48 US Novice Championships)
13 Alice ROGATNIK / Yehor BARSHAK ISR 93.62
14 Lara LUFT / Asaf KAZIMOV GER 82.48
15 Karina SIDARENKA / Maksim YALENICH BLR 78.09

Viktoriia AZROIAN / Aleksandr SIROSHTAN ARM -
Lila-Maya SECLET MONCHOT / Renan MANCEAU FRA -
Mira Isabel POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA LTU -

 

[Colonel Green]

Ushakova and Nekrasov seem untouchable for the win here, but seems like the other two podium places could be very competitive.

 

[Colonel Green]

Hard to see anybody other than Ushakova and Nekrasov taking gold here, barring catastrophe.

Most interesting to me, based on the list of personal bests posted by AlexRus in the other thread, is that the Ukrainian team has the second-highest personal best in the group. Potentially, then, we'll have our first ice dance medalists in this Grand Prix circuit from a country other than Russia/Canada/the USA.

 

[chuckm]

Tech Team

Ref: Elena FOMINA-RUS
TC Shawn RETTSTATT-USA
TS Slavka GRINCOVA-SVK
ATS Galit CHAIT MORACCI-ISR

Judges: BLR ISR RUS CZE AZE FRA UKR USA CAN

BTW, the AZE judge is Yuri Kliushnikov, who used to judge for UKR. Guess he's now being 'loaned' to AZE.

 

[Ice Dance]

3 Ashlynne STAIRS / Elliott GRAHAM CAN (134.51 Canadian Junior Championships)

This is a brand new team this season. The score above belonged to Stairs & Royer.

Most interesting to me, based on the list of personal bests posted by AlexRus in the other thread, is that the Ukrainian team has the second-highest personal best in the group. Potentially, then, we'll have our first ice dance medalists in this Grand Prix circuit from a country other than Russia/Canada/the USA.

Popova & Byelikov got that score in seniors last season where the base value was much higher than for last year's junior programs. They earned it at a Challenger. (Ukraine had a second spot at Europeans so P&B did both juniors and seniors last year). Popova & Byelikov's score at Junior Worlds, where they skated quite well, was 125.26, which I think gives one a better idea of where they are.

 

[Ice Dance]

Forgot to add my cheering section: Go Avonley & Vadym!