2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Startdate:August 25
Enddate:December 12, 2010
Skatingseason:2010–11
Location: Courchevel
Braşov
Graz
Karuizawa
Sheffield
Dresden
Ostrava
Beijing
Previouscomp:2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Nextcomp:2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 14th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2010–11 season, the series was composed of the following events:

DateEventLocationOther notesResults
August 25–282010 JGP CourchevelCourchevel, FranceNo pair competitionDetails
September 8–122010 JGP Brasov CupBraşov, RomaniaNo pair competitionDetails
September 15–192010 JGP Cup of AustriaGraz, AustriaDetails
September 22–262010 JGP SBC CupKaruizawa, JapanNo pair competitionDetails
Sept. 29 – Oct. 32010 JGP John Curry MemorialSheffield, EnglandDetails
October 6–102010 JGP Pokal der Blauen SchwerterDresden, GermanyDetails
October 13–172010 JGP Czech SkateOstrava, Czech RepublicDetails
December 9–122010–11 Junior Grand Prix FinalBeijing, ChinaDetails

For the third time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the senior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2010 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2010–2011 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations who placed fourth through sixth were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events. Member nations who placed seventh through twelfth were allowed to enter one skater in six of the seven events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 31st and lower in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in three of the events. Member nations who had not participated in the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one skater in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

In pairs, member nations who placed in the top five at the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events in which pairs were contested. Member nations who qualified for the free skate at the World Junior Championships were allowed to enter two entries in all four events. All other member nations were allowed to enter one entry in all four events. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted.

In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles, through one entry in five events. Member nations who qualified for the original dance but not the free dance at the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one team in four of the events. Member nations who placed 31st and lower in the compulsory dance segment were allowed to enter one team in three of the events. Member nations who had not participated in the 2010 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter one team in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.

The general spots allowance for the 2010-2011 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

EntriesMenLadiesPairsIce dance
3 per event



2 per event








1 per event





1 in six events














1 in five events









1 in four events















1 in three events






































All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.

Prize money

The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix events in the 2010/2011 season was $22,500. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:

PlacementPrize money (Singles)Prize money (Pairs/Dance)
1st$2,000 $3,000
2nd$1,500 $2,250
3rd$1,000 $1,500

The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix Final in the 2010/2011 season was $105,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:

PlacementPrize money (Singles)Prize money (Pairs/Dance)
1st$6,000 $9,000
2nd$5,000 $7,500
3rd$4,000 $6,000
4th$3,000 $4,500
5th$2,000 $3,000
6th$1,000 $1,500

Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters/teams who place high enough earn points towards qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top-8 highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement was as follows:

PlacementPoints (Singles/Dance)Points (Pairs)
1st 15 15
2nd 13 13
3rd 11 11
4th 9 9
5th 7 7
6th 5 5
7th 4 4
8th 3 3
9th 2 -
10th 1 -

There were 7 tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix Final.[1] [2] [3] [4]

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
1 Andrei Rogozine Adelina Sotnikova Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
2 Yan Han Elizaveta Tuktamisheva Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew) Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3 Joshua Farris Risa Shoji Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro
4 Keegan Messing Polina Shelepen Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely
5 Richard Dornbush Christina Gao Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin
6 Max Aaron Yasmin Siraj Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
7 Zhan Bush Kristiene Gong Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan Anastasia Galyeta /Alexei Shumski
8 Gordei Gorshkov Kiri Baga (withdrew) Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
Alternates
1st Artur Dmitriev Jr Li Zijun (called up) Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell (called up) Tiffany Zahorski/Alexis Miart
2nd Jason Brown Ira Vannut Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus
3rd Alexander Majorov Shion Kokubun Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

Medalists

Men

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
JGP France
JGP Romania
JGP Austria
JGP Japan
JGP England
JGP Germany
JGP Czech Rep.
JGP Final

Ladies

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
JGP France Rosa Sheveleva
JGP Romania
JGP Austria
JGP Japan
JGP England
JGP Germany
JGP Czech Rep.
JGP Final

Pairs

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
JGP France No pairs competition held
JGP Romania No pairs competition held
JGP Austria
JGP Japan No pairs competition held
JGP England
JGP Germany
JGP Czech Rep.
JGP Final

Ice dance

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
JGP France
JGP Romania Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager
JGP Austria
JGP Japan
JGP England
JGP Germany Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
JGP Czech Rep.
JGP Final

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall. The table is numbered by number of total medals.

Top JGP scores

Top scores attained in Junior Grand Prix competitions.

Men

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Richard Dornbushalign=center 219.562010–11 JGP Final
2Han Yanalign=center 193.622010 JGP Czech Republic
3Andrei Rogozinealign=center 188.602010 JGP Japan
4Joshua Farrisalign=center 187.742010 JGP Great Britain
5Keegan Messingalign=center 187.382010 JGP Romania
6Gordei Gorshkovalign=center 185.842010 JGP Germany
7Artur Dmitrievalign=center 185.732010 JGP Czech Republic
8Max Aaronalign=center 181.282010–11 JGP Final
9Alexander Majorovalign=center 180.732010 JGP Czech Republic
10Jason Brownalign=center 180.572010 JGP France

Ladies

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Adelina Sotnikovaalign=center 178.972010 JGP Austria
2Elizaveta Tuktamishevaalign=center 172.782010 JGP Germany
3Christina Gaoalign=center 167.142010 JGP Austria
4Yasmin Sirajalign=center 161.752010 JGP Great Britain
5Vanessa Lamalign=center 156.412010 JGP Czech Republic
6Risa Shojialign=center 155.232010 JGP Czech Republic
7Polina Shelepenalign=center 152.922010 JGP Czech Republic
8Zijun Lialign=center 149.822010–11 JGP Final
9Ira Vannutalign=center 141.872010 JGP Germany
10Rosa Shevelevaalign=center 139.542010 JGP France

Pairs

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Wenjing Sui / Cong Hanalign=center 167.132010 JGP Germany
2Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimovalign=center 159.792010 JGP Austria
3Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tranalign=center 159.522010–11 JGP Final
4Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yangalign=center 140.582010–11 JGP Final
5Ashley Cain / Joshua Reaganalign=center 134.142010 JGP Czech Republic
6Taylor Steele / Robert Schultzalign=center 133.082010–11 JGP Final
7Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultzalign=center 131.772010 JGP Czech Republic
8Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskellalign=center 131.042010–11 JGP Final
9Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchukalign=center 131.032010 JGP Germany
10Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykovalign=center 125.392010 JGP Czech Republic

Ice dance

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavinalign=center 155.042010 JGP Great Britain
2Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiroalign=center 136.802010 JGP Czech Republic
3Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshinalign=center 134.622010–11 JGP Final
4Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukinalign=center 130.082010 JGP Japan
5Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copelyalign=center 129.962010 JGP Austria
6Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miartalign=center 127.822010 JGP Czech Republic
7Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkinalign=center 126.922010 JGP Germany
8Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumskialign=center 124.652010 JGP Romania
9Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashevalign=center 123.832010 JGP Czech Republic
10Géraldine Bott / Neil Brownalign=center 123.652010 JGP Japan

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Men . International Skating Union.
  2. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ladies . International Skating Union.
  3. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Pairs . International Skating Union.
  4. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance. International Skating Union.