3/3 (Sat) 05:00~08:50 Men FS 10:30~14:15 Ladies FS 3/4 (Sun) 06:30~9:30 Gala
The Contenders for the Podium
They has been also list for podium poll in FSU. (except Polina Shelepen due to the recent substitution) Name / Nationality / ISU personal best / competition results. Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS 183.05 / JGPF 1st, Russian Junior Nationals 1st Adelina SOTNIKOVA RUS 178.97 / 2011 Junior World Championship 1st, YOG 2nd Gracie GOLD USA 172.69 / JGP Tallinn 1st, U.S. Nationals Junior 1st Christina GAO USA 167.14 / 2011 Jr World Championship 4th, GP China 5th Polina SHELEPEN RUS 162.34 / JGPF 2nd, Russian Junior Nationals 2nd Satoko MIYAHARA JPN 162.20 / JGP Gdanisk 2nd Risa SHOJI JPN 157.83 / JGPF 6th Vanessa LAM USA 156.58 / JGPF 5th Zijun LI CHN 156.40 / JGPF 4th Joshi HELGESSON SWE 149.08 (Sr) / European Championships 10th Hae-Jin KIM KOR 144.61 / JGP Brasov 3rd Miu SATO JPN 141.52 / JGP Innsbruck 4th
These are brief informations of each competitors and video links for their recent competitions. Julia LIPNITSKAIA (RUS) 183.05 172 is her lowest scores in this season.
Later part in the season, she scored from late 170 to early 180.
Also she placed 2nd at Russain Senior Nationals in last December and won the Russian Junior Nationals in February.
Her scores in both junior nationals and seneior ones were over 190, even though it were not international competitions. Jump consistency through this season and acrobatic signature "i" spin are her strong points.
Defending Junior World champion. Her score oscilitated from 159 to late 160 through the season.
In last Decmber, she won the Russian Nationals senior but she was defeated by Tuktamisheva in Youth Olympic Games in January, losing jump consistency again.
Her second medal at Junior World Championship will depend on her jump consistency which came back and went away repeatedly. SP Russian National Sr.
FS Russian National Sr.
Gracie GOLD (USA) 172.69
She won last JPG with 172.69 scores and in January she finally became US National junior champion with overall score 178.92 while showing stable jump consistency and impressive height in her triple-triple. She became the talk of the town among US figure skating fans.
Actually, last season, she failed in advancing nationals.
However, she went through that bitter experience with the help of a sports psychologist and finally got guts and came back as a junior National champion this season. She added that she could keep her pace in big events in her interview just after winning the junior national title. Can she feel free from the pressure at Junior World Championship?
SP U.S. National Junior
FS U.S. Nationals junior
Polina SHELEPEN (RUS) 162.34
For two months, Polina looked like a completely different skater at each two Russian nationals.
At senior Nationals in last December, she failed in various jumps and was placed at 10th with disappointng overall score 154.78
At junior Nationals in early Feburuary, she landed all three 3-3 combination jumps; 3T-3T in SP and 3Lz-3T, 3S-3T in FS. She won 2nd place with 182.54 (61.93 / 120.61) just behind LIPNITSKAIA
At Junior World Championships, she will finally show us who was real Polina Shelepen; an unstable splatting skater or a prominent triple triple combination master?
