ISU JGP Czech Skate Results and Junior Grand Prix Finalists

The 2010 Czech Skate in Ostrava, Czech Republic marks the final event of the Junior Grand Prix this season. Here are the medalists and selected skaters:
Men
Artur Dimitriev Jr. made a big leap from 6th to 2nd to skate away with a silver medal here. Keegan Messing was a solid 4th.

1	Han YAN	CHN	193.62	1	1
2	Artur DMITRIEV	RUS	185.73	6	2
3	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	180.73	2	3
4	Keegan MESSING	USA	177.90	4	4

Ladies
Congratulations to Vanessa Lam getting winning here. Risa Shoji and Polina Shelepen got their second Grand Prix medals at this event.

1	Vanessa LAM	USA	156.41	1	2
2	Risa SHOJI	JPN	155.23	4	1
3	Polina SHELEPEN	RUS	152.92	2	3

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Kiri BAGA

USA

137.28

3

5

 Pairs

1	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	138.66	5	1
2	Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN	USA	134.14	1	2
3	Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ	CAN	131.77	2	3

Ice Dance

1	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	136.80	1	1
2	Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART	FRA	127.82	2	2
3	Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI	UKR	124.14	4	3

After the series, the top point earners move on the Grand Prix Final this December in Beijing. Here are the finalists:
Men

• Andrei Rogozine CAN
• Han Yan CHN
• Joshua Farris USA
• Keegan Messing USA
• Richard Dornbush USA
• Max Aaron USA
• Zhan Bush RUS
• Gordei Gorshkov RUS

Ladies

• Adelina Sotnikova RUS
• Elizaveta Tiktamisheva RUS
• Risa Shoji JPN
• Polina Shelepen RUS
• Christina Gao USA
• Yasmin Siraj USA
• Kristiene Gong USA
• Kiri Baga USA

Pairs

•  Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov RUS
• Wenjing Sui/Cong Han CHN
• Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin CHN
• Narumi Takahashi/ Mervin Tran JPN
• Natasha Purich/Raymond Schultz CAN
• Anna Silaeva/Artur Minchuk RUS
• Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan USA
• Taylor Steele/Robert Schultz CAN

Ice Dance

• Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin RUS
• Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin RUS
• Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro RUS
• Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely USA
• Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin RUS
• Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin RUS
• Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski UKR
• Marina Antipova/Artem Kudashev RUS

Catching Up - ISU JGP Japan, England & Germany

I've been out of the loop on skating events recently. Here's a quick recap of the Junior Grand Prix events over the past few weeks: US Men and ladies have continued to do well taking away a medal in at least one single event each competition. I continue to be interested in this group of juniors Russia has come out with this season. Junior competitors are still growing and maturing, but it seems they have a deep pool of talented skaters to watch.

ISU JGP - SBC Cup - Japan
Men's Podium

1	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	188.60	2	1
2	Max AARON	USA	179.82	1	5
3	Abzal RAKIMGALIEV	KAZ	172.28	3	6

Ladies' Podium

1	Risa SHOJI	JPN	149.39	1	1
2	Kiri BAGA	USA	138.70	2	2
3	Kexin ZHANG	CHN	134.08	4	3

Ice Dance Podium

1	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	130.08	2	1
2	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	129.71	1	2
3	Geraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN	FRA	123.65	3	3

ISU JGP - John Curry Memorial - Sheffield, England
Men's Podium:

1	Joshua FARRIS	USA	187.74	1	1
2	Zhan BUSH	RUS	172.80	4	2
3	Liam FIRUS	CAN	166.38	2	3

Ladies' Podium

1	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	166.70	1	1
2	Yasmin SIRAJ	USA	161.75	2	2
3	Yuki NISHINO	JPN	135.58	3	4

Pairs' Podium

1	Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV	RUS	151.64	1	2
2	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	144.69	4	1
3	Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ	CAN	126.98	3	4

Ice Dance Podium

1	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN	RUS	155.04	1	1
2	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	133.86	2	2
3	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	115.66	3	3

ISU JGP - Pokal der Blauen Schwerter - Dresden, Germany
Men's Podium & Artur Dmitriev, Jr.
Thought it's worth including the son of a two-time Olympic champion in the results and to recognize all the good finishes by the Russian junior skaters.

1	Richard DORNBUSH	USA	195.23	1	1
2	Gordei GORSHKOV	RUS	185.84	2	2
3	Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	177.92	5	3
4	Artur DMITRIEV	RUS	170.75	4	5

Ladies' Podium

1	Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA	RUS	172.78	1	1
2	Christina GAO	USA	155.67	2	2
3	Ira VANNUT	BEL	141.87	4	3

Pairs' Podium

1	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	167.13	2	1
2	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	159.38	1	2
3	Anna SILAEVA / Artur MINCHUK	RUS	131.03	3	4

Ice Dance Podium 1 Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS 126.92 1 1 2 Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV RUS 118.80 2 4 3 Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY USA 118.21 3 3

ISU JGP Graz Ladies' Short Results

Where did Russia grow all their junior ladies? There's another one leading after the short.

Christina Gao is also making her debut this season and so far so good! Isn't she competing as a senior nationally this year? I always root for Gao as a local skater. Before she moved to Toronto to train with Brian Orser, she skated with the Northern Kentucky Skating Club in that freezing cold and dark rink. I often skated in that cold rink with the fast ice in the summers when our rink was closed. It would have felt nice with the heat we had this summer.

1	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	61.32	1
2	Christina GAO	USA	58.07	2
3	Polina AGAFONOVA	RUS	51.50	3
4	Lindsay DAVIS	USA	49.43	4
5	Zijun LI	CHN	47.56	5
6	Ira VANNUT	BEL	46.33	6
7	Alina MILEVSKAIA	UKR	43.37	7
8	Patricia GLESCIC	SLO	42.87	8
9	Monika SIMANCIKOVA	SVK	42.60	9
10	Yukiko FUJISAWA	JPN	41.45	10
11	Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY	FRA	40.72	11
12	Julia PFRENGLE	GER	40.41	12
13	Kate CHARBONNEAU	CAN	39.91	13
14	Katsiarina PAKHAMOVICH	BLR	37.40	14
15	Ayumi GOTO	JPN	37.27	15
16	Kristina KOSTKOVA	CZE	37.25	16
17	Victoria HUEBLER	AUT	37.14	17
18	Reyna HAMUI	MEX	36.96	18
19	Rebecka EMANUELSSON	SWE	35.46	19
20	Alice GARLISI	ITA	34.21	20
21	Anais MORAND	SUI	33.81	21
22	Zanna PUGACA	LAT	33.00	22
23	Belinda SCHÖNBERGER	AUT	32.85	23
24	Alexandra KAMIENIECKI	POL	32.74	24
25	Stina MARTINI	AUT	32.50	25
26	Birce ATABEY	TUR	30.66	26
27	Daria PODTELEJNIKOVA	DEN	28.68	27
28	Joyce DEN HOLLANDER	NED	28.62	28
29	Camilla GJERSEM	NOR	26.65	29
30	Nadia GELDENHUYS	RSA	25.50	30
31	Judit GRIGA	HUN	23.31	31
WD	Ariel NADAS	NZL