2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Startdate:August 18
Enddate:December 12, 2021
Skatingseason:2021–22
Previouscomp:2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Nextcomp:2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2021 through December 2021. It was the junior-level complement to the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan. Ultimately, the Grand Prix Final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On June 23, 2021, Skate Canada cancelled the second event of the series that it had been scheduled to host in Edmonton, Alberta, citing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace, the host of the series' first event in Courchevel, offered to replace Skate Canada as host by holding a second, separate JGP event in Courchevel on the originally scheduled dates.

On June 23, the Japan Skating Federation announced that due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, it would not be sending athletes to any of the first three JGP events. The JSF ultimately chose to forego the JGP series entirely and did not send athletes to any of the events. The Chinese Skating Association also did not send athletes to any of the events due to the mandatory quarantine period upon returning home.

On August 5, the ISU announced that due to varying travel and quarantine restrictions during the pandemic, it would consider re-allocation requests on a case-by-case basis according to an outlined criteria of preference. The ISU also said that they would abandon the re-allocation process in the event of an abundance of requests or overly complex requests that would cause logistical issues. In addition, the ISU decided to not implement a JGP ranking for the season and to instead prioritize holding the JGP series safely "with the best possible participation" in light of the pandemic.[1]

On August 10, the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR) announced that due to quarantine and vaccination requirements for Russian citizens entering France, it would not be able to send skaters to either of the first two events in Courchevel. As a result, the FFKKR asked the ISU to redistribute the quotas of Russian figure skaters from both stages in France to other stages of the series in countries where entry was possible without restrictive quarantine measures; the ISU Council agreed with the proposals. Russia received an additional two entries in singles and ice dance at the third JGP event in Slovakia and at the fourth JGP event in Russia.[2] [3]

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. Skate Canada was originally scheduled to host the second JGP event in Edmonton, Alberta, but cancelled the event due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace instead hosted two back-to-back JGP events in Courchevel. The pairs event scheduled for Canada was reassigned to Poland.

During the fourth JGP event in Russia, the rhythm dance, the first event on the opening day, was suspended after one team had performed due to technical issues. The event later resumed at 22:00 after the remainder of the day's events were completed.[4]

This season, the series was composed of the following events.

DateEventLocationNotesResults
August 18–21 2021 JGP France ICourchevel, FranceNo pairsDetails
August 25–28 2021 JGP France IIDetails
September 1–4 2021 JGP SlovakiaKošice, SlovakiaDetails
September 15–18 2021 JGP RussiaKrasnoyarsk, RussiaDetails
September 22–25 2021 JGP SloveniaLjubljana, SloveniaNo pairsDetails
September 29 – October 2 2021 JGP PolandDetails
October 6–9 2021 JGP AustriaLinz, AustriaDetails
December 9–12 2021–22 JGP FinalCancelled

Entries

Skaters who reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2021, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was to have been determined by their skaters' placements at the 2021 World Junior Championships in each discipline; however, the World Junior Championships were cancelled.[5]

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field the following number of entries per event.[6]

Entries! scope="col"
MenWomenIce dance
Two entries in
seven events





One entry in
seven events





One entry in
six events








One entry in
five events















One entry in
four events












One entry in
three events




















Entries! scope="col"
Pairs
Three entries in
four events


Two entries in
four events




Medal summary

Men's singles

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults
JGP France IDetails
JGP France IIDetails
JGP SlovakiaDetails
JGP Russia Gleb Lutfullin Details
JGP SloveniaDetails
JGP Poland Gleb Lutfullin Details
JGP AustriaDetails

Women's singles

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults
JGP France IDetails
JGP France IIDetails
JGP SlovakiaDetails
JGP RussiaDetails
JGP SloveniaDetails
JGP PolandDetails
JGP AustriaDetails

Pairs

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults
JGP SlovakiaDetails
JGP RussiaDetails
JGP PolandDetails
JGP AustriaDetails

Ice dance

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults
JGP France IDetails
JGP France IIDetails
JGP Slovakia Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Details
JGP Russia Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Details
JGP Slovenia Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Details
JGP PolandDetails
JGP AustriaDetails

Qualification

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU chose not to implement JGP rankings for the 2021–22 season.[1] On October 4, the ISU announced the alternative qualification procedure for the Junior Grand Prix Final in December.[7] In addition to the below procedure, Japan, as the host of the Junior Grand Prix Final, was awarded a Wild Card berth in men's and women's singles.

For singles and ice dance:
  1. The seven winners of each individual JGP event would qualify for the Final.
  2. Should there only be six different individual winners out of the seven individual JGP events because a skater or team won two JGP events, the six individual winners would qualify for the Final.
  3. Should there be fewer than six different individual winners out of the seven individual JGP events because more skaters or teams won two JGP events, all of the individual winners would qualify for the Final. In addition, the best second-placed skater or team, and so forth by total score, who were not yet qualified as a winner, would be invited to the Final in order to reach a total of six entries.
For pairs
  1. The four winners of each individual JGP event would qualify for the Final.
  2. Should there be fewer than four different individual winners out of the four individual JGP events because a team won two JGP events, all of the individual winners would qualify for the Final. In addition, the best second-placed team, and so forth by total score, who were not yet qualified as a winner, would be invited to the Final in order to reach a total of four entries.

Qualifiers

MenWomenPairsIce dance
1 Ilia Malinin Sofia Akateva Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano
2 Ilya Yablokov Veronika Zhilina Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol
3 Gleb Lutfullin Sofia Muravieva Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
4 Kirill Sarnovskiy Adeliia Petrosian Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
5 Wesley Chiu Isabeau Levito (withdrew)[8] Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy
6 Egor Rukhin Lindsay Thorngren Oona Brown / Gage Brown
[9] Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Rion Sumiyoshi
Alternates
MenWomenPairsIce dance
1 Artem Kovalev Anastasia Zinina (called up) Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin
2 Mikhail Shaidorov Sofia Samodelkina Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski
3 Arlet Levandi Kim Chae-yeon Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara

Records and achievements

Records

The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:

Segment Skater(s) Score Event Date
WomenFree skating Sofia Akateva157.192021 JGP RussiaSeptember 18, 2021[10]
Total score233.08[11]

Achievements

Top scores

Men's singles

! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Ilia Malinin245.352021 JGP Austria
2Ilya Yablokov231.992021 JGP Slovenia
3Gleb Lutfullin231.262021 JGP Poland
4Egor Rukhin223.292021 JGP Russia
5Artem Kovalev221.512021 JGP Austria
6Wesley Chiu217.592021 JGP Russia
7Kirill Sarnovskiy216.702021 JGP Austria
8Mikhail Shaidorov207.032021 JGP Poland
9William Annis204.602021 JGP Slovakia
10Fedor Zonov201.282021 JGP Russia
! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Artem Kovalev81.312021 JGP Russia
Ilia Malinin2021 JGP Austria
3Gleb Lutfullin80.132021 JGP Russia
4Ilya Yablokov78.892021 JGP Slovenia
5Egor Rukhin78.432021 JGP Russia
6Wesley Chiu76.63
Corey Circelli2021 JGP France I
8William Annis76.212021 JGP Slovakia
9Kirill Sarnovskiy75.202021 JGP Austria
10Andrei Anisimov73.692021 JGP Russia
! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Ilia Malinin164.042021 JGP Austria
2Gleb Lutfullin155.202021 JGP Poland
3Ilya Yablokov153.102021 JGP Slovenia
4Egor Rukhin144.862021 JGP Russia
5Kirill Sarnovskiy144.482021 JGP Slovakia
6Mikhail Shaidorov142.522021 JGP Poland
7Wesley Chiu140.962021 JGP Russia
8Artem Kovalev140.542021 JGP Austria
9Fedor Zonov137.562021 JGP Russia
10Arlet Levandi135.202021 JGP France II

Women's singles

! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Sofia Akateva233.082021 JGP Russia
2Veronika Zhilina216.922021 JGP Slovakia
3Sofia Muravieva211.812021 JGP Austria
4Adeliia Petrosian210.572021 JGP Slovenia
5Isabeau Levito208.312021 JGP Austria
6Anastasia Zinina206.202021 JGP Russia
7Sofia Samodelkina205.672021 JGP Slovenia
8Elizaveta Kulikova196.832021 JGP Russia
9Elizaveta Berestovskaia196.07
10Lindsay Thorngren193.772021 JGP Slovenia
! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Sofia Akateva75.892021 JGP Russia
2Sofia Muravieva73.282021 JGP Austria
3Veronika Zhilina71.572021 JGP Slovakia
4Isabeau Levito71.322021 JGP Austria
5Adeliia Petrosian70.862021 JGP Slovenia
6Kim Min-chae70.83
7Lindsay Thorngren70.24
8Anastasia Zinina69.772021 JGP Austria
9Mariia Zakharova69.042021 JGP Slovakia
10Shin Ji-a67.282021 JGP Poland
! scope="col"
SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Sofia Akateva157.192021 JGP Russia
2Veronika Zhilina145.352021 JGP Slovakia
3Sofia Samodelkina141.632021 JGP Russia
4Adeliia Petrosian139.712021 JGP Slovenia
5Anastasia Zinina139.182021 JGP Russia
6Sofia Muravieva138.532021 JGP Austria
7Isabeau Levito136.99
8Elizaveta Berestovskaia131.162021 JGP Russia
9Elizaveta Kulikova129.75
10Kim Chae-yeon124.562021 JGP France II

Pairs

! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov189.112021 JGP Russia
2Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk188.842021 JGP Austria
3Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev183.64
4Karina Safina / Luka Berulava179.27
5Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov170.462021 JGP Russia
6Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko168.13
7Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov162.142021 JGP Poland
8Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore160.162021 JGP Austria
9Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia156.40
10Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov151.352021 JGP Slovakia
! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk64.232021 JGP Austria
2Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov64.122021 JGP Russia
3Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev63.842021 JGP Austria
4Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov63.762021 JGP Poland
5Karina Safina / Luka Berulava63.042021 JGP Austria
6Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov62.542021 JGP Russia
7Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko61.85
8Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov58.202021 JGP Slovakia
9Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore57.352021 JGP Russia
10Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia55.072021 JGP Poland
! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov124.992021 JGP Russia
2Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk124.612021 JGP Austria
3Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev119.80
4Karina Safina / Luka Berulava116.23
5Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov108.502021 JGP Poland
6Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore107.122021 JGP Austria
7Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko106.282021 JGP Russia
8Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia104.852021 JGP Austria
9Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov102.452021 JGP Slovakia
10Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta98.08

Ice dance

! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano168.962021 JGP Poland
2Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol167.22 2021 JGP Slovenia
3Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin165.142021 JGP Russia
4Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen165.012021 JGP France I
5Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell163.04 2021 JGP Slovakia
6Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy162.28 2021 JGP Austria
7Angela Ling / Caleb Wein160.232021 JGP Russia
8Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont157.39
9Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov156.35
10Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski154.342021 JGP Poland
! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano68.052021 JGP Poland
2Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy67.002021 JGP Austria
3Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol66.002021 JGP Slovenia
4Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen64.752021 JGP France I
5Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell64.482021 JGP Slovakia
6Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin63.702021 JGP Russia
Oona Brown / Gage Brown63.702021 JGP Austria
8Angela Ling / Caleb Wein63.652021 JGP Russia
9Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski63.292021 JGP Poland
10Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov61.56
! scope="col"
TeamNationScoreEvent
1Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin101.442021 JGP Russia
2Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol101.22 2021 JGP Slovenia
3Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano100.912021 JGP Poland
4Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen100.262021 JGP France I
2021 JGP Slovenia
5Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell98.56 2021 JGP Slovakia
6Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov97.182021 JGP Russia
7Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont97.04
8Angela Ling / Caleb Wein96.58
9Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy95.282021 JGP Austria
10Oona Brown / Gage Brown94.462021 JGP France II

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Communication No. 2418: Decisions of the Council – ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating season 2021/22. International Skating Union. August 5, 2021.
  2. Web site: ISU JGP Kosice 2021. International Skating Union. August 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: ISU JGP Krasnoyarsk 2021. International Skating Union. August 17, 2021.
  4. 1438435324213047296. ISU_Figure.
    1. JGPFigure Krasnoyarsk Update: Due to technical difficulties the Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance has been suspended. More info to come.
    . International Figure Skating. International Figure Skating. September 16, 2021.
  5. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 Announcement. International Skating Union.
  6. Web site: Communication No. 2380: Decisions of the Council. International Skating Union. March 4, 2021.
  7. Web site: Communication No. 2431: Decisions of the Council. International Skating Union. October 4, 2021.
  8. Isabeau Levito Withdraws from Junior Grand Prix Final. U.S. Figure Skating. November 30, 2021.
  9. Web site: 本田ルーカス剛史、住吉りをん 開催国枠でジュニアＧＰファイナル出場へ. Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Rion Sumiyoshi to participate in the Junior GP Final in the host country spot. ja. Nikkan Sports. November 17, 2021.
  10. Web site: ISU Personal Best Scores Statistics: Total Women. September 18, 2021. International Skating Union.
  11. Web site: ISU Personal Best Scores Statistics: Free Skating Women. September 18, 2021. International Skating Union.
  12. Web site: Ice dance duo brings S. Korea first ISU Grand Prix medal. Yonhap. Yonhap News Agency. The Korea Herald. August 22, 2021.
  13. Web site: USA and Canada strike gold as ISU Junior Grand Prix continues in Courchevel. International Skating Union. August 31, 2021.
  14. Web site: Russia's next generation shines in Kosice at ISU Junior Grand Prix. International Skating Union. September 6, 2021.
  15. Web site: Sofia Akateva (RUS) continues to push the limits at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk (POL). International Skating Union. October 4, 2021.

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