The 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from April 13–17, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Figure skaters competed for the title of junior world champion in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation during the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and at the 2023 World Junior Championships.
| 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | April 13 – 17 |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Location: | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Host: | Estonian Skating Union |
| Venue: | Tondiraba Ice Hall |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Ilia Malinin | |
| Women's singles: Isabeau Levito | |
Pairs:  Karina Safina / Luka Berulava | |
| Ice dance: Oona Brown / Gage Brown | |
| Previous: 2020 World Junior Championships | |
| Next: 2023 World Junior Championships | |
The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 7–13, 2022.[1][2] On February 27, the ISU announced that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the event would be unable to be held as scheduled in Bulgaria.[3] Tallinn was announced as the host for the newly scheduled dates on March 4.[4] The city previously had previously hosted the event twice, in 2015 and 2020.
Background edit
On February 12, the International Skating Union announced that the event could not be held as planned due to concerns about a surge in omicron variant cases in Bulgaria peaking on the originally scheduled dates, as well as the host nation's restrictive entry requirements. As the 2021 World Junior Championships were already cancelled, the ISU announced that they would evaluate the feasibility of postponing the event until May 2022, if the Bulgarian Skating Federation and other ISU member nations were willing to attend.[5] A final decision was expected to be made at the ISU Council meeting on February 24, but was delayed to allow time to assess the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
On February 27, the ISU announced that while they were still considering the feasibility of postponing the event to later in the spring, Bulgaria would no longer be available to host and invited other ISU member nations to apply as replacement hosts.[3] The Estonian Skating Union, which had hosted both the European and Four Continents Championships earlier in the season, was the sole applicant.[4]
Qualifications edit
Age and minimum TES requirements edit
Skaters who reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2021, 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 at the junior level.
The ISU stipulated that the minimum scores must have been achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding two seasons (adjusted from the traditional one due to the pandemic), no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.[1]
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 23 | 42 |
| Women | 23 | 38 |
| Pairs | 23 | 34 |
| Ice dance | 23 | 37 |
- SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline edit
Normally, the number of entries would be based on the results of the preceding Junior Worlds. However, as the 2021 World Junior Championships were cancelled, the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships were used instead.[7]
On March 1, the ISU banned participation by Russian and Belarusian skaters in all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Japan Russia United States
|
Russia South Korea United States
|
Russia |
Georgia Russia United States
|
| 2 |  Canada Estonia France Italy
|
 Azerbaijan Canada Japan Poland
|
Canada China France Georgia Germany United States
|
Canada France
|
- If not listed above, only one entry is allowed.
Schedule edit
No exhibition gala was scheduled.[9]
| Date | Discipline | Time | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, April 14 | Men | 13:00 | Short program |
| All | 18:30 | Opening ceremony | |
| Pairs | 19:05 | Short program | |
| Friday, April 15 | Ice dance | 14:15 | Rhythm dance |
| Pairs | 18:55 | Free skating | |
| Saturday, April 16 | Women | 10:15 | Short program |
| Men | 18:15 | Free skating | |
| Sunday, April 17 | Ice dance | 11:45 | Free dance |
| Women | 15:45 | Free skating |
- All times are listed in local time (UTC+03:00).[10]
Entries edit
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2021. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on March 25, 2022.[11]
Changes to preliminary entries edit
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Pairs | Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich
|
Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher
|
Failed to meet TES minimums | [16] |
| February 14 | Ice dance |  Gina Zehnder / Beda Leon Sieber
|
Kayleigh Maksymec / Maximilien Rahier
|
Injury (Zehnder) | [17] |
| March 10 | Women | Lee Hae-in
|
Yun Ah-sun
|
Event conflict with the Triglav Trophy | [18] |
| March 11 | Pairs | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard
|
— | Split[19] | [20] |
| March 25 | Men |  Li Yu-Hsiang
|
[12] | ||
| Shun Sato
|
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
|
Injury[21] | [12] | ||
| March 30 | Lucas Broussard
|
Kai Kovar
|
|||
| Women | Sabina Alieva
|
— | [13] | ||
| March 31 | Ice dance | Noemi Maria Tali / Stefano Frasca
|
Giorgia Galimberti / Matteo Libasse Mandelli
|
[15] | |
| April 11 | Men |  Daniels Kočkers
|
— | [12] | |
| April 12 |  Alp Eren Özkan
|
Ali Efe Güneş
|
|||
| Women |  Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir
|
— | [13] | ||
 Stella Makri
|
Medal summary edit
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin
|
 Mikhail Shaidorov
|
Tatsuya Tsuboi
|
| Women | Isabeau Levito
|
Shin Ji-a
|
Lindsay Thorngren
|
| Pairs | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava
|
 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
|
Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar
|
| Ice dance | Oona Brown / Gage Brown
|
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
|
Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin
|
Wesley Chiu
|
Mihhail Selevko
|
| Women | Isabeau Levito
|
Shin Ji-a
|
Yun Ah-sun
|
| Pairs | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava
|
Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
|
Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia
|
| Ice dance | Oona Brown / Gage Brown
|
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
|
Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
|
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin
|
Mikhail Shaidorov
|
Tatsuya Tsuboi
|
| Women | Shin Ji-a
|
Isabeau Levito
|
Lindsay Thorngren
|
| Pairs | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava
|
Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
|
Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar
|
| Ice dance | Oona Brown / Gage Brown
|
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
|
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
|
Medals by country edit
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Records and achievements edit
The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:
| Disc. | Segment | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Short program | Ilia Malinin
|
88.99 | April 14, 2022 | [22] |
| Free skating | 187.12 | April 16, 2022 | [23] | ||
| Total score | 276.11 | [24] |
Results edit
Men's singles edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilia Malinin | United States
|
276.11 | 1 | 88.99 | 1 | 187.12 |
| 2 | Mikhail Shaidorov | Kazakhstan
|
234.31 | 8 | 75.14 | 2 | 159.17 |
| 3 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Japan
|
233.82 | 5 | 79.15 | 3 | 154.67 |
| 4 | Wesley Chiu | Canada
|
228.29 | 2 | 81.59 | 4 | 146.70 |
| 5 | Stephen Gogolev | Canada
|
224.49 | 6 | 78.75 | 5 | 145.74 |
| 6 | Mihhail Selevko | Estonia
|
218.68 | 3 | 81.26 | 9 | 137.42 |
| 7 | Nikolaj Memola | Italy
|
212.94 | 10 | 71.42 | 6 | 141.52 |
| 8 | Liam Kapeikis | United States
|
210.94 | 4 | 79.83 | 12 | 131.11 |
| 9 | Naoki Rossi |  Switzerland
|
206.65 | 12 | 67.61 | 7 | 139.04 |
| 10 | Andreas Nordebäck |  Sweden
|
206.13 | 7 | 76.20 | 14 | 129.93 |
| 11 | Georgii Reshtenko |  Czech Republic
|
201.76 | 11 | 69.67 | 11 | 132.09 |
| 12 | Arlet Levandi | Estonia
|
200.10 | 14 | 65.31 | 10 | 134.79 |
| 13 | Kao Miura | Japan
|
197.59 | 20 | 60.03 | 8 | 137.56 |
| 14 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Japan
|
196.83 | 9 | 73.01 | 16 | 123.82 |
| 15 | Raffaele Francesco Zich | Italy
|
195.34 | 15 | 65.19 | 13 | 130.15 |
| 16 | Lev Vinokur |  Israel
|
192.11 | 13 | 67.20 | 15 | 124.91 |
| 17 | Corentin Spinar | France
|
176.24 | 17 | 64.10 | 19 | 112.14 |
| 18 | Kai Kovar | United States
|
176.23 | 22 | 57.69 | 17 | 118.54 |
| 19 | Cha Young-hyun | South Korea
|
175.63 | 19 | 60.32 | 18 | 115.31 |
| 20 | Edward Appleby |  Great Britain
|
173.96 | 18 | 64.05 | 21 | 109.91 |
| 21 | Adam Hagara |  Slovakia
|
172.76 | 16 | 64.72 | 22 | 108.04 |
| 22 | Konstantin Supatashvili | Georgia
|
169.66 | 21 | 59.38 | 20 | 110.28 |
| 23 | Louis Weissert | Germany
|
154.75 | 23 | 56.75 | 23 | 98.00 |
| 24 | Jakub Lofek | Poland
|
151.48 | 24 | 56.54 | 24 | 94.94 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Semen Daniliants |  Armenia
|
56.34 | 25 | 56.34 | — | |
| 26 | Makar Suntsev |  Finland
|
56.26 | 26 | 56.26 | — | |
| 27 | Aleksandr Vlasenko |  Hungary
|
53.54 | 27 | 53.54 | — | |
| 28 | Ali Efe Güneş | Turkey
|
52.24 | 28 | 52.24 | — | |
| 29 | Euken Alberdi |  Spain
|
51.21 | 29 | 51.21 | — | |
| 30 | François Pitot | France
|
48.98 | 30 | 48.98 | — | |
| 31 | Filip Kaymakchiev |  Bulgaria
|
47.08 | 31 | 47.08 | — | |
| 32 | David Sedej |  Slovenia
|
45.48 | 32 | 45.48 | — | |
| 33 | Kyrylo Marsak |  Ukraine
|
44.71 | 33 | 44.71 | — | |
Women's singles edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabeau Levito | United States
|
206.55 | 1 | 72.50 | 2 | 134.05 |
| 2 | Shin Ji-a | South Korea
|
206.01 | 2 | 69.38 | 1 | 136.63 |
| 3 | Lindsay Thorngren | United States
|
199.42 | 4 | 66.14 | 3 | 133.28 |
| 4 | Yun Ah-sun | South Korea
|
195.87 | 3 | 66.28 | 4 | 129.59 |
| 5 | Wi Seo-yeong | South Korea
|
186.72 | 5 | 66.09 | 6 | 120.63 |
| 6 | Clare Seo | United States
|
182.81 | 10 | 60.61 | 5 | 122.20 |
| 7 | Kimmy Repond | Switzerland
|
177.10 | 8 | 60.82 | 7 | 116.28 |
| 8 | Rion Sumiyoshi | Japan
|
174.58 | 9 | 60.62 | 8 | 113.96 |
| 9 | Niina Petrõkina | Estonia
|
173.49 | 6 | 65.90 | 10 | 107.59 |
| 10 | Rinka Watanabe | Japan
|
165.44 | 11 | 59.56 | 11 | 105.48 |
| 11 | Nina Pinzarrone |  Belgium
|
161.92 | 7 | 63.67 | 16 | 98.25 |
| 12 | Linnea Ceder | Finland
|
161.26 | 13 | 56.34 | 12 | 104.92 |
| 13 | Anna Pezzetta | Italy
|
160.88 | 24 | 51.75 | 9 | 109.13 |
| 14 | Lia Pereira | Canada
|
158.86 | 12 | 58.69 | 13 | 100.17 |
| 15 | Noelle Streuli | Poland
|
154.78 | 15 | 55.10 | 15 | 99.68 |
| 16 | Lorine Schild | France
|
154.57 | 17 | 54.58 | 14 | 99.99 |
| 17 | Barbora Vránková | Czech Republic
|
145.75 | 20 | 52.89 | 17 | 92.86 |
| 18 | Emelie Ling | Sweden
|
145.49 | 18 | 54.56 | 19 | 90.93 |
| 19 | Mariia Seniuk | Israel
|
144.50 | 21 | 52.20 | 18 | 85.15 |
| 20 | Julia van Dijk |  Netherlands
|
139.76 | 16 | 54.61 | 20 | 85.15 |
| 21 | Justine Miclette | Canada
|
137.34 | 14 | 55.41 | 22 | 81.93 |
| 22 | Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank |  Philippines
|
137.00 | 19 | 53.86 | 21 | 83.14 |
| 23 | Olesya Ray | Germany
|
132.32 | 22 | 52.02 | 23 | 80.30 |
| 24 | Jogailė Aglinskytė |  Lithuania
|
129.65 | 23 | 51.76 | 24 | 77.89 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Vivien Papp | Hungary
|
50.82 | 25 | 50.82 | — | |
| 26 | Nikola Fomčenkova | Latvia
|
48.70 | 26 | 48.70 | — | |
| 27 | Chiara Hristova | Bulgaria
|
48.14 | 27 | 48.14 | — | |
| 28 | Catharina Victoria Petersen |  Denmark
|
48.12 | 28 | 48.12 | — | |
| 29 | Anna Levkovets | Kazakhstan
|
48.07 | 29 | 48.07 | — | |
| 30 | Victoria Alcantara | Australia
|
47.54 | 30 | 47.54 | — | |
| 31 | Julija Lovrenčič | Slovenia
|
47.16 | 31 | 47.16 | — | |
| 32 | Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung |  Hong Kong
|
45.76 | 32 | 45.76 | — | |
| 33 | Wiktoria Małyniak | Poland
|
44.51 | 33 | 44.51 | — | |
| 34 | Anna Deniz Özdemir | Turkey
|
41.93 | 34 | 41.93 | — | |
| 35 | Vanesa Šelmeková | Slovakia
|
41.10 | 35 | 41.10 | — | |
| 36 | Elena Komova | Great Britain
|
40.92 | 36 | 40.92 | — | |
| 37 | Mia Caroline Risa Gomez |  Norway
|
40.33 | 37 | 40.33 | — | |
| 38 | Anastasiia Fomchenkova | Ukraine
|
38.74 | 38 | 38.74 | — | |
| 39 | Stefania Yakovleva |  Cyprus
|
38.64 | 39 | 38.64 | — | |
| 40 | Dorotea Leitgeb |  Austria
|
35.98 | 40 | 35.98 | — | |
| 41 | Hana Cvijanović |  Croatia
|
35.96 | 41 | 35.96 | — | |
| 42 | Ana Sofia Beşchea |  Romania
|
35.53 | 42 | 35.53 | — | |
| 43 | Andrea Astrain Maynez |  Mexico
|
35.09 | 43 | 35.09 | — | |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava | Georgia
|
188.12 | 1 | 67.77 | 1 | 120.35 |
| 2 | Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore | Australia
|
169.91 | 2 | 61.72 | 2 | 108.19 |
| 3 | Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar | Canada
|
156.80 | 4 | 58.00 | 3 | 98.80 |
| 4 | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia | United States
|
148.53 | 3 | 60.38 | 5 | 88.15 |
| 5 | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | Germany
|
146.43 | 5 | 54.01 | 4 | 92.42 |
| 6 | Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta | Ukraine
|
134.46 | 6 | 49.57 | 6 | 84.89 |
| 7 | Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher | Canada
|
129.70 | 7 | 47.90 | 7 | 81.80 |
| 8 | Alyssa Montan / Filippo Clerici | Italy
|
123.35 | 8 | 47.44 | 8 | 75.91 |
| 9 | Barbora Kuciánová / Lukáš Vochozka | Czech Republic
|
116.91 | 9 | 42.50 | 9 | 74.41 |
| 10 | Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux | France
|
103.92 | 10 | 38.04 | 10 | 65.88 |
Ice dance edit
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