2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 16th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contested by senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:August 22 – December 9, 2012
Season:2012–13
Location:France Courchevel
United States Lake Placid
Austria Linz
Turkey Istanbul
Slovenia Bled
Croatia Zagreb
Germany Chemnitz
Russia Sochi
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2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix
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2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top six skaters or teams from each discipline met at the 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior final.

Competitions

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The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2012–13 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2012:[1][2]

Date Event Location Details Other notes
August 23–25 2012 JGP Courchevel Courchevel, France Results, Details No pairs
August 30 – Sept. 1 2012 JGP Lake Placid Lake Placid, USA Results, Details
September 13–15 2012 JGP Austria Linz, Austria Results, Details
September 22–24 2012 JGP Bosphorus Istanbul, Turkey Results, Details No pairs
September 27–29 2012 JGP Sencila Bled Cup Bled, Slovenia Results, Details No pairs
October 4–6 2012 JGP Croatia Cup Zagreb, Croatia Results, Details
October 11–13 2012 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz, Germany Results, Details Venue changed from Dresden on 2 August 2012.
December 6–9 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix Final Sochi, Russia Results, Details Held with senior GPF

Qualifying

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Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2012 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 Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP are not 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 Junior World Championships in each respective discipline.

A possibility for pairs to compete on both the junior and senior Grand Prix series in the same season was removed before the 2012–2013 season.[1]

Overview

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ISU abbreviations:
Jumps
T Toe loop
S Salchow
Lo Loop
F Flip
Lz Lutz
A Axel

Series

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The 2012–2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix season began in August 2012 in Courchevel, France.[3] Russia's Elena Radionova and China's Jin Boyang, both making their JGP debut, won gold in the ladies' and men's event respectively, while France's Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron won gold in ice dance.[4][5][6]

The next event was held in Lake Placid, USA.[7] Joshua Farris of the United States won his fourth JGP title,[8] while Japan's Satoko Miyahara, Canadian pair Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro, and American ice dancers Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton all recorded their first wins on the circuit.[9]

The series then moved to Linz, Austria,[10] where Radionova and Papadakis / Cizeron took their second titles and qualified for the JGP Final. Making their debuts, Nathan Chen of the United States and Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry of Canada won gold in the men's and pairs' events respectively.[11]

The next event was held in Istanbul, Turkey,[12] where reigning JGP Final champion Jason Brown won his second JGP title and qualified for his second final. This made it three for four for the American men and golds. Leah Keiser of the United States won gold in the ladies' event in her first JGP event. Satoko Miyahara of Japan won the bronze and qualified for the JGP Final. Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin won the ice dance event, winning their fifth JGP title.[13]

Bled, Slovenia hosted the next event.[14] Americans Joshua Farris and Aldridge / Eaton picked up their second wins of the season and qualified for the JGP Final, ahead of the silver medalists by 24 and 9 points respectively, while South Korea's Kim Hae-jin took her first JGP title.[15]

The Junior Grand Prix series continued in Zagreb, Croatia.[16] Canada's Purdy and Marinaro won their second title and qualified for the Final. In the free skate, fourth-place finishers Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich became the first pair to land a side-by-side 3Lz+2T combination in a junior competition.[17][18] Russia's Maxim Kovtun won the men's event. Russians Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin and American Angela Wang won their first JGP titles, in ice dance and ladies' singles respectively.[17][19] Nathan Chen, who had earlier won the Austrian event, withdrew due to a lower leg injury and thus did not qualify for the Final.[19]

The final qualifying event was held in Chemnitz, Germany.[20] Russians won all four disciplines[21]Anna Pogorilaya and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin won their first JGP titles, while Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin won their sixth and Maxim Kovtun his third. All qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi.

Final

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Russia swept all four gold medals at the JGP Final and the entire pairs' podium.

The United States' Joshua Farris won the men's short program ahead of Russia's Maxim Kovtun and the 2011 JGP Final champion Jason Brown.[22] Kovtun won the free skate with a program that included a 4T-3T, 3A+3T, and 3A.[23] He won the title by 11 points over the silver medalist, Farris, while Japan's Ryuju Hino moved ahead of Brown to take the bronze.[24]

Russia's Elena Radionova was first in the ladies' short program, with the United States' Hannah Miller in second and Russia's Anna Pogorilaya in third.[25] Radionova also placed first in the free skate and won the junior ladies' title by 11 points ahead of silver medalist Miller, who placed fourth in the segment, and bronze medalist Pogorilaya.[26] Angela Wang of the United States was second in the free skate but remained in fourth overall.

Russia's Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin took the lead in the pair's short program, followed by Canada's Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro and Russia's Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat.[27] Fedorova / Miroshkin were also first in the free skate and won gold with a total score slightly over five points ahead of the silver medalists, Davankova / Deputat, while Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev rose to take the bronze, producing a Russian sweep of the podium.[28] Davankova / Deputat were the only junior pairs' medalists to attempt (and complete) side-by-side triple jumps.[29] Vigalova (born 29 June 1999) was the youngest skater at the JGP Final.

Russia's Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin won the short dance ahead of France's Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron and 2011 JGP Final silver medalists Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov.[30] Stepanova / Bukin also placed first in the free dance and won gold by ten points ahead of Papadakis / Cizeron, while the United States' Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton moved past Yanovskaia / Mozgov to take the bronze.[31]

Medalists

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP France   Jin Boyang   Jason Brown   Ryuju Hino Details
JGP United States   Joshua Farris   Keiji Tanaka   Roman Sadovsky Details
JGP Austria   Nathan Chen   Ryuju Hino   Kim Jin-seo Details
JGP Turkey   Jason Brown   Alexander Petrov   Nam Nguyen Details
JGP Slovenia   Joshua Farris   Jin Boyang   Alexander Samarin Details
JGP Croatia   Maxim Kovtun   Yan Han   Harrison Choate Details
JGP Germany   Maxim Kovtun   Shoma Uno   Alexander Samarin Details
JGP Final   Maxim Kovtun   Joshua Farris   Ryuju Hino Details

Ladies

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP France   Elena Radionova   Rika Hongo   Uliana Titushkina Details
JGP United States   Satoko Miyahara   Courtney Hicks   Angela Wang Details
JGP Austria   Elena Radionova   Hannah Miller   Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Turkey   Leah Keiser   Park So-youn   Satoko Miyahara Details
JGP Slovenia   Kim Hae-jin   Barbie Long   Evgenia Gerasimova Details
JGP Croatia   Angela Wang   Hannah Miller   Anna Pogorilaya Details
JGP Germany   Anna Pogorilaya   Miyabi Oba   Maria Stavitskaia Details
JGP Final   Elena Radionova   Hannah Miller   Anna Pogorilaya Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP United States   Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro   Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat   Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details
JGP Austria   Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Details
JGP Croatia   Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat Details
JGP Germany   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev   Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry Details
JGP Final   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat   Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP France   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin   Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang Details
JGP United States   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton   Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin   Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant Details
JGP Austria   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov   Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen Details
JGP Turkey   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern   Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang Details
JGP Slovenia   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov   Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant Details
JGP Croatia   Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin   Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Details
JGP Germany   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov Details
JGP Final   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)13101134
2  United States (USA)88622
3  Canada (CAN)30811
4  France (FRA)2103
5  Japan (JPN)1539
6  China (CHN)1304
7  South Korea (KOR)1113
8  Germany (GER)0101
Totals (8 entries)29292987

Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers

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Qualification rules

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At each event, skaters earn points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are as follows:

Placement Points (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 are seven 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

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Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1   Joshua Farris   Elena Radionova   Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
2   Maxim Kovtun   Angela Wang   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
3   Jason Brown   Anna Pogorilaya   Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
4   Jin Boyang   Satoko Miyahara   Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev   Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin
5   Ryuju Hino   Hannah Miller   Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat   Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin
6   Keiji Tanaka   Leah Keiser   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov
Alternates
1st   Alexander Samarin   Kim Hae-jin   Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage   Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern
2nd   Yan Han   Courtney Hicks   Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert   Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang
3rd   Alexander Petrov   Miyabi Oba   Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer   Andreanne Poulin / Marc-Andre Servant

Top JGP scores

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Top scores attained in Junior Grand Prix competitions.

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Maxim Kovtun   Russia 222.31 2012–13 JGP Final
2 Nathan Chen   United States 222.00 2012 JGP Austria
3 Joshua Farris   United States 218.69 2012 JGP United States
4 Han Yan   China 212.10 2012 JGP Croatia
5 Ryuju Hino   Japan 198.92 2012–13 JGP Final
6 Jason Brown   United States 198.32 2012–13 JGP Final
7 Boyang Jin   China 194.13 2012 JGP France
8 Shoma Uno   Japan 188.48 2012 JGP Germany
9 Harrison Choate   United States 185.39 2012 JGP Croatia
10 Alexander Samarin   Russia 183.03 2012 JGP Slovenia

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Elena Radionova   Russia 182.86 2012 JGP Austria
2 Hannah Miller   United States 168.41 2012–13 JGP Final
3 Anna Pogorilaya   Russia 167.40 2012–13 JGP Final
4 Angela Wang   United States 162.65 2012 JGP Croatia
5 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 161.65 2012 JGP United States
6 Samantha Cesario   United States 157.72 2012 JGP Austria
7 Leah Keiser   United States 156.33 2012 JGP Turkey
8 Courtney Hicks   United States 153.77 2012 JGP United States
9 Rika Hongo   Japan 149.38 2012 JGP France
10 Kim Hae-jin   South Korea 147.30 2012 JGP Slovenia

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Russia 161.11 2012–13 JGP Final
2 Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat   Russia 155.96 2012–13 JGP Final
3 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev   Russia 153.56 2012–13 JGP Final
4 Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry   Canada 152.78 2012 JGP Austria
5 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro   Canada 149.94 2012–13 JGP Final
6 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   China 149.20 2012–13 JGP Final
7 Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich   Russia 142.26 2012 JGP Croatia
8 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 137.29 2012 JGP Croatia
9 Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 133.48 2012 JGP Germany
10 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer   United States 133.05 2012 JGP Austria

Ice dance

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Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 149.57 2012–13 JGP Final
2 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 142.08 2012 JGP Austria
3 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 138.61 2012 JGP Germany
4 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton   United States 138.43 2012 JGP Slovenia
5 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern   Germany 136.21 2012 JGP Turkey
6 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin   Russia 135.24 2012 JGP United States
7 Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov   Russia 135.02 2012 JGP Austria
8 Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang   Canada 135.01 2012 JGP Turkey
9 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin   Russia 134.63 2012 JGP Croatia
10 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   United States 134.09 2012 JGP Croatia

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