2015 JGP USA Blog #2: Olympic Spirit
Hi! It’s been such a busy day!!! The day began naturally at 6:30 am. I was frustrated, although not surprised, that my eagerness to start the day wouldn’t allow me to doze back off. A while later, my good friend…
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2015 JGP USA Blog #1: #ColoradoSprings
Ice-dance.com is pleased to have Team USA member Chloe Lewis blogging for us from the Junior Grand Prix USA event in Colorado Springs. Hi! I am so excited to be blogging about my JGP Colorado Springs experience! Our first day…
Teams are Colorado-bound for JGP #3
by Laura Flagg | Photo by Daphne Backman This week, 14 ice dance teams from 10 different countries head to Colorado Springs, Colorado to compete in the third Junior Grand Prix event of the season. As the reigning U.S. junior…
Russians take gold in Riga
by Anne Calder The caravan carrying ice dancers on their journey to earn points to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final made its second stop August 26-30 at Riga, Latvia. SHORT DANCE: The 2015-16 junior short dance requirements include…
2015 JGP Riga Cup Blog #3: Days 3 & 4
Hello! As a brief resume of the past two days, let’s go back to Friday, short dance day. We were in the second warm up with the two Russian couples and our training mate, French team. We are pretty happy…
Results – 2015 IJS Sheffield
August 24-28, 2015Sheffield, United Kingdom Protocols: SENIOR DANCE FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND NIC 158.50 1 1 2 Carter JONES / Richard SHARPE NIS 111.01 2 3 3 Eleanor HIRST / Jordan…
Results – 2015 Junior Grand Prix, Riga, Latvia
August 26-28, 2015Riga, Latvia Protocols: OVERALL FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO RUS 146.35 1 1 2 Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON FRA 139.05 3 2 3 Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN…
2015 JGP Riga Cup Blog #2: Riga’s Old Town
Hi! Today was a pretty smooth day with the usual. I got up, went down for breakfast and then back to my room with Lindsey (Weinstein). We took it easy. I have a practice at 2:50 and she’s competing her…
Parsons siblings win first JGP gold
by Anne Calder | Photo by Liz Chastney The first competition of the ISU JGP series held in Bratislava, Slovakia, August 19-23 welcomed ice dancers from 11 countries to compete for medals, points, and prize money. SHORT DANCE: The 2015-16…
2015 JGP Riga Cup Blog #1: Sveiki!
Sveiki!!! (Hi!) Feel great this morning! That long night of sleep after being up for 30 hours did some magic. Had a nice breakfast with Anthony and left for our first practice. The rink’s name is the VOLVO SPORTA CENTRS,…