This week, 17 teams representing 14 countries will take the ice in Linz, Austria, for the third stop on the 2012-13 Junior Grand Prix series. Austria has hosted the JGP three times before; an event was held in Graz in…
For the first time, the United States has been named host to a Senior B ISU-sanctioned competition, a chance for skaters to improve upon their ISU standings and scores as well as to test run their programs before an international…
September 7-9, 2012Minsk, BelarusProtocols (PDF): SENIOR: FPl. TEAM COUNTRY SD FD TOTAL 1 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov AZE 62.26 87.97 150.23 2 Nadezhda Frolenkova / Vitali Nikiforov UKR 55.14 80.16 135.30 3 Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov BLR 42.29…
Lake Placid, NYAugust 29 – September 1, 2012Protocols: OVERALL: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON USA 136.80 2 1 2 Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS 135.24 1 2 3 Andreanne POULIN /…
by Jacquelyn Thayer \ Photos by Melanie Hoyt Ice-Dance.com journalist Jacquelyn Thayer recently had the opportunity to interview 2012 world champions Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir via email on the topic of choreography and program development. IDC: When discussing your…
Lake Placid, NY – August 29-September 1, 2012 Photographs
This week, the United States will host the second stop of the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Series in Lake Placid, N.Y., a town that is very familiar to ice dancers. Of the 11 teams on the roster, six competed here…
The first week of the Junior Grand Prix is in the books, and Canada already has a medal! Great news for my adopted “home” team. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the series turns out. The JGP…
As I’m sitting here in the Amsterdam airport, waiting for our flight home, I am reminiscing on what an amazing experience we had. We both had so much fun performing our programs for the first time on an international stage.…
Courchevel, France August 22-25, 2012 Protocols: OVERALL: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 131.13 2 1 2 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN RUS 124.94 1 2 3 Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG…