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COMING ATTRACTIONS:\u00a0 JGP CHELYABINSK<\/strong><\/h3>\nby TJ Carey<\/p>\n
The midpoint of the Junior Grand Prix Series, crazy as it seems, is about to start. This week\u2019s event will mark the start of when the first few contenders for December\u2019s Final will make their second appearance of the fall. This week\u2019s rather large group of 18 couples from 13 countries is sure to make this another intriguing competition. This competition will also be the first time Junior Grand Prix has been held in Chelyabinsk and only the second time an event has been hosted in Russia. As the host nation, it is no surprise that the Russian Federation will be represented by already internationally accomplished couples.<\/span><\/p>\nThe medal hunt:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Elizaveta Shanaeva and Devid Naryzhnyy (RUS) were the champions of this year\u2019s JGP Courchevel.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (RUS) competed at JGP Lake Placid and earned the silver medal.<\/span><\/li>\n
- After winning the Lake Placid International over the summer, Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont (CAN) will compete in their second JGP series.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other items of note:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen (USA) placed fifth at JGP Courchevel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The U.S. will also be represented by Oona Brown and Gage Brown.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bashynska and Beaumont will be joined by their training mates, Irina Galiyanova and Grayson Lochhead.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Daniil Karpov (RUS) has medaled on the JGP twice with former partner Polina Ivanenko. He will be making his international debut in his new partnership with Tamara Zhukova.<\/span><\/li>\n
- This event will include couples from several countries that we don\u2019t traditionally see in ice dancing, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Schedule:<\/b><\/p>\n
This week\u2019s Rhythm Dance, unlike other weeks, will actually commence on Thursday, instead of Friday. The event starts on September 12 at 13:15 local time (4:15 Eastern Daylight Time). The Free Dance will start on Saturday, September 14, at 10:45 local time (1:45 Eastern Daylight Time).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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COMING ATTRACTIONS:\u00a0 AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19ACI.jpg?resize=300%2C302&ssl=1\")
Autumn Classic International (ACI) returns to Oakville for the next event of the ISU Challenger Series.\u00a0 ACI has been held annually since 2014 and has been part of the Challenger Series for five of the past six years.\u00a0 Former ACI champions include Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (2014) and Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (2016 & 2017).\u00a0 There are six teams from five countries on the roster.\u00a0 Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto were listed to compete, but have withdrawn.\u00a0 Komatsubara posted on social media last week that she is recovering from a concussion.<\/p>\n
The medal hunt:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Canada’s Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier could collect another Challenger Series gold.\u00a0 ACI is their first competition of the season, but they revealed during High Performance Camp that their free dance will be to Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.”<\/li>\n
- Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz of Spain started their season six weeks ago with a gold medal at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International.<\/li>\n
- Great Britain’s Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson debuted their programs in July at the British National qualifier in Sheffield.\u00a0 Last season, the duo built momentum with a successful disco free dance, and will skate this year to music from the Blues Brothers (RD) and Madonna’s Vogue (FD).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other items of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus of Canada finished fourth at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International.\u00a0 Their rhythm dance is to music from Jersey Boys and their free dance is to “It’s Not Unusual”, “Sex Bomb” and “Without Love” by Tom Jones.<\/li>\n
- Marie-Jade Lauriault & Roman Le Gac of France finished third at the Quebec Summer Championships, behind Soucisse & Firus and Smart & Diaz.<\/li>\n
- Australia’s Matilda Friend & William Badaoui have aged out of juniors, so this is the first season the team will compete strictly on the senior level. They will skate to music from The Adventures Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (RD) and selections from Game of Thrones for their free dance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\nThe rhythm dance takes place on Friday, September 13 at 12:35 PM, with the free dance on Saturday, September 14 at 11 AM.<\/p>\n
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COMING ATTRACTIONS:\u00a0 LOMBARDIA TROPHY<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19LombardiaTrophy.jpg?resize=400%2C241&ssl=1\")
2019 marks the fifth time Lombardia Trophy has been included as a ISU Challenger Series event.\u00a0 Although the event was created in 2013, ice dance has only been included since 2015.\u00a0 Italy’s Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte won the event in 2015 and Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri continued the Italian dominance of this home-rink event by winning the past three years.\u00a0 15 teams representing 10 countries will compete for medals and Challenger Series points.<\/p>\n
The medal hunt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Italy’s Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri will go for their fourth consecutive Lombardia Trophy title.<\/li>\n
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen of Canada, who finished 10th at the 2019 World Championships, will start their season in Bergamo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other items of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha, the 2019 World Junior Champions, will skate for the first time internationally as a senior team.<\/li>\n
- Caroline Green & Michael Parsons of the United States are making their Challenger Series debut.\u00a0 Parsons won the silver medal with his sister, Rachel, at this event in 2018.<\/li>\n
- Yuka Orihara & Juho Pirinen of Finland are making their international debut as a new team.\u00a0 Last season, Orihara competed at the junior level with Lee Royer for Canada.\u00a0 Pirinen last competed during the 2017-18 season with Monica Lindfors.<\/li>\n
- Russia’s Ekaterina Mironova & Evgenni Ustenko are making their senior international debut.\u00a0 The team finished 12th at last year’s Russian National Championships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\nThe rhythm dance takes place on Saturday, September 14, at 2 PM local time (7 AM EDT) with the free dance on Sunday at 4 PM local time (9 AM EDT).<\/p>\n
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Riga, Latvia is located on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the River Daugava.\u00a0The 2019 event is the fifth time the capital city has hosted the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating.<\/p>\n