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World Junior Figure Skating ChampionshipsMarch 5 - 12, 2000 |
Oberstdorf. (deu-press) The World Junior Figure Skating Championships to take place in Oberstdorf (March 5-12) enjoy record entries with 201 skaters from 46 nations. This is new re-cord for the International Skating Union. However, Kazakhstan has withdrawn its entry. The en-tries in detail: 42 men, 47 ladies, 22 pairs and 34 ice dance couples.
For the second time after 1982 Oberstdorf will be the venue of Junior Worlds. The German Federal Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, is patron of the World Junior Championships.
For the first time the Junior Worlds will not be held at the usual date (end of Novem-ber/beginning of December) but in March. A review of former results show the high evaluation of the Junior Worlds, for they include many eventual European and World medal winners particu-larly in single skating. Skaters such as Sarah Hughes, Tara Lipinski, Todd Eldredge, Ilya Kulik, Michael Weiss, Alexei Yagudin, Evgeni Plushenko, Timothy Goebel and many others were first successful at former Junior Worlds. Germany's Tanja Szewczenko also won a bronze medal in 1992.
In spite of all economic problems, Russia has been the dominating nation in Junior Worlds the past few years. Russian skaters gained at least two, sometimes even all four titles (for instance in 1996), while US skaters often won bronze medals. It will not be different this year. The Junior Grand Prix final in Gdansk, Poland, last December was already a sort of mini Worlds because many of the world's best juniors competed there.
According to the result in Poland, Americans Deanna Stellato (gold) and Jennifer Kirk (silver) as well as the new US runner-up, Sasha Coren, are the favourites in the ladies' event at Oberstdorf. They will meet the Russian trio of Irina Tkachuk (Junior Grand Prix winner in Slove-nia), Daria Timoshenko and Natalia Ritziova. Whether Denmark's Mikkeline Kierkgaard or Hun-gary's Tamara Dorofejev can challenge them after their successful European première (finishing sixth and ninth) remains to be seen.
In the men's event, title defender Ilya Klimkin of Russia, France's Vincent Restencourt, tenth in the recent Europeans, American Matthew Savoie, third at the 1999 Sparkassen Cup in Ice at Gelsenkirchen, and Germany's Stefan Lindemann, eighth in the Europeans, are among the fa-vourites. China's Junior Grand Prix champion Song Gao and Canada's Fedor Andreev must also be reckoned with.
Ukraine's Alyona Savchenko and Stanislav Morozov clearly dominated the pairs' event in Gdansk and are considered a top pair, particularly as they won the Nebelhorn Trophy at Oberstdorf. There hottest competitors may be expected to be their compatriots, Yulia Obertas and Dmitry Palamarchuk, who finished ahead of them in the Europeans in Vienna, the three Russian pairs and China's Dan and Hao Zhang.
Ice dancers rarely move from the junior to the senior level during a season, because different compulsory dances are required and they simply lack the practice of the new dances. That is why the Russian Junior Grand Prix champions, Natalia Romanita and Daniel Baranzev, must be seen as the favourites ahead of their compatriots, Svetlana Kulikova with Arseni Markov (win-ners in Zagreb), and the third Russian couple, Elena Chaliavina and Maxim Shabalin (winners in the Netherlands). However, further winners of individual Junior Grand Prix events may also have a say in the medal competition, for instance the two American couples, Emilie Nussear and Brandon Forsyth (winners in Norway) and Tanith Belbin with Benjamin Agosto (winners in Montreal) plus Ukraine's Kristina Kobaladze and Oleg Voiko (winners in Ostrava) and die Italy's Flavia Ottaviani and Massimo Scali (winners in Japan).
Schedule World Junior Figure Skating ChampionshipOberstdorf, March 5-12, 2000- subject to change -Saturday, March 4th10,00 hrsTeam Leaders' Meeting17,00 hrsJudges' Draw and Judges' MeetingSunday, March 5th20,00 hrsOpening and DrawMonday, March 6th10,45 hrsMenQualifying Group A / B14,30 hrsMenQualifying Group B / A18,30 hrsOpening Ceremony19,00 hrsPairsShort ProgramTuesday, March 7th11,30 hrsIce Dancingtwo Compulsory Dances18,30 hrsMenShort ProgramWednesday, March 8th10,30 hrsLadiesQualifying Group A / B14,15 hrsLadiesQualifying Group B / A18,30 hrsPairsFree SkatingThursday, March 9th13,00 hrsIce DancingOriginal Dance18,30 hrsMenFree SkatingFriday, March 10th13,00 hrsLadiesShort Program18,30 hrsIce DancingFree DanceSaturday, March 11th13,30 hrsLadiesFree SkatingSunday, March 12th14,00 hrsGala ExhibitionThe participating nations in the Junior Worlds1.ARMArmenia2.AUSAustralia3.AUTAustria4.AZEAzerbaijan5.BLRBelarus6.BELBelgium7.BIHBosnia-Herzegovina8.BULBulgaria9.CANCanada10.CHNChina11.CROCroatia12.CZECzech Republic13.DENDenmark14.ESPSpain15.ESTEstonia16.FINFinland17.FRAFrance18.GBRGreat Britain19.GERGermany20.GEOGeorgia21.GREGreece22.HKGHong Kong/China23.HUNHungary24.ISRIsrael25.ITAItaly26.JPNJapan27.KAZKazakhstan28.KORKorea29.LATLatvia30.LTULithuania31.MEXMexico32.NEDNetherlands33.NZLNew Zealand34.POLPoland35.ROMRomania36.RUSRussia37.RSASouth Africa38.SLOSlovenia39.SUISwitzerland40.SVKSlovakia41.SWESweden42.TPEChinese Taipei43.TURTurkey44.UKRUkraine45.USAUnited States46.UZBUzbekistan47.YUGYugoslavia* IMPORTANT * IMPORTANT * IMPORTANT * IMPORTANT *If you wish to receive the entries by e-mail, please contact us either via fax (+49-2131-131114) or by e-mail (Nicola.Schnitzler@sid.de). Entries - World Junior Championships 2000Ladies 1Stephanie ZHANGAUS1Andrea BOSSAUS1S2Julia LAUTOWAAUT2Karin STREBLAUT2S3Viktoria DIRKOBLR34Sara FALOTICOBEL4Natalie HOSTEBEL4S5Christina VASSILEVABUL56Marianne DUBUCCAN6Audrey THIBAULTCAN6S7Dan FANGCHN78Carina CHENTPE89Ines PAVLENKOVICCRO9Mirina GRUBISICCRO9SIdora HEGELCRO9S10Lucie KRAUSOVACZE10Ivana HUDZIECOVACZE10SErika MERVARTOVACZE10S11Mikkeline KIERKGAARDDEN1112Maria LEVITANEST1213Elina KETTUNENFIN13Susanna PÖYKIÖFIN13S14Julie CORTIALFRA14Gwenaelle JULLIENFRA14S15Zoya DOUCHINEGER1516Susanne STADLMÜLLERGER15Andrea DIEWALDGER15SKatharina WICHERTGER15S17Jennifer HOLMESGBR16Vikki HODGESGBR16S18Konstantina LIVANOUGRE17Maria MASTROGIANNOPOULOU GRE17S19Christine M. LEEHKG1820Tamara DOROFEJEVHUN1921Barbara MAROSHUN19Katalin SZAKALHUN19SPetra SZAPPANHUN19S22Paola PASETTOITA20Claudia di CONSTANZOITA20S23Yukari NAKANOJPN2124Chisato SHIINAJPN21Yoshie ONDAJPN21S25Gintare VOSTRECOVAITELTU22 Renata MARCINKUTELTU22SJulia SELEPENLTU22SDominyka VALIUKEVICIUTELTU22S26Silvia Marcela RODRIGUEZ MEX2327Martine ZUIDERWIJKNED24Karen VENHUIZENNED24S28Dirke O'Brien BAKERNZL2529Anna JURKIEWICZPOL2630Sabina WOJTALAPOL26Magdalena LESKIPOL26SIwona SZCZEPKAPOL26S31Bin-Na PARKKOR2732Roxana LUCAROM2833Natalia RIZHOVARUS2934Daria TIMOSHENKORUS2935Irina TKATCHUKRUS29Kristina OBLASOVARUS29STatiana VASINARUS29S36Diana JANOSTAKOVASVK30Tatiana DURKOVSKASVK30SSilvia KONCOKOVASVK30SLucia STAROVICOVASVK30S37Anja BESLICSLO31Anja BRATECSLO31STeodora POSTICSLO31S38Quinn WILMANSRSA3239Olga MORATOESP33Silvia VIDALESESP33S40Asa PERSSONSWE34Carina BIERICHSWE34S41Lucie-Anne BLAZEKSUI3542Sarah MEIERSUI35Corinne DJOUNGONGSUI35SCornelia RASTSUI35S43Özen PERVANTUR3644Galina MANIACHENKOUKR37Anna NESHCHERETUKR37S45Sasha COHENUSA3846Jennifer KIRKUSA3847Deanna STELLATOUSA38Naomi Nari NAMUSA38SStacey PENSGENUSA38S48Ksenija JASTSENSKIYUG39Men1Peter NICHOLASAUS1Bradley SANTERAUS1S2Christian HORVATHAUT2Clemens JONASAUT2S3Andrei DOBROKHODOVAZE34Igor ROLINSKIBLR4Konstantin BELIAEVBLR4SDmitri MOLOCHNIKOVBLR4S5Kevin van der PERRENBEL5 6Stanimir TODOROVBUL67Fedor ANDREEVCAN78Nicholas YOUNGCAN7Blair SMITHCAN7S9Song GAOCHN810Xiaodong MACHN811Karlo POZGAJCICCRO912Lukás RAKOWSKICZE10Tomás SROMCZE10STomas VERNERCZE10S13Aleksei SAKSEST1114Cyril BRUNFRA1215Brian JOUBERTFRA1216Vincent RESTENCOURTFRA12Nicolas BEAUDELINFRA12SJohan SAND`HOMMEFRA12S17Stefan LINDEMANNGER13Ronny AHLSWEDEGER13SFlorian JUSTGER13S18Alan STREETGBR14Matthew DAVIESGBR14S19Panagiotis MARKOUIZOSGRE15Panagiotis ZOIDISGRE15S20Bertalan ZAKANYHUN1621Vadim AKOLZINISR1722Karel ZELENKAITA18Paolo BACCHINIITA18S23Eiji IWAMOTOJPN1924Kensuke NAKANIWAJPN1925Soshi TANAKAJPN19Daisuke TAKAHASHIJPN19S26Tomas KATUKEVICIUSLTU20Aidas REKLYSLTU20S27Mauricio MEDELLINMEX2128Maurice LIMNED22Michael LIMNED22S29Bartosz DOMANSKIPOL2330Balint MIKLOSROM2431Denis BALADINRUS2532Ilia KLIMKINRUS2533Andrei LEZINRUS25Ivan MURIGINRUS25SAlexander SHUBINRUS25S34Juraj SVIATKOSVK26Ivan KINCIKSVK26S35Gregor URBASSLO2736Matthew WILKINSONRSA2837Miguel BALLESTEROSESP2938Kristoffer BERNTSSONSWE30Filip STILLERSWE30S39Stéphane LAMBIELSUI31Oscar PETERSUI31S40Tayfun ANARTUR3241Andrej KIFORENKOUKR33Konstantin TUPIKOVUKR33S42Ryan BRADLEYUSA3443Matthew SAVOIEUSA34Evan LYSACEKUSA34SParker PENNINGTONUSA34SPairs1Maria KRASILTSEVA / Artem ZNACHKOVARM12Chantal POIRIER / Craig BUNTINCAN23Virgina TOOMBS / James JOHNSONCAN2Johanna PURDY / Kevin MAGUIRECAN2S4Yang DING / Zhongfei RENCHN35Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANGCHN36Radka ZLATOHLAVKOVA / Karel STEFLCZE47Viktorya SHKLOVER / Valdis MINTALSEST58Sabrina LEFRANCOIS / Jerome BLANCHARDFRA6Astrid BELLAROSA / Jean-Frederic HANTZBERGFRA6S9Claudia RAUSCHENBACH / Robin SZOLKOWYGER7Sonja SCHEEL / Arvid HORSTGER7S10Rebecca CORNE / Richard ROWLANDSGBR811Tatjana ZAHARJEVA / Juris SALMANOVSLAT912Melisa BROZOVICH / Anton NIMENKORUS1013Elena RIABCHYK / Stanislav ZAKHAROVRUS1014Julia SHAPIRO / Alexei SOKOLOVRUS10Svetlana NIKOLAEVA / Pavel LEBEDEVRUS10SVictoria SHLIAKHOVA / Griorgy PETROVSKYRUS10S15Diana RISKOVA / Vladimir FUTASSVK1116Ekaterina LEBEDEVA / Alexander LEVINTSOV UKR1217Yulia OBERTAS / Dmitry PALAMARCHUKUKR1218Aljona SAVCHENKO / Stanislav MOROZOVUKR1219Amanda MAGARIAN / Jered GUZMANUSA1320Larissa SPIELBERG / Craig JOERIGHTUSA1321Jessica WALDSTEIN / Garrett LUCASHUSA13Megan SIERK / Dustin SIERKUSA13S Tiffany STIEGLER / Johnnie STIEGLERUSA13S22Irina SHABANOVA / Artem KNYAZEVUZB1423Ivana Durin / Andrej MaksimovYUG15Ice Dancing1Alexandra MARTIN / Daniel PRICEAUS12Barbara HERZOG / David VINCOURAUT23Alissa de CARBONELL / Alexander MALKOVBLR34Marina GALITCH / Denis BEJNARBIH45Brenda KEY / Ryan SMITHCAN5Mellissa ACKAD / Mathieu RAINVILLECAN5S6Fang YANG / Chongbo GAOCHN67Kamilla SZOLNOKI / Dejan ILLESCRO78Lucie KADLCAKOVA / Hynek BILEKCZE8Hana RISKOVA / Tomas RYBANSKYCZE8S9Marina TIMOFEJEVA / Evgeni STRIGANOVEST910Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMAFIN1011Nelly GOURVEST / Cedric PERNETFRA1112Roxane PETETIN / Mathieu JOSTFRA11Caroline TRUONG / Sylvain LONGCHAMBONFRA11S13Tatiana SINIAVER / Tornike TUKVADZEGEO1214Christina BEIER / William BEIERGER13Miriam STEINEL / Vladimir TSVETKOVGER13S15Eve BENTLEY / Andrew HALLAMGBR1416Nora HOFFMANN / Attila ELEKHUN1517Petra NEMETHI / Daniel GALHUN15Nora KÖBER / Viktor DEVENYIHUN15SAndrea MAJOR / Viktor EBNERHUN15S18Gloria AGOGLIATI / Alessandro ITALIANOITA1619Valentina ANSELMI / Fabrizio PEDRAZZINIITA1620Flavia OTTAVIANI / Massimo SCALIITA16Lidia LEWANDOSKI / Andrea VATURIITA16S21Elena JEGOROVA / Aurimas RADISAUSKASLTU1722Dominika POLAKOWSKA / Marcin TREBACKIPOL1823Agata ROSLONSKA / Michal TOMASZEWSKIPOL18Kamila PRZYK / Slawomir JANICKIPOL18S24Tae-Hwa YANG / Chuen-Gun LEEKOR1925Elena KHALIAVINA / Maxim SHABALINRUS2026Svetlana 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