2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships logo.jpeg
Type:ISU Championship
Date:April 13 – 17
Season:2021–22
Location:Tallinn, Estonia
Host:Estonian Skating Union
Venue:Tondiraba Ice Hall
Defending champions
Men's singles:
Russia Andrei Mozalev
Ladies' singles:
Russia Kamila Valieva
Pair skating:
Russia Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov
Ice dance:
United States Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik
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The 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships will be held from April 13–17, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Figure skaters will compete for the title of junior world champion in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition will determine the entry quotas for each federation during the series and at the .

The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 7–13, 2022.[1][2] On February 27, the ISU announced that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the event would be unable to be held as scheduled in Bulgaria.[3] Tallinn was announced as the host for the newly scheduled dates on March 4.[4] The city previously hosted the event twice, in 2015 and 2020, and also hosted the most recent iteration of the event as the previous season's World Junior Championships were cancelled.

On March 1, 2022, the ISU banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Background[]

On February 12, the International Skating Union announced that the event could not be held as planned due to concerns about a surge in omicron variant cases in Bulgaria peaking on the originally scheduled dates, as well as the host nation's restrictive entry requirements. As the 2021 World Junior Championships were already cancelled, the ISU announced that they would evaluate the feasibility of postponing the event until May 2022, if the Bulgarian Skating Federation was willing and other ISU member nations were willing to attend.[6] A final decision was expected to be made at the ISU Council meeting on February 24, but was delayed to allow time to assess the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

On February 27, the ISU announced that while they were still considering the feasibility of postponing the event to later in the spring, Bulgaria would no longer be available to host and invited other ISU member nations to apply as replacement hosts.[3] The Estonian Skating Union, which hosted both the European and Four Continents Championships earlier in the season, was the sole applicant and thus the winning bid.[4]

Qualification[]

Age and minimum TES requirements[]

Skaters who reach the age of 13 before July 1, 2021, but have not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) are eligible to compete at the junior level.

The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding two seasons (adjusted from the traditional one due to the pandemic), no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.[1]

Minimum technical scores (TES)
Discipline SP / RD FS / FD
Men 23 42
Women 23 38
Pairs 23 34
Ice dance 23 37
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding two seasons.
SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline[]

Normally, the number of entries would be based on the results of the preceding Junior Worlds. However, as the 2021 World Junior Championships were cancelled, the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships were used instead.[8]

Spots Men Women Pairs Dance
3  Russia[a]
 Japan
 United States 		 Russia[a]
 United States
 South Korea 		 Russia[a]  United States
 Georgia
 Russia[a]
2  Italy
 France
 Estonia
 Canada 		 Poland
 Canada
 Azerbaijan
 Japan 		 Germany
 France
 United States
 Georgia
 China
 Canada 		 France
 Canada
If not listed above, one entry is allowed.

Schedule[]

No exhibition gala was scheduled.[9]

Date Discipline Time Segment
Thursday, April 14 Men 13:00 Short program
All 18:30 Opening ceremony
Pairs 19:05 Short program
Friday, April 15 Ice dance 14:15 Rhythm dance
Pairs 18:55 Free skating
Saturday, April 16 Women 10:15 Short program
Men 18:15 Free skating
Sunday, April 17 Ice dance 11:45 Free dance
Women 15:45 Free skating
All times are listed in local time (UTC+03:00).[10]

Entries[]

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2021. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on March 25, 2022.[11]

Country Men[12] Women[13] Pairs[14] Ice dance[15]
 Armenia
 Australia /
 Austria /
 Azerbaijan
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Canada[16]
Stephen Gogolev
Brooke McIntosh /
/ 		/
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
 Croatia
 Cyprus Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich
 Czech Republic[17] / /
 Denmark
 Estonia[18] Arlet Levandi
Mihhail Selevko 		Niina Petrõkina /
 Finland[19] Linnea Ceder
 France[20]
/ /
/
 Georgia Karina Safina / Luka Berulava /
 Germany[21] / /
 Great Britain[22] /
 Greece
 Hong Kong
 Hungary /
 Iceland Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir
 Israel /
 Italy Nikolaj Memola
 / /
 Japan[23] Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Kao Miura
Tatsuya Tsuboi
/
 Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaidorov
 Latvia
 Lithuania[24]
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Norway[25]
 Philippines[26] Sofia Frank
 Poland
/
 Romania
 Slovakia Adam Hagara /
 Slovenia
 South Korea[27] Cha Young-hyun
Wi Seo-yeong
 /
 Spain
 Sweden[28]
  Switzerland[29] /
 Turkey /
 Ukraine / /
 United States[30]

Ilia Malinin 		Isabeau Levito

Lindsay Thorngren 		Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Oona Brown / Gage Brown
/
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen

Changes to preliminary entries[]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
February 6 Pairs Canada / Canada / Failed to meet TES minimums [31]
February 14 Ice dance Switzerland / Switzerland / Knee injury (Zehnder) [32]
March 10 Women South Korea Lee Hae-in South Korea Event conflict with Triglav Trophy [33]
March 11 Pairs United States / N/A [34]
March 25 Men Chinese Taipei [35][12]
Japan Shun Sato Japan Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Left shoulder injury[36] [12]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d On March 1, the ISU banned participation by Russian and Belarusian skaters in all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Sofia 2022 Announcement". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 2316: Decisions of the Council – 4. Provisional Allotment of 2022 ISU Championships". International Skating Union. April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "ISU Statement on Ukraine and remaining ISU Events season 2021/22". International Skating Union. February 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 – Sofia (BUL)". International Skating Union. February 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "ISU Communication No. 2460: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. February 24, 2022.
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  13. ^ "ISU World Junior Championships 2022: Junior Women". International Skating Union. March 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "ISU World Junior Championships 2022: Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. March 25, 2022.
  15. ^ "ISU World Junior Championships 2022: Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "Skate Canada names teams for ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® 2022" (Press release). Skate Canada. January 14, 2022.
  17. ^ "Sportovní dvojice Žuková, Bidař nebude závodit na MS ve Francii. Za vše může zranění" [Sports pair Žuková, Bidař will not compete at the World Championships in France. Injury is to blame]. Czech Television (in Czech). March 16, 2022.
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  19. ^ "Taitoluistelun junioreiden MM-kilpailujen edustajat" [Representatives of the Junior World Figure Skating Championships] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. February 28, 2022.
  20. ^ Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (February 9, 2022). "La liste des athlètes qui représenteront la France aux Championnats du Monde Junior de patinage artistique" [The list of athletes who will represent France at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships] (in French) – via Facebook.
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  24. ^ Lithuanian Skating Federation (March 4, 2022). "16-metė lietuvė pretendavo į medalius dailiojo čiuožimo varžybose Taline" [The 16-year-old Lithuanian applied for medals in the figure skating competition in Tallinn]. Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  25. ^ "Uttak Junior VM" [Withdrawal Junior WC] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Skating Federation. February 7, 2022.
  26. ^ Go, Beatrice (December 10, 2021). "PH figure skater Sofia Frank qualifies for Junior World Championships". Rappler.
  27. ^ Kwon, Soo-yeon (January 9, 2022). "삼보모터스, 피겨스케이팅 우수선수 장학금 쾌척" [Sambo Motors offers scholarships for outstanding figure skating athletes]. Naver Sports (in Korean).
  28. ^ "Uttagna till JVM: Emelie Ling och Andreas Nordebäck" [Selected for JVM: Emelie Ling and Andreas Nordebäck] (in Swedish). Swedish Figure Skating Association. January 3, 2022.
  29. ^ "Selektionen (JGP, GP und ISU Meisterschaften)" [Selections (JGP, GP and ISU Championships)] (in German). Swiss Ice Skating.
  30. ^
  31. ^ "Events – Skate Canada". Skate Canada. February 6, 2022.
  32. ^ Zehnder, Gina; Sieber, Beda Leon [@gina.and.beda_icedance] (February 14, 2022). "After winning this years Swiss championships, we were selected to represent Switzerland at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating championships" – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ Jo, Young-joon (March 10, 2022). "'4대륙 銀' 이해인, 피겨 주니어 세계선수권 기권…시니어 대회서 시즌 마감" [‘Four Continents Silver Medalist' Lee Hae-in withdraws from the figure skating World Junior Championship… End of season in senior competition]. Naver Sports (in Korean).
  34. ^ "2021–22 International Assignments and Results". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  35. ^ Chinese Taipei Skating Union [@tpeskating] (January 27, 2022). "國際參賽最新消息 爭取2022世青賽資格" [International competition latest news Qualifying for the 2022 World Youth Championship] (in Chinese) – via Instagram.
  36. ^ "佐藤駿が世界ジュニア辞退　左肩故障の影響" [Shun Sato declines Junior Worlds, impact of left shoulder injury]. Sankei Sports (in Japanese). March 26, 2022.

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