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International Skating Union Figure Skating Results Mexico Cup 1998 Mexico City, Mexico September 9 - 13, 1998 Second Event of the Junior Grand Prix Series |
Yosuke Takeuichi (JPN) won the Men's competition and currently tops the overall rankings on 15 points with Vincent Restencourt (FRA), winner of the opening event in Saint Gervais.
Yuko Kawaguchi made it a double for Japan with a win in the Ladies' competition and she too shares joint first place on maximum points in the overall rankings, alongside Saint Gervais winner Irina Nikolaeva (RUS).
The Pairs' event was won by Meliza Brozovich and Anton Nimenko (RUS), who now share the overall lead with Yulia Obertas and Dmitry Palamarchuk (UKR), last season's world junior champions and winners of the inaugural ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.
Last season's winners of the Dance Final, Federica Faiella and Luciano Milo (ITA) opened their international season with a win in Mexico. The 1998 world junior silver medallists now share first place in the overall rankings with Tatiana Kurkudym and Yury Kocherzhenko (UKR).
Junior Grand Prix Series Standings
Men
TFP SP FP
1. Yosuke Takeuchi JPN 1.5 1 1
2. Eiji Iwamoto JPN 4.0 2 3
3. Jeffrey Franklin CAN 6.0 8 2
4. Fedor Andreev CAN 6.0 4 4
5. Breden Overett USA 6.5 3 5
6. Maxime Duchemin FRA 9.0 6 6
7. Yon Garcia SPN 10.5 7 7
8. Daniel Lee USA 10.5 5 8
9. Micheal Lubojanski GER 13.5 9 9
10. Mauricio Medellin MEX 15.0 10 10
11. Manuel Segura MEX 17.0 12 11
12. Hunberto Contreras MEX 17.5 11 12
Ladies
TFP SP FP
1. Yuko Kawaguchi JPN 1.5 1 1
2. Sarah Hughes USA 3.0 2 2
3. Chisato Shiina JPN 5.5 5 3
4. Andrea Aggeler USA 6.0 4 4
5. Caroline Gulke GER 7.5 3 6
6. Julia Sebestyn HUN 9.0 8 5
7. Marie Laurier CAN 11.0 6 8
8. Annukke Laukkanen FIN 11.5 9 7
9. Magdalena Leski POL 14.0 10 9
10. Allbel Alegre SPN 15.5 11 10
11. Geraldine Zulini FRA 15.5 7 12
12. Marcela Rodriguez MEX 18.0 14 11
13. Sara Falotico BEL 19.5 13 13
14. Guinevere Chang TPE 20.0 12 14
15. Gladya Orozco MEX 22.5 15 15
16. Lilan Yedid MEX 24.0 16 16
Pairs
TFP SP FP
1. Meliza Brozovich/Anton Nimenko RUS 1.5 1 1
2. Eve Butchart/Clinton Petersen CAN 3.5 3 2
3. Larisa Spielberg/Craig Joeright USA 5.0 4 3
4. Megan Sierk/Dustin Sierk USA 5.0 2 4
5. Kala Gerrity/Jarvis Hetu CAN 7.5 5 5
Ice Dancing
TFP C1 OD FD
1. Federica Faiella/Luciano Milo ITA 2.4 1 2 1
2. Zita Gebora/Andras Visontai HUN 3.0 2 1 2
3. Jill Vernekohl/Jan Luggenholscher GER 6.2 4 4 3
4. Alison Newman/Michel Klus USA 6.4 3 3 4
5. Laura Currie/ Jeffrey Smith CAN 9.0 5 5 5
6. Roxane Petetin/Mathieu Jost FRA 10.6 6 6 6
7. Nora Hoffmann/Attila Elek HUN 12.6 7 7 7