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World Junior Figure Skating Championships
March 5 - 12, 2000
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International Skating UnionEstablished 1892The Official Home of |
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
March 5 - 12, 2000
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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 However, Kazakhstan has withdrawn its entry.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 premičre (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 Championship Oberstdorf, March 5-12, 2000 - subject to change - Saturday, March 4th 10,00 hrs Team Leaders' Meeting 17,00 hrs Judges' Draw and Judges' Meeting Sunday, March 5th 20,00 hrs Opening and Draw Monday, March 6th 10,45 hrs Men Qualifying Group A / B 14,30 hrs Men Qualifying Group B / A 18,30 hrs Opening Ceremony 19,00 hrs Pairs Short Program Tuesday, March 7th 11,30 hrs Ice Dancing two Compulsory Dances 18,30 hrs Men Short Program Wednesday, March 8th 10,30 hrs Ladies Qualifying Group A / B 14,15 hrs Ladies Qualifying Group B / A 18,30 hrs Pairs Free Skating Thursday, March 9th 13,00 hrs Ice Dancing Original Dance 18,30 hrs Men Free Skating Friday, March 10th 13,00 hrs Ladies Short Program 18,30 hrs Ice Dancing Free Dance Saturday, March 11th 13,30 hrs Ladies Free Skating Sunday, March 12th 14,00 hrs Gala Exhibition The participating nations in the Junior Worlds 1. ARM Armenia 2. AUS Australia 3. AUT Austria 4. AZE Azerbaijan 5. BLR Belarus 6. BEL Belgium 7. BIH Bosnia-Herzegovina 8. BUL Bulgaria 9. CAN Canada 10. CHN China 11. CRO Croatia 12. CZE Czech Republic 13. DEN Denmark 14. ESP Spain 15. EST Estonia 16. FIN Finland 17. FRA France 18. GBR Great Britain 19. GER Germany 20. GEO Georgia 21. GRE Greece 22. HKG Hong Kong/China 23. HUN Hungary 24. ISR Israel 25. ITA Italy 26. JPN Japan 27. KAZ Kazakhstan 28. KOR Korea 29. LAT Latvia 30. LTU Lithuania 31. MEX Mexico 32. NED Netherlands 33. NZL New Zealand 34. POL Poland 35. ROM Romania 36. RUS Russia 37. RSA South Africa 38. SLO Slovenia 39. SUI Switzerland 40. SVK Slovakia 41. SWE Sweden 42. TPE Chinese Taipei 43. TUR Turkey 44. UKR Ukraine 45. USA United States 46. UZB Uzbekistan 47. YUG Yugoslavia * 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 2000 Ladies 1 Stephanie ZHANG AUS 1 Andrea BOSS AUS 1 S 2 Julia LAUTOWA AUT 2 Karin STREBL AUT 2 S 3 Viktoria DIRKO BLR 3 4 Sara FALOTICO BEL 4 Natalie HOSTE BEL 4 S 5 Christina VASSILEVA BUL 5 6 Marianne DUBUC CAN 6 Audrey THIBAULT CAN 6 S 7 Dan FANG CHN 7 8 Carina CHEN TPE 8 9 Ines PAVLENKOVIC CRO 9 Mirina GRUBISIC CRO 9 S Idora HEGEL CRO 9 S 10 Lucie KRAUSOVA CZE 10 Ivana HUDZIECOVA CZE 10 S Erika MERVARTOVA CZE 10 S 11 Mikkeline KIERKGAARD DEN 11 12 Maria LEVITAN EST 12 13 Elina KETTUNEN FIN 13 Susanna PÖYKIÖ FIN 13 S 14 Julie CORTIAL FRA 14 Gwenaelle JULLIEN FRA 14 S 15 Zoya DOUCHINE GER 15 16 Susanne STADLMÜLLER GER 15 Andrea DIEWALD GER 15 S Katharina WICHERT GER 15 S 17 Jennifer HOLMES GBR 16 Vikki HODGES GBR 16 S 18 Konstantina LIVANOU GRE 17 Maria MASTROGIANNOPOULOU GRE 17 S 19 Christine M. LEE HKG 18 20 Tamara DOROFEJEV HUN 19 21 Barbara MAROS HUN 19 Katalin SZAKAL HUN 19 S Petra SZAPPAN HUN 19 S 22 Paola PASETTO ITA 20 Claudia di CONSTANZO ITA 20 S 23 Yukari NAKANO JPN 21 24 Chisato SHIINA JPN 21 Yoshie ONDA JPN 21 S 25 Gintare VOSTRECOVAITE LTU 22 Renata MARCINKUTE LTU 22 S Julia SELEPEN LTU 22 S Dominyka VALIUKEVICIUTE LTU 22 S 26 Silvia Marcela RODRIGUEZ MEX 23 27 Martine ZUIDERWIJK NED 24 Karen VENHUIZEN NED 24 S 28 Dirke O'Brien BAKER NZL 25 29 Anna JURKIEWICZ POL 26 30 Sabina WOJTALA POL 26 Magdalena LESKI POL 26 S Iwona SZCZEPKA POL 26 S 31 Bin-Na PARK KOR 27 32 Roxana LUCA ROM 28 33 Natalia RIZHOVA RUS 29 34 Daria TIMOSHENKO RUS 29 35 Irina TKATCHUK RUS 29 Kristina OBLASOVA RUS 29 S Tatiana VASINA RUS 29 S 36 Diana JANOSTAKOVA SVK 30 Tatiana DURKOVSKA SVK 30 S Silvia KONCOKOVA SVK 30 S Lucia STAROVICOVA SVK 30 S 37 Anja BESLIC SLO 31 Anja BRATEC SLO 31 S Teodora POSTIC SLO 31 S 38 Quinn WILMANS RSA 32 39 Olga MORATO ESP 33 Silvia VIDALES ESP 33 S 40 Asa PERSSON SWE 34 Carina BIERICH SWE 34 S 41 Lucie-Anne BLAZEK SUI 35 42 Sarah MEIER SUI 35 Corinne DJOUNGONG SUI 35 S Cornelia RAST SUI 35 S 43 Özen PERVAN TUR 36 44 Galina MANIACHENKO UKR 37 Anna NESHCHERET UKR 37 S 45 Sasha COHEN USA 38 46 Jennifer KIRK USA 38 47 Deanna STELLATO USA 38 Naomi Nari NAM USA 38 S Stacey PENSGEN USA 38 S 48 Ksenija JASTSENSKI YUG 39 Men 1 Peter NICHOLAS AUS 1 Bradley SANTER AUS 1 S 2 Christian HORVATH AUT 2 Clemens JONAS AUT 2 S 3 Andrei DOBROKHODOV AZE 3 4 Igor ROLINSKI BLR 4 Konstantin BELIAEV BLR 4 S Dmitri MOLOCHNIKOV BLR 4 S 5 Kevin van der PERREN BEL 5 6 Stanimir TODOROV BUL 6 7 Fedor ANDREEV CAN 7 8 Nicholas YOUNG CAN 7 Blair SMITH CAN 7 S 9 Song GAO CHN 8 10 Xiaodong MA CHN 8 11 Karlo POZGAJCIC CRO 9 12 Lukás RAKOWSKI CZE 10 Tomás SROM CZE 10 S Tomas VERNER CZE 10 S 13 Aleksei SAKS EST 11 14 Cyril BRUN FRA 12 15 Brian JOUBERT FRA 12 16 Vincent RESTENCOURT FRA 12 Nicolas BEAUDELIN FRA 12 S Johan SAND`HOMME FRA 12 S 17 Stefan LINDEMANN GER 13 Ronny AHLSWEDE GER 13 S Florian JUST GER 13 S 18 Alan STREET GBR 14 Matthew DAVIES GBR 14 S 19 Panagiotis MARKOUIZOS GRE 15 Panagiotis ZOIDIS GRE 15 S 20 Bertalan ZAKANY HUN 16 21 Vadim AKOLZIN ISR 17 22 Karel ZELENKA ITA 18 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 18 S 23 Eiji IWAMOTO JPN 19 24 Kensuke NAKANIWA JPN 19 25 Soshi TANAKA JPN 19 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 19 S 26 Tomas KATUKEVICIUS LTU 20 Aidas REKLYS LTU 20 S 27 Mauricio MEDELLIN MEX 21 28 Maurice LIM NED 22 Michael LIM NED 22 S 29 Bartosz DOMANSKI POL 23 30 Balint MIKLOS ROM 24 31 Denis BALADIN RUS 25 32 Ilia KLIMKIN RUS 25 33 Andrei LEZIN RUS 25 Ivan MURIGIN RUS 25 S Alexander SHUBIN RUS 25 S 34 Juraj SVIATKO SVK 26 Ivan KINCIK SVK 26 S 35 Gregor URBAS SLO 27 36 Matthew WILKINSON RSA 28 37 Miguel BALLESTEROS ESP 29 38 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 30 Filip STILLER SWE 30 S 39 Stéphane LAMBIEL SUI 31 Oscar PETER SUI 31 S 40 Tayfun ANAR TUR 32 41 Andrej KIFORENKO UKR 33 Konstantin TUPIKOV UKR 33 S 42 Ryan BRADLEY USA 34 43 Matthew SAVOIE USA 34 Evan LYSACEK USA 34 S Parker PENNINGTON USA 34 S Pairs 1 Maria KRASILTSEVA / Artem ZNACHKOV ARM 1 2 Chantal POIRIER / Craig BUNTIN CAN 2 3 Virgina TOOMBS / James JOHNSON CAN 2 Johanna PURDY / Kevin MAGUIRE CAN 2 S 4 Yang DING / Zhongfei REN CHN 3 5 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 3 6 Radka ZLATOHLAVKOVA / Karel STEFL CZE 4 7 Viktorya SHKLOVER / Valdis MINTALS EST 5 8 Sabrina LEFRANCOIS / Jerome BLANCHARD FRA 6 Astrid BELLAROSA / Jean-Frederic HANTZBERG FRA 6 S 9 Claudia RAUSCHENBACH / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 7 Sonja SCHEEL / Arvid HORST GER 7 S 10 Rebecca CORNE / Richard ROWLANDS GBR 8 11 Tatjana ZAHARJEVA / Juris SALMANOVS LAT 9 12 Melisa BROZOVICH / Anton NIMENKO RUS 10 13 Elena RIABCHYK / Stanislav ZAKHAROV RUS 10 14 Julia SHAPIRO / Alexei SOKOLOV RUS 10 Svetlana NIKOLAEVA / Pavel LEBEDEV RUS 10 S Victoria SHLIAKHOVA / Griorgy PETROVSKY RUS 10 S 15 Diana RISKOVA / Vladimir FUTAS SVK 11 16 Ekaterina LEBEDEVA / Alexander LEVINTSOV UKR 12 17 Yulia OBERTAS / Dmitry PALAMARCHUK UKR 12 18 Aljona SAVCHENKO / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR 12 19 Amanda MAGARIAN / Jered GUZMAN USA 13 20 Larissa SPIELBERG / Craig JOERIGHT USA 13 21 Jessica WALDSTEIN / Garrett LUCASH USA 13 Megan SIERK / Dustin SIERK USA 13 S Tiffany STIEGLER / Johnnie STIEGLER USA 13 S 22 Irina SHABANOVA / Artem KNYAZEV UZB 14 23 Ivana Durin / Andrej Maksimov YUG 15 Ice Dancing 1 Alexandra MARTIN / Daniel PRICE AUS 1 2 Barbara HERZOG / David VINCOUR AUT 2 3 Alissa de CARBONELL / Alexander MALKOV BLR 3 4 Marina GALITCH / Denis BEJNAR BIH 4 5 Brenda KEY / Ryan SMITH CAN 5 Mellissa ACKAD / Mathieu RAINVILLE CAN 5 S 6 Fang YANG / Chongbo GAO CHN 6 7 Kamilla SZOLNOKI / Dejan ILLES CRO 7 8 Lucie KADLCAKOVA / Hynek BILEK CZE 8 Hana RISKOVA / Tomas RYBANSKY CZE 8 S 9 Marina TIMOFEJEVA / Evgeni STRIGANOV EST 9 10 Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA FIN 10 11 Nelly GOURVEST / Cedric PERNET FRA 11 12 Roxane PETETIN / Mathieu JOST FRA 11 Caroline TRUONG / Sylvain LONGCHAMBON FRA 11 S 13 Tatiana SINIAVER / Tornike TUKVADZE GEO 12 14 Christina BEIER / William BEIER GER 13 Miriam STEINEL / Vladimir TSVETKOV GER 13 S 15 Eve BENTLEY / Andrew HALLAM GBR 14 16 Nora HOFFMANN / Attila ELEK HUN 15 17 Petra NEMETHI / Daniel GAL HUN 15 Nora KÖBER / Viktor DEVENYI HUN 15 S Andrea MAJOR / Viktor EBNER HUN 15 S 18 Gloria AGOGLIATI / Alessandro ITALIANO ITA 16 19 Valentina ANSELMI / Fabrizio PEDRAZZINI ITA 16 20 Flavia OTTAVIANI / Massimo SCALI ITA 16 Lidia LEWANDOSKI / Andrea VATURI ITA 16 S 21 Elena JEGOROVA / Aurimas RADISAUSKAS LTU 17 22 Dominika POLAKOWSKA / Marcin TREBACKI POL 18 23 Agata ROSLONSKA / Michal TOMASZEWSKI POL 18 Kamila PRZYK / Slawomir JANICKI POL 18 S 24 Tae-Hwa YANG / Chuen-Gun LEE KOR 19 25 Elena KHALIAVINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 20 26 Svetlana KULIKOVA / Arseny MARKOV RUS 20 27 Natalia ROMANIUTA / Daniel BARANTSEV RUS 20 Julia GOLOVINA / Denis EGOROV RUS 20 S Anna MOTORILOVA / Sergei MAGEROVSKY RUS 20 S 28 Daniela KELLER / Fabian KELLER SUI 21 29 Kristina KOBALADZE / Oleg VOIKO UKR 22 30 Olga KUDYM / Anton TERESHCHENKO UKR 22 31 Victoria POLZYKINA / Alexander SHAKALOV UKR 22 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Yury KOCHERZHENKO UKR 22 S 32 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 23 33 Emilie NUSSEAR / Brandon FORSYTH USA 23 34 Jesica VALENTINE / Matthew KOSSACK USA 23 Lia NITAKE / Ryan O'MEARA USA 23 S Kakani YOUNG / Ikaika YOUNG USA 23 S 35 Olga AKIMOVA / Andrey DRIGANOV UZB 24
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