| Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Salchow Trophy, Malmö (SWE) |
The fifth qualifying event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, the Salchow Trophy, is taking place in Malmö (SWE) until November 4, 2001. The full list of entries is attached and final and immediate results of the competition are available directly from the ISU Internet site on ww2.isu.org.
A total of 66 entries from 24 ISU Member Federations are competing in Malmö. Three of the skaters in the Ladies event already have 15 points each, after winning the gold medal at previous Junior Grand Prix events during the season: Irina Tkatchuk (RUS) and Japan's Miki Ando and Yukina Ota. They will be challenged by Tatiana Basova (RUS), who has 13 points after winning a silver medal in the Junior Grand Prix event that was held in the Czech Republic four weeks ago. Leading the Men's field in Malmö and looking to secure their place on the podium, are Russia's Andrei Griazev and Damien Djordievic of France. Each skater won the gold and the bronze medals, respectively, in the Czech Republic. They are joined by Sergei Dobrin (RUS), who last season's silver medallist at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Russian pairs, Maria Mukhortova/Pavel Lebedev, and Anastasia Kuznina/Stanislav Evdokimov, who won the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the Czech Republic are meeting again in Malmö. In the Ice Dance event, Elena Romanovskya/Alexander Grachev of Russia arrive in Sweden fresh from their victory in the Netherlands last weekend. However, the Russian couple will face strong competition from sister and brother, Christina Beier/ William Beier (GER), who won the bronze medal in Gadsnk (POL) three weeks ago.
At each of the seven events, the top skaters are awarded points and prize money made available by the ISU. The top 8 Men, Ladies, Pairs and Dance Couples in the overall standings will qualify to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final to be held in Bled (SLO) on December 13-16, 2001. The total prize money, amounting to US$ 105.000,00 for the Junior Grand Prix Final, will be awarded to the top six skaters in each category. The global prize money per individual qualifying event is US $22.500,00. Points and prize money are awarded as follows:
Place Men/Ladies Pairs Ice Dance 1st 15 points US$ 2,000.00 15 points US$ 3,000.00 15 points US$ 3,000.00 2nd 13 points US$ 1,500.00 13 points US$ 2,250.00 13 points US$ 2,250.00 3rd 11 points US$ 1,000.00 11 points US$ 1,500.00 11 points US$ 1,500.00 4th 9 points 9 points 9 points 5th 7 points 7 points 7 points 6th 5 points 5 points 5 points 7th 4 points 4 points 8th 3 points 3 points 9th 2 points 10th 1 points
The total number of points accumulated by each skater/couple after two events will determine the overall ranking of the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the entries who will qualify for the Final.
Entries Ladies No. Name Nat. 1 Fauve SNAUWERT BEL 2 Amanda BILLINGS CAN 3 Meghan DUHAMEL CAN 4 Marie Luc JODOIN CAN 5 Mi Yo Ko OHTAKE CAN 6 Mirna GRUBISIC CRO 7 Erika MERVARTOVA CZE 8 Irina BABENKO DEN 9 Henna HIETALA FIN 10 Sanna REMES FIN 11 Celine LACOUR FRA 12 Veronika DIEWALD GER 13 Jenna MC CORKELL GBR 14 Claudia DI COSTANZO ITA 15 Valentina FABBRI ITA 16 Miki ANDO JPN 17 Yukina OTA JPN 18 Gintare VOSTRECOVAITE LTU 19 Ana Cecilia CANTU MEX 20 Tatiana BASOVA RUS 21 Irina TKACHUK RUS 22 Diana JANOSTAKOVA SVK 23 Jenna-Ann BUYS RSA 24 Pauline ESPEGREN SWE 25 Åsa PERSSON SWE 26 Marie SKÄRGÅRD SWE 27 Myriam FLUHMANN SUI Men No. Name Nat. 1 Christian RAUCHBAUER AUT 2 Dzmitry MALOCHNIKAU BLR 3 Marc Andre CRAIG CAN 4 Ken ROSE CAN 5 Xiaodong MA CHN 6 Michal MATLOCH CZE 7 Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI FIN 8 Damien DJORDIEVIC FRA 9 Mehdi NAFAKH FRA 10 Radomir SOUMAR GER 11 Tristan COUSINS GBR 12 Matthew WILKINSON GBR 13 Sergei KOTOV ISR 14 Kazumi KISHIMOTO JPN 15 Tomas KATUKEVICIUS LTU 16 Humberto CONTRERAS MEX 17 Sergei DOBRIN RUS 18 Andrei GRIAZEV RUS 19 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 20 Niklas HOGNER SWE Pairs No. Name Nat. 1 Yang DING / Zongfei REN CHN 2 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 3 Lucie STADELMAN / Yannick BONHEUR FRA 4 Anastasia KUZMINA / Stanislav EVDOKIMOV RUS 5 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Pavel LEBEDEV RUS Ice Dance No. Name Nat. 1 Mylene GIRARD / Brian INNES CAN 2 Sabrina GRANATA / Bradley YAEGER CAN 3 Marina TIMOFEIEVA / Jevgeni STRIGANOV EST 4 Pernelle CARON / Edouard DEZUTTE FRA 5 Myriam TRIVIDIC / Yann ABBACK FRA 6 Tatiana SINIAVER / Tornike TUKYADZE GEO 7 Christina BEIER / William BEIER GER 8 Candice TOWLER-GREEN / James PHILLIPSON GBR 9 Petra NEMETHI / Daniel GAL HUN 10 Camilla SPELTA / Luca LANOTTE ITA 11 Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV RUS 12 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER RUS 13 Anna ZADOROZHNYUK / Sergiy VERBILO UKR For further information please contact: Aline Bussat Ingwersen, ISU Media Coordinator Tel: +41 21 612 66 66 Fax: +41 21 612 66 77 E-mail: bussat@isu.ch or Salchow Trophy Tel: + 46 8 605 64 30 Fax: + 46 8 605 64 29 E-mail: salchowtropyh@hotmail.com