| Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2002, Bratislava (SVK) |
This week's Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating competition takes place in Bratislava (SVK) from October 3-6, 2002 and is the fifth of eight events in the series. The full list of entries is attached. Final results of the competition will be available directly from the ISU website on ww2.isu.org and on the organizers website at http://www.kraso.sk/skateslovakia/.
Among the skaters to look out for will be Alexander Shubin (RUS) who won the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel (FRA) last August, and is aiming for his second victory. In the Ladies event, the silver medalist in Belgrade (YUG), Alissa Czisny (USA) and the bronze medalist in Phoenix (USA), Alima Gershkovic (RUS) will compete to secure themselves a place in the Final. In the Dance event Elena Riabchuk / Stanislav Zahkarov (RUS) will be looking to improve their second place finish in Courchevel (FRA).
At stake are prize money and points towards qualification in the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final to be held in The Hague, Netherlands on December 12-15, 2002. After the completion of the series the leading eight Men, Ladies, Pairs and Dance Couples in the overall standings will qualify for the Final, where a total of US$105,000 will be divided among the top six skaters in each category.
The total prize money for each qualifying event is US$ 22,500 which is awarded to the medal winners for each category as follows:
Singles Pairs and Dance 1st place US$ 2,000 US$ 3,000 2nd place US$ 1,500 US$ 2,250 3rd place US$ 1,000 US$ 1,500 List of Competitors Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2002 Men 1. Sean CARLOW AUS 2. Christian RAUCHBAUER AUT 3. Dmitry MOLOCHNIKOV BLR 4. Eric LYONS CAN 5. Mathieu MICHAUD CAN 6. Michal MATLOCH CZE 7. Visa TUOMINEN FIN 8. Yannick PONSERO FRA 9. Alban PREAUBERT FRA 10. Peter LIEBERS GER 11. Matthew WILKINSON GBR 12. Bertalan ZAKANY HUN 13. Evgeny KRASNAPOLSKI ISR 14. Nobunari ODA JPN 15. Hideo UMETANI JPN 16. Miguel Angel MOYRON MEX 17. Krystian TERA POL 18. Mikhail MAGEROVSKI RUS 19. Alexander SHUBIN RUS 20. Ivan KINCIK SVK 21. Lukas KUZMIAK SVK 22. Taras RAJEC SVK 23. Urban KALSEK SLO 24. Juan LEGAZ ESP 25. Jordan BRAUNINGER USA 26. Dennis PHAN USA Ladies 1. Alix-Myra ANDERSON AUS 2. Lauren WINSBORROW AUS 3. Megan DUHAMEL CAN 4. Mira LEUNG CAN 5. Anny HOU TPE 6. Zeljka KRIZMANIC CRO 7. Jana SYKOROVA CZE 8. Irina BABENKO DEN 9. Elena MUHHINA EST 10. Sari HAKOLA FIN 11. Celine LACOUR FRA 12. Stephanie DANKERT GER 13. Vikki HODGES GBR 14. Viktoria PAVUK HUN 15. Keren BEN SHOHAM ISR 16. Giorgia CARROSSA ITA 17. Martina SASANELLI ITA 18. Ichie HAYASI JPN 19. Nana TAKEDA JPN 20. Olga ZADVORNOVA LAT 21. Silvia Marcela RODRIGUEZ MEX 22. Joële BASTIAANS NED 23. Anna JURKIEWICZ POL 24. Hyo-Jung Jeon KOR 25. Maria BUBENIKHINA RUS 26. Alima GERSHKOVSKI RUS 27. Jacqueline BELENYESIOVA SVK 28. Diana JANOSTAKOVA SVK 29. Simona OCELKOVA SVK 30. Teodora POSTIC SLO 31. Laura FERNANDEZ ESP 32. Lina JOHANSSON SWE 33. Miriam FLÜHMANN SUI 34. Svetlana PILIPENKO UKR 35. Alissa CZISNY USA 36. Natalie MECHER USA Pairs 1. Chantal POIRIER / Jesse STURDY CAN 2. Veronika HAVLICKOVA / Karel STEFL CZE 3. Julia KARBOVSKAYA / Sergei SLAVNOV RUS 4. Elena Ryabchuk/Stanislav Zakharov RUS 5. Yulia BELOGLAZOVA / Andrej BEKH UKR 6. Colette APPEL / Lee HARRIS USA 7. Tiffany VISE / Laureano IBARRA USA Ice Dancing 1. Siobhan KARAM / Joshua McGRATH CAN 2. Petra PACHLOVA / Petr KNOTH CZE 3. Marina TIMOFEIEVA / Evgeni STRIGANOV EST 4. Camille ALLONCIE / Joffrey BONNEL FRA 5. Candice TOWLER-GREEN / James PHILIPSON GBR 6. Michelle CHRUDINAK / Peter HALMY HUN 7. Camille SPELTA / Luca LANOTTE ITA 8. Paulina URBAN / Marcin TREBACKI POL 9. Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV RUS 10. Anastasia SADOKHINA / Andrei FEDOROV RUS 11. Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergej VERBILO UKR 12. Carly DONOWICK / Leo UNGAR USA 13. Sarah SOLOMON / Benjamin COHEN USA For further information please contact: Patricia Mayor, Mr. Alfonz Juck Sports Coordinator Figure Skating Tel. +41 21 612 66 66 Tel: +421 905 347 901 Fax. +41 21 612 66 77 Fax: +421 2 5477 6479 E-mail: mayor@isu.ch E-mail: alfonz@sita.sk