2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | 5–11 March 2018 |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Host: | Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships |
Venue: | Armeets Arena |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexey Erokhov | |
Ladies' singles: Alexandra Trusova | |
Pairs: Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | |
Ice dance: Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | |
Previous: 2017 World Junior Championships | |
Next: 2019 World Junior Championships |
The 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 5–11 March 2018. [1]
The following new junior records were set during this competition:
Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
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Ladies | Free skating | Alexandra Trusova | 153.49 | 10 March 2018 | [2] |
Total score | 225.52 |
The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day. [3]
Minimum technical scores (TES) [3] | ||
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Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
Men | 20 | 42 |
Ladies | 20 | 35 |
Pairs | 20 | 30 |
Ice dance | 18 | 28 |
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. |
Based on the results of the 2017 Junior World Championships, each ISU member nation fielded one to three entries per discipline.
Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
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3 | United States Russia | Russia Japan | Australia Russia | United States Russia |
2 | South Korea Israel France Japan Ukraine Canada | South Korea United States Germany Hong Kong | China Canada United States South Korea | Canada France Czech Republic Germany |
If not listed above, one entry is allowed. |
Day | Date | Start | Finish | Discipline | Event |
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Day 1 | March 7 | 12:00 | Dance | Short dance | |
17:30 | Opening ceremony | ||||
19:00 | Pairs | Short program | |||
Day 2 | March 8 | 11:30 | Men | Short program | |
19:00 | Pairs | Free skating | |||
Pairs | Victory ceremony | ||||
Day 3 | March 9 | 10:45 | Ladies | Short program | |
19:00 | Dance | Free dance | |||
Dance | Victory ceremony | ||||
Day 4 | March 10 | 11:00 | Men | Free skating | |
Men | Victory ceremony | ||||
16:00 | Ladies | Free skating | |||
Ladies | Victory ceremony | ||||
Day 5 | March 11 | 15:00 | Exhibition gala |
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2017. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 13 February 2018.
Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Reference |
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January 12, 2018 | United States | Ladies | Starr Andrews | Emmy Ma | [9] |
The leader from the short program, Alexei Krasnozhon, sustained an injury on his first jumping pass, a quad Salchow, and subsequently withdrew from the competition. [10]
Alexandra Trusova set a new junior world record for the free skating (153.49 points) landing a quadruple salchow and quadruple toe. She also set the new combined total record (225.52 points).
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 225.52 | 1 | 72.03 | 1 | 153.49 |
2 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 207.39 | 2 | 71.63 | 2 | 135.76 |
3 | Mako Yamashita | Japan | 195.17 | 3 | 66.79 | 3 | 128.38 |
4 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 186.35 | 6 | 62.63 | 5 | 123.72 |
5 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 185.12 | 5 | 62.96 | 6 | 122.16 |
6 | Yuhana Yokoi | Japan | 184.78 | 8 | 59.81 | 4 | 124.97 |
7 | Ting Cui | United States | 180.39 | 7 | 62.22 | 7 | 118.17 |
8 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 175.25 | 4 | 63.74 | 9 | 111.51 |
9 | You Young | South Korea | 171.78 | 9 | 59.79 | 8 | 111.99 |
10 | Lea Johanna Dastich | Germany | 164.34 | 12 | 55.32 | 10 | 109.02 |
11 | Yi Christy Leung | Hong Kong | 156.22 | 11 | 56.97 | 13 | 99.25 |
12 | Stefanie Pesendorfer | Austria | 153.70 | 13 | 54.16 | 12 | 99.54 |
13 | Anastasiia Arkhipova | Ukraine | 151.98 | 10 | 59.37 | 16 | 92.61 |
14 | Selma Ihr | Sweden | 150.35 | 14 | 53.33 | 14 | 97.02 |
15 | Alexandra Feigin | Bulgaria | 147.50 | 17 | 51.49 | 15 | 96.01 |
16 | Lucrezia Beccari | Italy | 147.45 | 23 | 46.46 | 11 | 100.99 |
17 | Aurora Cotop | Canada | 141.64 | 21 | 49.15 | 17 | 92.49 |
18 | Chen Hongyi | China | 141.00 | 18 | 49.83 | 18 | 91.17 |
19 | Emmy Ma | United States | 139.98 | 16 | 52.78 | 19 | 87.20 |
20 | Ann-Christin Marold | Germany | 135.56 | 15 | 52.84 | 20 | 82.72 |
21 | Kristen Spours | United Kingdom | 129.21 | 19 | 49.57 | 21 | 79.64 |
22 | Alana Toktarova | Kazakhstan | 127.27 | 22 | 48.28 | 22 | 78.99 |
23 | Chloe Ing | Singapore | 124.26 | 20 | 49.27 | 23 | 74.99 |
24 | Kyarha van Tiel | Netherlands | 116.77 | 24 | 45.88 | 24 | 70.89 |
Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
25 | Dahyun Ko | Czech Republic | 45.68 | 25 | 45.68 | — | |
26 | Morgan Flood | Azerbaijan | 45.04 | 26 | 45.04 | — | |
27 | Andrea Montesinos Cantu | Mexico | 44.26 | 27 | 44.26 | — | |
28 | Maya Gorodnitsky | Israel | 44.24 | 28 | 44.24 | — | |
29 | Sofia Sula | Finland | 44.21 | 29 | 44.21 | — | |
30 | Güzide Irmak Bayır | Turkey | 43.09 | 30 | 43.09 | — | |
31 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei | 43.06 | 31 | 43.06 | — | |
32 | Júlia Láng | Hungary | 42.00 | 32 | 42.00 | — | |
33 | Silvia Hugec | Slovakia | 41.49 | 33 | 41.49 | — | |
34 | Kristina Škuleta-Gromova | Estonia | 41.30 | 34 | 41.30 | — | |
35 | Maïa Mazzara | Switzerland | 40.69 | 35 | 40.69 | — | |
36 | Hana Cvijanović | Croatia | 40.51 | 36 | 40.51 | — | |
37 | Anete Lāce | Latvia | 40.03 | 37 | 40.03 | — | |
38 | Léa Serna | France | 39.97 | 38 | 39.97 | — | |
39 | Oliwia Rzepiel | Poland | 39.71 | 39 | 39.71 | — | |
40 | Amanda Stan | Romania | 38.46 | 40 | 38.46 | — | |
41 | Hiu Ching Kwong | Hong Kong | 37.31 | 41 | 37.31 | — | |
42 | Aliaksandra Chepeleva | Belarus | 36.63 | 42 | 36.63 | — | |
43 | Paulina Ramanauskaitė | Lithuania | 33.50 | 43 | 33.50 | — | |
44 | Maruša Udrih | Slovenia | 32.71 | 44 | 32.71 | — |
Medals for overall placement:
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Alexey Erokhov | Artur Danielian | Matteo Rizzo |
Ladies | Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kostornaia | Mako Yamashita |
Pairs | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov |
Ice dancing | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Alexei Krasnozhon | Alexey Erokhov | Mitsuki Sumoto |
Ladies | Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kostornaia | Mako Yamashita |
Pairs | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong |
Ice dance | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Alexey Erokhov | Artur Danielian | Joseph Phan |
Ladies | Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kostornaia | Mako Yamashita |
Pairs | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin |
Ice dance | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |
Table of medals for overall placement:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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