The 2010 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships begin next week in The Hague, The Netherlands. The U.S. is sending a strong contingent to Junior Worlds. For the junior ladies, the U.S. is sending Christina Gao, Kiri Baga and Agnes Zawadzki. For junior men, it's Grant Hochstein, Armin Mahbanoozadeh and Keegan Messing. In ice dance, Piper Gilles and Zachary Donohue, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, and Rachel Tibbetts and Collin Brubaker were selected. And for pairs, it's Brynn Carman and AJ Reiss, Britney SImpson and Nathan Miller and Felicia Zhang and Taylor Toth.
The daily competition schedule is as follows:
- Tuesday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m. - Compulsory Dance
- Tuesday, March 9 at 7:15 p.m. - Pairs Short Program
- Wednesday, March 10 at 10 a.m. - Men's Short Program (1st half)
- Wednesday, March 10 at 2 p.m. - Men's Short Program (2nd half)
- Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. - Pairs Free Skate
- Thursday, March 11 at 1 p.m. - Original Dance
- Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. - Men's Free Skate
- Friday, March 12 at 9 a.m. - Ladies Short Program (1st half)
- Friday, March 12 at 2 p.m. - Ladies Short Program (2nd half)
- Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. - Free Dance
- Saturday, March 13 at 12 p.m. - Ladies Free Skate
- Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m. - Exhibition Gala