The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships begin tomorrow in Sofia, Bulgaria, and icenetwork is providing live and on-demand coverage of all the events. The U.S. has a pretty strong field entered -- For the ladies, Katrina Hacker (substituted for Mirai Nagasu who withdrew on February 12), Ashley Wagner and Caroline Zhang are entered. For the men, Curran Oi, Adam Rippon and Ross Miner are entered. In pairs, Brynn Carman/Chris Knierim and Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir will be competing. And in ice dance, Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein, Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell and Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani will be vying for the gold.
The live viewing schedule for icenetwork is as follows. Note: All times are Eastern.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
- 6:30 a.m. Compulsory dance
- 11:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies
- 12 noon Pairs short program
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
- 3:00 a.m. Men's short program, first half
- 7:00 a.m. Men's short program, second half
- 12 noon Pairs free skate
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26
- 6:00 a.m. Original dance
- 11:30 a.m. Men's free skate
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
- 2:00 a.m. Ladies short program, first half
- 7:00 a.m. Ladies short program, second half
- 11:30 a.m. Free dance
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
- 6:30 a.m. Ladies free skate
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