2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships results

The top 10 results for mens, ladies, pairs and ice dancing at the 2011 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea are below.

FOR THE MEN:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	200.13	3	2
2	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	196.98	6	1
3	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	195.71	4	3
4	Keegan MESSING	USA	195.07	1	7
5	Max AARON	USA	193.92	5	4
6	Han YAN	CHN	187.49	8	5
7	Jason BROWN	USA	185.44	7	6
8	Artur DMITRIEV	RUS	181.19	2	11
9	Gordei GORSHKOV	RUS	177.34	14	8
10	Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	175.72	12	9

FOR THE LADIES:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	174.96	1	1
2	Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA	RUS	169.11	2	2
3	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	161.07	5	3
4	Christina GAO	USA	155.27	3	6
5	Risa SHOJI	JPN	151.27	7	5
6	Courtney HICKS	USA	150.92	10	4
7	Polina SHELEPEN	RUS	149.93	4	8
8	Miyabi OBA	JPN	148.62	6	7
9	Zijun LI	CHN	139.81	8	10
10	Ira VANNUT	BEL	133.51	18	9

FOR PAIRS:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	167.01	1	1
2	Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV	RUS	159.60	3	2
3	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	154.52	2	3
4	Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN	USA	135.40	8	4
5	Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ	CAN	129.97	4	6
6	Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL	CAN	129.28	7	5
7	Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV	RUS	118.75	5	11
8	Klara KADLECOVA / Petr BIDAR	CZE	117.24	9	9
9	Cassie ANDREWS / Timothy LEDUC	USA	117.11	11	7
10	Carolina GILLESPIE / Luca DEMATTE	ITA	116.44	12	8

FOR ICE DANCING:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN	RUS	144.16	1	1
2	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	134.64	2	3
3	Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY	USA	133.36	3	4
4	Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART	FRA	128.16	9	2
5	Nikola VISNOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY	SVK	126.07	4	6
6	Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN	RUS	125.43	6	5
7	Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS	USA	122.90	5	8
8	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	122.22	8	7
9	Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ	ESP	120.41	10	10
10	Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND	EST	117.50	7	12

US Figure Skating announces 2011 World and Four Continents teams

At the conclusion of the 2011 US Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. Figure Skating announced the World, Four Continents and World Junior Teams. Worlds will be held in Tokyo, Japan from March 21 - 27. Four Continents will be held in Taipei City, Taiwan from February 15 - 20.

FOR THE LADIES:

2011 World Championships: Alissa Czisny and Rachael Flatt (Alternate 1 - Mirai Nagasu (at right); Alternate 2 - Agnes Zawadzki; Alternate 3 - Christina Gao)

2011 Four Continents Championships: Alissa Czisny, Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu (Alternate 1 - Ashley Wagner; Alternate 2 - Agnes Zawadzki; Alternate 3 - Christina Gao)

2011 World Junior Championships: Christina Gao, Courtney Hicks and Agnes Zawadzki (Alternate 1 - Vanessa Lam; Alternate 2 - Yasmin Siraj; Alternate 3 - Kristiene Gong)

FOR THE MEN:

2011 World Championships: Ryan Bradley, Richard Dornbush and Ross Miner (Alternate 1 - Jeremy Abbott; Alternate 2 - Adam Rippon; Alternate 3 - Armin Mahbanoozadeh)

2011 Four Continents Championships: Jeremy Abbott, Armin Mahbanoozadeh and Adam Rippon (Alternate 1 - Brandon Mroz; Alternate 2 - Douglas Razzano; Alternate 3 - Jonathan Cassar)

2011 World Junior Championships: Max Aaron, Jason Brown and Keegan Messing (Alternate 1 - Alexander Zahradnicek; Alternate 2 - Steven Evans; Alternate 3 - Philip Warren)

FOR PAIRS:

2011 World Championships: Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig and Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin (Alternate 1 - Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett; Alternate 2 - Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker; Alternate 3 - Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir)

2011 Four Continents Championships: Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett, Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig, Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin and Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker (Alternate 1 - Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker; Alternate 2 - Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir; Alternate 3 - Tiffany Vise/Don Baldwin) Note: Denney and Barrett withdrew due to injury. See article here.

2011 World Junior Championships: Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan and Cassie Andrews/Timothy LeDuc (Alternate 1 - Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton; Alternate 2 - Brynn Carman/AJ Reiss; Alternate 3 - Mandy Garza/Brandon Frazier)

FOR ICE DANCING:

2011 World Championships: Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein, Meryl Davis/Charlie White (at right) and Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (Alternate 1 - Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell; Alternate 2 - Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt; Alternate 3 - Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello)

2011 Four Continents Championships: Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein, Meryl Davis/Charlie White and Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (Alternate 1 - Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell; Alternate 2 - Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt; Alternate 3 - Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello)

2011 World Junior Championships: Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager, Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus and Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely (Alternate 1 - Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan; Alternate 2 - Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton; Alternate 3 - Joylyn Yang/Jean-Luc Baker)

2011 US Figure Skating Championships: Final results of senior division

Here are the results from the senior men's, ladies, pairs and ice dancing competition at the 2011 AT&T US Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. In pairs, Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin won gold, followed by Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig who won the silver. Last year's champions Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett won the bronze. In dance, Meryl Davis and Charlie White won gold, Maia and Alex Shibutani won silver, and Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein won bronze. For the ladies, Alissa Czisny won gold, Rachael Flatt silver and Mirai Nagasu bronze. In men's, Ryan Bradley won gold, Richard Dornbush won silver and Ross Miner won the bronze. Jeremy Abbott came in fourth.

Top 10 results for senior pairs:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Caitlin Yankowskas, Broadmoor SC / John Coughlin, Kansas City FSC	1	1	188.45
2	Amanda Evora, Southwest Florida FSC / Mark Ladwig, Red River Valley FSC	2	2	185.22
3	Caydee Denney, Panthers FSC / Jeremy Barrett, Panthers FSC	4	3	175.49
4	Mary Beth Marley, DuPage FSC / Rockne Brubaker, All Year FSC	3	4	163.55
5	Marissa Castelli, SC of Boston / Simon Shnapir, Colonial FSC	6	5	151.92
6	Tiffany Vise, Broadmoor SC / Don Baldwin, Los Angeles FSC	5	7	151.26
7	Lindsay Davis, All Year FSC / Themistocles Leftheris, Los Angeles FSC	7	6	148.25
8	Gretchen Donlan, SC of Boston / Andrew Speroff, Broadmoor SC	9	8	145.25
9	Chloe Katz, SC of New York / Joseph Lynch, SC of New York	12	9	140.00
10	Becky Bereswill, Detroit SC / Trevor Young, Detroit SC	8	12	137.71

Top 10 results for senior dance:

Rank	Name	SD	FD	Points
1	Meryl Davis, Arctic FSC / Charlie White, Detroit SC	1	1	185.48
2	Maia Shibutani, SC of New York / Alex Shibutani, Arctic FSC	2	2	173.18
3	Madison Chock, All Year FSC / Greg Zuerlein, Arctic FSC	3	3	154.62
4	Madison Hubbell, Detroit SC / Keiffer Hubbell, Detroit SC	5	4	141.70
5	Lynn Kriengkrairut, All Year FSC / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, Ann Arbor FSC	4	6	138.42
6	Isabella Cannuscio, University of Delaware FSC / Ian Lorello, University of Delaware FSC	7	5	136.55
7	Shannon Wingle, Arctic FSC / Timothy McKernan, Broadmoor SC	6	8	130.20
8	Rachel Tibbetts, Broadmoor SC / Collin Brubaker, All Year FSC	10	7	118.25
9	Meredith Zuber, University of Delaware FSC / Kyle Herring, University of Delaware FSC	9	9	118.06
10	Ginna Hoptman, IceWorks SC / Pavel Filchenkov, IceWorks SC	8	10	117.53

Top 10 results for senior ladies:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Alissa Czisny, Detroit SC	2	1	191.24
2	Rachael Flatt, Broadmoor SC	3	2	183.38
3	Mirai Nagasu, Pasadena FSC	1	3	177.26
4	Agnes Zawadzki, Broadmoor SC	4	4	173.84
5	Christina Gao, Northern Kentucky SC	5	6	167.20
6	Ashley Wagner, SC of Wilmington	7	5	165.36
7	Vanessa Lam, All Year FSC	6	7	162.91
8	Yasmin Siraj, SC of Boston	8	8	152.47
9	Joelle Forte, SC of New York	12	9	149.28
10	Melissa Bulanhagui, University of Delaware FSC	15	11	144.53

Top 10 results for senior men:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Ryan Bradley, Broadmoor SC	1	4	231.90
2	Richard Dornbush, All Year FSC	7	1	225.56
3	Ross Miner, SC of Boston	6	2	224.35
4	Jeremy Abbott, Detroit SC	2	6	224.16
5	Adam Rippon, SC of New York	9	3	220.04
6	Armin Mahbanoozadeh, Washington FSC	8	5	215.05
7	Brandon Mroz, Broadmoor SC	3	9	213.49
8	Keegan Messing, Alaska Assoc of Figure Skaters	4	8	213.29
9	Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC	11	7	208.76
10	Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of Arizona	5	10	206.76

Complete results for the novice and junior divisions can be found here.

Junior Grand Prix Final 2010: Results from Beijing

Final results of mens event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Richard DORNBUSH	USA	219.56	1	1
2	Han YAN	CHN	186.05	3	3
3	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	181.78	7	2
4	Max AARON	USA	181.28	5	4
5	Keegan MESSING	USA	175.42	2	8
6	Joshua FARRIS	USA	173.97	4	7
7	Zhan BUSH	RUS	173.75	6	6
8	Gordei GORSHKOV	RUS	171.81	8	5

Final results of ladies event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	169.81	1	1
2	Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA	RUS	160.87	2	2
3	Zijun LI	CHN	149.82	5	4
4	Risa SHOJI	JPN	149.82	4	5
5	Polina SHELEPEN	RUS	147.37	3	6
6	Christina GAO	USA	145.01	7	3
7	Yasmin SIRAJ	USA	130.95	8	7
8	Kristiene GONG	USA	129.90	6	8

Final results of pairs event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final :

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	159.52	1	1
2	Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV	RUS	150.54	2	2
3	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	140.58	6	3
4	Taylor STEELE / Robert SCHULTZ	CAN	133.08	3	6
5	Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN	USA	131.96	5	5
6	Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL	CAN	131.04	7	4
7	Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ	CAN	127.02	4	7
8	Anna SILAEVA / Artur MINCHUK	RUS	113.99	8	8

Final results of ice dancing event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	OD	FD
1	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN	RUS	136.22	2	1
2	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	134.62	1	2
3	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	129.94	3	3
4	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	123.75	4	6
5	Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY	USA	121.58	5	5
6	Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN	RUS	118.60	6	4
7	Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI	UKR	113.54	7	7
8	Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV	RUS	110.16	8	8

Christina Gao combines youth and maturity for the new season

Christina Gao (see right), the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2009 U.S. Junior bronze medalist, is gearing up for the new season. Her first international competition is the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Graz, Austria, which begins this week. The 16-year-old phenom trains in Toronto at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club and her coach is none other than two-time Olympic silver medalist Brian Orser. In case you've been hiding in a cave the past few weeks, Orser recently parted ways with Olympic champion Yu-Na Kim who also trained at the same facility. I caught up with Christina before she left for Graz and asked her first, if the media attention on the breakup had affected her training. [UPDATE: Christina won the silver in Graz -- Congrats!!! Click here for complete results.]

Hopefully your skating club is back to "normal" after the Yu-Na and Brian separation. Did the media attention affect your training and what was your relationship with Yu-Na?

CG: My training was not affected. Yu-Na was great to skate with. I got to witness her training leading up to the Olympics and it was just amazing to see her win gold. She was and still is one of my idols in figure skating and it was a great experience to get to train alongside a world and Olympic gold medalist. (photo at right, Christina and Yu-Na)

Last season you caught everyone's attention by placing fifth as a senior lady at the US Nationals in Spokane, Washington. In January 2011 you will again compete at Nationals as a senior. In what ways do you feel you are a different skater from last season?

CG: I feel I am a different skater from last season in many ways. In this past off season, I've worked really hard on my presentation, skating skills and maturity on the ice. I know that I still have a long way to go with my presentation, but this season, I think that I look more like a senior lady than I did last season. Also, I loved my music and programs last season, but this season, I feel like my programs and music really fit me as a person -- they are not too mature for me but not too young for me either. I love my programs this year so much and I hope that when I do them in competition, the audience can feel that I love my programs also.

David Wilson choreographed both your programs this season. Can you tell us a little about your short and long programs, what they are, how you chose the music, the stories they tell, etc.

CG: We started with my long program first. My long program music is Yellow River Concerto. I love my long program because I love the music and of course the choreography! It was so great working with David and so much fun as well! I actually skated to Yellow River Concerto when I was in Novice a few years back, the music was cut different, but I really loved this music. It fits my personality because there are a few cute parts in it and mature parts also. I love the way the program is put together. My short program music is Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. I love this music because it's has a little bit of a "dark" feel to it, and David said that I was a dark angel in this program. I really just love both of my programs this season because I love the music and also how the choreography fits the music!!

What are your favorite memories from watching the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics?

CG: Wow, there are a lot of memories from watching the 2010 Olympics. Watching Yu-Na Kim and Evan Lysacek win Olympic gold was great. Seeing someone that you trained with every day go out and achieve their dream is a really great feeling.

You've stated that your goal is definitely the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. What do you think you need to do to make it there?

CG: There are many things that I need to do; however, I think that right now, I need to focus on improving each aspect of my skating one thing at a time. If I think about too many things at once, then it can get overwhelming and then I end up not improving anything at all!

Who were your skating idols growing up and who do you admire present day?

CG: My skating idol growing up was probably Michelle Kwan. I admire a lot of skaters present day because I think that a lot of the top ladies skaters have traits in them I can learn from. Michelle Kwan's ability to capture the hearts of everyone in the audience, Yu-Na's presentation on the ice, Mao Asada's jumping ability, and Sasha Cohen's flexibility and beautiful line are all things that I admire in present day skaters.

After your skating days are over, do you have other career goals?

CG: When I was younger, I always said that I wanted to be a doctor, but now when I think about it, I'm really not sure of what I want to do when my skating days are over. I sometimes think about it, but can never decide what I really want to do. I definitely want to go to college and after that sometimes I think I want to stay involved in skating, other times I don't, so I really don't know.

What's a typical day like for you, from the moment that you wake up?

CG: I get up in the morning and skate, then I have a little break and then skate again. After skating, I go home to do homework until the evening, and that's pretty much a normal day for me. I skate on Saturdays but have Sundays off -- that's when I like to hang out with friends.

For fun and relaxation, any good movies to recommend?

CG: The last movie I saw was Despicable Me... in 3D! :) It was a cute movie, and pretty funny too. I also love reading -- I'm currently reading the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I haven't gotten that far into the book, but I hope to read more on the plane ride to Austria!

From all your travels that skating has provided, which has been your favorite city and why?

CG: I enjoy going to all these new cities, it's so cool! My favorite so far has been Tokyo for the Junior Grand Prix Final last year. I loved everything about that trip! I skated great programs and Tokyo was a really cool city. Everything was pretty modern and I like that kind of thing.