Event Recaps

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (elevation – 6,200‘) hosted its first Junior Grand Prix event September 2-6. Pikes Peak served as a stunning background for the Olympic Training Center where the…

by Anne Calder The caravan carrying ice dancers on their journey to earn points to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final made its second stop August 26-30 at Riga,…

by Anne Calder | Photo by Liz Chastney The first competition of the ISU JGP series held in Bratislava, Slovakia, August 19-23 welcomed ice dancers from 11 countries to compete…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Daphne Backman After finishing second to Olympic champions Meryl Davis & Charlie White the last two years, Madison Chock & Evan Bates got their…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Daphne Backman For the first time in six years, there will be a new champion on top of the podium in the senior ice…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Daphne Backman With two bronze medals and a silver medal at the last three U.S. championships, along with a silver and bronze medal at…

by Gina Capellazzi | Photo by Daphne Backman Twelve teams took the ice to contest the junior short dance event at the 2015 U.S. National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.…

by Katie Tetzloff | Photos by Melanie Hoyt & Robin Ritoss Last week, the city of Barcelona, Spain hosted the 2014-2015 Figure Skating Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix Finals.…

by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Daphne Backman The short dance at 2014 Skate America was filled with plenty of flair and drama. While the top two spots are probably…

by Jacquelyn Thayer With several close marks in the short dance at Skate Canada’s Autumn Classic International, the free dance provided an opportunity for some movement across the top. Technical…

by Jacquelyn Thayer Skate Canada’s inaugural Autumn Classic International kicked off Wednesday in Barrie, Ontario, with a short dance event that offered both strong performance and the technical glitches typical…

by Daphne Backman Russia made it two in a row on this year’s Junior Grand Prix series when Daria Morozova & Mikhail Zhirnov took gold at the second JGP event,…

by Daphne Backman JGP Courchevel has officially concluded with Russians Alla Loboda & Pavel Drozd winning the gold, while Madeline Edwards & ZhaoKai Pang of Canada and Anastasia Shpilevaya &…

by Melanie Hoyt | Photos by Robin Ritoss After four consecutive years of one-two finishes at the World Championships by Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (world titles in ’10 and…

by Katie Tetzloff | Photo by Robin Ritoss The Junior World Championships took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 12-16 and featured the top junior-level teams from 21 countries.  This…