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by Laura S. Marshall The third Junior Grand Prix event this year is the Baltic Cup, which will be held in Gdansk, Poland. The 21 ice dance teams from 15…

This week, the Junior Grand Prix will head Down Under for the first time in its history. Brisbane, Australia will host the second event of the 2011 series. The athletes…

The International Skating Union’s 15th annual Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating kicks off this week in with the Volvo Cup in Riga, Latvia. Over the next seven weeks, the…

In light of the natural and nuclear disasters that have shaken Japan in the past six weeks, the 2010-2011 season was unexpectedly lengthened. Fortunately for the qualified skaters, the 2011…

The culmination of the season for junior figure skaters — the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships — will take place from February 27-March 6 in Gangneung, South Korea. In…

In 1999, the ISU created the Four Continents Championships as a parallel event to the European Championships that would give non-European skaters an opportunity to win prize money. In the…

The 2011 U.S. National Championships get underway on Sunday, January 23rd with the novice compulsory dances. Since 2008, the main event arena has hosted all of the competitive events for…

On January 24, the European Championships get underway in Bern, Switzerland. The battle for the gold medal will likely be between France’s Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat and Russia’s Ekaterina…

For the first time since 2000, a real battle for the Canadian dance title is expected. Since Olympic champions Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir have withdrawn this week from the…

Fifteen junior teams will take the ice on Wednesday and Thursday to fight for placements in the 2011 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Last month, the teams all faced each…

On January 17, the 2011 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals will kick off at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C. As usual, the novice dancers have the task of…

For the third consecutive season, the ISU Junior and Senior Grand Prix series concludes with a combined Final.  The top six senior and top eight junior skaters/teams in each discipline…

Beginning December 1, over 500 Canadian skaters will invade the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, ON. For seniors, juniors, and novices, places to nationals are on the line. For pre-novices, this…

The 2010 ISU Grand Prix series wraps up this week with the final qualifying event, Trophée Eric Bompard (TEB), taking place in Paris, France, from November 26-28. Trophée Eric Bompard…

Four down and two to go on this season’s ISU Grand Prix Series. This week the six-country tour moves to Moscow, Russia, for Rostelecom Cup aka Cup of Russia.  …