2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix

2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:August 18 – December 12, 2021
Season:2021–22
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2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix
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2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2021 through December 2021. It was the junior-level complement to the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan. Ultimately, the Grand Prix Final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On June 23, 2021, Skate Canada cancelled the second event of the series that it had been scheduled to host in Edmonton, Alberta, citing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace, the host of the series' first event in Courchevel, offered to replace Skate Canada as host by holding a second, separate JGP event in Courchevel on the originally scheduled dates.

On June 23, the Japan Skating Federation announced that due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, it would not be sending athletes to any of the first three JGP events. The JSF ultimately chose to forego the JGP series entirely and did not send athletes to any of the events. The Chinese Skating Association also did not send athletes to any of the events due to the mandatory quarantine period upon returning home.

On August 5, the ISU announced that due to varying travel and quarantine restrictions during the pandemic, it would consider re-allocation requests on a case-by-case basis according to an outlined criteria of preference. The ISU also said that they would abandon the re-allocation process in the event of an abundance of requests or overly complex requests that would cause logistical issues. In addition, the ISU decided to not implement a JGP ranking for the season and to instead prioritize holding the JGP series safely "with the best possible participation" in light of the pandemic.

On August 10, the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR) announced that due to quarantine and vaccination requirements for Russian citizens entering France, it would not be able to send skaters to either of the first two events in Courchevel. As a result, the FFKKR asked the ISU to redistribute the quotas of Russian figure skaters from both stages in France to other stages of the series in countries where entry was possible without restrictive quarantine measures; the ISU Council agreed with the proposals. Russia received an additional two entries in singles and ice dance at the third JGP event in Slovakia and at the fourth JGP event in Russia.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. Skate Canada was originally scheduled to host the second JGP event in Edmonton, Alberta, but cancelled the event due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace instead hosted two back-to-back JGP events in Courchevel. The pairs event scheduled for Canada was reassigned to Poland.

During the fourth JGP event in Russia, the rhythm dance, the first event on the opening day, was suspended after one team had performed due to technical issues. The event later resumed at 22:00 after the remainder of the day's events were completed.

This season, the series was composed of the following events.

Date Event Location Notes Results
August 18–21 2021 JGP France I Courchevel, France No pairs Details
August 25–28 2021 JGP France II Details
September 1–4 2021 JGP Slovakia Košice, Slovakia Details
September 15–18 2021 JGP Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia Details
September 22–25 2021 JGP Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia No pairs Details
September 29 – October 2 2021 JGP Poland Gdańsk, Poland Details
October 6–9 2021 JGP Austria Linz, Austria Details
December 9–12 2021–22 JGP Final Cancelled

Entries

Skaters who reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2021, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was to have been determined by their skaters' placements at the 2021 World Junior Championships in each discipline; however, the World Junior Championships were cancelled.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field the following number of entries per event.

Singles and ice dance
Entries Men Women Ice dance
Two entries in
seven events
Russia
Japan
Italy
Russia
United States
South Korea
United States
Georgia
Russia
One entry in
seven events
United States
France
Estonia
Poland
Canada
Azerbaijan
France
Canada
Japan
One entry in
six events
South Korea
Canada
Sweden
Ukraine
Japan
Belarus
Italy
Austria
Great Britain
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Italy
One entry in
five events
Georgia
Turkey
Germany
Israel
Kazakhstan
Belarus
Czech Republic
France
Chinese Taipei
Georgia
Germany
Ukraine
Latvia
China
Bulgaria
Hungary
Spain
Hungary
Cyprus
One entry in
four events
Austria
Great Britain
Chinese Taipei
Australia
Poland
Spain
Finland
Israel
Sweden
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
Kazakhstan
Israel
Azerbaijan
Estonia
One entry in
three events
Switzerland
Croatia
Slovakia
Finland
Switzerland
Estonia
Hong Kong
Iceland
Armenia
Slovakia
Mexico
Denmark
Great Britain
Lithuania
Australia
Croatia
Serbia
New Zealand
Czech Republic
Romania
Poland
Belarus
Denmark
Switzerland
  • If not listed above, one entry in two events is allowed.
  • Host federations may enter up to three spots per discipline.
Pairs
Entries Pairs
Three entries in
four events
Russia
Germany
France
United States
Two entries in
four events
Georgia
China
Canada
Ukraine
Sweden
Italy
  • If not listed above, one entry in three events is allowed.
  • Host federations have an unlimited number of entries.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
JGP France I Ilia Malinin Lucas Broussard François Pitot Details
JGP France II Wesley Chiu Arlet Levandi Edward Appleby Details
JGP Slovakia Kirill Sarnovskiy Ilya Yablokov William Annis Details
JGP Russia Gleb Lutfullin Egor Rukhin Wesley Chiu Details
JGP Slovenia Ilya Yablokov Arlet Levandi Matthew Nielsen Details
JGP Poland Gleb Lutfullin Mikhail Shaidorov Egor Rukhin Details
JGP Austria Ilia Malinin Artem Kovalev Kirill Sarnovskiy Details

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
JGP France I Lindsay Thorngren Kaiya Ruiter Clare Seo Details
JGP France II Isabeau Levito Kim Chae-yeon Kaiya Ruiter Details
JGP Slovakia Veronika Zhilina Sofia Muravieva Adeliia Petrosian Details
JGP Russia Sofia Akateva Anastasia Zinina Sofia Samodelkina Details
JGP Slovenia Adeliia Petrosian Sofia Samodelkina Lindsay Thorngren Details
JGP Poland Sofia Akateva Elizaveta Kulikova Shin Ji-a Details
JGP Austria Sofia Muravieva Isabeau Levito Anastasia Zinina Details

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
JGP Slovakia Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Details
JGP Russia Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Details
JGP Poland Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Details
JGP Austria Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Details

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
JGP France I Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara Hannah Lim / Ye Quan Details
JGP France II Oona Brown / Gage Brown Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Details
JGP Slovakia Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy Details
JGP Russia Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Details
JGP Slovenia Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Details
JGP Poland Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich Details
JGP Austria Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy Oona Brown / Gage Brown Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont Details

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Russia1712938
2United States66517
3Canada2248
4Estonia0213
5South Korea0123
6Georgia0112
7Kazakhstan0101
8Cyprus0011
France0011
Great Britain0011
Totals (10 entries)25252575

Qualification

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU chose not to implement JGP rankings for the 2021–22 season. On October 4, the ISU announced the alternative qualification procedure for the Junior Grand Prix Final in December. In addition to the below procedure, Japan, as the host of the Junior Grand Prix Final, was awarded a Wild Card berth in men's and women's singles.

For singles and ice dance
  1. The seven winners of each individual JGP event would qualify for the Final.
  2. Should there only be six different individual winners out of the seven individual JGP events because a skater or team won two JGP events, the six individual winners would qualify for the Final.
  3. Should there be fewer than six different individual winners out of the seven individual JGP events because more skaters or teams won two JGP events, all of the individual winners would qualify for the Final. In addition, the best second-placed skater or team, and so forth by total score, who were not yet qualified as a winner, would be invited to the Final in order to reach a total of six entries.
For pairs
  1. The four winners of each individual JGP event would qualify for the Final.
  2. Should there be fewer than four different individual winners out of the four individual JGP events because a team won two JGP events, all of the individual winners would qualify for the Final. In addition, the best second-placed team, and so forth by total score, who were not yet qualified as a winner, would be invited to the Final in order to reach a total of four entries.

Qualifiers

No. Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Ilia Malinin Sofia Akateva Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano
2 Ilya Yablokov Veronika Zhilina Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol
3 Gleb Lutfullin Sofia Muravieva Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
4 Kirill Sarnovskiy Adeliia Petrosian Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
5 Wesley Chiu Isabeau Levito (withdrew) Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy
6 Egor Rukhin Lindsay Thorngren Oona Brown / Gage Brown
Wild Card Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Rion Sumiyoshi
Alternates
No. Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Artem Kovalev Anastasia Zinina (called up) Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin
2 Mikhail Shaidorov Sofia Samodelkina Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski
3 Arlet Levandi Kim Chae-yeon Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara

Records and achievements

Records

The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:

Disc. Segment Skater(s) Score Event Date Ref.
Women Free skating Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia September 18, 2021
Total score 233.08

Achievements

Top scores

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin United States 245.35 2021 JGP Austria
2 Ilya Yablokov Russia 231.99 2021 JGP Slovenia
3 Gleb Lutfullin 231.26 2021 JGP Poland
4 Egor Rukhin 223.29 2021 JGP Russia
5 Artem Kovalev 221.51 2021 JGP Austria
6 Wesley Chiu Canada 217.59 2021 JGP Russia
7 Kirill Sarnovskiy Russia 216.70 2021 JGP Austria
8 Mikhail Shaidorov Kazakhstan 207.03 2021 JGP Poland
9 William Annis United States 204.60 2021 JGP Slovakia
10 Fedor Zonov Russia 201.28 2021 JGP Russia
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Artem Kovalev Russia 81.31 2021 JGP Russia
Ilia Malinin United States 2021 JGP Austria
3 Gleb Lutfullin Russia 80.13 2021 JGP Russia
4 Ilya Yablokov 78.89 2021 JGP Slovenia
5 Egor Rukhin 78.43 2021 JGP Russia
6 Wesley Chiu Canada 76.63
Corey Circelli 2021 JGP France I
8 William Annis United States 76.21 2021 JGP Slovakia
9 Kirill Sarnovskiy Russia 75.20 2021 JGP Austria
10 Andrei Anisimov 73.69 2021 JGP Russia
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin United States 164.04 2021 JGP Austria
2 Gleb Lutfullin Russia 155.20 2021 JGP Poland
3 Ilya Yablokov 153.10 2021 JGP Slovenia
4 Egor Rukhin 144.86 2021 JGP Russia
5 Kirill Sarnovskiy 144.48 2021 JGP Slovakia
6 Mikhail Shaidorov Kazakhstan 142.52 2021 JGP Poland
7 Wesley Chiu Canada 140.96 2021 JGP Russia
8 Artem Kovalev Russia 140.54 2021 JGP Austria
9 Fedor Zonov 137.56 2021 JGP Russia
10 Arlet Levandi Estonia 135.20 2021 JGP France II

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Sofia Akateva Russia 233.08 2021 JGP Russia
2 Veronika Zhilina 216.92 2021 JGP Slovakia
3 Sofia Muravieva 211.81 2021 JGP Austria
4 Adeliia Petrosian 210.57 2021 JGP Slovenia
5 Isabeau Levito United States 208.31 2021 JGP Austria
6 Anastasia Zinina Russia 206.20 2021 JGP Russia
7 Sofia Samodelkina 205.67 2021 JGP Slovenia
8 Elizaveta Kulikova 196.83 2021 JGP Russia
9 Elizaveta Berestovskaia 196.07
10 Lindsay Thorngren United States 193.77 2021 JGP Slovenia
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Sofia Akateva Russia 75.89 2021 JGP Russia
2 Sofia Muravieva 73.28 2021 JGP Austria
3 Veronika Zhilina 71.57 2021 JGP Slovakia
4 Isabeau Levito United States 71.32 2021 JGP Austria
5 Adeliia Petrosian Russia 70.86 2021 JGP Slovenia
6 Kim Min-chae South Korea 70.83
7 Lindsay Thorngren United States 70.24
8 Anastasia Zinina Russia 69.77 2021 JGP Austria
9 Mariia Zakharova 69.04 2021 JGP Slovakia
10 Shin Ji-a South Korea 67.28 2021 JGP Poland
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Sofia Akateva Russia 157.19 2021 JGP Russia
2 Veronika Zhilina 145.35 2021 JGP Slovakia
3 Sofia Samodelkina 141.63 2021 JGP Russia
4 Adeliia Petrosian 139.71 2021 JGP Slovenia
5 Anastasia Zinina 139.18 2021 JGP Russia
6 Sofia Muravieva 138.53 2021 JGP Austria
7 Isabeau Levito United States 136.99
8 Elizaveta Berestovskaia Russia 131.16 2021 JGP Russia
9 Elizaveta Kulikova 129.75
10 Kim Chae-yeon South Korea 124.56 2021 JGP France II

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Russia 189.11 2021 JGP Russia
2 Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk 188.84 2021 JGP Austria
3 Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev 183.64
4 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Georgia 179.27
5 Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Russia 170.46 2021 JGP Russia
6 Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko 168.13
7 Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov 162.14 2021 JGP Poland
8 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Australia 160.16 2021 JGP Austria
9 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia United States 156.40
10 Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov Russia 151.35 2021 JGP Slovakia
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Russia 64.23 2021 JGP Austria
2 Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov 64.12 2021 JGP Russia
3 Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev 63.84 2021 JGP Austria
4 Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov 63.76 2021 JGP Poland
5 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Georgia 63.04 2021 JGP Austria
6 Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Russia 62.54 2021 JGP Russia
7 Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko 61.85
8 Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov 58.20 2021 JGP Slovakia
9 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Australia 57.35 2021 JGP Russia
10 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia United States 55.07 2021 JGP Poland
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Russia 124.99 2021 JGP Russia
2 Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk 124.61 2021 JGP Austria
3 Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev 119.80
4 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Georgia 116.23
5 Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Russia 108.50 2021 JGP Poland
6 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Australia 107.12 2021 JGP Austria
7 Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko Russia 106.28 2021 JGP Russia
8 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia United States 104.85 2021 JGP Austria
9 Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Russia 102.45 2021 JGP Slovakia
10 Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta Ukraine 98.08

Ice dance

Top 10 season's best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano Russia 168.96 2021 JGP Poland
2 Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol 167.22 2021 JGP Slovenia
3 Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin 165.14 2021 JGP Russia
4 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen United States 165.01 2021 JGP France I
5 Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Canada 163.04 2021 JGP Slovakia
6 Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy Russia 162.28 2021 JGP Austria
7 Angela Ling / Caleb Wein United States 160.23 2021 JGP Russia
8 Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont Canada 157.39
9 Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov Russia 156.35
10 Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski United States 154.34 2021 JGP Poland
Top 10 season's best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano Russia 68.05 2021 JGP Poland
2 Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy 67.00 2021 JGP Austria
3 Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol 66.00 2021 JGP Slovenia
4 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen United States 64.75 2021 JGP France I
5 Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Canada 64.48 2021 JGP Slovakia
6 Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin Russia 63.70 2021 JGP Russia
Oona Brown / Gage Brown United States 63.70 2021 JGP Austria
8 Angela Ling / Caleb Wein 63.65 2021 JGP Russia
9 Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski 63.29 2021 JGP Poland
10 Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov Russia 61.56
Top 10 season's best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin Russia 101.44 2021 JGP Russia
2 Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol 101.22 2021 JGP Slovenia
3 Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano 100.91 2021 JGP Poland
4 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen United States 100.26 2021 JGP France I
2021 JGP Slovenia
5 Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Canada 98.56 2021 JGP Slovakia
6 Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov Russia 97.18 2021 JGP Russia
7 Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont Canada 97.04
8 Angela Ling / Caleb Wein United States 96.58
9 Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy Russia 95.28 2021 JGP Austria
10 Oona Brown / Gage Brown United States 94.46 2021 JGP France II