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2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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title2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
image2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.jpg
imagesize400px
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 25
enddateMarch 2
skatingseason2007–08
locationSofia, Bulgaria
venueWinter Sports Palace
championmenUSA Adam Rippon
championladiesUSA Rachael Flatt
championpairsRUS Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh
championdanceUSA Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
previouscomp[2007 World Junior Championships](2007-world-junior-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[2009 World Junior Championships](2009-world-junior-figure-skating-championships)

The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 25 through March 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors. Regardless of whether they have competed as seniors, all competitors perform programs that conform to the ISU rules for junior level competition in terms of program lengths, jumping passes, etc.

Medals Table

Results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Artem Borodulin (2nd), Adam Rippon (1st), Guan Jinlin (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS45678910111213141516171819202122232425Free Skating Not Reached26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647
**1**Adam Rippon199.90169.351130.55
**2**Artem Borodulin194.77266.162128.61
**3**Guan Jinlin189.60462.473127.13
Brandon Mroz186.20363.365122.84
Michal Březina184.40562.116122.29
Kevin Reynolds180.781355.774125.01
Ivan Bariev175.061058.397116.67
Jeremy Ten173.341158.298115.05
Tommy Steenberg166.64661.3313105.31
Florent Amodio164.79958.5012106.29
Kim Lucine164.61760.0116104.60
Moris Pfeifhofer162.881551.2310111.65
Javier Fernández161.011452.2511108.76
Nikolai Bondar159.611256.6817102.93
Yang Chao158.482445.829112.66
Denis Ten155.70860.001995.70
Akio Sasaki155.141850.0514105.09
Adrian Schultheiss154.121949.1515104.97
Takahito Mura145.822147.661898.16
Nikita Mikhailov140.362346.402093.96
Elladj Balde140.342246.982193.36
Denis Wieczorek137.171750.372286.80
Jakub Strobl134.452048.592385.86
Maciej Cieplucha133.691650.702482.99
Pavel Petrov Savinov77.514624.702552.81
Viktor Romanenkov2544.95
Severin Kiefer2644.63
Michael Chrolenko2744.62
Bela Papp2844.45
Evgeni Krasnapolski2943.44
Ruben Errampalli3043.41
Danil Privalov3141.39
Matthew Precious3239.78
Elliot Hilton3339.53
Boris Martinec3437.76
Kevin Alves3534.44
Dimitri Kahirau3634.28
Ruben Blommaert3732.44
Kim Min-seok3832.31
Sarkis Hairapetyan3930.52
Jesper Kristiansen4030.44
Cameron Hems4127.88
Vlad Ionescu4227.35
Krisztian Andraska4327.03
Boyito Mulder4426.42
Engin Ali Artan4525.96
Saulius Ambrulevičius4722.45

Ladies

The ladies' medalists hold up the American flag. From left: Mirai Nagasu (3rd), Rachael Flatt (1st), Caroline Zhang (2nd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS45678910111213141516171819202122232425Free Skating Not Reached26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556
**1**Rachael Flatt172.19360.161112.03
**2**Caroline Zhang171.84262.602109.24
**3**Mirai Nagasu162.89165.07397.82
Jenni Vähämaa142.54650.30492.24
Yuki Nishino139.44454.15685.29
Alena Leonova138.06749.76588.30
Joshi Helgesson130.46849.10981.36
Sarah Hecken128.451146.12882.33
Katarina Gerboldt126.371843.09783.28
Myriane Samson125.911444.731081.18
Jelena Glebova125.56553.051272.51
Sonia Lafuente119.99946.361173.63
Stefania Berton115.211544.621370.59
Kim Hyeon-jung115.091345.191569.90
Ivana Reitmayerová113.062042.531470.53
Rumi Suizu112.191046.252165.94
Sin Na-hee111.471245.302066.17
Eleonora Vinnichenko110.922142.281668.64
Miriam Ziegler110.601643.781966.82
Sofia Otala108.641743.612265.03
Geng Bingwa107.972439.821768.15
Alexandra Rout107.722340.701867.02
Cheltzie Lee106.891942.772364.12
Katherine Hadford104.062241.042463.02
Manuela Stanukova84.524329.602554.92
Svetlana Issakova2539.73
Nella Simaová2639.68
Emma Hagieva2738.80
Sigrid Young2838.70
Minna Parviainen2936.76
Sara Twete3036.52
Mirna Libric3136.16
Francesca Rio3234.45
Barbara Klerk3334.10
Charlotte Gendreau3434.03
Mérovée Ephrem3533.89
Noemie Silberer3633.81
Mary Grace Baldo3733.31
Aneta Michałek3833.05
Mary Ro Reyes3932.84
Nika Ceric4032.41
Erle Harstad4131.76
Beatrice Rozinskaite4230.07
Elena Rodrigues4429.14
Manouk Gijsman4528.80
Birce Atabey4627.04
Victoria Liakhava4726.23
Armine Stambultsyan4826.04
Zanna Pugaca4925.83
Georgia Glastris5025.34
Anita Nagy5124.95
Siobhan McColl5223.80
Lydia Fuentes5322.64
Sofia Bardakov5422.26
Hounsh Munshi5521.13
Mila Petrovic5619.80

Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (2nd), Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh (1st), Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS4567891011121314151617181920
**1**Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh148.12156.30291.82
**2**Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze144.86252.05192.81
**3**Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming141.33551.16390.17
Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov136.14351.94584.20
Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss133.12848.01485.11
Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov131.02946.92684.10
Zhang Yue / Wang Lei130.92451.22779.70
Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart127.23748.29878.94
Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez125.461046.88978.58
Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon123.93649.371274.56
Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen120.811245.921174.89
Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz118.921146.271472.65
Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang118.901441.951076.95
Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon113.351540.211373.14
Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran113.231342.971570.26
Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta108.871639.681669.19
Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák95.741737.431758.31
Camille Foucher / Bruno Massot89.091833.991855.10
Andrea Hollerova / Jakub Safranek80.851933.151947.70
Natalie Ganem / Christopher Trefil70.912025.772045.14

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier (2nd), Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates (1st), Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsCDODFD456789101112131415161718192021222324WDFree Dance Not Reached2627282930Original Dance Not Reached3132
**1**Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates181.66135.11157.84188.71
**2**Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier178.09333.71257.52286.86
**3**Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov172.85433.52355.46383.87
Maria Monko / Ilia Tkachenko166.01234.99453.70477.32
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell157.47530.52551.30575.65
Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro153.29728.69650.96673.64
Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun150.57828.28749.52772.77
Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill144.291027.36947.50969.43
Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso144.131424.96847.59871.58
Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle138.61927.461146.011165.14
Maureen Ibanez / Neil Brown138.101126.401046.051065.65
Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák137.56630.431443.861563.27
Ashley Foy / Benjamin Blum134.841225.911244.341364.59
Isabella Tobias / Otar Japaridze134.261524.921344.231265.11
Natalia Mitiushina / Matteo Zanni129.691325.061641.051463.58
Anastasia Gavrylovych / Maciej Bernadowski124.641824.311541.541958.79
Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley123.332222.812240.171660.35
Charlene Guignard / Guillaume Paulmier122.781624.831740.902157.05
Guan Xueting / Wang Meng122.022422.122339.891760.01
Emese Laszlo / Mate Fejes121.922023.311940.442058.17
Barbora Heroldova / Nikolaj Sorensen121.582322.562140.191858.83
Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand117.741923.352040.402353.99
Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki117.052123.142438.482255.43
Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin107.352720.762737.002449.59
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland1724.772637.22
Ekaterina Zabolotnaya / Julian Wagner61.292920.461840.83
Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost59.152521.912537.24
Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer54.592621.892932.70
Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev52.412820.663031.75
Hanna Asadchaya / Dmitri Lamtyugin51.773017.952833.82
Jekaterina Sergejeva / Andrejs Sitiks3117.44
Tamsyn Scoble / Quiesto Spieringshoek3213.87

References

References

  1. Kaye, Rosaleen. (February 27, 2008). "Samuelson and Bates lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate.
  2. Kaye, Rosaleen. (February 29, 2008). "Samuelson and Bates maintain lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate.
  3. Kaye, Rosaleen. (March 1, 2008). "Samuelson and Bates capture gold in Sofia". GoldenSkate.
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