1997–98 ISU Junior Series

1997–98 ISU Junior Series ISU Junior Series 1997–98 1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 1997–98 ISU Junior Series was the first season of what was later named the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was designed to be a junior-level complement to the ISU Champions Series, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 5–8, 1998. Competitions The locations of the ISU Junior Grand Prix events change yearly. In the 1997–98 season, the series was composed of the following events: Date Event Location August 19–23, 1997 1997 JS Grand Prix de Saint Gervais Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France September 17–21, 1997 1997 JS Sofia Cup Sofia, Bulgaria September 25–28, 1997 1997 JS Ukrainian Souvenir Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine October 8–11, 1997 1997 JS Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz, Germany October 23–26, 1997 1997 JS Hungarian Cup Székesfehérvár, Hungary Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 1997 1997 JS Grand Prix SNP Banská Bystrica, Slovakia March 6–8, 1998 1997–98 JS Final Lausanne, Switzerland Series notes At the Junior Series Final, Timothy Goebel, the winner of the men's event, made history by becoming the first skater to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition. It was videotaped by the father of another skater. Junior Series Final qualifiers The following skaters qualified for the 1997–98 Junior Series Final, in order of qualification. There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dance. Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 1 USA Timothy Goebel RUS Viktoria Volchkova RUS Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov ITA Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali 2 BUL Ivan Dinev RUS Julia Soldatova UKR Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk USA Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler 3 USA Matt Savoie USA Amber Corwin USA Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman ITA Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo 4 FRA Vincent Restencourt JPN Chisato Shina RUS Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski RUS Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov 5 BUL Christo Turlakov GER Andrea Diewald RUS Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov HUN Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai 6 GER David Jäschke USA Shelby Lyons USA Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler USA Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek 7 JPN Yosuke Takeuchi USA Morgan Rowe – – 8 UKR Vitaly Danilchenko RUS Elena Pingachova – – Christel Borghi was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Series Final. She placed 8th out of 8 competitors. Viktoria Volchkova withdrew before the competition with injury. Medalists Men Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details France USA Timothy Goebel USA Matthew Savoie GER David Jäschke Bulgaria BUL Ivan Dinev USA Derrick Delmore JPN Yosuke Takeuchi Ukraine USA Timothy Goebel FRA Vincent Restencourt JPN Yosuke Takeuchi Germany USA Matthew Savoie RUS Alexei Vasilevski GER David Jäschke Hungary UKR Vitali Danilchenko BUL Christo Turlakov FRA Vincent Restencourt Slovakia BUL Ivan Dinev RUS Pavel Kersha SVK Juraj Sviatko Final USA Timothy Goebel BUL Ivan Dinev USA Matthew Savoie Ladies Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details France RUS Elena Pingachova GER Andrea Diewald USA Shelby Lyons Bulgaria USA Morgan Rowe USA Brittney McConn JPN Chisato Shina Ukraine RUS Viktoria Volchkova JPN Chisato Shiina JPN Kumiko Taneda Germany USA Amber Corwin RUS Julia Soldatova FIN Sara Lindroos Hungary RUS Julia Soldatova HUN Júlia Sebestyén GER Anette Dytrt Slovakia RUS Viktoria Volchkova USA Amber Corwin USA Erin Pearl Final RUS Julia Soldatova USA Amber Corwin RUS Elena Pingachova Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details France RUS Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov USA Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman GER Stefanie Weiss / Matthias Bleyer Bulgaria RUS Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov CAN Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino RUS Irina Melihova / Vladimir Saprykin Ukraine UKR Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk USA Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler RUS Viktoria Shliakhova / Grigori Petrovski Germany USA Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman UKR Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk RUS Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov Hungary RUS Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov USA Megan Sierk / Dustin Sierk RUS Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski Slovakia RUS Viktoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski FRA Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland USA Carissa Guild / Andrew Muldoon Final UKR Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk RUS Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski USA Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details France ITA Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali HUN Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai RUS Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov Bulgaria ITA Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo USA Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek RUS Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov Ukraine USA Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler RUS Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev UKR Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko Germany RUS Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov ITA Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo USA Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek Hungary USA Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler HUN Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai RUS Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov Slovakia ITA Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali RUS Olga Pogosian / Alexander Kirsanov UKR Olga Kudym / Anton Tereschenko Final ITA Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo RUS Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov ITA Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali Medals table 10 7 8 9 9 6 4 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 References http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110926&content_id=25225812&vkey=ice_news Mroz attempting to push boundaries of sport Amy Rosewater September 27, 2011 Icenetwork September 27, 2011 External links 1997–98 Results at Skate Canada https://web.archive.org/web/20040430171905/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/archive_int.cfm 2004-04-30 1997–98 Results at Ice Skating International 1997–98 ISU Junior Series at the Figure Skating Corner Category:ISU Junior Grand Prix Category:1997 in figure skating Category:1998 in figure skating