Russian figure skater Veronika Zhilina culminated the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix series event in Slovakia by landing three quadruple jumps and winning the gold medal.
The 13-year-old was second after the short program and began her free skate with a double axel, followed by two quads – a Salchow and then a toe loop in a combination with a triple toe loop. Zhilina also landed a triple flip at the midway point of the performance. In the second half of the routine, Zhilina landed a triple Lutz, a quad toe loop-double toe loop combination, and a triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow combination. She received a score of 145.35 points for the presentation and earned a total competition score of 216.92 points, making it two-for-two for the Angels of Plushenko this week as Kirill Sarnovskiy won the junior men’s event the previous day.
Leader after the short program and teammate of Zhilina, 15-year-old Sofia Muravieva did not attempt a quad or even a triple axel. She began her free skate presentation with a double axel, a triple Salchow, a triple loop, a triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination. Later, the Moscow-native completed a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, a triple flip, and a triple Lutz-double toe loop combination. Muravieva received a score of 135.73 points for her free skate and earned a total score of 208.25 points.
Third after the short program, Adelia Petrosian landed a quad toe loop to start her free skate performance but that wasn’t enough to move up in the strong competition. Eteri Tutberidze’s student landed a tripe Lutz, two double axels, a triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow combination, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination, and a triple flip-double toe loop combination as well. The 14-year-old from Moscow received a score of 131.91 points for her free skate performance and earned a total competition results of 201.21 points to keep the bronze medal position.
A fourth Russian, Maria Zakharova, made it a complete sweep of the top four positions by the Russian women. She attempted a quad toe loop to start her performance but fell but received a score of 121.29 points for her performance. The 13-year-old’s total competition score was 190.33 points.
Full results:
- Veronika ZHILINA (RUS) – 216.92
- Sofia MURAVIEVA (RUS) – 208.25
- Adeliia PETROSIAN (RUS) – 201.21
- Mariia ZAKHAROVA (RUS) – 190.33
- Chaeyeon KIM (KOR) – 188.46
- Ava Marie ZIEGLER (USA) – 176.29
- Mia KALIN (USA) – 156.23
- Kimmy REPOND (SUI) – 155.06
- Vivien PAPP (HUN) – 153.83
- Anastasiia SHABOTOVA (UKR) – 145.69
- Olivia LISKO (FIN) – 131.88
- Lorine SCHILD (FRA) – 131.85
- Julia van DIJK (NED) – 131.76
- Vanesa SELMEKOVA (SVK) – 129.07
- Justine MICLETTE (CAN) – 126.71
- Nargiz SUELEYMANOVA (GER) – 121.62
- Mia Caroline RISA GOMEZ (NOR) – 116.20
- Anna-Flora Colmor JEPSEN (DEN) – 115.30
- Ellen SLAVICKOVA (CZE) – 114.77
- Josefin BROVALL (SWE) – 104.79
- Alexandra Michaela FILCOVA (SVK) – 102.70
- Bagdana RAKHISHOVA (KAZ) – 102.58
- Ema DOBOSZOVA (SVK) – 99.80
- Laura SZCZESNA (POL) – 87.41
- Sophia TKACHEVA (IRL) – 81.07
- Danica DJORDJEVIC (SRB) – 77.37
- Elen GHAZARYAN (ARM) – 48.37
Junior Ice Dance, Final Results
- Natalie D’ALESSANDRO / Bruce WADDELL (CAN) – 163.04
- Vasilisa KAGANOVSKAIA / Valeriy ANGELOPOL (RUS) – 160.72
- Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY (RUS) – 155.98
- Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK (CZE) – 150.56
- Ekaterina RYBAKOVA / Ivan MAKHNONOSOV (RUS) – 148.98
- Margarita SVISTUNOVA / Dmitrii STUDENIKIN (RUS) – 147.10
- Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH (CYP) – 146.13
- Nicole CALDERARI / Marco CILLI (ITA) – 139.24
- Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV (UKR) – 128.79
- Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER (GER) – 121.37
- Chloe NGUYEN / Alec ROUECHE (CAN) – 117.02
- Lila-Maya SECLET MONCHOT / Martin CHARDAIN (FRA) – 115.19
- Yulia LEBEDEVA-BITADZE / Dmitri PARKHOMENKO (GEO) – 114.05
- Sophia BUSHELL / Alex LAPSKY (GBR) – 104.94
- Daniela IVANITSKIY / David GOLDSHTEYN (FIN) – 83.33
