WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012

[irenar5]

Here is a channel that appears to have some video from the competition. Right now they have qualification rounds, but perhaps there will be actual competition footage later??
http://www.youtube.com/user/Direktor40

[hopskipjump]

Great!  I am hoping ISU puts up at least the finals.

[hopskipjump]

This one has gracie!  http://www.youtube.com/user/ice888ice/videos 

[irenar5]

These junior competitors can give senior ones a run for their money!   What amazing skating!  Julia Lipnitskaya is incredible, what a gem!   

[hopskipjump]

It was a lot of fun to watch the videos that came out.  It would have been better to see all the skaters more easily though! 

[sampaguita]

Gracie Gold was amazing! I see her as a contender in the 2014 Olympics -- reminds me of Kim Yu Na, both in her physique and technique. Gee, she might even be better! Loved her Ina Bauer going into the triple lutz.

[karne]

It was the boys that excited me!

I'm not usually attracted to American men - their jump technique is too often  and I've just never been a fan of the overall style.

But I am SOLD - absolutely SOLD - on Joshua Farris and Jason Brown. They were just magical.  :love :love :love I absolutely cannot wait to see these two take on the Senior circuit. So good already and only 17! (and both totally cute and adorable!)

My only fear is that people will try and push them into being rivals, instead of the friendly relationship they have now. Already I've seen some comments about them being "Johnny and Evan Mark II" and although I can understand the Jason=Johnny thing, if Evan could skate half as beautifully as Joshua can there would be a lot less complaints about Evan's skating!

[FigureSpins]

I've met Jason Brown - he is the nicest kid.  He must have been exhausted at the conference I attended, with the on-ice demos and exhibitions he did all week.  Yet, he made eye contact and smiled at everyone he saw, he signed autographs and talked to the kids at the mall rink.  He was such a good sport about being cajoled into doing triples on the harness.  He'd be about as convincing in a rivalry as Lysacek and Weir were, roflol!  I wouldn't worry about that nonsense - it's just a bad TV producer's idea of sensationalism.

[karne]

I've met Jason Brown - he is the nicest kid.  He must have been exhausted at the conference I attended, with the on-ice demos and exhibitions he did all week.  Yet, he made eye contact and smiled at everyone he saw, he signed autographs and talked to the kids at the mall rink.  He was such a good sport about being cajoled into doing triples on the harness.  He'd be about as convincing in a rivalry as Lysacek and Weir were, roflol!  I wouldn't worry about that nonsense - it's just a bad TV producer's idea of sensationalism.

Hahaha, always good to hear. So far I've basically heard from people who've met both of them that they're nice kids who wouldn't hurt a fly!

I guess I'm just a bit antsy about it with seeing the Weir/Lysacek rivalry hyped, and sitting on the fence of the Yagudin/Plushenko rivalry...

I'll just hold out for a heap of Artur/Josh/Jason podiums in the not so distant future