Aug 26, 2021

GB Juniors Back In Action At ISU Junior Grand Prix

Junior GB skaters are back in action at the second ISU Junior Grand Prix that starts today in Courchevel, France.

Edward Appleby will skate for Great Britain in the men's event with Natalia Pallu-Neves and Jayin Panesar competing in Ice Dance.

This will be the fourth Junior Grand Prix that current Junior British Champion Appleby has featured in. His best result was a 10th placed finish at JGP Riga 2019.

Vasilisa Ahramenka and Alessio Surenkov-Gultchev skate at the opening JGP. Photo credit: International Skating Union (ISU)

The women's competition gets the Grand Prix underway at 14:00 and will be streamed on the ISU YouTube Channel. You can watch every skater live with the men starting at 17:30.

This is the second of two Junior Grand Prix to be held in Courchevel. In the first Joseph Zakipour ended the competition with a score of 110.05 whilst Ice Dance couple Vasilisa Ahramenka and Alessio Surenkov-Gultchev scored 86.28. The USA dominated proceedings as they picked up a clean sweep of gold medals.