Junior Grand Prix: These figure skaters have qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final
Shimada Mao will lead a hefty Japanese delegation as she contests for a third consecutive crown at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Discover all the junior figure skaters who have qualified for the event, set to take place in Grenoble, France from 5 to 8 December.
Figure Skating
Japan will send the biggest delegation to the Junior Grand Prix Final in December with five individual skaters and one pair qualifying based on the results at the seven-stage Grand Prix series. This includes Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games champion Shimada Mao who will try to win a third consecutive title at the event.
Shimada finished the regular Junior Grand Prix season as the top ranked women's figure skater. Her teammates Nakai Ami and Wada Kaoruko placed two and three to make it an all-Japanese top trio.
The Junior Grand Prix Final, which will take place in Grenoble, France from 5 to 8 December, will also see Japan's Nakata Rio return to defend his 2023 title. His biggest competition is likely to come from top junior men's qualifier Jacob Sanchez.
The USA skater was absent from last season's final but put up a dominant display this season as he won the stages in Turkiye and Slovenia. Nakata finished first in the last Junior Grand Prix, in Wuxi, the People's Republic of China, and was second in September in Bangkok, Thailand.
Discover the full list of the junior skaters who have qualified to the Junior Grand Prix final below.
Junior women
Shimada Mao, Japan
Nakai Ami, Japan
Wada Kaoruko, Japan
Kim Yuseong, Republic of Korea
Wang Yihan, People’s Republic of China
Stefania Gladki, France
Reserves: Shin Jia, Republic of Korea; Okada Mei, Japan; Ko Nayeon, Republic of Korea
Junior men
Jacob Sanchez, USA
Nakata Rio, Japan
Takahashi Sena, Japan
Yanhao Li, New Zealand
Seo Minkyu, Republic of Korea
Lukas Vaclavik, Slovakia
Reserves: Adam Hagara, Slovakia; Tian Tonghe, People’s Republic of China; Nakamura Shunsuke, Japan
Junior pairs
Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang, People’s Republic of China
Jazmine Desrochers/Kieran Thrasher, Canada
Olivia Flores/Luke Wang, USA
Romane Telemaque/Lucas Coulon, France
Julia Quattrocchi/Simon Desmarais, Canada
Shimizu Sae/Honda Lucas Tsuyoshi, Japan
Reserves: Louise Ehrhard/Matthis Pellegris, France; Elizabeth Hansen/William Church, USA; Zhang Xuanqi/Feng Wenqiang, People’s Republic of China
Junior ice dance
Noemi Maria Tali/Noah Lafornara, Italy
Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Koval, Ukraine
Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux, France
Katarina Wolfkostin/Dimitry Tsarevski, USA
Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy, Germany
Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal, USA
Reserves: Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen, USA; Hana Maria Aboian/Daniil Veselukhin, USA; Ambre Perrier Gianesini/Samuel Blanc Klaperman, France