Twice 49, twice Russia
However, the similarities between both competitions weren’t over with that. In both finals three countries were present: four couples from Russia respectively, in Junior I completed by Romania and Lithuania, in Junior II by China and Kazakhstan. Though the order differed: in Junior I all three countries were present on the podium, while in Junior II the Russian couples covered the first four places.
Junior I
Clear winners with the first place in all Standard dances and Jive were Nikita Kulpin/Sofiia Surnakova. On the other podium places were the same couples as last year – and this also on the same place only separated by skating: Razvan Zaharia/Ana Maria Tarzianu (Romania) followed by Kipras Kura/Aleksandra Chizhik (Lithuania).
1. Nikita Kulpin/Sofiia Surnakova, Russia (17)
2. Razvan Zaharia/Ana Maria Tarzianu, Romania (29)
3. Kipras Kura/Aleksandra Chizhik, Lithuania (29)
4. Andrei Zharkov/Anastasia Petrova, Russia (34)
5. Vladislav Sokolov/Olga Borzova, Russia (48)
6. Maxim Tereshin/Uliana Zelikovskaya Russia (53)
Junior II
In Junior II the results were very clear: Kirill Kurbatov/Alexandra Revel-Muroz won all (!) dances with almost all firsts, Sergey Saushev/Svetlana Achapkina became second in all dances with a mulitude of ratings. Third place emerged from a mixture of third and fourth places in both sections, as Danila Zhuravlev/Daria Titkova also showed a well-balanced performance over all dances.
1. Kirill Kurbatov/Alexandra Revel-Muroz, Russia (10)
2. Sergey Saushev/Svetlana Achapkina, Russia (20)
3. Danila Zhuravlev/Daria Titkova, Russia (35)
4. Nikita Sychev/Kristina Nesterova, Russia (43)
5. Chen Zhao/Zhonghan Jin. China (47)
6. Maxim Zhilenkov/Arina Molochnikova, Kazakhstan (55)
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