A new start!

With the Youth Olympics coming to a close we have seen a glimpse of the future of Gymnastics. The commonwealth's and World's are still to come but it is now time for attentions to shift somewhat because........

.....The international figure skating season (and the 2014 olympic cycle) starts this week!

The first stop on the Junior Grand Prix begins on Wednesday in Courchevel, France.

Nina Jiang of the USA is making her Junior Grand Prix Debut

Names to watch include
Ladies
Polina Shelepen (Russia) - 2nd in last years JGP final and 4th at junior worlds
Rosa Sheveleva - another talented young russian
Kana Muramoto (Japan) who medalled on the JGP in 2008
Nina Jiang and Yasmin Siraj (USA)- making their JGP debuts
Men
Jason Brown and Max Aaron (USA) -finished 1st and second respectively at the Gardenga Spring Trophy this year.
Andrei Rogozine (Canada) 6th at World Juniors
Ice Dance
Mainly the russians and the americans- although they are all new names to the international circuit.

There are 7 stops on the JGP circuit this year
Courchevel, France
Brasov, Romania
Graz, Austria
Karuizawa, Japan
Sheffield, Great Britain
Dresden, Germany
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Followed by the Grand Prix final in Beijing

The junior circuit is a place for new faces to make their name, although some of the 'more famous' juniors due to skate include Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (Mishin's young student with triple axels in the back pocket) and Christina Gao (Brian Orser's new Yu-Na).