1998 Junior Series Final

Lausanne, Switzerland
5 - 8 March 1998

The first final of the new ISU Junior Series took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 5-8.  The new Junior Series, based on the successful model of the ISU Champions Series, comprises 6 international events held throughout Europe between August and November.  Points were awarded on the basis of the final placement in each competition and the top eight ladies and men together with the top six pairs and dance qualified for the final.

Switzerland as the host of this competition was permitted a "wild card" and entered Christel Borghi in the ladies event.  Victoria Volchkova (RUS) was entered in the ladies event, but was injured and did not skate.

Julia Soldatova, the current World Junior Champion, won the ladies competition, in front of Amber Corwin, and teammate Elena Pingachova.  The one-three result for the Russian ladies highlights the continued improvement of that country's women in recent years.

Timothy Goebel, absent from the World Junior Championships because of a hip injury, came back to win the men's competition in Lausanne, after being fourth in the short program.  Ivan Dinev, who place 11th in the recent Olympic Games, won the silver medal in front of Matthew Savoi, third.  In winning the long program Goebel landed a quad Salchow, making him the first U.S. man to land a quad in international competition, and the first man to land a quad Salshow in international competition.

In the pairs event, Junior World Champions Obertas and Palamarchuck won the gold medal after being only fourth in the short program.  Second were the Russian team of Maksuta and Zhovnirsky, also the silver medalists at the Junior World Championships in St. John, Canada.  After winning the short program, Vlandis and Guzman slipped to third in the long program to win the bronze medal.

World Junior silver medlaists, Faiella and Milo won the ice dance event ahead of Podtykova and Petukhov and teammates Ottaviani and Scali.

Final Results

Fl    NAME             NATION  TFP  SP  FS
 1.  Julia SOLDATOVA    RUS    1.5   1   1
 2.  Amber CORWIN       USA    3.0   2   2
 3.  Elena PINGACHOVA   RUS    5.5   5   3
 4.  Shelby LYONS       USA    5.5   3   4
 5.  Chisato SHINA      JPN    8.0   6   5
 6.  Andrea DIEWALD     GER    9.0   4   7
 7.  Morgan ROWE        USA    9.5   7   6
 8.  Christel BORGHI    SWI   12.0   8   8

Mr. William SMITH    ISU Referee
Mr. Igor PROKOP      ISU Assistant Referee

Fl    NAME               NATION   TFP  SP  FS

 1.  Timothy GOEBEL       USA     3.0   4   1
 2.  Ivan DINEV           BUL     3.5   3   2
 3.  Matthew SAVOIE       USA     4.5   1   3
 4.  Vincent RESTENCOURT  FRA     6.0   2   5
 5.  Yosuka TAKEUCHI      JPN     7.0   8   3
 6.  David JAESCHKE       GER     8.5   5   6
 7.  Pavel KERSHA         RUS    10.5   7   7
 8.  Hristo TURLAKOV      BUL    11.0   6   8

Mrs. Sally Anne STAPLEFORD  ISU Referee
Mr. Hideo SUGITA            ISU Assistant Referee

Fl   NAME                                     NATION TFP SP FS
 1.  Yulia OBERTAS & Dmitry PALAMARCHUK        UKR   3.0  4  1
 2.  Victoria MAKSUTA & Vladislav ZHOVNIRZSKY  RUS   3.0  2  2
 3.  Natalie VLANDIS & Jered GUZMAN            USA   3.5  1  3
 4.  Alona MALTSEVA & OLEG POPOV               RUS   6.5  5  4
 5.  Svatiana NIKOLAEVA & Alexei SOKOLOV       RUS   6.5  3  5
 6.  Tiffany STIEGLER & Johnnie STIEGLER       USA   9.0  6  6

Mr. Markus GERMANN        ISU Referee
Mr. Heinz-Ulrich WALTHER  ISU Assistant Referee

Fl   NAME                               NATION  TFP  CD OD FD
 1.  Federica FAIELLA & Luciano MILO     ITA    2.0   1  1  1
 2.  Oksana POTDYKOVA & Denis PETUKHOV   RUS    4.0   2  2  2
 3.  Flavia OTTAVIANI & Massimo SCALI    ITA    7.0   4  4  3
 4.  Zita GEBORA & Andras VISONTAI       HUN    7.0   3  3  4
 5.  Natalia ROMANIUTA & Danil BARANTSEV RUS   11.0   6  6  5
 6.  Jamie SILVERSTEIN & Justin PEKAREK  USA   11.0   5  5  6


Mr. Courtney J.L. JONES   ISU  Referee
Mr. Vladislav PETUKHOV    ISU  Assistant Referee

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