The first official ISU Junior World Synchronized Skating Championships get under way in Helsinki, Finland, this week from 7 to 9 March – the de facto championships for the past 12 or so years has been the Junior World Challenge Cup. The UK’s sole representative this year is Team Icicles of Nottingham, who qualified ahead of Wight Jewels.
The team is already in Helsinki, and can be followed on their Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/TeamIcicles (@TeamIcicles). The event Twitter feed is @SkatingFinland.
iowskaters.com and wightboots would like to wish Icicles all the best at this prestigious event.
The schedule of events is:
Thursday, 7 March, 6.30pm (4.30pm GMT): Opening ceremony
Friday, 8 March, 5.30pm (3.30 GMT): Short programme
Saturday, 9 March, 3.00pm (1.00pm GMT): Free skating
Live streaming of the opening ceremony is available, and there will be interviews with some of the teams at: https://stll-fi.directo.fi/2013-junior-synchro-worlds/webtv/
There is no live streaming of the skating. Short and long programmes will be uploaded to YouTube shortly after each team has skated at http://www.youtube.com/user/skatingisu
Official site: http://www.stll.fi/2013-junior-synchro-worlds/
Event Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/juniorsynchroworlds2013
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