2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2013–14 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Records
The following new junior records were set during this competition:| Event | Component | Skater | Score | Date | Ref |
| Pairs | Short program |  Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | 62.58 | 12 March 2014 | |
| Ice dancing | Short dance |  Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | 66.73 | 12 March 2014 | |
| Ice dancing | Free dance |  Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov | 91.36 | 14 March 2014 | |
| Ice dancing | Total score | Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov | 155.16 | 14 March 2014 | |
| Ice dancing | Total score | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | 157.12 | 14 March 2014 | |
| Ladies | Short program | Elena Radionova | 66.90 | 15 March 2014 | |
| Ladies | Free skating | Elena Radionova | 127.39 | 16 March 2014 | |
| Ladies | Total score | Elena Radionova | 194.29 | 16 March 2014 |
Qualification
Skaters from all ISU member nations were eligible for the competition if they were at least 13 years old but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before 1 July 2013 in their place of birth. National associations select their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score at an international event prior to the World Junior Championships.The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.
Minimum TES
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2013 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.Entries
Member nations selected the following entries:| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Slavik Hayrapetyan | Anastasia Galustyan | |||
| Brendan Kerry | Kailani Craine | Eliza Smyth / Jordan Dodds | ||
| Albert Mück | Lara Roth | Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer | ||
| Larry Loupolover | ||||
| Pavel Ignatenko | Daria Batura | Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev | ||
| Ivo Gatovski | Anna Afonkina | Slavyana Tsenova / Egor Zaytsev | ||
| Nam Nguyen Roman Sadovsky | Alaine Chartrand Larkyn Austman | Tara Hancherow / Wesley Killing Mary Orr / Phelan Simpson | Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang | |
| Jin Boyang Zang Wenbo Zhang He | Zhao Ziquan | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Zhao Yue / Liu Chang | |
| Chih-I Tsao | Melanie Yuung-Hui Chang | |||
| Valentina Mikac | ||||
| Petr Coufal | Anna Dušková | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka | |
| Pernille Sørensen | Sarah Vadskjaer Grapek / Malcolm Jones | |||
| Daniil Zurav | Gerli Liinamäe | Marina Elias / Denis Koreline | ||
| Juho Pirinen | Jenni Saarinen | |||
| Simon Hocquaux | Anaïs Ventard | Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac | ||
| Armen Agaian | ||||
| Alexander Bjelde | Lutricia Bock Maria-Katharina Herceg | Julia Linckh / Konrad Hocker-Scholler | Florence Clarke / Tim Dieck Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki | |
 Great Britain | Graham Newberry | Emily Hayward | Olivia Smart / Joseph Buckland | |
| Carina Glastris / Nicholas Lettner | ||||
| Maisy Hiu Ching Ma | Marin Ono / Hon Lam To | |||
| Alexander Borovoj | Ivett Tóth | Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács | ||
| Daniel Samohin | Netta Schreiber | Kimberly Berkovich / Ronald Zilberberg | ||
| Matteo Rizzo | Guia Maria Tagliapietra | Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini | Sara Ghislandi / Giona Terzo Ortenzi | |
| Keiji Tanaka Shoma Uno | Rika Hongo Satoko Miyahara | Sumire Suto / Konstantin Chizhikov | ||
| Elizabet Tursynbayeva | ||||
| Deniss Vasiļjevs | Angelina Kučvaļska | Jekaterina Pribilova / Jegors Ņikita Admiralovs | ||
| Arturas Ganzela | Deimantė Kizalaitė | |||
| Julian Zhi Jie Yee | ||||
| Thomas Kennes | Niki Wories | |||
| Sondre Oddvoll Boe | ||||
| Alisson Krystle Perticheto | ||||
| Krzysztof Gała | Agata Kryger | Beatrice Tomczak / Damian Binkowski | ||
| Daniel Patriche | Julia Sauter | |||
| Adian Pitkeev Alexander Petrov | Serafima Sakhanovich Elena Radionova Evgenia Medvedeva | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat | Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin | |
| Marco Klepoch | Bronislava Dobiášová | |||
| Pina Umek | ||||
| Ancio Van Tonder | Michaela Du Toit | |||
| Lee June-hyoung | Choi Da-bin Kim Na-hyun | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | ||
| Victor Bustamante | Elena Mangas | |||
| Illya Solomin | Matilda Algotsson | |||
| Carlo Röthlisberger | Matilde Gianocca | |||
| Thita Lamsam | ||||
| Burak Demirboğa | Selin Hafızoğlu | Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın | ||
| Ivan Pavlov | Anna Khnychenkova | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | ||
| Nathan Chen Jordan Moeller Shotaro Omori | Karen Chen Amber Glenn Tyler Pierce | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Kaitlin Budd / Nikita Cheban Aya Takai / Brian Johnson | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |
Switzerland replaced Nicola Todeschini with Carlo Röthlisberger and Belarus replaced Janina Makeenka with Daria Batura. On 5 March 2014, U.S. Figure Skating stated that the American pair of Chelsea Liu / Devin Perini had withdrawn due to injury and would be replaced by Aya Takai / Brian Johnson. On 6 March 2014, the Russian federation announced that Elena Radionova, having recovered from injury, would replace the lower-ranked Alexandra Proklova, and Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin would take the place of Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, who withdrew due to illness. On 7 March, Canada named Larkyn Austman to replace Julianne Séguin in singles but their third pairs' spot was left unfilled after the withdrawal of Séguin and Charlie Bilodeau. Russia's Maria Sotskova withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Evgenia Medvedeva.
Schedule
Overview
/ Jean-Luc Baker of the United States finished first in the short dance by a margin of 2.93 points over Russia's Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov, the 2013 JGP Final champions, while another American team, Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter, placed third. Yanovskaya/Mozgov narrowly came in first in the free dance but it was not enough to continue Russian ice dancers' four-year streak of gold medals at the World Junior Championships. Hawayek/Baker became the first American ice dancers to win the title since 2009. Rising from fifth after the short dance, Canada's Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang took the bronze medal ahead of McNamara/Carpenter who finished fourth.The pairs' short program saw 2012 World Junior silver medalists, Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang of China, take a lead of 3.12 points over Russia's Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, who were trailed closely by Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat, the 2012 bronze medalists. In the free skating, Yu/Jin were again ranked first, this time by 2.45 points, and won the gold medal by a total margin of 5.57 points. Tarasova/Morozov took the silver medal while another Russian pair, Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev, edged past Davankova/Deputat to take the bronze medal.
Canada's Nam Nguyen won the men's short program by a margin of 1.36 over China's Jin Boyang. Several skaters, led by Japan's Shoma Uno and Keiji Tanaka, trailed closely behind. In the free skating, Nguyen narrowly outscored Russia's Adian Pitkeev and American Nathan Chen. The gold medal was awarded to Nguyen, silver to Pitkeev, and bronze to Chen.
2013 World Junior champion Elena Radionova won the ladies' short program, outscoring teammates Serafima Sakhanovich by a margin of 2.15 and Evgenia Medvedeva by 3.18. Ten points ahead of her nearest rival in the free skating and 12.16 overall, Radionova became the first ladies' single skater to repeat as World Junior champion. Sakhanovich won the silver medal, finishing a total of 3.7 points ahead of Medvedeva, who took the bronze medal. It was the second year in a row that Russia swept the ladies' podium at the World Junior Championships. Japan's Satoko Miyahara finished fourth, less than a point behind Medvedeva.
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Medals summary
Medalists
Medals for overall placement:Small medals for placement in the short segment:
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
By country
Table of medals for overall placement:Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment: