The 2010
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for ...
was an international competition in the
2009–10 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the annual event awards medals in the disciplines
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating, and
ice dancing
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The event was held between March 8 and 14, 2010 at The Uithof in
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Qualification
The competition was open to skaters representing
ISU member nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2009 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria.
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.
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the
2009 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Countries which qualified more than one entry in a discipline:
If not listed above, one entry was allowed.
Medals table
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
* China did not qualify for a third spot in pairs but one was accepted wrongly and therefore the third team was disqualified.
Ice dancing
References
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{{2009–10 in figure skating
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