USA Figure Skaters Dominate Junior Grand Prix of France

© Timbre Beck-Murphy

Aug 28, 2006

The United States was the only country at the event to win more than one medal. In fact, their junior figure skaters won five of nine.


Ashley Wagner of Washington, and Megan Hyatt of Illinois, captured the ladies' gold and silver.

Austin Kanallakan from Colorado, and Curran Oi from Massachusetts, won the men's top two spots as well.

Ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell are taking home to Michigan a silver medal after narrowly being beaten by the Russian team of Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev.

The next stop for the Junior Grand Prix Series is in Hungary. For more details on these competitions, log on to theUnited States Figure Skating Association's website.


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