2021 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
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| 2021 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 1 – 7 March |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Location: | Harbin, China |
| Host: | Chinese Skating Association |
| Venue: | Heilongjiang Provincial Skating Arena |
| Previous: 2020 World Junior Championships | |
| Next: 2022 World Junior Championships | |
The 2021 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), originally scheduled to be hosted by the Chinese Skating Association. It would have been held at the Heilongjiang Provincial Skating Arena in Harbin, China, from 1 to 7 March 2021. Medals would have been awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, and the competition would have determined the entry quotas for each federation for the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2022 World Junior Championships. However, the ISU announced the cancellation of the event on 24 November 2020, citing "the pandemic developments and related impact on the organizers and participants."[1]
The International Skating Union (ISU) adopted legislation in 1975 establishing the Junior Figure Skating Championships. The championships were established on a two-year trial basis with the understanding that if they were successful, they would be renamed the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The inaugural World Junior Championships took place in Megève, France, in 1976.[2]
The 2021 World Junior Championships were originally scheduled to be held at the Heilongjiang Provincial Skating Arena in Harbin, China, from 1 to 7 March 2021.[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the General Administration of Sport of China announced on 9 July 2020 that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020 except for test events for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in Beijing[4] The ISU announced on 13 July that the 2020 Cup of China would be held as scheduled due to its connection to the Olympic test event, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[5]
However, the ISU announced the cancellation of the World Junior Championships on 24 November 2020.[6] The World Junior Championships were the second ISU Championship event to be cancelled during the 2020–21 season, following the cancellation of the 2021 Four Continents Championships on 16 October.[7] The 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series had also been cancelled earlier in the season, on 20 July.[8] With the cancellation of the World Junior Championships, there was effectively no opportunity for junior-level skaters to compete during the 2020–21 season.[6]
