Winnipeg figure skaters Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov are headed to December’s exclusive ISU Junior Grand Prix Final as the top-ranked junior pair in the world this season.

But before they take a third stab at gold in Japan, the young athletes will make their senior debut in Austria, intent on earning the magic number of points that should make their Olympic season exponentially more exciting.

If Kemp and Elizarov succeed in accumulating 75 technical points next week at Icechallenge in Graz, they would establish their eligibility to compete at the ISU Four Continents championship in Beijing in January, as well as the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.

A score of 91 would make them eligible to compete at the senior world championships in Prague in March.

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