2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The 2001 competition took place between February 26 and March 2, 2001 in the Winter Sports Hall, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Due to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.
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