Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Junior Grand Prix Final--Mens Preview

I haven't seen any of these competitors this season, and some of them are new to the international circuit, so I'm not going to make any predictions about medals for the Final.  However, there are a few observations that can be drawn:

Dornbush is the only man who has been to the JGP Final before.  Messing has the highest personal best score out of the bunch but several other of the competitors have scores that are extremely close.  Rogozine has beat Aaron twice and Gorshkov once earlier this season.  Yan has beat Dornbush, Bush and Messing this season.  Messing has beat Farris.  Farris has beat Bush earlier this season.  Dornbush has beat Gorshkov this season.  Aaron has also beat Gorshkov.  Bush has beat Dornbush earlier this season.       

The competitors in order of qualification:

Andrei Rogozine, CAN: He placed 6th at the World Junior Championships last season.  He won gold at both of his JGP Courchevel and SBC Cup to qualify for the Final.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 188.60.

Han Yan, CHN: Yan won JGP Cup of Austria and Czech Skate to qualify for the Final.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 193.62.

Joshua Farris, USA: He won silver at JGP Brasov Cup and gold at J. Curry Memorial.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 187.74.

Keegan Messing, USA: Messing finished 4th at the World Junior Championships.  He won gold at JGP Brasov Cup and placed 4th at Czech Skate.  His personal best total score was achieved at the World Junior Championships and is 197.03.

Richard Dornbush, USA: He finished 4th at the JGP Final last season.  This is his third trip to the Final.  He finished 4th at JGP Cup of Austria and won gold at Pokal der Blauen.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 195.23.

Max Aaron, USA: Aaron won bronze at JGP Courcheval and silver at SBC Cup.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 179.82.

Zhan Bush, RUS: He won bronze at JGP Cup of Austria and silver at J. Curry Memorial.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 176.64.

Gordei Gorshkov, RUS: Gorshkov finished 4th at JGP SBC Cup and won silver at Pokal der Blauen.  His personal best total score was achieved earlier this season and is 185.84.

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