JGP Czech Republic Men's Free Skate Results

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	139.59	72.95		66.64	6.71	6.36	6.82	6.64	6.79	0.00	#19
2	Alexander PETROV	RUS	133.36	70.78		62.58	6.29	6.00	6.36	6.32	6.32	0.00	#20
3	Moris KVITELASHVILI	RUS	119.49	58.19		61.30	6.29	6.00	6.00	6.25	6.11	0.00	#21
4	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	117.18	58.26		58.92	5.89	5.75	5.96	5.79	6.07	0.00	#17
5	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	110.44	59.16		51.28	5.32	4.82	5.32	5.04	5.14	0.00	#16
6	Jan KURNIK	CZE	101.95	48.65		53.30	5.25	5.04	5.57	5.29	5.50	0.00	#13
7	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	101.46	47.30		55.16	5.54	5.32	5.54	5.61	5.57	1.00	#18
8	Alexander BJELDE	GER	100.67	49.11		51.56	5.18	4.96	5.14	5.25	5.25	0.00	#12
9	Tomas KUPKA	CZE	100.47	49.97		51.50	5.36	5.00	5.07	5.25	5.07	1.00	#22
10	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	99.93	53.75		48.18	5.14	4.71	4.57	4.96	4.71	2.00	#6
11	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	93.10	43.08		50.02	4.86	4.82	5.11	5.04	5.18	0.00	#10
12	David KRANJEC	AUS	91.68	41.80		51.88	5.36	5.04	5.04	5.32	5.18	2.00	#23
13	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	90.07	51.87		38.20	4.25	3.68	3.71	3.89	3.57	0.00	#1
14	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	86.93	40.43		46.50	4.93	4.43	4.57	4.71	4.61	0.00	#14
15	Jordan JU	TPE	86.63	42.05		45.58	4.93	4.43	4.32	4.68	4.43	1.00	#15
16	Thomas KENNES	NED	85.39	41.97		44.42	4.68	4.07	4.57	4.46	4.43	1.00	#7
17	Petr KOTLARIK	CZE	84.52	42.22		42.30	4.29	4.11	4.21	4.25	4.29	0.00	#3
18	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	84.25	38.39		45.86	4.57	4.36	4.57	4.75	4.68	0.00	#8
19	Roman GALAY	FIN	72.81	31.09		41.72	4.54	4.11	3.96	4.21	4.04	0.00	#9
20	Burak DEMIRBOGA	TUR	68.02	33.38		35.64	3.82	3.39	3.43	3.75	3.43	1.00	#4
21	Jakub KRSNAK	SVK	64.66	29.58		37.08	3.82	3.54	3.61	3.82	3.75	2.00	#11
22	Simon-Gabriel IONIAN	AUT	63.05	27.99		38.06	3.82	3.61	3.82	3.82	3.96	3.00	#5
23	Nikhil PINGLE	IND	16.98	6.54		11.44	1.36	1.00	1.11	1.18	1.07	1.00	#2

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	210.02	1	1
2	Alexander PETROV	RUS	203.44	2	2
3	Moris KVITELASHVILI	RUS	185.68	3	3
4	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	168.98	9	4
5	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	165.29	7	5
6	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	156.54	6	7
7	Tomas KUPKA	CZE	156.04	4	9
8	Alexander BJELDE	GER	154.93	8	8
9	Jan KURNIK	CZE	147.23	12	6
10	David KRANJEC	AUS	146.94	5	12
11	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	145.19	13	10
12	Jordan JU	TPE	138.08	10	15
13	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	135.18	17	11
14	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	133.01	11	14
15	Thomas KENNES	NED	128.86	16	16
16	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	128.79	14	18
17	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	128.75	19	13
18	Petr KOTLARIK	CZE	120.15	21	17
19	Roman GALAY	FIN	117.07	15	19
20	Burak DEMIRBOGA	TUR	105.57	20	20
21	Jakub KRSNAK	SVK	104.17	18	21
22	Simon-Gabriel IONIAN	AUT	93.33	22	22
23	Nikhil PINGLE	IND	27.04	23	23

JGP Czech Republic Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	70.43	38.64		31.79	6.43	6.11	6.50	6.43	6.32	0.00	#11
2	Alexander PETROV	RUS	70.08	40.15		29.93	6.07	5.68	6.11	5.93	6.14	0.00	#4
3	Moris KVITELASHVILI	RUS	66.19	35.66		30.53	6.14	5.96	6.11	6.18	6.14	0.00	#16
4	Tomas KUPKA	CZE	55.57	31.00		24.57	5.04	4.64	4.96	5.04	4.89	0.00	#8
5	David KRANJEC	AUS	55.26	29.80		25.46	5.29	4.75	5.21	4.96	5.25	0.00	#2
6	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	55.08	27.51		27.57	5.46	5.32	5.61	5.57	5.61	0.00	#22
7	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	54.85	29.96		24.89	5.14	4.71	5.04	5.00	5.00	0.00	#14
8	Alexander BJELDE	GER	54.26	28.75		25.51	5.11	4.93	5.18	5.11	5.18	0.00	#19
9	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	51.80	25.87		26.93	5.36	5.46	5.36	5.36	5.39	1.00	#1
10	Jordan JU	TPE	51.45	27.59		23.86	4.86	4.68	4.64	4.89	4.79	0.00	#15
11	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	46.08	23.55		22.53	4.64	4.21	4.64	4.43	4.61	0.00	#23
12	Jan KURNIK	CZE	45.28	24.14		21.14	4.36	3.96	4.18	4.32	4.32	0.00	#7
13	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	45.26	20.69		24.57	5.14	4.64	4.93	5.04	4.82	0.00	#9
14	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	44.54	22.10		22.44	4.54	4.21	4.61	4.54	4.54	0.00	#21
15	Roman GALAY	FIN	44.26	23.11		21.15	4.54	4.14	4.04	4.29	4.14	0.00	#18
16	Thomas KENNES	NED	43.47	22.11		22.36	4.61	4.36	4.46	4.57	4.36	1.00	#17
17	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	42.08	17.65		24.43	4.86	4.82	4.79	5.00	4.96	0.00	#6
18	Jakub KRSNAK	SVK	39.51	21.51		18.00	3.75	3.57	3.57	3.61	3.50	0.00	#5
19	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	38.68	20.35		19.33	4.04	3.64	3.82	4.04	3.79	1.00	#10
20	Burak DEMIRBOGA	TUR	37.55	18.48		19.07	3.86	3.68	3.86	3.96	3.71	0.00	#3
21	Petr KOTLARIK	CZE	35.63	16.02		20.61	4.29	3.86	4.14	4.18	4.14	1.00	#12
22	Simon-Gabriel IONIAN	AUT	30.28	11.39		18.89	3.82	3.64	3.79	3.96	3.68	0.00	#20
23	Nikhil PINGLE	IND	10.06	3.00		7.06	1.57	1.21	1.39	1.46	1.43	0.00	#13

JGP Czech Republic Men's Preview

Four men competing here are still in the running for the JGP Final.  Keiji Tanaka started his season with a gold medal at JGP Slovakia.  He struggled with his free skate, finishing just 3rd in that segment.  He can qualify for the Final with a gold, silver or bronze medal while a 4th place finish would keep him in the running.  He's been to the Final each of the past two seasons, finishing 6th both times.

Alexander Petrov took home the silver medal from JGP Poland, although he nearly reached 200 points at that event.  He needs a gold medal to qualify for the Final while a silver or a bronze will keep him in the running.  He has never qualified for the Final and is chasing his third career JGP medal here.

Daniel Samohin competed for the US last season and switched to Israel for this year.  He surprised many by winning the bronze medal at his first assignment at JGP Mexico.  He needs a gold medal to qualify for his first Final while a silver medal will keep him in contention.

Alexander Samarin had a disappointing start to his season.  After winning two bronze medals on the JGP last season, he finished just 4th last week at JGP Belarus.  He didn't have much time to make adjustments to his programs, so he'll need to focus on skating cleanly.  He needs a gold medal to keep himself in contention for the Final.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Alexander Petrov
Silver: Keiji Tanaka
Bronze: Alexander Samarin

Bios of the competitors:
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He placed 21st at Junior Worlds.  He finished 21st at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 143.48.  He is 17 years old.

David Kranjec, AUS: He placed 23rd at Four Continents and 24th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 11th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 150.20.  He is 16 years old.

Simon-Gabriel Ionian, AUT: He placed 19th at JGP Austria last season.  His personal best is 95.10.  He is 18 years old.

Mitchell Gordon, CAN: He placed 16th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 8th at JGP Austria and 12th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 169.62.  He is 17 years old.

Jordan Ju, TPE: He placed 22nd at Four Continents.  He placed 15th at JGP Austria and 13th at JGP Slovenia last season.  His personal best is 134.97.  He is 18 years old.

Petr Kotlarik, CZE: This is his international debut.  He is 14 years old.

Tomas Kupka, CZE: He placed 15th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 140.29.  He is 18 years old.

Jan Kurnik, CZE: This is his JGP debut.  He is 14 years old.

Roman Galay, FIN: This is his JGP debut.  He is 15 years old.

Alexander Bjelde, GER: He placed 18th at JGP Slovakia.  His personal best is 127.31.  He is 18 years old.

Panagiotis Polizoakis, GER: He placed 12th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 144.26.  He is 18 years old.

Graham Newberry, GBR: He finished 10th at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 155.28.  He is 15 years old.

Nikhil Pingle, IND: This is his international debut.

Daniel Samohin, ISR: He won bronze at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 182.89.  He is 15 years old.

Keiji Tanaka, JPN: He won gold at JGP Slovakia.  He is the 2011 Junior Worlds Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 196.98.  He is 18 years old.

Julian Zhi Jie Yee, MAS: He finished 24th at Junior Worlds.  He placed 26th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 112.93.  He is 16 years old.

Thomas Kennes, NED: He placed 17th at JGP Germany last season.  His personal best is 102.91.  He is 17 years old.

Alexander Petrov, RUS: He won silver at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 195.40.  He is 14 years old.

Alexander Samarin, RUS: He finished 8th at Junior Worlds.  He placed 4th at JGP Belarus.  His personal best is 186.96.  He is 15 years old.

Jakub Krsnak, SVK: He placed 22nd at JGP Slovakia.  His personal best is 101.03.  He is 15 years old.

Victor Bustamante, ESP: He placed 18th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 20th at JGP at JGP Slovakia.  His personal best is 151.23.  He is 19 years old.

Vincent Cuerel, SUI: He placed 11th at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 127.46.  He is 17 years old.

Burak Demirboga, TUR: He placed 18th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 118.06.  He is 17 years old.

JGP Poland Men's Free Skate Results

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Adian PITKEEV	RUS	142.39	74.89		67.50	6.93	6.50	6.86	6.75	6.71	0.00	#30
2	Alexander PETROV	RUS	131.70	67.20		64.50	6.39	6.25	6.50	6.54	6.57	0.00	#26
3	He ZHANG	CHN	123.92	61.62		62.30	6.39	5.93	6.29	6.25	6.29	0.00	#25
4	Jordan MOELLER	USA	114.69	57.09		57.60	5.79	5.54	5.93	5.79	5.75	0.00	#19
5	Shu NAKAMURA	JPN	113.90	54.44		59.46	6.04	5.61	6.04	6.00	6.04	0.00	#29
6	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	111.35	54.87		56.48	5.96	5.46	5.57	5.68	5.57	0.00	#28
7	Igor REZNICHENKO	UKR	111.33	55.61		55.72	5.71	5.36	5.71	5.54	5.54	0.00	#14
8	Wenbo ZANG	CHN	108.38	52.60		56.78	6.07	5.43	5.71	5.64	5.54	1.00	#27
9	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	105.96	51.38		55.58	5.71	5.32	5.61	5.61	5.54	1.00	#16
10	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	102.12	47.48		55.64	5.64	5.36	5.57	5.57	5.68	1.00	#17
11	David KRANJEC	AUS	99.05	45.33		54.72	5.57	5.25	5.50	5.50	5.54	1.00	#18
12	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	98.69	45.77		53.92	5.54	5.07	5.39	5.50	5.46	1.00	#12
13	Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	94.52	43.08		52.44	5.21	5.07	5.36	5.29	5.29	1.00	#21
14	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	92.78	41.12		52.66	5.50	5.04	5.29	5.25	5.25	1.00	#22
15	Tomas KUPKA	CZE	91.41	47.33		48.08	5.18	4.68	4.68	4.93	4.57	4.00	#24
16	Armen AGAIAN	GEO	90.50	45.22		45.28	4.61	4.21	4.61	4.57	4.64	0.00	#6
17	Dong-Won LEE	KOR	90.04	38.56		51.48	5.71	4.96	4.93	5.21	4.93	0.00	#20
18	Brian KRENTZ	USA	89.09	36.89		52.20	5.39	5.00	5.18	5.21	5.32	0.00	#9
19	Juho PIRINEN	FIN	87.70	41.76		47.94	5.11	4.68	4.71	4.86	4.61	2.00	#8
20	Niko ULANOVSKY	GER	87.11	39.61		48.50	5.07	4.68	4.75	4.93	4.82	1.00	#13
21	Krzysztof GALA	POL	85.78	41.66		45.12	4.89	4.32	4.39	4.50	4.46	1.00	#11
22	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	85.33	48.23		37.10	4.04	3.36	3.75	3.79	3.61	0.00	#2
23	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	85.29	40.43		44.86	4.61	4.18	4.61	4.46	4.57	0.00	#3
24	Adrien TESSON	FRA	84.53	35.65		51.88	5.29	5.04	5.11	5.25	5.25	3.00	#23
25	Ivo GATOVSKI	BUL	74.57	32.23		43.34	4.57	4.21	4.32	4.39	4.18	1.00	#7
26	Hector ALONSO SERRANO	ESP	71.34	27.84		47.50	4.86	4.68	4.57	4.89	4.75	4.00	#15
27	Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG	HKG	64.08	30.24		33.84	3.75	2.96	3.32	3.68	3.21	0.00	#1
28	Marco KLEPOCH	SVK	62.21	27.43		39.78	4.32	3.86	3.82	4.00	3.89	5.00	#10
29	Larry LOUPOLOVER	AZE	59.27	28.63		34.64	3.64	3.21	3.29	3.79	3.39	4.00	#4
30	Johann WILKINSON	RSA	53.88	20.82		35.06	3.75	3.32	3.46	3.54	3.46	2.00	#5

Total

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Adian PITKEEV	RUS	213.89	1	1
2	Alexander PETROV	RUS	195.40	2	2
3	He ZHANG	CHN	186.89	3	3
4	Wenbo ZANG	CHN	167.89	4	8
5	Shu NAKAMURA	JPN	166.83	6	5
6	Jordan MOELLER	USA	165.75	9	4
7	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	165.75	5	6
8	Igor REZNICHENKO	UKR	155.43	18	7
9	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	151.90	14	9
10	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	148.01	15	10
11	David KRANJEC	AUS	145.03	13	11
12	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	144.26	7	14
13	Dong-Won LEE	KOR	141.34	8	17
14	Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	141.32	12	13
15	Tomas KUPKA	CZE	140.29	11	15
16	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	138.87	23	12
17	Adrien TESSON	FRA	133.78	10	24
18	Niko ULANOVSKY	GER	132.21	17	20
19	Brian KRENTZ	USA	130.36	22	18
20	Juho PIRINEN	FIN	129.56	21	19
21	Krzysztof GALA	POL	128.81	20	21
22	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	123.13	25	23
23	Armen AGAIAN	GEO	121.15	28	16
24	Hector ALONSO SERRANO	ESP	116.53	16	26
25	Ivo GATOVSKI	BUL	113.57	24	25
26	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	111.04	30	22
27	Marco KLEPOCH	SVK	105.93	19	28
28	Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG	HKG	97.67	27	27
29	Larry LOUPOLOVER	AZE	95.70	26	29
30	Johann WILKINSON	RSA	83.66	29	30