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 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 Mexico Men's Results

Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	74.22	40.48		33.74	6.46	6.71	6.89	6.86	6.82	0.00	#19
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	67.30	38.48		28.82	6.07	5.54	5.82	5.93	5.46	0.00	#3
3	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	66.28	35.74		30.54	6.32	5.86	5.96	6.29	6.11	0.00	#15
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	64.38	34.88		29.50	5.82	5.71	6.04	5.93	6.00	0.00	#14
5	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	62.27	34.02		28.25	5.93	5.46	5.75	5.57	5.54	0.00	#13
6	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	59.36	30.47		28.89	5.57	5.61	5.86	5.96	5.89	0.00	#12
7	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	57.64	30.28		27.36	5.54	5.21	5.61	5.46	5.54	0.00	#5
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	53.24	28.53		24.71	5.14	4.57	5.04	4.96	5.00	0.00	#9
9	Alexei GENIA	RUS	51.20	25.77		26.43	5.14	5.04	5.21	5.43	5.61	1.00	#6
10	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	49.48	26.31		24.17	4.89	4.68	4.89	5.00	4.71	1.00	#16
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	43.13	22.14		20.99	4.46	3.96	4.25	4.21	4.11	0.00	#10
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	37.54	17.81		20.73	4.61	4.04	4.04	4.11	3.93	1.00	#2
13	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	34.96	14.20		21.76	4.43	4.07	4.29	4.36	4.61	1.00	#11
14	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	32.72	14.33		18.39	3.96	3.61	3.46	3.82	3.54	0.00	#1
15	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	31.52	14.51		19.01	3.43	3.50	4.04	3.93	4.11	2.00	#7
16	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	27.70	12.89		15.81	3.46	2.96	3.14	3.29	2.96	1.00	#17
17	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	27.38	9.86		18.52	4.46	3.39	3.50	3.71	3.46	1.00	#18
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	21.12	8.45		12.67	2.57	2.29	2.46	2.71	2.64	0.00	#4
WD	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA											#8

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	144.40	74.20		70.20	6.71	6.96	7.18	7.18	7.07	0.00	#18
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	132.34	74.18		59.16	6.54	5.61	5.89	6.04	5.50	1.00	#14
3	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	123.53	60.51		63.02	6.11	6.04	6.54	6.36	6.46	0.00	#17
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	116.66	59.46		58.20	5.75	5.57	5.82	6.07	5.89	1.00	#13
5	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	109.31	54.09		55.22	5.61	5.21	5.61	5.68	5.50	0.00	#7
6	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	108.12	49.78		58.34	6.07	5.71	5.64	6.00	5.75	0.00	#15
7	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	107.21	50.27		57.94	6.29	5.61	5.50	5.93	5.64	1.00	#16
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	106.76	57.32		50.44	5.36	4.68	5.25	5.04	4.89	1.00	#10
9	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	105.80	56.74		49.06	4.82	4.64	5.00	5.07	5.00	0.00	#11
10	Alexei GENIA	RUS	104.34	51.34		54.00	5.36	5.00	5.54	5.39	5.71	1.00	#8
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	84.33	38.75		46.58	4.68	4.43	4.61	4.89	4.68	1.00	#12
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	77.37	34.01		45.36	5.11	4.39	4.29	4.57	4.32	2.00	#9
13	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	73.89	36.03		37.86	4.18	3.61	3.64	3.96	3.54	0.00	#2
14	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	61.88	23.44		39.44	4.11	3.64	3.86	4.07	4.04	1.00	#5
15	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	56.28	29.20		31.08	3.61	2.96	2.82	3.29	2.86	4.00	#3
16	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	55.14	22.76		32.38	4.29	2.79	3.07	3.18	2.86	0.00	#4
17	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	53.65	23.03		31.62	3.21	2.96	3.21	3.25	3.18	1.00	#1
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	35.35	11.77		23.58	2.61	2.11	2.39	2.43	2.25	0.00	#6

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	218.62	1	1
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	199.64	2	2
3	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	182.89	6	3
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	181.04	4	4
5	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	173.49	3	7
6	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	170.39	5	6
7	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	166.95	7	5
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	160.00	8	8
9	Alexei GENIA	RUS	155.54	9	10
10	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	155.28	10	9
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	127.46	11	11
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	114.91	12	12
13	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	106.61	14	13
14	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	96.84	13	14
15	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	85.17	15	17
16	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	83.98	16	15
17	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	82.52	17	16
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	56.47	18	18
WD	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA

JGP Mexico Men's Preview

This is an inexperienced field of skaters with six making their international debut and an additional five making their JGP debut.  Of the remaining 9 skaters, only three have won medals on the JGP circuit.  

Nathan Chen has had a storied career already at the young age of 14.  He has won three national titles and medaled at nationals over six consecutive seasons in four levels.  He made his much anticipated JGP debut last season and won gold at his first event with a score that was still in the top 24 season's best by the end of the season.  However, he had to withdraw from his 2nd event due to injury after the short program and struggled for the rest of the season and even failed to defend his junior national title.  Still, he has a 20 point advantage over this field and can afford to make a few mistakes and still land on top of the podium.  He had been working on a triple axel prior to his injuries and if he includes that here it could give him a huge edge.

Challenging him for the top spot will be Ryuju Hino of Japan.  He won two medals on the JGP circuit last season and went on to medal at the JGPF.  His score at the Final was impressive, nearly topping the 200 point mark, but he scored nearly 30 points lower at Junior Worlds and managed only a 10th place finish.  

Nam Nguyen is training with Brian Orser alongside some of the top skaters in the world, including Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu.  He's long been touted as one of Canada's up and coming talents but hasn't quite lived up to the hype yet.  He had trouble getting started last season but rebounded to win a bronze medal at his second JGP event.  He did show some improvement at Junior Worlds, but still managed only a 12th place finish.  

Other skaters to watch for are Andrei Lazukin who finished 7th in Austria last season and Sei Kawahara who placed 5th and 8th at his two assignments.

Tomoki Hiwatshi could make a run for the podium here.  He has won three US national titles at three different levels and at just 13, is eligible for international competition for the first time.  When he won the novice men's title last year, he completed four triple jumps in his free skate but only attempted triple toes and salchows.  He'll need a bigger arsenal to compete with the top talent here but his artistry might keep him in the mix.  Another young name to keep an eye on is Daniel Samohin who won the pewter medal at US Nationals as a novice but is now competing for Israel.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Nathan Chen
Silver: Ryuju Hino
Bronze: Nam Nguyen

Bios of the competitors:
Nam Nguyen, CAN: He placed 12th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 9th at JGP France and won bronze at JGP Turkey last season.  His personal best is 172.58.  He is 15 years old.

Meng Ju Lee, TPE: This is his JGP debut.  He is 17 years old.

Charles Tetar, FRA: He placed 7th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Slovenia last season.  His personal best is 156.43.  He is 18 years old.

Graham Newberry, GBR: This is his JGP debut.  He is 15 years old.

Lap Kan Yuen, HKG: He placed 20th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 84.93.  He is 17 years old.

Daniel Samohin, ISR: This is his international debut.  He is 15 years old.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 10th at Junior Worlds.  He won bronze at JGP France and silver at JGP Austria last season to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 198.92.  He is 18 years old.  

Sei Kawahara, JPN: He placed 5th at JGP Austria and 8th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 170.41.  He is 17 years old.

Zhen Feng Chan, MAS: This is his JGP debut.  He is 18 years old.

David Bosquez, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 18 years old.

Donavan Carillo, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

Eduardo Luna, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 18 years old.

June Hyoung Lee, KOR: He finished 17th at Four Continents and 13th at Junior Worlds.  He placed 5th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Turkey last season.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 16 years old.

Alexei Genia, RUS: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

Andrei Lazukin, RUS: He placed 7th at JGP Austria last season.  His personal best is 163.27.  He is 15 years old.

Ancio Van Tonder, RSA: This is his JGP debut.  He is 15 years old.

John-Olof Hallman, SWE: This is his JGP debut.  His personal best is 120.12.  He is 16 years old.

Vincent Cuerel, SUI: He placed 20th at JGP France last season.  His personal best is 102.15.  He is 17 years old.

Nathan Chen, USA: He won gold at JGP Austria last season.  His personal best is 222.00.  He is 14 years old.

Tomoki Hiwatshi, USA: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

US Nationals Novice Men's Free Skate Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	7	Tomoki Hiwatashi, DuPage FSC	1	52.05	2	103.24	155.29
2	12	Oleksiy Melnyk, Washington FSC	3	49.27	1	103.72	152.99
3	11	Nicholas Vrdoljak, DuPage FSC	2	49.53	3	89.58	139.11
4	9	Daniel Samohin, Los Angeles FSC	4	47.67	4	87.40	135.07
5	8	Daniel Kulenkamp, St. Paul FSC	5	44.76	7	79.08	123.84
6	2	Luke West, Broadmoor SC	7	42.71	5	81.04	123.75
7	10	Paolo Borromeo, Los Angeles FSC	6	43.65	8	78.42	122.07
8	5	Harrison Wong, La Jolla FSC	11	36.04	6	80.48	116.52
9	6	Tony Lu, SC of Wilmington	8	38.71	9	76.33	115.04
10	3	Daniel Petrenko, Charter Oak FSC	10	37.35	10	76.01	113.36
11	4	Christopher Aaron Singletary, SC of Lake Placid	9	37.43	11	73.47	110.90
12	1	Albert Zeng, SC of San Francisco	12	32.10	12	71.09	103.19