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Monday, November 12, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
US Figure Skating Classic Men's Short Program Results
Monday, February 20, 2012
Junior Worlds: Men's Preview
Joshua Farris won a pair of gold medals on the JGP and went on to win the bronze at the Final. He started off the season with a solid short program, increasing his personal best and getting over the 200 point mark. He improved his scores in Estonia but mistakes at the Final dropped him to third overall. After struggling with his free skate all season, he scrapped it and debuted a new program at nationals. He had a messy outing at nationals and failed to cross the 200 point mark. If he hits his programs he could be at the top of the podium but he hasn't shown that consistency yet this season. He has the best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total score of the season.
Han Yan won a pair of gold medals on the Junior Grand Prix and took home his second consecutive silver medal from the Grand Prix Final. He started off his season crossing the 200 point mark in Austria and had a 14 point improvement in one week in Italy. He made some mistakes in his short program at the Final which cost him a shot at the title. He has a quad in his free skate which gives him a huge competitive edge and if he lands it cleanly, he has a buffer against mistakes later in his program. He has the 2nd best short program, best free skate and best total score of the season.
Jason Brown won a gold and a silver on the JGP to qualify for the Final where he won gold. He won his first Junior Grand Prix gold in Australia and set a new personal best score. He doesn't have a triple axel in his program and has been focusing on components to stay competitive with the other skaters. He won the JGP Final as he skated two clean programs while the other top competitors made mistakes, but if they skate clean he has a huge disadvantage in his technical element score. He was suffering from a tweaked ankle at nationals and had some mistakes on footwork but still crossed the 200 point mark. He has the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 2nd best total score of the season.
Artur Dmitriev won silver at JGP Poland and beat Joshua Farris in the free skate at that event. After a botched short program at JGP Italy, he finished 23 points below his earlier result and cost himself a spot in the Final. He has the 4th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total score of the season.
Keiji Tanaka is the reigning silver medalist at this event and the only returning medalist. He won a silver and a bronze on the JGP to qualify for the Final. His bronze medal in Austria came after a a 19 point drop from his earlier event and he failed to set a new personal best this season. He has the 5th best short program, 6th best free skate and 6th best total score of the season.
Ryuju Hino won a gold and a silver medal on the JGP and qualified for the Final. He showed big improvement taking home his first JGP medal in Latvia and increasing his personal best by 30 points. He has the 8th best short program, 7th best free skate and 7th best total score of the season.
He Zhang won silver at JGP Latvia, taking home his first JGP medal and increasing his personal best by 20 points. In Austria, he dropped 18 points and finished off the medal stand. He has the 10th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total score of the season.
Liam Firus won bronze at JGP Australia but dropped 24 points in his outing in Austria. He has the 10th best free skate and total score of the season.
Denis Ten is a dark horse in this event having competed as a senior all season. He has quads in his programs and has respectable outings including two 5th place finishes on the Grand Prix and a 6th place finish at Four Continents.
Zhan Bush has also competed as a senior all season but on the senior B circuit. He beat out several other Russian men with top junior scores and JGP medals and will be looking to improve on his 11th place finish at this event last season.
Other skaters in the mix include Nam Nguyen who won bronze at JGP Romania, Shoma Uno who won bronze at JGP Estonia, June-Hyoung Lee who won bronze at JGP Italy and Timothy Dolensky who won bronze at JGP Latvia.
My podium predictions:
Gold: Han Yan
Silver: Joshua Farris
Bronze: Denis Ten
Bios of the competitors:
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He finished 21st in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season. He placed 28th at Europeans. He placed 18th at JGP Latvia and 14th at JGP Romania. His personal best is 128.97. He is 15 years old.
Brendan Kerry, AUS: He finished 17th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season. He placed 19th at Four Continents. He placed 14th at Junior Grand Prix Australia. His personal best is 144.26. He is 17 years old.
Bernhard Pauli, AUT: He is 14 years old.
Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He finished 8th at JGP Latvia and 10th at JGP Estonia. His personal best is 154.34. He is 16 years old.
Luiz Manella, BRA: He placed 22nd at Four Continents. He finished 7th at JGP Italy. His personal best is 149.03. He is 17 years old.
Liam Firus, CAN (D): He finished 20th at Junior Worlds last season. He won bronze at JGP Australia and finished 11th at JGP Austria. His personal best is 180.00. He is 19 years old.
Nam Nguyen, CAN: He finished 12th in his JGP debut in Latvia and won bronze at JGP Romania. His personal best is 169.55. He is 13 years old.
Han Yan, CHN (D): He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season. He won gold at JGP Austria and Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where he won silver. His personal best is 219.37. He is 15 years old.
He Zhang, CHN (D): He won silver at JGP Latvia and finished 5th at JGP Austria. His personal best is 182.38. He is 15 years old.
Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He finished 11th at JGP Australia. His personal best is 133.24. He is 14 years old.
Petr Coufal, CZE (D): He finished 19th at Junior Worlds last season. He placed 8th at JGP Poland and 13th at JGP Austria. His personal best is 156.63. He is 17 years old.
Daniel Albert Naurits, EST (D): He placed 17th at JGP Estonia. His personal best is 96.02. He is 13 years old.
Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 17th at JGP Latvia and 9th at JGP Poland. His personal best is 140.21. He is 17 years old.
Armen Agaian, GEO: He finished 26th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season. He placed 20th at his JGP debut in Poland. His personal best is 82.04. He is 15 years old.
Martin Rappe, GER: He finished 7th at JGP Latvia and 6th at JGP Italy. His personal best is 155.54. He is 18 years old.
Harry Mattick, GBR: He finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season. He placed 11th at JGP Poland. His personal best is 137.58. He is 18 years old.
Wayne Wing Yin Chung, HKG: He placed 17th at JGP Australia. His personal best is 99.44. He is 15 years old.
Kristof Forgo, HUN: His personal best is 98.55. He is 18 years old.
Maurizio Zandron, ITA: He finished 7th at JGP Austria and 8th at JGP Italy. His personal best is 155.33. He is 18 years old.
Ryuju Hino, JPN (D): He won gold at JGP Latvia and silver at JGP Romania to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 5th. His personal best is 182.71. He is 17 years old.
Keiji Tanaka, JPN (D): He is the reigning World Junior silver medalist. He won silver at JGP Australia and bronze at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 6th. His personal best is 196.98. He is 17 years old.
Shoma Uno, JPN (D): He won silver at the Youth Olympic Games. He finished 4th at his international debut in Poland and won bronze at JGP Estonia. His personal best is 175.15. He is 14 years old.
Denis Ten, KAZ (D): He finished 14th at the World Championships. He placed 6th at Four Continents. He placed 5th at Skate America and Skate Canada. His personal best is 212.39. He is 18 years old.
Arturas Ganzela, LTU: He finished 27th at his JGP debut in Poland. His personal best is 87.27. He is 15 years old.
Julian Zhi Jie Yee, MAS: He finished 22nd at his international debut in Italy and 14th at JGP Estonia. His personal best is 112.90. He is 14 years old.
Florian Gostelie, NED: He placed 18th at his JGP debut in Poland. His personal best is 88.10. He is 18 years old.
Michael Christian Martinez, PHI: He finished 7th at the Youth Olympic Games. He placed 8th at JGP Australia. His personal best is 151.60. He is 15 years old.
Kamil Dymowski, POL: He finished 14th at JGP Poland and 13th at JGP Estonia. His personal best is 116.19. He is 16 years old.
June-Hyoung Lee, KOR: He placed 4th at the Youth Olympic Games. He finished 4th in his JGP debut in Latvia and won bronze at JGP Italy. His personal best is 176.48. He is 15 years old.
Zsolt Kosz, ROU: He placed 20th at JGP Romania. His personal best is 103.59. He is 19 years old.
Zhan Bush, RUS (D): He finished 11th at Junior Worlds last season. His personal best is 176.64. He is 18 years old.
Artur Dmitriev, RUS (D): He finished 8th at Junior Worlds last season. He won silver at JGP Poland and finished 4th at JGP Italy. His personal best is 197.09. He is 19 years old.
Victor Bustamante, ESP: He finished 14th at JGP Austria and Italy. His personal best is 132.28. He is 17 years old.
Marcus Bjork, SWE (D): He is 17 years old.
Suchet Kongchim, THA: He finished 25th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.. He placed 18th at JGP Australia and 25th at JGP Italy. His personal best is 88.61. He is 18 years old.
Osman Akgun, TUR: He finished 16th at his JGP debut in Latvia. His personal best is 131.15. He is 15 years old.
Yakov Godorozha, UKR (D): He finished 8th at JGP Romania and JGP Estonia. His personal best is 147.22. He is 18 years old.
Jason Brown, USA (D): He placed 7th at Junior Worlds. He won gold at JGP Australia and silver at JGP Italy to qualify for the JGP Final where he won gold. His personal best is 208.41. He is 17 years old.
Timothy Dolensky, USA (D): He won the bronze at JGP Latvia and finished 4th at JGP Austria. His personal best is 176.77. He is 19 years old.
Joshua Farris, USA (D): He won gold at JGP Poland and JGP Estonia to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze. His personal best is 207.67. He is 17 years old.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
U.S. Nationals: Junior Men's Short Program
Timothy Dolensky: 33.98 TES + 29.22 PCS = 63.20 and into 1st place
- He is 19 years old and skating to Windfall (an original composition)
- Very nice spiral position from him
- Good triple loop + triple toe
- Nice sit positions with good broken variations
- You can tell he really feels this music, as he should since he composed it
- Great speed into his triple lutz but a little bit of ice spray on the landing
- Good speed on the camel spin but it took a moment to center and he has a really nice position in his catchfoot with an increase in speed
- Nice spread eagle into a double axel with a good ride out of the jump
- He needs to let his upper body go more in this step sequence otherwise he has great expression through his hands and head in time with the steps
- Nice camel spin into a good twisted sit spin position and a nice upright spin with an arch
- Very solid opening to the event
- He is 17 years old and skating to Duplicity
- He has some really nice jazzy choreography at the top that really fits nicely with the music
- Nice triple toe + triple toe with great height
- Nice fast double axel
- Good position on his camel spin but he could have more flexibility through the catch foot position
- Lands the triple lutz with a huge mile on his face
- A little slow on the sit spin
- Good speed on the step sequence with a nice one foot sequence but it's mostly just his legs and his arms without a lot of changes in the position of his upper body and some of the edge changes are a little rough
- He sickles his foot a bit in the camel spin and a straighter line would be better and he moves a lot through the change of position in this combo spin
- He is 19 years old and is skating to Malaguena
- Nice hydroblade right into his double axel--a little wild in the air but he seems to land it just fine
- Triple flip + double toe was really wild but he hangs on
- Triple lutz and he tried to add an arm variation on the landing but it was a little delayed
- Nice low sit spin position but a loss of speed through the change of position
- He's really struggling with some of these edge changes in the one foot section and is really pushing to get across the ice
- Good speed in the camel spin
- He loses a lot of speed toward the end of the camel spin but picks it up in the sit section
- He finishes after his music
- He is 18 years old and skating to The Untouchables
- Opening triple axel has nice height but a bit on an ice spray on the landing means it might have been a little two footed
- Triple flip + double toe combo was nice
- An interesting variation out of his camel spin that is a cross between a camel and a sit and I'm not sure it's the most attractive position
- A big ice spray on the landing of his triple lutz
- He really loses a lot of speed in the camel spin and his change of foot only seems to slow him down more
- He has a few bobbles here and there on his step sequence and doesn't quite look like he's sure of where his edges are but he is smiling for the first time in this program
- He needs more stretch through his free leg in the sit position
- He is 18 years old and is skating to Little Wing
- Nice opening choreography that really suits the music
- Big triple toe + triple toe to open his program but also a big ice spray on the landing
- Leg kick into an easy double axel
- Good sit spin position with good speed and a nice broken leg variation
- It looks like he doesn't get a good toe pick in for his lutz and tries to make the rotation but just can't
- Nice catch foot in the camel spin
- I really like the position of his foot in the camel, he's almost winging it to create a better line
- This style of program suits him really well and you can tell he's enjoying skating it
- Nice timing on his step sequence and he uses his upper body a lot more than some of the previous competitors
- He is 14 years old and skating to Black Cat, White Cat
- Until you've seen him live, you can't comprehend the full impact his smile has on a crowd
- Such a shame to have a fall on the opening jump
- Really slow going in to the double axel and a little forward on the landing but he hangs on
- Nice camel position but I'd like to see more flexibility and speed in the catchfoot
- He is such a fun skater to watch and has some nice choreography
- And another fall on the lutz...just not his day today
- Nice sit spin
- I like that he uses his whole body in this step sequence, it plays really well to the music and there is a lot of difficulty but he's getting good ice coverage
- A bit of an awkward position in his camel and I'd like to see more stretch through the upright position
- He finishes just a beat behind his music
- He is 18 years old and skating to Tuxedo Junction
- Really like the nuances at the top of his program--he really has a feel for this classic style
- His feet got caught up under him on the second jump of his triple flip + triple toe combo and he fell
- Nice double axel
- Fall on the lutz
- Good sit spin position
- Really nice camel position and I like the increase in speed through the catch foot
- Nice speed and use of the full body through this step sequence and I really love the choreography
- Good speed in the camel into a nice upright spin and a good broken leg sit position
- Such a shame about the jumps because this is a great program
- He is 20 years old and skating to Dark Secret
- Nice spread eagle into an easy double axel
- Triple loop + double toe with a one arm variation
- Nice low sit spin with good speed
- Good ride out of the triple lutz
- Nice camel spin with a good catch foot, I just wish he didn't drop his body so much to get into the position
- Really nice one foot section in his step sequence with nice stretched out lines and good timing with the music
- I really like his camel position but he needs a lot more flexibility through the upright spin
- I love his robot arms in this step sequence!
- Spread eagle into a nice double axel
- Although he looks so tiny here, I have to admit that when I met him in person he was closer to my height than I thought
- Nice triple flip + triple toe
- Good speed through the sit spin
- It takes a couple rotations to get the camel spin centered but he has great flexibility through the catchfoot and donut variations
- Solid triple lutz
- Really nice speed and positions in his final combination spin
- He is 16 and skating to Sherlock Holmes
- Fall on his opening triple jump, supposed to be a combination
- Hangs on to the solo triple lutz
- He needs more stretch through this upright spin position
- Really low getting into the camel spin and it looks like his supporting ankle gets bent in a funny way
- Good double axel
- Wobbly on some of these edges in the step sequence and not a lot of full body movement
- He is 18 years old and is skating to the Barber of Seville
- Just can't hang on to the triple flip + triple toe and falls out of the second jump
- Fall on his triple lutz
- Really nice camel spin position and a good catch foot variation
- Great spread eagles including an inside edge spread eagle
- Double axel looked a bit off in the air but he hung on
- Nice positions in his combination spin and good speed in time with the music
- Tough one foot section but he could use a little more power through this step sequence. He reminds me a lot of Ryan Bradley and I'd like to see him bring a little bit of that lightness to these steps
- Falls going into his flying spin and misses the element completely
- Really off day for Choate. Such a shame!
- Triple flip + triple toe was a bit off on the landing but he hangs on to it
- Really nice sit spin position with a great broken leg variation
- This kind of reminds me of Keegan Messing's Robin Hood program
- Lots of height on the triple lutz but he can't hang on to it and falls
- Big bobble on the change of foot in his spin but he's able to keep going
- Good camel position but he needs more stretch through the catchfoot
- Good double axel
- Looked like he didn't have enough choreography at the end of the program and a bit of an awkward smile once the music ended
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