Ice Star Senior Men's Results

Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Sergey VORONOV	RUS	82.70	46.44		36.26	7.42	6.92	7.25	7.25	7.42	0.00	#4
2	Zhan BUSH	RUS	69.57	35.40		34.17	6.92	6.58	6.67	7.08	6.92	0.00	#3
3	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	55.84	30.67		27.17	5.67	5.25	5.25	5.58	5.42	2.00	#1
4	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	53.46	27.53		26.93	5.42	4.92	5.42	5.42	5.75	1.00	#10
5	Dmitri KAGIROV	BLR	52.66	26.40		26.26	5.42	4.92	5.17	5.42	5.33	0.00	#7
6	Mikhail KOROLIUK	BLR	52.65	25.16		27.49	5.58	5.25	5.33	5.58	5.75	0.00	#5
7	Aliaksei MIALIOKHIN	BLR	52.10	24.69		27.41	5.83	5.25	5.33	5.58	5.42	0.00	#9
8	Vitalii LUCHANOK	BLR	49.41	26.32		23.09	4.92	4.42	4.50	4.67	4.58	0.00	#2

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Sergey VORONOV	RUS	161.60	81.94		79.66	7.92	7.50	8.08	8.08	8.25	0.00	#8
2	Zhan BUSH	RUS	146.09	72.59		73.50	7.33	6.92	7.25	7.58	7.67	0.00	#5
3	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	130.83	66.49		64.34	6.67	6.25	6.58	6.42	6.25	0.00	#7
4	Mikhail KOROLIUK	BLR	119.36	61.04		58.32	5.83	5.42	6.08	5.75	6.08	0.00	#4
5	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	112.78	54.94		58.84	5.92	5.50	6.00	6.00	6.00	1.00	#6
6	Vitalii LUCHANOK	BLR	105.80	53.32		53.48	5.58	5.00	5.33	5.33	5.50	1.00	#3
7	Dmitri KAGIROV	BLR	91.67	40.81		51.86	5.42	4.92	5.17	5.17	5.25	1.00	#2
8	Aliaksei MIALIOKHIN	BLR	86.26	37.10		51.16	5.75	5.08	4.83	4.92	5.00	2.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Sergey VORONOV	RUS	244.30	1	1
2	Zhan BUSH	RUS	215.66	2	2
3	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	186.67	3	3
4	Mikhail KOROLIUK	BLR	172.01	6	4
5	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	166.24	4	5
6	Vitalii LUCHANOK	BLR	155.21	8	6
7	Dmitri KAGIROV	BLR	144.33	5	7
8	Aliaksei MIALIOKHIN	BLR	138.36	7	8
WD	Saulius AMBRULIVICIUS	LTU
WD	Kim LUCINE	MON

European Championships Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Florent AMODIO	FRA	89.82	49.18		40.64	8.14	7.68	8.29	8.07	8.46	0.00	#29
2	Q	Javier FERNANDEZ	ESP	88.80	46.87		41.93	8.43	8.21	8.43	8.25	8.61	0.00	#20
3	Q	Brian JOUBERT	FRA	83.93	44.17		39.76	7.93	7.43	8.18	7.93	8.29	0.00	#25
4	Q	Michal BREZINA	CZE	79.84	40.91		38.93	7.96	7.61	7.82	7.75	7.79	0.00	#26
5	Q	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	78.38	42.81		35.57	7.39	6.79	7.14	7.07	7.18	0.00	#28
6	Q	Evgeni PLUSHENKO	RUS	74.82	35.46		40.36	8.18	7.46	8.29	8.00	8.43	1.00	#17
7	Q	Maxim KOVTUN	RUS	74.46	39.50		34.96	7.25	6.79	6.96	6.96	7.00	0.00	#27
8	Q	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	74.29	40.04		34.25	6.93	6.54	6.89	6.89	7.00	0.00	#24
9	Q	Tomas VERNER	CZE	68.99	33.27		36.72	7.61	7.25	7.32	7.18	7.36	1.00	#21
10	Q	Viktor PFEIFER	AUT	67.34	35.02		32.32	6.57	6.07	6.61	6.46	6.61	0.00	#18
11	Q	Chafik BESSEGHIER	FRA	66.93	36.46		30.47	6.29	5.86	6.21	6.00	6.11	0.00	#23
12	Q	Kim LUCINE	MON	63.27	34.91		28.36	5.82	5.36	5.82	5.61	5.75	0.00	#16
13	Q	Viktor ROMANENKOV	EST	59.66	35.11		24.55	5.18	4.61	5.04	4.79	4.93	0.00	#5
14	Q	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	58.38	33.38		25.00	5.25	4.75	5.11	4.96	4.93	0.00	#12
15	Q	Yakov GODOROZHA	UKR	57.44	32.76		24.68	5.07	4.71	4.93	4.93	5.04	0.00	#10
16	Q	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	57.44	29.40		28.04	5.82	5.36	5.68	5.50	5.68	0.00	#19
17	Q	Peter LIEBERS	GER	56.67	28.24		29.43	6.07	5.68	5.89	5.93	5.86	1.00	#22
18	Q	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	56.42	29.78		26.64	5.39	5.07	5.32	5.32	5.54	0.00	#14
19	Q	Javier RAYA	ESP	54.21	28.89		25.32	5.29	4.89	5.07	5.07	5.00	0.00	#11
20	Q	Pavel KASKA	CZE	53.76	27.61		26.15	5.43	4.96	5.29	5.18	5.29	0.00	#13
21	Q	Manol ATANASSOV	BUL	53.58	30.59		22.99	4.89	4.39	4.68	4.57	4.46	0.00	#2
22	Q	Justus STRID	DEN	53.14	26.78		26.36	5.43	5.04	5.32	5.14	5.43	0.00	#15
23	Q	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	52.84	27.52		25.32	5.25	4.89	5.04	5.00	5.14	0.00	#8
24	Q	Stephane WALKER	SUI	50.93	28.17		23.76	4.86	4.54	4.86	4.75	4.75	1.00	#6
25		Paolo BACCHINI	ITA	50.68	22.93		29.75	6.18	5.86	5.75	6.07	5.89	2.00	#30
26		Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	48.41	25.31		23.10	4.89	4.46	4.64	4.54	4.57	0.00	#3
27		Harry MATTICK	GBR	48.08	23.39		24.69	5.04	4.68	4.86	4.93	5.18	0.00	#7
28		Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS	LTU	43.85	22.10		21.75	4.57	4.14	4.36	4.32	4.36	0.00	#4
29		Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	43.47	23.12		21.35	4.39	4.14	4.14	4.29	4.39	1.00	#1
30		Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON	ITA	40.35	17.89		24.46	5.29	4.64	4.64	4.89	5.00	2.00	#9

Russian Nationals Senior Men's Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Evgeny Plushenko	SPB	91.68	44.83		46.85	9.39	7.9	9.50	9.39	9.50	0.00	# 17
2	Sergei Voronov	MSK	87.69	45.98		41.71	8.36	7.96	8.50	8.46	8.43	0.00	# 12
3	Maxim Kovtun	MSK	75.38	37.49		38.89	7.82	7.57	7.64	8.00	7.86	1.00	# 14
4	Artur Gachinski	SPB	74.58	35.98		39.60	7.8	7.71	7.64	8.18	8.00	1.00	# 11
5	Michael KOLYADA	SPB	74.46	37.50		36.96	7.46	7.18	7.50	7.46	7.36	0.00	# 15
6	Konstantin Menshov	SPB	73.88	36.34		38.54	7.86	7.50	7.61	7.86	7.71	1.00	# 9
7	Artur Dmitriev	MSK	73.78	39.47		35.31	7.21	6.71	7.7	7.21	7.11	1.00	# 2
8	Alexander Petrov	SPB	67.83	36.84		31.99	6.46	6.21	6.43	6.50	6.39	1.00	# 8
9	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	65.81	34.66		31.15	6.50	6.11	6.29	6.21	6.4	0.00	# 5
10	Alexander Samarin	MSK	65.34	34.37		30.97	6.29	6.18	6.21	6.18	6.11	0.00	# 3
11	Jean BUSH	SPB	62.60	4.28		34.56	7.14	6.82	6.71	7.00	6.89	0.00	# 1
12	Mark Chess	MSK	61.36	7.29		33.29	6.86	6.43	6.71	6.61	6.68	1.00	# 18
13	Vladislav Smirnov	SPB	60.95	32.95		29.00	5.96	5.71	5.75	5.79	5.79	1.00	# 16
14	Alex Genya	MOB	60.66	30.77		29.89	5.86	5.68	7.6	7.6	6.21	0.00	# 13
15	Adya PITKEEV	MSK	60.65	31.47		29.18	5.96	5.75	5.89	5.79	5.79	0.00	# 7
16	Andrew Lazukin	SPB	60.41	1.29		31.40	6.36	7.6	6.43	6.36	6.18	0.00	# 6
17	Artem Leger	SPB	59.63	29.19		31.44	6.36	6.4	6.25	6.50	6.29	1.00	# 10
18	Theodosius Efremenkov	MSK	59.01	4.30		28.97	6.4	5.64	5.79	5.82	5.68	0.00	# 4

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Evgeny Plushenko	SPB	174.26	79.74		94.52	9.43	9.11	9.57	9.54	9.61	0.00	# 14
2	Sergei Voronov	MSK	166.37	82.31		84.06	8.46	4.8	8.61	8.46	8.46	0.00	# 16
3	Konstantin Menshov	SPB	155.00	76.64		78.36	7.93	7.64	7.68	4.8	7.89	0.00	# 13
4	Artur Gachinski	SPB	152.88	72.94		79.94	7.8	7.71	4.8	8.11	4.8	0.00	# 17
5	Maxim Kovtun	MSK	149.64	68.36		81.28	8.14	7.93	8.18	8.32	7.8	0.00	# 18
6	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	143.97	73.33		70.64	7.7	6.82	7.18	7.25	7.00	0.00	# 12
7	Alexander Samarin	MSK	140.01	70.57		69.44	6.93	6.68	7.14	4.7	6.93	0.00	# 10
8	Alexander Petrov	SPB	135.74	70.46		66.28	6.75	6.36	6.64	6.71	6.68	1.00	# 7
9	Michael KOLYADA	SPB	134.50	61.36		75.14	7.64	7.36	7.43	7.64	7.50	2.00	# 15
10	Mark Chess	MSK	130.94	60.94		70.00	7.25	6.68	6.96	7.11	7.00	0.00	# 11
11	Artur Dmitriev	MSK	130.46	65.32		68.14	7.11	6.64	6.57	6.93	6.82	3.00	# 8
12	Jean BUSH	SPB	127.55	58.31		70.24	7.29	6.86	6.68	7.25	4.7	1.00	# 9
13	Andrew Lazukin	SPB	124.13	62.57		62.56	6.50	6.14	6.18	6.32	6.14	1.00	# 5
14	Alex Genya	MOB	122.23	63.09		59.14	5.86	5.71	6.4	5.96	6.00	0.00	# 2
15	Adya PITKEEV	MSK	118.89	62.31		57.58	5.96	5.61	5.79	5.79	5.64	1.00	# 1
16	Artem Leger	SPB	115.23	55.81		60.42	6.18	5.82	6.4	6.21	5.96	1.00	# 4
17	Theodosius Efremenkov	MSK	114.03	59.51		55.52	5.86	5.43	5.57	5.54	5.36	1.00	# 3
18	Vladislav Smirnov	SPB	100.10	44.94		57.16	5.86	5.54	5.68	5.89	5.61	2.00	# 6

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	CP	PP
1	Evgeny Plushenko	SPB	265.94	1	1
2	Sergei Voronov	MSK	254.06	2	2
3	Konstantin Menshov	SPB	228.88	6	3
4	Artur Gachinski	SPB	227.46	4	4
5	Maxim Kovtun	MSK	225.02	3	5
6	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	209.78	9	6
7	Michael KOLYADA	SPB	208.96	5	9
8	Alexander Samarin	MSK	205.35	10	7
9	Artur Dmitriev	MSK	204.24	7	11
10	Alexander Petrov	SPB	203.57	8	8
11	Mark Chess	MSK	192.30	12	10
12	Jean BUSH	SPB	190.15	11	12
13	Andrew Lazukin	SPB	184.54	16	13
14	Alex Genya	MOB	182.89	14	14
15	Adya PITKEEV	MSK	179.54	15	15
16	Artem Leger	SPB	174.86	17	16
17	Theodosius Efremenkov	MSK	173.04	18	17
18	Vladislav Smirnov	SPB	161.05	13	18

NHK Trophy Men's Preview

Patrick Chan, Takahiko Kozuka and Tatsuki Machida have already earned their spots in the Grand Prix Final.  Five skaters are competing at this event for the three remaining spots in the Final.

Javier Fernandez stunned many by defeating Patrick Chan at home at Skate Canada to claim his first Grand Prix gold medal.  He is going for an ambitious program with three quads in his free skate including one in the bonus and he hit two of them at Skate Canada.  He also has the PCS skills to match and if he hits everything he'll be tough to beat here.  He needs a 4th place finish or higher to guarantee himself a spot in the Final.

He'll be facing off against his training mate Yuzuru Hanyu who won the short program at Skate America with a world record score.  The pressure proved to be too much for the young skater and he crumbled in the free skate but managed to hold on for a silver medal.  If he can handle the pressure in front of the home crowd, he could give Fernandez a run for his money.  He needs a bronze medal or better to qualify for the Final.

Daisuke Takahashi had a somewhat disappointing performance at Cup of China and was overtaken by his mostly unknown teammate Tatsuki Machida.  I didn't feel that his free skate really showed off his skating to his fullest potential and his quad is still a work in progress.  He'll need to show improvement if he wants to find himself on top of the podium at home.  He needs a bronze medal or better to qualify for the Final.

Sergei Voronov took home a bronze medal this season  from Cup of China but he doesn't have much outside of the jumps.  He'll need to hit everything if he wants to keep pace with the deep field here.  A silver medal will keep in the race depending on how everyone else places but a gold medal will guarantee him a trip to Sochi.

Adam Rippon finished behind Voronov at Cup of China and is still struggling with some of his jumps including his signature triple lutz as well as the triple axel.  He is still settling in with his new coach and will be looking for a medal here.  He needs a gold medal to qualify for the Final but that is likely going to be out of his reach unless the other skaters make mistakes.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Javier Fernandez
Silver: Yuzuru Hanyu
Bronze: Daisuke Takahashi

Bios of the competitors:

Kevin Reynolds, CAN: He finished 12th at Worlds and 8th at Four Continents.  He placed 5th at Cup of China.  He is the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist.  His personal best is 221.31.  He is 22 years old.

Andrei Rogozine, CAN: He placed 7th at Skate Canada and 6th at Rostelecom Cup last season.  He is the 2011 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 200.13.  He is 19 years old.

Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN: He is the reigning World Bronze Medalist.  He won silver at Skate America.  He qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season and finished 4th.  He is the 2011 Four Continents Silver Medalist and 2010 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 251.06.  He is 17 years old.

Daisuke Murakami, JPN: He placed 6th at Skate America last season.  His personal best is 203.00.  He is 21 years old.

Daisuke Takahashi, JPN: He is the reigning Worlds and Four Continents Silver Medalist.  He won silver at Cup of China.  He qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season and won silver.  He is the 2010 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2010 World Champion, 2007 World Silver Medalist, 2008 and 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2005 Four Continents Bronze Medalist and 2002 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 276.72.  He is 26 years old.

Sergei Voronov, RUS: He finished 17th at Worlds and 10th at Europeans.  He won bronze at Cup of China.  He is the 2006 World Junior Silver Medalist and 2007 World Junior Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 220.39.  He is 25 years old.

Javier Fernandez, ESP: He finished 9th at Worlds and 6th at Europeans.  He won gold at Skate Canada.  He qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season and won bronze.  His personal best is 253.94.  He is 21 years old.

Richard Dornbush, USA: He placed 6th at Rostelecom Cup.  His personal best is 222.42.  He is 21 years old.

Ross Miner, USA: He is the reigning Four Continents Bronze Medalist.  He placed 5th at Skate Canada.  His personal best is 223.23.  He is 21 years old.

Adam Rippon, USA: He finished 13th at Worlds and 4th at Four Continents.  He placed 4th at Cup of China.  He is the 2010 Four Continents Champion and 2008 and 2009 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 233.04.  He is 22 years old.

Cup of China Men's Free Skate

Group 2
Nan Song, CHN: TES + PCS =

• Collided with Rippon in 6 minute warmup and withdrew

Adam Rippon, USA: 61.81 TES + 71.86 PCS = 133.67 Total: 205.48 and into 1st place

• Popped his axel into a single + double toe
• Nice triple salchow
• With this new haircut he looks a lot like Kent Boyd from SYTYCD
• A little low on the landing of the triple loop but hangs on
• I like this fun carefree program--such a departure from what he normally does and it shows a different side of his skating
• Flying sit spin with a nice twisted position and good speed maintaining through the back donut
• I like the little choreographic touches in his transitions
• Triple axel and hangs on to the landing
• Triple lutz + double toe + double loop with one arm variation on the lutz
• Nice choreographic step sequence really playing to the crowd
• Nice speed in his combination spin with a good layback position included
• Step out and under-rotated Rippon lutz
• Double axel
• Nice spread eagle into triple flip right at the end of the program
• If he wants to break into the top group he'll need to get consistency on that triple axel as it is an absolute MUST in addition to quads.  He also seems to be struggling with his lutz lately which is his signature jump.

Sergei Voronov, RUS: 73.59 TES + 70.44 PCS = 144.03 Total: 217.61 and into 1st place

• Big quad toe just slightly forward on the landing
• Huge triple axel a little off in the air but he lands it
• Quad toe + double toe-- not a lot of transitions between those three jumps but he gained a lot of points
• Needs more flexibility through the catchfoot position in his camel spin; not a lot of speed but maintained throughout
• A little slow on the step sequence and he doesn't always extend through his free leg
• Triple toe + double toe
• Triple flip
• Double axel + double toe + double toe
• Triple loop
• Triple salchow--solid jumping day for him
• I like the freedom in this step sequence and he seems to be connecting with the audience and his music more
• Good speed in the camel position but his leg is slightly forward; traveling a lot after the change of foot and not a lot of flexibility in some of the positions
• Sit spin needs more stretch in the free leg

Tatsuki Machida, JPN: 76.66 TES + 77.78 PCS -1.00 = 153.44 Total: 236.92 and into 1st place

• Big triple axel but it looked like his free leg touched the ice on the landing
• Fall on the quad toe
• Triple lutz + triple toe off in the air and tight on the landing of his second jump
• Not a lot of rotations in the sit spin and no change of position so it will be a lower level
• A lot of movement in his step sequence with use of his full body but seems choppy in places and he's on top of his blade instead of into his edges in places
• Triple axel almost landed in a squat but he manages to tack on the sequence
• Nice camel spin 
• Triple loop
• Triple lutz
• Triple flip + double toe
• Triple toe
• He seems a little frantic in places in this choreographic step sequence and I'd like to see him have a bit more control while still having the same passion and feel for the choreography
• Not a lot of speed in his combination spin

Daisuke Takahashi, JPN: 65.30 TES + 82.66 PCS -1.00 = 146.96 Total: 231.75 and into 2nd place

• Two foots the quad toe but stands up
• I hate this costume--not sure what he's supposed to be; it looks like someone threw two costumes together
• Two foots the quad toe + single toe
• Huge triple axel right on the music
• Nice positions in his spins, good centering, not a ton of speed, but maintained throughout
• Good step sequence and I think he's doing all he can with what he's been given but I don't think this program truly lets him show off his style and play to the crowd which are two of his biggest strengths
• Nice layback spin
• Triple lutz a little forward + double toe
• Triple axel step out + single toe
• Triple salchow out of steps
• Triple loop
• He seems to be really running out of steam and he doesn't seem to be into this program at all; no magic at all and really lackluster
• Triple flip
• Now we're getting a little something in this choreographic step sequence
• Good speed in his final combination spin

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Tatsuki MACHIDA	JPN	153.44	76.66		77.78	7.75	7.39	7.89	7.86	8.00	1.00	#8
2	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	146.96	65.30		82.66	8.39	8.04	8.04	8.32	8.54	1.00	#9
3	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	144.03	73.59		70.44	7.32	6.54	7.21	7.04	7.11	0.00	#7
4	Adam RIPPON	USA	133.67	61.81		71.86	7.29	6.89	7.11	7.32	7.32	0.00	#6
5	Yi WANG	CHN	131.02	68.52		63.50	6.57	6.07	6.43	6.36	6.32	1.00	#2
6	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	128.37	62.17		67.20	6.82	6.64	6.64	6.64	6.86	1.00	#4
7	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	115.07	55.57		60.50	6.25	5.79	6.14	6.07	6.00	1.00	#1
WD	Nan SONG	CHN											#5
WD	Brian JOUBERT	FRA											#3

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Tatsuki MACHIDA	JPN	236.92	2	1
2	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	231.75	1	2
3	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	217.61	3	3
4	Adam RIPPON	USA	205.48	4	4
5	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	198.24	6	6
6	Yi WANG	CHN	188.27	8	5
7	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	171.04	9	7

Cup of China Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	84.79	41.90		42.89	8.57	8.32	8.50	8.71	8.79	0.00	#9
2	Tatsuki MACHIDA	JPN	83.48	44.16		39.32	7.79	7.64	8.04	7.89	7.96	0.00	#8
3	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	73.58	39.44		34.14	6.96	6.36	7.00	6.86	6.96	0.00	#2
4	Adam RIPPON	USA	71.81	35.77		37.04	7.39	7.18	7.43	7.50	7.54	1.00	#7
5	Nan SONG	CHN	70.86	39.53		32.33	6.57	6.18	6.61	6.43	6.54	1.00	#4
6	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	69.87	36.48		34.39	6.89	6.82	6.82	6.86	7.00	1.00	#5
7	Brian JOUBERT	FRA	63.27	27.20		36.07	7.50	6.64	7.29	7.18	7.46	0.00	#6
8	Yi WANG	CHN	57.25	29.40		28.85	6.07	5.54	5.64	5.89	5.71	1.00	#1
9	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	55.97	25.86		31.11	6.46	6.04	6.07	6.25	6.29	1.00	#3

World Championships: Men's Qualifying Round

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Nan SONG	CHN	130.75	68.33		64.42	6.71	6.08	6.54	6.46	6.42	2.00	#26
2	Q	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	128.47	66.73		61.74	6.50	5.54	6.54	6.08	6.21	0.00	#20
3	Q	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	126.50	67.64		59.86	6.17	5.75	6.13	5.92	5.96	1.00	#25
4	Q	Misha GE	UZB	124.41	60.81		64.60	6.50	5.88	6.75	6.46	6.71	1.00	#23
5	Q	Kim LUCINE	MON	122.58	60.48		62.10	6.04	5.67	6.46	6.50	6.38	0.00	#18
6	Q	Viktor PFEIFER	AUT	120.48	59.20		61.28	6.25	5.88	6.17	6.17	6.17	0.00	#17
7	Q	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	115.78	56.96		58.82	6.08	5.67	6.00	5.83	5.83	0.00	#24
8	Q	Christopher CALUZA	PHI	112.08	53.40		59.68	6.13	5.92	6.04	5.79	5.96	1.00	#19
9	Q	Javier RAYA	ESP	111.66	52.22		59.44	5.92	5.71	5.92	6.17	6.00	0.00	#21
10	Q	Justus STRID	DEN	110.45	57.19		55.26	5.54	5.17	5.67	5.71	5.54	2.00	#22
11	Q	Min-Seok KIM	KOR	110.24	53.66		57.58	6.08	5.33	5.96	5.79	5.63	1.00	#27
12	Q	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	108.51	57.99		50.52	5.38	4.79	5.25	4.92	4.92	0.00	#13
13		Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI	FIN	100.16	47.16		53.00	5.25	4.96	5.33	5.54	5.42	0.00	#10
14		Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	97.75	44.13		55.62	5.88	5.38	5.42	5.63	5.50	2.00	#28
15		Brendan KERRY	AUS	95.40	50.74		44.66	4.71	4.25	4.54	4.50	4.33	0.00	#16
16		Laurent ALVAREZ	SUI	93.24	46.38		46.86	5.00	4.38	4.71	4.67	4.67	0.00	#12
17		Damjan OSTOJIC	BIH	93.11	52.61		41.50	4.50	3.83	4.25	4.04	4.13	1.00	#5
18		Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	92.84	46.92		47.92	5.04	4.29	4.92	4.83	4.88	2.00	#14
19		Luke CHILCOTT	GBR	91.92	45.74		47.18	4.92	4.50	4.75	4.67	4.75	1.00	#4
20		Jordan JU	TPE	89.56	46.88		42.68	4.63	4.13	4.25	4.25	4.08	0.00	#11
21		Marton MARKO	HUN	86.08	50.16		36.92	3.79	3.54	3.67	3.71	3.75	1.00	#8
22		Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	84.34	46.68		39.66	4.00	3.71	4.04	4.00	4.08	2.00	#7
23		Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	83.97	42.55		42.42	4.54	3.96	4.33	4.25	4.13	1.00	#9
24		Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS	LTU	82.40	40.22		44.18	4.63	4.25	4.46	4.33	4.42	2.00	#3
25		Taras RAJEC	SVK	81.81	43.81		40.00	4.21	3.75	4.00	4.08	3.96	2.00	#2
26		Manol ATANASSOV	BUL	79.14	41.22		40.92	4.33	3.88	4.13	4.04	4.08	3.00	#6
27		Harry Hau Yin LEE	HKG	66.56	34.88		33.68	3.71	3.08	3.38	3.42	3.25	2.00	#1
WD		Kevin ALVES	BRA											#15

European Men's Preview

After sitting out the entirety of last season, Plushenko is back and ready to start his push toward the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.  He sat out the beginning of this season recovering from knee injuries and made his season debut at Russian nationals where he took home the title, defeating reigning World Bronze Medalist Artur Gachinski.  He is well known for his jumping abilities, including his quads, but he focuses on the jumps often at the expense of transitions and choreography.

Javier Fernandez has had a stellar season, winning the first ever Grand Prix medal for Spain and qualifying for the Grand Prix Final where he won bronze.  He has successfully landed 9 quads on the Grand Prix this season and has shown he can combine artistry with the technical content.  His problems have come in the free skate where he makes small errors on some of the jumps in the middle of his program.  He truly fights for everything and never gives up on his programs but he does give points away.

Brian Joubert is also making his season debut after sitting out the Grand Prix season due to injury.  He's returned to his Matrix free skate in hope's of claiming another European title.  In his first competition of the season, he defeated reigning European Champion Florent Amodio to claim the French national title.  He is also well known for his quads, but missing a quad can effect his mental game and cause a collapse in the rest of the program.

Artur Gachinski surprised many when he took home the bronze medal from last season's World Championships.  He also is armed with a quad jump but has wildly inconsistent results and hasn't lived up to his title this season, finishing well off the podium in his Grand Prix assignments.

Michal Brezina started off the season with a gold medal finish at his first Grand Prix event, but while his score improved throughout the season, his results continued to slip.  He keeps talking about putting the quad in his programs but hasn't been able to deliver.  He'll need to step it up if he wants to claim his first European medal.

Samuel Contesti improved throughout the Grand Prix season, going from 8th to 4th.  He has the ability to be an amazingly entertaining skater when he is clean, but the life can really go out of his programs if he starts making errors on his jumps.

Kevin van der Perren is another skater known for big jumps, including the quad, but also for inconsistency.  He has stated that Europeans will be his final competition before he retires and if he sticks to that he could go in to this event with nothing to lose and no reason to hold anything back.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Evgeni Plushenko
Silver: Javier Fernandez
Bronze: Brian Joubert

Bios of the competitors:
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He finished 21^st in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  He placed 18^th at JGP Latvia and 14^th at JGP Romania.  His personal best is 128.97.  He is 15 years old.

Viktor Pfeifer, AUT (Direct Entry): He finished 26th at Worlds and 18th at Europeans.  His personal best is 178.41.  He is 24 years old.

Vitali Luchanok, BLR: He finished 22nd in the preliminary round at Worlds and 23rd at Junior Worlds.  His personal best is 138.27.  He is 19 years old.  

Jorik Hendrickx, BEL (Direct Entry): He finished 19th at Worlds, 16th at Europeans and 13th at Junior Worlds.  His personal best is 188.24.  He is 19 years old.

Kevin van der Perren, BEL (Direct Entry): He finished 17th at Worlds and 4th at Europeans.  He won silver at Skate America and finished 8^th at Skate Canada.  He is the 2007 and 2009 European bronze medalist.  His personal best is 219.36.  He is 29 years old.

Manol Atanassov, BUL: He finished 19th in the preliminary round at World Juniors.  He is 20 years old.  

Michal Brezina, CZE (Direct Entry): He placed 4th at Worlds and 8th at Europeans.  He won gold at Skate America, bronze at Trophee Eric Bompard and finished 4th at Rostelecom Cup to qualify for the Grand Prix Final where he finished 6th.  He is the 2009 World Junior Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 236.06.  He is 21 years old.

Pavel Kaska, CZE: His personal best is 172.90.  He is 23 years old.

Tomas Verner, CZE (Direct Entry): He placed 12th at Worlds and is the reigning European Bronze Medalist.  He is the 2008 European Champion and 2007 European Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 232.67.  He is 25 years old.

Justus Strid, DEN: He finished 14th in the preliminary round at Worlds and 28th at Europeans.  His personal best is 91.30.  He is 24 years old.

Viktor Romanenkov, EST: He finished 18^th at the World Junior Championships.  He placed 9^th at JGP Latvia and 6^th at JGP Estonia.  His personal best is 162.19.  He is 18 years old.  

Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari, FIN: His personal best is 170.88.  He is 28 years old.

Florent Amodio, FRA (Direct Entry): He placed 7th at Worlds and is the reigning European Champion.  He finished 9^th at Skate America and 5th at Trophee Eric Bompard.  His personal best is 229.68.  He is 21 years old.

Chafik Besseghier, FRA (Direct Entry): He placed 9th at Trophee Eric Bompard.  His personal best is 185.69.  He is 22 years old.

Brian Joubert, FRA (Direct Entry): He finished 8th at Worlds and is the reigning European Silver Medalist.  He is the 2007 World Champion, 2006 and 2008 World Silver Medalist, 2009 and 2010 World Bronze Medalist; 2004, 2007 and 2009 European Champion; 2003, 2005 and 2011 European Silver Medalist; and 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010 European Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 241.74.  He is 26 years old.

Paul Fentz, GER: He finished 7th at JGP Romania.  His personal best is 151.40.  He is 19 years old.

Peter Liebers, GER (Direct Entry): He placed 15th at Worlds and 11th at Europeans.  His personal best is 205.59.  He is 23 years old.

Jason Thompson, GBR: He is 22 years old.

Marko Marton, HUN: His personal best is 84.99.  He is 23 years old.

Alexei Bychenko, ISR: His personal best is 129.24.  He is 23 years old.

Paolo Bacchini, ITA (Direct Entry): He finished 21st at Worlds and 12th at Europeans.  His personal best is 183.13.  He is 26 years old.

Samuel Contesti, ITA (Direct Entry): He finished 18th at Worlds and 6th at Europeans.  He placed 8th at Skate America and 4th at NHK Trophy.  He is the 2009 European Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 226.97.  He is 28 years old.

Kim Lucine, MON (Direct Entry): He finished 23rd at Worlds and 17th at Europeans.  His personal best is 171.93.  He is 23 years old. 

Maciej Cieplucha, POL: He finished 25th at Europeans.  His personal best is 139.41.  He is 23 years old. 

Zoltan Kelement, ROU: He finished 21st at Europeans.  His personal best is 161.70.  He is 25 years old.

Artur Gachinski, RUS (Direct Entry): He is the reigning World Bronze Medalist and finished 5th at Europeans.  He placed 5th at Cup of China and Rostelecom Cup.  He is the 2010 World Junior Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 241.86.  He is 18 years old. 

Evgeni Plushenko, RUS: He is the 2006 Olympic Champion; 2002 and 2010 Olympic Silver Medalist; 2001, 2003 and 2004 World Champion; 1999 World Silver Medalist; 1998 World Bronze Medalist; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2010 European Champion; 1998, 1999 and 2004 European Silver Medalist; and 1997 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 258.33.  He is 29 years old.

Sergei Voronov, RUS (Direct Entry): He placed 7th at Rostelecom Cup.  He is the 2006 World Junior Silver Medalist and 2007 World Junior Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 220.39.  He is 24 years old.

Javier Fernandez, ESP (Direct Entry): He finished 10th at Worlds and 9th at Europeans.  He won silver at Skate Canada and Rostelecom Cup to qualify for the Grand Prix Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 250.33.  He is 20 years old.

Alexander Majorov, SWE (Direct Entry): He finished 28th at Worlds and is the reigning World Junior Bronze Medalist.  He placed 9th at Skate Canada and 6th at Trophee Eric Bompard.  His personal best is 195.71.  He is 20 years old.

Laurent Alvarez, SUI: He finished 22nd at Europeans.  His personal best is 159.45.  He is 21 years old.

Ali Demirboga, TUR: He placed 27th at Europeans.  His personal best is 95.22.  He is 21 years old.

Stanislav Pertsov, UKR (Direct Entry): He finished 15th at World Juniors.  He placed 10th at JGP Latvia and 8th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 161.92.  He is 19 years old.

Russian Nationals Men's Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
A	Evgeni Plushenko	SPB	88.24	42.30		45.94	9.11	8.61	9.36	9.32	9.54	0.00	# 7
2	Arthur Gachinsky	SPB	83.52	42.09		41.43	8.25	8.00	8.39	8.36	8.43	0.00	# 12
3	Jean Bush	C / W	81.81	42.74		39.07	7.86	7.64	7.89	7.79	7.89	0.00	# 13
4	Artur Dmitriev	M / C	79.69	40.83		38.86	7.82	7.46	7.75	7.79	4.8	0.00	# 11
5	Sergei Voronov	MOS	76.35	35.56		40.79	8.29	7.82	8.25	8.25	8.18	0.00	# 17
6	Constantine LESS	SPB	74.19	33.77		40.42	8.25	7.89	8.00	8.14	8.14	0.00	# 18
7	Artem Grigoriev	MOS	72.90	37.02		36.88	7.50	7.21	7.32	7.46	7.39	1.00	# 4
8	Gordey Gorshkov	SPB	69.84	31.41		38.43	7.75	7.50	7.71	7.68	7.79	0.00	# 14
9	Artem Borodulin	MOS	69.76	33.11		37.65	7.61	7.29	7.50	7.64	7.61	1.00	# 16
10	Ivan Bariev	MOS	69.56	34.88		34.68	4.7	6.68	6.96	6.89	7.11	0.00	# 9
11	Stanislav Kovalev	MOS	68.10	35.21		33.89	6.93	6.57	6.64	6.82	6.93	1.00	# 3
12	Maxim Kovtun	ESA	66.11	34.90		33.21	6.71	6.54	6.43	6.89	6.64	2.00	# 10
13	Ivan Tretiak	MOS	64.51	32.90		32.61	6.82	6.32	6.54	6.57	6.36	1.00	# 6
14	Stanislav Samokhin	MOS	63.45	33.77		30.68	6.29	5.93	6.11	6.14	6.21	1.00	# 5
15	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	61.10	31.31		29.79	6.29	5.68	5.93	6.00	5.89	0.00	# 2
16	Theodosius Efremenko	MOS	59.57	32.54		3.28	5.93	5.46	5.54	5.64	5.46	1.00	# 1
17	Mark CHESS	MOS	58.20	25.59		33.61	6.89	6.61	6.61	6.79	6.71	1.00	# 15
18	Alexander Stepanov	SPB	54.73	24.34		30.39	6.21	5.79	7.6	6.21	6.11	0.00	# 8

 

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
A	Evgeni Plushenko	SPB	171.43	77.77		93.66	9.25	9.00	9.54	9.43	9.61	0.00	# 17
2	Arthur Gachinsky	SPB	166.06	81.56		85.50	8.50	8.36	8.57	8.61	8.71	1.00	# 18
3	Sergei Voronov	MOS	164.44	80.64		83.80	8.36	8.11	8.46	8.43	8.54	0.00	# 15
4	Ivan Bariev	MOS	150.31	75.11		75.20	7.46	7.21	7.68	7.50	7.75	0.00	# 12
5	Constantine LESS	SPB	145.09	67.31		78.78	7.93	7.71	7.82	7.93	8.00	1.00	# 13
6	Jean Bush	C / W	141.49	63.33		78.16	7.82	7.54	7.82	7.86	4.8	0.00	# 14
7	Artur Dmitriev	M / C	140.60	65.40		76.20	7.71	7.39	7.57	7.68	7.75	1.00	# 16
8	Gordey Gorshkov	SPB	140.44	65.08		75.36	7.50	7.25	7.57	7.68	7.68	0.00	# 10
9	Stanislav Kovalev	MOS	135.23	62.29		72.94	7.39	7.11	7.36	7.29	7.32	0.00	# 11
10	Artem Grigoriev	MOS	128.16	56.24		71.92	7.50	6.96	7.7	7.29	7.14	0.00	# 8
11	Maxim Kovtun	ESA	127.82	62.18		65.64	6.71	6.36	6.57	6.64	6.54	0.00	# 7
12	Artem Borodulin	MOS	125.05	54.85		71.20	7.18	6.89	7.7	7.25	7.21	1.00	# 9
13	Mark CHESS	MOS	120.15	58.15		62.00	6.39	6.00	6.25	6.18	6.18	0.00	# 6
14	Alexander Stepanov	SPB	110.61	54.89		56.72	6.00	5.43	5.86	5.57	5.50	1.00	# 3
15	Theodosius Efremenko	MOS	106.50	52.44		55.06	5.71	5.25	5.54	5.57	5.46	1.00	# 5
16	Stanislav Samokhin	MOS	106.28	47.30		58.98	7.6	5.68	5.89	5.89	5.96	0.00	# 4
17	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	103.09	52.25		54.84	5.89	5.21	5.25	5.61	5.46	4.00	# 2

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	KP	PP
A	Evgeni Plushenko	SPB	259.67	A	A
2	Arthur Gachinsky	SPB	249.58	2	2
3	Sergei Voronov	MOS	240.79	5	3
4	Jean Bush	C / W	223.30	3	6
5	Artur Dmitriev	M / C	220.29	4	7
6	Ivan Bariev	MOS	219.87	10	4
7	Constantine LESS	SPB	219.28	6	5
8	Gordey Gorshkov	SPB	210.28	8	8
9	Stanislav Kovalev	MOS	203.33	11	9
10	Artem Grigoriev	MOS	201.06	7	10
11	Artem Borodulin	MOS	194.81	9	12
12	Maxim Kovtun	ESA	193.93	12	11
13	Mark CHESS	MOS	178.35	17	13
14	Stanislav Samokhin	MOS	169.73	14	16
15	Theodosius Efremenko	MOS	166.07	16	15
16	Alexander Stepanov	SPB	165.34	18	14
17	Vladislav SEZGANOV	SPB	164.19	15	17
WD	Ivan Tretiak	MOS