2023 Grand Prix Final - Junior Men Free Skate

[airgelaal]

Lim must have seen the writing on the wall of the Red Keep and is already conceding the silver medal to Rio.

Yes, he decided to die another day.

 

[npavel]

I preferred Rio by a lot

 

[Karen-W]

Yes, he decided to die another day.

Someday, someone will explain what in the living daylights his team was thinking in using the techno GOT theme to end his program.

 

[skatingguy]

Juheon Lim (18)
Coach: Hyunjung Chi, Jinseo Kim
Music: Game of Thrones (Remix)

3A - that was all over the place - step out
3Aq+REP - step out
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4
3Fe+3Tq
3Lz+2T
3Lo
3S
Ch Combo Spin 4
Ch Sit Spin 4
Choreo Sequence

Pulled it together after the trouble with the Axels at the start of the program. Any music could have been playing throughout the program.

136.27 = 3rd Place
209.99 = 3rd Place

 

[airgelaal]

Someday, someone will explain what in the living daylights his team was thinking in using the techno GOT theme to end his program.

They hoped to wake up all those who had fallen asleep

 

[Karen-W]

Ooooo! Hagara medals!!!! Congratulations Slovakia! Who made that bet at Casino Royale?

 

[skatingguy]

Hyungyeom Kim (17)
Coach: Hyunjung Chi, Jinseo Kim
Music: Requiem for a Dream

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, Kim... this is no time to die on a quad toe.

 

[Karen-W]

Kim's costume is decidedly unsparkly. It's quite un-Korean of him. Doesn't he know that diamonds are forever?

 

[Karen-W]

Eye suppose that will be golden enough.

 

[airgelaal]

I think the technical specialist is going to need his golden eye

 

[npavel]

I'm really for Rio to win it all. He has 10 points advantage, but the pcs should be really lower

 

[skatingguy]

Hyungyeom Kim (17)
Coach: Hyunjung Chi, Jinseo Kim
Music: Requiem for a Dream

4Tq - fall
3A
3Lz+3T
3F!
Fly Camel Spin 4
3Lz+3Tq
3Lo+2A+2A+SEQ
3S
Choreo Sequence
Ch Combo Spin 4
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4

This might be pretty close to Nakata.

146.60 = 2nd Place
223.61 = 2nd Place

 

[Karen-W]

I'm really for Rio to win it all. He has 10 points advantage, but the pcs should be really lower

Whose PCS? Rio was fabulous.

 

[npavel]

yessss Rio WINNS

 

[Karen-W]

And our junior 007 wins!

 

[airgelaal]

Kim's costume is decidedly unsparkly. It's quite un-Korean of him. Doesn't he know that diamonds are forever?

Sanctions. Not from Russia and without love

 

[npavel]

Whose PCS? Rio was fabulous.

Kim's pics

 

[skatingguy]

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Rio NAKATA	JPN	160.06​	84.67​		75.39​	7.46​	7.39​	7.79​	0.00​	#3​
2​	Hyungyeom KIM	KOR	146.60​	75.03​		72.57​	7.29​	7.18​	7.32​	1.00​	#6​
3​	Adam HAGARA	SVK	141.83​	72.60​		69.23​	7.00​	6.79​	7.00​	0.00​	#4​
4​	Juheon LIM	KOR	136.27​	64.81​		71.46​	7.07​	7.07​	7.32​	0.00​	#5​
5​	Francois PITOT	FRA	132.44​	63.82​		68.62​	6.86​	6.86​	6.89​	0.00​	#1​
6​	Daniel MARTYNOV	USA	117.24​	55.90​		64.34​	6.54​	6.14​	6.64​	3.00​	#2​

 

[airgelaal]

And our junior 007 wins!

The Man with the Golden Gun

 

[Karen-W]

Sanctions. Not from Russia and without love

Diamonds are mined elsewhere, you know, lol. Rio was on his Majesty's secret service (Japan and Great Britain!) with a mission to win today!

 

[skatingguy]

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Rio NAKATA	JPN	227.77	4	1
2	Hyungyeom KIM	KOR	223.61	1	2
3	Adam HAGARA	SVK	213.26	3	3
4	Juheon LIM	KOR	209.99	2	4
5	Francois PITOT	FRA	197.31	6	5
6	Daniel MARTYNOV	USA	183.47	5	6

 

[airgelaal]

By the way, I haven't watched a single James Bond movie. How do I know all this?

 

[skatingguy]

By the way, I haven't watched a single James Bond movie. How do I know all this?

You wouldn't need to - you watch figure skating - years of finger guns have educated you well.

 

[Karen-W]

By the way, I haven't watched a single James Bond movie. How do I know all this?

Okay, that's sort of sad and tragic. The Daniel Craig ones are really good.

Btw, thank you for helping to make this pbp thread so entertaining!

 

[Tak]

Congratulations Rio!
Since JPN Junior boys, just like Junior boys anywhere, are quite unpredictable it is pure serendipity to see Rio come back from 10 point deficit.
It is notable that boys enrollment in figure skating programs in JPN, shot up after Daisuke and Yuzuru.
The ratio used to be 5 to 1 in favor of girls, but now it is aproaching parity. It was unbelievably lucky to have found diamonds in the rough, such as Daisuke and Yuzuru, with such a small participating base.
Because their peak years differ, Daisuke fans' sons are just getting into Novice/Juniors, Yuzuru fans' boys are still in Pre-Novice. It used to be some blocks (similar to American Regionals) have less than 10 competitors in Junior Men. Now, it is double that number, and increasing.
By the way, "The Golden Eye" was the BEST 007, IMHO!
Edited to add: Last time JPN won JGPF Men/Women was in 09-10 Season, by Yuzuru Hanyu and Kanako Murakami. Since then RUS won Women JGPF 10 years consecutively, till Mao Shimada won it last year, although for two seasons (20 and 21) it was not held due to COVID.

 

[Holy Headband]

I'm catching up now and it was kind of an underwhelming event, like the junior men's field in general for the last couple of years. Well deserved win by Nakata, though, and I enjoyed his free more than I usually enjoy his skating. He has really nice jumps (except for the axel). I think another year in juniors would benefit him, though; he's still unpolished and lacking in distinctive characteristics to set him apart in a more competitive field, and as we all know the competition in the senior men's field in Japan is really fierce.

When Seo Minkyu and Yanhao Li qualify next year, watch out.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm catching up now and it was kind of an underwhelming event, like the junior men's field in general for the last couple of years. Well deserved win by Nakata, though, and I enjoyed his free more than I usually enjoy his skating. He has really nice jumps (except for the axel). I think another year in juniors would benefit him, though; he's still unpolished and lacking in distinctive characteristics to set him apart in a more competitive field, and as we all know the competition in the senior men's field in Japan is really fierce.

When Seo Minkyu and Yanhao Li qualify next year, watch out.

Rio isn't age-eligible for seniors until the 2026-27 season.

 

[Holy Headband]

Rio isn't age-eligible for seniors until the 2026-27 season.

Oh nice, that saves his coaches from making a bad decision.

 

[Hedwig]

Rio Nakata was everything! That is all