JGP #4 Osaka - Ice Dance RD & FD

[Wyliefan]

Thoughts after catching up:

Only Ted could come up with "Aspects of Aspects."

What in blazes was Kiliakov wearing??

"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"? Is Marie-France trolling us? The Japanese are way too good for joke songs and push-ups on the ice. Do better, IAM.

From medaling to 10th must be a blow to the Koreans, but different field, different panel. I hope they're not discouraged.

Neset/Markelov are so, so special.

That was a great field and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them all. Even F/F, who never did much for me before, are starting to grow on me.

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Ice Dance - Final Results
PL Name Nation RD FD Points

GOLD Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA 1 1 167.51
SILVER Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV ISR 2 2 166.16
BRONZE Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 3 3 151.13
4. Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA JPN 4 5 144.78
5. Caroline MULLEN / Brendan MULLEN USA 5 4 144.18
6. Chloe NGUYEN / Brendan GIANG CAN 6 7 138.35
7. Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 10 6 133.15
8. Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA 7 9 129.32
9. Xuantong LI / Xinkang WANG CHN 8 8 129.17
10. Jinny KIM / Namu LEE KOR 9 10 120.90
11. Catharina GUEDES TIBAU / Cayden Oliver DAWSON BRA 11 11 101.47
12. Renee YUEN / Oliver MA AUS 12 12 92.81

Pl.	Competitor	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	CO	PR	SK	Deduction	StN.
1	Leah NESET Artem MARKELOV	USA	100.14	54.78	46.36	7.79	7.71	7.68	1.00	#11
2	Elizabeth TKACHENKO Alexei KILIAKOV	ISR	99.46	53.76	45.70	7.75	7.64	7.46	0.00	#12
3	Celina FRADJI Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX	FRA	89.79	47.15	42.64	7.25	7.07	7.00	0.00	#9
4	Caroline MULLEN Brendan MULLEN	USA	88.68	48.82	39.86	6.79	6.71	6.43	0.00	#7
5	Sara KISHIMOTO Atsuhiko TAMURA	JPN	87.81	46.61	41.20	6.96	6.96	6.68	0.00	#10
6	Layla VEILLON Alexander BRANDYS	CAN	85.20	47.84	37.36	6.36	6.25	6.07	0.00	#2
7	Chloe NGUYEN Brendan GIANG	CAN	83.10	44.54	38.56	6.50	6.32	6.46	0.00	#8
8	Xuantong LI Xinkang WANG	CHN	79.93	43.77	36.16	6.25	6.04	5.79	0.00	#6
9	Eva BERNARD Amedeo BONETTO	FRA	78.07	41.93	36.14	6.14	6.04	5.89	0.00	#5
10	Jinny KIM Namu LEE	KOR	72.35	39.21	33.14	5.68	5.39	5.50	0.00	#3
11	Catharina GUEDES TIBAU Cayden Oliver DAWSON	BRA	60.37	33.29	27.08	4.61	4.50	4.43	0.00	#1
12	Renee YUEN Oliver MA	AUS	55.65	32.71	23.94	4.29	3.82	3.86	1.00	#4

FD protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/jgpjpn2023/data0405.pdf

Top 4 free dances:
Neset/Markelov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6DTxzMbNw
Tkachenko/Kiliakov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEA81UKDCQ
Fradji/Fourneaux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkQx-hL4RMo
Mullen/Mullen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaabrJ96jYM

FD playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlLouLromcQvx6DxW479bVbD

RD video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlLYXTPZA8yCjlQEMRAilLLc

Neset/Markelov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6mNLvpmwO8
Tkachenko/Kiliakov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNxCxx-mE4
Fradji/Fourneaux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxL-KySMbfE
Kishimoto/Tamura (JGP debut): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhfgulh3N60

 

[Sylvia]

Victory ceremony starts here in the Women's FS replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtb2jcayVig&t=20880s

Neset/Markelov were interviewed by Japanese TV after the FD: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxP9-cspemq/
Renee Yuen/Oliver Ma (AUS): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxP4qGEpkpZ/
Xuantong Li/Xinkang Wang (he spoke in Japanese & then English; she spoke a bit of English too): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxQKPg6p9Mu/

 

[her grace]

Thoughts after catching up:

From medaling to 10th must be a blow to the Koreans, but different field, different panel. I hope they're not discouraged.

I hope their team prepared them for that possibility. This field was so much stronger than Bangkok that it shouldn't have been a surprise.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks @her grace for posting your JGP Final Qualification dance summary in the JGP thread in GSD (no need to create a separate thread on this topic in this subforum now) here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/page-7#post-6469669

 

[Karen-W]

I hope their team prepared them for that possibility. This field was so much stronger than Bangkok that it shouldn't have been a surprise.

Both of the Wing/Lowe teams had a huge drop from their first events - Nguyen/Giang went from silver to 6th. At minimum, the teams can commiserate together on the flight back to Vancouver.

 

[jlai]

Neset/Markelov were great. That said, if they want to contend for gold in jgpf or jr world, they need to improve their levels in the rd. I can see Tkachenko/Kiliakov overtaking them in that segment by couple of points if their pcs improves.

 

[mtnskater]

Just watched:

The finish and the polish is what sets Neset & Markelov ahead from T&K for me. The latter still a bit sloppy and I already commented on her posture, which also bugged me for the years they skated for the U.S. so nothing new. I found T&K’s program a bit boring too. Certainly no where near the memorable version the Deuchanny’s did with Christopher Dean.

Really like Fradji and Fourneaux’s free dance here. Beautiful, interesting movements and lovely held out edges. Looking better than previous outing.

The Japanese team was all kitsch and sloppiness for me. They don’t have the skating skills yet to really look like ice dancers so they are going the high energy and big antics route like Fear and Gibson. Sometimes I’m feeling these days like Japan skaters are getting the “Russian” bonus treatment from judging panels Russia always seemed to get. But maybe that is just me.

 

[Wyliefan]

Just watched:

The finish and the polish is what sets Neset & Markelov ahead from T&K for me. The latter still a bit sloppy and I already commented on her posture, which also bugged me for the years they skated for the U.S. so nothing new.

Same. I thought N/M should have been farther ahead, though the lift deduction played a role in that.

But I wouldn't dare say that in front of Tkachenko, after that look she gave their scores.