JGP #7 Yerevan - Women SP & FS

[Sylvia]

Short Program Starting Order/Live Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/jgparm2023/SEG003.htm

Time Schedule (1st event on Thursday 14:00-18:30 local/6:00-10:30 am Eastern time): http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

Livestream with Ted Barton & Mark Hanretty on site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ0QF6DjnXU

StN. Name Nation

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ciera Francesca TURNER-FRICK IRL
2 Eugenia SEKULOVSKI SUI
3 Varvara KOROTKOVA UZB
4 Julija LOVRENCIC SLO
5 Sherry ZHANG USA

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Olivia BACSA SUI
7 Rubina SIMONYAN ARM
8 Lena CUSAK CRO
9 Eunbi PARK KOR
10 Julia van DIJK NED

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Zhasmin SHLAGA KGZ
12 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT
13 Elizabeth NOU EST
14 Aleksandra JANIKOWSKA POL
15 Cathryn LIMKETKAI PHI
16 Lena EKKER HUN

Warm-Up Group 4
17 Nayeon KO KOR
18 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR
19 Ysaline HIBON LUX
20 Ninon DAPOIGNY FRA
21 Nela SNEBERGEROVA CZE
22 Megan WONG HKG

Warm-Up Group 5
23 Sara ZOFREA BRAVO PER
24 Lia LYUBENOVA BUL
25 Ikura KUSHIDA JPN
26 Chiara MINIGHINI ITA
27 Mao SHIMADA JPN
28 Yekaterina BALYUBA KAZ

Warm-Up Group 6
29 Sofi KARAPETYAN ARM
30 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA
31 Gabriele JUSKAITE LTU
32 Natalia RUNCANU ROU
33 Flora Marie SCHALLER AUT
34 Inga GURGENIDZE GEO

 

[Sylvia]

I woke up early for Sherry - let's GO!

 

[Sylvia]

Same mistake as in Budapest (argh) - fall on the second 3T of her combo -- but I'm glad to see Sherry's high quality skating rewarded with a season best!

1​	Sherry ZHANG	USA	60.52​	34.72​		26.80​	6.61​	6.75​	6.79​	1.00​	#5​
2​	Eugenia SEKULOVSKI	SUI	55.29​	32.46​		22.83​	5.82​	5.64​	5.71​	0.00​	#2​

ETA: Sarah Everhardt had the previous ISU SB among the U.S. JGP women in the SP (60.19 last week in Gdansk). With a clean-ish skate in the final group today, I assume Elyce Lin-Gracey can top her 59.75 from Istanbul.

 

[Wyliefan]

Weird lighting in the K&C. Makes the skaters and coaches look very artsy.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Sherry a beautiful skater. Looks like good attitude too.

 

[Wyliefan]

Eunbi has promise! Very good skate and a most un-Korean-lady-like costume (black tie and jacket, though with the requisite amount of bling). Needs more stretch and speed, but that should score well.

 

[Sylvia]

Eunbi landed 3Lo+3T, 2A & 3Lz but I thought she skated "smaller" than Sherry and the PCS difference is correct.

Top 2 after the first 2 groups/10 women:

1​	Sherry ZHANG	USA	60.52​	34.72​		26.80​	6.61​	6.75​	6.79​	1.00​	#5​
2​	Eunbi PARK	KOR	59.22​	35.04​		24.18​	6.00​	5.79​	6.39​	0.00​	#9​

 

[Sylvia]

Forgot to post earlier that Ciera (first skater from Ireland) landed her 2A and she and her coach, Jane, looked delighted to be at their first-ever JGP together!

 

[Sylvia]

I remember noting Cathryn Limketkai’s expressive skating when she was a Novice in the Boston area several years ago - glad she got this JGP opportunity for PHI!

 

[PRlady]

Ted for cripes sake you don’t know what countries make up the UK?

 

[Sylvia]

Did Ted just say he liked Shifrin's Eilish-inspired costume?

A shame that Nayeon Ko fell on her opening 3F.

ETA - top 5 with 12 to go:

1​	Sherry ZHANG	USA	60.52​	34.72​		26.80​	6.61​	6.75​	6.79​	1.00​	#5​
2​	Eunbi PARK	KOR	59.22​	35.04​		24.18​	6.00​	5.79​	6.39​	0.00​	#9​
3​	Eugenia SEKULOVSKI	SUI	55.29​	32.46​		22.83​	5.82​	5.64​	5.71​	0.00​	#2​
4​	Nayeon KO	KOR	54.69​	29.60​		26.09​	6.54​	6.32​	6.75​	1.00​	#17​
5​	Sophia SHIFRIN	ISR	49.61​	27.42​		22.19​	5.68​	5.50​	5.50​	0.00​	#18​

 

[jlai]

Rather odd for Kim to not be sent to the second jgp

 

[Sylvia]

Rather odd for Kim to not be sent to the second jgp

Not odd for KSF, unfortunately. Yujae Kim (bronze medalist in Istanbul) placed 6th in KOR's JGP selection comp.in July and only the top 5 received 2 JGPs up front (6th to 9th got 1 apiece; Eunbi Park & Nayeon Ko were 8th & 9th).

ETA: I'm glad USFS was more flexible with their later assignments (Sherry getting #5 as an alternate, despite finishing 9th in the U.S. Junior Team Cup in July, and now #7).

 

[Wyliefan]

Ikura down on the 3t. And the flip was so beautiful!

 

[Sylvia]

Wow, so close!

1​	Sherry ZHANG	USA	60.52​	34.72​		26.80​	6.61​	6.75​	6.79​	1.00​	#5​
2​	Ikura KUSHIDA	JPN	59.99​	33.30​		27.69​	6.89​	6.82​	7.11​	1.00​	#25​

 

[Colonel Green]

And now, the Chairman.

 

[Wyliefan]

The pants are cute on Mao; I think I'd just eliminate the suspenders. And change the music.

 

[Holy Headband]

Cute costume for Mao (I always welcome ladies' costumes that are something other than a pastel-coloured princess dress), but this music makes my ears bleed and is absolutely impossible to choreograph a good program to.

 

[Wyliefan]

Mark, love you, but maybe a little less harping on how she was named for Mao Asada and thus "destined" for this? Those are things she never had any control over.

 

[Colonel Green]

Mao still doesn’t quite project the diva attitude this song calls for.

 

[Sylvia]

New leader by A LOT, as expected, after 22 skaters! Shimada's jumps: 2A, effortless looking 3F+3T, Rippon3Lz.

1​

Mao SHIMADA

JPN

73.14​

41.36​

31.78​

7.96​

7.93​

8.00​

0.00​

#27​

 

[Colonel Green]

I was going to guess Kazakhstan by way of Moscow, but her ISU bio suggests it’s Kazakhstan by way of Belarus.

 

[Holy Headband]

Voronov looks like he would make a great dad Now let's snap out of it...

 

[PRlady]

I’m glad the judges dissed that incredibly lackluster step sequence. I’ve really lost patience with that robotic style.

 

[Colonel Green]

Gracey, the last best hope to have a skater not from Asia on a JGP women’s podium this season.

 

[Wyliefan]

Way to go, Elyce! Beautiful clean skate! This girl has really got something.

 

[PRlady]

Wow, Elyce nice job.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ted stopped himself just in time from saying that Tammy's skaters have a lot of struggles.

 

[Sylvia]

Lin-Gracey's ISU bio still lists her coach last season in LA, Amy Evidente - now as the 4th coach.

Great job today - she looks ready for Senior in the US.

1​	Mao SHIMADA	JPN	73.14​	41.36​		31.78​	7.96​	7.93​	8.00​	0.00​	#27​
2​	Elyce LIN-GRACEY	USA	64.50​	37.37​		27.13​	6.79​	6.75​	6.86​	0.00​	#30​
3​	Sherry ZHANG	USA	60.52​	34.72​		26.80​	6.61​	6.75​	6.79​	1.00​	#5​
2​	Ikura KUSHIDA	JPN	59.99​	33.30​		27.69​	6.89​	6.82​	7.11​	1.00​	#25​

 

[Colonel Green]

Crazy tilt on the second jump in the combination, impressive that Inga landed it.