WJC24 Junior Men SP

[Rukia]

I am unwisely still up and here for a bit. Let's go Kyrylo!

 

[airgelaal]

Not the best day for Kyrylo

 

[skatingguy]

Kyrylo Marsak
Coach: Alina Mayer-Virtanen, Oleksandr Tumanovskyi
Music: Pale Yellow by Woodkid

3A - two foot landing
3Lz
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2 - got his foot stuck causing a stumble
3Lo+3T
Fly Sit Spin 3 (4 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Very stiff skate from Kyrylo - nice combo to get some good things going at the end of the program.

Q 64.29 = 1st Place

 

[Rukia]

Not the best day for Kyrylo

He seemed really nervy, but that combo was gorgeous

 

[skatingguy]

Casper Johansson (18)
Coach: Regina Jensen, Viktoria Helgesson, Alexei Fedoseev
Music: I Didn't Know My Own Strength by Andrea Faustini, Whitney Houston, Diane Warren

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[airgelaal]

First Q is ours

 

[skatingguy]

Casper Johansson
Coach: R. Jensen, V. Helgesson, A. Fedoseev
Music: I Didn't Know My Own Strength

3F+3T
2A
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lz
Step Sequence 4
Fly Sit Spin 4 (3 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Nice skate.

Q 65.71 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Matias Lindfors (16)
Coach: Virpi Horttana
Music: The Last Opera by Saint-Preux

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[skatingguy]

Matias Lindfors
Coach: Virpi Horttana
Music: The Last Opera by Saint-Preux

3F+3T
3Lz
Fly Sit Spin 3
2A - two-foot landing
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Some nice elements, and good height on the triple jumps.

Q 66.06 = 1st Place

 

[Rukia]

Lindfors was very enjoyable!

 

[skatingguy]

Ali Efe Gunes (18)
Coach: Tayfun Anar, Sergei Rozanov
Music: Arabian Nights

Junior Eligible Next Season: No
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[airgelaal]

Everyone wants to get Q

 

[skatingguy]

Ali Efe Gunes
Coach: Tayfun Anar, Sergei Rozanov
Music: Arabian Nights

3A
3F+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 2
3Lz!
Change Foot Combo Spin 2
Step Sequence 2
Fly Sit Spin 4

A bit of a mess on a couple of the spins, and the jump technique is questionable, but he got them done.

60.37 = 8th Place

 

[Karen-W]

It's a shame that UAE or Egypt or Kuwait haven't qualified a man for Jr Worlds. I guess we just have to settle for the Turkish guy skating to "Aladdin"...

 

[skatingguy]

Matteo Nalbone (18)
Coach: Alisa Mikonsaari, Angelina Turenko
Music: O by Coldplay; Paradise by Coldplay

Junior Eligible Next Season: No
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[airgelaal]

I wonder what the chances are for a Belgian boy to get a Q?

 

[skatingguy]

Matteo Nalbone
Coach: Alisa Mikonsaari, Angelina Turenko
Music: O by Coldplay, Paradise by Coldplay

3A
3Lz
Fly Sit Spin 4
3F+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin* - made a mess of the change foot jump - no value
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

- they are fighting back today

Q 65.22 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Jaekeun Lee (16)
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi
Music: IO Ci Saro by Andrea Bocelli

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: No

 

[Frau Muller]

Up for Groups 5-7! Go, Jacob!

 

[skatingguy]

Jaekeun Lee
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi
Music: IO Ci Saro by Andrea Bocelli

3A< - fall
3Lz
Fly Sit Spin 4
3Lo+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

-1.00 = Falls (1)

Everything other than the Axel was very nice.

Q 70.15 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Aleksa Rakic (19)
Coach: Joanne McLeod
Music: Biblical by Calum Scott; Epiphany by Karl Hugo

Junior Eligible Next Season: No
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[skatingguy]

Aleksa Rakic
Coach: Joanne McLeod
Music: Biblical by Calum Scott

3Lz
3A
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Fly Sit Spin 4

Okay, not bad. The jump technique is questionable, but he managed to get through everything today.

Q 77.74 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Haru Kakiuchi (17)
Coach: Sayaka Yodo, Kejij Tanaka, Utako Nagamitsu
Music: Caruso by Lucio Dalla, performed by Joseph Callegja

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[skatingguy]

Haru Kakiuchi
Coach: Sayaka Yodo, Keiji Tanaka, Utako Nagamitsu
Music: Caruso by Lucio Dalla

2A
3Lz
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F!+2T
Fly Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Beautiful skating quality as we have come to expect from the Japanese, and some lovely positions in the spins. Not the quality, or difficulty in the jumps that we might expect.

Q 65.49 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Jacob Sanchez (16)
Coach: Oleg Makarov, Larisa Selezneva
Music: Singin' in the Rain, Rain Dance by Matthew Morrison, Whilk & Misky - Singin' in the Rain performed by Matthew Morrison: the original song is by the Move "Singin' in the Rain/Whilk & Misky

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: Yes

 

[skatingguy]

Jacob Sanchez
Coach: Oleg Makarov, Larisa Selezneva
Music: Singin' in the Rain, Rain Dance

3A< - both hands down
3Lz
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F+3T
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Fly Sit Spin 4

Good skate for Jacob - building on the success he had at the Youth Olympics.

Q 73.35 = 2nd Place

 

[skatfan]

Pretty good program for Jacob - I’m happy for him!

 

[skatingguy]

Tamir Kuperman (16)
Coach: Galit Chait Moracci, Alexei Bychenko, Evgeni Krasnopolski
Music: You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban

Junior Eligible Next Season: Yes
Senior Eligible Next Season: No

 

[Frau Muller]

Yay, Jacob!
Despite 3ax hand down, well done…and sometimes if he’s perfect in the SP, he bombs the FP. Second to fabulous Rakic. Ok.

 

[skatingguy]

Tamir Kuperman
Coach: G. Chait Moracci, A. Bychenko
Music: You Raise Me by Josh Groban

3F+3T
1A* - invalid element
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lz
Fly Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Some good stuff there, but popping the Axel will be costly.

Q 63.60 = 9th Place