2023 Grand Prix Final - Junior Ice Dance Free Dance

[skatingguy]

StN.	Name	Nation	Rank	Points
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Yahli PEDERSEN / Jeffrey CHEN	USA	6	54.30
2	Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV	UKR	5	60.20
3	Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX	FRA	4	61.60
	Warm-Up Group 2
4	Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY	GER	3	66.49
5	Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV	ISR	2	68.14
6	Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV	USA	1	72.48

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[victorskid]

The stream is live with Ted and Mark

 

[airgelaal]

good morning

 

[skatingguy]

Yahil Pedersen (16)/Jeffrey Chen (21)
Coach: Charlie White, Greg Zuerlein, Tanith White
Music: Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

 

[airgelaal]

At least they didn't fall

 

[Gris]

Yay! No falls!

 

[skatingguy]

Yahil Pedersen (16)/Jeffrey Chen (21)
Coach: Charlie White, Greg Zuerlein, Tanith White
Music: Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

OFTW2+OFTM3
Stationary Lift 4
SyTwW3+SyTwM4
CiStW1+CiStM3
Curve Lift 4
Dance Spin 4 (2 after review)
Choreo Dance Lift
Choreo Character Step Sequence

Good skate, and a nice recovery from yesterday. This program doesn't really do anything, or go anywhere. His experience, and skating skill does shine through.

90.27 = 1st Place
144.57 = 1st Place

 

[her grace]

Good comeback from RD for P/C. Nice flair from Chen and her intensity in performance is coming along.

 

[skatingguy]

Mariia Pinchuk (17)/Mykyta Pogorielov (21)
Coach: G. Churilova, O. Nazarova, M. Nikitin
Music: Vogue, Frozen by Madonna

 

[skatingguy]

Mariia Pinchuk (17)/Mykyta Pogorielov (21)
Coach: G. Churilova, O. Nazarova, M. Nikitin
Music: Vogue, Frozen by Madonna

OFTW2+OFTM2
Stationary Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
SyTwW4+SyTwM4
DiStW2+DiStM2
Choreo Slide Move
Dance Spin 4

This program doesn't work for me. There's something that isn't quite connecting, and their timing was slightly off the music. Silly thing, but his hair is distracting.

87.03 = 2nd Place
147.23 = 1st Place

 

[airgelaal]

They were a little slow today but more polished

 

[her grace]

P/P

They look more relaxed today. Good spacing and edge work. Position changes in lifts looking a bit effortful today.

 

[skatingguy]

Celina Fradji (18)/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (20)
Coach: Karine Arribert, Mahil Chanelauze
Music: Partida, Porto Dio

 

[airgelaal]

If it weren’t for the mistake yesterday, P/C would have been 4th and closer in scores to the G/S.

 

[her grace]

F/F very nice unison on the twizzles, good engagement with the music. Error on final lift.

 

[skatingguy]

Celina Fradji (18)/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (20)
Coach: Karine Arribert, Mahil Chanelauze
Music: Partida, Porto Dio

SyTwW4+SyTwM3
Choreo Spin Move
CiStW2+CiStM2
Straight Line Lift 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
OFTW2+OFTM3
Rotational Lift 3 - (2 after review) loss of balance
Dance Spin 4 (3 after review)

This time the error in the program came on an element, and it will cost them a bit more today. The program is well stylized, and they really do a great job expressing the music, and character.

91.82 = 1st Place
153.42 = 1st Place

 

[Gris]

Didn’t like this program from F/F during JGP but today I find it very interesting in person.

 

[airgelaal]

I just realized that this is the first time I’ve seen this program

 

[Karen-W]

If it weren’t for the mistake yesterday, P/C would have been 4th and closer in scores to the G/S.

Sure, but falls matter. Hopefully they'll skate clean at Nats.

 

[airgelaal]

Sure, but falls matter. Hopefully they'll skate clean at Nats.

This explains why they are in the final. The judges love them no matter what.

 

[skatingguy]

Darya Grimm (17)/Michail Savitskiy (20)
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalja Karamyseva
Music: Habanera (new arrangement)

 

[her grace]

G/S excellent composition. Elements well placed to highlight the music. Well done.

 

[Karen-W]

Love GrimSav's FD! That was a fabulous choreo character step sequence that they ended on!

 

[kwanfan1818]

Grimm is the best cape since Jayne Torvill.

The program is so full of transitions that flow from one into the other.

 

[skatingguy]

Darya Grimm (17)/Michail Savitskiy (20)
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalja Karamyseva
Music: Habanera (new arrangement)

Dance Spin 4
SyTwW3+SyTwM4 (both 3 after review)
Rotational Lift 4
DiStW2+DiStM2
Straight Line Lift 4
OFTW2+OFTM2
Choreo Assist Jump
Choreo Character Step Sequence

Great skate. Very intricate program with a lot of detail - character step sequence had so many moments timed perfectly to the music. Not my favourite piece of music, but they performed the program very well.

92.92 = 1st Place
159.41 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

This explains why they are in the final. The judges love them no matter what.

No, and you know better. You watched the JGPs. You saw their falls. They were also competing in the two weakest fields on the JGP after the injury WDs of Kudryavtseva/Karankevich, Hauer/Starr (both Istanbul) and Carhart/Horovyi (Budapest). Their total score today is in the same range as they scored at their JGPs with falls in the FD at both.

 

[skatingguy]

Elizabeth Tkachenko (17)/Alexei Kiliakov (18)
Coach: A. Kiliakov, E. Novak, J. Manners
Music: Ojo Azules, Danzante Vasija DeBarro, Sikuriadas

 

[airgelaal]

No, and you know better. You watched the JGPs. You saw their falls. They were also competing in the two weakest fields on the JGP after the injury WDs of Kudryavtseva/Karankevich, Hauer/Starr (both Istanbul) and Carhart/Horovyi (Budapest). Their total score today is in the same range as they scored at their JGPs with falls in the FD at both.

That's why I say it.

 

[skatingguy]

Elizabeth Tkachenko (17)/Alexei Kiliakov (18)
Coach: A. Kiliakov, E. Novak, J. Manners
Music: Ojo Azules, Danzante Vasija DeBarro, Sikuriadas

Choreo Character Step Sequence
Straight Line Lift 4 + Stationary Lift 4
SyTwW4+SyTwM4
OFTW2+OFTM3
Dance Spin 4
DiStW2+DiStM3 (both 2 after review)
Choreo Slide Move

They have a lot of speed - that's about as much as a positive as I can up with. What's with the fringe on the costumes? It's very dated.

100.64 = 1st Place
168.78 = 1st Place

 

[her grace]

T/K steady lifts. Creating some visually interesting shapes and angles. Not the complexity of the Germans, but better glide and nice speed