JGP Istanbul - Men SP & FS

[Sylvia]

Junior Men SP Starting Order/Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/jgptur2023/SEG001.htm

Time Schedule by skater (Thursday 18:15-22:00 local/11:15 am-3:00 pm Eastern time): http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

SP Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8siLqCXOc

StN. Name Nation

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Rio NAKATA JPN
2 Aleksei VLASENKO HUN
3 Razvan CIONAC ROU
4 Elias SAYED SWE
5 Lukas VACLAVIK SVK

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU
7 Jakub LOFEK POL
8 Ean WEILER SUI
9 Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL
10 Terry Yu Tao JIN CAN

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Arin YORKE GBR
12 Jegor MARTSENKO EST
13 Ege ALACAN TUR
14 Konstantin SUPATASHVILI GEO
15 Aurelian CHERVET SUI

Warm-Up Group 4
16 David BONDAR CAN
17 Kai KOVAR USA
18 Wendell HANSSON-OSTERGAARD DEN
19 Daiya EBIHARA JPN
20 Gianni MOTILLA FRA
21 Minkyu SEO KOR

Warm-Up Group 5
22 Nikita KRIVOSHEYEV KAZ
23 Fedir KULISH LAT (was UKR in 2021)
24 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR
25 Luca FUENFER GER
26 Ali Efe GUNES TUR
27 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR

 

[Frau Muller]

Nakata was wonderful.

And now…it’s Easy Listening time.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh gosh, I lost track of time and missed Nakata. Well, it looks like he did just fine!

 

[Hedwig]

Razvan from Romania - obviously not one to finish in the top five but I really liked his program and his relaxed skating style, good content in between the jumps as well.

 

[Hedwig]

Juniors is so much fun, you see someone who is introduced as "5th at Swedish Nationals" and you expect a wobbly 2toe - and then it is a squeaky clean 3flip-3toe!

 

[Wyliefan]

I always appreciate a good Godfather program, but a bow tie does not go well with it.

 

[PRlady]

Judging by the weather here about 700 miles south, these kids will be skating through fog up to their waists by the last group.

 

[Sylvia]

Juniors is so much fun, you see someone who is introduced as "5th at Swedish Nationals" and you expect a wobbly 2toe - and then it is a squeaky clean 3flip-3toe!

Sayed also skated a clean SP with 3F+3T at Cranberry Cup in Boston last month - scored higher here!

 

[Hedwig]

Lukas from SVK also great - the steps after the lutz were great - the change of direction, the energy in the steps was cool!

 

[Sylvia]

Lukas Vaclavik spent some time training with Team Raf in Irvine, CA this summer - he’s now based in Trento, Italy. He’s landed 3A before, IIRC.

 

[Hedwig]

Lukas Vaclavik spent some time training with Team Raf in Irvine, CA this summer - he’s now based in Trento, Italy. He’s landed 3A before, IIRC.

he certainly had enough room left for at least one rotation more!

 

[Kateri]

I need to know the theory behind Ean Weiler's costume, because he looks like Hanyu got mauled by a wolf (or maybe by some of his fans).

 

[Hedwig]

Ean - poor guy - this was clearly nerves, the jumps looked good in the air but two falls.
very Weir-esque and not just because of the Weirtard!
Wonderful rotational jump into twizzle in the step sequence
very big talent!

 

[Wyliefan]

Someone needs to find the audience member with the piercing whistle and stuff a sock in their mouth.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ege's team is having a blast.

 

[Wyliefan]

Very nice skate by Konstantin. I think Georgia is going to be just fine without Morisi.

 

[Frau Muller]

I love Bondar’s program…to one of my favorite balletic tunes - Accelerations Waltz, which opens the ballet Graduation Ball! A joy of my childhood…a Ballet Russes & ABT standard, chor by David Lichine:

Graduation Ball - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Well done!

 

[Wyliefan]

Kai's got a terrible lean on his jumps. The lutz was better than the axel, but neither of them had much of a chance from the get-go. Pity, because he's got a good program.

Did he hit a growth spurt? I don't remember him being quite this tall.

ETA: 52.54 is a pretty good score considering those jumps!

 

[Frau Muller]

Kai full of great qualities but a bit rough today.

 

[Holy Headband]

Kai's got a terrible lean on his jumps. The lutz was better than the axel, but neither of them had much of a chance from the get-go. Pity, because he's got a good program.

Did he hit a growth spurt? I don't remember him being quite this tall.

ETA: 52.54 is a pretty good score considering those jumps!

The explanation is sitting in the K&C with him.

 

[Wyliefan]

Japan continues to deliver!

 

[Hedwig]

the elements were great, obviously
but he is oddly sloppy for a Japanese man - toes not pointed, legs not totally stretched here and there

but will get into lead for sure

 

[Wyliefan]

Beautiful skate by Minkyu. Cute fist pump to end.

 

[Holy Headband]

Mingyu should go into first on PCS, but will he...?

 

[Wyliefan]

Into 2nd, but he looks pretty satisfied with it. Less than a point behind.

 

[Wyliefan]

Collision on the warmup -- I didn't recognize the skaters. Looks like everyone's okay.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

What is it? The Japanese just can`t miss. I know there are weak moments - Kaori at the GP final. But if they do it in practice they do it in competition. Ted says it`s because they`re so deep they can`t afford to make a mistake. I disagree. They`re not doing it out of fear. Mai admits to being nervous. But, it`s something different from what others think of as nerves. They`re still able to produce 90% of what they planned even with the nerves.

 

[Holy Headband]

What is it? The Japanese just can`t miss. I know there are weak moments - Kaori at the GP final. But if they do it in practice they do it in competition. Ted says it`s because they`re so deep they can`t afford to make a mistake. I disagree. They`re not doing it out of fear. Mai admits to being nervous. But, it`s something different from what others think of as nerves. They`re still able to produce 90% of what they planned even with the nerves.

Maybe Sota is 1/4 French...

 

[Holy Headband]

Terrible birthday for Marsak. Cheer up, Kyrylo! You'll do better in the future.

 

[Wyliefan]

He was one of the skaters in the collision -- it may have rattled him.