WJC24 Junior Men FS

[skatingguy]

Casper Johansson
Coach: R. Jensen, V. Helgesson, A. Fedoseev
Music: Avatar (soundtrack)

4S<
3S
3F+3T - lack of speed on the landing
3Lo
Fly Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3F+2T - tight landing
3Lz
Change Foot Sit Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

A great skate from Johansson. Needs to work on the body position, and fluidity of movement - he's quite stiff.

127.95 = 3rd Place
193.66 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Matteo Nalbone (18)
Coach: Alisa Mikonsaari, Angelina Turenko
Music: Something in the Way by Nirvana; Vespertillo by Hans Zimmer; Torn by Nathan Lanier

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

 

[airgelaal]

The Battle of the Batmans has begun

 

[tony]

Skating quite literally right through the music and lots of back pumping telegraphing. Lutz and flip have wraps and the double Axel looks like a struggle.. but he has a nice quad toe. Eh.

 

[skatingguy]

Matteo Nalbone
Coach: Alisa Mikonsaari, Angelina Turenko
Music: Something in the Way, Vespertillo, Tom

4T - land the jump, goes around the corner, loses an edge and goes down to one knee
3A
3Lz+3T
2A - tight, two-foot landing
Fly Change Foot Combo Spin 3
3F+1Eu+3S
3Lz+2Aq+SEQ - step out
3F - hanging on
Fly Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Fly Sit Spin 3

Messy program, and unfinished movements through all the elements.

123.67 = 4th Place
188.89 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Yu-Hsiang Li (17)
Coach: Soojin Kim, Tien Hung-Wen, Amy Evidente, Yuka Sato, Ivan Dinex
Music: Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles, Cody Fry

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

 

[tony]

You can just see he loves skating. Great job, loved the slower choreographic sequence section where his movements (shock) actually matched the phrasing of the music. Really fun!

 

[skatingguy]

Yu-Hsiang Li
Coach: Soojin Kim, Tien Hung-Wen
Music: Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles, Cody Fry

3Lo
3A<< - two foot landing
3F+2T
3S
Fly Sit Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lz+3T
3Lz
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

There's a pleasant quality to Li's jumps, and skating, and again skating well at home is nice bonus.

126.73 = 4th Place
193.26 = 4th Place

 

[airgelaal]

Second Batman of the day

 

[skatingguy]

Kyrylo Marsak (19)
Coach: Alina Mayer-virtanen, Oleksandr Tumanovskyi
Music: Belle by Daniel Garou

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

 

[airgelaal]

Kyrylo

 

[tony]

Second half of the program just lost all energy. Half-movements in the choreography, lots of stroking with his head down, and doubles/singles everywhere. He has a big presence on the ice when he puts in the effort to sell it, but it wasn't the case today.

 

[Holy Headband]

Marsak has a lot of great qualities but hasn't put it all together yet.

 

[skatingguy]

Kyrylo Marsak
Coach: Alina Mayer-Virtanen, Oleksandr Tumanovskyi
Music: Flight, Everybody Knows, A Dark Knight

4S - deep landing position, step out
3A
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
2Lz+2T
1Lo+1A+1A+SEQ
Choreo Sequence
3F+2T
3S
Fly Sit Spin 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Marsak's an example of a taller skater who is learning to use his body, and his lines give an advantage. But today he lost the timing after the first few jumps, and it started to affect the performance as well.

116.13 = 9th Place
180.42 = 9th Place

 

[airgelaal]

But I'm surprised that he jumped 3F. It would be great if he could solve the edge problem

 

[skatingguy]

Haru Kakiuchi (17)
Coach: Sayaka Yodo, Kejij Tanaka, Utako Nagamitsu
Music: Wake Me Up by Avicii; Wake Me Up by Simply Three

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

 

[tony]

He probably got the idea for this music from the skater introductions at some point

Nice quality to the skating but tiny jumps and his upper body is always loose.

 

[airgelaal]

So wake me up when it's all over
But I'm not sleeping yet

 

[Kateri]

I always wonder if it's a deliberate choice to include that Avicii track that ISU uses to announce skater groups, like you're trying to induce panic/fight-or-flight responses in your opponents waiting backstage.

 

[skatingguy]

Haru Kakiuchi
Coach: Sayaka Yodo, Keiji Tanaka, Utako Nagamitsu
Music: Wake Me Up by Avicii, Simply Three

4Tq - fall
3Lo
3Lz+3T+2T
Fly Camel Spin 4
3F+2A+SEQ
3S
2A+3T
Choreo Sequence
3Lz
Change Foot Sit Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

-1.00 = Falls (1)

Big fall on the opening quadruple toeloop attempt, but settled down after that and skated a good program.

127.33 = 4th Place
192.82 = 5th Place

 

[airgelaal]

I always wonder if it's a deliberate choice to include that Avicii track that ISU uses to announce skater groups, like you're trying to induce panic/fight-or-flight responses in your opponents waiting backstage.

I think he was hoping to get into the last warm-up

 

[skatingguy]

Matias Lindfors (16)
Coach: Virpi Horttana
Music: Carmen-Prelude by George Bizet; Habanera by Georges Bizet; Chanson du Toreador by Georges Bizet; Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet

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

 

[airgelaal]

It seems that it is too early for the Finnish doctor to retire

 

[skatingguy]

Matias Lindfors
Coach: Virpi Horttana
Music: Carmen by Georges Bizet

3Lz+2A+SEQ
2A+3T - toeloop was tight, didn't get the free leg through, two-foot landing
3Lo
Fly Sit Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3F
3Lz - slight two-foot
3F+REP - fall
2S
Change Foot Sit Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)

-1.00 = Falls (1)

A mixed bag for young Lindfors today. He has some good jumps, but a few too many errors.

114.74 = 11th Place
180.80 = 10th Place

 

[airgelaal]

Time for breakfast

 

[skatingguy]

Junior Men are menning today - the final couple of flights are going to result in some big swings in the standings.

 

[airgelaal]

dead stream again???

 

[Frau Muller]

Go, Jacob!

 

[airgelaal]

A battle for 3 spots awaits us. For Japan to save, and for Korea to get. Your bets?

 

[airgelaal]

Bad guy.
Does DJ know something?