2024 GPF - Junior Men FS

[her grace]

Nakata

Rough jumping day, felt like he kept the command of the performance even as technical elements were unraveling

Still think Seo and Takahashi had the skates of the day

 

[Karen-W]

I'm so sad that online fans have caused Ilia to abandon his super-fun IG lives with appearances from Jacob (and others). I really, really want a post-GPF/JGPF IG live with those two!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

His name is Rio and he dances to the bronze medal stand.

 

[tony]

Nakata needs to get over this I wanna win everything mentality. This title isn't the end of the world.

 

[victorskid]

Jr Men FS results

Protocol links: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...OR----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Minkyu SEO	KOR	152.46​	77.07​		75.39​	7.46​	7.64​	7.54​	0.00​	#2​
2​	Jacob SANCHEZ	USA	148.14​	73.55​		74.59​	7.43​	7.61​	7.36​	0.00​	#5​
3​	Sena TAKAHASHI	JPN	142.57​	74.64​		67.93​	6.61​	6.75​	7.04​	0.00​	#1​
4​	Rio NAKATA	JPN	135.94​	61.75​		74.19​	7.46​	7.21​	7.61​	0.00​	#6​
5​	Yanhao LI	NZL	129.46​	62.22​		69.24​	6.93​	6.75​	7.11​	2.00​	#3​
6​	Lukas VACLAVIK	SVK	103.64​	43.37​		60.27​	6.07​	5.82​	6.21​	0.00​	#4​

Overall results

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Jacob SANCHEZ	USA	227.38	2	2
2	Minkyu SEO	KOR	222.14	5	1
3	Rio NAKATA	JPN	215.33	1	4
4	Sena TAKAHASHI	JPN	204.40	6	3
5	Yanhao LI	NZL	201.63	4	5
6	Lukas VACLAVIK	SVK	176.36	3	6

From the X post about Lukas skate issue:

Update : his blades broke half way through practice,some people at the rink are putting new blades on it right now and hopefully the new blade won’t take too long to get used to in the 6 min warmup for him Let's keep our fingers crossed for him

 

[Frau Muller]

YESERRII!!!!!
I am so happy!!!!!

 

[Private Citizen]

They interviewed Jacob’s mom, grandma, and sister after the short program in the arena. They were a ball of fun. I hope they interview them again!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I enjoyed Takahashi more than Nakata. For one, there were glimpses of personality.

And I don't think the result reflects how I feel about this competition.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh ..... now sad tears in the K/C from Rio. He really needs a hug. At least, he made the podium but it sure wasn't the spot he wanted.

And, more happy tears from Sanchez.

Congrats to all the medalists.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

They interviewed Jacob’s mom, grandma, and sister after the short program in the arena. They were a ball of fun. I hope they interview them again!

Do we have to have Jacob skate for that, though? I'd skip that part.

 

[her grace]

This is turning into a great day for

 

[Holy Headband]

Happy for Minkyu!

 

[kwanette]

I like Jacob..Is he exactly my kind of skater? No..but I like the fight..And..I love Sena..cute boy, good haircut..happy boy..in a Kazuki sort of way..

 

[TAHbKA]

Vaclavik had the whole 6 mins of the warm up on his new blade. The right one, so landing things was probably fun

 

[victorskid]

Jr. Men medal ceremony following those for Jr Ice Dance and Sr Women.

 

[Karen-W]

Medal ceremony now at the end of the Jr FD stream (after the Jr Dance and Sr Women's medal ceremonies).

 

[Sylvia]

Very proud of Jacob for fighting through his free skate and finishing so strongly!

 

[Dragonlady]

Nakata needs to get over this I wanna win everything mentality. This title isn't the end of the world.

He's a Junior. That's what he's doing - learning that he can't win everything. Geesh!

 

[her grace]

Sanchez is first American men’s JGPF champ since Alexei Krasnozhon in 2017-2018 season.

 

[PRlady]

Sanchez is first American men’s JGPF champ since Alexei Krasnozhon in 2017-2018 season.

And whatever happened to Alexei? Can’t remember.

 

[her grace]

And whatever happened to Alexei? Can’t remember.

IIRC, he couldn’t make an Olympic run because he wasn’t yet a citizen. He retired in 2021 and went to university.

I think he had some cordial exchange with Duhamel recently, but I don’t recall on which medium.

 

[Dragonlady]

And whatever happened to Alexei? Can’t remember.

According to Ted Barton, all Junior Grand Prix finalists go to the Olympics. You'll be seeing him soon I'm sure.

I absolutely fell in love with Nakata. His feet and knees make me swoon, and his mastery of the blade is remarkable given his age. Prayers that he makes the transition to Seniors, successfully. I could watch him do nothing but stroke around the ice and be transported,

 

[skateboy]

Well, Li is no more from NZ than any of them from Australia.

Hmm... not sure how that computes. He was born in Beijing but moved to NZ as a young kid, has lived and trained there for the last 8 years (he's only 16), and he is a NZ citizen.

 

[livetoskate]

And whatever happened to Alexei? Can’t remember.

I always liked seeing him compete. Based on social media, he recently got engaged and has been doing martial arts. His LinkedIn says, "Assistant Store Manager for Johnston and Murphy (40 hours a week) while at the same time earning a 3.98 cumulative GPA at Texas Christian University."

 

[Sylvia]

And whatever happened to Alexei? Can’t remember.

Krasnozhon retired in 2021 to focus on attending a college honors program in Texas (see post above - IIRC, he wanted to be a lawyer). Pulkinen won the JGPF silver medal behind Alex K. that year.

I hope to have a chance to read through this thread later - haven't had time yet today.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I really wish Ted would stop calling New Zealand a "developing skating nation". Uhm, no, they've had, albeit sporadically, skaters at Worlds and even the Olympics for decades. A developing skating nation is one that's never managed even that and barely can qualify skaters to Euros/4CCs or Jr Worlds.

Is this a formal definition provided in some documentation somewhere?

 

[kwanfan1818]

I thought it was "developmental" nation in ISU terms. I'm not sure whether there's a formal definition, or if it's just which members the ISU decides to their development camps for skaters and coaches at any given time.

 

[Karen-W]

Is this a formal definition provided in some documentation somewhere?

No idea. The ISU does have a Development Commission, but I'm not exactly sure what their exact aim is other than to grow and promote skating.

New Zealand is sort of like Luxembourg or Monaco, or maybe Iceland - they have skaters and rinks and aren't unfamiliar with the sport in the same way that a country like Peru or Thailand is. But maybe the ISU Development Commission aims to work with small feds from everywhere, regardless of how long they've had a Nat'l federation that is an ISU Member.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

No idea. The ISU does have a Development Commission, but I'm not exactly sure what their exact aim is other than to grow and promote skating.

Okay, so it's just your personal opinion which you are stating as fact.

 

[Karen-W]

Okay, so it's just your personal opinion which you are stating as fact.

I just think the use of the word "developing" implies that there's no infrastructure or much knowledge to support the sport. Countries that have been hosting their own national championships for decades don't really fall into that category, even if the interest level in the sport or the population of the country is small enough that they don't produce many champions.

New Zealand's federation website shows they held their first National Championship in 1939 - that's 85 years.

Ted wasn't calling Slovakia "a developing skating nation" when discussing Lukas Vaclavik even though they haven't had much greater success internationally than New Zealand. Why is that?