2024 GPF - Junior Women SP

[Hedwig]

Shimada
2a
3f
she looks so much more mature all in all
but I liked her last year SP better
3z3t
commanding presence on the ice

 

[floridaice]

So, so good

 

[zigzig]

Shimada is brilliant. I can't believe she has to stay junior ANOTHER year. geez.

 

[Karen-W]

That was really wonderful from Mao. She's really improving her performance quality.

 

[Citlali]

Mao

 

[skatfan]

The 2nd half of that program just soars! I wonder if she’ll outscore Kaori.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Mao clearly knew that EVERYONE would have a wicked program next year and she wanted to be the trend setter.

 

[PRlady]

It is HARD to skate up to that music and she did it. Terrific.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I thought that the three Japanese girls are roughly the same level, but Shimada has better control or the elements. Her spins and jumps are just checked to perfection. And she wears green, so I guess that's something ?

 

[Karen-W]

Yeah, I did think it might be wicked, but it doesn't scream wicked. I feel like black with green would scream wicked more. Or half green and half pink. This could easily be Riverdance.

Eh, first time she took her starting position on the JGP, I wondered if she was skating to Wicked, so I thought the dress did the trick nicely, lol.

 

[her grace]

Six clean programs! Well done, ladies.

 

[Karen-W]

For those playing along with Bingo - here's what we have so far -

“Artistic” camerawork
could be skating to anything
cutouts
Emo/ Sad Girl Cover
Heart hands
“Korean” hair bling
lip-synching
Music from Movie
Music from Musical
Obvious Warhorse
Superstar Artist
Tights over/boot covers
whickety-whack

 

[Theatregirl1122]

JGPF ladies laying down the gauntlet for the Senior GPF ladies.

 

[Sally1214]

Mao ... just WOW!!! I loved everything about that. Her dress is gorgeous. Her expression of the music was wonderful. By far the best of the jr. women, imo, and we've had some other very good performances before her.

So, every woman had a clean skate. That's what you want to see. The gauntlet has been thrown down for the jr. men tomorrow. Don't let us down now, guys.

 

[victorskid]

After the Jr Women SP

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Mao SHIMADA	JPN	73.72​	42.00​		31.72​	7.82​	8.07​	7.96​	0.00​	#6​
2​	Kaoruko WADA	JPN	67.77​	38.09​		29.68​	7.46​	7.25​	7.61​	0.00​	#4​
3​	Ami NAKAI	JPN	67.26​	36.86​		30.40​	7.68​	7.57​	7.61​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Yihan WANG	CHN	64.52​	37.26​		27.26​	6.86​	6.64​	7.00​	0.00​	#2​
5​	Yuseong KIM	KOR	64.42​	35.38​		29.04​	7.29​	7.29​	7.25​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Stefania GLADKI	FRA	62.31​	35.14​		27.17​	6.89​	6.75​	6.79​	0.00​	#1​

Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Mao disproves Toller Cranston's green costume theory.

 

[Colonel Green]

Incidentally, Wicked doesn’t premiere in Japan until March. Maybe Mao can use this trip to check it out early.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

It's 3 GFB in a row, and I am already seeing @Private Citizen looking for a bus from Grenoble.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Mark just said this soundtrack is everywhere right now. Does he not know the difference between the OBC and the movie??? Skandalous if true

 

[Private Citizen]

Shimada is brilliant and better than anything in seniors. The juniors in general are better than the seniors. I felt bad for Gladki being last with a clean skate, but there’s no shame in being last in this field.

I’d have had Nakai fourth after the error on the camel spin and the wonky double axel. I loved Yihan Wang, whose spins are the best I can remember from a Chinese skater.

 

[Karen-W]

Mark just said this soundtrack is everywhere right now. Does he not know the difference between the OBC and the movie??? Skandalous if true

The man is a jack-of-all-trades these days. Can we really expect him to know the difference? But, don't worry, I'm sure @tony will DM him to set him straight!

 

[Sylvia]

Protocols: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Mao SHIMADA	JPN	73.72​	42.00​		31.72​	7.82​	8.07​	7.96​	0.00​	#6​
2​	Kaoruko WADA	JPN	67.77​	38.09​		29.68​	7.46​	7.25​	7.61​	0.00​	#4​
3​	Ami NAKAI	JPN	67.26​	36.86​		30.40​	7.68​	7.57​	7.61​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Yihan WANG	CHN	64.52​	37.26​		27.26​	6.86​	6.64​	7.00​	0.00​	#2​
5​	Yuseong KIM	KOR	64.42​	35.38​		29.04​	7.29​	7.29​	7.25​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Stefania GLADKI	FRA	62.31​	35.14​		27.17​	6.89​	6.75​	6.79​	0.00​	#1​

ETA: Sorry that I somehow missed seeing @victorskid's results post above!

 

[Rukia]

The man is a jack-of-all-trades these days. Can we really expect him to know the difference? But, don't worry, I'm sure @tony will DM him to set him straight!

I mean he is technically correct. The soundtrack is everywhere. He never said she was skating to the movie soundtrack.

 

[Karen-W]

I mean he is technically correct. The soundtrack is everywhere. He never said she was skating to the movie soundtrack.

You know, with Worlds being in BAWHSTON and knowing the movie was coming out, you'd have thought more skaters would have gone with a "Wicked" program this season than just Mao down in juniors, lol.

Now I'm wondering how many "Wicked" programs he'll be approached about choreographing for next season.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I liked Kim on the stream: she brought some energy to the Debussy, unlike most of the Korean women who skate like they're taking a final exam and only looking to the next question.

I was wondering what her glide was like, but then Wada took to the ice and the difference on stream was huge.

Shimada is such a glorious skater.

 

[Sally1214]

Mao disproves Toller Cranston's green costume theory.

Toller wasn't ALWAYS right although I think he was absolutely convinced he was. Gosh, he was wonderful. Watching the now very old videos of him performing STILL amazes the viewer.

 

[sus2850]

I‘m in the arena, I thought she was fierce, and her facial expression did fit perfectly with the music…

Come on Wang, give this program nothing!

All three jumping passes just so solid, so controlled on the landing and no wavering of the edge or body at all. Really nice flying camel, too. Now she just needs to really learn how to sell this.

Actually, all of the spins were fabulous.

 

[sus2850]

Sorry, double post

 

[zigzig]

Let's hear it for the ladies - 6 clean programs and not a single q or < on the protocol.

 

[Sylvia]

Mao Yanzheng has several action photos for each skater: https://www.mao.ph/post/2024-jgpf-womens-short-program

ETA - top 3 in the press conference room:

Golden Skate on Instagram: "The top 3 following the Junior women’s SP: 1. Mao Shimada 🇯🇵 73.72 2. Kaoruko Wada 🇯🇵 67.77 3. Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 67.27 #JGPFigure #JGPFinal #FigureSkating"

779 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "The top 3 following the Junior women’s SP: 1. Mao Shimada 🇯🇵 73.72 2. Kaoruko Wada 🇯🇵 67.77 3. Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 67.27 #JGPFigure #JGPFinal #FigureSkating".

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Mao Shimada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8UMTJkQXk

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Mao Shimada 🇯🇵 73.72 “I think my SP this time was really good, because all the jumps I did today, I thought they were good jumps, in my opinion. The jumps was the best part of today. I didnt jump well in the last few com

511 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Mao Shimada 🇯🇵 73.72 “I think my SP this time was really good, because all the jumps I did today, I thought they were good jumps, in my opinion. The jumps was the best part of today. I didnt jump well in the last few competitions so I...

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Kaoruko Wada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCxkkPWv0A

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Kaoruko Wada 🇯🇵 67.77 “It was very comfortabel to skate here, I didn’t feel stressed about today’s performance. I am a bit stressed about landing all my jumps in the free skate. I was a little bit worried because I made

259 likes, 1 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Kaoruko Wada 🇯🇵 67.77 “It was very comfortabel to skate here, I didn’t feel stressed about today’s performance. I am a bit stressed about landing all my jumps in the free skate. I was a little bit worried because I made a few mistakes...

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Ami Nakai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9c3YNXnoY

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 67.27 “I was a bit worried but just before I started my performance, I had a strong feeling of ‘I can definitely do it’. I received better scores than I thought I would, so I hope to continue this good flow i

335 likes, 0 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 67.27 “I was a bit worried but just before I started my performance, I had a strong feeling of ‘I can definitely do it’. I received better scores than I thought I would, so I hope to continue this good flow in free skate as...

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Yihan Wang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vSJ5bz_cg

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Yihan Wang 🇨🇳 64.52 “I am very pleased, I showed what I trained, one spin could have been better.! I ambfeeling great to be in the final. I am also a bit nervous because it is such a big stage.” She speaks very good Eng

311 likes, 4 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Yihan Wang 🇨🇳 64.52 “I am very pleased, I showed what I trained, one spin could have been better.! I ambfeeling great to be in the final. I am also a bit nervous because it is such a big stage.” She speaks very good English and said she...

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Yuseong Kim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZkQ1kC5yHQ

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Yuseong Kim 🇰🇷 64.42 “I am very happy to be here at the final for the second time. I am very happy I could show the audience today the concept of my program - I am presenting the moonlight 🌙 and I think I showed the emoti

280 likes, 0 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Yuseong Kim 🇰🇷 64.42 “I am very happy to be here at the final for the second time. I am very happy I could show the audience today the concept of my program - I am presenting the moonlight 🌙 and I think I showed the emotions very well today...

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Stefania Gladki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgEoZS6Ajcg

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Stefania Gladki 🇫🇷 PB 62.31 “I felt good with my skate and I felt very supported by the public. The atmosphere was nice. The goal was to do everything I can and I did that. I still think I could have presented the program

355 likes, 1 comments - goldsk8 on December 5, 2024: "Stefania Gladki 🇫🇷 PB 62.31 “I felt good with my skate and I felt very supported by the public. The atmosphere was nice. The goal was to do everything I can and I did that. I still think I could have presented the program a bit better by...

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