2025 GPF JUNIOR Men SP - will the Jr men be menning?

[victorskid]

Start Order/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/gpf2025/SEG009.htm
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Denis KROUGLOV BEL
2 Lucius KAZANECKI USA
3 Taiga NISHINO JPN
4 Habin CHOI KOR
5 Minkyu SEO KOR
6 Rio NAKATA JPN

ISU YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHzpR6OhKok

Planned Program Content, etc. can be found in the Media section on this page: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-grand-prix-final-2025/

JUDGING PANEL
Referee Ms. Emilie BILLOW ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Zanna KULIK ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Heather Celestine LEHNERT ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Myriam LORIOL-OBERWILER ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Chihee RHEE KOR
Judge No.2 Mr. Walter TOIGO ITA
Judge No.3 Ms. Cynthia BENSON CAN
Judge No.4 Mr. Anthony LEROY FRA
Judge No.5 Mr. Feng HUANG CHN
Judge No.6 Ms. Kristina LUNDGREN USA
Judge No.7 Ms. Francoise de RAPPARD BEL
Judge No.8 Ms. Ayumi ONO JPN
Judge No.9 Ms. Nadezhda PARETSKAIA KAZ

Data Operator Ms. Ranko HIRAI ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Samanta KOVALKOVA ISU

 

[tony]

Toigo's here. In multiple events. Of course.

 

[victorskid]

The stream is live and the drumming intros have begun

 

[skatfan]

The drumming intros are cool

 

[Evgeniafan]

The stream does not work for me in the U.S.

 

[tony]

Nothing says complete outfit like the Apple Watch!

 

[tony]

The stream does not work for me in the U.S.

Been trying to work on it with those in Japan since earlier in the night and get it to the attention of the producers, but they know by now and it's still not switched so who knows the reasoning. You need a VPN for the time being.

 

[skatingguy]

Denis Krouglov
Coach: L. Stewart, T. Dickson, R. Gazave
Music: Backstage Romance (Moulin Rouge)

3A
3Lz+3T - lacking speed on the landing
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lo
Step Sequence 3
Flying Sit Spin 3 (4 after review) - loss of speed
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Very nice skate for Denis - he's an easy skater to watch, and a nice sense of presentation, and stylization.

74.29 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

Wrong element input for the flying spin, Idk why they put that in as such

 

[skatingguy]

Lucius Kazanecki
Coach: Tatiana Malinina, Roman Skorniakov
Music: Interstellar by Hans Zimmer

3Lo
3A
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
3Lz+3T
Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Flying Sit Spin 2 (4 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Nice skate for Lucius, and making good use of the music with his long body lines to good effect.

72.13 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Taiga Nishino
Coach: Misao Sato
Music: Such a Night by Michael Buble

3A - fall
3Loq
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F+3Tq - step out
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Just couldn't find the balance on the blade today, and a little too exited.

-1.00 = Falls
64.01 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Habin Choi
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi, Nahyun Kim, Minseok Kim
Music: TaeGukGi by Lee Dong June

3A
3Lo
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lz+COMBO - step out
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Seemed to be skating well, and then the combination just didn't happen.

70.94 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Minkyu Seo
Coach: Eu Ju Kim, Hyungkyung Choi
Music: Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven

3A
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Flying Sit Spin 4

That was a stunning skate.

84.82 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

These last two men are so so so good. They will jump right into top levels in seniors next season I have a good feeling.

 

[skatingguy]

Rio Nakata
Coach: M. Nakata, K. Nakaniwa, M. Nagumo, A. Tanoue
Music: Aroul, Uccen by Taalbi Brothers

3A
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3F+3T
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Another great skate, and if the future of men's skating is Seo vs Nakata then we are in good hands for the next quadrennial.

86.48 = 1st Place

 

[victorskid]

Jr Men SP results:
1 Rio NAKATA JPN 86.48 45.75 40.73 8.04 8.14 8.21 0.00 #6
2 Minkyu SEO KOR 84.82 45.52 39.30 7.89 7.75 7.89 0.00 #5
3 Denis KROUGLOV BEL 74.29 40.57 33.72 6.79 6.86 6.54 0.00 #1
4 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 72.13 38.54 33.59 6.82 6.61 6.68 0.00 #2
5 Habin CHOI KOR 70.94 35.71 35.23 6.96 6.82 7.32 0.00 #4
6 Taiga NISHINO JPN 64.01 30.00 35.01 7.07 6.82 7.07 1.00 #3


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

 

[zigzig]

Some very nice triple axels at this event.