2025 GPF JUNIOR Women SP - KOR vs JPN Round 1

[victorskid]

Start Order/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/gpf2025/SEG011.htm
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Yuseong KIM KOR
2 Sumika KANAZAWA JPN
3 Mei OKADA JPN
4 Mayuko OKA JPN
5 Yujae KIM KOR
6 Mao SHIMADA JPN

ISU YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EV6jxbQEgA&pp=0gcJCSMKAYcqIYzv

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 Mr. Marco BUTTARELLI ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Susan LYNCH ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Mamiko YAMAI ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. Konstantin KOSTIN ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Kristina LUNDGREN USA
Judge No.2 Ms. Chihee RHEE KOR
Judge No.3 Mr. Anthony LEROY FRA
Judge No.4 Ms. Patty KLEIN CAN
Judge No.5 Ms. Salome CHIGOGIDZE GEO
Judge No.6 Mr. Nobuhiko YOSHIOKA JPN
Judge No.7 Ms. Angelika ULLM GER
Judge No.8 Ms. Yu WANG CHN
Judge No.9 Ms. Francoise de RAPPARD BEL

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

 

[skatingguy]

Yuseong Kim
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi, Nahyun Kim, Minseok Kim
Music: Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy

2A
3F+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo
Flying Sit Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4

A lovely performance. Question about the rotation on the combination.

64.06 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Sumika Kanazawa
Coach: M. Hamada, S. Muramoto, H. Sato, H. Okamoto
Music: Call Me Cruella by Nicholas Britell

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

Youngest skater in the event, but delivering like a veteran.

66.16 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Mei Okada
Coach: Yuko Monna, Rina Horie Rina, Haruka Oshima
Music: Space Table Symphony

3Lo
2A
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4
Step Sequence 3

The first couple of jumps looked a little tight, but once completed the program flowed, and gained speed.

68.21 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

Oka was great all the way through! That final combo spin- so unique and wonderful

 

[skatingguy]

Mayuko Oka
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Momento Magico by Youn Sun Nah

3Lz+3T
2A
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lo
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

What a great standard of skating in this competition. Great program, performance, and use of the music.

67.93 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Yujae Kim
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi, Nahyun Kim, Minseok Kim
Music: Icarus by Tony Ann

2A
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo<< - fall
Flying Sit Spin 4
Layback Spin 4
Step Sequence 3

She was casting a spell through the first half of the program, and then the loop didn't get nearly enough height to be completed cleanly.

-1.00 = Falls
60.02 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Mao Shimada
Coach: Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato
Music: Get Happy, Sing Sing Sing

2A
3Lo
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lz+3T
Step Sequence 4
Layback Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

The difficulty of maintaining the speed, and pace of the music throughout this program, and yet Mao manages to keep it moving from start to finish.

73.45 = 1st Place

 

[victorskid]

Jr Women SP results:
1 Mao SHIMADA JPN 73.45 41.62 31.83 7.93 8.07 7.93 0.00 #6
2 Mei OKADA JPN 68.21 38.80 29.41 7.39 7.29 7.43 0.00 #3
3 Mayuko OKA JPN 67.93 37.95 29.98 7.57 7.54 7.43 0.00 #4
4 Sumika KANAZAWA JPN 66.16 37.67 28.49 7.07 7.21 7.14 0.00 #2
5 Yuseong KIM KOR 64.06 35.79 28.27 7.18 7.04 7.04 0.00 #1
6 Yujae KIM KOR 60.02 32.05 28.97 7.39 7.14 7.25 1.00 #5


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

 

[zigzig]

Except for Yujae's loop there was not a single q, <. <<, ! or e in this entire event. Imagine that! And I don't think it's because of lenient calling - the younger generation are really getting schooled on rotations and edges.

Mao was brilliant and always and I'm so relieved she can F I N A L L Y skate senior next year after being held down in juniors for a torturous four seasons.

The other Japanese women are also DELIGHTFUL each in their own way - Okada has power and precision, Oka has really adventurous choreography and Kanazawa has incredible youthful energy and expression. So excited to see these women develop as seniors.

 

[annie720]

Except for Yujae's loop there was not a single q, <. <<, ! or e in this entire event. Imagine that! And I don't think it's because of lenient calling - the younger generation are really getting schooled on rotations and edges.

Mao was brilliant and always and I'm so relieved she can F I N A L L Y skate senior next year after being held down in juniors for a torturous four seasons.

The other Japanese women are also DELIGHTFUL each in their own way - Okada has power and precision, Oka has really adventurous choreography and Kanazawa has incredible youthful energy and expression. So excited to see these women develop as seniors.

I was so impressed by these Japanese juniors. The speed, the music, the choreography!