Euros 2025 - Men SP: ‘Your Own Personal Jeepers (Rick n Roll)’

[Sally1214]

Well, even though the men's sp wasn't as well skated as the women's event, it's turned out to be really exciting. We've got 6-7 men practically tied for 3rd place right now. And, of course, silver and gold are FAR from being decided too. Free skate is going to be a fun event.

 

[Karen-W]

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

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Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Q​	Adam SIAO HIM FA	FRA	93.12​	49.58​		43.54​	8.71​	8.61​	8.75​	0.00​	#34​
2​	Q​	Nika EGADZE	GEO	91.94​	53.17​		38.77​	7.71​	7.68​	7.82​	0.00​	#29​
3​	Q​	Vladimir SAMOILOV	POL	85.98​	48.63​		37.35​	7.36​	7.50​	7.50​	0.00​	#24​
4​	Q​	Matteo RIZZO	ITA	85.68​	44.42​		41.26​	8.14​	8.36​	8.21​	0.00​	#32​
5​	Q​	Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	84.92​	46.99​		37.93​	7.46​	7.71​	7.54​	0.00​	#28​
6​	Q​	Mihhail SELEVKO	EST	84.85​	45.60​		39.25​	7.86​	8.00​	7.64​	0.00​	#19​
7​	Q​	Aleksandr SELEVKO	EST	84.65​	43.46​		41.19​	8.21​	8.32​	8.14​	0.00​	#27​
8​	Q​	Lukas BRITSCHGI	SUI	82.90​	41.34​		41.56​	8.32​	8.36​	8.21​	0.00​	#33​
9​	Q​	Andreas NORDEBACK	SWE	79.02​	42.72​		36.30​	7.21​	7.32​	7.21​	0.00​	#22​
10​	Q​	Daniel GRASSL	ITA	78.15​	40.55​		38.60​	7.71​	7.54​	7.86​	1.00​	#26​
11​	Q​	Vladimir LITVINTSEV	AZE	77.86​	42.91​		34.95​	6.75​	6.86​	7.32​	0.00​	#23​
12​	Q​	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	77.82​	36.92​		40.90​	8.07​	8.21​	8.21​	0.00​	#31​
13​	Q​	Adam HAGARA	SVK	77.06​	41.23​		35.83​	7.18​	7.14​	7.14​	0.00​	#25​
14​	Q​	Lev VINOKUR	ISR	76.35​	42.83​		33.52​	6.64​	6.75​	6.68​	0.00​	#11​
15​	Q​	Fedir KULISH	LAT	74.48​	42.05​		32.43​	6.39​	6.46​	6.57​	0.00​	#15​
16​	Q​	Edward APPLEBY	GBR	72.45​	38.74​		33.71​	6.71​	6.68​	6.79​	0.00​	#17​
17​	Q​	Ivan SHMURATKO	UKR	71.53​	36.69​		34.84​	6.82​	7.18​	6.86​	0.00​	#18​
18​	Q​	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA	70.68​	30.00​		41.68​	8.39​	8.18​	8.39​	1.00​	#30​
19​	Q​	Semen DANILIANTS	ARM	69.26​	37.42​		31.84​	6.29​	6.32​	6.46​	0.00​	#9​
20​	Q​	Georgii RESHTENKO	CZE	68.05​	36.23​		32.82​	6.43​	6.43​	6.79​	1.00​	#16​
21​	Q​	Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE	ESP	67.66​	34.97​		32.69​	6.46​	6.68​	6.43​	0.00​	#14​
22​	Q​	Aleksandr VLASENKO	HUN	67.25​	35.94​		31.31​	6.18​	6.21​	6.36​	0.00​	#13​
23​	Q​	Kornel WITKOWSKI	POL	65.21​	31.64​		33.57​	6.64​	6.75​	6.71​	0.00​	#7​
24​	Q​	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	65.18​	31.82​		33.36​	6.68​	6.61​	6.68​	0.00​	#8​
25​	​	Davide LEWTON BRAIN	MON	63.81​	31.05​		33.76​	6.71​	6.79​	6.71​	1.00​	#12​
26​	​	Maurizio ZANDRON	AUT	63.79​	30.91​		32.88​	6.61​	6.54​	6.54​	0.00​	#21​
27​	​	Nikita STAROSTIN	GER	63.54​	31.32​		33.22​	6.64​	6.64​	6.61​	1.00​	#20​
28​	​	David SEDEJ	SLO	59.46​	32.09​		27.37​	5.32​	5.39​	5.68​	0.00​	#4​
29​	​	Alp Eren OZKAN	TUR	59.22​	30.11​		29.11​	5.82​	5.82​	5.79​	0.00​	#3​
30​	​	Alexander ZLATKOV	BUL	58.61​	30.07​		30.54​	6.18​	5.82​	6.29​	2.00​	#10​
31​	​	Filip SCERBA	CZE	58.30​	28.54​		29.76​	6.14​	5.89​	5.79​	0.00​	#1​
32​	​	Noah BODENSTEIN	SUI	53.75​	25.87​		28.88​	5.68​	5.79​	5.82​	1.00​	#5​
33​	​	Daniel KORABELNIK	LTU	53.02​	27.39​		25.63​	5.25​	4.96​	5.14​	0.00​	#2​
34​	​	Jari KESSLER	CRO	50.83​	19.73​		32.10​	6.61​	6.11​	6.50​	1.00​	#6​

 

[MsZem]

Whew the Selevko family is gonna have an interesting dinner tonight.

Better than last year when Selevko the Younger didn't make the free.

 

[Sally1214]

So, off now to get some lunch and squeeze in anything else I can get done before Pairs. See you all later.

 

[Evgeniafan]

I wish Mihhail got a small medal.

 

[terisa]

for Kevin... but Adam Siao Him Fa's program is so gorgeous I feel better now.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Nika is so nice at the press conference, I feel guilty sacrificing him.

 

[PRlady]

Nika is so nice at the press conference, I feel guilty sacrificing him.

I’m not going to hold his coach against him anymore, I’m sure his options are limited. Besides, I really like his SP music.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Anyway, my 5 euro cents.

Adam is not 100%, that's pretty clear. He said he feels great, both physically and mentally, but I wouldn't think so from his skating. Obviously it was good, and I think he is a contentender for any kind of medal vs. Malinin and Kagiyama; but lower jumping content aside, there was something a bit awkward about his skating. I think he didn't cover as much ice as I'm used to from him, and it felt a bit unifished at places.

Egadze... Well... he's not my cup of khachapuri, but you can't argue with that skate. It was beautiful. I wish he had more personality, but reserved skaters have a place on the ice too. Still, there are many guys whom I would rather see on the podium before him.

Samoilov
Ok, his jumps were excellent and huge, his program was fun, I absolutely enjoyed him, and yet I don't feel third place reflects the actual performance. Having a Polish guy on the podium was not on my bingo card. I thought he was a bit overscored even before the last two groups, and seeing him ending up so high was surprising.

Italian boys:
Yes, Frangipani is still my favorite.
Memola has no business being so high (pun intended), and every underrotation Grassl got, Nikolaj was spared. Rizzo is such a cute guy, wishing him all the best. Skating to emo ballad was a weird choice, it doesn't suit him at all. He has actual character and charisma, why do this blah type of program. I enjoyed Grassl, but I'm in general not a Grassl hater, and like him on principle. His LP is absolute trash, not going to argue with that.

Los Selevkos blew my mind. Alexander was genuenly looking like a top tier skater, skated clean I'd have him on a comfortable second. Just fantastic skating. Michail is all awkward elbows, but they incorporated it well into the program, so it kind of worked.

Britchgy was fun to watch, if not eactly amazing. I feel like this result is closer to his actual level, but I enjoy him more now than I did when he won his medal.

Vassilijevs looked excellent. There's zero explanation to why he included his "quad" into the SP, that was a self inflicted unnecessary damage. But that was the most enjoyable from him since he was 15.

Other guys I want to mention:
Vinokur, wow, what a cute guy! Great skating, nice jumps, personality - where did that come from? I know he's the national champion, but I never seen him skate before. Kind of better than Gorodnitski already. The Israeli and "Israeli" boys have some good potential (not jinxing).

Loved Nordeback, Witkowski and Appleby. All three have personality and nice technique; I think Witkowski was a victim of an early starting group. Also the Slovenian boy Sedej was surprisingly competent, I don't think his position reflects his actual skating.

Vlasenko, Kulish, Hagara and Reshtenko were all good, I think Hagara got a bit gifted, but I don't mind that a lot.

My least favorite skater of the evening is Shmuratko, sorry 'bout that. I don't like his programs and don't like his skating. All I could think of during his skate was Carolina from Milan.

And Kevin is Kevin.

 

[peibeck]

Rizzo is such a cute guy, wishing him all the best. Skating to emo ballad was a weird choice, it doesn't suit him at all. He has actual character and charisma, why do this blah type of program.

How have you not noticed Rizzo has skated to this music for seemingly forever? Honestly, I think he's used it since the last Olympic year, or keeps returning to it.

Overall the penultimate group was a lot more interesting than the final group. Adam's steps were on fire, but I think he wuzgifted on the 4s call.

Egadze, great jumps, but truly could have been skating to anything. The reverb in the music calls for something... anything dynamic. He just skates through like there's nothing playing through the arena speakers.

Samoilov was a huge surprise. Much more memorable than he was on the GP, and the distance on those jumps.

Both Selevkos were fantastic though I think Mihhail should lead by more based on his tech.

Also enjoyed Nordeback, though fear he'll drop in the free with quadsters surrounding him in the rankings.

Kevin and Deniss... maddening!

Time for Loena and Starosin need to flee Solya, stat.

 

[zigzig]

Adam looks like he's still coming back. Program doesn't have his signature wow factor but first feels right.

Nika - nothing spectacular but solid. Slow and steady wins the race.

Vlad - gorgeous jumps. Fun program, skating still feels a bit juniorish.

Matteo - agree that this music sucks and we've heard it enough. MOVE ON. other than that love him.

Grassl - kudos to the callers for finally calling out mistakes on his jumps that are frequently overlooked.

 

[Matryeshka]

So I only got to watch the men--stupid work expecting me to work while Euros is on--but I finally watched them all. And I have but one comment: Ilia might, or not, be a vampire but Selevko the Younger DEFINITELY is.