Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 - Men’s Short Program - (Fin) Land your jumps!

[skatingguy]

Levandi, Arlet
Coach: Anna Levandi
Music: Mauvaise Journee by Stromae

3Lz
2A
Ch Combo Spin 3
3Feq+COMBO - fall
Fly Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Ch Sit Spin 4

Another skate just not quite getting the timing right.

61.82 = 5th Place

 

[Primorskaya]

Just got in. I see Memola is still channelling Bela Lugosi playing Count Dracula.

 

[Wyliefan]

Just got in. I see Memola is still channelling Bela Lugosi playing Count Dracula.

Vanpires can't be Italian. The garlic thing would shut them down before they ever got going.

 

[skatingguy]

Memola dislocated his shoulder during the short program warm up in France.

 

[victorskid]

Results after the 1st of 2 warm-up groups

1​	Koshiro SHIMADA	JPN	77.81​	40.66​		37.15​	7.39​	7.54​	7.32​	0.00​	#5​
2​	Nikita STAROSTIN	GER	71.99​	38.65​		33.34​	6.64​	6.71​	6.61​	0.00​	#3​
3​	Liam KAPEIKIS	USA	69.10​	36.00​		34.10​	6.82​	6.64​	6.96​	1.00​	#4​
4​	Ivan SHMURATKO	UKR	66.30​	32.77​		34.53​	6.89​	7.07​	6.71​	1.00​	#2​
5​	Arlet LEVANDI	EST	61.82​	27.10​		35.72​	7.21​	7.18​	7.00​	1.00​	#6​
6​	Makar SUNTSEV	FIN	54.44​	26.71​		31.73​	6.50​	6.21​	6.29​	4.00​	#1​

 

[skatingguy]

Ma, Jimmy
Coach: Alexei Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Music: Hernando’s Hideaway

 

[Kateri]

I'm still so confused and intrigued by Jimmy's whole deal, here. Jimmy, I know you know what Cowboy Bebop is, what is your CONCEPT here, please tell me.

 

[skatingguy]

Ma, Jimmy
Coach: Alexei Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Music: Hernando’s Hideaway

4T
3Lz+3T - toeloop landing may have been slightly two-footed
Fly Camel Spin 4
3A - hand down
Step Sequence 3
Ch Sit Spin 4
Ch Combo Spin 3

Better than China.

80.19 = 1st Place

 

[Wyliefan]

I'm still so confused and intrigued by Jimmy's whole deal, here. Jimmy, I know you know what Cowboy Bebop is, what is your CONCEPT here, please tell me.

I believe his concept is hips. And shoulders. But mostly hips.

 

[JoannaLouise]

A much better start to the competition for Jimmy this week!

(I watched group 1 but wasn't really awake yet. I appreciate Jimmy's upbeat program keeping me alert for the start of group 2.)

 

[skatingguy]

Memola, Nikolaj
Coach: Olga Romanova
Music: Prelude No. 2 by S. Rachmaninov

 

[Sally1214]

Pretty decent skate by Jimmy. Always lots of personality from him.

 

[airgelaal]

Curls

 

[Wyliefan]

Legs for days. I would probably come up to his waist.

 

[victorskid]

Curls

They'll be back for the FS

 

[JoannaLouise]

Yikes, he was almost horizontal on the takeoff of that 3t.

 

[Kateri]

Legs for days. I would probably come up to his waist.

he's SIX foot FOUR! I can't get over this.

 

[Wyliefan]

I don't know how he didn't go down on that toe!

 

[beckab81]

That felt very, very slow. He was a highlight for me last year, but something is missing this year

 

[skatingguy]

Memola, Nikolaj
Coach: Olga Romanova
Music: Prelude No. 2 by S. Rachmaninov

4Lz< - fall
3A
Fly Camel Spin 3
3Lz!+3T - tilted forward on landing the Lutz, never adjusted for the toeloop, and had to step back on the landing
Step Sequence 3
Ch Combo Spin 4
Ch Sit Spin 3

The ice does not seem large enough for Memola given his height, and the space he takes up on it. Can't quite get the jumps to cooperate today.

72.11 = 3rd Place

 

[Lizziebeth]

Yikes, he was almost horizontal on the takeoff of that 3t.

he was off axis on the first jump and more on the second - how did he land that without a splat

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Memola is like 90% legs

 

[skatingguy]

he's SIX foot FOUR! I can't get over this.

Six foot five

 

[Sally1214]

GO KEVIN!!

 

[skatingguy]

Aymoz, Kevin
Coach: S. Fontana, J. Zimmerman, F. Bonnard
Music: Bird Gerhl

 

[Wyliefan]

I NEED a picture of Nikolaj and Satoko together. He could probably put her in his pocket.

 

[airgelaal]

 

[Holy Headband]

Levandi needs a freaking 3A!!! If his mother can't teach it, she should send him to a new coach! It's true he's only 17, but this is his second season as a senior if I'm not mistaken. It's really easy at this stage to fall into a routine and neglect the pursuit of new technical content since seniors are usually treated as complete skaters who need to deliver results by their federations rather than as works in progress that should be invested in. He needs a change of scenery before the right age to get a 3A (and a quad!) passes him by.

 

[airgelaal]

Kevin

 

[Holy Headband]

I hate Aymoz, so this is great.