JGP #1 - Riga Cup, Riga LAT - Men's SP & FS

[Frau Muller]

WONDERFUL ALEXANDER FEGAN!!!

Those luscious spirals! Solid all around.

 

[beckab81]

Fegan - tiny jumps, but beautiful stretch, posture and performance. Final spin was a nice highlight.

 

[Wyliefan]

Beautiful, almost flawless skate from Fegan, but he doesn't have the tech content to stay ahead. Gartung moves up again.

 

[Frau Muller]

Just for me…a Dracula in the next group (Sheiko)…Ah, but followed by a Vivaldi (Takahashi). but I’m really looking to PARADIS for the fun and emotion!

 

[her grace]

Paradis

Overwrought choreography, not my cup of tea. Very nice spins, including a back Biellman. Jumps were not there today.

 

[Kateri]

Love Anthony. I don't think we'll ever be watching him for his jumps, but I didn't know he even had a clean 3Z-3T, so that's nice to know.

 

[Frau Muller]

Paradis very moving..to heck with jump landings! Foo!

 

[beckab81]

Paradis had some fantastic competitions last year, hopefully he can regain some of that form.

 

[beckab81]

Nakamura has long-ish setups for his jumps, and completely drops the performance during that setup.

 

[Frau Muller]

Nakamura with great jumps. Nice music. A bit unemotional but fine.

 

[her grace]

Nakamura

Best blend of technique and presentation so far. 3-turns out of quad toe. Some nice choreographic moments where he holds the moves and gives them feeling.

 

[Wyliefan]

Blah program for Nakamura. It felt like he just walked around between elements. But he did enough to end the reign of Gartung.

 

[beckab81]

Did anyone else lose the feed?

nvm, came back

 

[her grace]

Vaclavik

Difficulty controlling his jump landings today. Lots of content in his choreography. Maybe it was too much?

 

[Frau Muller]

Vaclavik of Slovakia in Truman Show. Tried a lot - flopped a lot.

 

[Marta24]

Did anyone else lose the feed?

It's gone for me, too.

 

[Wyliefan]

Vaclavik very messy. Into 2nd overall.

Drat this feed. It froze on my TV till I switched to my phone, and now it's freezing again.

 

[Lizziebeth]

I have refreshed the feed a few times and it works on my computer

 

[beckab81]

Really enjoyed Lee! Committed to the choreo, great speed, and didn't drop his arms heading into jumps (a pet peeve of mine).

 

[her grace]

Lee

Easy 3a-3r to open, nice mastery of the jumps other than the one fall. Some work to do on edge quality and interpretation

 

[Frau Muller]

Lee delightful as Archangel!
Amazing opening 3ax-3toe combo. Some poor landing but lots is good!!!

 

[Wyliefan]

Sheiko has an interesting program to Frank Wildhorn's Dracula musical. Unfortunately, there were a couple of bad falls.

 

[Frau Muller]

Sheiko - a real Dracula program. Sigh.

 

[her grace]

Sheiko

Rather hot and cold on jumps today, interesting use of musical accents during his spins. Laying down on ice is popular starting or ending pose this season

 

[PRlady]

Takahashi needs lessons from his namesake in flow and expression.

 

[Wyliefan]

Another great skate for Takahashi. What a little star he is!

 

[Frau Muller]

Takahashi! A marvel to Vivaldi! Winner in all facets.

 

[beckab81]

Loved his smile at the end of the program! Not much interpretation, but great skate, and will win easily!

 

[her grace]

Takahashi

Clean program! A little stalky on the 3as, especially in comparison to Lee. Nice skating skills. Interpretation of Vivaldi didn’t give us anything unique or new, though that’s asking a lot of a junior skating to a warhorse

 

[Frau Muller]

Takahashi
Lee
Nakamura

USA 7th. Canada 8th.