JGP #2 Ankara TUR - Men's SP & FS

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sy-bzY1sKA
Tadeas Vaclavik
Age: 17
Coach: none listed
Music: Carmen by George Bizet

2F+3Tq
3A
Flying Sit Spin 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Camel Spin 4

Kind of a mixed bag of qualities from Tadeas. Some strong elements, but weaker in the presentation, and commitment to the choreography.

56.63 = 6th Place

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Qkyj0Ttek
Furkan Emre Incel
Age: 18
Coach: Rana Belkis Goecmen
Music: Keeping Me Alive by Jonathan Roy

2A
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 2
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
Step Sequence 2
Flying Sit Spin 2 (1 after review)

Strong performance capabilities, and commitment to the choreography.

60.89 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxYb-2s_7mk
Artur Smagulov
Age: 18
Coach: Rafeal & Vera Arutiunian
Music: Angels by Robbie Williams

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

Nice style, and use of his body in the interpretation of the music.

69.57 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtdMcLQaso0
Lucius Kazanecki
Age: 17
Coach: Tatiana Malinina, Roman Skorniakov
Music: Interstellar by Hans Zimmer

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

Beautiful posture, and body lines - using his long limbs to good effect.

70.71 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgDqirWbmfM
Minkyu Seo
Age: 16
Coach: Eun Ju Kim
Music: Czardas by Vitto Monti

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

Performance, presentation, and execution - wonderful short program.

81.46 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYrJUIclSSk
Sena Takahashi
Age: 15
Coach: Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato
Music: You Will Be Found by Justin Paul, Benj Pasek

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

That was a joyous skate to match the music. Every element was very crisp, and easy to mark for the judges.

82.87 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

FS Starting Order/Detailed Results - https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2526/jgptur2025/SEG002.htm
Detailed Time Schedule - https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
YT Live Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLRXDuuuVrc

StN. Name Nation Rank Points
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Muhammad Dasha AKBAR INA 20 28.81
2 Razvan CIONAC ROU 19 36.04
3 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 18 38.64
4 Lucaz Filipe TRINDADE CANDRIA BRA 17 41.24
5 Igor Gyula KIND HUN 16 43.06

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Ege ALACAN TUR 15 44.05
7 Robert WILDT GER 14 48.23
8 Henry GAO USA 13 48.66
9 Jarvis HO HKG 12 49.26
10 Kirills KORKACS LAT 11 49.89

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Mehmet Cenkay KARLIKLI TUR 10 50.64
12 Gion SCHMID SUI 9 52.90
13 Fedir BABENKO UKR 8 53.64
14 Yihe SUN CHN 7 55.52
15 Tadeas VACLAVIK CZE 6 56.63

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR 5 60.89
17 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 4 69.57
18 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 3 70.71
19 Minkyu SEO KOR 2 81.46
20 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 1 82.87

 

[victorskid]

The first group has skated and the second one is on warm-up - I hadn't intended to get up so early ...

 

[Karen-W]

The first group has skated and the second one is on warm-up - I hadn't intended to get up so early ...

Feelin' ya. I fell asleep sometime between 9-10pm and woke up just after midnight, so I'm awake for the time being.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, this has been a rough competition for Henry Gao altogether.

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 4 groups we have an ice resurfacing.

Free skate results so far:
1 Jarvis HO HKG 108.52 52.04 56.48 5.64 5.82 5.50 0.00 #9
2 Kirills KORKACS LAT 102.49 50.41 52.08 5.18 5.21 5.25 0.00 #10
3 Henry GAO USA 96.21 41.28 56.93 5.71 5.68 5.71 2.00 #8
4 Robert WILDT GER 94.11 42.93 52.18 5.14 5.07 5.46 1.00 #7
5 Ege ALACAN TUR 90.31 43.29 49.02 4.93 4.79 5.00 2.00 #6
6 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 89.13 42.08 48.05 4.82 4.82 4.79 1.00 #3
7 Lucaz Filipe TRINDADE CANDRIA BRA 79.14 38.94 40.20 4.11 4.00 3.96 0.00 #4
8 Razvan CIONAC ROU 76.33 34.37 44.96 4.50 4.46 4.54 3.00 #2
9 Muhammad Dasha AKBAR INA 60.90 22.44 39.46 3.82 3.82 4.21 1.00 #1
10 Igor Gyula KIND HUN 55.59 19.72 38.87 3.96 3.57 4.14 3.00 #5


Overall results so far:
1 Jarvis HO HKG 157.78 12 1
2 Kirills KORKACS LAT 152.38 11 2
3 Henry GAO USA 144.87 13 3
4 Robert WILDT GER 142.34 14 4
5 Ege ALACAN TUR 134.36 15 5
6 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 127.77 18 6
7 Lucaz Filipe TRINDADE CANDRIA BRA 120.38 17 7
8 Razvan CIONAC ROU 112.37 19 8
9 Igor Gyula KIND HUN 98.65 16 10
10 Muhammad Dasha AKBAR INA 89.71 20 9


My has been playing innumerable rounds of fetch with the pull stopper from a milk carton through most of the 2nd group. He was probably more successful than most of them

 

[Wyliefan]

Fedir's jumps were hit and miss, but he's got promise. Great speed, lots of personality. Mark's a fan!

 

[Kateri]

Han Yan here coaching Yihe Sun! Who had a terrible skate, and looked devastated, poor kid.

 

[victorskid]

And the final (4th) group is on the ice warming up.

Meanwhile my has tired himself out - the fetch object for the third group was a small foam ball.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Han Yan here coaching Yihe Sun! Who had a terrible skate, and looked devastated, poor kid.

Han Yan such a beautiful skater. A beautifu 3A. I`d wish he`d been more successful.

 

[Wyliefan]

Nice job, hometown kid! The crowd is thrilled!

 

[her grace]

Smagulov

red and black costume reminiscent of Star Trek TNG uniform

3a-1r-3s with an acceptable Euler, 3a spin out, fall on 3z and sorta slipped again getting up, jumps are a struggle today after the nice start, there's some conviction to his movement and choreography, nice engagement with music

Gotta feel like Incel is moving up

 

[her grace]

Kazanecki

4t-3t landed the quad okay, but no speed and momentum and fell on the 3t; 4t looked short, really glad he's putting the quads out in competition, turned out of 3a--leaning out of circle; 3s is first element with positive GOE, somewhat shy in interpretation and expression, 3f-2a-2a, the easier triples are going okay until fall on 3r on next to last element. If you combined this kid with Elano, you'd have a fantastic complete skater. Still some work to do on the second mark, and of course, solidifying the technique will also increase the score

 

[Wyliefan]

That tango music suits Lucius. Rough skate, though. He should get tips from Nik Memola on skating with super long legs. But looks like he did enough to stay on the podium!

 

[Wyliefan]

How many skaters do Malinina and Skorniakov have now? Seems like Roman's in every other K&C!

 

[Elisheba]

I don’t like this flappy shirt

 

[her grace]

Seo

3a-3t to open, there's a fluidity to his movement, 3a, 3r into spread eagle, nice transitional content, much-used piece of music, but he is making it his own, 3f-2a-2a, fantastic clean skate

 

[Wyliefan]

Warhorse or no, that was a stunning skate by Minkyu!

 

[her grace]

Well, this has been a rough competition for Henry Gao altogether.

He was definitely a risky selection with only one good competition (Junior Cup) to speak of (DNQ to nationals and Cranberry Open didn't go well either). I suppose USFS decided they had enough spots this year to reward the best skaters at Junior Cup regardless of BOW, but didn't pay off here.

 

[her grace]

Takahashi, S.

3s stepped out, 3z-3t, 3a fall, beginning is just jumps with no linking footwork to speak of, 3a-2t nice comeback from rough start, 3f-2a-2a good, nice basics, but I didn't feel like this program looked fully cooked. Hopefully, he'll add more engagement as the season progresses

 

[Wyliefan]

I like this podium. Too bad Sena had a tough time, but at least he hung on to medal.

 

[victorskid]

After all 4 groups -
Overall free skate results:
1 Minkyu SEO KOR 161.81 83.46 78.35 7.75 7.89 7.89 0.00 #19
2 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 142.97 70.84 73.13 7.32 7.25 7.39 1.00 #20
3 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 131.96 68.42 65.54 6.54 6.50 6.64 2.00 #18
4 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR 125.53 61.06 64.47 6.32 6.61 6.43 0.00 #16
5 Gion SCHMID SUI 121.40 64.73 57.67 5.68 5.82 5.82 1.00 #12
6 Tadeas VACLAVIK CZE 120.52 63.41 57.11 5.75 5.61 5.79 0.00 #15
7 Fedir BABENKO UKR 108.57 47.92 60.65 6.14 6.11 5.96 0.00 #13
8 Jarvis HO HKG 108.52 52.04 56.48 5.64 5.82 5.50 0.00 #9
9 Mehmet Cenkay KARLIKLI TUR 103.90 52.02 53.88 5.39 5.36 5.43 2.00 #11
10 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 103.37 45.36 59.01 5.86 5.75 6.11 1.00 #17
11 Kirills KORKACS LAT 102.49 50.41 52.08 5.18 5.21 5.25 0.00 #10
12 Yihe SUN CHN 96.27 45.81 52.46 5.11 5.14 5.50 2.00 #14
13 Henry GAO USA 96.21 41.28 56.93 5.71 5.68 5.71 2.00 #8
14 Robert WILDT GER 94.11 42.93 52.18 5.14 5.07 5.46 1.00 #7
15 Ege ALACAN TUR 90.31 43.29 49.02 4.93 4.79 5.00 2.00 #6
16 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 89.13 42.08 48.05 4.82 4.82 4.79 1.00 #3
17 Lucaz Filipe TRINDADE CANDRIA BRA 79.14 38.94 40.20 4.11 4.00 3.96 0.00 #4
18 Razvan CIONAC ROU 76.33 34.37 44.96 4.50 4.46 4.54 3.00 #2
19 Muhammad Dasha AKBAR INA 60.90 22.44 39.46 3.82 3.82 4.21 1.00 #1
20 Igor Gyula KIND HUN 55.59 19.72 38.87 3.96 3.57 4.14 3.00 #5



Protocols: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...OR----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Overall results:
1 Minkyu SEO KOR 243.27 2 1
2 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 225.84 1 2
3 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 202.67 3 3
4 Furkan Emre INCEL TUR 186.42 5 4
5 Tadeas VACLAVIK CZE 177.15 6 6
6 Gion SCHMID SUI 174.30 9 5
7 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 172.94 4 10
8 Fedir BABENKO UKR 162.21 8 7
9 Jarvis HO HKG 157.78 12 8
10 Mehmet Cenkay KARLIKLI TUR 154.54 10 9
11 Kirills KORKACS LAT 152.38 11 11
12 Yihe SUN CHN 151.79 7 12
13 Henry GAO USA 144.87 13 13
14 Robert WILDT GER 142.34 14 14
15 Ege ALACAN TUR 134.36 15 15
16 Raul GARCIA SHIBINSKIY AND 127.77 18 16
17 Lucaz Filipe TRINDADE CANDRIA BRA 120.38 17 17
18 Razvan CIONAC ROU 112.37 19 18
19 Igor Gyula KIND HUN 98.65 16 20
20 Muhammad Dasha AKBAR INA 89.71 20 19


Playlist of individual skates:

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I suspect @skatingguy will add some actual technical details which we all appreciate. All I've been able to report on is the action on the home front


After Ted talked so much about the band, etc. coming in, the camera appears to have been turned off Perhaps they will show some footage later?

 

[skatingguy]

12th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fp0FsUTJRs
Yihe Sun
Age: 16
Coach: Haijun Gao, Han Yan
Music: The Drug in Me is Reimagined

3A - fall
3A<+REP - fall
3Lz - two-foot landing, step out
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
3Lz+2Lo<< - opened up forward
3F+2A+2A+SEQ - two-foot landing on the flip
3S+2T
3T
Flying Sit Spin 1
Change Foot Combo Spin 2

That was a bad jump drill with music playing in the background. Yihe does have stretch on his camel spin, so maybe there's hope that he can take that to the rest of the program.

-2.00 = Falls

96.27 = 12th Place
151.79 = 12th Place

 

[skatingguy]

11th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBi1kLCeS3U
Kirills Korkacs
Age: 18
Coach: Olga Kovalkova
Music: Blood Upon the Snow

3T
3F
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
Change Foot Combo Spin 3V
2Lo
2S
Flying Camel Spin 3
3Lo+2T
3Lz+2T
Change Foot Sit Spin 3
Choreo Sequence

Not a natural jumper, but Kirills making the most of what he can do with his interpretation, and presentation.

102.49 = 11th Place
152.38 = 11th Place

 

[skatingguy]

10th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1dDTzD9vI
Mehmet Cenkay Karlikli
Age: 18
Coach: Tomi Pulkkinen
Music: Ghost of Tsushima by S. Umebayashi

3A - way off-axis - fall
3F+3Tq - 3-turn between jumps
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ - off-axis on the Lutz, but held onto the landing
3S+2T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3F
3Lo - fall
Choreo Sequence
3S - tight landing curve
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Change Foot Sit Spin 2

Difficulties getting into the rotational position in a number of the jumps, and that caused poor landings.

-2.00 = Falls

103.90 = 9th Place
154.54 = 10th Place