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

[victorskid]

Jr Women Victory Ceremony underway on the live stream.

One of the "flower boys" was barely taller than the bouquet he was holding!

And there were "fireworks".

 

[4rkidz]

I really hope Sophie can get consistent with her difficult jumps as she is becoming such a great package. I can see that she is starting to feel the music. She really reminds me of Trusova except I think she will become more artistic as displayed in her short program. So much potential!

 

[Wyliefan]

Let's shoot off sparks close to the skaters, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[victorskid]

Setting up for the Pairs medals after all the photos, etc. of the Women.

 

[Wyliefan]

I turned off the audio so the getting drunk song wouldn't get stuck in my head. It got in there anyway.

 

[Private Citizen]

Sophie Jolene's Base Value is . She has eight points on Kim and Oka... both of whom have triple axels. She had nearly 20 BV points on Murakami.

I was initially thinking she'd be closer to 10th in the free, but the base value is crazy. Many of the jumps seemed to have the same mistake of being slightly too far forward.

Part of me is disappointed to see such an error-ridden program medal over the smooth skating of Murakami or Kaljuvere, but another part of me thinks juniors is where skaters need to put out this content in order to perfect it over time.

 

[skatingguy]

12th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z09aBbT8VMo
Yu-Feng Tasi
Age: 16
Coach: Chang Wei Tzu
Music: Concerto No. 1 in A Minor by C. Saint Saens

3Lo
3Lz+2T
3T
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3S+2Tq+2Lo< - fall
3Sq+2Aq+SEQ
Choreo Sequence
3F<
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Some lovely elements, particularly the spins, and a nice sense of posture, and presentation.

-1.00 = Falls

100.11 = 11th Place
147.89 = 12th Place

 

[skatingguy]

11th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEleeZP0QIA
Lilou Remeysen
Age: 13
Coach: Ans Bocklandt, Dimitri Ovchinnikov
Music: My Favorite Things, Goo Goo Mick, Bloody Mary

3F!+2T
3T
3Lo
3S<< - fall
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3
3Lz - fall
3F!+2Aq+2A+SEQ
3Lz<<+REP - fall
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

Excellent piece of character work, and she was fully committed to the program all the way through.

-3.00 = Falls

95.46 =13th Place
149.78 = 11th Place

 

[skatingguy]

10th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-cIIeOvGt0
Minsong Kim
Age: 14
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi
Music: Magic in the Air (from Cirque du Soleil Echo)

1T
3Fq+3T<
3Lz!
3S
Flying Camel Spin 4 (3 after review)
3Lo+2T
3F
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
2A+2A+2T+SEQ
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Minsong was flying around the ice, and maybe a little too fast to calm down to do the opening jump combination. Managed to find her legs after that, and landed the rest of the jump content.

104.48 = 9th Place
150.02 = 10th Place

 

[skatingguy]

9th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzV98w2FaDM
Arina Kalugina
Age: 14
Coach: V. Butsaeva, E. Vlasov, G. Ishchenko
Music: Chocolat, The Queen's Gambit

2A
2S - timing was all off- opened forward mid-air
3F+3Tq - big step out
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
3Lz+2A+SEQ
3Lo+1Eu+3S
3F - fall
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Layback Spin 4

The planned program content included 2 quadruple Salchows, but she changed the plan after bailing on the first attempt.

-1.00 = Falls

103.47 = 10th Place
157.65 = 9th Place

 

[skatingguy]

8th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHREix8hGtk
Sofia Bezkorovainaya
Age: 15
Coach: T. Malinina, R. Skorniakov, R. Arutunian
Music: Moonlight Sonata

3Lz
2A+3T
3F!+2T
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
3Lz+2A+2T+SEQ
3F
Flying Sit Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
3S< - hand down
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Very solid skating until that last jump, but otherwise a wonderful performance.

114.24 = 6th Place
173.50 = 8th Place

 

[skatingguy]

7th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWdGn7PfiA
Stefania Gladki
Age: 15
Coach: S. Panova, T. Moiseeva, C. Tour
Music: Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota

3Fq
3Lo
2Aq
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3Lz+3T
3Lz+1Eu+3S
3F<+2T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Very nice clean skate from Stefania.

115.62 = 5th Place
173.74 = 7th Place

 

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPYrasL4SWA
Maria Eliise Kaljuvere
Age: 16
Coach: T. Valgemae, A. Kozloav, S. Lambiel
Music: Mon Dieu by Patricia Kaas, Edith Piaf

3Lz
3F - step out, both hands down
3S
3Lo+3T< - toeloop was two-footed
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (2 after review)
3F+2A+2T+SEQ
3Lo+2T
2A
Choreo Sequence
Layback Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

A struggle with the jumps today for Maria Eliise - not the height or power she got in the short program.

113.53 = 7th Place
175.23 = 6th Place

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7f-Bj9In8
Leandra Tzimpoukakis
Age: 16
Coach: Linda Van Troyen, Sindra Kriisa
Music: Zombie by Ghostly Kisses, The Craberries

2A
3Lz+3T - step out
3Lo
3S
Flying Camel Spin 4
3Lz!
3F+2A+2Lo+SEQ
3F<+2T
Change Foot Combo Spin 2 - loss of centre, position
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Just couldn't quite finish the big jumps today, and then a uncharacteristic spin mistake. I like the program concept, and it could be something special when everything comes together.

113.12 = 8th Place
176.34 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMv8K75niUY
Haruna Murakami
Age: 17
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Titanic (soundtrack) by James Horner

3Lz
3S+3T
3F!
2A
Sit Spin 4
3S+3T
3Lo
2A+2T+1Lo
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Lovely program, and presentation.

122.10 = 3rd Place
186.22 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3zlONWwQxY
Sophie Joline von Felten
Age: 16
Coach: Boyko Aleksiev, Alexei Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Music: Frida by Elliot Goldenthal

3A+2T - 3-turn between jumps
4S - big lunge-type step out
3Aq - fall
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ - sloppy landings
Choreo Sequence
3Lzq+3T< - big lunge-type step out
3Fq - two-foot landing
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

The jumps weren't her friends - couldn't find a clean outside edge on landing other than the loop.

-1.00 = Falls

118.75 = 4th Place
186.92 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRe9dcTZZOM
Yujae Kim
Age: 16
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi, Nahyun Kim
Music: The Lord of the Rings

3A
3Lz+3T
3F!
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lz+2A+2T+SEQ
2A+3T
3S
Flying Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Beautiful, crisp, and clean skate. I particularly appreciated the patience in the combinations to get all the jumps done.

133.58 = 1st Place
196.10 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhGuGPj4HEg
Mayuko Oka
Age: 15
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Some Bright Morning, Other Song by C. Shaw

3Lz+3T
3A< - fall
3F
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
3Lz
3S+2T
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

Aside from the fall on the Axel this was a beautiful program, and performance.

-1.00 = Falls

131.14 =2nd Place
199.17 = 1st Place

 

[kwanfan1818]

Kaljuvere's SP was the performance of the competition for me. I'm usually a big fan of Japanese skaters, but Oka isn't there for me yet.