JGP #4 - Ankara TUR - Women's SP & FS

[Karen-W]

SP Starting Order/Live Results - https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/jgptur2024/SEG003.htm
SP Detailed Time Schedule - https://results.isu.org/results/sea...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
SP LiveStream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcnoBv81Os

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StN.	Name	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Elizabeth NOU	EST
2	Weronika FERLIN	POL
3	Yuseong KIM	KOR
4	Jeongyul HWANG	KOR
5	Anastasia BRANDENBURG	SUI
	Warm-Up Group 2
6	Inga GURGENIDZE	GEO
7	Emilia NEMIROVSKY	USA
8	Ami NAKAI	JPN
9	Zhasmin SHLAGA	KGZ
10	Riria KONO	JPN
11	Darja TRUBITSON	FIN
	Warm-Up Group 3
12	Pimmpida LERDPRAIWAN	THA
13	Ana SCEPANOVIC	SRB
14	Sara SCHIAVONE RECIO	ESP
15	Stefania GLADKI	FRA
16	Amanda GHEZZO	ITA
17	Sienna KACZMARCZYK	AUS
	Warm-Up Group 4
18	Yu-Feng TSAI	TPE
19	Lia LYUBENOVA	BUL
20	Elena Catherine MILLS	BRA
21	Nela SNEBERGEROVA	CZE
22	Alice SMITH	GBR
23	Victoria TABE ARTASANCHEZ	MEX
	Warm-Up Group 5
24	Deniz TARIM	TUR
25	Sofia SAMODELKINA	KAZ
26	Zala GRUM	SLO
27	Sabina ALIEVA	AZE
28	Sena Lidya BAYRAKTAROGLU	TUR
29	Nadia FESTIC	BIH
	Warm-Up Group 6
30	Lena CUSAK	CRO
31	Megan WOODLEY	CAN
32	Selin AKBULUT	TUR
33	Venla SINISALO	FIN
34	Stefania YAKOVLEVA	CYP
35	Lena EKKER	HUN

 

[Karen-W]

I'm here for the first two groups, then plan on getting a few hours of sleep before Nebelhorn and the Jr Pairs here start, lol.

 

[Frau Muller]

Yay, Ankara! No crazy moving graphics in the Kiss & Cry! This one’s easy on the eye.

 

[Karen-W]

Mark introduces Weronika Ferlin and tells us "she's skating to Tosca, a popular choice by Edvin Marton" - come on, Mark, just say it! She's skating to a warhorse!!!!!!

 

[Frau Muller]

Korean bling!!!! My day is done.

 

[Karen-W]

I really cannot get into the Kim twins from Korea. Absolute vanilla.

 

[Kateri]

Very smooth, clean unremarkable Clair de Lune from Yuseong. No errors, bland smile, not much speed. 2A, 3Z-3T, 3F.

 

[Frau Muller]

Two Korean delights in a row! Double bling…including hair accessories of power!

 

[Karen-W]

Hwang of KOR - periwinkle blue dress with the requisite crystals/stoning on the bodice; spaghetti straps and armbands around the biceps covered in the crystals; 1.5" wide bare midriff covered in crystals that makes it look more like a waistband/belt. I don't know this music - oh, it's the "Alexander" soundtrack - she's skating very well but she's just kind of half-finishing all the choreo in the step sequence and it was good but this music edit was very quiet and I'm not sure it works for a junior skating program. Kind of just there, like her.

 

[Karen-W]

Brandenburg - 2nd JGP of the season for her! Hoping to do better in her SP today. And down she goes on the 3f - and I'm pretty sure the jumps in her 3z+3t are going to be reviewed. This is better than Riga though where she fell on her combo and only did a 1f, so there's that.

 

[Kateri]

Brandenburg: 3Z-3T, 2A, 3F fall. Violin fantasy. Looks a little nervous, but it's a nice programme.

Nicole Schott is with her - confirmed by Mark, I thought I might just be half asleep!

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, boy... Just looked at Inga Gurgenidze's music for the SP in anticipation of the next group...

Tango Time by Atomic Overture

This could be... interesting.

 

[Kateri]

Gurgenidze. 3f 2a 3z-3t. Great spin positions. She's trying to move out of her glum-scary niche, doing a tango, and while it's not a natural style for her yet, it's good she's trying new things - even smiling a little!

 

[Karen-W]

Inga - black and red dress - straps crossing diagonally on her back, sleeves are mostly black, skirt is mostly red, bodice mostly red but ombres to black through the midsection. Flying camel spin had some travel through the first position but settled down when she hit the Biellmann. Very stonefaced and surprisingly low-intensity energy through the step sequence. TES appears to be just above Yuseong.

ETA - TES wound up falling a bit and the judges hammered her on PCS. I'm with Ted & Mark in sort of disagreeing with that score.

 

[Frau Muller]

Gurgenidze of Georgia very capable! Reminds me of Mia Kalin short in-between steps but elements good.

 

[Kateri]

Nemirovsky. 3Z-1T, 2A, 3F fall. Skating slow, muted and nervous. Aww, poor Emilia. Gorgeous dress, at least.

 

[Karen-W]

Emilia Nemirovsky - black dress with some red floral appliques over the shoulders and back, grey underskirt, front also has some blue/silver crystals.

And she only does a 3z+1t. Sigh. Clean 2a, then falls on the 3f. Even bigger sigh. All our potential JGP contenders decided to move up to seniors and are medalling at Challengers instead this season, lol.

AWWW - Olivia & Dylan shown in the audience still waving the flag and cheering her on.

 

[Frau Muller]

Nemirovsky of USA. Black Swan with blue & red highlights. Missed combo and fall on 3 flip. Not her best day. Slowish.

 

[Karen-W]

Ami Nakai - white & lilac strapless dress with stoning/crystals on the neckline front & back. Lovely program.

 

[Kateri]

Nakai. 2A, 3Z-3T, 3F. All clean, perfectly nice. I just am not a fan of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and there's nothing interesting to me here, sorry Ami.

 

[Frau Muller]

Nakai smooth and clean. Cherbourg seems to be a main tune of the season.

 

[Karen-W]

Nakai. 2A, 3Z-3T, 3F. All clean, perfectly nice. I just am not a fan of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and there's nothing interesting to me here, sorry Ami.

I don't dislike the music but, as noted by @Frau Muller - it's being used a LOT this season and there are only so many Umbrellas programs I can take this early on, lol.

 

[Karen-W]

Shlaga of Kyrgyzstan - I can't even describe this music - it's just noise and not good noise - and her costume looks like a WTF-goth vampire design idea rejected by both Olga Mikutina & Inga Gurgenidze.

 

[Kateri]

Classic OAS weirdness from Shlaga. Scary-hands choreo with stoneface expression, bizarre costume with glittery bones and some sort of... crustacean on her back? You do you, girl, but we need more insane performance from you to be truly memorable.

 

[Kateri]

Kono. 3T-3T, 3F wobbly maybe ur. Oh no, fell on her step sequence! 2A. Very generic Scheherazade with all the usual arm movements. Clearly very just-out-of-novice.

 

[Karen-W]

Riria Kono - new Japanese girl I've never seen. Scheherazade in a strapless violet dress with a bare midriff and mostly gold stoning/jewels & matching headband. Jumps aren't super-impressive. I have a feeling she will be lucky to place ahead of Gurgenidze. Oh, nevermind, she just fell on her step sequence. If this places ahead of either Gurgenidze or Brandenburg, I may riot. Or, just go to sleep for a couple hours before Nebelhorn starts.

 

[Frau Muller]

Ah, many errors for Riria Kono of Japan, skating to an odd Mantovani-type arrangement of Scheherazade.

 

[Kateri]

Gladki. "Please Don't Make Me Love You." 2A, 3F, 3Z-3T-v tight landing on the 3T.

 

[Frau Muller]

Happy that Gladki did relatively well. Missed her…

 

[Kateri]

Tsai. 3T-3T, 3F, 2A. Take On Me, as arranged for a Disney movie. Clean programme, but I can't see this making waves.