JGP #4 Osaka - Women SP & FS

[Frau Muller]

KUSHIDA a real beauty in Little Prince! I can picture her as a dancer at The Joyce theatre in NYC!

 

[Karen-W]

Kushida

Will it be a Japanese sweep? Step out of opening 3z, followed by 3s-3t, but t looked short, lots of little choreographic details in the program, performance of the program was on, but lots of minor problems on the jumps, e.g., landing short, and not having flow out of them.

Agree. I'm going to be annoyed if she medals over Tsai.

ETA - judges got it right! Is this a first JGP medal for Taiwan?

 

[Gris]

Congratulations Yu-Feng!

 

[Frau Muller]

Great podium! Now some more sleep before the CS in Canada resumes at my noon.

 

[Gris]

Agree. I'm going to be annoyed if she medals over Tsai.

ETA - judges got it right! Is this a first JGP medal for Taiwan?

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1703005716141789640

Carina Chen won bronze at JGP Gdansk in 2000, so no, not the first. Still, big congratulations!

 

[her grace]

Rewound to watch the bronze medalist from TPE

Tsai
Jumps are fundamentally sound with good spring and good flow out of them on landing, she feels the music and interprets, as I've stated before, I think the bloody crystals on the costume are a bit much when skating to Schindler's List. Clean performance!

 

[Frau Muller]

Extra joy for me:

HANA BATH OF AUSTRALIA IS SIXTH OVERALL!!! Way to go!

 

[jlai]

Extra joy for me:

HANA BATH OF AUSTRALIA IS SIXTH OVERALL!!! Way to go!

Ms Karne would be thrilled

Congratulations to Tsai!

 

[Karen-W]

Rewound to watch the bronze medalist from TPE

Tsai
Jumps are fundamentally sound with good spring and good flow out of them on landing, she feels the music and interprets, as I've stated before, I think the bloody crystals on the costume are a bit much when skating to Schindler's List. Clean performance!

LOL - agree about the crystals on her dress. Surprisingly, I noted that she has no hair bling at all and has a poorly knotted bun with a red hair tie showing. If you're gonna go all out with the bloody crystals on the dress, at least spring for the bloody hair crystals too!

 

[Sylvia]

Carina Chen won bronze at JGP Gdansk in 2000, so no, not the first. Still, big congratulations!

First medal for TPE in 23 years sounds good! Yu-Feng (Phoebe) TSAI is coached by Wei-Tzu (David) Chang - he is listed as a coach at Ice Land at Taipei Arena - so it appears she lives/is based there.

ETA that Carina was born in/skated out of Chicago.

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Women - Final Results
PL Name Nation SP FS Points

GOLD Mao SHIMADA JPN 1 1 213.86
SILVER Yo TAKAGI JPN 2 2 188.15
BRONZE Yu-Feng TSAI TPE 4 3 178.82
4. Ikura KUSHIDA JPN 3 5 176.09
5. Jeongyul HWANG KOR 5 6 172.42
6. Hana BATH AUS 7 4 170.64
7. Ruichen TONG CHN 6 7 166.34
8. Mia KALIN USA 10 8 159.93
9. Petra LAHTI FIN 9 11 151.14
10. Ruotang LI CHN 12 12 146.61
11. Heesue HAN KOR 15 13 145.65
12. Olivia BACSA SUI 19 9 143.58
13. Phattaratida KANESHIGE THA 21 10 142.34
14. Rose THEROUX CAN 8 15 139.81
15. Eugenia SEKULOVSKI SUI 11 16 137.28
16. Elizabeth NOU EST 17 14 136.41
17. Gabriella GRINBERG ISR 14 20 124.80
18. Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP 13 22 123.31
19. Josefin BROVALL SWE 18 19 121.41
20. Cecilia DONOHUE ARG 20 18 115.70
21. Julia VAN DIJK NED 16 24 115.06
22. Tsz Ching CHAN HKG 26 17 114.66
23. Michaela VRASTAKOVA CZE 24 21 113.10
24. Regina GARCIA DE LEON SAAB MEX 25 23 109.75
25. Hayden Isabel BALUCATING PHI 27 25 100.91
26. Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ 23 28 99.24
27. Milana MOZEIKO FRA 22 31 95.25
28. Vianna Shen-Rou LINKE SGP 30 26 93.72
29. Cara TANG NZL 29 29 92.88
30. Michelle Edgina AXILLE INA 31 27 92.35
31. Elena Catherine MILLS BRA 28 30 89.68
32. Misheel OTGONBAATAR MGL 34 32 80.19
33. Elisa WESTERHOF UAE 32 33 79.01
34. Sueanne Sze Ern LAM MAS 33 34 76.65
35. Huong Dieu LE VIE 35 35 60.12

Pl.	Competitor	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	CO	PR	SK	Deduction	StN.
1	Mao SHIMADA	JPN	140.08	76.33	64.75	7.93	8.07	8.25	1.00	#33
2	Yo TAKAGI	JPN	124.73	63.79	60.94	7.46	7.68	7.68	0.00	#34
3	Yu-Feng TSAI	TPE	117.30	59.31	57.99	7.18	7.43	7.11	0.00	#32
4	Hana BATH	AUS	113.94	61.27	53.67	6.64	6.71	6.75	1.00	#29
5	Ikura KUSHIDA	JPN	113.30	54.89	59.41	7.39	7.50	7.36	1.00	#35
6	Jeongyul HWANG	KOR	111.33	58.00	54.33	6.93	6.46	6.96	1.00	#30
7	Ruichen TONG	CHN	108.78	55.25	54.53	6.89	6.89	6.64	1.00	#31
8	Mia KALIN	USA	106.23	57.32	50.91	6.29	6.21	6.57	2.00	#26
9	Olivia BACSA	SUI	100.72	56.41	45.31	5.61	5.61	5.75	1.00	#12
10	Phattaratida KANESHIGE	THA	100.68	55.00	45.68	5.57	5.54	6.00	0.00	#16
11	Petra LAHTI	FIN	97.28	47.70	49.58	6.18	6.14	6.25	0.00	#27
12	Ruotang LI	CHN	94.89	49.65	47.24	5.86	5.79	6.04	2.00	#25
13	Heesue HAN	KOR	94.58	48.22	48.36	6.07	5.79	6.25	2.00	#22
14	Elizabeth NOU	EST	88.56	45.72	43.84	5.39	5.46	5.57	1.00	#19
15	Rose THEROUX	CAN	85.35	38.44	48.91	6.25	5.93	6.14	2.00	#28
16	Eugenia SEKULOVSKI	SUI	83.93	44.16	41.77	5.25	4.89	5.50	2.00	#24
17	Tsz Ching CHAN	HKG	76.38	42.07	34.31	4.14	4.07	4.64	0.00	#7
18	Cecilia DONOHUE	ARG	73.91	39.28	36.63	4.43	4.54	4.75	2.00	#13
19	Josefin BROVALL	[ SWE	73.82	36.75	38.07	4.54	4.61	5.11	1.00	#23
20	Gabriella GRINBERG	ISR	73.61	36.52	39.09	4.57	4.61	5.46	2.00	#20
21	Michaela VRASTAKOVA	CZE	73.40	37.33	36.07	4.43	4.29	4.79	0.00	#14
22	Stefania YAKOVLEVA	CYP	71.84	37.10	37.74	4.71	4.71	4.71	3.00	#18
23	Regina GARCIA DE LEON SAAB	MEX	70.64	38.08	33.56	4.25	4.14	4.18	1.00	#8
24	Julia VAN DIJK	NED	66.85	32.02	38.83	4.68	4.61	5.25	4.00	#21
25	Hayden Isabel BALUCATING	PHI	66.24	34.09	32.15	4.04	3.89	4.11	0.00	#11
26	Vianna Shen-Rou LINKE	SGP	62.28	31.28	31.00	3.79	3.89	3.93	0.00	#10
27	Michelle Edgina AXILLE	INA	61.56	31.14	30.42	3.79	3.71	3.89	0.00	#5
28	Sofiya FARAFONOVA	KAZ	59.38	29.30	33.08	4.14	3.75	4.50	3.00	#15
29	Cara TANG	NZL	58.95	28.72	32.23	3.86	4.25	3.96	2.00	#6
30	Elena Catherine MILLS	BRA	55.41	22.74	33.67	4.36	4.21	4.04	1.00	#9
31	Milana MOZEIKO	FRA	55.38	21.45	35.93	4.39	4.32	4.75	2.00	#17
32	Misheel OTGONBAATAR	MGL	53.99	24.03	29.96	3.68	3.79	3.75	0.00	#4
33	Elisa WESTERHOF	UAE	50.18	24.81	25.37	3.25	3.07	3.18	0.00	#1
34	Sueanne Sze Ern LAM	MAS	48.13	20.09	28.04	3.50	3.61	3.39	0.00	#3
35	Huong Dieu LE	VIE	38.51	17.19	22.32	2.75	2.61	3.00	1.00	#2

FS protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/jgpjpn2023/data0205.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

Victory ceremony starts here in the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtb2jcayVig&t=19990s

FS videos are still being uploaded in the playlist (final 12 3 more to go): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlLH4SYyFBzUQF2PsxywjIJB

Yu-Feng TSAI (TPE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdn_jUSPQdA

Mao Shimada's SP (choreo. by Kaitlyn Weaver): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eEZk6GL9Y

SP playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlJ20LA6A3evz4NS-fx_DfnA

 

[Hedwig]

I am just rewatching and watched the skate from Milana Mozeiko. Wow, I have so much respect for her, I actually have tears in my eyes. Two hard falls that completely winded her and THEN to not give up and only do a double but to actually go and land another triple is amazing.
If there was a medal for sheer guts, I would give it to her

 

[Colonel Green]

Catching up on things, I know I've said this before, but I really don't understand why Hamada has Mao going for the quad. First, she flat out does not need it to win anything at the junior level right now, and second, given that she can't go to the Olympics until 2030, why is longevity not the priority here? We know enough at this point to know that these elements both do not last that long and seem pretty harmful to the careers of the girls who train them.

 

[Wyliefan]

It's Hamada.

 

[mtnskater]

Thoughts:

Mia Kalin really is not ready for Carmen, even though she really has improved her PCS but that is a bridge too far. In recent times only Sasha Cohen in singles could do it justice. I’m also not sure about her strategy to keep doing quads when she usually falls but can land the triples pretty easily, especially in combo. She could definitely place higher with a clean skate with triples and her improved PCS…though more work to do with Massimo. Love how Ted and Mark were so optimistic that Mia will be able to do quads by seniors. I hope so but….

I really liked Tsai’s Schindler’s List interpretation, well done at her age with commitment to the choreography and emotion. Was so happy she medaled.

Mao’s free skate was much better for her than the short. I feel like her jumps are not the fastest, or the highest and not the most distance but boy does she rotate fast in the air with lovely positioning. Love her spins and spirals and gentle use of her arms. Gotta wonder if she will make it to 2030 though. I hope she figure skates because she really loves it and wants it. Not because her parents want it and named her after a figure skating legend. Shades of Anne Patrice McDonough whose mom said when she was born she decided she would be a figure skater. Anne did achieve a very high level for awhile but burned out fast…probably because her mom wanted it more than her. Didn’t the same thing happen to Tiffany Chin? I hope Mao is figure skating because she really wants it. Also I remember how nuts I was about Marin Honda when she dominated juniors. So you never know.

Loved Kushida’s red dress but found it a bit too sexy for juniors. Would love to see that on Loena Hendrix! For me the Japanese ladies often have such an athletic style of skating the really frilly or feminine dresses can look a little off on them.