JGP #7 - Abu Dhabi, UAE - Jr Men SP & FS

[skatingguy]

9th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQUV0Ot4qI4
Nikita Sheiko
Age: 17
Coach: Julia & Sergei Sheiko, Kirill Davydenko
Music: Schindler's List by John Williams

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

Still a struggle on the jumps today, but an improvement from his first event.

-1.00 = Falls
64.46 = 9th Place

 

[skatingguy]

8th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb51ItN8Zo4
Tonghe Tian
Age: 17
Coach: Binshu Xu
Music: Mauvaise journee by Stromae

2A
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lz+3Tq - tight landings, flipped off the landing edge
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Nice line, and presentation, and good overall skating quality.

66.69 = 8th Place

 

[skatingguy]

7th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqHRUlOVqm8
Matias Lindfors
Age: 18
Coach: Alina Mayer-Virtanen
Music: Color Me (Julia Holter Remix)

2A
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo - 3-turn exit
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2
Flying Sit Spin 4

Beautiful sense of presentation, and original movement throughout the program, but not quite the technical sharpness needed for the full effect to be realized.

68.00 = 7th Place

 

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6kEItPQ6uc
Jiarui Li
Age: 14
Coach: Chen Wang
Music: Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus

3Lz+3T
2A
Change Foot Combo Spin 3
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Flying Sit Spin 4

Very strong skate, and some nice effort at the presentation.

68.25 = 6th Place

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJ2hrOpJLs
Grayson Long
Age: 17
Coach: Brian Orser, Karen Preston
Music: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

3A
3Lz+COMBO - fall
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 4
Flying Sit Spin 4

A skater who's very easy on the eye, and a good overall skater, but in a junior short program missing a combination is costly.

-1.00 = Falls
69.82 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL8uZSPRxsE
Lucius Kazanecki
Age: 17
Coach: Tatiana Malinina, Roman Skorniakov
Music: Interstellar by Hans Zimmer

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

Strong performance, and the technical elements were all solid, but not spectacular.

73.01 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXl0IU0trNw
Denis Krouglov
Age: 16
Coach: L. Stewart, T. Dickson, R. Gazave
Music: Backstage Romance (Moulin Rouge)

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

Consistent skater, and a engaging performer.

75.30 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1OwrdYQASQ
Shun Uemura
Age: 16
Coach: Takahashi Mura, Takahito Mura
Music: Poeta en el Mar by Vicente Amigo

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

Overall performance was a little tight, and not as much as quality in the elements as we might have expected.

77.30 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjGKqHYD0o
Sena Takahashi
Age: 15
Coach: Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato
Music: You Will Be Found by Justin Paul, Benj Pasek

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

Very strong skate across all the technical elements, skating skills, and presentation.

81.43 = 1st Place

 

[victorskid]

FS Start Order/Live Results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2526/jgpuae2025/SEG002.htm
Detailed time schedule: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...JUNIOR----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhXbdvaEic&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv

START ORDER
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ean Ee Yang LAM MAS 23 36.67
2 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 22 38.22
3 Gianni MOTILLA FRA 21 47.16
4 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 20 48.21
5 Donghan YU KOR 19 48.64

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Hyunseo PARK KOR 18 51.42
7 Cody KOCK RSA 17 52.13
8 Andre ZAPATA ESP 16 53.34
9 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE 15 54.70
10 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 14 55.96
11 Tao MACRAE GBR 13 57.37

Ice Resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
12 Soner OEZTUERK GER 12 58.93
13 Julio POTAPENKO AUS 11 59.89
14 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 10 63.20
15 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 9 64.46
16 Tonghe TIAN CHN 8 66.69
17 Matias LINDFORS FIN 7 68.00

Warm-Up Group 4
18 Jiarui LI HKG 6 68.25
19 Grayson LONG CAN 5 69.82
20 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 4 73.01
21 Denis KROUGLOV BEL 3 75.30
22 Shun UEMURA JPN 2 77.30
23 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 1 81.43

 

[her grace]

If placements from SP stayed the same, Takahashi would make the final and Uemuru and Krouglov would be in a total score points tiebreak for final spot. If Krouglov moves up to silver and Takahashi retains gold, then both of them make it. Kazanecki would make it if he moves up to silver and Takahashi stays in the gold medal position. If Takahashi moves down, then there's a lot of different scenarios.

 

[victorskid]

And the Men FS is underway.

PANEL OF JUDGES

Referee Mr. Daniel DELFA ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Mami MAEDA ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. David SANTEE ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. Bartosz PALUCHOWSKI ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Hui LIU CHN
Judge No.2 Ms. Vessela POPOVA BUL
Judge No.3 Ms. Lynne DEY CAN
Judge No.4 Ms. Miwako ANDO JPN
Judge No.5 Ms. Aigul KUANYSHEVA KAZ
Judge No.6 Ms. Tara Mae O'CONNOR AUS
Judge No.7 Mr. Philippe MERIGUET FRA
Judge No.8 Ms. Anu SORMUNEN FIN
Judge No.9 Ms. Ismail SURAYU DAKSHINI MAS

Data Operator Mr. Peter LEVIN ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Sunna Bjork MOGENSEN ISU

 

[victorskid]

Revised Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ean Ee Yang LAM MAS 23 36.67
2 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 22 38.22
WD Gianni MOTILLA FRA 21 47.16
4 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 20 48.21
5 Donghan YU KOR 19 48.64

Motilla had to withdraw due to ongoing boot issues. He had been using very new replacement boots in the SP.

 

[victorskid]

The fire alarm went off in the complex with flashing lights happening during the skate of Mihaylov of Bulgaria. The music kept playing and he kept skating.

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of the 4 groups there is an ice resurfacing. There was also an interview about the history and development of ice sports in the UAE.

FS results so far:
1 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 121.62 61.78 59.84 6.00 5.93 6.04 0.00 #10
2 Donghan YU KOR 114.06 67.14 47.92 4.57 4.68 5.14 1.00 #5
3 Andre ZAPATA ESP 107.63 54.02 54.61 5.36 5.43 5.61 1.00 #8
4 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 107.57 59.39 48.18 4.79 4.79 4.89 0.00 #4
5 Tao MACRAE GBR 98.98 46.17 54.81 5.43 5.39 5.64 2.00 #11
6 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 96.85 50.31 47.54 4.71 4.71 4.86 1.00 #2
7 Cody KOCK RSA 96.41 41.60 54.81 5.46 5.54 5.46 0.00 #7
8 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE 94.82 43.63 53.19 5.39 5.29 5.29 2.00 #9
9 Hyunseo PARK KOR 93.29 40.24 53.05 5.18 5.18 5.57 0.00 #6
10 Ean Ee Yang LAM MAS 74.21 33.06 41.15 4.04 4.07 4.25 0.00 #1
WD Gianni MOTILLA FRA #3


Overall results so far:
1 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 177.58 14 1
2 Donghan YU KOR 162.70 19 2
3 Andre ZAPATA ESP 160.97 16 3
4 Tao MACRAE GBR 156.35 13 5
5 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 155.78 20 4
6 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE 149.52 15 8
7 Cody KOCK RSA 148.54 17 7
8 Hyunseo PARK KOR 144.71 18 9
9 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 135.07 22 6
10 Ean Ee Yang LAM MAS 110.88 23 10
Gianni MOTILLA FRA 47.16 21 WD


Playlist of individual skates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOM_oGT2VXo&list=PLuiPiC1Hk8eKe_TJJqvsUKbn-lx3Jw4JG

 

[her grace]

Potapenko

Nice 3z-3t to start, some nice solo triples, 2a-1a-2a pitched forward with hand reaching for ice on last axel, needs to work on expression and interpreting the music

 

[her grace]

Smagulov

3a into impromptu spread eagle, 3a-2t better, some Rippon arms, fall on 3r and 3f, dramatic through the choreo step sequence

 

[her grace]

Sheiko, N.

Getting into character right away, nice 3a-2t, really long setup into 3a fall, 3z-2a-2a good security on the landings, nice rhythm and interpretation to the movement, first program I’ve watched today that felt like a complete performance the whole way through the program

 

[her grace]

Tian

1a to open, nice program composition with lots of linking footwork, nice 3z-2a-2a, 3f-3t fall, not his best day but good base of technique and performance to build on

 

[her grace]

Lindfors

at center ice to start, some interesting oblique shapes, wipeout on 3z, 2a into flying sit spin, nice presence on the ice, 3f-1t, needs more technical content to contend

 

[her grace]

Li, J.

High picking leg into 3z-3t, 3f-turns-2t, 1a, not getting all the revolutions in on his jumps today

 

[her grace]

Long

Good 3a-3t to open, spun out of 3a, nice speed across the ice, popped flip to a single, great posture and glide, some messy jumps today, though

 

[her grace]

Kazanecki

4t-3t, 4t, 3a step out, not a lot of expression, 3z-3t, already has higher TES with four elements to go, lots of room to grow in skating skills and musical interpretation

 

[Lizziebeth]

Kazanecki looked really tired

 

[her grace]

Krouglov

Floaty 3a to open, 3z-2t very close to the boards, spins a bit travelly, calm, collected performance, 3f-3t, short 3z, otherwise, great skate

 

[her grace]

Uemura

Dynamic arms to begin, 3a fall, and another 3a fall, that’s not going to cut it in this field, 3f-3t. Looked like the pick slipped on the flip takeoff but he handled it, 3t-2a-2a, sit spin ground to an almost halt, nice basics, not his best skate today

 

[Wyliefan]

Poor Shun, he fought for it, but it just wasn't his day.

 

[Wyliefan]

Um, is Lucius going to win this??

 

[her grace]

Takahashi

Um, he skated through his first jump, re-set and then did 3s, callers didn’t call the missed jump attempt but they should, 3a-2t, nice flow across ice, wild 1a, 3f-2a-2a, bailed on 2r in the air, this is not his day

 

[Wyliefan]

That's bronze for Sena and gold for Lucius. Holy cow.