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

[her grace]

Kazanecki and Krouglov make Final!

 

[victorskid]

And that's a "wrap" for the Jr Men in the 7th event of the 2025-26 JGP.

FS results:
1 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 146.62 78.96 67.66 6.75 6.68 6.89 0.00 #20
2 Denis KROUGLOV BEL 142.89 72.36 70.53 7.00 7.11 7.07 0.00 #21
3 Grayson LONG CAN 135.95 65.05 70.90 7.11 7.04 7.14 0.00 #19
4 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 135.29 63.12 72.17 7.21 7.14 7.32 0.00 #23
5 Shun UEMURA JPN 130.20 60.97 71.23 7.11 7.07 7.21 2.00 #22
6 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 125.31 62.67 63.64 6.29 6.39 6.43 1.00 #15
7 Matias LINDFORS FIN 124.55 55.39 70.16 7.25 7.00 6.82 1.00 #17
8 Jiarui LI HKG 124.38 58.12 66.26 6.61 6.61 6.68 0.00 #18
9 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 121.62 61.78 59.84 6.00 5.93 6.04 0.00 #10
10 Tonghe TIAN CHN 117.91 56.47 62.44 6.18 6.18 6.39 1.00 #16
11 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 115.07 57.14 59.93 5.86 6.07 6.07 2.00 #14
12 Donghan YU KOR 114.06 67.14 47.92 4.57 4.68 5.14 1.00 #5
13 Julio POTAPENKO AUS 111.72 56.40 55.32 5.50 5.32 5.79 0.00 #13
14 Andre ZAPATA ESP 107.63 54.02 54.61 5.36 5.43 5.61 1.00 #8
15 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 107.57 59.39 48.18 4.79 4.79 4.89 0.00 #4
16 Tao MACRAE GBR 98.98 46.17 54.81 5.43 5.39 5.64 2.00 #11
17 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 96.85 50.31 47.54 4.71 4.71 4.86 1.00 #2
18 Cody KOCK RSA 96.41 41.60 54.81 5.46 5.54 5.46 0.00 #7
19 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE 94.82 43.63 53.19 5.39 5.29 5.29 2.00 #9
20 Soner OEZTUERK GER 93.85 41.30 52.55 5.21 5.14 5.43 0.00 #12
21 Hyunseo PARK KOR 93.29 40.24 53.05 5.18 5.18 5.57 0.00 #6
22 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


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

Overall results:

1 Lucius KAZANECKI USA 219.63 4 1
2 Denis KROUGLOV BEL 218.19 3 2
3 Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 216.72 1 4
4 Shun UEMURA JPN 207.50 2 5
5 Grayson LONG CAN 205.77 5 3
6 Jiarui LI HKG 192.63 6 8
7 Matias LINDFORS FIN 192.55 7 7
8 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 189.77 9 6
9 Tonghe TIAN CHN 184.60 8 10
10 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 178.27 10 11
11 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 177.58 14 9
12 Julio POTAPENKO AUS 171.61 11 13
13 Donghan YU KOR 162.70 19 12
14 Andre ZAPATA ESP 160.97 16 14
15 Tao MACRAE GBR 156.35 13 16
16 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 155.78 20 15
17 Soner OEZTUERK GER 152.78 12 20
18 Louie FUKUDA-WU TPE 149.52 15 19
19 Cody KOCK RSA 148.54 17 18
20 Hyunseo PARK KOR 144.71 18 21
21 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 135.07 22 17
22 Ean Ee Yang LAM MAS 110.88 23 22
WD Gianni MOTILLA FRA 47.16 21

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

 

[Wyliefan]

Kazanecki and Krouglov make Final!

Happy for them, but for Sena. He's such a wonderful skater when he's on. I guess nerves got both him and Shun.

 

[skatingguy]

12th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLtDt3yCEQ
Julio Potapenko
Age: 19
Coach: Larissa Matskel
Music: Maybe I Maybe You by Scorpions

3Lz+3T
3F - low landing, step out
3F+2T
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lzq
3S
2A+1A+2A+SEQ - step out, hand down
Choreo Sequence
Flying Sit Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (2 after review)

A bit mixed technically, but Julio does have a nice jumping technique that we see on the opening combination. Lack of commitment to the program, and a general sense that he didn't connect with the music.

111.72 = 13th Place
171.61 = 12th Place

 

[skatingguy]

11th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4fmmRewWA
Hiro Kaewtathip
Age: 14
Coach: A. Evidente, D. Delmore, I. Dinev, J. Cassar
Music: A Beautiful Storm by J. Thomas

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

Solid technical skate, and some lovely qualities to the skating. The performance was a bit flat today.

121.62 = 9th Place
177.58 = 11th Place

 

[skatingguy]

10th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ2_N21ONcY
Artur Smagulov
Age: 18
Coach: Rafael & Vera Arutiunian
Music: Adagio by D. Kudaibergen, L. Fabian

3A - step out
3A+2T
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
3Lo - fall
Flying Sit Spin 3
3F - fall
3T
3S+2T
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (3V after review)

Technically all over the place, and there was no program until after the final jumping pass, and then it was a somewhat wrought, and over the top expression.

-2.00 = Falls
115.07 = 11th Place
178.27 = 10th Place

 

[skatingguy]

9th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lZQ5UIvAec
Tonghe Tian
Age: 17
Coach: Binshu Xu
Music: Pray (High Valyrian)

1A
3F+2T
3S
3Lo
Flying Camel Spin 3
3Lz - 3-turn exit
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3F+3T<< - landed forward, fall
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

The opening jump was an inauspicious start, and unfortunately there were several other errors in the program as well

-1.00 = Falls
117.91 = 10th Place
184.60 = 9th Place

 

[skatingguy]

8th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJvOk1qbjQ
Nikita Sheiko
Age: 17
Coach: Julia & Sergei Sheiko, Kirill Davydenko
Music: Les Miserables by C.M. Schoenberg

3Aq+2T
3A - fall
3Lo
3Lz+2T
Flying Camel Spin 3
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (3V after review)
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3F
Choreo Sequence
3S
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Very watchable skater, and a well done program, and performance.

-1.00 = Falls
125.31 = 6th Place
189.77 = 8th Place

 

[skatingguy]

7th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4lisE36Jz8
Matias Lindfors
Age: 18
Coach: Alina Mayer-Virtanen
Music: Dune (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

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

Strong commitment to the performance, and the character of the music, but not as strong with the jumps today.

-1.00 = Falls
124.55 = 7th Place
192.55 = 7th Place

 

[skatingguy]

6th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogshuBxyHTU
Jiarui Li
Age: 14
Coach: Chen Wang
Music: Dream (Field Day) by Dmitri Emelianov

3Lz+3T
3Lo
3F+2T - 3-turn between jumps
3S - tight landing
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3Lz+A+2A+SEQ
3F
1A
Flying Camel Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Jiarui has some technique issues, particularly the mule kick going into both the flip, and Lutz that will need some work. Today those jump entries were not a secure as they were in the short program.

124.38 = 8th Place
192.63 = 6th Place

 

[skatingguy]

5th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHD5Wr-SuCg
Grayson Long
Age: 17
Coach: Brian Orser, Karen Preston
Music: Demon Slayer (soundtrack) by Diego Mitre

3A+3T
3A< - 3-turn exit
3Lo
1F - missed the pick
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ - weight back, awkward turn on the Lutz landing
3Lz+2T
3S
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence - awkward exit to the knee slide
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

The jumps were very uneven today, and overall the quality of the performance was lacking as a result.

135.95 = 3rd Place
205.77 = 5th Place

 

[skatingguy]

4th Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWyXCkR4IA
Shun Uemura
Age: 16
Coach: Takashi Mura, Takahito Mura
Music: The Mask of Zorro by James Horner

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

Never really found the timing on the jumps today - even the triple loop, and the triple toeloop in the jump sequence were off in the air. There is no let up in that program, and Shun was still performing despite the jump errors.

- 2.00 = Falls
130.20 = 5th Place
207.50 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

3rd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdTtIEwZM70
Sena Takahashi
Age: 15
Coach: Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato
Music: The Mission (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone

3S
3Lz
3A+2T
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
1A - waxel
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
2Lo<< - landed forward on two feet
Flying Sit Spin 2 - difficulty centring
3F+3T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Another skater struggling to find their timing right from the top of the program. First jump was a planned quadruple Salchow which Sena set up, and then skated through the jump in the corner, and then did the triple version. The Lutz was supposed to be a combination which he also just skated through.

135.29 = 4th Place
216.72 = 3rd Place

 

[skatingguy]

2nd Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmNyqX75j8
Denis Krouglov
Age: 16
Coach: L. Stewart, T. Dickson, R. Gazave
Music: Seven Years in Tibet by John Williams

3A
3Lz+2T
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3F+3T
3Lz - slightly off balance, step out
3Lo+2A+2A+SEQ
Change Foot Camel Spin 3 (4 after review)
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3S

Very pleasant skater to watch, and very strong both technically, and with the performance.

142.89 = 2nd Place
218.19 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

1st Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BxaJpflj-k
Lucius Kazanecki
Age: 17
Coach: Tatiana Malinina, Roman Skorniakov
Music: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla

4T+3T
4Tq
3A - step out
3S
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lz+3T
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
Flying Sit Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Pretty solid across the board. Still lacking some speed, and power going into the jumps which help with the height, and the flow on the landings.

146.62 = 1st Place
219.63 = 1st Place