Men's SP

[Medusa]

AMODIO!!!

I was nearly afraid that one of the 3A-less US-guys would overtake him. Though I loved the second one with the strange name, great posture, fantastic speed and flow - and he seemed to enjoy being out there. The first American was like the male version of Alissa Czisny (I am not a fan of her...), the third American looked like he had to read from a telephone book and not skate and dance to some music.

Did Amodio had somehow low levels? He only has one point TES more than Amercian-guy-with-strange-name - Amodio only did 3S-3T, but that's just one point less than 3F-3T. But the Axel should have given Amodio nearly 5 points more.

But - a great short program, the 5 leading men all had clean programs.

[oleada]

I suspect Amodio had lower levels in his spins than Mahbanoozadeh. Armin was a great spinner. Also, Amodio did 3S+3T while Armin did 3F+3T, so that might have off set some of the difference.

I really enjoyed Johnson, but he had some slips here and there. Dornbush looked a bit lost with the big music, but his jumps are so easy looking! Overall, the judging was quite fair.

[Daena]

Thank you, I learned two new facts I love GSF

You are wellcome.

[SailorGalaxia518]

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/artic...&vkey=ice_news

Florent Amodio of France won the junior men's short program at the Junior Grand Prix Final with 68.20 points in a Latin-themed program that included "The Mask of Zorro" and "Malaguena."

The big difference-maker for Amodio was the triple Axel. He landed one and the three U. S. skaters placing behind him only did doubles.

[Joesitz]

Nice to see Amodio win the SP. I watched him last year and said to myself that France is building a good stable of male skaters.

Gatchinski, I've heard so much about and have never seen a decent skate from him. Maybe he'll put a good one in the LP.

None of the Amercian boys have grabbed my attention except Rippon during that last junior season.