Honestly I don't think anyone in this field is capable of toppling Joshua and Jason when they're both skating well. The question mark over Jason is always the 3A - will he land it, if he doesn't, how much damage will it do, etc. But beyond the jumps and spins, Joshua and Jason also both skate with a presence and quality that the other skaters don't yet have. They're still Junior by level, but definitely they are both Senior level skaters in terms of their maturity.
EDIT:
Well, I stand corrected.
American 1-2-3 at the moment.
Shotaro only just beat Jason though, and Shotaro went pretty clean.
1. Jason is 3rd in SP. Almost clean skating, new Personal Best, but third.
2. Mature Senior Man must have quad.
Did Shotaro ever skate clean FS?
Where was Han Yan?
Not sure. He's not going to Senior Worlds, but he's not here either...there was something about an injury?
My report's posted now.
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...igure-Skating-Championships-Men-Short-Reports
He is not injured. Chinese Federation is just being as usual.
So confused...well...that's too bad cause it makes no sense.
MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM - RESULT & VIDEOS
1. Joshua FARRIS (USA) - 75.84 Short Program
2. Shotaro OMORI (USA) - 70.82 Short Program
3. Jason BROWN (USA) - 70.06 Short Program
4. Michael Christian MARTINEZ (PHI) - 67.01 Short Program
5. Alexander SAMARIN (RUS) - 63.07
6. Boyang JIN (CHN) - 62.82
7. Shoma UNO (JPN) - 61.66 Short Program
8. Mikhail KOLYADA (RUS) - 61.50
9. He ZHANG (CHN) - 60.42 Short Program
10. Pavel IGNATENKO (BLR) - 59.73 Short Program
11. Martin RAPPE (GER) - 59.44
12. Ryuju HINO (JPN) - 57.71 Short Program
13. June Hyoung LEE (KOR) - 54.15 Short Program
14. Simon HOCQUAUX (FRA) - 54.14
15. Mitchell GORDON (CAN) - 54.04
16. Nam NGUYEN (CAN) - 53.43 Short Program
Brown was probably undermarked (though I hope Mrs. P doesn't read that)