Men's Event Preview

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MEN

This should be a great competition. Curran Oi, Denis Ten, Gongming Cheng, Alexander Nikolaev, Chao Yang and Stanislav Kovalev all have a shot at a medal here! I hope Curran does well enough to get a JGPF slot again.

Curran OI USA
Eighth Qualifier for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Coach: Mark Mitchell
Best total score 2008 Merano 165.38
SP: Phantom of the Opera
LP: On the Waterfront
Curran's Icenetwork Bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100077&mode=I
2008 Liberty SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwi6MpdyFKg&feature=related
2008 Liberty LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPAfLlm5q8
2008 JGP Merano 1 3 2 (165.38)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 2 10 6 (176.44)
2008 U.S. Eastern Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (172.58)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 4 6 6 (151.70)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 4 5 4 (170.50)
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 6 5 (157.72)
2007 U.S. New England Junior Regionals 1 1 1 (179.81)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 6 3 4 (145.81)
2006 JGP Courchevel 5 2 2 (159.86)
2006 Junior Gardena Spring Trophy 2 1 1 (149.19)
2006 U.S. Novice National Championships 5 2 3 (145.79)
2006 Eastern Novice Sectionals 2 1 1 (146.67)
2006 U.S. New England Novice Regionals 1 1 1
2005 U.S. Eastern Novice Sectionals 12 2 5
2005 U.S. New England Novice Regionals 4 2 2

Denis TEN KAZ
Coach: Elena Bulanova
total best score 2008 Courchevel 163.87
SP: Flamenco; Once Upon a Time in Mexico (soundtrack)
LP: Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
2008 Courchevel LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuV25auD8j4
2008 Courchevel EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1KtJoQhqQ
2008 JGP Courchevel 5 5 4 (163.87)
2008 World Junior Championships 8 19 16 (155.70)
2007 Junior NRW Trophy 1 1 1 (162.64)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 10 10 10 (129.17)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 3 6 6 (144.33)
2007 Junior Haabersti Cup 1 1 1 (169.40)
2007 World Junior Championships 26 26 (FNR)
2007 Junior Dragon Trophy 1 1 1 (148.79)
2006 Novice Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 1 1 (123.42)
2006 JGP The Hague 14 7 10 (137.80)

Alexander NIKOLAEV RUS
Stars of 2014 EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98HHDZuJ4s
His LP from Merano is one of the 2 on this video. It is not Curran OI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DA6zmg6UI
2008 Russian Cup Samara (1990 г.р.) - СДЮШОР ЦСКА, Москва - 161,06 (2, 3)
2008 JGP Merano 4 2 3 (161.59)

Chao YANG CHN
Coach: Ying Liu
Best personal score 2007 Tallin 166.60
SP: Devil (soundtrack)
LP: Lee Loos Theme by Tonci Huljic performed by Maksim Mrvica
2008 Chinese Champions Cup SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066iOw_or2U
2007 Tallinn JGP LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_9BFD5YGk
2007 Vienna JGP LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEWrX3kN_Tw&feature=related
2008 JGP Courchevel 8 4 6 (161.11)
2008 World Junior Championships 24 9 15 (158.48)
2008 Chinese National Championships 4 3 4 (169.74)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 3 2 3 (166.60)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 17 4 5 (156.01)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 7 5 5 (143.68)
2006 World Junior Championships 7 14 10 (152.48)
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 2 3 3 (152.97)

Gongming CHENG CHN
SP Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (soundtrack)
LP: The Guardian (soundtrack)
Best personal score 2008 Mexico 159.53
2007 Chinese Nationals EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHAf1a2zcTc
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 5 2 3 (159.53)
2008 Chinese National Championships 7 5 6 (148.02)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 8 6 6 (155.51)

Stanislav KOVALEV RUS
He's one of the guys in this warmup clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2PJ16kLRmQ
2008 Ostrava JGP (4 4 5) 159.83
2008 Russian National Championships 17 15 15 (143.61)
2006 JGP Hungary 15 9 10 (119.68)

Yukihiro YOSHIDA JPN
Coach: Yoshinori Onishi
Best total score 2006 Liberec 135.82
2007 Skate Asia LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OoJTGUaVN0
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 3 3 3 (143.38)
2008 Japanese National Championships 10 8 7 (168.03)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 16 15 14 (121.78)
2007 Junior Asian Trophy 1 2 2 (134.10)
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 4 3 3 (135.64)
2006 JGP Liberec 15 10 11 (135.82)
2006 JGP Mexico 8 7 8 (121.98)
2005 JGP Montréal 9 9 9 (120.46)
2005 Japanese Junior National Championships 15 16 15 (115.68)
2004 Japanese Junior National Championships 21 17 17

Samuel MORAIS CAN
Coaching History: Louise Michaud
Best total score 2008 Mexico 144.79
SP: Sweet Remembrance of You by Joseph William
LP: Stradivarius - Tosca Fantasy performed by Edvin Marton; Romeo and Juliet performed by Edvin Marton
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 8 6 8 (144.79)
2008 Canadian Junior National Championships 14 5 6 (138.01)
2008 Eastern Junior Challenge 4 3 4 (129.87)
2008 Québec Junior Sectionals 2 4 3 (132.70)
2007 Canadian Novice National Championships 16 8 10 (77.01)
2007 Novice Eastern Challenge 8 3 4 (88.64)
2007 Québec Novice Sectionals 2 3 2 (87.93)

Ronald LAM CAN
Coaching History: Bruno Delmaestro
LP: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst
Best total score: 2008 Meran 138.63
His 2008 Merano SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BTgzhxBuY
His Meramo LP is at about the 5 minute mark on this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34v1PsmL8gk
2008 JGP Merano 5 10 6 (138.63)
2008 Canadian Junior National Championships 16 8 11 (125.02)
2008 Junior Western Challenge 1 1 1 (148.46)
2008 BC/Yukon Junior Sectionals 2 4 3 (121.12)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 21 12 15 (120.78)
2007 Canadian Novice National Championships 7 6 7 (85.22)
2007 Novice Western Challenge 1 3 2 (90.05)
2007 BC/Yukon Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (91.80)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 3 2 3 (124.43)
2006 Novice North American Challenge Skate (Pittsburgh) 7 6 7 (86.24)

Daniel O'SHEA USA
Coach: Coach:Sandi Delfs, Alex Ouriashev, Rob Peal
SP: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, choreographed by Paul Wylie
FS: We Are Marshall soundtrack by Christophe Beck, choreographed by Susie Wynne
His Icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100481&mode=I
2008 MAC Ice Show exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s7P9FQ09qA&feature=related
2005 US Intermediates Jr.Nationals LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXUuIqxeuaM
2008 JGP Merano 13 12 13 (125.18)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 5 1 2 (152.87)
2008 U.S. Novice National Championships 1 1 1 (145.92)
2008 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (142.44)
2008 U.S. Upper Great Lakes Novice Regionals 2 2 2 (126.84)
2007 U.S. Novice National Championships 10 8 8 (110.98)
2007 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 1 3 1 (127.47)
2007 U.S. Upper Great Lakes Novice Regionals 2 1 1 (133.49)

Jakub STROBL SVK
Coaching History: Eva Horklova
Best total score: 134.62 JGP Spin of Norway 2006
2008 World Junior Championships 20 23 23 (134.45)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 19 17 17 (115.76)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 8 6 5 (116.22)
2007 Czech and Slovak Junior National Championships 3 3 3 (127.16)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 10 6 7 (134.62)
2006 JGP Hungary 12 7 7 (127.42)
2006 Junior Gardena Spring Trophy 4 6 6 (111.14)
2005 JGP Tallinn 14 16 16 (98.74)
2005 JGP Slovakia 14 13 13 (107.01)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 21 19 20 (101.87)
2004 JGP Budapest 19 20 20 (85.94)
2002 International Novice Trophy 2 2 2

Severin KIEFER AUT
Coaching History: Eva Sonnleitner
Programs:
SP: Angie by Rolling Stones; Paint It Black by Rolling Stones
LP: Beethoven's Last Night by Transsiberian Orchestra; Figaro's Wedding by W. A. Mozart - modern arrangement
Total best score: 113.09 Merano 2008
2008 Merano LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LdRRqQpRg
2007 skate Detroit SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzydrs3_Uv0
2008 JGP Merano 16 19 18 (113.09)
2008 Triglav Trophy 5 3 3 (132.32)
2008 Junior Gardena Trophy 11 8 8 (112.45)
2008 World Junior Championships 26 27 (FNR)
2008 Junior Dragon Trophy 1 1 1 (103.86)
2008 Austrian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (132.56)
2007 Junior Skate Celje 1 1 1 (115.86)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 21 19 20 (106.69)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 22 21 21 (94.37)
2007 Austrian Junior National Championships 1 2 1 (115.61)
2006 Junior Golden Bear 1 1 1 (108.10)
2006 JGP The Hague 24 25 25 (78.31)
2006 JGP Mexico 12 13 12 (97.53)
2006 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 2 2 2 (77.05)
2006 Novice Dragon Trophy 2 1 1 (105.46)
2005 Novice Merano Cup 1 2 2 (72.83)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 6 6 6

Sebastian LOFEK POL
Just up from Novices!
2008 Novice AEGON Challenge Cup 3 5 4 (90.22)
2008 Polish Novice National Championships 3 1 1 (101.89)
2007 Novice Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 2 2 (91.56)
2007 Novice Warsaw Cup 4 3 3 (84.26)
2007 Polish Novice National Championships 3 3 3 (87.81)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 7 8 8 (74.50)

Joos KÜNDIG SUI
Coach Georghe Chiper, Pasquale Camerlengo
Best total score 2008 Merano 103.70
2008 JGP Merano 23 24 23 (103.70)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 12 12 12 (95.23)
2008 Swiss Junior National Championships 3 4 3 (107.73)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 13 13 13 (95.63)
2006 Novice Merano Cup - 3 3 (46.08)

Martin RAPPE GER
2008 Junior Gardena Trophy 3 6 5 (127.09)
2008 Junior Bavarian Open - Junior Worlds Qualification 3 2 3 (136.81)
2008 German Junior National Championships 3 5 5 (127.47)
2007 Junior Golden Bear 3 2 2 (120.63)
2007 German Junior National Championships 3 7 7 (107.64)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 2 3 3 (89.83)
2006 German Novice National Championships 1 2 1 (80.21)

Beka SHANKULASHVILI GEO
Coach: Vakhtang Murvanidze
Personal best 127.16 Ostrava
2008 Ostrava JGP 14 14 13 (127.16)
2008 Midatlantics
SP 3rd 50.23
LP 2nd 77.66

Yakov GODOROZHA UKR
Coaching History: Georgi Starkov
SP: Gypsy Theme Popodyak
LP: The Pirates of the Caribbean (soundtrack)
Best total score 109.00
2008 JGP Merano 24 18 20 (109.00)
2007 Novice Grand Prize SNP 1 1 1 (89.68)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 6 5 5 (81.12)

Dmytro IGNATENKO UKR
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 11 11 12 (112.22)

Viktor ROMANENKOV EST
Coaching History: Oksana Romanenkova
Total Best score 2007 Chemnitz 126.11
SP: El Mareo by Bojofondo Tango Club
LP: Romeo and Juliet performed by Edvin Marton
2008 JGP Merano 20 14 14 (121.21)
2008 World Junior Championships 25 26 (FNR)
2008 Estonian National Championships 1 1 1 (164.83)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 22 11 16 (126.11)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 14 21 18 (116.36)
2007 Junior Haabersti Cup 2 2 2 (153.06)
2007 Estonian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (133.31)
2006 Novice Warsaw Cup 1 1 1 (116.10)
2006 Junior Haabersti Cup 1 1 1

Hovhannes MKRTCHYAN ARM
Coaching History: Rafael Arutunian
2007 World Junior Championships 34 34 (FNR)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 12 9 9 (103.61)

Pavel Petrov SAVINOV BUL
Coaching History: Paolita Pesheva
Best total score 2008 World Junior Championships 77.51
2008 World Junior Championships 46 25 25 (77.51)
2007 Novice Mladost Trophy 4 5 4 (58.45)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 20 20 20 (50.26)

Jesper HOLKJAER DEN
Coaching History: Pernille Holkjaer
Total best score 2008 Courchevel 77.24
SP: Grand Theft Auto IV (soundtrack)
LP: Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots by various composers
2008 JGP Courchevel 22 22 22 (77.24)
2008 Junior Copenhagen Trophy 2 4 4 (94.17)
2008 Junior Nordic Championships 5 7 7 (81.22)
2008 Danish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (99.20)
2007 Junior Nordic Championships 8 10 10 (70.09)
2007 Danish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (81.11)
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 9 8 8

Ivor MIKOLCEVIC CRO
2008 JGP Merano 29 30 30 (81.87)
2008 Junior Triglav Trophy 5 4 4 (72.44)
2008 Junior Dragon Trophy 2 2 2 (73.47)
2007 Junior Golden Bear 11 11 11 (59.73)
2007 Junior Mladost Trophy 1 1 1 (72.90)
2007 Junior Triglav Trophy 7 8 7 (73.41)
2007 Junior Dragon Trophy 3 3 3 (70.57)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 18 19 18 (66.80)
2007 Slovenian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (74.60)
2006 Junior Golden Bear 5 5 5 (65.69)
2006 Junior Skate Celje 2 2 2 (67.35)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 11 11 11 (72.22)
2006 Novice Triglav Trophy 7 7 7 (63.34)
2006 Junior Dragon Trophy 8 7 7 (75.17)
2005 Junior Golden Bear 4 4 4 (58.66)
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 12 11 11

Mikhail KARALIUK BLR
2008 JGP Merano 28 26 29 (91.38)
2007 Junior Golden Lynx 2 2 2 (96.34)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 20 20 20 (97.07)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 16 15 16 (81.78)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 16 16 16 (77.09)

Alexei MIALIONKHIN BLR
2007 Junior Golden Lynx 3 3 3 (90.40)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 8 10 10 (86.60)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 21 20 20 (83.42)

Engin Ali ARTAN TUR
Coach: Rana Belkis Göcmen
Best total score 25.96
2008 World Jr Championships 46 FNR 46 (25.96)

Dmitri KAGIROV BLR
Coach: Halina Aliaksandrava
Personal best score 2007 Tallinn 110.21
JGP Courchevel 2008 Courchevel 15. J
JGP Tallinn Cup 2007 21. J
JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2007 Chemnitz 23. J
JGP Liberec 2006 22. J

 

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USFS website says

Austin Kanallakan in, Danny O'Shea out.

If so, here's Austin's preview. Austin did not do well last year at US Nationals but has done well on the JGP in 2007/2008 and 2006/2007 not to mention 2005/2006 seasons. There were no clips of Austin on youtube, so I just uploaded a couple.


Austin Kanallakan
Coaching History: Peter Oppegard
Tom Zakrajsek (Former; thanks Sylvia)
Tammy Gambill (Former)


Personal best 173.69

SP Music: "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson
FS Music: "Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addinsell

Fourth Qualifier for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
Third Qualifier for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Eighth Qualifier for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final

Competitive History Competition SP LP Final
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 10 7 10 (165.06)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 6 6 6 (160.24)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 2 2 1 (173.69)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 4 2 2 (153.79)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 6 1 3 (177.94)
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final 3 8 8 (152.53)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 2 1 1 (162.56)
2006 JGP Courchevel 2 1 1 (172.01)
2006 U.S. Junior National Championships 5 14 13 (126.73)
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 3 4 2 (165.53)
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 3 2 2 (157.93)
2005 JGP Montréal 5 3 4 (145.18)
2005 Gardena Spring Trophy 2 2 2
2005 U.S. Novice National Championships 3 1 1
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 2 1 1
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 4 2 2
2004 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 3 5 5
2004 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 3 4 4

2007 Liberty LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNnjKP4Nmg
2006 JGPF LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPBgZqHphAw

 

[Sylvia]

Austin Kanallakan has moved back to Southern California and is coached by Peter Oppegard, according to his Icenetwork bio: http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100074&mode=I
(that head shot photo is several years old and from his Novice championship season, I believe!)
SP Music: "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson
FS Music: "Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addinsell

Kanallakan's only club competition this season was Golden West on Labor Day weekend -- he scored 65.24 in SP, 104.65 in FS = 169.89 overall. As his competitive history shows, after his first JGP in the fall of 2005 when he finished 4th, he has won gold or silver in every JGP since (excluding the past 2 Finals), so he should be a contendor in Gomel if he skates well.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

While I see Oil finishing on top and kannalakan skating well, I have stick my neck out and say Beka Shankulashvili is one worth watching.

 

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Sylvia, Would you say the judging at Golden West was pumping out US Nationals-style inflated scores or something more in line with international judging?

 

[chuckm]

Here's the panel for this event: BLR SVK CHN BUL JPN SUI RUS KAZ POL TUR.

Curran OI is going to have a pair of clean performances to make the podium and get a ticket to the JGPF. No margin for error here!