Junior Men - LP

[Serious Business]

Watch the live stream here: http://www.debilizator.tv/big.cgi?kanal=7

Live results here: http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1112/SEG010.HTM

 

[sequinsgalore]

Keiji Tanaka (JPN)

3F
3A - 3turn on landing
1A
FUSp - a bit slow
CiSt
3Lo
3F+2T - stepout
3Lz - "e", stepout
FSSp
3S+2T+2Lo - a bit forward on 3S
2A
CSSp

FS score: 112.99, total 171.14

What happened to Tanaka? He is the reigning JW silver medalist

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Hehe. The neon outfits continue.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Ryuju Hino (JPN)

3A+3T
3F - "e"
3Lz - hand down, combo?
CCoSp
3Lo
CSSp
3A - very tilted, hard fall
3S+2T
3Lz - stepout
2A
CiSt
FCCoSp

Not very expressive skater. He could use a bit more speed across the ice.

FS score: 112.63, total 172.75 and into 1st

 

[Serious Business]

I am going to take a really wild guess that Maxim Kovtun is skating to Austin Powers.

 

[LaLola]

He seems relieved that he isn't last.

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Hehe. The neon outfits continue.

Oh good Lord....I spoke before Maxim Kovtun came on.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Maxim Kovtun (RUS)

4T - hand down
3A+3T
3A
FSSp
SlSt
3F - perhaps "e"
3S
3Lz+2T+2T
3Lz
2A+2T - stepout
CCSp
CCoSp

Nice skate, he doesn't look like the typical Russian skater. Perhaps it's the haircut (he actually has one). I can't believe he trains under Nikolai Morozov...

FS score: 130.08, total 193.76, new PB and into 1st

 

[LaLola]

Wow, Han Yan is on fire!

Okay: He looks disappointed after his skate - or just completely tired, because he seems to have a bad cold.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Han Yan (CHN)

3A - nice
4T - also nice
3F+3T
3Lz - 3turn on landing
FSSp
CiSt
3F - very nice
3Lz+1T
3S
2A+2T+1Lo
CCSp
CCoSp

Solid skate, although he made som small mistakes.

FS score: 141.70, total 205.93 and into 1st

He seems a bit disappointed, but the coach is happy...

 

[burntBREAD]

Love Han Yan. China has a great future in Men's skating. Li Zijun appears to be doing really well too, I hope Bingwa Geng can get her jumps consistent, as I quite like her.

Wow, that tano triple lutz from Jason Brown was awesome. He's really killing it!

 

[sequinsgalore]

Jason Brown (USA)

3Lz - 'tano, very nice
2A
FSSp
3F - nice catch-foot spiral entrance
FCCoSp
3Lz+3T
SlSt
3F+2T+2Lo
2A+2T
3Lo
3S
CCoSp

Nice clean program, not triple axel as promised, but he backloads most of his jumps. Will this be enough to keep him ahead of Yan?

FS score: 139.64, new PB, total 208.41 and into 1st

 

[burntBREAD]

Jason's spins are great, and he actually hits an attractive catchfoot in that last spin.

 

[Serious Business]

Jason Brown KILLED it. Just beautiful, expressive, fluid, fast and intricate skating. Simple really. How does someone that young master such subtlety to such a brilliant degree?

 

[LaLola]

Happy for Jason, he is such a sweetheart. An he puts so much love in his skating.

 

[apple123]

What's wrong with Jason's knees? He bent his knees 24/7, no extension at all.

 

[burntBREAD]

I wouldn't mind at all if the top US men going to Sochi include Jason Brown and Josh Farris (and Nathan Chen although he won't be age eligible!).

 

[skateflower]

Jason is great but how the hell could he only lose to Yan Han by 2 points in LP with no 3a, no quad. If Yan Han skated for Canada, I'm sure he could beat Jason by 10 pts.
This is why Chan should not really dream of representing China.

 

[burntBREAD]

Jason is great but how the hell could he only lose to Yan Han by 2 points in LP with no 3a, no quad. If Yan Han skated for Canada, I'm sure he could beat Jason by 10 pts.
This is why Chan should not really dream of representing China.

I mean, Brown lost majorly in TES, but Han dropped a few points by popping the second part of the 3Lz-1T and the 2A-2T-2Lo and his TR, CH, IN, and PE were not as good as Jason's. The judges are actually rewarding skaters for what they're doing on the ice here as opposed to what they usually do by basing it all on SS. Han beat Brown on SS but not on everything else.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Joshua Farris (USA)

3A
3F+3T
3Lz+2T
FSSp
SlSt - aww, fall at the end
CCoSp
3A - fall
3Lo
2A
3Lz
3S
CCoSp

So he ditched his Transformers LP in favor of a new Rachmaninov?

FS score: 130.99, total 203.98 and into 3rd