2014 Worlds Junior Men - Short Program

Little Shoma is the future Takahashi, the artist on the ice!

Shoma is an absolute joy to watch. Love how he really uses the music, and his carriage across the ice.

And with that we got a junior worlds hunger games! Only three points separating 1-6. And six for 1-9.

Nam was a nice surprise.
Shoma was really great.

It's just my opinion but I think Nam and Shoma were the only two who skated to the music as if the music meant something rather than just a background to the steps and jumps.

Boyang Jin's speed was great too.

very impressed by Shoma, rightfully given the highest components out of all the skaters. I also enjoyed He Zhang and Keiji, and Nam! Nam did well. So many personal bests today, looking forward to the free on Saturday.

MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM - RESULT

1 Q Nam NGUYEN CAN 72.87 40.66 32.21 6.14 6.07 6.64 6.61 6.75 0.00 #34
2 Q Boyang JIN CHN 71.51 39.64 31.87 6.54 6.11 6.54 6.43 6.25 0.00 #37
3 Q Shoma UNO JPN 70.67 37.02 33.65 6.75 6.43 6.93 6.68 6.86 0.00 #38
4 Q Keiji TANAKA JPN 70.57 37.96 32.61 6.61 6.14 6.75 6.54 6.57 0.00 #36
5 Q Alexander PETROV RUS 69.72 38.41 31.31 6.36 5.89 6.39 6.21 6.46 0.00 #28
6 Q Nathan CHEN USA 69.65 39.20 31.45 6.39 5.96 6.25 6.39 6.46 1.00 #24
7 Q Adian PITKEEV RUS 68.76 37.04 31.72 6.68 6.07 6.29 6.43 6.25 0.00 #31
8 Q He ZHANG CHN 67.72 35.51 32.21 6.57 6.25 6.43 6.50 6.46 0.00 #35
9 Q Jordan MOELLER USA 66.38 38.44 27.94 5.68 5.29 5.68 5.68 5.61 0.00 #17
10 Q Petr COUFAL CZE 63.92 34.67 29.25 6.00 5.57 6.00 5.86 5.82 0.00 #30
11 Q Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 62.50 33.60 28.90 5.61 5.54 5.96 5.79 6.00 0.00 #14
12 Q Pavel IGNATENKO BLR 62.18 35.00 27.18 5.86 5.18 5.39 5.54 5.21 0.00 #27
13 Q Simon HOCQUAUX FRA 62.01 33.72 28.29 5.50 5.36 5.82 5.75 5.86 0.00 #21
14 Q Roman SADOVSKY CAN 60.79 32.43 28.36 5.75 5.39 5.68 5.86 5.68 0.00 #26
15 Q Chih-I TSAO TPE 59.83 31.15 28.68 5.96 5.43 5.79 5.71 5.79 0.00 #25
16 Q Ivan PAVLOV UKR 59.39 32.47 26.92 5.46 5.14 5.39 5.57 5.36 0.00 #22
17 Q Daniel SAMOHIN ISR 58.84 29.62 29.22 5.75 5.61 5.93 5.86 6.07 0.00 #23
18 Q June Hyoung LEE KOR 58.11 29.76 29.35 6.07 5.71 5.79 5.96 5.82 1.00 #33
19 Q Brendan KERRY AUS 58.10 29.42 28.68 5.93 5.57 5.68 5.75 5.75 0.00 #32
20 Q Wenbo ZANG CHN 57.77 32.59 25.18 5.50 4.86 4.96 5.07 4.79 0.00 #19
21 Q Graham NEWBERRY GBR 55.17 30.89 24.28 4.96 4.64 5.04 4.89 4.75 0.00 #18
22 Q Sondre ODDVOLL BOE NOR 54.31 29.31 25.00 4.89 4.86 5.07 5.07 5.11 0.00 #16
23 Q Illya SOLOMIN SWE 53.87 30.37 23.50 4.79 4.54 4.89 4.64 4.64 0.00 #6
24 Q Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP 53.74 28.35 25.39 5.07 4.75 5.29 5.07 5.21 0.00 #12
25 Alexander BJELDE GER 51.81 26.56 25.25 5.18 4.71 5.11 5.14 5.11 0.00 #15
26 Shotaro OMORI USA 51.81 24.95 28.86 6.07 5.61 5.54 5.93 5.71 2.00 #29
27 Marco KLEPOCH SVK 49.45 27.39 22.06 4.46 4.29 4.46 4.46 4.39 0.00 #8
28 Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER SUI 47.87 24.20 23.67 4.82 4.46 4.86 4.82 4.71 0.00 #9
29 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN ARM 47.53 23.39 24.14 4.82 4.64 4.93 4.79 4.96 0.00 #13
30 Matteo RIZZO ITA 46.65 21.79 24.86 5.04 4.68 5.14 5.00 5.00 0.00 #20
31 Armen AGAIAN GEO 46.22 24.65 21.57 4.43 4.00 4.46 4.32 4.36 0.00 #10
32 Thomas KENNES NED 46.09 24.87 21.22 4.54 3.82 4.36 4.21 4.29 0.00 #3
33 Juho PIRINEN FIN 45.11 22.28 22.83 4.61 4.36 4.57 4.68 4.61 0.00 #4
34 Ivo GATOVSKI BUL 45.08 24.80 20.28 4.25 3.96 4.07 4.11 3.89 0.00 #1
35 Julian Zhi Jie YEE MAS 42.02 21.03 21.99 4.32 4.21 4.46 4.43 4.57 1.00 #11
36 Daniil ZURAV EST 40.84 18.38 22.46 4.57 4.21 4.50 4.54 4.64 0.00 #2
37 Krzysztof GALA POL 39.34 19.59 19.75 4.25 3.89 3.75 4.11 3.75 0.00 #7
38 Larry LOUPOLOVER AZE 35.98 18.90 18.08 3.79 3.36 3.50 3.79 3.64 1.00 #5

jimeonji said:

very impressed by Shoma, rightfully given the highest components out of all the skaters. I also enjoyed He Zhang and Keiji, and Nam! Nam did well. So many personal bests today, looking forward to the free tomorrow.

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Agree about Shoma he is special. Zhang, Nam and Keji were wonderful too!

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Mrs. P said:

And with that we got a junior worlds hunger games! Only three points separating 1-6. And six for 1-9.

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Yes, it should be an interesting free skate. And, one hopes, not a splatfest.

colourmeblue said:

Shoma is an absolute joy to watch. Love how he really uses the music, and his carriage across the ice.

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He is very into his music. And his footwork is very amazing. Chen did pretty well in the past but not today. He seems out of his elements somehow. I guess his trouble with 3A might distracted him a whole lot.

Videos made by me:
6 Illya SOLOMIN SWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUDfBpWX3w&feature=youtu.be

12 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4IjaRXSNXQ&feature=youtu.be
14 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkVGmMkj9Wc&feature=youtu.be

16 Sondre ODDVOLL BOE NOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E_H8Q9sgvw&feature=youtu.be
17 Jordan MOELLER USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Gmg9SYSDQ&feature=youtu.be
18 Graham NEWBERRY GBR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5M33N0ilBM&feature=youtu.be
19 Wenbo ZANG CHN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ANUywVUmI&feature=youtu.be

21 Simon HOCQUAUX FRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33RY-Rk-OU&feature=youtu.be
22 Ivan PAVLOV UKR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Eqy-ywgGXI
23 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVw2c4FuLxs&feature=youtu.be
24 Nathan CHEN USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPsRmnN_BhM&feature=youtu.be
25 Chih-I TSAO TPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJTYM-B4TQ&feature=youtu.be

26 Roman SADOVSKY CAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB2OtGgzPyo&feature=youtu.be
27 Pavel IGNATENKO BLR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OOHsE3ilus&feature=youtu.be
28 Alexander PETROV RUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpQNFmb1ho&feature=youtu.be
29 Shotaro OMORI USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQDTwrbGBg&feature=youtu.be
30 Petr COUFAL CZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZJKWafn0o&feature=youtu.be
31 Adian PITKEEV RUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkwO6FTQI4&feature=youtu.be
32 Brendan KERRY AUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a9xRbUE-u8&feature=youtu.be

33 June Hyoung LEE KOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGANvq-5zxI&feature=youtu.be
34 Nam NGUYEN CAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeNtK8_UjwY&feature=youtu.be
35 He ZHANG CHN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZR0JpXlR4&feature=youtu.be
36 Keiji TANAKA JPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXiFnT_qfTU&feature=youtu.be
37 Boyang JIN CHN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNvdJqFm-g&feature=youtu.be
38 Shoma UNO JPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkNXMZyo4aA&feature=youtu.be

wow, thats less than 5 points separating from 1st - 7th
I guess its anybodys game to bring it in the FS and win

demarinis5 said:

Agree about Shoma he is special. Zhang, Nam and Keji were wonderful too!

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thank you!!! If Shoma can get a 3a down in the future he can be a major contender.

The free will definitely be interesting. Personally hoping Nathan can pull up a few places

Quick TES breakdown:

Nam: 40.66
Boyang: 39.64
Chen: 39.20
Moeller: 38.44
Petrov: 38.41
Keiji 37.96
Pitkeev: 37.04
Shoma: 37.02
He: 35.51
Ignatenko: 35.00
Coufal: 34.67

Wow, Jordan Moeller is 4th in TES! It's really too bad he went early, cause I think his PCS scores could have been a bit higher.

MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM - VIDEOS & RESULT

1. Nam NGUYEN (CAN) - 72.87 Short Program
2. Boyang JIN (CHN) - 71.51 Short Program
3. Shoma UNO (JPN) - 70.67 Short Program
4. Keiji TANAKA (JPN) - 70.57 Short Program
5. Alexander PETROV (RUS) - 69.72 Short Program
6. Nathan CHEN (USA) - 69.65 Short Program
7. Adian PITKEEV (RUS) - 68.76 Short Program
8. He ZHANG (CHN) - 67.72 Short Program
9. Jordan MOELLER (USA) - 66.38 Short Program
10. Petr COUFAL (CZE) - 63.92 Short Program
11. Deniss VASILJEVS (LAT) - 62.50 Short Program
12. Pavel IGNATENKO (BLR) - 62.18 Short Program
13. Simon HOCQUAUX (FRA) - 62.01 Short Program
14. Roman SADOVSKY (CAN) - 60.79
15. Chih-I TSAO (TPE) - 59.83 Short Program
16. Ivan PAVLOV (UKR) - 59.39 Short Program
17. Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR) - 58.84 Short Program
18. June Hyoung LEE (KOR) - 58.11 Short Program
19. Brendan KERRY (AUS) - 58.10 Short Program
20. Wenbo ZANG (CHN) - 57.77 Short Program
21. Graham NEWBERRY (GBR) - 55.17 Short Program
22. Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (NOR) - 54.31 Short Program
23. Illya SOLOMIN (SWE) - 53.87 Short Program
24. Victor BUSTAMANTE (ESP) - 53.74 Short Program

Shoma was really impressive, I also enjoyed Nam

Loved Shoma! Also agree that Jordan would probably have been a bit higher if he hadn't skated so early. Heartbroken for Shotaro

Overall a great competition!

Let´s talk about the future. Who will be the next champ?. Adian Pitkeev?

MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM - VIDEOS & RESULT - updated

1. Nam NGUYEN (CAN) - 72.87 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
2. Boyang JIN (CHN) - 71.51 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
3. Shoma UNO (JPN) - 70.67 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy
4. Keiji TANAKA (JPN) - 70.57 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
5. Alexander PETROV (RUS) - 69.72 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
6. Nathan CHEN (USA) - 69.65 Short Program
7. Adian PITKEEV (RUS) - 68.76 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
8. He ZHANG (CHN) - 67.72 Short Program, 2nd Copy
9. Jordan MOELLER (USA) - 66.38 Short Program, 2nd Copy
10. Petr COUFAL (CZE) - 63.92 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
11. Deniss VASILJEVS (LAT) - 62.50 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
12. Pavel IGNATENKO (BLR) - 62.18 Short Program, 2nd Copy
13. Simon HOCQUAUX (FRA) - 62.01 Short Program
14. Roman SADOVSKY (CAN) - 60.79 Short Program
15. Chih-I TSAO (TPE) - 59.83 Short Program
16. Ivan PAVLOV (UKR) - 59.39 Short Program
17. Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR) - 58.84 Short Program
18. June Hyoung LEE (KOR) - 58.11 Short Program, 2nd Copy
19. Brendan KERRY (AUS) - 58.10 Short Program
20. Wenbo ZANG (CHN) - 57.77 Short Program
21. Graham NEWBERRY (GBR) - 55.17 Short Program
22. Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (NOR) - 54.31 Short Program
23. Illya SOLOMIN (SWE) - 53.87 Short Program
24. Victor BUSTAMANTE (ESP) - 53.74 Short Program

karne said:

Chen wiped the ice with his butt. Petrov did not. The music was horrible, but he did move well.

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Petrov does seem to have much better skating skills than Gachinski and Plushenko at this age despite being Mishin's student.

luckyguy said:

Let´s talk about the future. Who will be the next champ?. Adian Pitkeev?

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My money's on Boyang Jin. He has a crazy FS with three quads and a backload that includes a 3A and a 3F-1L-3S combo.