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Interview w/ Boyang Jin: "I want to show better skating in the final"
Originally posted in Hupu Sports in Chinese.
Interviewed, written and translated by pandaatlarge
Boyang Jin: "I want to show better skating in the final"
In a few minutes, 2014/15 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF) is going to start in Barcelona. Figure skating fans are expecting a fierce competition in the Men’s Singles, and among the 6 young skaters, defending champion Boyang Jin, who remains undefeated this season, is without any doubt the one to watch.
After winning Ljubljana Cup in Aug and Nagoya TV Cup in Sep, beating his biggest rivals Alexander Petrov from Russia and Shoma Uno from Japan, Jin didn’t show up in front of audience until last month when he was invited to Senior Grand Prix Cup of China Gala. There he performed his Short Program this season “Tango Amore”, and received standing ovation from many of the audience. After the performance, I was able to do an exclusive interview with him in the Mixed Zone, and asked his expectation going into the final.
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Me: What a wonderful performance! Congratulations on qualifying for the Jr. Grand Prix Final in Barcelona! Regarding this competition, not only fans in China, but also fans around the world are talking about the competition between you, Shoma Uno from Japan and Alexander Petrov from Russia. Now there is one month left, what’s your expectation towards your performance in the final?
Jin: I need to do more practice on skating in my everyday training, and make some adjustment. Before the final I need to improve my skating skills, and make my jumps more consistent.
Me: In Junior competition your quads is a huge advantage. Compared to the other two skaters (Petrov and Uno), in terms of difficulty and technical area, what do you think you could further improve?
Jin: From technical perspective I may need to land more big jumps (he used the word “full饱” in Chinese here, which does not mean “fully rotated” in Chinese, but refers to the meaning of beautiful jumps with scale). But more importantly I need to raise my scores in all 5 components, only then can I improve my total scores a lot.
Me: I think you must be very tired now, so last question. We all know that “Tango Amore” is a masterpiece by Plushenko, is he your idol? Who else?
Jin: Yes Plushenko is my idol, and Yagudin and Hanyu. These three are my idols.
Me: What of them are you attracted to?
Jin: Jumps.
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It was not a long interview, and Jin didn’t speak much. But his point is very clear: he wants to improve his skating skills, so as to increase overall PCS. Looking at the protocols of Nagoya TV Cup, his biggest rival Shoma Uno skated well and received 6.4pts more than him in PCS, a gap that’s even higher than the basic value of a Triple Lutz. Despite he won that event by strong technical scores with extremely high BV in his age, he is clear that only through building consistency in jumps and more importantly polishing basic skating skills can he remain constantly competitive in the years to come.
Tonight, Jin is going to defend his title. One month after the interview, I am looking forward to his better skating, consistent jumps, and strong performance.
Originally posted in Hupu Sports in Chinese.
Interviewed, written and translated by pandaatlarge
Boyang Jin: "I want to show better skating in the final"
In a few minutes, 2014/15 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF) is going to start in Barcelona. Figure skating fans are expecting a fierce competition in the Men’s Singles, and among the 6 young skaters, defending champion Boyang Jin, who remains undefeated this season, is without any doubt the one to watch.
After winning Ljubljana Cup in Aug and Nagoya TV Cup in Sep, beating his biggest rivals Alexander Petrov from Russia and Shoma Uno from Japan, Jin didn’t show up in front of audience until last month when he was invited to Senior Grand Prix Cup of China Gala. There he performed his Short Program this season “Tango Amore”, and received standing ovation from many of the audience. After the performance, I was able to do an exclusive interview with him in the Mixed Zone, and asked his expectation going into the final.
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Me: What a wonderful performance! Congratulations on qualifying for the Jr. Grand Prix Final in Barcelona! Regarding this competition, not only fans in China, but also fans around the world are talking about the competition between you, Shoma Uno from Japan and Alexander Petrov from Russia. Now there is one month left, what’s your expectation towards your performance in the final?
Jin: I need to do more practice on skating in my everyday training, and make some adjustment. Before the final I need to improve my skating skills, and make my jumps more consistent.
Me: In Junior competition your quads is a huge advantage. Compared to the other two skaters (Petrov and Uno), in terms of difficulty and technical area, what do you think you could further improve?
Jin: From technical perspective I may need to land more big jumps (he used the word “full饱” in Chinese here, which does not mean “fully rotated” in Chinese, but refers to the meaning of beautiful jumps with scale). But more importantly I need to raise my scores in all 5 components, only then can I improve my total scores a lot.
Me: I think you must be very tired now, so last question. We all know that “Tango Amore” is a masterpiece by Plushenko, is he your idol? Who else?
Jin: Yes Plushenko is my idol, and Yagudin and Hanyu. These three are my idols.
Me: What of them are you attracted to?
Jin: Jumps.
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It was not a long interview, and Jin didn’t speak much. But his point is very clear: he wants to improve his skating skills, so as to increase overall PCS. Looking at the protocols of Nagoya TV Cup, his biggest rival Shoma Uno skated well and received 6.4pts more than him in PCS, a gap that’s even higher than the basic value of a Triple Lutz. Despite he won that event by strong technical scores with extremely high BV in his age, he is clear that only through building consistency in jumps and more importantly polishing basic skating skills can he remain constantly competitive in the years to come.
Tonight, Jin is going to defend his title. One month after the interview, I am looking forward to his better skating, consistent jumps, and strong performance.
Although I am not a huge fan of his style right now, if he works on becoming more well-rounded and polished, I think he will be interesting to watch in seniors. At least he has good taste in idols, so that's a start. 
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