2012 2013 JGPF Men's Long program Junior Grand Prix Final LP

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Warm-up group is on the ice!

 

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Boyang JIN (CHN)

Music: Charlie Chaplin Medley

feed freezing... missed first part

4T+2T
4T - fall, UR? looked UR on replay
3A - stepout
StSq
CSSp
3A+2T+2Lo
3Lo
3Lz+3T - a bit scratchy on 3T, perhaps UR
3F
3S - fall
FCSp
CCoSp

Ambitous jump layout for someone this young - there were mistakes, but still...

 

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Jin
127.22, total 187.95 and into 1st

 

[Mirunna]

http://tvonsite.org/index.php?kanal=sport2 live stream

 

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Keiji TANAKA (JPN)

Music: The Untouchables (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone

feed freezing... missed first part

3A - hands down, stepout
2A
3F
FCSp
StSq
3Lo
3F - hand down, no combo
3Lz+3T - e, low landing
CCoSp
2S+2T+2Lo
3T+2T
CSSp

Some popped jumps... He has had problems 3A in both programs

 

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Tanaka
112.81, total 174.55 and into 2nd

 

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Ryuju HINO (JPN)

Music: Robin Hood (soundtrack) Michael Kamen

3A+3T - tilted, but landed
3F - e, holds onto landing
3Lz+2T
3S - tilted, but landed
FSSp
StSq
FCCoSp
3A
3Lo
3Lz
2A+2T+2Lo
CCoSp

Solid skate, but he needs to work on his jump landings - right now many of them aren't too pretty.

 

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Hino
131.37 (PB), total 198.92 (PB) and into 1st

 

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Jason BROWN (USA)

Music: Liebestraum by Franz Liszt

3F
A - never got off the ice
3Lz - e, 'tano
CCSp
3Lo
CCoSp
3Lz - stepout, hand down, no combo
StSq
3F+3T - shaky landing, puts free foot down early
2A+2T+2Lo
3S
CCoSp

Nice choreo and spins, but the jump difficulty is not quite there yet.

 

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Brown
128.89, total 198.32 (SB) and into 2nd by less than a point

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Aww, he might slip off the podium.

 

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Maxim KOVTUN (RUS)

Music: Casablanca (soundtrack) by Max Steiner

4T+3T - good height
3A+3T
3Lz
CCoSp
StSq
3A
3Lo
3F
3S+2T
FUSp
StSq - perhaps the 1st one wasn't a really step seq?
2A
CCoSp

Very strong program jumpwise - it will be hard for Farris to beat.
Nice to see a promising Russian man. He's got good height on the jumps. Needs more polish, but he's still junior so it's understandable

 

[Mirunna]

Kovtun's content is impressive! 4T-3T, 3A-3T and a solo 3A later in the program. Everything else landed but he has to work on the presentation and the program is a bit strange IMO

 

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Kovtun
149.78 (PB), total 222.31 (PB) and into 1st

 

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Joshua FARRIS (USA)

Music: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 III: Allegro Scherzando by Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner

3A+3T
4T - hard fall into the boards
3F - stepout, hand down
CSSp
StSq
FCSp
3A - hangs on
3Lz+2T
3F - fall, no combo
3Lo - scratchy
3S - holds on
CCoSp

Not his best. He will drop - question is how far?

 

[Mirunna]

Farris is such a lovely skater but he fell apart after that horrible fall on the quad

 

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Farris
136.84, total 211.37 and silver. It's still an improvement over bronze from last year.

 

[draqq]

Yep, no contest here. Maxim's jumping prowess clearly made the best FS program today. I love it when Tarasova is happy. Farris unfortunately went splat all over the place and made lots of small mistakes on the jumps, which is a shame because he's been able to nail that program at prior comps. I hope he wasn't injured.

 

[Jammers]

Maybe Farris struggling here means finally he will skate well at Nationals. No need to be peaking right now. Jason on the other hand still needs to work on his 3axel. He stalks it like Rippon does. Otherwise he's superior in most other elements compared to someone like Kovtun for instance.

 

[sky_fly20]

Free Skate Video

Maxim Kovtun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muO4laBK8TM
Joshua Farris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_MQ1mWIcg
Ryuju Hino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOU2FI5PsQI
Jason Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEb0r4di15g
Jin boyang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_sT5DGAu3c
Keiji Tanaka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDx4_TO1_UM

Maxim improved alot , certainly better then the hopeless Gachisnki
Maxim is the first to win JGP Final in men's from Russia since when ?