2012 2013 JGPF Men's Short program Junior Grand Prix Final SP

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Starting order:
1 Keiji TANAKA JPN
2 Ryuju HINO JPN
3 Boyang JIN CHN
4 Jason BROWN USA
5 Maxim KOVTUN RUS
6 Joshua FARRIS USA

If anybody knows of a streaming link it would be welcomed. The ISU has promised to upload videos in their youtube channel later.

 

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OMG! The first thing they showed was TAT!!!

 

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Wahoo! Just sighted Jason Brown! Go USA!

 

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The audience look terribly happy. Lol.

 

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It's really going to come down to who can land the triple axel and not double out any jumps.

 

[mikiandorocks]

Go Tanaka :yay:

 

[mikiandorocks]

Tanaka landed all his jumps successfully. Not sure about the music choice... it's out of the ordinary to say the least.

 

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Keiji TANAKA (JPN)

Music: Afro Freak

2A
3Lz+3T - flutz
FCSp
3F
CCoSp
StSq
CSSp

Doubled on the axel will cost him... otherwise okay

 

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Keiji Tanaka

Solid 3Lz+3T (on review, the lutz should get an edge call). Looks a bit too classy for a song called Afro Freak; he's flailing his arms a lot without much attention to placement. His edges could be smoother, but the spins were okay (slow at the end). No visible mistakes but only a 2A.

 

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They are both very disappointed becuase of that doubled trixel.

 

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Tanaka
61.74 and into 1st

 

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Tanaka got 61.74pts

 

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Tanaka's coach reminds me a newly-wedded Kohei Uchimura.

 

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Ryuju HINO (JPN)

Music: TaTaKu (best of Kodo) by Tetsuro Naito, Motofumi Yamaguchi

3A - tilted, but landed fine
3Lz+3T
FCSp
3F - e, tilted but landed
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp

Landed the jumps, but they weren't too pretty. Needs to work on presentation

 

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Amazing how Hino can pull those edgy landings. His legs are wavy in sitspins. Trademark. The audience likes him. Btw, Hino is half-Russian (for those who doesn't know)

 

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Ryuju Hino

Looked tilted with the 3A but landed it fine. Shaky 3Lz+3T but completed. Might not get some levels on the spins since they were slow. 3F had a strange entry, hopefully no edge deduction there. His leg line is often not straight and he needs to create stronger poses when he does them to the music. A solid program, though, with no major mistakes.

 

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Hino
67.55 (PB) and into 1st

 

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Fedya loooks very happy seeing his score.

 

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Boyang JIN (CHN)

Music: Chambermaid Swing by Parov Stelar

3A
3Lz+1T - hands down on 3Lz
CCoSp
3F - no pre-footwork?
FCSp
StSq
CSSp

 

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Boyang Jin

Channeling some Kevin Reynolds with Chambermaid.

Landed the 3A fine (may be underrotated), but very tentative going into it. Two hands down on 3Lz+1T (will get -3). Spins are fast; may not have held positions in first spin long enough for them to count. Good 3F and camel spin. Interpretation could be snappier and his facial expression could be better, though some of the choreography is playful in spots.