2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Men's Short Program

[GS Forum Staff]

ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2018
ISU Challenger Series
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05 December 2018 - 08 December 2018​

Men's Short Program

Thursday, 6 December 2018, 17:00 CET (UTC +1)

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START ORDER​

Warm Up Group 1
1	Javier Raya	ESP
2	Anton Shulepov	RUS
3	Georgii Reshtenko	CZE
4	Diego Saldano	MEX
5	Alexander Majorov	SWE
Warm Up Group 2
6	Jason Brown	USA
7	Alexander Samarin	RUS
8	Daniel Samohin	ISR
9	Mikhail Kolyada	RUS
10	Chadwick Wang	SGP
Warm Up Group 3
11	Paul Fentz	GER
12	Davide Lewton Brain	MON
13	Lap Kan Yuen	HKG
14	Luc Maierhofer	AUT
15	Nikita Manko	KAZ
Warm Up Group 4
16	Alexei Bychenko	ISR
17	Alessandro Fadini	ITA
18	Catalin Dimitescu	GER
19	Nikolaj Majorov	SWE
20	Alexandr Selevko	BLR
Warm Up Group 5
21	Thomas Kennes	NED
22	Deniss Vasiljevs	LAT
23	Yamoto Rowe	PHI
24	Irakli Maysuradze	GEO
25	Luke Digby	GBR
26	Daniel Grassl	ITA

Men's Entries​

No.	Name	Nation
1	Luc MAIERHOFER SP: "Bonga" by Paxi Ni Ngongo; choreo by Benoit Richaud FS: "What a Wonderful World;" choreo by Benoit Richaud	AUT
2	Georgii RESHTENKO	CZE
3	Aleksandr SELEVKO SP: "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran; choreo by Valentin Molotov FS: Last of the Mohicans (soundtrack) by Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman; choreo by Valentin Molotov	EST
4	Irakli MAYSURADZE SP: "Uptown Funk" performed by Bruno Mars; choreo by Maxim Zavozin, Nikita Mikhailov FS: The Untouchables (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone; choreo by Maxim Zavozin, Nikita Mikhailov	GEO
5	Catalin DIMITRESCU SP: "Smooth" by Santana FS: "Waves" by Dave Lewis	GER
6	Paul FENTZ SP: "Blue Skies" performed by Sam Harris FS: Game of Thrones soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi (last year's); choreo by Paul Boll, Mark Pillay, Paul Fentz	GER
7	Luke DIGBY SP: "Piano Concerto No. 1 by Peter I. Tchaikovski; choreo by Salome Brunner FS: La La Land (soundtrack) by Justin Hurwitz; choreo by Salome Brunner	GBR
8	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG
9	Alexei BYCHENKO SP: Requiem for a Dream soundtrack by Clint Mansell; choreo by Galit Chait Moracci FS: Bram Stoker's Dracula (soundtrack) by Wojciech Kilar; choreo by Galit Chait Moracci	ISR
10	Daniel SAMOHIN SP: Selection by Il Divo; choreo by Irina Samohin, Nikolai Morozov FS: Once Upon a Time in Mexico by Robert Rodrigues; choreo by Irina Samohin, Nikolai Morozov	ISR
11	Alessandro FADINI SP: "Con Te Partìro" performed by Andrea Bocelli FS: "Miserere" performed by Zucchero, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Liguori	ITA
12	Daniel GRASSL SP: "Rain, In Your Black Eyes" by Ezio Bosso; choreo by Benoit Richaud FS: Dance Pieces by Philipp Glass; choreo by Benoit Richaud	ITA
WD	Jari KESSLER SP: "Razor" by Foo Fighters by Dave Grohl; "Tanta Voglia Di Lei" by Pooh FS: "The Scientist" performed by Coldplay, by Will Champion, Guy Berryman, Chris Martin, Jon Buckland	ITA
13	Nikita MANKO SP: L’Assasymphonie (from "Mozart" Rock Opera); choreo by Alexander Zolotarev, Martine Dagenais FS: " From Hate to Love" (from "Romeo and Juliet") by Gerard Presgurvic; "Verone" (from "Romeo and Juliet") by Gerard Presgurvic; "Les Rois du Monde" (from "Romeo and Juliet") by Gerard Presgurvic; choreo by Alexander Zolotarev, Martine Dagenais	KAZ
14	Deniss VASILJEVS SP: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong performed by Phil Collins FS: The Last Samurai (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer	LAT
15	Diego SALDANA SP: "Paint It Black" (from "Westworld" soundtrack by Ramn Djawadi; choreo by Michelle Cantu, Ana C. Cantu Felix FS: Miserables soundtrack by Claude Michel Schoenberg; choreo by Michelle Cantu, Ana C. Cantu Felix	MEX
16	Davide LEWTON BRAIN	MON
17	Thomas KENNES SP: "Give Me Love" by Ed Sheeran; choreo by Benoit Richaud FS: "Sound of Silence" performed by Disturbed; choreo by Benoit Richaud	NED
18	Yamato ROWE SP: "Apologize" performed by Timbaland; written by Ryan Tedder; choreo by Igor Krokavec FS: "Take On Me" (MTV Unplugged) by John Ratcliff, Alan Tarney performed by A-Ha;'"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay; choreo by Igor Krokavec	PHI
19	Mikhail KOLYADA SP: Music by Muse: "I Belong to You" (+ Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix); choreo by Stephane Lambiel FS: Adagio from Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin; Habanera from Carmen Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet; choreo by Olga Kliushnichenko (FS)	RUS
WD	Maxim KOVTUN SP: "LOVE" and "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Nat King Cole FS: Carmen	RUS
20	Alexander SAMARIN SP: " Dave Not Dave" by Cold Blood; choreo Nikita Mikhailov FS: The Greatest Showman soundtrack ("From Now On" and "The Greatest Show"); choreo Albena Denkova and Maxim Stavisky	RUS
21	Anton SHULEPOV SP: Gladiator soundtrack FS: Tears of the Sun soundtrack
22	Chadwick WANG SP: "I'm A Mess by Ed Sheeran;" choreo by Derrick Delmore FS: "Too Close by Alex Clare," Dream by Imagine Dragons;" choreo by Derrick Delmore	SGP
23	Javier RAYA SP: "I Have Nothing" performed by Matt Bloyd FS: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (last season's) choreo by Joey Russell	ESP
24	Alexander MAJOROV SP: "Bang Bang" by Asaf Avidan; choreo by Irina Majorova, Marica Sandström LindhS: "Tina" by Randy Edelman; "Saint James Infirmary" by Hugh Laurie; "Cuban Pete" by Jim Carrey; choreo by Irina Majorova, Marica Sandström Lindh	SWE
25	Nikolaj MAJOROV SP: Flamenco - "Street Passion" by Didulia; choreo by Alexander Majorov, Irina Majorov FS: The Addams Family soundtrack by Andrew Lippa; choreo by Alexander Majorov, Irina Majorov	SWE
26	Jason BROWN SP: Love is a ****** by Two Feet; choreo by Rohene Ward FS: "Old Friends;" "Bookends;" "Hazy Shade of Winter” by Simon and Garfunkel; choreo by David Wilson	USA

S - Substitute Entry

29.11.2018 10:34:12

 

[pearly]

Men's SP starting order:

1. J. Raya
2. A. Shulepov
3. G. Reshtenko
4. D. Saldana
5. A. Majorov

6. J. Brown
7. A. Samarin
8. D. Samohin
9. M. Kolyada
10. C. Wang

11. P. Fenz
12. D. Lewton Brain
13. L. K. Yuen
14. L. Maierhofer
15. N. Manko

16. A. Bychenko
17. A. Fadini
18. C. Dimitrescu
19. N. Majorov
20. A. Selevko

21. T. Kennes
22. D. Vasilievs
23. Y. Rowe
24. I. Maysuradze
25. L. Digby
26. D. Grassl

 

[dorispulaski]

Thanks pearly.

So far the startdata was only available on facebook.

 

[pearly]

I think their motto is "if you really cared, you'd be in the arena".

 

[pearly]

On a positive note, I haven't seen anywhere that there will be a fee for the stream so hopefully it will remain free throughout the competition.

 

[dorispulaski]

 

[dorispulaski]

I think their motto is "if you really cared, you'd be in the arena".

Did you ever look at the stands?
Not too many people in the arena...

And yet there are some excellent competitors here, in many of the events.

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier in and Natalia Kaliszek & Maxsym Spodyriev in Sr. Dance.

The Greens in Jr. Dance

Jason Brown, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin, Anton Shulepov, Daniel Grassl, Alexander Majorov in Senior Men's (awesomeness!!!)

Anastasiia Gubanova, Maria Sotskova ,and Bradie Tennell in sr. ladies

While the senior pairs do not have any of my favs, there are a lot of middle of the pack folk, and it should be an interesting, well fought competition. My biggest interest would be to see whether Cain & Leduc can beat the Knierim's.

 

[tabsy]

Men's group 2 could almost be a GP group! Hoping there's a redemption skate for Misha, I really like his SP. And that Jason can repeat his IdF magic :luv17:

Daniel Grassl could be a real podium contender, especially going last. His SP best is 83+ and he's done very well at his recent Senior B competitions.

 

[pearly]

Did you ever look at the stands?
Not too many people in the arena...

And yet there are some excellent competitors here, in many of the events.

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier in and Natalia Kaliszek & Maxsym Spodyriev in Sr. Dance.

The Greens in Jr. Dance

Jason Brown, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin, Anton Shulepov, Daniel Grassl, Alexander Majorov in Senior Men's (awesomeness!!!)

Anastasiia Gubanova, Maria Sotskova ,and Bradie Tennell in sr. ladies

While the senior pairs do not have any of my favs, there are a lot of middle of the pack folk, and it should be an interesting, well fought competition. My biggest interest would be to see whether Cain & Leduc can beat the Knierim's.

It's Thursday. There might be more people there in the afternoon for seniors, but who knows. Most Challengers don't really attract large audiences.

 

[NoNameFace]

It's Thursday. There might be more people there in the afternoon for seniors, but who knows. Most Challengers don't really attract large audiences.

Speaking from Nepela live experience - if a competition is happening on Thu/Fri, there won't be crazy number of ppl on stands as I saw in Bratislava. In Saturday it was way more people

 

[MGstyle]

Poor attendance can happen in Challenger events held in a non-dominant country. I was at ONT 2015 where Jason, Kolyada (although he was relatively unknown ATM), Medvedeva, Pogorilaya, Gilles & Poirier, Shibs, Stolbova & Klimov, Tarasova & Morozov among others and the stadium was almost empty. It is little sad, but it can also be considered as a hidden gem for the hardcore fans to attend, as the tickets usually cost next to none (in some occasions don't even exist), atmosphere is quite relaxed and you can sit and move around as you like and no one says anything, and you can walk up to the skaters and chat without any security guards butting in to shoo you away (all of course as long as you use your common sense and behave, that is) :agree:

 

[NoNameFace]

Men's group 2 could almost be a GP group! Hoping there's a redemption skate for Misha, I really like his SP. And that Jason can repeat his IdF magic :luv17:

Daniel Grassl could be a real podium contender, especially going last. His SP best is 83+ and he's done very well at his recent Senior B competitions.

The line-up is bonkers - Daniel is one of the most interesting young & upcoming male skaters up there for me, I am interested how he will fare among more experienced ones. As usual, my heart is there for Jason and Mikhail - hopefully Mikhail will approach this competition with more 'relaxed' approach mentally, not looking like he's analysing everything beforehand so hard.

 

[MGstyle]

The line-up is bonkers - Daniel is one of the most interesting young & upcoming male skaters up there for me, I am interested how he will fare among more experienced ones. As usual, my heart is there for Jason and Mikhail - hopefully Mikhail will approach this competition with more 'relaxed' approach mentally, not looking like he's analysing everything beforehand so hard.

I am so excited for Daniel, too!!! I adore his performance skills, and do believe he will catch up and surpass Rizzo to represent Italy if he continues his progress (and hopefully correct his posture which gets very poor occasionally)!!! Fingers tightly crossed for Jason and Mikhail to perform to their best as well!!! My nerves are already in crisis

 

[tabsy]

The line-up is bonkers - Daniel is one of the most interesting young & upcoming male skaters up there for me, I am interested how he will fare among more experienced ones. As usual, my heart is there for Jason and Mikhail - hopefully Mikhail will approach this competition with more 'relaxed' approach mentally, not looking like he's analysing everything beforehand so hard.

I am so excited for Daniel, too!!! I adore his performance skills, and do believe he will catch up and surpass Rizzo to represent Italy if he continues his progress (and hopefully correct his posture which gets very poor occasionally)!!! Fingers tightly crossed for Jason and Mikhail to perform to their best as well!!! My nerves are already in crisis

Agreed 100%. And I really hope Mikhail has some confidence-boosting performances going into nationals...

I think Daniel will surpass Matteo, if not this year then next. Matteo is a more rounded skater, but Daniel has such potential in that area, and he has the bigger tech content by quite a long way. I know what you mean about the posture, but it already seems a lot better from the JGPs...

MGstyle - you went to IdF right? Did we meet at all?

 

[MGstyle]

MGstyle - you went to IdF right? Did we meet at all?

Quite possible that we might have seen each other, or at least certainly you have seen my banners, 2 of which were also captured close up on TV (Starry Starry Piper & Paul, and "Slay Deniss Slay") - I was near the corner on the judge's side, furthest from the entrance!)

 

[tabsy]

Quite possible that we might have seen each other, or at least certainly you have seen my banners, 2 of which were also captured close up on TV (Starry Starry Piper & Paul, and "Slay Deniss Slay") - I was near the corner on the judge's side, furthest from the entrance!)

Not sure if I saw you, but definitely those banners! Both awesome

 

[Bookseller]

If anyone is actually in the Arena at Golden Spin and watched Men's short practice, did you happen to notice who is Jason Brown's coach for this event?

 

[Ladybug89]

off topic here... sorry

but &tabsy and at @mgstyle: you definitley met at the idf you were both attending the Deniss Fan-meeting
@tabsy: Mgstyle was the one asking the only other question that was not me

sooo. back to topic... I really hope there will be a working stream later.. will watch from 6pm on..

 

[Shedi0806]

off topic here... sorry

but &tabsy and at @mgstyle: you definitley met at the idf you were both attending the Deniss Fan-meeting
@tabsy: Mgstyle was the one asking the only other question that was not me

sooo. back to topic... I really hope there will be a working stream later.. will watch from 6pm on..

I am so confused and my head is spinning trying to keep up with the GPF and Golden Spin. Also hoping for a working stream.

 

[lavenderblossom]

Deniss has WD due to illness.https://twitter.com/ChrisTrevisan/status/1070686375933108224