2018 Junior Worlds Entries and pregame chat

[yume]

By the potential scoring the podium should be Trusova, Kihira, Kostornaya or Trusova, Kostornaya, Kihira. Will depend of who makes mistakes. Clean Konstantinova have a shoot too but she needs Rus Fed support in internationals competitions, not only nationals. Mako Yamashita, Eunsoo Lim and Young You are strong outsiders and can be on podium with others mistakes. Even if i don't see Young You medal. Yuhana Yokoi have no chance to make the top 6 unless others bomb seriously and she's clean (which is rare)

I want Lucrezia Beccari, Ting Cui and Yi christy Leung to be in top 10.

 

[dorispulaski]

Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA LTU are no longer on the dance entries list.

 

[Chemistry66]

Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA LTU are no longer on the dance entries list.

Kizala has been on IcePartnerSearch for at least a few days

 

[champs]

The Swiss skater Maïa Mazzara of whom I had never heard is quite nice to watch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAbexnSOBE

Thanks for the link, kinda slow and a bit empty choreographyically but still enjoyable.
I also watched her SP now and found the way her sit spins are followed by upright spins with arms above her head kinda interesting because I had never seen that before.

 

[vavavoom]

Kizala has been on IcePartnerSearch for at least a few days

He is only 20 y.o., a long career ahead of him if he finds the right partner.

 

[skatenewbie]

I definitely prefer Eunsoo Lim. Young... probably got overhyped due to her 2016 nationals victory. But as I rewatched it, I noticed her jumps actually were UR or close to UR almost all the time and the technique isn't great. She still has the technique, though she rotates a little better. Still... Outside of the jumps she's not very remarkable and I really don't get what all the hype is about. And the jumps themselves... For a slight hint, watch a Rika Kihira jump and You Young jump in slow-mo after one another and compare the aerial rotational position - Kihira's is far superior and that probably is a large reason for why she can so effortlessly perform 3As and all.

Young to me is at this point in time a very low PCS skater whose calling card is that she can land jumps. That just isn't enough in this day and age when so many other skaters can land them as well - You need something else to stand out. It's hard to see either of the Koreans finishing on the podium if I'm being honest, I believe the podium is rather predetermined and only the specific order is up in the air. Hoping for Eunsoo at #4, however.

i think the opposite, imo Eunsoo emote less and You is better at emoting and interpretation... Eunsoo have better jumps though and correct edge (You 3F dge can be iffy at times) well but its a matter of preference. What i'm sad is that korean skaters tend to lose level in spins and stsq, they've been getting level 2s and 3s all season... i hope their coach can fix this asap

Sofia Sula is in. I am really happy for her. I hope she skates very well!

nice! she's one of few junior skaters in JGP that got both StSq4 in SP and FS this season!

 

[BillNeal]

I'm hoping Shevchenko/Eremenko can pull off an upset in dance and finish ahead of at least one of the top 2 teams from the JGPF. They already pulled off a few upsets this season by winning JGP Riga and getting the silver at Russian Junior Nationals. They need to work on getting those SD levels to challenge. It was nice discovering them this season with their great musicality and modern, creative choreography.

 

[Sabrina]

Good luck Aurora!

 

[The Finn]

Results page is up.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/wjc2018/index.htm

 

[Andrea82]

The Technical Panels

LADIES

Technical Controller Ms. Lise ROSTO JENSEN (Norway)
Technical Specialist Ms. Heather Celestine LEHNERT (Germany)
Assistant Technical Specialist Ms. Merja HUTTUNEN (Finland)


MEN

Technical Controller Ms. Elisabeth LOUESDON (France)
Technical Specialist Mr. Sandor GALAMBOS (Switzerland)
Assistant Technical Specialist Ms. Anna BURVALL (Sweden)

PAIRS

Technical Controller Ms. Karen ARCHER (Great Britain)
Technical Specialist Mr. Soltan KOKOEV (Russia)
Assistant Technical Specialist Mr. Alexander KÖNIG (Germany)

DANCE

Technical Controller Mr. Shawn RETTSTATT (USA)
Technical Specialist Mr. György ELEK (Hungary)
Assistant Technical Specialist Ms. Sylwia NOWAK-TREBACKA (Poland)

 

[Sabrina]

So, it starts with Dance (12:00 pm local hour, 5 am ET), followed by Pairs who start at 18:15 local hour, 11:15 am ET. Men skate March 8, and Girls March 9. No start order yet for singles.

 

[Bluediamonds09]

Kostornaya can’t win. The judges know that Trusova is coming in with one or two quads and they’re expecting her to win. So she will. Konstantinova and Kihira will battle for bronze. But Ensoo has a chance if she’s completely clean and others make mistakes. The US ladies could both be top 10, I think.

 

[Azikin]

Kostornaya can’t win. The judges know that Trusova is coming in with one or two quads and they’re expecting her to win. So she will.

Of course she can win. But she must skate clean. We will see..

 

[Shayuki]

Kostornaya can’t win. The judges know that Trusova is coming in with one or two quads and they’re expecting her to win. So she will. Konstantinova and Kihira will battle for bronze. But Ensoo has a chance if she’s completely clean and others make mistakes. The US ladies could both be top 10, I think.

If Trusova falls and URs the quad, Kostornaia definitely can win. But if Trusova either rotates or lands it, I really don't think Kostornaia has a chance. And even if Trusova does fall and UR the quad, she most likely will need to make another mistake in order for her to lose.

 

[dorispulaski]

The Chinese man, Fang, is not in the start order.

 

[matmuh]

junior men are on the ice but thread is still closed!!

 

[Interspectator]

Open now.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Junior pairs free has started but the thread is still closed!

 

[lavenderblossom]

Junior pairs free has started but the thread is still closed!

The first team just finished

 

[Elucidus]

I can't help but notice horrible quality of ice and abysmally low number of spectators there. Quality of streaming and coverage is low too. What is the reason of this? Was it always like this before in Bulgaria or even in other JWCs too? It's a shame, really.