JGP # 5 Zagreb, Croatia

[Joesitz (RIP)]

She's going to have to outscore Zhang, Nagasu and Flatt, all of whom are consistently able to score over 100 points in the FS.

A bit confused. Zhang and Flatt will be in Seniors, I believe. I'm not sure which division Vahamaa will skate. I was assuming Juniors in which case she does have Nagasu and who else as competitors? Musademba?

I think I'm a lot confused. What division does Maxwell skate at US Nats?

Joe

 

[oleada]

Maxwell and Musademba are skating juniors at US Nationals.
Zhang, Flatt and Nagasu are all skating senior at Nationals, as I believe Vahamaa is too.
But they are all juniors internationally, although I believe Vahamaa is old enough for senior internationals.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

That puts the US Nats for Juniors Gold, up for grabs.

It also makes US Nats for Seniors Podium, still less easier to predict.

Joe

 

[N@d&A]

Hey can anyone tell me how was Mary Ro Reyes?? She is from my town and this is her first international competition.. so far she is in 15 place but I would like to know what impression she gave.

 

[Lumi]

Vähämaa is skating senior nationaly. She is also attending Finlandia Trophy (international senior comp) this year, so she could be send to Euros if she does well enought.

 

[feraina]

Are there videos yet? I can't wait!

I went back and watched Mirai's programs from Lake Placid. The choreography is cute, especially the LP -- she made for such a cute doll! But I wonder how it will be received when she uses (a modified version) of this program at the senior national's, because it highlights her youth. Her PCS's at this year's JGP's aren't quite as high as what she scored at JW '07. Coupled with slight jumping problems here and there (still adjusting to her growth spurt?), plus it's also two totally new programs, and it's still rather early in the season... Hopefully as the season progresses, she will smooth out these kinks.

She has so much potential. High, easy jumps (though sometimes I feel like she relaxes too much and lets her body loosen up, thus struggling a bit with the landings), great flexibility, strong spirals, beautiful & centered spins, an ear for the music, good energy... Hope she puts it all together in this JGP's LP, and get a PB!

 

[chuckm]

A bit confused. Zhang and Flatt will be in Seniors, I believe. I'm not sure which division Vahamaa will skate. I was assuming Juniors in which case she does have Nagasu and who else as competitors? Musademba?

I think I'm a lot confused. What division does Maxwell skate at US Nats?

Joe

The level at which skaters compete Nationally has nothing to do with their International competition level.

Zhang, Flatt and Nagasu will compete as Seniors at US Nationals, but they are all too young for ISU Senior Championships (Worlds, 4CC), at least in 2008. Therefore, they are automatically the top candidates for Jr. Worlds 2008.

Maxwell will skate Junior at Nationals. If she is not assigned to the last JGP in GBR, Angela will have to compete at Southwestern Regionals the 3rd week of October.

 

[oleada]

Results and protocols are up at the official site:
http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpcro2007/

Top five for Junior ladies:
1. Mirai Nagasu (USA) (1,1)
2. Jenni Vähämaa (FIN) (2,3)
3. Na-Young Kin (KOR) (6,2)
4. Alexe Gilles (USA) (3,5)
5. Alena Leonova (RUS) (10,4)

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Results and protocols are up at the official site:
http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpcro2007/
Top five for Junior ladies:
1. Mirai Nagasu (USA) (1,1)
2. Jenni Vähämaa (FIN) (2,3)
3. Na-Young Kin (KOR) (6,2)
4. Alexe Gilles (USA) (3,5)
5. Alena Leonova (RUS) (10,4)

yikes, there's anothing Kim rushing around.!

Joe

 

[feraina]

Congrats to Mirai for another gold! Too bad about Alexe, I love her beautiful skating. Looks like she had a couple of falls. Even Mirai fell once, that's a first in major competitions. And poor Jenni fell twice too, it seems -- though good for her to pull up to second.

Who's this Na-Young Kim, with a name so like Yu-na (or Young-ah) Kim? And a clean LP in 2nd place.

 

[oleada]

Yeah, it wasn't the best of competitions for Mirai, jump-wise.In the SP, she had a bunch of level 1s. But her non-jump elements in the LP scored well as usual. Her layback got a bunch of +3.

And as for dance:
OD results:

1 Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV RUS 54.13 29.36 24.77 6.64 6.43 6.46 6.50 6.54 0.00 #10
2 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 52.83 29.27 24.56 6.57 6.39 6.36 6.57 6.43 1.00 #6
3 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 50.82 28.58 22.24 5.82 5.71 5.68 5.89 6.07 0.00 #5
4 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR 49.49 27.55 21.94 5.86 5.54 5.71 5.71 5.96 0.00 #11
5 Rachel TIBBETTS / Collin BRUBAKER USA 45.73 25.36 20.37 5.50 5.25 5.25 5.32 5.43 0.00 #7
6 Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI ITA 45.32 26.61 18.71 4.89 4.71 4.89 4.93 5.14 0.00 #8
7 Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Dean COPELY USA 43.26 25.13 18.13 4.75 4.54 4.71 4.79 5.00 0.00 #12
8 Ekaterina ZABOLOTNAYA / Julian WAGNER GER 40.28 23.71 16.57 4.43 4.21 4.29 4.39 4.46 0.00 #13
9 Emese LASZLO / Mate FEJES HUN 39.85 23.86 15.99 4.25 4.00 4.14 4.25 4.36 0.00 #3
10 Tarrah HARVEY / Keith GAGNON CAN 37.84 23.50 16.34 4.39 4.18 4.11 4.39 4.39 2.00 #9
11 Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Dawid PIETRZYNSKI POL 35.08 20.57 14.51 3.79 3.61 3.79 3.86 4.00 0.00 #1
12 Hanna ASADCHAYA / Dmitri LAMTYUGIN BLR 32.52 20.23 12.29 3.29 3.14 3.29 3.29 3.21 0.00 #2
13 Tamsyn SCOBLE / Quiesto SPIERINGSHOEK RSA 29.09 18.81 10.28 2.82 2.46 2.82 2.75 2.71 0.00 #4

Overall:
1 Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV RUS 87.97 1 1
2 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 85.32 2 2
3 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 81.15 3 3
4 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR 77.69 4 4
5 Rachel TIBBETTS / Collin BRUBAKER USA 73.21 5 5

and the rest:
http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpcro2007/CAT003RS.HTM

 

[visaliakid]

Junior Ladies Free Skate results...

1 Mirai NAGASU USA 91.40 45.82 46.58 5.91 5.66 5.72 5.88 5.94 1.00 #31
2 Na-Young KIM KOR 86.23 48.18 38.05 5.00 4.56 4.84 4.75 4.63 0.00 #28
3 Jenni VAHAMAA FIN 84.06 44.77 41.29 5.34 5.06 4.94 5.19 5.28 2.00 #30
4 Alena LEONOVA RUS 81.03 41.62 39.41 5.16 4.69 4.84 4.91 5.03 0.00 #26
5 Alexe GILLES USA 78.03 39.63 40.40 5.25 4.97 4.84 5.13 5.06 2.00 #29
6 Nanoha SATO JPN 74.30 34.71 40.59 5.34 4.94 5.00 5.03 5.06 1.00 #32
7 Rika INODA CAN 73.79 37.37 36.42 4.84 4.38 4.63 4.50 4.41 0.00 #21
8 Alexandra ROUT NZL 72.12 36.31 36.81 4.78 4.41 4.66 4.59 4.56 1.00 #27
9 Ekaterina KOZIREVA RUS 70.98 34.97 37.01 4.88 4.41 4.59 4.69 4.56 1.00 #24
10 Francesca RIO ITA 67.60 34.59 33.01 4.38 3.84 4.22 4.13 4.06 0.00 #11
11 Denise KOEGL AUT 65.98 30.83 35.15 4.56 4.13 4.34 4.47 4.47 0.00 #22
12 Yurina NOBUHARA JPN 61.67 28.09 36.58 4.84 4.41 4.44 4.59 4.59 3.00 #25
13 Debora SACCHI ITA 61.48 29.43 33.05 4.28 3.94 4.06 4.19 4.19 1.00 #20
14 Aurelia BUCHS SUI 61.27 30.22 31.05 4.09 3.69 3.88 3.91 3.84 0.00 #16
15 Katja GROHMANN GER 60.86 29.65 32.21 4.28 3.88 3.94 4.06 3.97 1.00 #18
16 Sigrid YOUNG TPE 57.13 25.53 33.60 4.34 4.06 4.13 4.28 4.19 2.00 #23
17 Tamar KATZ ISR 57.09 25.45 33.64 4.44 4.06 4.09 4.22 4.22 2.00 #19
18 Amy TANNER GBR 56.48 28.15 30.33 4.06 3.63 3.72 3.88 3.66 2.00 #12
19 Mary Ro REYES MEX 55.85 26.84 29.01 3.81 3.47 3.47 3.72 3.66 0.00 #17
20 Karina JOHNSON DEN 53.93 26.82 29.11 3.94 3.44 3.63 3.72 3.47 2.00 #15
21 Maria DIKANOVIC CRO 53.10 24.19 30.91 4.03 3.69 3.75 3.94 3.91 2.00 #14
22 Mirna LIBRIC CRO 52.96 24.95 29.01 3.78 3.50 3.53 3.69 3.63 1.00 #13
23 Meri SAVOLAINEN FIN 50.37 22.79 28.58 3.75 3.41 3.44 3.63 3.63 1.00 #10
24 Manuela STANUKOVA BUL 49.98 25.64 26.34 3.53 3.09 3.22 3.31 3.31 2.00 #5
25 Yoon-Sun MOON KOR 47.26 22.04 25.22 3.44 2.94 3.16 3.16 3.06 0.00 #7
26 Alja PAHOR SLO 45.36 20.84 24.52 3.28 2.91 2.97 3.16 3.00 0.00 #6
27 Fanni FORGO HUN 42.94 19.51 24.43 3.31 2.84 3.00 3.09 3.03 1.00 #4
28 Lydia FUENTES AND 42.69 22.03 22.66 3.09 2.66 2.75 2.91 2.75 2.00 #2
29 Emma HAGIEVA AZE 41.54 20.24 25.30 3.53 3.00 3.03 3.19 3.06 4.00 #8
30 Franka VUGEC CRO 39.87 16.06 23.81 3.16 2.84 2.88 3.03 2.97 0.00 #1
31 Eva CIKLOVA CZE 38.83 16.76 25.07 3.41 3.06 2.88 3.25 3.06 3.00 #9
32 Jasmina UZUNOVIC SRB 36.50 17.45 20.05 2.59 2.31 2.44 2.63 2.56 1.00 #3

 

[lerei]

Who's this Na-Young Kim, with a name so like Yu-na (or Young-ah) Kim? And a clean LP in 2nd place.

She won the bronze at the JGP Taipei last year behind Caroline Zhang and Nana Takeda.

 

[netnuts]

Looks like that Korean girl has mastered 3lutz, 3flip. Mirai has had trouble rotating her triple jumps this season.

 

[chuckm]

Na-Young Kim is very inconsistent, though. In her first event (Vienna) she finished 21st. In the FS there, she doubled two flips and underrotated one of them; singled another flip attempt; singled the axel 3 times, and underrotated the toe in a 3Z2T1L.

It was the same thing last year in the JGP. She medaled at the event in Taipei, but finished 12th in her first event in Norway.

 

[skatingfan04]

For dance, it's close on top, but barring any unforseen falls, my guess is that the results will hold. Good for the Russians, and good for Crone/Poirier. A silver here pretty much assures them a spot in the final. Then again, anything can happen.

 

[Sandra_persch]

Dance Results are available:

FD Results:

1 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 83.72 43.08 40.64 6.82 6.61 6.82 6.79 6.93 0.00 #12
2 Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV RUS 80.87 40.86 40.01 6.86 6.57 6.57 6.68 6.68 0.00 #13
3 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR 72.60 37.61 34.99 5.93 5.64 5.89 5.96 5.86 0.00 #9
4 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 72.36 36.55 35.81 5.93 5.82 5.93 6.14 6.14 0.00 #10
5 Rachel TIBBETTS / Collin BRUBAKER USA 69.54 36.25 33.29 5.64 5.39 5.46 5.64 5.71 0.00 #11
6 Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI ITA 65.97 36.05 29.92 5.14 4.75 4.96 5.04 5.18 0.00 #6
7 Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Dean COPELY USA 64.17 36.25 27.92 4.75 4.46 4.71 4.71 4.75 0.00 #8
8 Tarrah HARVEY / Keith GAGNON CAN 62.30 36.47 25.83 4.50 4.11 4.29 4.29 4.43 0.00 #2
9 Emese LASZLO / Mate FEJES HUN 59.99 34.31 25.68 4.36 4.07 4.29 4.50 4.32 0.00 #5
10 Ekaterina ZABOLOTNAYA / Julian WAGNER GER 55.34 32.38 24.96 4.29 4.04 4.00 4.32 4.21 2.00 #7
11 Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Dawid PIETRZYNSKI POL 50.72 28.51 22.21 3.86 3.54 3.61 3.82 3.75 0.00 #1
12 Hanna ASADCHAYA / Dmitri LAMTYUGIN BLR 48.75 28.97 19.78 3.50 3.21 3.21 3.46 3.11 0.00 #3
13 Tamsyn SCOBLE / Quiesto SPIERINGSHOEK RSA 45.97 28.70 17.27 3.00 2.79 2.96 2.86 2.82 0.00 #4

http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpcro2007/SEG007.HTM

Final Results:

1 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 169.04 2 2 1
2 Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV RUS 168.84 1 1 2
3 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 153.51 3 3 4
4 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR 150.29 4 4 3
5 Rachel TIBBETTS / Collin BRUBAKER USA 142.75 5 5 5
6 Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI ITA 137.13 6 6 6
7 Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Dean COPELY USA 132.89 7 7 7
8 Tarrah HARVEY / Keith GAGNON CAN 123.37 8 10 8
9 Emese LASZLO / Mate FEJES HUN 121.99 10 9 9
10 Ekaterina ZABOLOTNAYA / Julian WAGNER GER 118.01 9 8 10
11 Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Dawid PIETRZYNSKI POL 107.50 11 11 11
12 Hanna ASADCHAYA / Dmitri LAMTYUGIN BLR 98.19 12 12 12
13 Tamsyn SCOBLE / Quiesto SPIERINGSHOEK RSA 90.37 13 13 13

http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpcro2007/CAT003RS.HTM

Congratulations to Crone & Poirer for winning this JGP and qualifying for the Grand Prix Final!

 

[zephyrskates]

both her 3z got downgraded. i do hope that it's just an off week.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Junior Men

Result

FPl. Name Nat. Points SP FS
1 Austin KANALLAKAN USA
173.69 2 2
2 Ivan BARIEV RUS
172.00 3 1
3 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH USA
171.21 1 3
4 Vladimir USPENSKI RUS
156.84 4 5
5 Christopher BOYADJI FRA
147.54 11 4
6 Mark VAILLANT FRA
139.32 8 6
7 Dave FERLAND CAN
138.79 5 10
8 Christopher BERNECK GER
138.00 6 9
9 Takuya KONDOH JPN
134.66 10 8
10 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
132.75 14 7
11 Petr BIDAR CZE
128.95 7 14
12 Denis WIECZOREK GER
128.01 13 11
13 Akio SASAKI JPN
127.80 9 12
14 Patrick WONG CAN
122.68 12 13
15 Danil PRIVALOV AZE
118.15 17 15
16 Javier RAYA ESP
117.22 16 16
17 Jakub STROBL SVK
115.76 19 17
18 Evgeni KRASNAPOLSKI ISR
115.25 15 18
19 Nicolas DUBOIS SUI
109.26 18 21
20 Severin KIEFER AUT
106.69 21 19
21 Sebastian IWASAKI POL
102.62 25 20
22 Maurizio ZANDRON ITA
100.99 23 22
23 Josip GLUHAK CRO
98.57 20 23
24 Vlad IONESCU ROU
88.79 24 24
25 Marko MARTON HUN
84.99 22 25

Interesting Kanallakan wins the event over Bariev (3rd in SP) and Mahmadoozah (1st in SP).

This goes to show one that it ain't over till ALL the points are added up. I'll have to reconsider my rule of thumb saying results in the CoP are the same in 6.0.

I hope a youtube of these guys show up.

Joe

 

[bekalc]

both her 3z got downgraded. i do hope that it's just an off week.

And her salchow too...I hope that she can fix this problem because it was a problem at LA Open as well.. I know Mirai's been dealing with a growth spurt.