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By this time,earlier JGP results are available for many of the men competing here, so it's easier to guess who will do well. And it is a bit easier to put together a preview. For each skater, I have tried to add more pictures, interviews,and videos versus their appearances in previous profiles.
I expect Ivan Bariev and Richard Dornbush and Dice Murakami to be on the podium. Dice has a quad, and Ivan and Richard have the two of the highest scores so far on the JGP. It should be a very exciting competition. Other JGP past medallists are here too, and if any of the favorites falter, Elladj Balde, Andrew Gonzales, or Nikita Mikhailov could medal too.
In fact, this is about as tough a field for the men as we have seen so far this season.
If you're going to the event, do not miss the performances of Javier Raya. He will not medal, but he's a very pleasing skater to watch.
8 Ivan BARIEV RUS 8
Coach: Marina Kudriavtseva
Personal best 187.47
Ivan has the highest score on the JGP so far, and has to be the top seed here at Capetown.
2008 Ostrava 1 1 1 (187.47)
2008 World Junior Championships 10 7 7 (175.06)
2008 Russian National Championships 10 4 7 (176.87)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 8 7 7 (156.73)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 3 1 2 (172.00)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 (166.92)
2008 Ostrava LP
http://www.dailymotion.com/romaji/video/x6un2j_bariev-fs_sport
2008 Skate Moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B0-lQ42DmI
2008 Russian Nationals LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4TKdzdHMMg
Ivan in the Kiss & Cry, close up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCodjHD4Ho
2008 Russian Nationals SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLm7Xmu1DcQ
2008 Jr Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPvCKR1I12U
K&C view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCodjHD4Ho
Stars 2014 EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ0gq7FNw_Q&feature=related
2008 Russian Challenge Ivan Bariev photos
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=282
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=290
Bariev going into his Biellmann
http://photos.skatetoday.com/displayimage.php?album=85&pos=14
Richard DORNBUSH USA
Coaching History: Tammy Gambill
His choreography is by Braden Overett, whose work I really, really love.
Richard won Cup of Mexico with a score nearly as high as Ivan Bariev's, so I expect the two of them to be in close competition for the gold medal here.
His best total score to date is 186.70 at Mexico JGP 2008
His icenetwork bio:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100091&mode=I
Another photo of Richard at US Nationals (there are several photos of him on this website):
http://www.cs.kent.edu/~walker/photos/08-01-20_USNationals/08-01-25d-JMF/group1/images/page87.html
This podium picture of US Nationals will help you pick him out of the lineup.
Richard appears in a couple places in this video montage. Unfortunately, not labelled
RIchard is the one furthest right (pewter medallist)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2243905118_b6cedefb83_o.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqn_ggueGSk
The video of his US Nationals performance in Juniors is still on icenetwork.
Richard is one of the Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship recipients.
http://www.michaelweiss.org/2007winners.shtml
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 1 1 1 (186.70)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 12 3 4 (179.27)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 1 3 3 (171.71)
2008 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 2 1 (161.00)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 10 7 6 (155.22)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 1 1 1 (166.36)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 13 4 8 (156.72)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 2 2 3 (160.53)
2007 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 2 3 (155.77)
2006 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 6 3 3 (130.81)
2006 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 6 6 (129.26)
2006 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (138.65)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 2 1 1
2005 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Kansas City 5 2 3 (104.63)
2005 U.S. Novice National Championships 4 5 5
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 1 2 2
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 1 1 1
3 Elladj BALDE CAN 3
Coaching History: Eric Therrien, Lynette Ouellette
Personal best 162.16 Mexico 2008, where he finished second. Elladj is definitely a top six contender here and could well vie for the bronze medal.
SP: Freedom by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui, performed by 12 Girls Band; Drum Solo from "Ozlem" by Turku
LP: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 (162.16)
2008 World Junior Championships 22 21 21 (140.34)
2008 Canadian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (165.26)
2008 Eastern Junior Challenge 2 1 1 (141.23)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 12 5 7 (151.30)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 16 14 14 (132.73)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 3 3 2 (146.06)
2007 Junior Eastern Challenge 1 4 3 (125.15)
2006 JGP Liberec 8 7 6 (150.35)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 11 10 10 (126.92)
2006 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 5 4 4 (129.07)
2006 Canadian Novice National Championships 3 2 2 (100.97)
2006 Novice Eastern Challenge 1 1 1 (104.81)
2006 Québec Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (100.96)
2005 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Kansas City 7 4 4 (94.22)
Elladj won the gold medal in juniors at the Canadian National championships with a score of 165.26.
Last year he was 7th at Sheffield, 14th at Chemnitz and 21st at World Juniors.
Here is his SP from 2008 Jr. Worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vSDw...eature=related
and his LP as performed at Quebec Summer competiton recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qHOaPwtUQ
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009 Freedom by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui, performed by 12 Girls Band
Drum Solo from "Ozlem" by Turku Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009 Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Photos of Elladj from 2007 Canadians, where he finished second
http://www.pbase.com/debrascarbro/elladjbaldesilver
An article about Elladj after he won the Junior Men's title at Canadian nationals:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=d424cc64-b0a4-471c-bea4-85136bc9c7e1
An article about Elladj from 2006, focussing on his early life
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/athlete/story.html?id=62459d2a-8e75-416e-bdfd-a9bf5ceb1d2e
5 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN 5
Coach: Nikolai Morosov
I was very excited about Dice's chances at Cup of Mexico, but alas, the Japanese federation did not have his entry in order. Dice skated one practice and returned to the US to compete at MidAtlantics very successfully. The Japanese federation rescheduled him for Capetown, and I hope they got his paperwork right this time!
Dice used to compete for the US but now competes for Japan. I'm not sure what motivated him to make this move since the Japanese team is,
if anything, deeper than the US team. Here's a montage of Japanese men who might be on the road to Vancouver. Dice is at about minute 3.
There are so many!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyMhqidxRQ
That move has put a hole in his competitive resume.
He was 5th in Japanese Nationals in Juniors with a score of
156.18 last year.
In 2006, he was 3rd in the Mexico JGP and 4th in the Taipei JGP.
This might not sound too amazing. However, in the recent summer competition, Moran International in NJ, Dice won the Jr. SP with a score of 60.62 (which would have beaten Adam Rippon in Srs at the same event.)
He scored 118.32 [63.94/55.38 -1] in his LP with one fall. His music was Rachmaninoff’s Variations/Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini (techno version at begininning and end).
Jumps: 4t (looked good!), 3a fall/ur?, 3f (hung on), 3r-2t, 3z, 3f-2t-2r, 3r, 3s-2t.
So adding those up, he has a chance of scoring in the high 170's here. Based on those scores and his trick list, he might medal here.
Here's his exhibition from this summer at Moran (he is skating his SP to Night on Bald Mountain as an exhibition):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBKClLE-LU
Dice was one of the Japanese skaters training in America who are profiled in this Japanese language documentary:
Dice is in Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2t1g6ihLGY
The first half of the documentary was on Miki Ando and Daisuke Takahashi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnwlKSdOWNI&feature=related
Personal best total 2006 Taipei Cup 156.18
2008 Midatlantics (Total 195.81) SP 1st (77.99) LP 1st (117.82)
2007 U.S. National Championships 17 15 15 (157.17)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectionals 3 2 2 (163.39)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 2 4 4 (156.18)
2006 JGP Mexico 2 4 3 (148.50)
2006 World Junior Championships 14 9 11 (152.17)
2006. U.S. Junior National Championships 10 4 4 (153.97)
2006 Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (169.09)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 1 1
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 6 5 6
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 2 2
2004 JGP Harbin 8 10 11 (131.11)
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo 3 2 2
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 2 1 1
2004 U.S. Novice National Championships 3 2 2
2004 U.S. Novice Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 2 3 2
2004 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 1 1 1
8 Nikita Mikhailov RUS 8
Coach: Elena Buianova, Elena Sokolovskaia Former Coach: Alexei Mishin
Choreographer: Mikhail Pochitalin
His personal best score was at 2008 Merano (159.28)
His SP from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUIkRMJ8CA
His LP from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-9snr--9ec2008 JGP Merano 2 5 4 (159.28)
Stars of 2014 Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXwSsakQJM&feature=related
His LP from 2007 Russian Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnLqUJPAKmQ
His interview at Russian Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKYbOX1Esr8&feature=related
2008 World Junior Championships 23 20 20 (140.36)
2008 Russian National Championships 16 14 13 (154.04)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 4 2 (136.79)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 5 12 11 (141.91)
2007 Russian National Championships 6 10 9 (180.36)
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 1 1 1 (162.44)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 5 13 10 (130.43)
2006 Russian National Championships 17 12 13
2005 European Youth Olympic Festival 4 3 3
2005 Russian National Championships 13 13 13
2004 Russian National Championships 10 12 11
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Zagreb 8 8 8
2003 Junior Grand Prix - SBC Cup 11 10 11
Andrew GONZALES JR USA
Coach: Scott Wendland, John Nicks
Personal best: (158.00) 2008 Mexico Cup
His Icenetwork bio:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100471&mode=I
Andrew was 3rd last year in juniors at the US National championship.
Andrew is the one second from the right (bronze medallist)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2243905118_b6cedefb83_o.jpg
The video of his US Nationals performance in Juniors is still on icenetwork.
He was 1st at the Aegon competition in the Netherlands in Juniors.
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 3 4 4 (158.00)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 1 2 1 (156.68)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 4 4 3 (182.27)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 2 4 4 (164.85)
2008 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 5 4 (138.87)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 10 12 11 (141.59)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 4 4 4 (151.08)
2007 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 3 1 (157.42)
2006 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 2 9 7 (95.09)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 3 3 3
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 5 5 5
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 2 4 4
6 Min-Seok KIM KOR 6
Coaching History: In-Hwa Choi (Since 2007)
Personal best 125.56 Mexico 2008
2008 JGP Selection Korea LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T79AVVAPoxs
2008 JGP Selection Korea SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI3-dT4tvIA
2008 Superstars on Ice EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-1g9jCX8hY
His Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-Seok
He is the reigning junior champion of South Korea.
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 10 9 9 (125.56)
2008 World Junior Championships 38 39 (FNR)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 23 23 23 (91.05)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 14 13 13 (82.71)
2007 World Junior Championships 33 33 (FNR)
2007 Korean Junior National Championships 1 (113.90)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 13 13 13 (97.88)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 19 19 20 (96.94)
4 Denis WIECZOREK GER 4
Coaching History: Ilona Schindler
Kristin Wieczorek is Denis' older sister.
Personal Best 2008 World Junio Championships (137.17)
Photos of Denis:
http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=2952
Some more photos of Denis:
http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/photodir/skaters/men/wieczorek_denis_ger.shtml
His page at the DEU skating union
http://www.eislauf-union.de/DenisWieczorek.html
2008 Ostrava 9 13 12 (134.33)
2008 World Junior Championships 17 22 22 (137.17)
2008 Junior Bavarian Open - Junior Worlds Qualification 1 3 2 (140.39)
2008 German Junior National Championships 5 2 4 (128.75)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 20 21 21 (107.63)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 13 11 12 (128.01)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 4 4 4 (141.23)
2007 German Junior National Championships 2 5 3 (114.69)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 17 17 17 (109.89)
2006 Junior Bavarian Open 5 5 5 (102.08)
2006 German Junior National Championships 6 3 4 (105.42)
2005 German Junior National Championships 6 1 3
2004 German Novice National Championships 1 1 1
2003 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 4 4 4
2003 German Novice National Championships, Group A 5 3 3
2002 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 6 9 9
2002 German Novice National Championships, Group A 3 2 2
10 Javier RAYA ESP 9
Coach: Carolina Sanz, Ivan Saez
Personal best (134.17) 2008 Madrid
SP: Capone
LP: Concerto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo
2008 Madrid 16 9 11 (134.17)
2008 Junior Triglav Trophy 3 1 1 (122.95)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 6 4 5 (137.66)
2008 Spanish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (128.34)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 5 3 4 (130.14)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 16 16 16 (117.22)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 18 18 19 (117.26)
2007 Junior Triglav Trophy 3 4 4 (115.05)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 8 8 8 (116.03)
2007 World Junior Championships 29 29 (FNR)
2007 Spanish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (138.18)
2007 Andorran Junior National Championships 3 2 2 (95.50)
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 11 10 10 (102.42)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 5 5 5 (102.67)
2006 Novice Triglav Trophy 4 5 5 (101.93)
2005 Novice Triglav Trophy 5 5 5
2004 Novice Merano Cup 2 1 1
2003 Novice Merano Cup 4 4 4
Coupe de Nice Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoT2C...eature=related
Valdemoro Gala (in strangely elongated format, but a good show nonetheless)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpIpN_iKTok
11 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 10
Personal best 144.85 Ostrava 2008
2008 SP in exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTKjFfyG0Po
2006 Swedish Nationals EX ( Russian folk dance number in very baggy pants - he was definitely a cute little button)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaPOzlne7gA&feature=related
2008 Ostrava 6 10 8 (144.85)
2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb 11 10 11 (148.63)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 9 10 10 (142.20)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 14 7 10 (132.75)
2007 Junior Nordic Championships 1 1 1 (163.40)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 3 1 2 (152.94)
2007 Swedish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (166.95)
2006 JGP The Hague 9 8 9 (138.71)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 15 6 9 (129.36)
2006 Junior Nordic Championships 3 1 1 (129.99)
2006 Swedish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (132.79)
2005 JGP Tallinn 16 14 15 (105.11)
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 6 8 8
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 1 2 2
12 Stephane WALKER SUI 11
Coach: Heinz Wirz
Personal best 147.70 Ostrava 2008
2008 Ostrava 147.70 8 7 7 (147.70)
2008 Junior Gardena Trophy 5 4 4 (129.66)
2008 Junior Coupe du Printemps 3 2 2 (122.80)
2008 AEGON Challenge Cup 10 9 9 (143.22)
2008 Swiss National Championships 4 4 4 (160.09)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 19 16 20 (114.70)
2007 Swiss National Championships 5 5 5 (121.25)
2006 Swiss Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (97.31)
2005 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 2 1 1
1 Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS 1
2008 Four Continents LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0Nqr4WU_M
Coaching History: Sharryn Hollins
Personal best 109.77 Four Continents
2008-09 Australian National Championships 3 2 2 (110.42)
2008 Four Continents Championships 15 20 17 (109.77)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 21 21 21 (88.48)
2008 Australian National Championships 3 3 3 (124.22)
2007 World Junior Championships 32 32 (FNR)
2007 Four Continents Championships 16 18 16 (103.43)
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 8 7 7 (96.03)
2007 Australian Junior National Championships 1 2 1 (108.67)
2006 Australian Junior National Championships 5 6 6 (72.65)
2005 Australian Junior National Championships 6 7 7
7 Vlad IONESCU ROU 7
Coaching History: Manuela Cristudor ; Marius Negrea
Personal best 88.31 Courchevel 2008
SP: The Scare Floor by Randy Newman
LP: Alexander The Great (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
2008 JGP Courchevel 20 21 21 (88.31)
2008 World Junior Championships 42 43 (FNR)
2007 Junior Golden Bear 8 9 9 (79.18)
2007 Novice Skate Celje - 1 1 (52.02)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 24 24 24 (88.79)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 14 14 14 (88.25)
2007 Novice Mladost Trophy 3 3 3 (78.20)
2 Kevin ALVES BRA 2
Coaching History: Robert Burk (Ontario)
Personal best 97.40 Courchevel
2008 JGP Courchevel 21 18 20 (97.40)
2008 World Junior Championships 35 36 (FNR)
2008 Four Continents Championships 17 18 19 (108.12)
2008 Central Ontario Junior Sectionals 4 4 4 (105.54)
2007 Central Ontario Novice Sectionals 4 6 6 (82.80)
By this time,earlier JGP results are available for many of the men competing here, so it's easier to guess who will do well. And it is a bit easier to put together a preview. For each skater, I have tried to add more pictures, interviews,and videos versus their appearances in previous profiles.
I expect Ivan Bariev and Richard Dornbush and Dice Murakami to be on the podium. Dice has a quad, and Ivan and Richard have the two of the highest scores so far on the JGP. It should be a very exciting competition. Other JGP past medallists are here too, and if any of the favorites falter, Elladj Balde, Andrew Gonzales, or Nikita Mikhailov could medal too.
In fact, this is about as tough a field for the men as we have seen so far this season.
If you're going to the event, do not miss the performances of Javier Raya. He will not medal, but he's a very pleasing skater to watch.
8 Ivan BARIEV RUS 8
Coach: Marina Kudriavtseva
Personal best 187.47
Ivan has the highest score on the JGP so far, and has to be the top seed here at Capetown.
2008 Ostrava 1 1 1 (187.47)
2008 World Junior Championships 10 7 7 (175.06)
2008 Russian National Championships 10 4 7 (176.87)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 8 7 7 (156.73)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 3 1 2 (172.00)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 (166.92)
2008 Ostrava LP
http://www.dailymotion.com/romaji/video/x6un2j_bariev-fs_sport
2008 Skate Moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B0-lQ42DmI
2008 Russian Nationals LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4TKdzdHMMg
Ivan in the Kiss & Cry, close up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCodjHD4Ho
2008 Russian Nationals SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLm7Xmu1DcQ
2008 Jr Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPvCKR1I12U
K&C view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCodjHD4Ho
Stars 2014 EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ0gq7FNw_Q&feature=related
2008 Russian Challenge Ivan Bariev photos
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=282
http://photo.fsonline.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=290
Bariev going into his Biellmann
http://photos.skatetoday.com/displayimage.php?album=85&pos=14
Richard DORNBUSH USA
Coaching History: Tammy Gambill
His choreography is by Braden Overett, whose work I really, really love.
Richard won Cup of Mexico with a score nearly as high as Ivan Bariev's, so I expect the two of them to be in close competition for the gold medal here.
His best total score to date is 186.70 at Mexico JGP 2008
His icenetwork bio:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100091&mode=I
Another photo of Richard at US Nationals (there are several photos of him on this website):
http://www.cs.kent.edu/~walker/photos/08-01-20_USNationals/08-01-25d-JMF/group1/images/page87.html
This podium picture of US Nationals will help you pick him out of the lineup.
Richard appears in a couple places in this video montage. Unfortunately, not labelled
RIchard is the one furthest right (pewter medallist)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2243905118_b6cedefb83_o.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqn_ggueGSk
The video of his US Nationals performance in Juniors is still on icenetwork.
Richard is one of the Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship recipients.
http://www.michaelweiss.org/2007winners.shtml
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 1 1 1 (186.70)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 12 3 4 (179.27)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 1 3 3 (171.71)
2008 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 2 1 (161.00)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 10 7 6 (155.22)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 1 1 1 (166.36)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 13 4 8 (156.72)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 2 2 3 (160.53)
2007 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 2 3 (155.77)
2006 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 6 3 3 (130.81)
2006 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 6 6 (129.26)
2006 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (138.65)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 2 1 1
2005 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Kansas City 5 2 3 (104.63)
2005 U.S. Novice National Championships 4 5 5
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 1 2 2
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 1 1 1
3 Elladj BALDE CAN 3
Coaching History: Eric Therrien, Lynette Ouellette
Personal best 162.16 Mexico 2008, where he finished second. Elladj is definitely a top six contender here and could well vie for the bronze medal.
SP: Freedom by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui, performed by 12 Girls Band; Drum Solo from "Ozlem" by Turku
LP: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 (162.16)
2008 World Junior Championships 22 21 21 (140.34)
2008 Canadian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (165.26)
2008 Eastern Junior Challenge 2 1 1 (141.23)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 12 5 7 (151.30)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 16 14 14 (132.73)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 3 3 2 (146.06)
2007 Junior Eastern Challenge 1 4 3 (125.15)
2006 JGP Liberec 8 7 6 (150.35)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 11 10 10 (126.92)
2006 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver 5 4 4 (129.07)
2006 Canadian Novice National Championships 3 2 2 (100.97)
2006 Novice Eastern Challenge 1 1 1 (104.81)
2006 Québec Novice Sectionals 1 1 1 (100.96)
2005 Novice North American Challenge Skate - Kansas City 7 4 4 (94.22)
Elladj won the gold medal in juniors at the Canadian National championships with a score of 165.26.
Last year he was 7th at Sheffield, 14th at Chemnitz and 21st at World Juniors.
Here is his SP from 2008 Jr. Worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vSDw...eature=related
and his LP as performed at Quebec Summer competiton recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qHOaPwtUQ
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009 Freedom by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui, performed by 12 Girls Band
Drum Solo from "Ozlem" by Turku Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009 Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Photos of Elladj from 2007 Canadians, where he finished second
http://www.pbase.com/debrascarbro/elladjbaldesilver
An article about Elladj after he won the Junior Men's title at Canadian nationals:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=d424cc64-b0a4-471c-bea4-85136bc9c7e1
An article about Elladj from 2006, focussing on his early life
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/athlete/story.html?id=62459d2a-8e75-416e-bdfd-a9bf5ceb1d2e
5 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN 5
Coach: Nikolai Morosov
I was very excited about Dice's chances at Cup of Mexico, but alas, the Japanese federation did not have his entry in order. Dice skated one practice and returned to the US to compete at MidAtlantics very successfully. The Japanese federation rescheduled him for Capetown, and I hope they got his paperwork right this time!
Dice used to compete for the US but now competes for Japan. I'm not sure what motivated him to make this move since the Japanese team is,
if anything, deeper than the US team. Here's a montage of Japanese men who might be on the road to Vancouver. Dice is at about minute 3.
There are so many!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyMhqidxRQ
That move has put a hole in his competitive resume.
He was 5th in Japanese Nationals in Juniors with a score of
156.18 last year.
In 2006, he was 3rd in the Mexico JGP and 4th in the Taipei JGP.
This might not sound too amazing. However, in the recent summer competition, Moran International in NJ, Dice won the Jr. SP with a score of 60.62 (which would have beaten Adam Rippon in Srs at the same event.)
He scored 118.32 [63.94/55.38 -1] in his LP with one fall. His music was Rachmaninoff’s Variations/Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini (techno version at begininning and end).
Jumps: 4t (looked good!), 3a fall/ur?, 3f (hung on), 3r-2t, 3z, 3f-2t-2r, 3r, 3s-2t.
So adding those up, he has a chance of scoring in the high 170's here. Based on those scores and his trick list, he might medal here.
Here's his exhibition from this summer at Moran (he is skating his SP to Night on Bald Mountain as an exhibition):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBKClLE-LU
Dice was one of the Japanese skaters training in America who are profiled in this Japanese language documentary:
Dice is in Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2t1g6ihLGY
The first half of the documentary was on Miki Ando and Daisuke Takahashi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnwlKSdOWNI&feature=related
Personal best total 2006 Taipei Cup 156.18
2008 Midatlantics (Total 195.81) SP 1st (77.99) LP 1st (117.82)
2007 U.S. National Championships 17 15 15 (157.17)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectionals 3 2 2 (163.39)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 2 4 4 (156.18)
2006 JGP Mexico 2 4 3 (148.50)
2006 World Junior Championships 14 9 11 (152.17)
2006. U.S. Junior National Championships 10 4 4 (153.97)
2006 Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (169.09)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 1 1
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 6 5 6
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 2 2
2004 JGP Harbin 8 10 11 (131.11)
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo 3 2 2
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 2 1 1
2004 U.S. Novice National Championships 3 2 2
2004 U.S. Novice Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 2 3 2
2004 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 1 1 1
8 Nikita Mikhailov RUS 8
Coach: Elena Buianova, Elena Sokolovskaia Former Coach: Alexei Mishin
Choreographer: Mikhail Pochitalin
His personal best score was at 2008 Merano (159.28)
His SP from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUIkRMJ8CA
His LP from Merano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-9snr--9ec2008 JGP Merano 2 5 4 (159.28)
Stars of 2014 Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXwSsakQJM&feature=related
His LP from 2007 Russian Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnLqUJPAKmQ
His interview at Russian Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKYbOX1Esr8&feature=related
2008 World Junior Championships 23 20 20 (140.36)
2008 Russian National Championships 16 14 13 (154.04)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 4 2 (136.79)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 5 12 11 (141.91)
2007 Russian National Championships 6 10 9 (180.36)
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 1 1 1 (162.44)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 5 13 10 (130.43)
2006 Russian National Championships 17 12 13
2005 European Youth Olympic Festival 4 3 3
2005 Russian National Championships 13 13 13
2004 Russian National Championships 10 12 11
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Zagreb 8 8 8
2003 Junior Grand Prix - SBC Cup 11 10 11
Andrew GONZALES JR USA
Coach: Scott Wendland, John Nicks
Personal best: (158.00) 2008 Mexico Cup
His Icenetwork bio:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100471&mode=I
Andrew was 3rd last year in juniors at the US National championship.
Andrew is the one second from the right (bronze medallist)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2243905118_b6cedefb83_o.jpg
The video of his US Nationals performance in Juniors is still on icenetwork.
He was 1st at the Aegon competition in the Netherlands in Juniors.
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 3 4 4 (158.00)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 1 2 1 (156.68)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 4 4 3 (182.27)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 2 4 4 (164.85)
2008 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 2 5 4 (138.87)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 10 12 11 (141.59)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 4 4 4 (151.08)
2007 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals 1 3 1 (157.42)
2006 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 2 9 7 (95.09)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 3 3 3
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals 5 5 5
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals 2 4 4
6 Min-Seok KIM KOR 6
Coaching History: In-Hwa Choi (Since 2007)
Personal best 125.56 Mexico 2008
2008 JGP Selection Korea LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T79AVVAPoxs
2008 JGP Selection Korea SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI3-dT4tvIA
2008 Superstars on Ice EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-1g9jCX8hY
His Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-Seok
He is the reigning junior champion of South Korea.
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 10 9 9 (125.56)
2008 World Junior Championships 38 39 (FNR)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 23 23 23 (91.05)
2007 JGP Lake Placid 14 13 13 (82.71)
2007 World Junior Championships 33 33 (FNR)
2007 Korean Junior National Championships 1 (113.90)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 13 13 13 (97.88)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 19 19 20 (96.94)
4 Denis WIECZOREK GER 4
Coaching History: Ilona Schindler
Kristin Wieczorek is Denis' older sister.
Personal Best 2008 World Junio Championships (137.17)
Photos of Denis:
http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=2952
Some more photos of Denis:
http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/photodir/skaters/men/wieczorek_denis_ger.shtml
His page at the DEU skating union
http://www.eislauf-union.de/DenisWieczorek.html
2008 Ostrava 9 13 12 (134.33)
2008 World Junior Championships 17 22 22 (137.17)
2008 Junior Bavarian Open - Junior Worlds Qualification 1 3 2 (140.39)
2008 German Junior National Championships 5 2 4 (128.75)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 20 21 21 (107.63)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 13 11 12 (128.01)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 4 4 4 (141.23)
2007 German Junior National Championships 2 5 3 (114.69)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 17 17 17 (109.89)
2006 Junior Bavarian Open 5 5 5 (102.08)
2006 German Junior National Championships 6 3 4 (105.42)
2005 German Junior National Championships 6 1 3
2004 German Novice National Championships 1 1 1
2003 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 4 4 4
2003 German Novice National Championships, Group A 5 3 3
2002 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 6 9 9
2002 German Novice National Championships, Group A 3 2 2
10 Javier RAYA ESP 9
Coach: Carolina Sanz, Ivan Saez
Personal best (134.17) 2008 Madrid
SP: Capone
LP: Concerto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo
2008 Madrid 16 9 11 (134.17)
2008 Junior Triglav Trophy 3 1 1 (122.95)
2008 Junior AEGON Challenge Cup 6 4 5 (137.66)
2008 Spanish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (128.34)
2007 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 5 3 4 (130.14)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 16 16 16 (117.22)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 18 18 19 (117.26)
2007 Junior Triglav Trophy 3 4 4 (115.05)
2007 Junior Gardena Trophy 8 8 8 (116.03)
2007 World Junior Championships 29 29 (FNR)
2007 Spanish Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (138.18)
2007 Andorran Junior National Championships 3 2 2 (95.50)
2006 Junior Coupe Internationale de Nice 11 10 10 (102.42)
2006 Junior Merano Cup 5 5 5 (102.67)
2006 Novice Triglav Trophy 4 5 5 (101.93)
2005 Novice Triglav Trophy 5 5 5
2004 Novice Merano Cup 2 1 1
2003 Novice Merano Cup 4 4 4
Coupe de Nice Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoT2C...eature=related
Valdemoro Gala (in strangely elongated format, but a good show nonetheless)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpIpN_iKTok
11 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 10
Personal best 144.85 Ostrava 2008
2008 SP in exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTKjFfyG0Po
2006 Swedish Nationals EX ( Russian folk dance number in very baggy pants - he was definitely a cute little button)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaPOzlne7gA&feature=related
2008 Ostrava 6 10 8 (144.85)
2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb 11 10 11 (148.63)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 9 10 10 (142.20)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 14 7 10 (132.75)
2007 Junior Nordic Championships 1 1 1 (163.40)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival 3 1 2 (152.94)
2007 Swedish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (166.95)
2006 JGP The Hague 9 8 9 (138.71)
2006 Harghita Cup [JGP] 15 6 9 (129.36)
2006 Junior Nordic Championships 3 1 1 (129.99)
2006 Swedish Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (132.79)
2005 JGP Tallinn 16 14 15 (105.11)
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 6 8 8
2005 Novice Copenhagen Trophy 1 2 2
12 Stephane WALKER SUI 11
Coach: Heinz Wirz
Personal best 147.70 Ostrava 2008
2008 Ostrava 147.70 8 7 7 (147.70)
2008 Junior Gardena Trophy 5 4 4 (129.66)
2008 Junior Coupe du Printemps 3 2 2 (122.80)
2008 AEGON Challenge Cup 10 9 9 (143.22)
2008 Swiss National Championships 4 4 4 (160.09)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 19 16 20 (114.70)
2007 Swiss National Championships 5 5 5 (121.25)
2006 Swiss Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (97.31)
2005 Novice Heiko-Fischer-Pokal 2 1 1
1 Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS 1
2008 Four Continents LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0Nqr4WU_M
Coaching History: Sharryn Hollins
Personal best 109.77 Four Continents
2008-09 Australian National Championships 3 2 2 (110.42)
2008 Four Continents Championships 15 20 17 (109.77)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 21 21 21 (88.48)
2008 Australian National Championships 3 3 3 (124.22)
2007 World Junior Championships 32 32 (FNR)
2007 Four Continents Championships 16 18 16 (103.43)
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 8 7 7 (96.03)
2007 Australian Junior National Championships 1 2 1 (108.67)
2006 Australian Junior National Championships 5 6 6 (72.65)
2005 Australian Junior National Championships 6 7 7
7 Vlad IONESCU ROU 7
Coaching History: Manuela Cristudor ; Marius Negrea
Personal best 88.31 Courchevel 2008
SP: The Scare Floor by Randy Newman
LP: Alexander The Great (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
2008 JGP Courchevel 20 21 21 (88.31)
2008 World Junior Championships 42 43 (FNR)
2007 Junior Golden Bear 8 9 9 (79.18)
2007 Novice Skate Celje - 1 1 (52.02)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 24 24 24 (88.79)
2007 Harghita Cup [JGP] 14 14 14 (88.25)
2007 Novice Mladost Trophy 3 3 3 (78.20)
2 Kevin ALVES BRA 2
Coaching History: Robert Burk (Ontario)
Personal best 97.40 Courchevel
2008 JGP Courchevel 21 18 20 (97.40)
2008 World Junior Championships 35 36 (FNR)
2008 Four Continents Championships 17 18 19 (108.12)
2008 Central Ontario Junior Sectionals 4 4 4 (105.54)
2007 Central Ontario Novice Sectionals 4 6 6 (82.80)
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