Ridiculous. Miyu Honda didn’t medal and she will not be sent to JWC. The media is getting so cheap.The TV Asahi news report spent about 20 seconds talking about Miyu Honda (showing more of her routine than BS Fuji did), 10 seconds talking about Rika Kihira, and zero seconds talking about everyone else.
Yamashita is overscored compared to Araki and Kihira in my opinion.I liked that more than Kihira's routine. But she probably won't win.
I agree that the top junior skaters should have gotten attention, but Miyu is a star child actress, so she's very popular, even if she doesn't have the technical ability of the best junior yet.Ridiculous. Miyu Honda didn’t medal and she will not be sent to JWC. The media is getting so cheap.
Yamashita is overscored compared to Araki and Kihira in my opinion.
Araki got almost 65 in the SP and 120 in the Lp at International events but she got less than that here, she was underscored almost 8-9 points in total. I wonder why they gave her such low score. But with this result, she will be sent to JWC I guess?
According to the protocol she got a wrong edge call on her 3F and underrottated the 2Lo in her 3Lz-2T-2Lo combo. But junior Japanese competitons are harsh in Japan (just like in S.Korea imo) so it's not very surprising that she got that score (she had low GOE in all elements, that was harsh hwellNana Araki has been a surprise for me this season, I love her jumps. Wonder why she was scored so low here, she didn't make any mistakes.
She needs to work on her facial expressions though, she was really focused and had the same expression throughout her program. I believe with time she will get better, love that she chooses a non warhorse music for her LP!
Ridiculous. Miyu Honda didn’t medal and she will not be sent to JWC. The media is getting so cheap.
Mako's score got her second place in the ladies competition…and would have been enough for second place in the men's competition!
And Rika’s LP scored higher than the junior boy’s winner. Amazing when you consider the girls had one less jumping pass and PCS factored at 1.6 vs 2 for boys!