3/3 (Sat) 05:00~08:50 Men FS 10:30~14:15 Ladies FS 3/4 (Sun) 06:30~9:30 Gala
The Contenders for the Podium
They has been also list for podium poll in FSU. Name / Nationality / ISU Personal Best / competition result Han YAN CHN 219.37 / JGPF 2nd Denis TEN KAZ 212.39 (Sr) / Skate Canada International 5th Jason BROWN USA 208.41 / JGPF 1st Joshua FARRIS USA 207.67 / JGPF 3rd Artur DMITRIEV RUS 197.09 / 2011 Jr World 8th(2012 Russian Jr.National 2nd) Keiji TANAKA JPN 196.98 / 2011 Jr. World 2nd Ryuju HINO JPN 182.71 / JGPF 5th (2012 Japanese Jr. Nationals 1st) He ZHANG CHN 182.38 / JGP Riga 2nd Liam FIRUS CAN 180.00 / JGP Brisbane 3rd Timothy DOLENSKY USA 176.77 / JGP Riga 3rd Zhan BUSH RUS 176.64/ 2011 Jr. World 11th(2012 Russian Jr Nationals 1st) June Hyoung LEE KOR 176.48 / JGP Milan 3rd Shoma UNO JPN 175.15 / JGP Tallin 3rd Nam NGUYEN CAN 169.50 / JGP Brasov 3rd
Yan HAN (CHN) 219.37
One of the most competitive contenders. He has landed not only 3A but also 4T Even though at JGPF, he won the silver due to bad condition, He won the silver behind Nan Song at Chinese National WInter Games in January, and won Youth Olympic Games in late January with 192.45 scores. SP 2012 Chinese National Winter Games
FS 2012 Chinese Winter Games
Dennis Ten (KAZ) 212.39 (Sr. score)
Dennis Ten competes at junior competition again.
With his expereince at senior grand prix and his 3A and 4T, he can not be overlooked among podium contenders. However, this will be his last U-Turn appearance at junior competition.
I was told that ISU will pass the policy that those who attend international senior level events more than twice can not attend junior level again.
SP 2012 4CC
FS Skate Canada
Jason BROWN (USA) 208.41
Winner at JGP Final at Quebec city.
Without 3A, but stable triples, delicate footwork and musicality have made him stay among top ranker junior skaters.
At the interview with Ice network after JGP Final, he told that he had prepared 3A in his program at JGP Final,
but changed his mind after his practice at the rink.
Will he try 3A at junior World championship? Let us see his new strategy.
SP JGP Final
FS JGP Final
Joshua FARRIS (USA) 207.67
With 3A, stable triple, spins and musicality, Joshua had seemed to be a credible competitor during this season just before 2012 US Nationals.
In Colorado Springs where his training camp is located at, he ruined most jumps confined within 30 second lo~~nger program.
But, Minsk will be OK,
He will come back with his junior program which he had been familar with.
SP JGP Final
FS JGP Final
Zhan Bush (RUS)
Even though ISU official PB is rather low,
he showed his potential at Russian Junior Nationals in early February.
At the event, he won the junior national title with decent scores, 224.08
by landing 3A and 4T.
Returning junior world siver medalist.
This season had not been so successful for him,
but he seemed to get back his mojo at Japanese Junior nationals in last December.
With 3A, he placed 2nd with 187.80 scores.
SP Japanese Junior Nationals
FS Japanese Junior Nationals
Ryuju HINO (JPN)
At JGP Final, he placed 5th with172.75 scores.
but he won Japanese Junior Nationals with 188.94 scores ahead of Keiji TANAKA
3A+3T is his bread and butter.
SP Japanese Junior Nationals
FS JGP Final
He ZHANG (CHN)
SP JGP Latvia
FS JGP Riga Latvia
Liam FIRUS (CAN)
SP JGP Brisbane
FS JGP Brisbane
Timothy DOLENSKY (USA)
He is a figure skater and composer.
In his short program, he skates to his own notes, "Windfall" composed by himself.
SP JGP Latvia
FS JGP Latvia
June-Hyoung Lee (KOR)
He won the S. Korean men's first ever ISU JGP medal, bronze medal in JGP Milan with 176.48 scores.
As the season proceeds, he has kept jump consistency and elaborated his choreography. At S.Korean Nationals, June-Hyoung LEE finally set his unoffical personal best scores, 180.83, although he won silver medal just behind a surprising winner Jin-Seo Kim, who scored 186.44 with powerful 3A only after three-year skating career. S.Korean National SP Link http://youtu.be/VugjbG4ooyw
S.Korean National FS Link http://youtu.be/3Iw4qHTJfDc
SP JGP Milan
FS JGP Milan
Shoma UNO (JPN)
SP Japanese Senior Nationals
FS Japanese Senior Nationals
Nam NGUYEUN (CAN)
The youngest men who participants at this competition. On the 1st day at the events, he landed his first 3A at competition and won the preliminary event ahead of June-Hyoung LEE
JGP Brasov
FS JGP Brasov
-------------- Podium Scores Prediction
Last two competitions 2010 Junior World Championships
216.10 Yuzuru Hanyu
205.25 Song Nan
199.19 Artur Gachinski 2011 Junior World Championships
200.13 Anderi Rogozine
196.98 Keiji Tanaka
195.71 Alexander Majorov For this event, the minium scores to stand podium
may be a little higher than previous competitions. 200~205
My Podium Prediction
Gold : Yan HAN Silver: Zhan Bush Bronze: Joshua FARRIS
Chasers: Dennis TEN, Jason BRWON, Artur DMITRIEV, Ryuju HINO
If you have any difficulty in watching the Video clips, please let me know by writing comments. It will be also fun to look around other posts in my blog through Google translator. But remember that don't trust the translator so much, because it gives you often many errors especially from Korean into English. Finally, Junior Worlds week !!! Enjoy!!! - spiral9509 -
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