JGP 2013-2014

This year's JGP circuit starts in Riga, then heads to Mexico City, Kosice, Gdansk, Minsk, Ostrava, and Tallinn, before cumulating in Fukuoka, for the final.

Entry lists:

[url="http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051455.htm"]JGP Riga Cup[/url]
[url="http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051457.htm"]JGP Mexico Cup[/url]
[url="http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051458.htm"]JGP Kosice[/url]

Notable skaters (mostly ladies)

Riga: Serafima Sakhanovich vs Karen Chen vs Evgenia Medvedeva (   ) with Alaine Chartrand and Yasmin Siraj as spoilers
Mexico: Natalia Ogoreltseva vs Julia Li vs Polina Edmunds (   ) with Mariah Bell, Dabin Choi, and Rika Hongo as spoilers
Kosice: Serafima Sakhanovich, with Haejin Kim, Barbie Long, Leah Keiser (  ), Riona Kato, and Maria Statvitskaia as podium contenders.

 

Very impressive performances from the top five in Riga, I especially enjoyed Evgenia's SP and the choreography for Karen Chen's LP  

Top two Russian girls are fabulous. I love Maria Sotskova's SP very much.  

I really like Medvedeva. Does anyone know why Serafima Sakhanovich wasn't competing? I'm dying to see her, I hope she's not injured.

I was also pleasantly surprised by korean skater Na Hyun Kim.

For those ineterested, ISU has been kindly uploading junior GP for the past 3 years.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ISUJGP2011/videos

Yay for expressive guy skaters!

I love Nathan Chen's short program from ISU JGP Mexico. He skated a clean LP and won 1st place ahead of Ryuju Hino who did a 4T in the LP. Nathan didn't do a 3A, stuck with a 2A but he skated with the polish and command that I rarely see in junior men's singles. I love the final spin from the SP!! Go check it out.

On another note, the Philippine skater's flexibility (he does a Cantilever, Y-spin, and a Biellmann) in SP from ISU JGP Riga is  Too bad he messed up the 3A, and I think that affected the rest of his program. Though I should say working with John Nicks has helped him polish his transitions and skating skills.

Abdiel wrote:

Yay for expressive guy skaters!

I love Nathan Chen's short program from ISU JGP Mexico. He skated a clean LP and won 1st place ahead of Ryuju Hino who did a 4T in the LP. Nathan didn't do a 3A, stuck with a 2A but he skated with the polish and command that I rarely see in junior men's singles. I love the final spin from the SP!! Go check it out.

I've been crazy about Nathan ever since his amazing 2012 Nationals. Too bad that he's gotten a syndrome (I've forgotten what it's called) where your entire body is riddled with pain, so it's very painful when he's training. Amodio also had this during his growth spurt. If he's so good when being in pain, just imagine what he'd be like if he were healthy.

zarinaballerina wrote:

Abdiel wrote:

Yay for expressive guy skaters!

I love Nathan Chen's short program from ISU JGP Mexico. He skated a clean LP and won 1st place ahead of Ryuju Hino who did a 4T in the LP. Nathan didn't do a 3A, stuck with a 2A but he skated with the polish and command that I rarely see in junior men's singles. I love the final spin from the SP!! Go check it out.

I've been crazy about Nathan ever since his amazing 2012 Nationals. Too bad that he's gotten a syndrome (I've forgotten what it's called) where your entire body is riddled with pain, so it's very painful when he's training. Amodio also had this during his growth spurt. If he's so good when being in pain, just imagine what he'd be like if he were healthy.

I had no idea he was in pain during in training. I hope that doesn't affected him during a performance.   He'd be DOMINANT if he were healthy!

I think that Japan has found another very promising girl in Riona Kato, bronze medalist in Kosice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v8KKDKgUIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05JdTr2YU0s
Excellent jumps, with good technique, and a very soft and elegant skating, but not very expressive... she reminds me a bit of Miyabi Oba (who is competing in the next JGP)!

zarinaballerina wrote:

Abdiel wrote:

Yay for expressive guy skaters!

I love Nathan Chen's short program from ISU JGP Mexico. He skated a clean LP and won 1st place ahead of Ryuju Hino who did a 4T in the LP. Nathan didn't do a 3A, stuck with a 2A but he skated with the polish and command that I rarely see in junior men's singles. I love the final spin from the SP!! Go check it out.

I've been crazy about Nathan ever since his amazing 2012 Nationals. Too bad that he's gotten a syndrome (I've forgotten what it's called) where your entire body is riddled with pain, so it's very painful when he's training. Amodio also had this during his growth spurt. If he's so good when being in pain, just imagine what he'd be like if he were healthy.

Waah it's been a while since I was here. Nathan Chen!!! Fell in love with him after his Peter and the Wolf program   Also I think what he has is Osgood-Schlatter (we had a similar conversation over at the Yuzuru Forums too  )

helen91 wrote:

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Waah it's been a while since I was here.  Nathan Chen!!! Fell in love with him after his Peter and the Wolf program   Also I think what he has is Osgood-Schlatter (we had a similar conversation over at the Yuzuru Forums too  )

Yes that's the one. I knew it had two names, but for the life of me I couldn't remember. Do you happen to know, how long it takes for this syndrome to go away? I hope it doesn't last the entire growth spurt. 

Abdiel wrote:

I had no idea he was in pain during in training. I hope that doesn't affected him during a performance. affraid  He'd be DOMINANT if he were healthy!

A while ago, some people who knew Nathan and his health situation said, that he can't practise triple lutz, because his knees hurt so much. it's probably also the reason why he isn't doing 3A. I hope he'll "survive" this intact, because like you said, once he's healthy...  I can't wait to see a healthy Nathan.