#jgp 2021

[sarakiz]

Angela Ling / Caleb Wein (USA) - "April" by the Lumineers / "Can't Pretend" by Tom Odell

ISU Junior Grand Prix 2021, Krasnoyarsk - Free Dance

#ling/wein #angela ling #caleb wein #jgp russia 2021 #krasnoyarsk 2021 #ice dance #figure skating #fskateedit #fskatingedit #i like them and the browns so much!! #for what i understand is a pretty new partnership they're quite good! #programs kind of generic but nice extensions great expression etvc #*etc #also the krasnoyarsk cameras were SHARP i barely had to color correct the footage for these

[allekha]

Fun With Jump Arm Variations

When jumping, different skaters put their arms in different places, but generally they are pressed flat against the torso, especially on higher-revolution jumps. This compressed shape increases the skater’s rotational speed, which is important for attempting triples and quads.

But as anyone who has watched much skating has seen, you can jump with your arms in different positions, too. There are two main arm variations you will see in modern skating programs:

One arm above the head - these are nicknamed ‘tanos’ after Brian Boitano, who did not invent but did popularize the variation. Ones where the arm is bent a lot may be derisively nicknamed ‘helicopter tanos’, as some fans don’t like how they look. (Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Brian Orser 1988 Olympics SP, Petra Burka 1965 FS, Wendy Burge 1976 Olympics FS, Ekaterina Kurakova 2022 Euros FS)

Two arms above the head - these are nicknamed ‘rippons’ after Adam Rippon, who also did not invent them but popularized them when he started doing it on his lutz. (He did tanos on it for a while, but then started using both arms when he trained with Brian Orser, because he felt bad doing ‘tanos’ in front of Orser, who famously took silver behind Boitano at the Olympics.) (Adam Rippon 2016 GP France FS, Midori Ito 1988 Olympics SP, Ting Cui 2018 JGP Ostrava  SP, Sihyeong Lee 2021 Nebelhorn FS)

However, there are also other arm variations. These are all rare nowadays, although if you watch older programs, you are more likely to spot a variation that’s not a tano or rippon. Ones I’ve seen include:

Hands on hips - these used to be much more popular back in the day but have fallen out of fashion. I would guess it’s because they slow down rotational speed too much, as every one I have seen is a double except this one by Michael Chack, but I don’t know for sure. (Jill Trenary 1990 Worlds FS, Michael Chack 1992 USNats FS, Rory Flack 1988 USNats SP, Tonia Kwiatkowski 1988 USNats SP, Midori Ito 1987 Worlds SP, Anna Kondrashova 1988 Olympics SP, Yuzuru Hanyu 2010 JPNats FS)

Helicopter arms - this one has been used as a warm-up by Yuzuru Hanyu, and I’ve spotted it in competitions a couple of times with single and double jumps (Rory Flack 1994 US Open Artistic Program, Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 Finlandia Trophy SP warmup)

Arms behind back - I’ve only seen this one performed by Jason Brown in his Riverdance program, where depending on the event he placed either one or both arms behind his back during the second jump of this combo (2013 SA FS, 2014 Nats FS)

Arm switching midair - I’ve only seen this one in this lovely axel variation by John Curry (1976 Olympic SP)

Hands by the head - I believe I may have seen this used by at least one other skater, but the only example I have at hand is this one by Nancy Kerrigan (1990 Goodwill Games SP)

Beginning in 2009, ‘varied position in the air’ became a positive GOE bullet point for jumps. This was because they are supposed to add to the difficulty of a jump, although I’ve seen arguments back and forth from skaters about how true that is for some arm positions (and even if which arm is raised makes a difference for tanos). Years later, they exploded in popularity, particularly in the women’s competition. The trend had its beginning around 2014 or so; the previous season, junior World medalists Evgenia Medvedeva and Serafima Sakhanovich were given programs constructed to include raised arms on a couple of jumps, which wasn’t too unusual, but in 2014, their programs contained many more of them. Medvedeva would go on to dominate the senior circuit for several years and notably used raised arms on most of her jumps during that time, which started the trend in earnest among other skaters.

This GOE bullet point was removed for the 2018-2019 season. But if arm variations no longer get that bit of GOE, why do we still see them so often? There are probably a few reasons:

Skaters who trained them for GOE a few years ago got used to doing them that way and don’t want to mess with their muscle memory

They can add to a program aesthetically

Skaters and their teams may still hope to impress the judges by using them

Skaters have said that rippons help straighten their jump axis

I’ve also seen speculation that rippons can be used to help muscle jumps using the upper body in some cases

I would also like to shout out arm variations on jump exits that aren’t the standard check-out position. These aren’t as common as mid-air variations nowadays and rarely get talked about as their own thing - probably in part because they were never a GOE bullet - but they can add difficulty to the exit as well as give a nice choreographic touch to a program. You can see a few in the above gifs, but here’s a few more:

(Petra Burka 1965 Worlds FS, Yuzuru Hanyu 2021 “White Nights” EX, Anett Pötzsch 1976 Olympics FS, Hana Mašková 1968 Worlds FS, Claudia Kristofics-Binder 1976 Olympics FS, Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Vladimir Kovalyov 1976 Olympics SP)

#figure skating #fskateedit #fs history #Yuzuru Hanyu #Midori Ito #Brian Orser #Brian Boitano #Jason Brown #John Curry #Adam Rippon #Rory Flack #Ekaterina Kurakova #gifs #I went kind of crazy on the gifs here #long post

[lil-shiro]

Can we talk about how crazy talented and skilled Chaeyeon is?

She started training/skating in the 5th grade (2017) but at the end of 5th grade her mother made her quit because she didn't see her getting anywhere (due to starting at a later age). She later convinced her mother to allow her to train again. She didn't compete in juniors when she was age eligible at 13 simply because she had only been skating for two years.

Her first international competition was the Asian Open in 2019 where she placed 1st in the Basic novice category.

In the 2021/22 season she made her ISU JGP debut placing 2nd/5th at her two assignments. In 2022/23 season she competed on the junior circuit for the second time whilst also doing half a senior season. She got 2nd/3rd on her assignments, with a 2nd place at Finlandia Trophy in between. Then ended the season with 3rd at the JGP final, 4th at 4CC, and 6th at her first worlds.

Her success continues now, at aged 17, in 2024. 1st/3rd in two Challenger events, 2nd/4th on her debut on the senior GP circuit, 2nd at 4CC, and now 3rd at her second worlds!

#my baby goat #figure skating #worlds 2024 #montreal 2024 #chaeyeon kim #kim chaeyeon

[sunskate]

JGP PGE Solidarity Cup Gdansk Poland ice dance:

We're at JGP #6 out of 7 already! it feels like we just started -

Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy 🇩🇪GER (16/20 yo) one of the strongest teams in the entire jr field this season, they won JGP Linz and are most likely heading to the Final. the style of their choreo packs a lot into their program- it's dense with detail. he's very talented, she's progressed a lot since last season - it's a feat, considering that she's 4 years younger, that she's matching him more closely now

Pinchuk/Pogorielov 🇺🇦UKR (17/21 yo) they won JGP Istanbul (they were 2nd in both programs but the teams who were 1st in each made mistakes in their other program) and could potentially make the final. have some complex pretzeled lifts where they change position many times

Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura 🇯🇵JPN (16/19 yo) 4th at JGP Osaka in a crowded field, they're looking to improve levels on their SS and pattern here and medal. they split time between Japan and IAM and have two very clever Romain programs

Gina Zehnder/Beda Leon Sieber 🇨🇭SUI (18/19 yo) they won bronze at JGP Istanbul - their Yello racecar RD is cute and has some creative choreo. they're doing a lot of side by side skating, they're a bit far apart in hold and working on matching free legs, but they've progressed a lot since their last JGP season in 2021

Yufei Lin/Zijian Gao 🇨🇳CHN (18/20 yo) their Tchaikovsky ballet FD is lovely- they're a musical team with a lot of potential. they divided the judging panel at JGP Bangkok - half the panel had them 4th in a deep field, while the other half had them in 6th-8th. the pattern in the RD was a trouble spot in their last outing

#Youtube

[figureskatingcostumes]

Paola Jurisic's free program costume at the 2021 JGP Ljubljana Cup.

(Source: picdrop.com)

#Paola Jurisic #Austria #Figure skating #2021 Junior Grand Prix Ljubljana #2021–2022 #Women

[figureskatingfanblog]

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Per the CAS, WADA is requesting a full four year suspension for Kamila Valieva starting on December 25th, 2021, and including any competitions thereafter.

78 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

#4

Skate Ukraine has posted a status update for their skaters on Instagram - this is as of March 6th.

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#3

Shoma Uno now has every major junior and senior international title - except Olympic Gold:

2014 JGP Final Champion

2015 Junior World Champion

2019 Four Continents Champion

2022 World Champion

2022 GP Final Champion

95 notes - Posted December 10, 2022

#2

Here are some posts made from skaters that I saw about Yuzuru's retirement.

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Post from Michal Brezina on his Instagram

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[figurelifeflirt]

2022 JGP France entry #1

Women short program

Seojin Youn(KOR)

Thoughts: I like when skaters fight to keep their programs together. And of course I’m still a red dress slut. My heart broke a little to see her holding her neck after that triple lutz fall. The price we pay for shinny round things.

Lowenna Prigg(GBR)

Thoughts: I tried to let the hairstyle grow on me. I really liked her choregraphy but the hairstyle just didn’t work.

Valentina Cueva(ECU)   ECU is Ecuador. Have we had an Ecuador skater yet?!

Thoughts:  I give her major points for trying. For keeping a smile on her face. And I thought about it more. I think I have seen one male skater from Ecuador, but I don’t remember him getting very far.

Sorami Tanaka(PER)

Thoughts: I love to see that Peru’s number of skaters is growing. I love diversity.

Robyn Foster(IRL)

Thoughts: The first time I saw her, I think she was in a bright yellow dress. I liked bright yellow before her. But that dress was a significant reason why I ended up liking Robyn. I love the way she spells her name. This wine red color that she has going on in her SP dress, also a special color for me.

Agne Ivanovaite(LTU)

Thoughts: thanks to Aleksandra Golovkina, I have put Lithuania on a pedestal for a very long time. Agne, I love her hair buns. I love how fucking composed she is, at just 13.

Babeth Ostergard(DEN)

Thoughts: her dress is very unique. The cartwheel. I recently watched a program from Taira Shinohara where he stumbled because he tried to squeeze in a cartwheel. Cartwheels are new. It’s a lot of fuss for something that’s usually just put in the program because it looks cute.

Nella Pelkonen(FIN)

Thoughts: For a while now, as the season goes, I like to keep a running tally of how many medals each country wins, both juniors and seniors. Obviously my numbers are not gospel but that’s not the point. It started just because I like to count things. But now with the Russians gone, I keep the tally because I’m afraid that without the Russians, the US will just dominate every discipline.

Long story short. For the 2021-22 season, Finland had a lot higher medal count than usual. And here with Nella’s effort, I think Finland is trying to continue that high. Interesting.

Julia Polniuk(POL)

Thoughts: she had sass. So much sass, that I almost forgot that the botched triple loop even happened.

#figure skating

[eggplantgifs]

Minchae Kim, Miss Saigon || 2021 JGP Slovenia

#minchae kim #figure skating #fskateedit #jgp 2021 #program #the distance her 3lz3t covered... #my jaw dropped #tired of this music but i liked her! #so impressed by korean women's field's depth

[samstree]

Oona Brown & Gage Brown ☆ JGP Linz 2021, Exogenesis

#fskateedit #figure skating edit #figure skating #oona brown #gage brown #jgp 2021 #jgp linz 2021 #junior ice dance #junior grand prix #ice dance #gif #junior grand prix 2021

[zhenyalove]

Sofia Muravieva - Young and Beautiful | JGP Kosice 2021

#Sofia Muravieva #figure skating #fskateedit #jgp 2021 #I absolutely loved this #she's just so expressive #my stuff

[gealach-edits]

Sofia Muravieva, “Young and beautiful” at the 2021 JGP Kosice

#sofia muravieva #fskateedit #figure skating #jgp 2021 #jgp slovakia #gealach edits #I like her way *way* more than Zhilina #she has a more mature skating

[sarakiz]

join me in stanning goodstadt/barsoum for their very fun programs, equally fun costumes, michael's blue hair, and if that wasnt enough enjoy the incredibly endearing messiness of their alice in wonderland fd from jgp krasnoyarsk last season

#goodstadt/barsoum #emma goodsdtadt #michael barsoum #ice dance #figure skating #junior ice dance my beloved #gabb on twitter is linked in the source for the amazing photography! #second pic from emma's ig! #surreal how grown up they already look compared to the 2021 jgp #love these kiddos #they're doing a video game medley fd this season. slay

[moncherelephant]

My favorite ice dance team, Vasilisa and Valeriy aka Kagapol!! Happy weekend all!

Василиса Кагановская-Валерий Ангелопол. Прокаты юниоров (2021)

#vasilisa kaganovskaia #valeriy angelopol #vasilisa kaganovskaia/valeriy angelopol #vasilisa kaganovskaya #kagapol #team kagapol #ice skating #ice dance #ice dance junior #jgp #jgp 2021 #russian athletes #eidt #edit #василиса кагановская #валерий ангелопол #василиса кагановская валерий ангелопол

[literaryreality]

live from JGP Linz:

My eyes have been blessed by Sofia‘s and Isabeau‘s perfomances tonight. Such little goddesses in the making just wow.

Mura emoted so well she had the entire audience on the edge of their seats and Isabeau just exudes such confidence it was stunning to watch!

#jgp 2021 #linz #sofia muravieva #isabeau levito #figure skating

[sunskate]

JGP Istanbul ice dance -one of the lighter fields, especially with the Cypriot team injured and not competing:

Mariia Pinchuk/Mykyta Pogorielov 🇺🇦 UKR (17/20 yo) they skated a split season last year: were 12th at Junior Worlds and 15th at Senior Europeans. Pinchuk and her mother fled to Austria at the start of the war, and she and Pogorielov train there. they both still have family in Ukraine. they have flair, and at their best, nice skating skills, they hit their key points consistently last season. twizzles were a little less reliable. they're skating a Bon Jovi/Joe Cocker RD and Madonna FD

Yahli Pederson/Jeffrey Chen 🇺🇸USA (16/21 yo) a newly formed team- she was a solo dancer til recently - i didn't realize she's this young. he skated with Katarina Wolfkostin for 4 seasons, winning a US Jr title and getting 2 senior GP assignments last season. So far, Pedersen/Chen have been 5th in Dallas and won the Lake Placid Jr qualifier. their newness can make them unpredictable, but if they can skate relatively clean they have a strong chance of medaling here. They train at MIDA, and their FD is Phantom, and RD is Queen.

Dana Sabatini-Speciale/Nicholas Buelow 🇨🇦CAN (17/16 yo) this team works with Mitch Islam at Mariposa, so they're probably going through it 😢 they had a JGP last season and were 6th at Jr Nats and 2nd at Next Gen this July. their RD is Jack and Diane and a Stevie Ray Vaughn blues, their FD (at 1:02:45 ⬆️) is Il Postino and Josh Groban. Alexandra Paul was one of their choreographers💔

they're a sweet team - their big height difference (6'3 and just under 5') makes matching lines a little more challenging, but they do pretty well, and they have a soft flowing quality

Ambre Perrier Gianesini/Samuel Blanc Klaperman 🇫🇷 FRA (16/16 yo) They were 5th at JGP Linz this past week. their RD is Pointer Sisters, and their FD is to Berlinist

Giulia Isabella Paolino/Andrea Tuba 🇮🇹 ITA (19/20 yo) were 7th at JGP Bangkok

Gina Zehnder/Beda Leon Sieber 🇨🇭SUI (18/19 yo) they have a RD to Yello and Vanessa Paradis. previously skated on the JGP in 2021. 2x National jr champions

Emma Goodstadt/Christian Bennett 🇨🇦 CAN (18/20 yo) she had been on the Next Gen team and had JGP assignments with her previous partner in 2021 and 2022, but he had to stop suddenly for personal reasons. this is a new pairing - they train with Carol Lane. they're skating to B-52's and Black Velvet for the RD and have a James Bond FD. they were 6th at the Lake Placid Jr International and 4th at Next Gen.

#Youtube

[figureskatingcostumes]

Alexandra Michaela Filcova skating to music by Two Steps From Hell at the 2021 JGP Ljubljana Cup.

(Source: Getty Images Sport)

#Alexandra Michaela Filcova #Slovakia #Figure skating #Women #2021–2022 #2021 Junior Grand Prix Ljubljana #Two Steps From Hell