2016-2017 Junior Grand Prix Week 1 - St. Gervais

Hello everyone! Summer is (sadly) over but that implies the beginning of the skating season! We have the JGPF going first! Let's see what's going on!

Week 1 - St. Gervais

First, and biggest surprise - Alisa Zagitova. Reason? Well you don't need me to tell if you watched her performance. First all-jumps-backloaded FS I have ever seen (what can Eteri not think of in order to get point, right? lol) And the effect was...it worked out here, but not in a few weeks at Ljubljana. To be honest, this program layout is too risky, she starts the jumps after the halfway where her legs are already getting tired, it will definitely not work well for a long time with that layout. That's not how you get point girl~.

Kaori has one of the best skating skills and speed among the junior field, which is the phenomenon of all junior Japanese ladies. They all have such flow in their skatings, which is very pleasing to watch. Kaori gave a nice performance, nice choreography and overall well-executed jumps, except the 2A+3T and the loop though, but the quality of the successful jumps is unquestionable.

Rin has such graceful choreography and maturity which is admirable, her jumps are also completed with ease and flow (except the error but she recovered well in her next jumping pass). Her skating is so easy to watch that you barely feel any stress, I hope she will keep skating for a longer time.


On the other side, it seems that we have a "comeback prince" who is about to grow into a "comeback king" - Ilia Skirda. Despite the disappointing SP, he came back strong in the FS. Though it is still not enough to overcome the deficit in the short, I am sure that is enough to earn him a place in the final. However, in order to win the final, he must practice more on his SP, because every single point in the final counts. I look forward to seeing him after he matures.

Roman has overall consistent performance despite some minor errors on his jumps. His spins need improvement.

Koshiro has improved generally, his jumps are steadier, his spins are better, and the choreography is also a bit more. However, he can do a lot better, I am sure he will upgrade his technical content once the harder jumps have become solid. He will shine in the future.

(I am sorry I did not finish watching Ice Dance because the Blues are really killing me. However, if you would like to see my reviews, please comment so that I will watch and make a review :) )