Right now it's Virtue/Moir in first by a little over apoint, Davis/White second, and Faiella/Scali of Italy in third with a healthy lead over the French team. The compulsory dance (potentially the last one ever) was yesterday. (Need combined finishing score < 13 currently 6th and 9th = 15) Denney/Barrett) did well, but need to improve even more if they want to win three spots for next year. Dube/Davison were bad but maybe got some help from the judges. Savchenko & Szolkowy won't defend their title a third time most likely. Pang and Tong lead followed by the Russians. The session will close with the talented young guys in Brezina, Rippon, and Ten. The top of the field feels shallow and uninteresting with all those guys missing, but the second-to-last group is really strong with Jeremy Abbott, all three Japanese skaters, and Patrick Chan. The first half of the men's short is done and they're currently in intermission. Nice legs, too.īetween this and Angela Maxwell's, I like this year's top US juniors' long programs more than the top US seniors'. I had been wanting to see this but forgot to search - this is from Japan's Junior Worlds coverage.
Unfortunately, she also has the same problem as Mao on her lutz.Īgnes Zawadzki 2010 Junior Worlds free skate (YouTube) When she bears down and goes up for her double axel, she reminds me of Mao. Her triple salchow-double loop-double loop at ~2:45 is great. The judges might not appreciate it, but I like her bounciness. Murakami was second after the short program, but won the free skate. I don't think the event was televised (or at the least, there weren't any streams available) but it was taped and select programs are shown in their entirety within various packages. Kanako Murakami 2010 Junior Worlds FS (YouTube) She wound up being the highest placing Russian girl, winning the bronze medal with teammates Polina Shelepen and Anna Ovcharova following in fourth and fifth. It has clips of yesterday's long program and the medal ceremony.įour years is a long time and anything can happen, but it can be noted that in the last Olympic year, 2006, Yu-Na Kim won gold at Junior Worlds with Mao getting silver.Īgnes Zawadzki's silver was the only medal won by a US athlete at this competition.ġ3-y.o. YouTube of a Japanese segment on Kanako Murakami, the ladies junior world champion. True middle two world Murakami it is good greens child worldwide junior championship victory (That's what Babelfish says it translates to!)