Finlandia Trophy 2008

Subject: Finlandia Trophy 2008 Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:00 am

http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/0809/FT2008/index.htm

Congrats to Takahito Mura for landing all his jumps in the SP.

Hopeful for Elene Gedevanishvili, who is currently 3rd.

Kerrs will probably win the dance event.

4F Number of posts : 2317 Registration date : 2007-06-18

Hi hsuhs!

Thank you for the information!!

I'm very happy with the result of Takahito Mura and Akiko Suzuki!! Congratulations to them! cheers

And I'm happy to see Kevin back after the surgery too.

Mura is only 17 yo. He goes to the high school where Dai-chan graduated.
He must be very happy after the disastrous result at JWC. He has great possibility to be one of the top skaters in the world.

BTW I think this year's Janese Nationals will be a hard battle... Rolling Eyes

We have Dai-chan, Nobu, Kozuka, Nanri (who won Merano Cup ) and Mura. (I hope Nakaniwa can join the battle too..)
Kozuka participated in the regional competition the other day and won it. He landed 4T (actually 4T<) in his FP.

Here is Kozuka's score at Chubu regional competition in case someone is interested. (The scores were bit inflated! alien

)
-SP-
3Lz+3T 3A FSSp4 3F SlSt3 CiSt2 CSSp3 CCoSp3 Total:82.50 (TES:46.00 PCS:36.50)
-FP-
4T< 3A+3T 3F FSSp4 SlSt2 CUSp3 2S+2T CiSt2 3Lz+2T+2Lo 3Lo 3A 3Lz CCoSp4 Total:141.90 (TES:70.20 PCS:71.70)

GO Dai-chan!! I believe in you!! cheers

hsuhs wrote:: Hopeful for Elene Gedevanishvili, who is currently 3rd.

I like her SP made by Morozov. Skate for Georgia's peace! cheers

hsuhs wrote:: Kerrs will probably win the dance event.

What is the music for their FD? Something unique, isn't it? I forget it .... silent

And.... Did someone read this? About Stephane.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081010&content_id=52896&vkey=ice_news
Oh, is he alright?? pale

2A Number of posts : 703 Registration date : 2007-08-20

Thank you for informations, hsuhs and miyu! Very Happy

Here you can see:
Kevin Van Der Perren's SP (6th place after SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jevQ0BTu4
Look at the costume... What a Face

Andrei Lutai's SP (only 13 after SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrF37Fmgmik
Takahito Mura's SP (1st after SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6crUvH7uomw
He really skated a great program! Very Happy

miyu wrote:: What is the music for their FD? Something unique, isn't it? I forget it ....

It should be "Ruled by Secrecy" by Muse... if I remember well...

miyu wrote:: And.... Did someone read this? About Stephane.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081010&content_id=52896&vkey=ice_news
Oh, is he alright??

I really hope he can compete in Grand Prix!
I will see Stéphane tonight at Golden Skate Awards in Milan. I hope everything is ok. I will report here if he shows any problems with his condition...

Subject: Re: Finlandia Trophy 2008 Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:47 pm

miyu wrote:: Mura is only 17 yo. He goes to the high school where Dai-chan graduated.

Really? I like him. We'll see how he skates his free today.
Yes, I've too noticed Kozuka's getting stronger and stronger. Good for him!

miyu wrote:: I like her SP made by Morozov.

That program suits Elene so well! I like it too.

As for Stephane, he says in that article: "I know if I don't do Skate Canada, I'm not going to compete at the [ISU] Grand Prix Final, and for me, the final is very important. I already won it twice [in 2005 and 2007], and I really want to win it again."

If he's not ready to compete in SC, he can't skate in GPF. Too bad, but that's the rules.

glorydave wrote:: Look at the costume...

Oh yes

Kevin is so creative when it comes to costumes!

Update: My congrats to Takahito Mura cheers

You rock, Takahito! sunny

1A Number of posts : 124 Registration date : 2008-03-25

Hi, everyone Very Happy

It's about 4:00am in Japan, but I couldn't sleep waiting for the result of Finlandia Trophy since Takahito Mura is another young Japanese skater of my favorite along with Kozuka.

Final Result
http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/0809/FT2008/CAT002RS.HTM

SP Result
http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/0809/FT2008/SEG003.HTM
LP Result
http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/0809/FT2008/SEG004.HTM

Congratulations, Mura-kun king

!
I'm sure he is progressing dramatically, I can see it from his SP video too(Thank you for the link, glorydave !)
Also, I'm glad Sergei Voronov too did well at FS . So sad Kevin Van Der Perren had to withdraw Sad

Oh, I can't wait to see Ladies' FS result tomorrow bounce

4F Number of posts : 2317 Registration date : 2007-06-18

Hi Yshion! Very Happy

Thank you for the information and I'm glad to see you here again. Very Happy

Now Ladies FP and Ice Dance FD were over.

Result:
http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/0809/FT2008/

Takahito Mura FS:
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=iwgVt6hnw-0

Congratulations to Takahito Mura, Akiko Suzuki and Kerrs!! cheers

glorydave wrote:: Look at the costume...

Skeleton.... He has amazing taste for his costumes. clown

I hope he is OK. Neutral

Yshion wrote:: It's about 4:00am in Japan, but I couldn't sleep waiting for the result of Finlandia Trophy since Takahito Mura is another young Japanese skater of my favorite along with Kozuka.

I waited too.... but gave up and went to bed at 2:30am last night. Sleep

Subject: Re: Finlandia Trophy 2008 Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:11 pm

Why did Kevin Van Der Perren have to withdraw?

4F Number of posts : 2317 Registration date : 2007-06-18

Hi yukisnowflake! Very Happy

I don't know either. I hope he is OK. Smile

Subject: Re: Finlandia Trophy 2008 Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:12 am

yukisnowflake, I read on another board it was due to his back injury.
It's in this thread:
http://forums.isu.org/viewtopic.php?t=1214&start=20

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