2022 JGP Courchevel Men's Free Skate

[Jeanie19]

Shunsuke. What a great skate. He is so good.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Deserved gold for Shunsuke and an overall enjoyable boys' competition. See you next time!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Shunsuke NAKAMURA (JPN)
Sheik by Mercan Dede

4T Fall
3A
CSSp4
3Lz+3T
3F
3A+3T
ChSq1
FCSp2
3Lz+1Eu+3S<
3Lo
CCoSp4

Score: 141.97
Total score: 219.65

Lol, how very usual of Junior men to have not a single performance with all green boxes (some were close though!). He won this by a huge margin, well done Shunsuke

 

[elektra blue]

As Ted would say "Qua-li-ty"

Although maybe work on the spins a bit there.

like everybody else at this event

 

[Green Carrots]

Shame on the quad, it was so close! I really like Shun's air position (can I call him Shun or no? Just interesting). He seems to be a real 3Axel king (Team Hamada are really specialized on 3Axels, many their students have a good one). He also chose very powerful music for both of his programs and he's really good

 

[tsuyoboogie]

NICE SHUNSHUN!!!
He's so tired!
but no headcasing today
Really proud of him!
GET THAT BACK CHECKED!

Hamada is so loud when her skaters land the "big" jumps

 

[anonymoose_au]

Wow the only one to break 200. Shunsuke kicked this competition in the face! After being 25th at Japanese Senior Nats last season.

And hooray for Younghyun for getting that medal after 4 years in juniors.

 

[yuumagical]

Not quite as Shomalike today, but Shunsuke put up a good fight! Glad he got the gold, now time for me to get to bed...

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I think that's Sato Hiroaki?

You're right

Hiroaki Sato and more recently Satsuki Muramoto (Kana's sister) serve as coaches on Mie Hamada's team

 

[elektra blue]

congrats to all the medalists and to Noa! see you in dance

 

[lileychristie]

Just got back from family dinner so only managed to watch the final group. Really happy with the podium

Shunsuke, wow the 3 axels. Like Ted said, didn't see that 3A+3T coming at all!!

Yay Younghyun for finally getting a medal after 4 years!

Ryoga, great effort and nice costume. Love both the Japanese boys' shirts.

Speaking of costume, who else in the free program had nice costumes?

Black shirt with black pants bore me to death and it really affects my enjoyment of the program.. why can't these boys dress up more like the girls

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Shame on the quad, it was so close! I really like Shun's air position (can I call him Shun or no? Just interesting). He seems to be a real 3Axel king (Team Hamada are really specialized on 3Axels, many their students have a good one). He also chose very powerful music for both of his programs and he's really good

Since Shun Sato is often refererred to as Shun-kun, Japanese fans have nicknamed Shunsuke, ShunShun

I know by forum rules we're not supposed to use nicknames but I often do since they're so prevalent among Japanese skaters

 

[el henry]

I don't get up at 5:30 am my time for Jason, or for junior men.

But I just saw a short clip of the young man with the hair, and he skated at least part of his entire program to the elements, my favs from back in the day, Earth Wind & Fire?

I need to go watch. I am in love already.

 

[Zora]

I just saw both of Nakamura's programs and wow, I love both of them! That's some goold old classic skating, I love it. Reminds me of Yagudin a bit. He needs to work on his spins though. I know Mie Hamada has a bad reputation, but at least she really pays attention to good choreography.

 

[lariko]

Argh, Xie started well, then things run away on him. Hopefully he’ll also start doing more with his arms eventually. I think he’s the first one to actually have a 3A from what I was watching.

 

[lariko]

Nakamura has really easy 3As! That 3A-3T combo was really fast and awesome. But the technical level overall was way down from last year. Can’t say it brought upon improvements of spins or skating skills. It just felt weaker across the board so far. But, first event and high altitude, so let’s see what’s to come.