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if you see her in the isu chat please report her there as well no grown woman with that big of an influence should be encouraging bullying towards a 13 year old boy. disgusting.
Stephen Gogolev
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Stephen won his very first JGP event! :medal" Here's his free skate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MDTD2q6WU
The FS protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/jgpsvk2018/jgpsvk2018_JuniorMen_FS_Scores.pdf
Colonel Green pointed out in the competition thread that Gogolev is the first Canadian man (or boy
) to land a clean quad Lutz. :yes2:
I've already shared that link a few posts above you.
The FS protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/jgpsvk2018/jgpsvk2018_JuniorMen_FS_Scores.pdf
Colonel Green pointed out in the competition thread that Gogolev is the first Canadian man (or boy
) to land a clean quad Lutz. :yes2:I've already shared that link a few posts above you.
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Wow! If this guy can stay healthy, he is definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with. Great jumps, nice feel for the music, good spins. Pretty amazing for a 13 year old! Very impressed with him. Looks like a strong competitor too. Didn't seem to faze him at all when he had a mishap on his 3A.
Just came back from the arena! Stephen was really great, especially if we consider it's his JGP debut and he's only 13. He does feel the music, but I'd say it shows better in the SP where he doesn't have to focus on so difficult jumps. His rotational speed in jumps is really quite something, too! Shame about the Axel, but otherwise great job! We got pictures with him, and he's such a shy kid, it's cute
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The Men Victory Ceremony; I'm very disappointed by the missing Canadian anthem. :disapp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPy8QV9ixrs
A snapshot of Stephen with his gold medal: https://www.facebook.com/SkateCanada/photos/a.476247807038/10155728570527039/?type=3&theater
Skate Canada article: https://skatecanada.ca/2018/08/canadas-stephen-gogolev-wins-gold-in-junior-grand-prix-debut/
A snapshot of Stephen with his gold medal: https://www.facebook.com/SkateCanada/photos/a.476247807038/10155728570527039/?type=3&theater
Skate Canada article: https://skatecanada.ca/2018/08/canadas-stephen-gogolev-wins-gold-in-junior-grand-prix-debut/
Who is responsible for that?
I'd guess the sound system (which failed two times before that already lol). Or whoever was responsible for having everything ready wasn't doing his job XD
Congratulations to Stephen on his first JGP win! 
He was definitely being a bit more cautious than at Minto, but also putting 110% effort in making those quads. It was a great junior debut for him!
I was so happy to read that landing those quads were a great confidence booster for him. Keep it up Stephen!
I have to say this was something about him that I have been more impressed with than him landing those quads. He definitely does not let things get to him. I'm so impressed with how he quickly picks himself up and gets right back into it, even at Minto. I feel his mistakes in the second half are more due to lack of stamina than a lack of fighting spirit or mental fortitude. This is sooo important, because that quality is something that's more difficult to gain than any tech, musicality or artistic ability.
I'm also impressed with how self aware he is with him commenting how he needed to do more run throughs to improve his second half.
Great to hear he was wonderful live too.
Stephen does come across as shy and more introverted, which may be why he's getting perceived as not being musical at all. He does project and engage with the audience less than others, but like you said he's 13, and trying some of the the most difficult techs.
I'm just glad you were able too see his musicality. I don't get all the lack of musicality talk when there are segments where you can see how in sync he was with the music. Is he the best in PCS? Of course not, and he wasn't given the best score in that aspect.
Either way, can't wait to see him improve over the season.
He was definitely being a bit more cautious than at Minto, but also putting 110% effort in making those quads. It was a great junior debut for him!
I was so happy to read that landing those quads were a great confidence booster for him. Keep it up Stephen!
I have to say this was something about him that I have been more impressed with than him landing those quads. He definitely does not let things get to him. I'm so impressed with how he quickly picks himself up and gets right back into it, even at Minto. I feel his mistakes in the second half are more due to lack of stamina than a lack of fighting spirit or mental fortitude. This is sooo important, because that quality is something that's more difficult to gain than any tech, musicality or artistic ability.
I'm also impressed with how self aware he is with him commenting how he needed to do more run throughs to improve his second half.
Just came back from the arena! Stephen was really great, especially if we consider it's his JGP debut and he's only 13. He does feel the music, but I'd say it shows better in the SP where he doesn't have to focus on so difficult jumps. His rotational speed in jumps is really quite something, too! Shame about the Axel, but otherwise great job! We got pictures with him, and he's such a shy kid, it's cute
Great to hear he was wonderful live too.
Stephen does come across as shy and more introverted, which may be why he's getting perceived as not being musical at all. He does project and engage with the audience less than others, but like you said he's 13, and trying some of the the most difficult techs.
I'm just glad you were able too see his musicality. I don't get all the lack of musicality talk when there are segments where you can see how in sync he was with the music. Is he the best in PCS? Of course not, and he wasn't given the best score in that aspect.
Either way, can't wait to see him improve over the season.
He's definitely very musical boy. Hans Zimmer OST is very sophisticated and eccentric so it's amazing to see 13 y.o. boy who skates so well to this piece. He's really interesting without any quads and jumps at all. I love to watch how he feels the choreography. BTW who are choreographers?
Lol. I think I'm just a bit sensitive, but I've read comments where it's as if they're making him out to have the personality of a potato on the ice or something. And I'm just like whaaaa??
His SP is choreographed by Mary Angela Larmer, and FP by David Wilson.
Just saw this. Interview with Ted:
https://youtu.be/lH_iVc3TFCI
He's so shy and a bit awkward. It's cute.
https://youtu.be/lH_iVc3TFCI
He's so shy and a bit awkward. It's cute.
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Just saw this. Interview with Ted:
https://youtu.be/lH_iVc3TFCI
He's so shy and a bit awkward. It's cute.
A bit, but a very good interview for a 13 year old!
Yeah, I'm always a bit ehh? when people say he lacks any PCS qualities. He's good for his age for sure, and I believe he'll improve with time. (Plus if I were to name one thing I'd want him to fix, it'd be his Lutz takeoff, rather than suddenly gaining mad interpretative skills.)Congratulations to Stephen on his first JGP win!
He was definitely being a bit more cautious than at Minto, but also putting 110% effort in making those quads. It was a great junior debut for him!
I was so happy to read that landing those quads were a great confidence booster for him. Keep it up Stephen!
I have to say this was something about him that I have been more impressed with than him landing those quads. He definitely does not let things get to him. I'm so impressed with how he quickly picks himself up and gets right back into it, even at Minto. I feel his mistakes in the second half are more due to lack of stamina than a lack of fighting spirit or mental fortitude. This is sooo important, because that quality is something that's more difficult to gain than any tech, musicality or artistic ability.
I'm also impressed with how self aware he is with him commenting how he needed to do more run throughs to improve his second half.
Great to hear he was wonderful live too.
Stephen does come across as shy and more introverted, which may be why he's getting perceived as not being musical at all. He does project and engage with the audience less than others, but like you said he's 13, and trying some of the the most difficult techs.
I'm just glad you were able too see his musicality. I don't get all the lack of musicality talk when there are segments where you can see how in sync he was with the music. Is he the best in PCS? Of course not, and he wasn't given the best score in that aspect.
Either way, can't wait to see him improve over the season.
He was much more cautious than at Minto, and extremely focused on a quality of performance. What's great score-wise, but he lost most of his previous joy of skating, especially in SP. It's not an objection - it just shows how much pressure he felt and how wonderful job he did keeping his emotions under control. Hope he manages to suppress negative emotions and, simultaneously, show positive ones in the future.
That's what I was thinking about watching his FS :agree:. Moreover, comparing his Minto and Bratislava performances, it's clear that he improved the interpretation considerable.
Re Stephen and interpretation/performance: from what I can tell from his interviews and from when we (very briefly) talked to him in Bratislava, he seems to be a pretty shy kid. So I think that might also be getting in the way of his performance, that he's a little bit reserved (especially compared to, say, Donovan). But I think that's something he can overcome with time and experience.
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Both his age and obvious nervousness about debuting internationally in “real competition” would account for his being more restrained than at Minto. Experience will deal with that (he’s already skated before much larger crowds at Nationals).
Speaking of Nationals, it’s common for those competing senior there but junior internationally to add quad jumps to the short for the occasion. It’d probably make the most sense from a training perspective to just have him do the 4S-3T in place of his normal combination, though purely from a novelty perspective it’d be fun if they used the opportunity to use one of the quads we haven’t seen in competition.
Speaking of Nationals, it’s common for those competing senior there but junior internationally to add quad jumps to the short for the occasion. It’d probably make the most sense from a training perspective to just have him do the 4S-3T in place of his normal combination, though purely from a novelty perspective it’d be fun if they used the opportunity to use one of the quads we haven’t seen in competition.
