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ISU Junior Grand Prix Solidarity Cup Men's FS: Results; Protocols
ISU Junior Grand Prix Solidarity Cup Men: Results
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthtxtmnmUQ
Dillon finished 26th out of 28 in the FS, with a score of 59.74. This meant that he remained in 26th place overall, with a score of 93.02.
Here is what I wrote in the competition thread at the time:
I know Hallowe'en is coming up at the end of the month, but you would think it had come early looking at the Protocols. They are a pure horror show. Of all the elements Dillon did, only two of them did not have any minuses. The rest of them did not have any plusses!
It honestly did not look like that when watching it live. Yes, the first few elements didn't go well at all, but after that it didn't look so bad to me.
I've already described what happened in three of his four opening elements. And I don't want to dwell on them.
The third element, the Change Foot Sit Spin, went very well. It earned +0.41 in GOE, and positive marks from all the Judges, with four giving him +1; another four giving him +2; and Judge 7 giving him +3.
The fifth element, the Double Axel-Double Toe, was the other element where there were no minuses. He got +0.14 in GOE, and four of the Judges gave him +1, while the rest gave him 0.
The sixth element, the Flying Camel Spin, in itself looked good. The problem was how he got into it. Just after he started spinning, he started going off balance and had to do a wee mini-jump to get back into position for doing the bit where he grabs his blade. And I think it was this that was the reason that he got mostly minuses (Judge 5 gave him 0).
After this, you could see that he was tiring. And whilst he did land everything, they were not perfect landings. They didn't seem significant at the time but, now that the protocols are out, they were. In the Doule Flip-Half Loop-Double Salchow combination, the Half-Loop was downgraded. And the Double Lutz did not have a clear edge.
Ted and Mark had actually come to the rink on the same bus as Dillon and Margaret, and they were chatting, and Mark repeated what they were talking about to us. Dillon had to skip the practice for the Free Skate because, back in Courchevel, his blood sugar level got dangerously low during the Free Skate after doing the practice there. Admittedly, the low oxygen levels due to the altitude in Courchevel would have played a part of this, but they didn't want to take the chance. Which is totally understandable. Although it would have put him on the back foot in preparing for the FS, it was the right thing to do. The health of the skater is the most important thing.
As the mother of a skater, Margaret knows this. And it just proves that she is the right person to have in his corner.
Mark also commented that Dillon's technique will lend itself well to doing Triples. Which bodes well for the future.
Dillon finished the Free Skate 5.86 points behind 25th position, fellow Nottingham skater Freddie LEGGOTT (GBR), and 10.51 points ahead of 27th position, Nikita KOZLOV (KAZ). Overall, he finished 12.23 points behind 25th position, Jakub ROSŁANIEC, and 20.35 points ahead of 27th position, Kozlov.
Although it was not perfect, this was actually Dillon's highest FS and overall score in a Junior GP since his debut back in Skate Slovakia last year.
WELL DONE DILLON!!!
CaroLiza_fan
ISU Junior Grand Prix Solidarity Cup Men: Results
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthtxtmnmUQ
Dillon finished 26th out of 28 in the FS, with a score of 59.74. This meant that he remained in 26th place overall, with a score of 93.02.
Here is what I wrote in the competition thread at the time:
Awkward landing on the opening Triple Salchow. And hand down on the Double Axel.
He very nearly fell on the second triple Salchow, which meant that he got called for a repeated element as he couldn't put a combination onto the end.
Thankfully, it did not continue like this. The second half was actually pretty good.
Ted said that this was a good skate for Dillon. And I agree. If you pretend the first minute or so didn't happen, it was a good skate
But, Dillon still looked frustrated with how he got on! And he was really scundered when the scores came up.
Margaret looked happier, though.
He had a big lead from the SP over the skaters that were on before him, so it is not surprising that he stayed in front of them. Now to see if he climbs any places.
WELL DONE DILLON!!!
CaroLiza_fan
He very nearly fell on the second triple Salchow, which meant that he got called for a repeated element as he couldn't put a combination onto the end.
Thankfully, it did not continue like this. The second half was actually pretty good.
Ted said that this was a good skate for Dillon. And I agree. If you pretend the first minute or so didn't happen, it was a good skate
But, Dillon still looked frustrated with how he got on! And he was really scundered when the scores came up.
Margaret looked happier, though.
He had a big lead from the SP over the skaters that were on before him, so it is not surprising that he stayed in front of them. Now to see if he climbs any places.
WELL DONE DILLON!!! CaroLiza_fan
I know Hallowe'en is coming up at the end of the month, but you would think it had come early looking at the Protocols. They are a pure horror show. Of all the elements Dillon did, only two of them did not have any minuses. The rest of them did not have any plusses!
It honestly did not look like that when watching it live. Yes, the first few elements didn't go well at all, but after that it didn't look so bad to me.
I've already described what happened in three of his four opening elements. And I don't want to dwell on them.
The third element, the Change Foot Sit Spin, went very well. It earned +0.41 in GOE, and positive marks from all the Judges, with four giving him +1; another four giving him +2; and Judge 7 giving him +3.
The fifth element, the Double Axel-Double Toe, was the other element where there were no minuses. He got +0.14 in GOE, and four of the Judges gave him +1, while the rest gave him 0.
The sixth element, the Flying Camel Spin, in itself looked good. The problem was how he got into it. Just after he started spinning, he started going off balance and had to do a wee mini-jump to get back into position for doing the bit where he grabs his blade. And I think it was this that was the reason that he got mostly minuses (Judge 5 gave him 0).
After this, you could see that he was tiring. And whilst he did land everything, they were not perfect landings. They didn't seem significant at the time but, now that the protocols are out, they were. In the Doule Flip-Half Loop-Double Salchow combination, the Half-Loop was downgraded. And the Double Lutz did not have a clear edge.
Ted and Mark had actually come to the rink on the same bus as Dillon and Margaret, and they were chatting, and Mark repeated what they were talking about to us. Dillon had to skip the practice for the Free Skate because, back in Courchevel, his blood sugar level got dangerously low during the Free Skate after doing the practice there. Admittedly, the low oxygen levels due to the altitude in Courchevel would have played a part of this, but they didn't want to take the chance. Which is totally understandable. Although it would have put him on the back foot in preparing for the FS, it was the right thing to do. The health of the skater is the most important thing.
As the mother of a skater, Margaret knows this. And it just proves that she is the right person to have in his corner.
Mark also commented that Dillon's technique will lend itself well to doing Triples. Which bodes well for the future.
Dillon finished the Free Skate 5.86 points behind 25th position, fellow Nottingham skater Freddie LEGGOTT (GBR), and 10.51 points ahead of 27th position, Nikita KOZLOV (KAZ). Overall, he finished 12.23 points behind 25th position, Jakub ROSŁANIEC, and 20.35 points ahead of 27th position, Kozlov.
Although it was not perfect, this was actually Dillon's highest FS and overall score in a Junior GP since his debut back in Skate Slovakia last year.
WELL DONE DILLON!!! CaroLiza_fan
