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00:03:01I'm Ted Barton along with Kirsten Moore-Towers in our studio here in Vancouver.
00:03:06We will start the Pairs, Junior Pairs Short Program coming up in just a few moments.
00:03:10First of all, Kirsten, Happy New Year.
00:03:13Happy New Year.
00:03:13Kirsten's going to be a new mom in just maybe a few weeks, maybe a few days.
00:03:18I'm getting a little nervous, to be honest with you.
00:03:20I think we have a few weeks, but I think we have a few weeks, Ted.
00:03:23Yeah, okay.
00:03:23Well, that makes me feel a little bit better.
00:03:26The Junior Pairs coming up.
00:03:27Let's talk a little bit about, you have some pair teams in this event, and this is a new
00:03:31experience for you as a coach of these teams, a commentator at the same time, so I hope you
00:03:35enjoy it.
00:03:36Thanks.
00:03:36Yeah, it will be interesting certainly to commentate on my own teams.
00:03:39It's a new experience for sure.
00:03:41I would love to be there with them, but, you know, things are keeping me at home these
00:03:46days, and they're in great hands.
00:03:48Regan Fortin.
00:03:49That's for sure.
00:03:49Well, let's talk a little bit about this event.
00:03:51Six teams in this event, but for the purpose of qualifying for the Junior World Championships,
00:03:55there are really eight.
00:03:56Two of those teams, DeRoche, Thrasher, and Kemp and Lariseroff will be competing in the
00:04:01senior event domestically, but they essentially internationally for this year are juniors, so we'll see
00:04:06what happens with the six teams, of course.
00:04:08You've been coaching these teams here out in Vancouver and the teams across Canada as
00:04:13well.
00:04:13We've watched them come along, and it's really exciting in Paris skating and a nice dancing
00:04:17in the junior.
00:04:17We've done extremely well.
00:04:19We've won two golds, two silvers, one bronze on the Junior Grand Prix in the Paris event,
00:04:23five Junior Grand Prix medals, and a Junior Grand Prix final by Kemp and Lariseroff, so
00:04:28success in Paris in junior.
00:04:30That's right.
00:04:30The event is quite small.
00:04:32There's only six teams, Ted, but out of these six teams, four represented Canada on the Junior
00:04:36Grand Prix circuit this season, and they were able to do that because of the success of
00:04:40our top junior teams at Junior Worlds last year.
00:04:43Given great opportunity to learn and grow, there is one team in this junior event that
00:04:48did represent at the Junior Grand Prix final, and that is Julia Quatrochi and Etienne Lekos.
00:04:54They will be looking to win this event, and their horizons go further.
00:04:57They want to be on the Junior World team.
00:04:59Of course, they need to skate for it.
00:05:01There's a number of qualifications that go into this process of selecting these teams,
00:05:06but we have to assume that they will be quite the contenders to get that third spot, assuming
00:05:12these two teams in senior will have the first two.
00:05:15Now, it's interesting.
00:05:16I was talking a little earlier with Mark Hanrady and the junior men and some of the coaches
00:05:20that said, well, they're preparing some of these junior men for the Paris discipline.
00:05:24So, it's exciting that Paris have always been a part of Canadian success, of course.
00:05:29Ice dances well, and it's nice to know that there are other skaters who might be in that
00:05:34different discipline at the moment.
00:05:36From British Columbia, UConn.
00:05:38Yeah, absolutely, and I think it's important also that the skaters know what their options are.
00:05:42And that there's more avenues in skating, and we've seen skaters compete at a high level
00:05:47in the ski disciplines, which is possible.
00:05:50Rebecca Layu and Marty Habre.
00:05:52And it's exciting to see those opportunities.
00:05:54Now, you've been at the Olympic level, of course, at the world level as well.
00:05:57From Ontario.
00:05:59And now you're coached on the other side of the boards.
00:06:03Do you love it as much as skaters?
00:06:04Skaters, you have six minutes for your run.
00:06:07Some parts of it, I love it even more.
00:06:08Some parts I find even more challenging.
00:06:10But I enjoy the challenge, and it's fun to be a part of the journey of these young kids.
00:06:16Well, last question before we go to the ice.
00:06:18Is the young baby going to be a skater?
00:06:20You know, myself and his dad are not very tall, so I don't know.
00:06:26Definitely not a pair skater, that's for sure.
00:06:28Well, that's an easy out for you, that's for sure.
00:06:32We take a look at the start order for the first group, and just three in each group, of course,
00:06:38with an event of six teams.
00:06:43Looking here at our first three teams, Ted.
00:06:49Skating separately to start here.
00:06:53Teams will decide with their coaching teams and their kind of broader team that works with them
00:06:58how they want to do this six-minute warm-up.
00:07:01We often see skaters separating to work on getting through their edges and doing their jumps on their own time.
00:07:07I think all three of these teams here are making that choice.
00:07:11We're looking here at Rebecca Lau, who is Marty Hobrick's partner.
00:07:16This is her first season in pair skating.
00:07:20Her first nationals at the junior level.
00:07:23So, tons and tons to learn.
00:07:25And she will be at Skate Canada Trophy as a novice woman next month in Dartmouth.
00:07:36Rebecca skates with Marty Hobrick, as I mentioned.
00:07:39And Marty has a wealth of experience in pair skating.
00:07:41He actually has been a senior pair skater for a number of years,
00:07:46electing to go back to junior because of Rebecca's newness to this discipline
00:07:51to ensure that they don't push the team to learn too many things beyond what they're capable at the time,
00:07:57making sure that safety is obviously the number one priority.
00:08:02And here we have Amy Ritchie and Mitchell Dunn.
00:08:06Amy only started pair skating in late August, so really still in her fifth month of pair skating.
00:08:13Tons and tons to learn in that small amount of time, but she's doing great.
00:08:18And here, Brianna Dion and Jacob Cote.
00:08:22This team has had a really exciting season.
00:08:25I spoke to their coach, and they got assigned to the NextGen competition
00:08:29and very quickly got a Grand Prix assignment after that.
00:08:32And they skate with their coach, Marie, who hasn't taught a ton of pairs.
00:08:38They're at the boards with them as well with Ryan Arnold.
00:08:41And they've done just such a wonderful job with their team to continue growing
00:08:45and progressing in this discipline that can be very challenging.
00:08:48Nice double twist there from Rebecca and Marty.
00:08:57Most teams in this event, I believe all teams in this event,
00:09:01will do the double twist in the short program.
00:09:03They can do a triple twist.
00:09:06A lot of these teams are still at these earlier stages of development,
00:09:10and the triple just isn't quite ready yet.
00:09:12And I wanted to ask you about that.
00:09:14We've discovered on the Junior Grand Prix, Mark and I talked about this,
00:09:17that perhaps the discipline that is a little further behind the seniors is the pair event.
00:09:24Because it's so difficult to learn all those aspects, the solo jumps, of course,
00:09:28if you're new to pair skating, the difficult, risky lifts and the throws.
00:09:32So is it a discipline that takes a little bit longer to close the gap between junior and senior?
00:09:38Absolutely it does.
00:09:39The jump is huge between the junior and senior levels.
00:09:42And I think because safety is, we're really learning as pair coaches that safety is the number one,
00:09:50I guess, it's the paramount when we're learning this discipline,
00:09:54especially so that the teams don't develop fears around elements that they've never tried before,
00:10:00so that they learn the technique appropriately.
00:10:02And sometimes things like this take just a little bit more time.
00:10:06Rebecca and Marty will be doing a throw triple toe today in their short program,
00:10:11just a slight step out there.
00:10:12And for the coaches, like yourself, it's always a difficult and probably scary choice to say,
00:10:19do we go to that difficult element now or do I need a little bit more time?
00:10:23You know what, Ted, as a new coach, that's the hardest part of coaching for me,
00:10:27is to know when to push them and when to pull back.
00:10:31And dependent on the personality of the athlete you're dealing with,
00:10:34some of them want to try things before maybe they should,
00:10:38and some of them are a little bit fearful and need that little bit of support.
00:10:41And it's a really hard job for me to know what's right.
00:10:46Well, I think for anyone, for sure, but I know that you are so,
00:10:50when I watch you work with your athletes,
00:10:51you're so invested in their development as a person as much as a skater.
00:10:56Thanks, Ted.
00:10:57Looking there at just a basic group five lift,
00:11:01the lift that the teams need to complete in the short program is the group five.
00:11:06It is the most difficult category of lift.
00:11:09And so some of these teams will be doing it just at a base or a level one
00:11:14because that's where they're at at their development.
00:11:17If they were doing a different lift like a pressure lift or a star lift,
00:11:21a group four or three, they could do that a little bit easier.
00:11:24But the group five is challenging.
00:11:26It takes longer to learn for most teams.
00:11:28And that's where they're at.
00:11:31Yep.
00:11:31And there's a look, once again, at the start order for this group.
00:11:34It's a short event with just six entries,
00:11:37but it's always exciting to see the next generation of pair skaters.
00:11:41And, you know, pair teams, like ice dance teams, can change partners in time.
00:11:45It just all depends on the growth of the individual,
00:11:48both physically and psychologically as well,
00:11:51and different interests in life like school and art and other aspects.
00:11:54That's right, and rates of growth, both physically and mentally,
00:11:59especially before they're at the senior level when, you know,
00:12:01some of these girls are 15 years old.
00:12:04They're still growing and developing and changing,
00:12:06and their interests are changing as well.
00:12:08And so because of that, maintaining pair teams is very difficult
00:12:12until they get to that senior level where they're a little bit more established.
00:12:16As they start to clear the ice, you know, final comment,
00:12:20teaching these pair teams their technical elements is one thing,
00:12:23and manage them as human beings as they grow and change
00:12:27is another aspect of coaching, which you really now see, of course,
00:12:31and you'll experience that yourself.
00:12:33As we take a look at our first team in the Junior Pairs Short Program
00:12:37from British Columbia, UConn, 19-year-old Amy Ritchie,
00:12:4120-year-old Mitchell Dunn from the Connaught Skating Club,
00:12:45coached by Kirsten Moore Towers and Jacob Krediman.
00:12:49They're looking to start this event off with some high energy
00:12:52and strong elements in their first season together,
00:12:56wishing them the best to start this event.
00:12:58Short Program choreographed by Elizabeth Chan,
00:13:01and they will skate to Riverdance.
00:13:04When the river falls and surges to the sea,
00:13:16silver figures rise to find me.
00:17:12is the hardest for amy and mitchell in the short and the free it is getting reviewed technical
00:17:18panel looking to make sure that they're both in mitchell's in a pivot and amy hits her low position
00:17:25at some point looks like the technical panel have decided they've done that they receive a base level
00:17:32for where they're at ted this is a huge win for today yeah you could see that on their smiles
00:17:38and in your voice no question that's a victory for this team early on in their pair team career
00:17:48and you can see the big smiles on their face with their coach jake kreiderman in the kiss and cry
00:17:56i really love how both of these skitters emote and present so they really are a great match and i think
00:18:02with a little bit more time together they'll be able to gel and skate more as a team but they already
00:18:07have this avenue and this side of skating that is really hard to teach it's a it's a personable
00:18:14quality in their skating and i find amy when you watch her she really pulls you in and they both
00:18:21love skating they're extremely dedicated and hard-working wonderful to teach on the daily
00:18:28and having watched mitchell coming from a small town i believe uh just up north in british columbia
00:18:34and his development and passion for the sport is such a inspiration yes and working as a coach they
00:18:41both are in university so they're busy athletes and committed to this journey together they will hope to
00:18:49compete on the international circuit for canada and um they work hard each day to try to improve
00:18:56themselves to the scores please and here the scores for emmy richie and mitchell dunn in the short program
00:19:04the first team out in this event it's a 40.91 and they look pretty happy with that that's a huge
00:19:12personal best ted that's a personal personal personal best fight i think wow please welcome
00:19:18the next competitors i'm thrilled is your next team represents ontario 17 year old rebecca leu
00:19:25and 24 year old marty halbert from the brantford skating club coached by allison perkus i mentioned
00:19:31in the warm-up that marty brings a wealth of experience to this pair event but rebecca only in
00:19:36her first season of pair skating they've been training great looking to show strong elements
00:19:40here skating to stand by the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we'll see
00:20:00no i won't be afraid oh i won't be afraid just as long
00:20:10no i won't be afraid just as long as you say stand by
00:20:16so darling darling
00:20:18stand by me
00:20:21oh stand
00:20:23by me
00:20:25oh stand now
00:20:30stand by
00:20:32stand by
00:20:35if the sky
00:20:37then we look
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00:20:41tumble and
00:20:43fall
00:20:43or the mountain
00:20:45should crumble
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00:20:49i won't cry
00:20:51i won't cry
00:20:53i won't cry
00:20:55you know i won't
00:20:57shed a tear
00:20:59just as long
00:21:01as you stay
00:21:03as you stay
00:21:05stay
00:21:06stay
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00:21:09and darling
00:21:11stay
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00:21:53And all and all is stand by me, I stand by you, I stand, oh, stand by me, whenever you're in trouble, won't you stand by me, I stand by you, I stand by you, I stand by you.
00:22:23I stand by you, I stand by me, I stand by me.
00:22:36Representing Ontario, Rebecca Leeu and Marty Habrick.
00:22:41And what a nice skate from them today, Ted.
00:22:44They had a challenging Skate Canada challenge, for lack of a better word, and they really wanted to come here with this new short program,
00:22:53that they got after challenge and skate a strong program and I think they've done that an interesting
00:22:58story you were just mentioning to me that Marty was in seniors last year this is a new part for
00:23:03him and they decided to go into juniors because she's relatively new to pairs so that's an
00:23:08interesting aspect to this team absolutely and they do have more difficult elements than we'll
00:23:16see from some of these other teams they're one of the only ones that will do a throw triple in the
00:23:21short program these pairs have to do a pick throw so it has to be a toe a flip or a let which is more
00:23:27difficult for most than the sow and the loop here though they're double twist they do practice the
00:23:35triple had a little bit of an accident where Marty caught Rebecca's blade a few weeks ago so the
00:23:41triple is not ready for competition here the double acts a little wild for Marty and here's that throw
00:23:48I was talking about throw triple toe loop she hangs on to it it's a little crazy in the air
00:23:54and this death spiral I said to you Ted I don't know that the technical panel will count that when
00:24:00Marty put his pick in he then moved his pick therefore changing the start time of the death
00:24:06spiral they're deciding that the death spiral is over at that point they have not been awarded that
00:24:12element which was expected by me during the program but maybe a little bit harder to see
00:24:18but getting a nice level four on their side-by-side combination spin and at level four on their step
00:24:25sequence which is very hard to achieve for these junior pairs and Rebecca looks just sort of excited
00:24:30to be at the national championships in the junior pair event having completed the short program
00:24:36sort of a new experience for her absolutely and like I mentioned on the warm-up she is a novice woman
00:24:41she will be at skate Canada trophy next month coach Allison told me that sometimes in singles she's an
00:24:47excitable competitor in a way that isn't favorable for her and skating in pairs has made her more calm
00:24:54it's helped her to improve on the single side as well which I think is a wonderful
00:24:59byproduct of trying this new discipline oh that's so nice she has not stopped smiling since she left
00:25:06since the end of the program and in the program too she has an endearing performance quality
00:25:13like I mentioned about Amy I find she really pulls you in and she's a natural performer
00:25:18let's take a look at the scores 44.99 for Rebecca and Marty second team out but that will put them
00:25:25currently for the moment at least in the first place 44.99 Rebecca and Marty are currently in first place
00:25:34three to four points so they accueillir les prochains tatsana please welcome the next competitors
00:25:40represents Ontario 15 year old Brianna Dion and 20 year old Jacob Cote they were in the
00:25:47Junior Grand Prix Ankara representing Canada they were ninth in that event
00:25:52and they are out of the Nepean Skating Club coached by Maria Hamlin they'll skate the short program to hip hip chin chin
00:26:01the subject for tonight's lecture is
00:26:30the rhythm
00:26:32the driving force that holds our lives together
00:26:40without rhythm your heart wouldn't be without direction without groove and without change
00:26:50and so tonight we say hip hip chin chin the rhythm section
00:27:00show up
00:27:02the beat
00:27:08feature
00:27:10the beat
00:27:14the beat
00:27:16the beat
00:27:18the beat
00:27:20The beat.
00:27:25The beat.
00:27:26The beat.
00:27:56The driving force that holds our lives together.
00:28:05And so tonight we say, hip hip, chin chin.
00:28:11Hip hip, chin chin.
00:28:15Hip hip, chin chin.
00:28:26Hip hip, chin chin.
00:28:35Hip hip, chin chin.
00:28:40from ontario brianna dion and jacob cote really nice skate from brianna and jacob we were talking
00:29:02during their program ted about what a whirlwind this season has been for them they are coming up
00:29:08from novice pairs last year and have really done a great job with their coaching team of growing
00:29:13together and seizing opportunities you mentioned they were awarded a junior grand prix competition
00:29:19and they did really well there for themselves ted and they're continuing to push themselves and try
00:29:25to improve their score and and they've been doing so each time yeah she looks thrilled coming off the
00:29:32ice brianna does and you mentioned a little bit about their coach marie hamlin yeah i asked marie
00:29:38how she got into coaching pairs because often we see teams from big pair schools and marie has
00:29:45i believe two pair teams but in a relatively you know she's kind of on her own here the nice double
00:29:51twist she told me that she started playing around with teaching pairs because she was a pair skater
00:29:56herself and she started a few years ago at the pre-novice level and then she was in the skate
00:30:02canada's mentorship program for pairs in 2022 and has been able to help these teams really do well
00:30:10for themselves and have some great opportunities what a great story for her looking here as they
00:30:15continue to grow a little bit more refinement in these lift positions i want to see a little bit
00:30:22cleaner of cleaner of cleaner turns from jacob on his lifts but this throw was fantastic beautiful
00:30:30low pivot position in the death spiral
00:30:33and a fun piece of music they're fun performers as they continue to grow and work together they'll
00:30:42want to continue working on the complexity of the transitions and how they're getting into and out
00:30:48of elements and then marie amlin on the left and on the right is ryan arnold who she says is her
00:30:54right hand man ryan located in barry at mariposa so and this team is i believe in the ottawa area so
00:31:03they don't get to see ryan very often but really benefit from his pair experience well i think in any of
00:31:12the disciplines now you need a coaching team like no one person can do it all absolutely can't do it
00:31:17alone and fun fact about ryan he skated with megan duhamel yes early on that's right i believe they
00:31:24were the first pair team to land the side-by-side tripletts but i didn't check that so don't quote me
00:31:30on it okay but we heard it first here i'm gonna check later okay as they anxiously wait for you know
00:31:39and it's so much fun to see the excitement and the team coming off the ice the body language the
00:31:44excitement and the kiss and cry regardless of what the score is how they feel about that performance
00:31:48being at the national championships and that goes very well for a further career a future career whether
00:31:54with the same partner or a different partner but loving the moment 49.41 for brianna and jacob
00:32:00who have worked really hard to build and on their score through this season and you can tell
00:32:15it's well deserved
00:32:16well the next three teams introduced to the small audience here on day one of competition during
00:32:29juniors of course we know it's sold out the senior events and that is going to be so exciting i know
00:32:34you are so excited to cover that event
00:32:37you are welcome the skaters of the second warm-up group just keep yourself organized okay please
00:32:42you have another exciting event coming up in your lives
00:32:48from today and how exciting for these teams for those who get to stay and watch
00:32:53such an exciting atmosphere at the national championships
00:32:57yeah and you mentioned that these young junior teams will have a day off tomorrow
00:33:01and so they'll be in this environment watching the buzz around the the rest of the juniors
00:33:07the seniors coming in as well they'll compete on when on thursday pardon me there's your team
00:33:11even steven
00:33:12even steven also experienced their first junior grand prix
00:33:17junior katholki
00:33:19they were great
00:33:20really great
00:33:21they had an amazing experience and they were there with this team with julian and etienne
00:33:26skaters you have six minutes
00:33:28oh you're welcome
00:33:29for the junior grand prix final they were there just last month placing six among the six
00:33:34best teams in the world their level of experience in this event is far superior to the other teams
00:33:43and why do you think that the canadian teams have had such great success not only in this year on the
00:33:48junior grand prix but and also in seniors as well but over the years what is it that is sort of makes
00:33:55canadian pair skating you know relatively strong i think canadian pairs have a wealth of great coaches
00:34:02there are a number of different high-level pair schools in this country and the history of pairs in canada is quite strong as well i think so many of us grew up idolizing
00:34:11really fantastic pair skaters who represented our country and made us want to
00:34:18thrive and do the same and i think that motivation
00:34:21goes really far and that mixed with an experienced pair team of coaches
00:34:27and i know within skate canada of course a few years ago they were a little disappointed with the lack of numbers of pair skaters and they started a program i can't remember exactly what it was called it was a pair initiative if you will
00:34:39um shade sakuski who works for the canadian figure skating or canadian figure skating association skate canada
00:34:47um and they've done a great job because we see big numbers down in the pre-novice and novice
00:34:53categories this has eight but two of them are in senior so it's nice to see that the
00:34:59growth of pair skating in canada continues absolutely it is and the pair initiative program is wonderful and it's allowed
00:35:07coaches from not major pair schools and from smaller cities to have the confidence to try to start
00:35:14a pair team and to give them the resources to be able to do that safely and that only gives more
00:35:20opportunity when these skaters are young they're not able to relocate for skating they still need to be in
00:35:26their homes with their families receiving that support and if they can have the opportunity to learn pairs
00:35:31where they are it will only continue to increase the numbers yeah
00:35:36taking a look here at julian etienne just a throw single you've noticed i'm sure that all teams do
00:35:45one throw in the short program i mentioned it's a pick throw and this throw single would have been
00:35:51just a walkthrough or a progression exercise for the element that they will actually do in the program
00:35:57and for those that are listening to this when kirsten mentions a pick throw she knows that the toe
00:36:03pick of one of the legs has to go into the ice so it's not their pick of a program of a throat
00:36:09it's actually a toe pick you know i didn't hear it like that but yeah that would be confusing it must
00:36:16be a throw that takes off with the assistance of a toe pick there it is you just saw it and here
00:36:22well this the twist which also uses a toe pick assist yeah we saw avon steven do a single that
00:36:28would be the first step before their double and their bow and vladimir just did the double
00:36:34here i'm sure avon steven will be doing the double as well looking at difficult steps that's a feature
00:36:42split and clean catch hopefully nicely done to make you nervous no
00:36:51everybody's under control and here the group five lift so this is a group five reverse lift by julia
00:37:00and etienne you would have noticed that julia was gliding on a backwards edge entering the lift
00:37:07and etienne has to have one arm firmly above his shoulder there's steven's right arm fully above his
00:37:15shoulder when he lifts ava up change of position and they're dismount
00:37:22even steven have been skating together since the spring of 2022 so one of the teams that are
00:37:34together for the longest and i remember seeing them on their first few weeks out at the cannot skating club
00:37:40we went out there there's a couple teams so i remember seeing them on their first few steps
00:37:44oh really what a difference do you know what i watched there here we're seeing a back inside
00:37:48desk barrel we saw from them and also from bow and vladimir but with avon steven before i moved to
00:37:53vancouver i watched them do a summer competition in an airport to see who i was going to be working with
00:37:59and they're taking a look with them as jacob kriderman who started the pair program and i think avon steven
00:38:05scored a total of between 25 and 30 points in the short and long oh wow and jacob kriderman along
00:38:13with eileen murphy did such a wonderful job of starting the pair program at the cannot skating club
00:38:19and giving pairs in british columb giving skaters in british columbia the opportunity to try this
00:38:24discipline which is so difficult yeah and i know the section recognized that and the bc section supported
00:38:31that to get it going in the summer as we take a look at the start order for the final group in the
00:38:36pair short program on the final event day one the national championships long day for you ted
00:38:42yeah but it's you know it's hardly a long day when you're doing what you love that's right and working
00:38:48with people like yourself you know you bring new energy and it's exciting and so you know when it's
00:38:53your life it's just an enjoyable part that's for sure that's right they're looking at the start order
00:39:00as you mentioned and julia and etienne will skate last this team will of course want to win this
00:39:07competition but their sights will be set on broader horizons they want to be on the junior world team
00:39:13they want to finish you know within the top 5 10 at junior worlds and this canadian championships
00:39:22for them is a step along that journey to allow them to try new things maybe to allow them to
00:39:27continue working on their skating skills and their connection all of these things that will assist them
00:39:34in becoming the team that they will be and having the end of the season that they're really hoping for
00:39:40well interesting the junior grand prix final in nagoya just a few weeks ago the six teams three were from
00:39:46china and three were from canada wasn't that cool that was very cool as we take a look at our first team
00:39:52and the final group representing quebec 15-year-old beau callaghan 18-year-old vladimir fairman they were
00:39:58eighth in bangkok in week number four of the junior grand prix please welcome the next skaters andre craig
00:40:05representing quebec his first season so much this year they know that should they do their job they can
00:40:15be in the medal contention so they're hoping to start their bid for that medal here in gatineau in the
00:40:21short program choreographed by joy russell they will skate to squid games
00:40:27fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars
00:40:50let me see what spring is a light gone to beat a lamar in other words hold my hand in other words
00:40:57darling kiss me fill my heart with song and let me sing to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play among the stars
00:41:00the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let me play to the moon and let
00:41:30In all the words, I love you
00:42:00It was the dream of a flower
00:42:30In other words, I love you
00:42:43Fly me to the moon
00:42:53In other words, please be true
00:42:59In other words, I love you
00:43:26From Quebec, Bo Callahan and Vladimir Fuhrman.
00:43:30I mentioned, Ted, that Bo and Vlad in their first season together, Bo quite experienced.
00:43:36She's done pairs for a number of years since she was very young.
00:43:39But Vladimir in his first season.
00:43:41And here they are at the Junior Pair National Championships.
00:43:45And they do some really nice things.
00:43:47They have a number of reviews today.
00:43:49And just some minor grade of execution things that are in the minuses
00:43:54that will contribute to, of course, their tech score and then their total score.
00:43:58But I think they've made great strides this season and continue to improve.
00:44:03I think Vladimir was in single skating as well.
00:44:06And he's a good single skater.
00:44:08Very good.
00:44:08Yeah, he's a strong single skater for sure.
00:44:10And I spoke to one of their coaches, Emily, and she told me that he's really gaining confidence on these lifts.
00:44:18Bo has been gaining confidence on her jumps.
00:44:21We see today that the technical panel has brought the jump in on the quarter.
00:44:25Here, the twist, though.
00:44:28In at a level two.
00:44:30That means they're awarded two features.
00:44:31I'm sorry.
00:44:32I'd have to watch it again to tell you which features those were.
00:44:37And the double axel just there on the quarter for Bo.
00:44:40So a slight reduction in grade of execution.
00:44:46Nice throw double flip.
00:44:47And here the lift.
00:44:49We missed the change of position.
00:44:51They did start with a group five reverse lift.
00:44:53They're their difficult exit.
00:44:56Again, want to continue working on the ice coverage, the speed and flow.
00:45:00All these things that come with experience that Bo and Vlad just don't have yet.
00:45:05Because they're a brand new team.
00:45:06That's right.
00:45:06And confidence, yeah.
00:45:08And you usually only gain the confidence through experience.
00:45:10That's right.
00:45:13Really nice low pivot here.
00:45:15In order to get levels on the death spiral, both athletes have to be in their low position for one rev.
00:45:22Each one rev gets you an additional level of both skaters being in the low position.
00:45:27And then there's the option of the difficult exit, which Bo and Vlad were going for.
00:45:35But it looks, Ted, like they've been awarded a fall for that.
00:45:39Oh, really?
00:45:40For the end?
00:45:41I saw that in warm-up.
00:45:42So I believe it was intentional that they were doing that little spinny lunge.
00:45:46Well, I wondered that because it looked like a fall for me because I didn't see it in warm-up.
00:45:50But she covered it up well.
00:45:52But, hmm.
00:45:53I think perhaps just a loss of balance or a slight body check was enough for the technical panel to decide
00:45:59that she was out of control enough to warrant that deduction.
00:46:03I noticed you and Caitlin talking about the dog.
00:46:09That is a real dog.
00:46:10Emily brought the dog for good luck, she told me.
00:46:13I know.
00:46:13On the right, their coach.
00:46:14But there was a stuffy in the dance that didn't move.
00:46:18So I was pretty sure it wasn't a real dog.
00:46:20But now I see this one.
00:46:23But the blinking gives it away.
00:46:25Yeah, it really does.
00:46:26This team was assigned the Junior Grand Prix in Bangkok this season.
00:46:30And I was told they had a really positive experience.
00:46:33Everything went well for them there.
00:46:35The scores, please.
00:46:36La note pour le programme court.
00:46:38Hoping to take that experience and keep improving.
00:46:41Well, there is a look at the short program score at 41.12.
00:46:46That will put them currently in third place with two teams to come.
00:46:5041.12.
00:46:51Beau and Vladimir are currently in third place.
00:46:54They're a little bit below their personal best.
00:46:55So certainly not what they're looking for here today.
00:46:59But they have another chance.
00:46:59Please welcome the next competitors.
00:47:02Representing British Columbia Yukon.
00:47:03Our next team represents British Columbia Yukon.
00:47:0515-year-old Ava Chung and 17-year-old Stephen Lee from the Knaut Skating Club.
00:47:10They're coached by my partner here, Kirsten Moore Towers and Jacob Kreiderman.
00:47:15Choreographed by Kirsten in the short program.
00:47:19And they will skate here at Nationals to Batman.
00:47:24And they will finish let's Александ premi andulin.
00:47:27Their110-03.
00:47:28And they'll chancy to introduce that sailor Kirsten.
00:47:31And that's where we are in third plan.
00:47:33And that's where we look at the守� Dad.
00:47:34And they will meet again at person once.
00:47:36Are we returning to this plan?
00:47:37We'll be returning to this fight.
00:47:39We will be returning to this fight.
00:47:41Fire, we'll be travelling to Kirsten.
00:47:42We'reнем to the chance before recognizing that our new team.
00:47:43Find this way.
00:47:46What is broken about it?
00:50:20From British Columbia Yukon section, Ava Chung and Stephen Lee.
00:50:25You know, Ted, their goal here, they have lower technical content than the other teams that
00:50:33we've seen.
00:50:34And their goal really is to complete all of these elements with a positive grade of execution.
00:50:39And they've really almost done that.
00:50:41They have very minor reductions in grade of execution on two elements, but the levels are pretty good for them.
00:50:49The performance, I thought, was pretty great as well.
00:50:52They are a team, especially for Ava, that gets quite nervous.
00:50:56And I always want them to be able to relax and enjoy the experience.
00:51:01And I saw a little bit more of that today.
00:51:03Took a second to get into it here.
00:51:06Oh, she hit his foot a little bit.
00:51:13I thought made me a little bit nervous.
00:51:16This, the twist here, the steps going in.
00:51:19Going for a split.
00:51:22They should receive the clean catch.
00:51:24They got a level two there.
00:51:25So they've lost one of the features they were going for, likely the split.
00:51:29They're just a double loop.
00:51:32So we've seen the other teams do side-by-side double axel.
00:51:36And this throw double toe loop.
00:51:39Very nicely done.
00:51:41This desk barrel in at a level two, which means both skaters were at a low position for one rev,
00:51:47plus their difficult exit.
00:51:52The lifts and twists really where this team is strong and has continued to improve.
00:51:57I want to see a little bit more ice coverage, which they certainly are capable of.
00:52:04But it's done at a level four with a great positive grade of execution.
00:52:09Change combination spin also at a four.
00:52:11And the step sequence at a level three, Ted,
00:52:13which is the first time this team has been awarded a level three.
00:52:17And that's difficult.
00:52:18Absolutely.
00:52:19And this is their first junior national championship, right?
00:52:22That's right.
00:52:22This team was second in novice last year, second in pre-novice the year before.
00:52:27At the national level.
00:52:28So continuing to grow and work really hard to improve not only their elements,
00:52:34but the skating skill.
00:52:35They put a lot of focus on trying to work on that second mark.
00:52:38And certainly a ways to go, but always improving.
00:52:42And they've represented Canada already on the Junior Grand Prix.
00:52:45They've had a lot of experience in gaining strength and gaining momentum,
00:52:48you know, from pre-novice to novice, now into junior at Junior Nationals.
00:52:54So that is a huge amount of progress in three short years.
00:52:58That's right.
00:52:59So always taking big steps forward while having the goal of knowing where they want to go.
00:53:07Yeah.
00:53:07And where we want them to go.
00:53:09Absolutely.
00:53:09Let's take a look at the short program scores as Heva starts to show the logo.
00:53:1847.62 for Heva Jung and Stephen Lee.
00:53:24That'll put them currently into second place.
00:53:26That is a huge personal best.
00:53:29Veille accueillir les derniers patsnas.
00:53:32Now we see Heva, we need to wear that big smile.
00:53:35Here we go.
00:53:36Final team in the Paris Junior Short Program.
00:53:40Julia Kotoki and Etienne Lacasse from Quebec, 19 and 20 years of age.
00:53:45They were third in Ankara in the Junior Grand Prix, fourth in Cadence,
00:53:48and sixth overall in the Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.
00:53:52They want to skate like in practice, show confidence through both programs,
00:53:57all practices, and show this experience that they have gained.
00:54:27They why group
00:54:27They want to skate like in Rec pools.
00:54:28They want to skate like in practice.
00:54:29They want to skate like in release.
00:54:29They want to skate like in theuja.
00:54:31You can jest save the INTERVIEWER, and the klおお is the wish.
00:54:32The guy who Michigan andrust you have paid right for life.
00:54:33They want to skate like for his job.
00:54:33They want to skate like.
00:54:34It stays on their faith orsst in theuja.
00:54:36They want to skate like in약 dollars.
00:54:38They want to skate like in theuja.
00:54:39The school ended is not in the Enel.
00:54:40куп competitors is working on their toes instead of her shoe.
00:54:41They want to skate like in the day.
00:54:42They just drive outside in the..?
00:54:43Keep them out to happen, ch versión in theноite grade.
00:54:45And like in Alaska, there is a 놓 내일.
00:54:48It intense ride.
00:58:25That's a huge positive grade of execution that of course the quality marks just to throw
00:58:29double, uh, a little out of control in the air, but a nice landing. And they're back inside
00:58:37desk viral named the backward inside desk viral because the woman is on a backward inside edge
00:58:46and finishing with their change combination spin i really love this program choreographed by
00:58:51milan lemur
00:58:56that's a great program it really is and you know they keep searching for just getting a little bit
00:59:00better as they close in or they hopefully close in on a junior world team birth and you know we
00:59:08haven't mentioned it because we forget based on how great their season is but this is their first
00:59:13season together wow also both pair skaters previously both were in the junior pair event
00:59:18last season but they are new together and that does change things it takes time to gel and to
00:59:24learn the timing of your new partner and they've done that wonderfully with their team of on the
00:59:29left stephanie valois and on the right event and and many more coaches at home that support this
00:59:35program well let's take a look at the score 52.06 for julia and etienne and that will put this team
00:59:45into first place after the short program as expected julia and it's certainly in first place
00:59:51no go ahead not the score that they're hoping for you see them kind of shake their head they understand
00:59:56it but it's certainly not what they're looking for however the quality of their other elements
01:00:01are still allowing them to surpass well now they'll of course take a look at the report card and find
01:00:06out where they need to improve to increase that score as we'll take a look at the final results here
01:00:12in the short program the final event here on day one julia and etienne in first place brianna and jacob
01:00:19in second and ava chung and stephen lee from bc in third place is that a surprise for you
01:00:29a happy one it's a it's a great happy surprise the thing is for teams from two to six they all kind of
01:00:36could be in the mix um i'm thrilled for them that they did their job and and the judges and technical
01:00:43panel rewarded them for sure but i thought we saw great levels at different levels of um development
01:00:50in this junior pair event and i think a lot of these teams have the potential to have longevity
01:00:56absolutely well tomorrow of course we will start with the junior men's free program followed by the
01:01:02junior free dance and then the junior women's free program as well on day two of skate canada
01:01:09national championships that concludes our coverage here on day one kirsten moore towers thank you so
01:01:15much a mum to be and of course watching your skaters here a new experience for you as well and we're
01:01:21happy for you joining us for the free program on thursday that concludes our coverage on day one
01:01:27we hope you've enjoyed we hope you'll join us tomorrow good night everyone
01:01:39tomorrow
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