Mark, 17 years old
from Moscow
Well that was awesome!
Lots of energy. Powerful
This young man is so quick on everything he does
Here's the 4S. It's straight up in the air. Right on top of the landing
3A. Look at the height and the flow and the speed on that landing
Mark Kondratiuk, Moscow
Wow! With a performance like this, he had made everyone take notice of his potential
Coming into the competition, Mark's name was pretty much unheard of
He has not yet competed internationally
The 17 year old put down a routine of his life in the Russian team trophy
outscored the de facto Russian men's champion - 25 years old, Mikhail Kolyada
and left the team captain, Zhenya Medvedeva in tears
He could be proud of having a breakthrough moment early in his career
and it's about time Russia has a new face to watch for the men's event
While it is still early to predict his future success in the international circuits
His emotional skate reminds us of the breakthrough moments of the top male figure skaters
Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen, Shoma uno etc
So what were their breakthrough moments? Let's do a recap
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Figure skating - Top 6 breakthrough moments to watch
Coming into the 2016 world championships in Boston, Mikhail Kolyada's name was pretty much unheard of
All eyes were on the showdown between Yuzuru Hanyu, the reigning olympic champion
who had just set multiple world records in the Grand Prix Finals earlier
The reigning world champion - Javier Fernandez, Spain
and the three-time World Champion - Patrick chan
With the young promising rookie, Shoma Uno joining into the mix
Mikhail Kolyada, the second rated Russian representative scored a surprised top 6 finish in the short program
and joined into the final flight in the long program
Welcome to your first senior world championships, kid!
Mikhail Kolyada of Russia. He seems to have done well because here he is, in the final group!
Here is a second 3A
OMG! His jumps look so effortless!
Oh you don't very often see a gentleman do a Biellman spin and not one as good as that
Yes! Excuse me this really is my first world championship
This crowd is so supportive. This guy deserved it
Mikhail Kolyada of Russia, trying to stake his claim on the senior circuit at his first world championships
So there's your leader - Mikhail Kolyada of Russia
With this entertaining program, he finished this championship off the podium reaching No. 4
and announced his arrival as a strong challenger for the podium
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Boyang Jin
and the only skater who is executing clean 4Lz
Another skater who shined in the 2016 World Championship is Boyang Jin of China
Being the first man who landed the 4Lz-3T
the highest scoring combination jump to-date, Boyang announced himself
as a serious threat in his senior debut by taking a silver in NHK trophy behind Hanyu
and a Bronze in the World Championship that season
He finished third and behind Hanyu and Fernandez
This 18 year old prodigy, Jin Boyang of China
his debut was near perfect
4Lz-3T, the most difficult of jump in the event
very well executed
Another skater who made announcement of his arrival with the 4Lz is Vincent Zhou of the US
He finished second behind the eventual world champion - his compatriot, Nathan Chen in US Nationals 2017
His breakthrough moment came before he was promoted to senior
How about this? In the 2017 US Nationals, you have Nathan Chen, 17 years of age who took gold
Who took silver? This 16 year old
So here comes the American skater. Sitting fifth after the short program
What a skate by the American, Vincent Zhou, 16 years of age that
The 4Lz is beautiful. The way he throws the left arm up into the sky and it dares his body to come up and join it
He has a wonderful sensitivity to where he is in the air
that went a little bit off but he finds that back outside edge
He did a lot!
Sitting fifth after the Short Program
Vincent Zhou is going to be the World Junior Champion
How amazing is that though? You know Nathan Chen wins the nationals
He's right behind him, Vincent Zhou. These are names that we're just hearing about this year
So with a record-breaking score, Vincent Zhou took home the gold in the world junior championship 2017.
a record-breaking start to an incredible rookie season
Here comes another World Junior Champion, Shoma Uno
Despite winning the Junior World Championship in 2015, he did not show up with any quad
and lost out the free skate to Boyang Jin, who showed up with 3 quads
His senior debut was a bit of hit and missed as well
He finished fifth at the season opening, the US classic challenger
He qualified for the Grand Prix Final that year and again fell on his 4T in the short program
and landed in the fourth place after the short program
Made a mistake with his quad in the short program, how would he do here?
Fourth place at the moment for Shoma Uno
A couple of quads for Shoma. First one could be in combination right here
4T-2T
and for the 3A, the height was amazing and great to see it from the low camera
3A-3T! That was fantastic again! Utterly brilliant! Just as good
Got a sequence of jumps.
You can't miss! That's a Salchow! Now he's lining up for a second quad jump
4T
As good as you can get
He's unstoppable. Flawless
He's got everything. He was amazing. I mean the pressure he's put on the top guys is something
All stand please! For Shoma Uno
Look at that! 190. It's 14 points better than his personal best
and finished third, his debut to grand prix was near perfect
Sustaining an avulsion injury to his left hip while doing an exhibition at the US Nationals 2016
Nathan Chen missed out the World Junior Championship 2016 and had to delay his senior debut
Nathan exasperated a pre-existing left hip injury
Because of the missed, Nathan was under the radar when he joined the senior circuit in season 2016
But a record-breaking start to an incredible rookie season had made him a superstar in the sport in the blink of an eye
In the US nationals 2017, he became the first man to land 5 quads in a program
That's five the first time ever! One for the record books!
Then in the 4CC 2017, he won over Yuzuru Hanyu for the very first time
Nathan Chen was asked "How do you feel about skating after Hanyu?" and he said "I look forward to it"
We're about to learn a lot about the state of mind that Nathan Chen brings into a performance
and you could see when he took the ice, there was no fear in his face
It was almost like "Hurry up and start the music, I'm ready to do this"
and I didn't want to jinx him, but when he was skating into that first jump
you could just see the determination
That wasn't the look on on his face of fear. That was "I'm ready for this moment. Let me have it"
and I'm not intimidated by Hanyu and by that "Oh! That score of 303".
I think we're at the point where Nathan Chen is officially doing the intimidating
a little trouble on the two 3A
that fifth quad would be coming up soon if he decides to add it
Coming back from his injury, there it is!
Wow! 5 quads
It's just unbelievable and that is what you call "putting an all-out assault on your free programme"
So Hanyu beats him in the free skate
But! Look at that!~ 307.46
and Nathan Chen, in his 4CC debut, wins the gold
So Nathan Chen who had just made his senior debut surpassed Yuzuru Hanyu
the reigning Olympic Champion to take a stunning breakthrough victory under unimaginable pressure
Hanyu: I respect Nathan a lot for performing so well under pressure
Well that is Yuzuru Hanyu at his very very best
We were a bit hesitant to talk about Yuzuru Hanyu's breakthrough moments because
Oh look at that! 216 points! That is ridiculous! Unbelievable! 97.20
looking down, there's no 10's there (perfect PCS score) but he's mighty mighty close
he can't believe it
Gosh! He's got a lot of those and combining them together, you might have the best selling anime of all time
(Hanyu's funny moment) I don't know. I was feeling like.. I don't have enough energy
(Coach) Brian: Guess what? You did! Tracy: You always did
Here's some of the moments we think worth mentioning
Hanyu won his world junior championship in 2010.
While getting ready to debut into the senior rank in the 2010/11 season, his hometown was struck by the 2011 Japan Earthquake
Hnayu, the Sendai native from Miyagi Prefecture, was practicing in the rink when the earthquake happened
Water pipes under the ice at his home rink burst and he escaped in time
But missed most of the competitions in the season
8.9 magnitude. Now we know that's a big number
It was the fifth largest earthquake in history
But you can only really understand the enormity when you see these pictures
An earthquake so strong it literally shifted the earth's axis by about 25 cm
Hanyu: On behalf of those who passed away and those who live in pain
I strongly believe that we need to live our lives to the fullest, to make us all proud
In the next season, he had a small breakthrough in his World Championship debut in 2012.
Having placed seventh, he put down an emotional free skate many fans would remember till today
and place second in the free program!
Yuzuru Hanyu was the 2010 world junior champion
That was so huge! It was effortless! An immensely talented 17 years old
That was amazing! He was able to save that jump with deep knee bend
He's a bit unpredictable. One of my favorite skaters for the reason
One of them being the 3A-3T
This kid's got talent
He's flying across the end of the rink with that jump!
And he put down one of the most emotional footwork sequence here!
He's channeling all his energy into this footwork and the audience is helping
He was seven points off the podium. Seemed like a mile away
Now he just got a whole lot closer!
A superstar is born
Former world junior champion with his sight set on the senior world podium
Yuzuru Hanyu had a skate of his life today and look at the score!
A new season's best by a whopping margin! 13 points and only one skater has beaten that score this year
and he's only beaten it once and that's Patrick Chan
These are incredible numbers!
The breakthrough made him finished third
He had shown flashes of brilliance but was yet to win a major title
and still wasn't seen as a serious champion contender by the press
but in standing up to a world champion, this was the moment he truly arrived
An unbelievable turn of events here! "Yazunori Hanyu" wins (Commentator mispronounced his name)
and the three-time and reigning world champion, Patrick Chan, who we all thought was unbeatable
has to settle for a silver medal here at the grand prix finals
In the GPF 2013
Hanyu challenged the technical barrier of 2 quads that time
He surpassed the World Champion, Patrick Chan
He won the Olympic title 2 months after that
And this time, he became the target to be surpassed next
So it wasn't quite the fairytale ending
Despite winning gold, Hanyu had a few mistakes in the free skate
Hanyu, who would often express his regret for the program had already set his eyes on the 2018 olympics
Congrats for winning the gold
Thank you so much
Even though we should be happy. But we heard you feel a bit frustrated here. Right?
Yes I had 2 major mistakes in the free skate. So I'm a bit regretful for that
Hanyu won the gold medal at Sochi 2014
How was it? Did you set your goal to win again at Pyeongchang Olympics right afterwards?
Yes I did
So your motivation was to win the next Olympic immediately after that win?
Yes exactly
Despite having recorded numerous records in his career to that point, he went on to produce
a performance that made the entire world take notice
which was the grand prix! A Spanish Grand Prix
Here's the man who not only has been winning events
He's been making history throughout the season
Yuzuru hanyu coming off the highest total ever in a short program
up by almost 20 points heading into the free skate. The reigning olympic champion
This men's event is crazy good! Unbelievable
And mid way through, you forget what you're watching
You forget about the quads! You forget about all the technical elements there and you just lost in the program
He's not only taking himself, he is taking the sport to places that we don't really know
In the middle of a run, a stretch in his career that few have experienced
We just witnessed greatness. He is superior to any other male figure skater out there
and his setting this record with no fluke
His performance, the machinery far from the best, mount him out as a guaranteed champion of the future
Unbelievable!
After several impressive performances, now there was no doubting that Yuzuru Hanyu was a superstar
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