In Junior Men, there were 12 skaters from 7 countries, and we are very grateful that more skaters from outside the Nordic countries are choosing to participate in the competition.
Matias Lindfors from Finland won the gold with 200.87 points after a technically strong program with high component scores.
The second place went to Swedish Albin Samuelson with 184.65 points. Albin had actually been in first place after the short program, where he skated cleanly, including a lovely triple-triple combination. He opened his free skate he a beautiful 3Lz+3T+2A+SEQ combo.
In this series, Norway took bronze with Daniil Valanov scoring 170.53 points, who had otherwise been in second place after the short program. Daniel lost points, among other things, by doing a single Axel, but also received high component scores, especially in Skating Skills.
Unfortunately, Danish Wendell Hansson-Ostergaard had to withdraw after the short program, where he had a heavy fall on the ice.