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Lucius Kazanecki 🇺🇸 74.89 “I felt good today. I felt like I improved a lot. I think I was less focused just on the jumps and more actually spending energy on all the skating as well. So I’m really happy about that.” On competing at his first Junior Worlds “I haven’t really thought that much about this being my first Junior Worlds since I’ve come here. There’s been a lot of other things I’ve been focusing on, and I guess that helped.” On his season and the success at the Junior Grand Prix Final “To be honest, I don’t think it really helped me while being here. I think it rather has done the opposite of helping. My name is a bit bigger now, people are expecting more from me, and that’s uncomfortable, but I have to get used to it. It’s a good spot to start and a good learning experience.” On his preparation “Honestly, it hasn’t been the best. I think it was a bit of a struggle and started to get to me mentally. But I think at the end of the day I’m out here and I should just enjoy it instead of focusing on my placement. It was really mental, not an injury. When you’re struggling a bit in practice and you have such a big competition coming up, you start panicking maybe a little bit. I was getting worried, but I had to trust myself.” On his impressions on the Olympics “Since I train with Ilia, it was definitely not a really good impression of the Olympics. What happened there created kind of a gray environment for us. It was a little bit toxic, if I’m being honest. It was just so hard watching that happen, and it really hurt all of us.” “We were watching it live at the rink. We all came there together to watch it and it was really a shock. I haven’t been able to meet or talk with Ilia yet because he’s been in Switzerland and then I left for here. But I’m really impressed with the things he’s been saying, and he’s been looking good ever since, so I shouldn’t be that worried about him.” #JWFigure #FigureSkating #JuniorWorlds