Beres Clements - 2023 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships SP

Our next skater comes the same province, same coaching staff as well. 21 year old Barris Clements, 8th at the challenge event, 13th last season as senior at nationals, former junior men's silver medalist. Short program choreography by Lance Bison. I showed you my hat and you still lived with me. Who was I to say that this was meant to be? The road that was broken brought us together. You could fall for a thousand kings. You could hope you see the best in me. I was upside down at the table. And you went home with a single word and a gentle touch. You turned them all into forever. You could fall for a thousand kings. You could hope you see the best in me. Kevin, this is the best I have ever seen this young man skate in his life. You can see he's emotional. He lost his mom last year, which was just a horrible experience and just dealing with all of that and struggling a little bit in skating. And he's worked so hard and he delivered on the biggest stage at a moment when he was surrounded by angels. He's worked hard for that. So nice to see him succeed. Beautiful. You could see him look to the sky right at the very end. Watch his triple axel. Some of the best technique in the competition. Beautiful off the end of the edge. Nice spring on the takeoff. Just a little late checking out with the free leg, but not a major problem. They're still able to carry the running edge out of the jump. Great spring on that triple lutz. Nice secure landings on both of those jumps. Beautiful extension coming out of the triple toe. No loss of focus here. Great spring again on the triple flip. Past the halfway point to round out the jumping passes. Nice clean performance from start to finish. This is truly the best I've seen him skate. Yes, there's lots of areas for improvement. More connection to music and all sorts of work. Maybe a little bit of flexibility, but this young man has always had great jump technique. No question. Maybe a little bit of nerves as he looks to the sky. Beautiful. What a moment for him. So happy for him. Season's best 66.02. Personal best 71.45. I think he has a good chance of beating both those scores. Absolutely. And here they are. Sherporkov scores for Berestnik. 75.95. You can see him go, yes! Awesome. Berestnik's over the lead. What a moment for this young man. Very special indeed.