Figure skating - European Championships 2014
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The European Figure Skating Championships, hosted by the "Syma Hall" in Budapest, opened with the women's short program.
Wednesday 15 January 2014 11 minutes reading time
As expected, the leitmotif of the race proved to be the match between the'' blue Kostner and the young Russian Sotnikova and Lipnitskaia, which totaled in the first three positions of the ranking.
The first round was won by seventeen Moscow Adelina Sotnikova, able to overcome for the first time in his career the threshold of seventy points in the segment of the race. '' The student of Elena Buianova, took to the track on the song "Habanera" from Carmen Suite by Bizet is, he performed a triple toe loop combination'' excellent / triple toe loop, a triple flip preceded by the remarkable step and double axel d ' 'order in the second half of the disc, but above all he had the merit of obtaining feedback on the program components in line with Kostner.
'' The place of honor was occupied by debutante Julia Lipnitskaia, author of the best technical score, despite a string of suspected on the triple lutz. Solid elements of the jump, the fifteen-coached by Ethers Tutberidze has created a vacuum on the tops easily reaching the highest level available and a degree of execution from the very first class.
A very positive Carolina Kosnter had to be content with the third step of the provisional podium, in close contact, however, with the athletes that have preceded it''. The defending champion was flawless on the elements of jump presented and the absolute best on the sequence of steps as well as the sum of the components of the program. However, he has paid the duty on tops, both the upside, will halt at level two instead of the three expected, that the flying sit, rated level three instead of four. Beyond some minor trimming, the performance is to be considered convincing keeping in mind that the almost twenty-seven South Tyrolean skated for the first time in the race on the notes'' s "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert, new pattern chosen for the short program. An analysis and evaluation of the components of the program with respect to the leader of the race, Kostner was underpaid at the level of "skating skills", but probably the same can be said for Sotnikova the "transitions".
The trifonfo team to Russia was completed by the fourth of a reborn Alena Leonova, today impeccable elements of jump combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop included.
Afterwards, complete with a new national record, she placed the dicannovenne French Mae Berenice Meite, which preceded the'' Italian Valentina Marchei, oldest athlete in the race from the top'' of his twenty-seven. The Milanese transplanted to Detroit from time gave something to the degree of execution of jumps, but has expanded its program with a combination of triple salchow / triple toe loop, in the'' opportunity closed with a triple toe loop devoid of rotation needed. Moreover, Lipnitksaia aside, Marchei was'' the only one to perform a triple lutz among the athletes who have guaranteed the'' last group down on the ice in the free.
Positive performance for Roberta Rodeghiero third Italian entered the competition, which has obtained the personal best in the segment of the race by completing a combination of triple flip / double toe loop, a triple toe loop with a hand on the ground and a double axel. '' The student Franca Bianconi was placed in fifteenth place winning widely qualification to the free program, which will start in the late afternoon on Friday.
'' The list of excellent eslcuse from the second half of the race includes names of some importance. Stand out, in particular, Spain's Sonia Lafuente, Germany's Sarah Hecken,'' the Austrian Kerstin Frank, who will be at the Olympics, the Danish Anita Madsen and Luxembourg Fleux Maxwell.
It is, however, saved by the skin of our teeth veteran British Jenna McCorkell, penalized two fall over on the triple toe loop jump and preceded by the double axel.
It should be noted as the minimum score to pass the cut is reduced from 45.60 to 39.59 today from last season, but it should also be remembered that prior to the third place in today's ever short of Europeans had obtained more than 62.96 points and no athlete ever had gone more than 68 points.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT FEMALE
01) (RUS) - Adelina SOTNIKOVA70, 73 (37.15 | 33.58) primacy personale02) (RUS) - Julia LIPNITKSAIA69, 97 (38,06 | 31,91) 03) (ITA) - Carolina KOSTNER68.97 ( 35.29 | 33.68) 04) (RUS) - Alena LEONOVA64, 09 (33.24 | 30.85) 05) (FRA) - Mae Berenice MEITE58, 64 (31.58 | 27.06) primacy personale06) (ENG) - Valentina MARCHEI57.38 (28.93 | 28.45) 07) (GEO) - Elene GEDEVANISHVILI54.78 (28.04 | 26.74) 08) (EST) - Elena GLEBOVA54.68 (28.60 | 26.08) 09) (SWE) - Joshi HELGESSON54.25 (28.02 | 26.23) 10) (GER) - Nathalie WEINZIERL53.02 (26.76 | 26.26) 11) (SWE) - Viktoria HELGESSON52.55 (26.49 | 26.06) 12) (FIN) - Juulia TURKKILA 50.42 (28.39 | 22:03) 13) ( FRA) - Laurine LECAVELIER 49.12 (28.11 | 21:01) 14) (SVK) - Nicole RAJICOVA49.00 (26.32 | 22.68) primacy personale15) (ENG) - Roberta RODEGHIERO 48.52 (26.44 | 22:08) primacy personale16) (CZE) - Eliska BREZINOVA47.10 (28.33 | 18.77) primacy personale17) (UKR) - Natalia POPOVA47.01 (23:01 | 24.00) 18) (NOR) - Anne Line GJERSEM46.63 (26.43 | 20:20 ) 19) (BLE) - Kaat Van Daele 46.18 (25.41 | 20.77) 20) (ESP) - Marta GARCIA 44.61 (24.90 | 19.71) primacy personale21) ( LTU) - Inga JANULEVICIUTE44.24 (26.06 | 18:18) 22) (SWE) - Isabelle Olsson 43.97 (23.63 | 21:34) - 1.0023) (POL) - Agatha KRYGER43.59 (25.07 | 18.52) primacy personale24) (GBR) - Jenna MCCORKELL39, 59 - (19.94 | 21.65) -2.0025) (BLR) - Janina MAKEENKA39.44 (20:15 | 19:29) primacy personale26) (ON) - Tanja ODERMATT39.42 (22:08 | 18:34) - 1:00 personal record 27) (SLO) - GRM 38.52 Dasa (21:23 | 19.29 - 2.0028) (ESP) - Sonia LAFUENTE 38.43 (17:21 | 21:22) 29) (NOR) - Anita MADSEN 38.42 (19.79 | 18.63) 30) (LAT) - Ieva Gaile (37.83 (19.80 | 18:03) primacy personale31) Kerstin FRANK 37,44 (18,21 | 20,23) - 1.0032) ( NED) - Michelle COUWENBERG36.72 (18:43 | 19:29) -1.0033) (LUX) - Fleur Maxwell 36,48 (16,50 | 20,98) - 1.0034) (GER) - Sarah HECKEN35.20 16:47 | 20.73) - 2.0035 ) (ISR) - Danielle Montalbano 33.87 (17:51 | 18:36) 2.0036) (BUL) - Anna AFONKINA31.15 (15.69 | 17:46) - 2.0037) (TUR) - Silas SAYGI2.88 (10:54 | 17:34 ) - 2:00
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