Figure Skating - World Championships 2014 Saitama
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'' The last racing day of the World Championships Figure Skating opened with the free dance, which gave'' s first medal in the Italian edition of'' hosted by "Super Arena" in Saitama.
Saturday 29 March 2014 8 minutes reading time
Filed a short-dance overall below expectations, the level of competition has grown exponentially and there have been twists and turns as the top athletes have expressed the most of their potential.
The victory at the end of a thrilling head head with four pairs involved, it went to Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, who capitalized on the margin accumulated in the first segment of the race, resisting the bully back the pursuers. For the'' Italy is the second world title in dance that comes thirteen years after the success achieved in Vancouver by Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio. The performance of the skaters blue, today the authors of the new national record, was rewarded by assessments of program components higher than in the past, but on the technical side showed the usual solidity, historically the trademark of the students of Paola Mezzadri. It should be noted as Cappellini / Lanotte, first in history to be able to establish themselves in a competition for the first level (Grand Prix, Europeans, Four Continents, World Championships, Olympic Games), despite the fourth overall score in the free dance.
The second step of the podium, defeated by just two cents, you are accommodated Kaitlyn Weaver / Poje Andre,'' in increased chance of strokes exponentially, and of course the authors of the new personal best. The Canadian couple, coached by the renowned Italian coach Pasquale Camerlengo, he cherished the dream for a few minutes of victory because initially both step sequences were assessed for level four, but after the technical review panel will have three stops. In any case, the'' silver medal today, probably sweet and sour flavor, is the highest point of his career and the business card for the next four Olympics, as they already confirmed, will see them among the protagonists.
In third place, were placed Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat, who thus equaled the result obtained in Nice in 2011, ending a career in the beauty of high-profile where it is mostly missed the Olympic podium. Moreover, in today's race, as well as retouch the national leader, have taken their satisfaction to close the first technical score, mainly the result of the'' unique four level assigned by the panel on the sequences of steps in pairs, in this case a diagonal.
The anticipated and talked-about Russian Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, despite the best performance of the lot in the free dance, they had to settle for fourth doing in their own way the history of the discipline because, in all competitions of the first level of the past, winning couple of the longest segment of the race had brought home a second place at least. '' The attention is now turned to the next few days, during which you will understand if you really one of the most talented couples in circulation will separate as it is rumored for some time.
The challenge of partnerships between the U.S. and the fifth prize money was won for the umpteenth time'' by Evan Bates / Madison Chock, who have largely preceded the usual rivals Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, managing to gain the upper hand on the technical and ciasucna component of the program in both race program. The brothers of Asian origin, according to some rumors in the odor of separation, they still register in the free dance at the highest technical score of the last three seasons.
Next, they placed the Russians Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin, adept at resisting the return of Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, who, in any case, with the'' eighth'' Saitama have redeemed a year so far for the below expectations. It should be emphasized also the ninth British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland, again after the bronze shields of the Europeans and the'' good tenth place of the Olympic Games.
At home Italy, welcomed the trial of Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, able to recover three positions relative to the first segment of the race with a lot of personal record in the free dance. Students of Barabara Fusar Poli, now authors a solid performance on the technical side, ended the competition in fourteenth place getting the best result of his career in three participations in the World Championships.
In light of today's results, in the next edition of the World Championships, the United States, Canada and Russia will deploy three pairs, Italy, France and Great Bretagan will have two seats, while the other nations will have to settle for a single pair.
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