Figure skating - European Championships, 2013, Zagreb
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The first day of the European Figure Skating Championships, hosted by the "Dom Sportova" in Zagreb, ended with the short program of the pairs of art.
Wednesday 23 January 2013 7 minutes reading time
The segment of the race has spared no surprises and several couples who aspired to the podium have already accumulated a significant gap.
The Italian budget has proved very positive in that the third position is at present occupied by Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, that, with the new national record improved by almost four points, have booked an appointment with history. In fact, never a pair of artistic blue took the podium in a European Championship and the best performance of all-time is represented by the fourth place just by the students of Franca Bianconi in the continental event in Sheffield last season.
Berton / Hotarek skated a disc with no burrs running one of the best jumps in parallel of the day (triple toe loop) and passing unscathed is now acquired the'' triple twist the back outside death spiral, an element that has claimed many victims over the course of season. For the rest, there was the usual solidity of lifting, spinning in parallel, the sequence of steps and triple Rittberger launched. Among the main reasons for satisfaction should be highlighted the evaluation of the program components higher than that of couples such as Kavaguti / Smirnov, winners of the continental title in the past, but today sadly fifth with eight points behind the podium.
The positive day for the colors italian was completed by the ninth of the rookies Della Monica / Guarise, affected by a fall on the triple salchow when it launched the'' item had been completed. L'' hiccup, occurred because the landing is completed is "escaped" the blade to Nicole Della Monica, has not allowed the couple stationed in Zanica to reach the minimum technical score to take part in the World Championships.
As regards, however, the leadership of the race, the first round of'' wait before seasonal challenge among Russians Volosozhar / Trankov and the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy went, not without some doubt, the defending champions who have managed to accumulate more than three-point margin.
The students of Nina Mozer, winners of the Grand Prix Final, they have got the best technical score and the highest rating of each component of the program, but left the perplexity'' attitude of the judges rather generous to the current leaders. In fact, despite the technical score of basic Savchenko / Szolkowy were higher by two-tenths, the degree of execution sanctioned a difference between the two pairs of almost one and a half to the benefit of the Russians, not to mention the glaring gap'' in each item of the program components.
The Germans have definitely left some points on the plate because of the spinning top in parallel, without unison, for the sequence of steps and the quality of the triple twist, but were higher on the spiral of death, the triple jump in parallel, run with perfect unison, and jump started.
There will, therefore, the controversy, not a novelty in the current season, the result coming from the short program today.
The fourth, a little more than five lengths of detachment from the podium, went to advanced French James / Cipres, capable in the'' opportunity to revise the national leader.
The Russians Kavaguti / Smirnov divide, finally, the palm of disappointment of the day with fellow Stolbova / Klimov, second round because of the unusual steps to empty the elements of jump, which both launched side by side, notoriously the house specialty.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT
01) 73.23 - (RUS) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV 02) 70.21 - (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY 03) 64.28 - (ITA) Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotárek (PB) 04) 59.27 - (FRA) Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (PB) 05) 56.20 - (RUS) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV 06) 55.14 - (GER) Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE (PB) 07) 53 , 75 - (FRA) Daria POPOVA / Bruno Massot 08) 53.70 - (RUS) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor KLIMOV09) 47.26 - (ITA) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise 10) 45.39 - (GBR) Stacey KEMP / David KING 11) 41.66 - (UKR) Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk (PB) 12) 39.07 - (AUT) Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER (PB) 13) 37.15 - (BUL) Elizabeta MAKAROVA / Leri KENCHADZE (PB) 14) 37.06 - (BLR) Maria PALIAKOVA / Nikita Bochkov (PB) 15) 34.73 - (POL) Magdalena klatka / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI
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