Denis Ten and Shoma A big sweep in short of the Four Continents

Denis Ten e Shoma Uno in grande spolvero nel corto dei Four Continents
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Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships in 2015

Denis Ten and Shoma A big sweep in short of the Four Continents

The first day of the eighteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships, hosted by Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul, you & egrave; ended with the men's short program, segment race & egrave; revealed un''autentica gem, as evidenced by the seasonal primates, domestic and personal retouched seamless continuity & agrave ;.

The absolute protagonist is named Denis Ten, author of the best performance of the season, as well & egrave; fourth all-time behind Hanyu, Chan and Machida. The twenty-one Kazakh, took to the track on the song "Caruso", & egrave; was simply impeccable on each item presented, reaching more & ugrave; high available on tops and on an amazing sequence of steps, entry gi & agrave; fully into the history of the discipline. & nbsp; The 'student of Frank Carroll opened his performance with a quadruple toe loop followed closely by a triple axel high quality & agrave; and by a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, placed in the second half & agrave; of music. As expected, Ten, never on the podium in earlier investments, clocked the best technical score and has created a vacuum on each item of the program components, inflicting a detachment not far from nine lengths to pi & ugrave; immediate pursuer. Even with the proper proportions, the seventeen year old Shoma Uno, to debut in an ISU Championship senior, non & egrave; was outdone. The young Japanese, finally freed from regulatory constraints of the junior competitions, clearly has crumbled the personal record by filing a prestigious second place and not going cos & Igrave; distance from the significant threshold of ninety points. The 'student of Machiko Yamada, besides having outstanding for the quality & agrave; of steps and spins, performed a quadruple toe loop good, a triple axel preceded by the moon and closed the elements jump with a combination triple flip / triple toe loop. The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the Chinese Han Yan, finally back to speak at an excellent level after the adventures that had compromised the first part of the season. The eighteen year old Harbin has created a triple axel to stun beauty, not surprisingly the best of the race, but gave something to opponents landing the quadruple toe loop with a clear step-out
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