Figure skating - European Championships 2016
Flavio Valle
The 'Ondrej Nepala Ice Arena in Bratislava, home to the European Championships in figure skating, & egrave; was the scene between late afternoon and early evening to a spectacular short program men, who consecrated once more & ugrave; Spaniard Javier Fernandez.
Wednesday 27 January 2016 9 minutes reading time
The twenty-four madrile & ntilde; or has not only posed a serious threat to the achievement of the fourth consecutive continental crown dominating the length and breadth of the segment of the race, but above & egrave; He became the second man in history to break the hundred points. To get better performance than today, & egrave; need to bother the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, world record with over one hundred and ten points.
Fernandez predendo its cue from fellow Japanese training performed for the first time in an ISU Championship two quadruple jumps completing impeccably quadruple salchow preceded by step and with a little trimming the combination of 'opening quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop. Obviously, the 'student of Brian Orser, now fully at ease on the triple axel, has created a vacuum on the technical side, but not & egrave; It was outdone on the components of the program. Each evaluation & egrave ;, in fact, risen to star, confirming the success of the choreography created by Antonio Najarro the tune of Malague & ntilde; a. & Nbsp;
On the sidelines, & egrave; important to remember as the 'last skater to dominate for at least four consecutive times in the European Championships & egrave; was Ondrej Nepela, legend of the old Czechoslovakia where & egrave; It was called the Ice Palace in Bratislava.
Fernandez aside, the level of competition & egrave; It was much higher than expected, as witnessed by the many personal and national records broken. Moreover, three athletes have managed to complete two quadruple jumps, that's never happened in the continental event.
Behind the Iberian ruler, you & egrave; certificate Russian Maxim Kovtun, detachment of more than fourteen points. The twenty year old from Ekaterinburg, but based in Moscow & egrave; nell''esecuzione was impeccable combination of quadruple salchow / triple toe loop and quad toe loop, falling to & ograve; unexpectedly triple axel concluded. It remains, in any case, the satisfaction of having been preceded by only Fernandez on both entries of the score.
A revived Michal Brezina won the third coin compensating the fall on the quadruple salchow with un''elevata quality & agrave; all other elements, primarily the triple axel.
Next, they placed the Israelis Alexei Bychenko, complete with a new national record, and Daniel Samohin, fell on the triple axel after having completed two quadruple jumps. Both for the first time in his career they have gone by force over eighty points, starting up where the 'had completed twelve months ago.
Nell''occasione, there have been all''appello skaters blue. Ivan Righini, increasingly & ugrave; dropped in the new short program to the music of Raise Me Up, he has crumbled the national record that belonged to Samuel Contesti becoming the first Italian to break the barrier of the eighty points.
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SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
01) ESP - Javier FERNANDEZ102.54 (55.96 | 46.58) ER02) RUS - Maxim KOVTUN88.09 (48.88 | 40.21) - 1.0003) CZE - Michal BREZINA84.30 (45.11 | 40.19) - 1.0004) ISR - Alexei Bychenko 84.09 (45.59 | 38.50) NR05) ISR - Daniel SAMOHIN82.83 (46.77 | 36.96) - 1:00 PB06) ITA - Ivan RIGHINI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 82.23 (43.83 | 38.40) NR07) BEL - Jorik HENDRICKX & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 79.13 (43.41 | 35.72 | NR08) FRA - Florent AMODIO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 78.28 (40.07 | 38.21) 09) RUS - Mikhail KOLYADA77.58 (41.29 | 37.29) - 1.0010) RUS - Alexander Petrov 76.95 (39.70 | 37.25) PB11) SWE - Alexander MAJOROV76.34 (40.63 | 35.79) 12) ENG - Matthew RIZZO74.91 (40.87 | 34.04) PB13) UKR - Ivan Pavlov 68.78 (37.10 | 31.68) PB14) LAT - Deniss VASILJEVS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 68.32 (34.53 | 35.79) - 1.0015) GER - Franz Streubel & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 68.11 (37.67 | 31.44) - 1:00 PB16) GER - Paul FENTZ67.97 (37.80 | 30.17) PB17) ESP - Felipe MONTOYA67.73 (35.30 | 32.43) PB18) GBR - Phillip HARRIS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 63.93 (32.61 | 31.32) 19) CZE - Jiri Bělohradský & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 60.53 (31.98 | 28.55) PB20) NOR - Sondre ODDVOLL BOE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 59.12 (29.28 | 29.84) NR21) CRO - Nicholas VRDOLJAK & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 59.02 (32.23 | 26.79) 22) ON - Stephane WALKER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 57.23 (27.80 | 30.43) - 1.0023) SLO - David KRANJEC56.99 (30.71 | 27.28) - 1.0024) AUT - Mario-Rafael IONIAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 54.16 (27.13 | 27.03) PB25) NED - Thomas Kennes & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 53.86 (27.63 | 26.23) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; PB26) FIN - Valtter VIRTANEN52.07 (26.36 | 26.71) - 1.0027) BLR - Alexei MIALIONKHIN50.98 (26.52 | 24.46) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; PB28) EST - Daniil ZURAV50.50 (26.18 | 24.32) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; PB29) GEO - Armen AGAIAN49.32 (25.60 | 24.72) - 1:00 PB30) POL - Patrick MYZYK49.26 (24.61 | 25.65) - 1.0031) ARM - Slavik Hayrapetyan & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 46.71 (20:50 | 27.21) - 1.0032) AZE - Larry LOUPOLOVER44.46 (22:54 | 22.92) - 1.0033) HUN - Alexander MASZLJANKO44.26 (21:15 | 23:11) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; PB34) SVK - Michael NEUMAN42.03 (20:46 | 21:57) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 35) TUR - Engin Ali ARTAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 40.60 (20:15 | 21:45) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; - 1:00
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