Figure skating - Four Continents, 2014, Taipei City
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In accordance with the prediction of the vigil, Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue were imposed in the dance contest of the Four Continents Championships, reached its sixteenth edition.
Thursday 23 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
The "Arena Taipei" Taipei City was, in any case, the scene of a competition more balanced than expected because of the short-term to dance the first position was occupied by the Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, at the end of seconds.
In accordance with the results today, the United States filed the ninth victory in the history of the Four Continents, pulling two lengths of Canada, provided with seven in 2012 when Virtue / Moir imposed themselves at home in Colorado Springs.
In the free dance, Hubbell / Donohue confirmed the enormous progress already made manifest in the course of the season, managing to touch the percent of segment lengths in the race and remodeling an appreciable effect on overall personal best to become the'' eleventh pair for points obtained in four Olympics. Students Pasquale Camerlengo, the best of the day on each item of the components of the program have also had the luxury of achieving a remarkable level four on the sequence of steps in a circle failing to break the 50-point threshold of TES (technical element score) , up to now within the reach of a select few.
Gilles / Poirier, rose for the first time on the podium in an ISU Championship, have mainly paid duty on the sequence of steps in the free dance, but they have left on the plate a couple of points because of a lift does not go beyond level two.
In third place, were placed young Americans Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton, students Camerlengo of the team that now have taken their satisfaction to break for the first time in a senior competition the barrier of 140 points.
The fourth place, with lots of new personal record, went to Canadians Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill, able to overturn the result of the recent national championships in the course of which were preceded by Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams, not gone beyond the fifth square in the race of Taipei City.
The palm of the best among non-Americans is touched, as forecast, the Australians Danielle O'' Brien / Gregory Merriman, climbed back up to seventh place after a disappointing performance in the short-dance, closed in tenth position. Moreover, among the fifteen couples dancing entered the competition, students Pasquale Camerlengo are the only ones who will take part in the upcoming Olympic Games.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) (USA) - Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE 158.25 (2 | 1) primacy personale02) (CAN) - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER 153.71 (1 | 2) 03) (USA) - Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON 144.95 (3 | 3) primacy personale04) (CAN) - Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL 137.03 (4 | 4) primacy personale05) (CAN) - Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS 133.42 (5 | 6) 06) (USA) - Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT 130.05 (6 | 5) 07) (AUS) - Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN 121.44 (10 | 7) 08) (CHN) - Zhang Yiyi / WU Nan 116.34 (9 | 8) primacy personale09) (CHN) - Shiyue WANG / LIU Xinyu 115.66 (7 | 9) supremacy staff10) (KOR) - Yura MIN / Timothy KOLETO 111.23 (8 | 10) primacy nazionale11) (CHN) - ZHAO Yue / LIU Chang 99.84 (13 | 12) 12) (JPN) - Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION 99.82 (11 | 14) 13) (KAZ) - Ksenia Korobkova / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV 98.79 (14 | 11) primacy nazionale14) (MEX) - Pilar Maekawa MORENO / Leonardo Maekawa MORENO 97.11 (12 | 15) primacy nazionale15) (UZB) - Elizaveta Tretyakov / Viktor Kovalenko 91.76 (15 | 13) personal record
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