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With the women's final of the World Championships in Saitama Japan closes a World Championships that took away a lot of satisfaction to the Japanese public. Mao Asada won it the title at home while European champion Julia Lipnitskaia grabs the'' silver and Kostner had to settle for a bronze anyway marking the historic'' yet another triumph in a series of podiums record.
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A good proof that Mao Asada (216.69), which opens the'' exercise by completing the triple axel, although slightly sottoruotato, as well as the triple flip-triple loop combination. A small burr comes only on the double axel, the other three triples are completed to the best although the combination of the double jumps triple loop-double toe loop-double loop are, again, sottoruotati. Rotation problems aside, l'' legendary skater Japanese compensates with tops of high quality and a sequence of steps that stellar deserves a high degree of performance. For the Japanese it is the third world title in his career after those of Gothenburg 2008, Turin 2010: This time, however, it is a particularly significant as gold might be what marks a farewell to racing career is not yet confirmed.
Not to be outdone Julia Lipnitskaya (207.50), which closes the open to some point away due to a fall on the triple salchow, already traitor on the occasion of the Olympic Games and downgraded to a double. '' The rest of the year, slightly revised on the Strategic Plan for the'' opportunity is great and provides the difficult triple lutz-triple toe loop combination and a triple lutz in the second half of the program: both, however, are judged with the wire wrong. No problem on the tops, specialty of the house at all four levels of performance with very positive results.
Try hard to Carolina Kostner (203.83), which opens well with the triple lutz'' excellent'' s only correct wire of the three women on the podium. Even the double axel-double toe loop combination, but without triple, that's fine but then Kostner risks with the triple flip-triple toe loop combination on which it falls. From then something fails and the loop is that the flip is performed individual. Shooting with a double axel and triple salchow-double toe loop combination loop single but in fact lacks a combination of jumps in a layout other than the Olympics. In any case, the'' blue compensates with other elements, one of them is the sequence of steps which deserves the level four and the highest grade of execution (+2.10). Decisive for the final classification was the advantage gained during the short program and the'' high ratings for the components of the program, 73.78, best achieved in his career and the best in the evening. Even Kostner ends happily, then, a season that most likely could be the'' last of his competitive career already full of records, and many historians hardly repeatable results for our country.
At the foot of the podium an amazing Anna Pogorilaya (197.50) author of a memorable free with seven triple jumps, including the difficult triple lutz-triple toe loop combination and triple loop-triple salchow-oiler. The Russian crumbles so the staff gets the highest technical score of the race (67.19) and you take away the satisfaction of overcoming the most reliable Gracie Gold in the standings.
The American student of Frank Carroll (124.27), in fact, was the main threat to the luca bronze Kostner of poor performance of'' ultimate quest. Unfortunately for her, however, the tension and the long wait (the'' American skated last) have betrayed their expectations and came two fatal mistakes on the axel'' (the first single, the second with a single fall and degraded) . Some degree of negative execution reaches also on the loop and flip and despite the combination of two triple lutz with the free turns out to be only on the seventh day of: also in this case, then, was the decisive good short program Thursday.
Sixth Akiko Suzuki once again struggling with too many problems of rotation on the jumps (193.72), while the U.S. is Wagner flap week but the fourth day Free moving the combination with the triple toe loop flip from the opening double axel of the program. Then completes the program with five triples and four spins at grabbing the personal best score in the free, 129.52.
Rounding out the top ten a brilliant Edmunds (187.50) with the fifth day free of technical and well-66.39, the second-ever segment of the race. In ninth place, with some surprise, that the Korean Park with 176.61 gives two seats to his country for the next edition is iridata.Murakami instead tenth with 172.44.
Nice comeback by Valentina Marchei (157.64) and 16th place finishes in demonstrating the character and tenacity always trademark. The'' blue in fact opens the free risking double axel-triple toe loop combination, well finished, then he completed four more triples wrong just the flip, performed twice. Very low, unfortunately, the judgment on the components of the program which stops at an altitude of 55.18, perhaps the result of a number of down on the ice (the'' blue came out first) quite inadequate to its natural habitat.
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