Figure skating - Four Continents, 2013, Osaka
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The second day of the fifteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships, hosted by the "Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka", opened with the women's short program.
Saturday 9 February 2013 6 minutes reading time
The technical level of the competition, it was announced that particularly high, did not disappoint the expectations of fans and industry professionals in the field. '' To give an idea of ​​what happened on the ice, it is sufficient to point out how the top seven in the ranking have completed three triple jumps.
The ranking of the first segment of the race smiles to the athletes at home, able to monopolize the provisional podium. All, however, stands out Mao Asada, author of a nearly flawless performance, accompanied by the first to the last note'' l'' rhythmic applause of the large audience. The winner of the'' last final of the Grand Prix has finally revived the triple axel in competition, by supplementing it, however, in an impeccable manner. Specifically, the'' student of Nobuo Sato, as well as having set a new season record, exceeded forty points on the technical front, threshold taboo for anyone from the far last season but where the Olympic athletes could also count on the sequence of angels. Jumps aside, amazing proved to be the final sequence of steps, a fitting end to a short program choreographed by Lori Nichol in an exemplary manner to the tune of "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin. Although it may seem unnecessary, it should be noted as Mao Asada, as well as having scored the highest technical score of the day, it was by far the best on each item of the program components.
In second place, is Akiko Suzuki, good to recover from the disturbing crisis of the end of December / early January. The veteran Japanese skated a "disk" clean performing the best elements of each of the jump, including the combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, which occasionally has been a problem. Convincing performance for Akiko Murakami, Japan's youngest in the race, finally able to complete the jumps without rotation problems and unique among the athletes of the house to get the highest level to arrangements on each of the spins. L'' student of Machiko Yamada was also the only one to have three triple jumps in the second half of the disc.
The fourth place is occupied by temporary Christina Gao, probably the least expected between the U.S., able to complete a disc without any trimming, but at a disadvantage compared to girls who l'' preceded by lower levels on the elements of top. After that, you are placed compatriot Gracie Gold, not perfect landing'' on the triple lutz, and China's Zhang Kexin, in his debut season but right from the start on time on jumps and spins as in the recent past.
Remain in the race for the podium the American Agnes Zawadzki, seventh with fall on the double axel, and the Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond, eighth due to a shift to empty the triple flip, notoriously the dish of the house.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT FEMALE
01) 74.49 - (JPN) Mao ASADA 02) 65.65 - (JPN) Akiko SUZUKI 03) 64.04 - (JPN) MURAKAMI Kanako 04) 62.34 - (USA) Christina GAO 05) 60.36 - (USA) 06 Gracie GOLD) 57.56 - (CHN) Zhang Kexin 07) 57.45 - (USA) Agnes Zawadzki 08) 56.22 - (CAN) Kaetlyn OSMOND 09) 54.74 - (CAN) Amelie LACOSTE 10 ) 54.51 - (CHN) Zijun LI 11) 48.54 - (AUS) Brooklee HAN 12) 46.82 - (CAN) Julianne SEGUIN 13) 43.93 - (AUS) Chantelle KERRY 14) 43.72 - ( MEX) Reyna Hamui 15) 39.78 - (KOR) PARK Yeon Jun 16) 39.75 - (TPE) Melinda WANG 17) 38.58 - (PHI) Melissa BULANHAGUI 18) 37.99 - (TPE) Crystal Kiang 19 ) 34.28 - (RSA) Lejeanne MARAIS 20) 30.07 - (IND) Love PAREKH
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