Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships in 2015
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The seventeenth edition of the Four Continents Championships, hosted by "Mokdong Ice Rink" in Seoul, you & egrave; ended with the women's free program, segment race characterized by poverty & agrave; technical content.
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Withdrawals or sabbaticals of skaters from the likes of Kim Yu Na, Mao Asada, Miki Ando and Akiko Suzuki, without forgetting the 'lack of choice for Ashley Wanger, have extremely depleted level and they must be emphasized even more & ugrave; the 'huge difference that currently exists between the Russian movement and the rest of the world.
While the race dance, one reserved for couples of artistic and proof male stood out for high-end performance in both technical and artistic, dall''altro the women's competition was the point pi & ugrave; the bottom of the event the offering is not a show all''altezza an ISU Championship and pi & ugrave; Adato one of the many Challenger Series went on stage in the first part of the season.
The leit-motive segment pi & ugrave; long race proved the uncertainties on the elements of jump that, in the presence of a technical panel pi & ugrave; severe, would have further lowered the scores, but not competitive. Falls, landing on two feet, jumps open in flight and landings stammering have, in fact, been the norm and not the 'exception.
The title & egrave; was won by surprise by the American Polina Edmunds, who, in the free program, had the merit of performing two double axel and seven triple jumps, including two flip the input wire ugrave & much more; that suspicion. In a context in which the opponents are going well away from skating smudge, just landings without problems allowed the sixteen year stationed in California to make up for the lack of transitional passages by passing almost unnoticed long chases that preceded each element jump. The keystone & egrave; so was the technical score, unparalleled in the race.
In second place, separated by more than two points behind the winner, you & egrave; attested a disappointing Satoko Miyahara, fresh from a convincing performance in the short program, but not able to riporporsi the same levels in the free. The sixteen year old Japanese, cos & Igrave; as happened in the national championships, has made significant changes to the program by placing two combinations double axel / triple toe loop, however well executed, in the second half & agrave; of music. However, despite having been pardoned by the panel of several jumps with rotation to the limit, & egrave; fell on a triple lutz generously judged under rotated and has messed sull''atterraggio triple flip and the combination triple lutz / double toe loop / double Rittberger skating from beginning to end with palpable tension and often look toward the ice.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the Japanese Rika Hongo, athlete with quality & agrave; Skating less than direct rivals for the podium, but still capable of performing two double axel and seven triple jumps, including two flip. Again, the main problem concerned the rotations of the jumps and the 'student of Hiroshi Nagakubo pu & ograve; be satisfied for calls panel that, on balance, has judged under rotated only two triple jumps.
The staunitense Gracie Gold, undisputed favorite of the eve, the thermostat has' only moment of lucidity & agrave; when he had the 'care not to repeat three times a double toe loop sticking to a triple salchow a simple toe loop. For the rest, gave the 'impression of being overwhelmed by the pressure of saving herself from a debacle of very different proportions thanks to the quality & agrave; on steps and spins. Ci & ograve; Accordingly, the eighteen year coached by Frank Carroll has completed only four triple jumps on the plate leaving perhaps fifteen points in the first thirty seconds of the program in which, instead of & egrave; perform the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and double axel / triple toe loop planned, put together with great uncertainty two combinations lutz / double toe loop and double axel / double toe loop.
Fifth place & egrave; went to the Chinese Zijun Li, playing bomb with great combinations triple flip / triple toe loop and double axel / triple toe loop, but then dropped to the distance and appeared again in eivdente difficulty & agrave; on the athletic in the last two minutes of the program. The eighteen year stationed in Beijing has still stubbornly brought home all the items scheduled completing two double axel and seven triple jumps, but & egrave; was penalized by the quality & agrave; execution that did not allow to change gears. Moreover, nell''economia result, has also weighed a triple lutz markedly taken from a wire not external.
Next, with a large gap from the five skaters on the ice came down nell''ultimo group, & egrave; placed the novice Japanese Yuka Nagai, ahead of narrow measures the Canadian Daleman Gabriella, author of the new personal best, and the American Samantha Cesario.
In the long list of disappointed, stand out the names of Korean So Youn Park and the Canadian Alaine Chartrand, ninth and tenth, respectively, because of evidence marked by numerous uncertainties on the elements of jump. Despite everything, the hostess & egrave; however risucita to make mark one of the best technical scores, but, as usual, has paid duty regarding programs from the school building without steps of transition and artistically poor.
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FINAL STANDINGS
01) USA - Polina EDMUNDS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 184.02 (4 | 1) 02) JPN - Satoko MIYAHARA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 181.59 (1 | 2) 03) JPN - Rika HONGO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 177.44 (3 | 3) 04) USA - Gracie GOLD & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 176.58 (2 | 5) 05) CHN - Zijun LI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 175.92 (5 | 4) 06) JPN - Yuka NAGAI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 168.09 (7 | 8) 07) CAN - Gabrielle DALEMAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 167.09 (8 | 6) PB08) USA - Samantha CESARIO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 166.76 (9 | 7) 09) KOR - So Youn PARK & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 163.75 (10 | 9) 10) CAN - Alaine Chartrand & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 161.22 (6 | 10) 11) KOR - Hae Jin KIM & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 147.30 (11 | 12) 12) AUS - Kailani Craine & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 142.16 (12 | 13) PB13) KOR - Song Joo CHEA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 139.09 (15 | 11) PB14) CAN - Veronik MALLET & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 130.15 (13 | 14) 15) PHI - Melissa BULANHAGUI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 126.32 (16 | 15) 16) PHI - Alisson Krystle PERTICHETO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 115.87 (17 | 16) 17) AUS - Brooklee HAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 114.02 (18 | 17) 18) BRA - Isadora WILLIAMS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 113.96 (14 | 18) 19) MEX - Reyna Hamui & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 105.94 (19 | 19)
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