Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships in 2015
Flavio Valle
The pair of Canadian art consisting of Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford confirmed the 'imbattibilit & agrave; seasonal dominating from end all''altro the short program of the eighteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships, hosted by Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul.
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The superiority & agrave; Winners's Last of the final Grand Prix & egrave; was overwhelming on every front, to the point that in five of the seven mandatory elements presented proved to be the absolute best of the competition. Nell''occasione, students of Richard Gauthier have improved the record seasonal obviously gi & agrave; they own & agrave ;, but most have managed to raise the bar on dell''asticella program components. On balance, on the technical side there '' & egrave; was his game, but can not & ograve; all be traced back to the triple lutz in parallel completed well as each element & egrave; was impeccably executed.
Duhamel / Radford preceded by a wide margin the three Chinese couples registered all''evento, putting a clear mortgage on the second successful career in Four Continents.
In second place, with almost six points behind, stood Cheng Peng and Zhang Hao, who ruled narrowly Wenjing Sui and Cong Han, never defeated in the past in a race program of Quatro Continents Championships. Is one that others have not committed significant flaws, except for the problems, which are not new, on top in parallel. Compared to the recent past, the key to Peng / Zhang & egrave; was represented dall''ottima execution of triple toe loop in parallel by Peng, while, as regards Sui / Han, penalized with respect to the training mates by ratings less competitive on the components of the program, ranging remarkability the best triple twist and the best launched jump (triple flip) of the race.
Just behind, were placed Pang Qing / Tong Jian, to return to competition after nearly twelve months inactivity & agrave; racing. The veterans were penalized by a Chinese Clearance vacuum Tong on the triple toe loop in parallel, placing both hands landed on the ice, but overall performance can & ograve; be considered satisfactory, despite the day's program has yet to be finished in several steps.
The fifth & egrave; was won by the Americans Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, authors of a competitive assay, enhanced by a triple twist dall''altezza sidereal, but stained dall''abituale step-load on salchow in parallel, completed only twice by Knierim. In any case, the samples national stars and stripes have gone for the first time in his career over thirty points in the sum of the components of the program by posting the best score of the season a couple US in the international arena.
Afterwards, Lubov Ilushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch, as happened in the recent Canadian National Championships, have got the better of & nbsp; Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro, who & ograve; have reduced the gap to less than one point by a draw on the technical side.
The free program is disputer & agrave; Saturday.
RANKING PROGRAM SHORT
01) CAN - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD75.67 (41.07 | 34.60) best performance of the season & nbsp; & nbsp; 02) CHN - PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 69.81 (36.76 | 33.05) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 03) CHN - Wenjing ON / HAN Cong & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 69.19 (37.33 | 31.86) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 04) CHN - Qing Pang / Jian TONG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 66.87 (33.65 | 33.22) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 05) USA - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 63.54 (33.06 | 30.48) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 06) CAN - Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan Moscovitch & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 60.13 (31.76 | 28.37) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 07) CAN - Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 59.30 (31.76 | 27.54) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 08) USA - Tarah KAYNE / Daniel O SHEA57.91 (30.85 | 27.06) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 09) USA - & nbsp; Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 56.98 (29.12 | 28.86) - 1.0010) JPN - Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 45.63 (23.83 | 22.80) - 1:00
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