Figure skating - European Championships, 2013, Zagreb
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Carolina Kostner was confirmed at the top of the panorama of the continental ice-winning "Dom Sportova" of Zagreb's fifth European title.
Saturday 26 January 2013 7 minutes reading time
It ended in the best way, therefore, a triumphal'' edition for the Italian movement, as has happened in the'' now distant 2009, he racked up three medals. Almost twenty-six South Tyrol, along the lines of the European Championships in Warsaw in 2007 when he obtained his first success, he had to overturn the result of the short program, but, then as now,'' the statement is quite an insignificant because the opposing'' the case has proved thick.
L'' student of Michael Huth,'' on the podium for the eighth consecutive year, recorded the second best performance of the day in the longest segment of the race showing a quality of skating and artistic maturity far greater than the most young rivals. Moreover, it should be lauded the decision to increase the technical value of the new free program enriching it with elements of difficulty, see triple lutz, left in the attic in the recent past. Specifically, Kostner has got the highest rating on each of the five components of the program and was beaten on the score tencico only by Russian Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA, able to complete seven triple jumps, including two lutz, and Adelina Sotnikova, "fermatatasi "six triples. In addition, he edited the national leader both in the race longer than the sum of the two programs, finally breaking down the threshold of 190 points.
Victory in hand, what better comfort ahead of the World March is the opportunity to grow further considering that today, secelta strategic, it was decided not to make a combination with two triple jumps, without forgetting that the two were executed double salchow instead of triple.
The podium, in accordance with the prediction of the vigil, has been supplemented by sixteen Russian Elizaveta and Adelina Sotnikova TUKTAMYSHEVA, that shared the victories over the two segments of both improving race by far their personal best. For Moscow, a student of Elena Buianova, was a fatal error on the flip at the start of free costatole the title on balance lost by less than one point The Russian national champion, however, can complain for a short underneath the expectations.
In fourth position, she placed a superlative Valentina Marchei, able to get the best result ever in a continental event with a lot of personal best by more than thirteen points retouched. Advances in Milan skater stationed in Detorit have been huge on every single aspect of skating, but over all stands the qualitative growth on the elements of jump, as witnessed by'' good combination double axel / triple toe loop presented for the first time in the race.
In the light of the outcome of the race today, Italy, Russia and Sweden, will field three athletes in the upcoming European Championships to be held in Budapest in Hungary. Germany, France and Spain will, however, have two seats.
CLASSIFICATION FINALE01) 194.71 (64,19 | 131,67) - (ITA) Carolina Kostner (PB) 02) 193,99 (67,61 | 126,38) - (RUS) Adelina Sotnikova (PB) 03) 188 , 85 (57,18 | 131,67) - (RUS) Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA (PB) 04) 171,06 (58,22 | 112,84) - (ITA) Valentina Marchei (PB) 05) 155.72 (54 , 77 | 100.95) - (SWE) Viktoria HELGESSON06) 154,41 (50,92 | 103,49) - (RUS) Nikol GOSVIANI (PB) 07) 152,29 (51,07 | 101,22) - (ESP) Sonia LAFUENTE (PB) 08) 150,40 (55,04 | 95,36) - (SWE) Joshi Helgesson (PB) 09) 147.52 (52.28 | 95.24) - (GER) Nathalie Weinzierl (PB) 10) 147,14 (50,79 | 96,35) - (FRA) Mae Berenice MEITE11) 143,74 (53,32 | 90,42) - (FRA) Lenaelle Gilleron-GORRY (PB) 12 ) 143,56 (49,60 | 93,96) - (AUT) Kerstin FRANK (PB) 13) 143.45 (51.90 | 91.55) - (EST) Elena GLEBOVA14) 137.47 (50.27 | 87 , 20) - (SVK) Monika SIMANCIKOVA (PB) 15) 142,71 (48,75 | 93,96) - (GEO) Elene GEDEVANISHVILI16) 133,35 (47,97 | 85,38) - (DEN) Anita MADSEN (PB) 17) 130,79 ((51,47 | 79,32) - (FIN) Juulia TURKKILA 18) 130,00 (47,18 | 82,82) - (BEL) Kaat Van Daele (PB) 19 ) 128,54 (45,60 | 82,94) - (UKR) Natalia POPOVA 20) 128,38 (45,73 | 82,65) - (SUI) Tina Stuerzinger (PB) 21) 126.98 (47, 17 | 79.81) - (GBR) Jenna MCCORKELL22) 124.48 (45.72 | 78.76) - (NOR) Anne Line GJERSEM (PB) 23) 119,27 (46,17 | 73,10) - (TUR) Sila Saygi (PB) 24) 113,01 (46,66 | 66,35) - (LUX) Fleur Maxwell
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