Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships 2016
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The women's short program of the Four Continents Championships & egrave; Japanese rule was characterized as the first four positions were occupied by athletes born in the Land of the Rising Sun or clear Japanese roots.
Thursday 18 February 2016 9 minutes reading time
Ice on the Taipei Arena in Taipei City's main protagonist & egrave; was Satoko Miyahara, able for the first time in his career to break down the seventy points. Nell''occasione, the 'still seventeen Kyoto, took to the track on the song "Firedance" by Bill Whelan, he has completed a kind of clear round as & egrave; It was the best day regarding fair basis, capable of execution and each of the components of the program item. Impeccable of steps and spins, the 'pupil Mie Hamada well executed triple flip and a double axel, placed in the second half & agrave; music, and he took advantage of the generosity & agrave; the technical panel, which he did not notice anything suspicious on the triple combination lutz / triple toe loop.
In second place, with a gap around the four lengths, you & egrave; attested the revived Kanako Murakami, present in Taiwan only in virt & ugrave; the surrender of Mao Asada. The twenty-Nagoya after time immemorial, & egrave; able to run a test without smudging worthy of note by completing a good triple flip in opening and triple combination toe loop / triple toe loop in the second part of the program. A culmination of a day to remember & egrave; got the new personal best result of the stubbornness & agrave; with which Murakami & egrave; He managed to land a double axel not impeccably addressed.
The provisional podium & egrave; also accommodated the US of Japanese blood Mirai Nagasu, he returned to express themselves at an excellent level thanks to a new-found consistency on jump elements. The 'student of Tom Zakrajšek, pattnatrice pi & ugrave; elderly in dall''alto race of his twenty-two, & egrave; scollinata than thirty points in the sum of the components of the program for the first time from the distant 2010 and has had the merit of complete no problem turning the difficult combination triple flip / triple toe loop.
Afterwards, separated less than two points off the bronze medal, you & egrave; placed Rika Hongo, Japan third in the race today penalized by the lack of rotation of the triple combination flip / triple toe loop and feedback on program components not in line with those of direct rivals.
& Nbsp; The fifth place, with so much of the first race of his career over sixty points, & egrave; was won by eighteen So Youn Park, he returned to express at high levels of competivit & agrave; after being abused by a group of teenagers in the recent national championships.
The skaters with Asian blood in the veins, including Nagasu, occupied seven of the top eight, and in the free program monopolize the 'last descent on ice Group. The 'only exception & egrave; It was represented by the Canadian Alaine Chartrand, seventh with some regret for un''esecuzione babbling of triple combination lutz / triple toe loop.
The main disappointment of the race is named Gracie Gold, sadly ninth after an extremely deficient performance. US national champion collected two fall over the opening triple lutz and triple flip pi & ugrave; phoned the race, however, it took a wrong wire and generously not judged under-rotated. The run-up to the podium, thanks to the quality & agrave; of steps and spins, without forgetting the feedback on program components, it does not seem precluded, but to earn nine points compared to Nagasu serve & agrave; a pi & ugrave segment; long or almost as race & egrave; flawless.
Finally go rimarcate good performance of Korean sixteen Na Hyun Kim and Da Bin Choi, eighth and tenth respectively. In particular, do not & egrave; gone unnoticed by the triple combination Rittberger / triple Rittberger performed by Kim. element that rarely sees in the senior class.
The free program is disputer & agrave; Saturday starting at 11:15, Italian time.
SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
01) JPN - Satoko MIYAHARA72.48 (39.88 | 32.60) PB02) JPN - Kanako MURAKAMI68.51 (36.51 | 32.00) PB03) USA - Mirai NAGASU66.06 (35.05 | 31.01) 04) JPN - Rika HONGO64.27 (34.81 | 29.46) 05) KOR - So Youn PARK & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 62.49 (35.48 | 27.01) PB06) CHN - Zijun LI60.04 (32.15 | 27.89) 07) CAN - Alaine CHARTRAND59.71 (30.74 | 28.97) 08) KOR - Na Hyun KIM & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 58.40 (34.60 | 23.80) PB09 USA - Gracie GOLD & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 57.26 (27.52 | 31.74) - 2.0010) KOR - From Bin CHOI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 56.79 (32.99 | 23.80) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) CAN - Kaetlyn Osmond & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 56.14 (29.92 | 27.22) - 1.0012) USA - Karen CHEN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 53.55 (26.69 | 27.86) - 1.0013) CHN - Ziquan ZHAO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 53.24 (31.93 | 21:31) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 14) AUS - Brooklee HAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 52.80 (29.29 | 23:51) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 15) CAN - Veronik MALLET & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 51.88 (27.11 | 24.77) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 16) AUS - Kailani CRAINE49.02 (25.60 | 23:42) 17) TPE - Amy LIN47.88 (25.88 | 22:00) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 18) CHN - Lu ZHENG45.72 (26.55 | 19:17) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 19) RSA - Michaela DU TOIT & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 45.18 (25.40 | 19.78) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 20) HKG - Maisy Hiu Ching MA42.06 (21:52 | 20:54) 21) THA - Thita LAMSAM38.91 (21.68 | 17:23) NR22) AUS - Katie Pasfield & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 34.63 (15.95 | 18.68) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp;
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