Figure Skating - World Championships 2013 London
Performance by standing ovation for the Russians Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, who, after eight years'' from last successful designer Totmianina / Marinin, they managed to bring home the world title of the pairs of art.
Friday 15 March 2013 7 minutes reading time
The ice of the "Budweiser Gardens" in London, the Canadian Centre which hosts the World Championships in figure skating, was the scene of one of the best free programs of history, properly rewarded by stellar feedback. Not surprisingly, fell the world record that had stood for two years and for the first time was knocked down the threshold of 220 points in the sum of the two competition programs. Numbers aside, the couple Volosozhar / Trankov, born in the spring of 2010 with the specific intent to conquer the'' Olympic laurel, has convinced even the skeptics in'' at most avid revealing a superiority which, in the light of'' unbeaten season, is now incontrovertible.
The students of Nina Mozer, after having imposed the measure in the first segment of the race, have dominated the free program bordering on perfection of each element presented. On all stands the triple twist, but also the quality of the jumps was launched this time revealed indisputable. Torque based in Moscow, as well as obtaining the best technical score, obviously has a vacuum on each of the five components of the program, maintaining an average well above nine points.
The losers of the day are to all intents and purposes the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy, however on the podium for the seventh time in his career despite enormous problems on the jumps in parallel. The defending champions, however, have shown a uncommon courage, because, well aware of the errors committed previously, they decided to risk it all in the final seconds of the free program from nothing and have managed to complerare a triple axel that launched accounts in hand, earned them the place of honor'', albeit at a stellar distance from the summit.
The third place went to the hosts Duhamel / Radford, able to retouch the European record and ripotare Canada on the podium after five years. Following were placed compatriots Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, authentic revelation of the season.
For the second year in a row, however, the Chinese movement was not able to get medals after that for thirteen years I had played a leading role. The veterans Pang / Tong however, have filed maintaining a good fifth place in the free program in the wake of couples get on the podium.
The blues Berton / Hotarek, even today affected by a shift to empty the salchow in parallel, have equaled the best result in his career and finished the race in tenth position, while Della Monica / Guarise were placed in fourteenth place, climbing a step Ranked compared to twelve months ago.
In the light of the final result, Russia and Canada will have three places available for the Olympic Games. Germany, China, France, Italy and the United States can, however, deploy two couples.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) 225.71 (75,84 | 149,87) (RUS) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (world record)
02) 205.56 (73.47 | 132.09) (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY
03) 204,56 (73,61 | 130,85) (CAN) Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (national record)
04) 199,50 (69,25 | 130,25) Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan Moscovitch (personal record)
05) 194.64 (63.95 | 130.69) (CHN) Qing PANG / Jian TONG
06) 191,59 (69,98 | 121,61) (RUS) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
07) 184.72 (61.91 | 122.81) (RUS) Vera Bazarova / Yuri LARIONOV
08) 180.17 (60.98 | 119.19) (FRA) Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (national record)
09) 173,51 (55,73 | 117,78) (USA) Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim (personal record)
10) 171.77 (59.07 | 112.70) (ITA) Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotárek
11) 167,18 (58,52 | 108,66) (CHN) Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao
12) 165,89 (57,65 | 108,24) - (CHN) Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
13) 164,00 (55,68 | 108,32) (USA) Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR
14) 136,03 (47,82 | 88,21) (ENG) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise
15) 135,56 (48,60 | 84,96) (GBR) Stacey KEMP / David KING
16) 133,12 (47,36 | 85,76) (GER) Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE
17) (36,48 |) (BUL) Elizaveta MAKAROVA / Leri KENCHADZE
18) (35,44 |) (POL) Magdalena klatka / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI
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