Figure skating - Campionati Europei 2014
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With the race couple'' s artistic European Championships Figure Skating concludes the continental event that a few weeks before the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Sunday 19 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
On this occasion, Russia is back to take all three steps of the podium,'' thus repeating the feat already accomplished in recent times of the same athletes competing in Sheffield 2012.
Nonetheless the morning was not without its surprises, first with the withdrawal of a couple more waiting in this final, or the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy, then with the very disappointing performance ended by one of the couples at the most credited for the title race, Olympic or the Russians Volosozhar / Trankov.
The Russian duo, who nevertheless posted a score of 220.38, which is valid in the'' gold medal and the continental title, he relived the bad times of the final grand prix of Fukuoka completing a program marred by important errors on the elements of jump: step out on the triple salchow in parallel by Maxim Trankov, who aborts the combination triple toe loop-double toe loop, not completing the second step, and finally the fall of Tatiana Volosozhar on the triple salchow in parallel. Excellent remaining elements among which a twist of Level Four valid execution of a degree of very positive. Inconsolable at the two Kiss & Cry, that even after learning that he still won third European title remain dismayed to observe the technical score, conscious of having scored the second negative performance in a row at the international level, not a good sign in sight '' s coveted race for the Olympic title.
Instead of exhilarating performance Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, so that the first win silver at the European level after Bronze also skating exhibition of 2012 the first free day. An exercise in technical content is very important, which included a triple lutz triple toe loop combination and a cast-double toe loop-double toe loop, soiled only by an error on a lift in fact broken, imprecision that has made them lose a couple of levels on '' element while all the other difficulties have been completed at its best with all levels of the four grades of execution very positive.
Bronze Medal in Bazarova / Larionov, who confirmed therefore lower than the compatriots of St. Petersburg as happened during the Russian national championships. For students of Nina Mozer remains some regret on two errors on the elements of jump
Quarter Italians Berton / Hotarek, seconded by bronze exactly six points, but still deserving of seasonal and personal best score in the segment of the race () obtained an improvement in both the technical score than in the components of the program. Excellent combination of jumps in parallel'' s opening triple toe loop-double toe loop-double toe loop, while the largest inaccuracy comes on the triple salchow in parallel with the fall of Stefania on the jump that is judged also degraded as missing of rotation. Well executed instead lifts as well as triple pitched (salchow and loop).
Satisfaction for Della Monica / Guarise, who, like his countrymen, improve your score
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