Figure skating - European Championships, 2013, Zagreb
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The third day of the European Championships in Zagreb was opened in the late morning with the Italian women's short program.
Friday 25 January 2013 9 minutes reading time
The average level of the competition turned out to be higher than expected, as evidenced by the score needed to access the second segment of the race. In fact, the'' Ukrainian Natalia Popova, twenty-fourth and last qualified, got 45.60 points when in the past had always been enough to get a little more than 39 (39.06 in 2008) to make the cut. To tell the truth, it is only right to point out the "generosity" of the panel and judges than on other occasions.
In compliance with the provisions of the vigil, the leitmotif of the race proved to be the comparison between Carolina Kostner and sixteen Russian, unanimously considered, in absentia Kiira Korpi, the main alternatives to the defending champion. In addition, in the fight for the medals was forcefully inserted Valentina Marchei.
After a complex approach to the senior class, also because of the physiological physical growth, has finally arrived the first acute talented Adelina Sotnikova. The sixteen year old from Moscow, Russian national champion on several occasions and won a junior world title, he skated a short program anthology by becoming the first athlete since the mandatory elements have dropped eight to seven, to break down the wall of the 37 lengths technical score.
L'' student of Elena Buianova was masterful on jumps and spins, achieving the highest level available also on the sequence of steps. In particular, compared to the previous outings of the season, Sotnikova had the merit to perform to perfection and the combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop that the triple flip preceded by step finally making some much-needed breakthrough.
The struggle for success remains, in any case, wide open as Carolina Kostner ended the first segment of the race separated by just three and a half points from the interim leader. Almost twenty-six South Tyrol, best day of the valuation for each of the five components of the program, has paid the price because of an unusual fall'' on the triple toe loop combination / triple toe loop, but in absolute fluency has completed all the other elements. In particular, since the six minutes of heating, showed an ease of execution of the triple Rittberger is preceded by the step that the double axel, presented in the second half of the disc. No problem even on steps, unmatched in the European context, and spins, including the layback built to get to level three.
In third place was the best placed Valentina Marchei ever, only one of the athletes on the podium today to have submitted the triple lutz, also performed well in combination with a double toe loop. The Milanese stationed in Detroit has edited the staff of nearly three points revealing a remarkable growth on the components of the program that, for the first time in his career, are close to 28 points. total
In fourth place, with a gap of slightly above than the lowest step of the podium, there is the Russian national champion Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA, which preceded the Swedish sisters Viktoria and Joshi Helgesson. '' The student of Alexei Mishin, certainly the weakest elements of one of the top athletes in the fight for the medals, was penalized by'' error on the combination between transformed triple lutz / triple toe loop, double lutz / triple toe loop , not to mention a landing problematic than double axel.
He did not, however, exceeded the cut Roberta Rodeghiero, blue third athlete in the race. L'' student of Franca Bianconi has failed to qualify for the free program for only nine-tenths of points, but took off the satisfaction of improving personal best in a class race. Fatali have been a step-out on the triple toe loop preceded by the step and the top end a little upside-down'' viaggiata.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT FEMALE
01) 67.61 - (RUS) Adelina Sotnikova (PB) 02) 64.19 - (ITA) Carolina KOSTNER03) 58.22 - (ITA) Valentina Marchei (PB)
04) 57.18 - (RUS) Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA05) 55.04 - (SWE) Joshi HELGESSON06) 54.77 - (SWE) Viktoria HELGESSON07) 53.32 - (FRA) Lenaelle Gilleron-GORRY (PB) 08) 52, 28 - (GER) Nathalie Weinzierl (PB) 09) 51.90 - (EST) Elena GLEBOVA10) 51.47 - (FIN) Juulia TURKKILA (PB) 11) 51.07 - (ESP) Sonia LAFUENTE (PB) 12 ) 50.92 - (RUS) Nikol GOSVIANI (PB) 13) 50.79 - (FRA) Mae Berenice MEITE 14) 50.27 - (SVK) Monika SIMANCIKOVA (PB) 15) 49.60 - (AUT) Kerstin FRANK (PB ) 16) 48.75 - (GEO) Elene GEDEVANISHVILI17) 47.97 - (DEN) Anita MADSEN (PB) 18) 47.18 - (BEL) Kaat Van Daele (PB) 19) 47.17 - (GBR) Jenna MCCORKELL20) 46.66 - (LUX) Fleur Maxwell (PB) 21) 46.17 - (TUR) Sila Saygi (PB) 22) 45.73 - (SUI) Tina Stuerzinger (PB) 23) 45.72 - (NOR ) Anne Line GJERSEM (PB) 24) 45.60 - (UKR) Natalia POPOVA
25) 44.89 - (BUL) Anna AFONKINA (PB) 26) 44.87 - (LAT) Alina Fjodorova (PB) 27) 44.71 - (ITA) Roberta RODEGHIERO (PB) 28) 43.36 - (SLO ) Patricia GLESCIC29) 41.34 - (FIN) Alisa MIKONSAARI30) 40.98 - (CZE) Eliska Březinová (PB) 31) 35.53 - (LTU) Inga JANULEVICIUTE32) 35.28 - (NED) Michelle Couwenberg (PB) 33) 35.09 - (GRE) Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU (PB) 34) 33.89 - (ROU) Sabina Mariuta (PB) 35) 33.73 - (CRO) Mirna LIBRIC 36) 31.73 - (BLR) Kristina ZAKHARANKA
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