Figure Skating - World Championships 2013 London
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The World Figure Skating Championships, hosted by Budweiser Gardens in London, opened with the short program of the pairs of artistic segment of the race that has spared no surprises.
Wednesday 13 March 2013 9 minutes reading time
The level of competition has proved higher than expected and, in confirmation of what has emerged in the course of the season, the gap in terms of pairs of points between the top and the most immediate competition has been considerably reduced, if not in some cases canceled. Moreover, the free program promises electrifying as the gap between the associations at the time on the podium is less than two and a half points.
In accordance with the prediction of the vigil, the first place went to the Russians Volosozhar / Trankov, capable in the'' opportunity to remodel the Russian national record, already in their possession. A small burr on the triple Salchow in parallel, landed on two feet by Tatjana Volosozhar, was not enough to stop the running of the European Champions in charge, who, armed with a'' indisputable technical soundness, allowed themselves the luxury of obtain, the first in history, the highest rating available for a triple twist. The combined, in fact, call the panel and assessment of judges meant that'' the item were to be cataloged four level with a lot of capable of running as high as possible. The students of Nina Mozer, however, have built their leadership thanks to the partial evaluations of componentl of the program in which they have broken down the wall of the overall 36 points, so far taboo for anyone.
In the great joy of the home crowd, the Canadians Duhamel / Radford were placed in the place of honor'' with the new Canadian record, the result of better technical feedback to the day. The expected students to Richard Gauthier, suffered fresh success in the Four Continents, exceeded the threshold of 41 points on the technical side, a goal never achieved since the mandatory elements have dropped eight to seven. Also, they have shown a considerable growth from the point of view of interpretation silencing critics who have often referred to as "icy skaters." In particular, the ease with which they completed the'' difficult triple lutz in parallel is the best photograph of a historic day.
In third place are the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy, which in some ways can be considered the real disappointed with the first half of the race. The defending champions were, in fact, the only ones to get the highest level available on each item presented (level four), but, as was the case in the'' last edition of the European Championships, they were outnumbered by Volosozhar / Trankov both on the degree of realization that the evaluation of the program components.
The fight for the podium also involves the Russians Kavaguti / Smirnov, returned to comment on levels of excellence after a season as actors, and Canadians Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, which rose by shots to the point of crumbling personal record.
Standings at hand, have failed to appeal the'' Chinese couples summit, however, arrive at'' World Championship event in terms of approximate form due to physical problems of a different nature. The veterans Pang / Tong have not gone beyond the sixth place, amassing a lead of almost ten points from the lowest rung of the podium, while the three times world champion Junior Sui / Han had to settle'' s eleventh position, preceded by by gluing a'' less quoted Peng / Zhang.
The Italians Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, veterans of the bronze medal at the European Championships in Zagreb, closed the segment of the race in ninth place, because of a fall on the triple toe loop in parallel Berton cost them three positions.
The second pair of Italian, composed by Nicole Della Monica and Matthew Guarise, lies, however, in quidicesima square with the satisfaction of having already reached the minimum target'' of'' free admission to the program. Overall, the performance of the students of Oleg Vassiliev was convincing, despite some trimming on the elements of jump and the triple twist.
In key Olympic qualification, the sum of placings of couples azure guarantee two seats'' for the upcoming review of Sochi. For the rest, three seats would go to Canada and Russia, two happen in Germany, France, China and the United States.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT
01) 75.84 - (RUS) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (defined Russian)
02) 73.61 - (CAN) Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (defined Canadian and Continental)
03) 73.47 - (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY
04) 69.98 - (RUS) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
05) 69.25 - (CAN) Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan Moscovitch (personal record)
06) 63.95 - (CHN) Qing PANG / Jian TONG
07) 61.91 - (RUS) Vera Bazarova / Yuri LARIONOV
08) 60.98 - (FRA) Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (defined French)
09) 59.07 - (ITA) Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotárek
10) 58.52 - (CHN) Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao
11) 57.65 - (CHN) Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
12) 55.73 - (USA) Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim (personal record)
13) 55.68 - (USA) Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR
14) 48.60 - (GBR) Stacey KEMP / David KING
15) 47.82 - (ITA) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise
16) 47.36 - (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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