Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships in 2015
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Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje were able to defend the 'imbattibilit & agrave; seasonal imposing itself in the dance competition of the seventeenth edition of the Four Continents Championships, hosted by Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul.
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The road to success is & egrave; for & ograve; revealed pi & ugrave; tricky than expected as the winners of the Grand Prix's Last final had to get back on top after the third-place finish in the short-dance, not to mention how the competition is up shots even in the free dance by making a clear step forward in terms of competitiveness & agrave; overall.
Students of Pasquale Camerlengo, gi & agrave; winners in Korea nell''edizione of 2010, have cos & Igrave; gave Canada the seventh success in the discipline against the eight prerogative of States Unii.
In the free dance, the performance of Weaver / Poje to the tune of "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi & egrave; was thick, as witnessed by the assessment pi & ugrave; high on each component of the program and the best technical score, the result of the highest levels available reached on all items, except for the sequence of steps in which couples have stopped at a fine level three. Proof & egrave; been without smudging noteworthy and confirmed the approval of the judges for a free dance that until you play the palm of the season with the 'Adagio from Mozart's proposed franncesi Papadakis / CIZERON. On the sidelines, it should be noted that, compared to the final of the Grand Prix, the lift choreography has been replaced with the spin choreographic element of greater value.
The place of 'honor, in accordance with the prediction of the eve, & egrave; went to the Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, able to touch up the personal best in both segments of the race and, in fact, defeated in virt & ugrave; the degree of execution. On balance, the peak torque of the school Shpilband missed the win by just over & ugrave; to a point, but highlighted un''indiscussa solidity & agrave; Technical doing game drawn on the levels of the elements in the free dance, but outperforming Weaver / Poje in the short-dance.
There were reasons for satisfaction for their compatriots Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, again on the podium at a distance of four years dall''unica appearance and for the first time in more than 170 career points. The deputy US national champions have had the merit of being able to raise the level dell''asticella on every front, and apart from a small passage vacuum Alex Shibutani twizzle on the free dance, they have avoided the steps to void that had conditioned In previous issues Seasonal.
At the foot of the podium, with a gap of eight points abbondandi from third place, stood Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, who confirmed the progressive growth of the last months remodeling again the primacy personale.La tight battle for fifth place has rewarded Americans Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean Luc Baker, who, in comeback have mocked for six cents Canadians Alexander Paul / Mitchell Islam, penalized by the usual inattention now represented by un''inopinata fall.
In absentia of Japanese Reed / Reed, however gi & agrave; beaten in Torun in early January, the Chinese Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu have proven to be the Asian couple pi & ugrave; competitive by closing the competition in seventh place. The gap between North America and Asia remains, in any case, enormous.
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FINAL STANDINGS
01) CAN - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 177.46 (3 | 1) 02) USA - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 176.18 (1 | 2) PB03) USA - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 170.79 (2 | 3) PB04) CAN - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 162.25 (4 | 4) PB05) USA - Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 149.98 (6 | 5) 06) CAN - Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 149.92 (5 | 6) 07) CHN - Shiyue WANG / LIU Xinyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 130.95 (7 | 7) 08) JPN - Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 122.67 (8 | 8) PB09) KOR - Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 120.76 (9 | 9) 10) CHN - ZHAO Yue / ZHENG Xun & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 115.12 (10 | 10) PB11) MEX - Pilar Maekawa / Leonardo Maekawa & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 106.27 (12 | 11) NR12) KAZ - Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 102.54 (13 | 12)
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NR - national record - record nazionalePB - personal best - personal best
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