Figure skating - World Team Trophy 2015
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The second day of the World Team Trophy, hosted by "Yoyogi National Gymnasium" in Tokyo, you & egrave; opened with the short program reserved for couples of art.
Friday 17 April 2015 5 minutes reading time
Nell''occasione, at the hands of Wenjing Sui / Cong Han & egrave; failed the 'imbattibilit & agrave; seasonal on each segment of the race of the world champions Megan Duhamel / Eric Radford, today betrayed by lutz in parallel executed only twice by Duhamel. The streak of winning programs in international competitions is & egrave; cos & Igrave; interrupted to share the twelve.
Young Chinese impeccable on triple toe loop in parallel, launched triple flip and triple twist, have managed to create a vacuum on the technical side making its mark with a margin of more than two points on the Canadian couple, best day of the sum of the components of the program.
In third place stood the Russians Yuko Kavguti / Alexander Smirnov, penalized by a landing very problematic for the triple toe loop Kavaguti parallelo.Gli in the United States, in accordance with the prediction of the eve, have filed a fourth place thanks to Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, able to limit the damage sull''ostico triple salchow in parallel, landed by Knierim with the 'support of a hand on the ice.
Triple toe loop in parallel has also caused problems with the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres, fifths more than five points behind fourth place accomplices feedback on program components all''altezza not direct competitors.
The Japanese Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau Audet, to debut in the senior category, have closed in the last position, revealing difficulties & agrave; on the triple toe loop in parallel and presenting the 'unique double twist of the race.
At the end of the four short programs, the United States leads the ranking of the World Team Trophy with four point lead over Russia and seven on Japan. At the moment, it is difficult to envisage a comeback to the podium for other nations as Canada, currently fourth, must recover eight lengths on hosts.
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RANKING PROGRAM SHORT
1) CHN - Wenjing ON / HAN Cong & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 71.20 (37.14 | 34.06) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) CAN - Meagan DUHAMEL / RADFORD Eric & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 68.68 (33.91 | 34.77) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) RUS - Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 66.97 (33.53 | 33.44) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) USA - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 64.22 (33.42 | 30.80) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) FRA - Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 58.66 (30.60 | 28.06) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) JPN - Ami KOGA / Francis Boudreau AUDET & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 46.87 (25.06 | 21.81) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
RANKING WORLD TEAM TROPHY (at the end of all the short programs)
1) 57 - US2) 53 - RUSSIA3) 50 - Japan4) 42 - Canada5) 39 - China6) 29 - FRANCE
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