Figure skating - World Team Trophy 2015
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The fourth edition of the World Team Trophy, hosted as usual by "Yoyogi National Gymnasium" in Tokyo, you & egrave; opened with the short-dance.
Thursday 16 April 2015 5 minutes reading time
The segment of the race & egrave; was won by the Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, nell''occasione able to retouch the personal best and break down for the first time in his career the threshold of settantr & egrave; points in the past Once you've crossed only by Davis / White, Virtue / Moir, Ilinykh / Katsalapov and Chock / Bates.
Students of Pasquale Camerlengo showed both the best technical score that evaluation pi & ugrave; high on the sum of the components of the program. In particular, have proved crucial sequences paso-doble, which allowed the rulers of the final Grand Prix of gaining ground on the US Madison Chock / Evan Bates, seasonal record holders in the short-dance and today the best of the lot and twizzle lift.
As happened in the World Championships in Shanghai, the French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CIZERON & nbsp; have had to settle for third place at the end of the first part of the competition. The world champions in office, thanks a level left on the plate nell''esecuzione of twizzle, lost ground on the technical side, but, unlike what happened in China, were outclassed by the North American couples also on the components of the program.
In any case, the 'balance reigned supreme since the three associations peak of the movement remained enclosed within a little more & ugrave; two lengths postponing any verdict to free dance that disputer & agrave; tomorrow.
The Russians Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, far from the best seasonal performance, they finished in fourth position in front of the Chinese Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu, authors of the national record, and the hosts Cathy Reed / Chris Reed, now deprived of continental leadership and detached than five points from fifth place.
STANDINGS SHORT DANCE
1) CAN - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 73.14 (36.20 | 36.94) PB2) USA - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES72.17 (35.54 | 36.63) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) FRA - Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 70.86 (34.69 | 36.17) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) RUS - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 63.09 (29.69 | 33.40) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) CHN - Shiyue WANG / LIU Xinyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 55.32 (28.89 | 26.43) NR6) JPN - Cathy REED / Chris REED & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 49.99 (24.16 | 25.83) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
RANKING WORLD TEAM TROPHY
1) 12 - Canada & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) 11 - United States & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) 10 - France & nbsp; & nbsp; 4) 9 - Russia & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) 8 - China6) 7 - Japan
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