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Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford have posed a serious threat to the success of the first edition of & rsquo; Autumn Classic International, the sixth round of the Challenger Series circuit ISU hosted by & rsquo; Allandale Recreation Centre in Barrie (CAN).
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The pair of Canadian Art (68.92) is & egrave; shown in ball since the debut by scoring the tune of & ldquo; Peu Plus Haut A & rdquo; the seasonal best score in the short program. Performance, characterized by speed & agrave; and the usual energy & egrave; was slightly stained by a landing problematic Duhamel on triple lutz in parallel, but, as regards the rest, not c & rsquo; & egrave; no trace of the slightest smear. Impeccable on top, inside death spiral forward, steps, lifting group launched three and a triple lutz, they also run an excellent triple twist, appeared pi & ugrave; higher than in the past.
In essence, despite the new program has yet to be finished in different parts, the students of Richard Gauthier have passed the first test with flying colors, confirming, at the moment, the main alternative to the dominance in the Russian cuisine to agrave ;.
Duhamel / Radford preceded by nearly ten lengths margin the advanced American Jessica Calalang / Zach Sidhu (59,02), which, in the & rsquo; occasion, they set a new personal record by touching the threshold of sixty points, always a guarantee of quality & agrave; . Students of Todd Sand, gi & agrave; seconds in the US's International Figure Skating Classic & agrave met; September respected the most of the scheme planned race made convincingly all the information submitted. In particular, topped with a few thrills of the rock triple salchow in parallel performed the best triple lutz launched the day.
On the sidelines, a testimony of how times are changing, can not & ograve; go unnoticed that its triple lutz jump was launched pi & ugrave; used in the short program today, rilevatosi overall a good level segment of the race.
A great surprise, the step pi & ugrave; bottom of the podium & egrave; was occupied by the Canadians Natasha Purich / Sebastian Wolfe (54,84), making its debut in the race, but immediately at ease on almost all items. Apart from an outlet a bit & rsquo; late on the triple twist, L & rsquo; single step vacuum noteworthy for the pair coached by Richard Gauthier & egrave; occurred in coincidence with the triple toe loop in parallel, supplemented by Purich with a step-out and l & rsquo; support of one hand on the ice. Amongst the elements of Quality & agrave ;, go remarkability the Triple lutz launched and the top best performed in the competition today.
Afterwards, they placed the young Americans Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier (51.66), authors of a great triple twist and a lifting group rips three cheers, but penalized by & rsquo; running a bit & rsquo; Approximate top and steps. The winners of the Lombardy Trophy have, however, defended discreetly on the elements of jump.
The expected Vasillisa Davankova / Alexander Enbert (51,50), the first official appearance as a couple, they had to settle for fifth place, but have aroused a & rsquo; positive impression. The Russian pair of recent formation, accompanied by kiss & amp; cry from the reigning world champion Robin Szolkowy, has performed a good triple toe loop in parallel, that the degree of performance deserved better reviews than those obtained, and then paid the price for a landing on both feet in the triple lutz launched. Clearly, compared to those who occupy the top positions in the rankings, Davankova / Enbert were adversely affected by the decision to perform a double twist instead of & eacute; three times, but on the other elements of the pair, starting with the lifting of group three have proved gi & agrave; at & rsquo; height of the situation.
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In the men's short program, the athletes home pi & ugrave; expected to have laundry for one reason or l & rsquo; another first outing of the season, leaving the proscenium Ross Miner, the last to get on track at the end of a segment of a race characterized by several steps to empty.
The twenty-three American & egrave; finally managed to overcome the threshold of eighty points, despite a few mistakes here and l & agrave ;. Compared to what happened in recent times, has had the distinction of being the next to complete the quadruple salchow, where & egrave; Failure little more & ugrave; a quarter of a rotation. L & rsquo; student Mark Mitchell & egrave; distinguished in particular for the & rsquo; excellent quality & agrave; of steps and spins, which allowed him to make up a widely & nbsp; d & eacute; faillance on the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, which landed with a clear step-out.
In the second position, you & egrave; placed the Canadian flying the flag of Hong Kong Ronald Lam (73,75), able to improve by more than seven points the record made at half staff & agrave; September in Salt Lake City. The key to the growth of & rsquo; pupil of Bruno Delmaestro be found in much pursued mastery of the elements of jump. Lam, in addition to having the best run of the day triple axel and triple lutz preceded by a good pace in the second half & agrave; music, has completed a quadruple toe loop combination / triple toe loop, showing great dexterity in & rsquo; attach the second jump after completing four times placing a hand on the ice.
Afterwards, the second line Canadian Jeremy Ten (69.22) set the American Alexander Johnson (66.99) and the advertised compatriot Nam Nguyen (66,08). The provision does not all''altezza the expectations of the junior world champion in charge & egrave; was for & ograve; conditioned by the negative points lost on the jump preceded by the step, a lutz open in flight and qualified as invalid element due to the single rotation.
The young student of Brian Orser preceded l & rsquo; Australian Brendan Kerry (64.82), who has renounced the triple axel in the program by entering a quadruple toe loop preceded by the step, performed quite well.
The main disappointment of the race is named Kevin Reynolds (64.56), one of the likely candidates to replace interim of & rsquo; illustrious compatriot Patrick Chan. The twenty-four Vancouver & egrave; stumbled upon a rather miserable day on the elements of jump failing to complete the best elements planned. L & rsquo; merciless roadmap today & egrave; characterized by a quadruple salchow under rotated and completed with the 'help of a double-step-out, a quadruple toe loop landed on two feet and properly degraded to double, and finally, a double axel oltemodo messed in the output stage.
Previously, they played short-and dance short program with female Papadakis / Cizeron and Gabrielle Daleman respectively on the shields.
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