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The second day of & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava & egrave; open with the & rsquo; expected short-dance, which he saw at the starting two pairs Italian.
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In accordance with the prediction of the vigil, the success in the segment of the race & egrave; went to the Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (62,72), appeared at ease on latin rhythms, despite some heartache too much about the sequence of paso doble not gone beyond level two. Remarkable, however, l & rsquo; twizzles and execution of the final rotational lift, featuring an innovative input. As can count, it should be stressed as in the distance comparison for the leadership of the movement in stars stripes have prevailed for eight cents Chock / Bates, engaged a few days ago in the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf. However, l & rsquo; impression & egrave; Shubutani that, at least on these rhythms, thanks to the support of Massimo Scali authentic specialist on the subject, can have significant room for growth.
Good first for the blue pair composed by Charl & egrave, it Guignard / Marco Fabbri (58,14), fermatasi just three cents from personal record. As usual, the students of Barbara Fusar Poli have revealed solidity & agrave; TES technique clocking a basic two points higher than the Shibutani siblings, who are ograve &; managed to catch up with the level of performance of the elements. In any case, despite the good results, the association can blue & ograve; complain to the & rsquo; unexpected two level obtained on the final rotational lift, unexpected easily remedied at the next exit after having carefully examined the images of the competition. In the end, a score over the wall of the sixty points seems perci & ograve; well within reach.
This paves the way to reconfirm the place obtained twelve months ago, is now awaiting a call from the Italian federation to announce the & rsquo; invitation to the second stage of the Grand Prix.
In third place were placed Italian-Slovak coached by Roberto Pelizzola Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley (52,52). The hosts have gone before young British school Platov Olivia Smart / Joseph Buckland (48,60) and Austrians followed by Barbara Fusar Poli Barbora Silna / Juri Kurakin (44,88).
The second pair of flying the Italian flag consists of Misato Komatsubara and Andrea Fabbri (42,98) got to debut a flattering sixth position, proving immediately & Outdoors, height of the situation on the technical side. In this regard, it can not & ograve; go unnoticed by the best TES basis of competition like the countrymen as well & eacute; training partners. Numbers aside, the new partnership stationed at the 'Agor & agrave; Milan hit in a positive stage presence, but, as expected, & egrave; been a while & rsquo; penalized on the items of the program components for the price of the debut.
In the margin, it should be noted as five of the top six couples were accompanied Ranked in kiss & amp; cry from former successful athletes Italian, now established technicians.
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Misato KOMATSUBARA/Andrea FABBRI - Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2014 - short dance
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