Figure Skating - Ice Challenge 2014
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Yesterday afternoon sonon started racing senior quarantumesima edition dell''Ice Challenge in Graz, eighth note of the ISU Challenger Series circuit.
Saturday 15 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
In the short-dance, in line with the forecasts of discounted eve, have established themselves Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (65.38), now on their way to success in the first edition of & rsquo; Isu Challenger Series.
Students of Marina Zoueva, veterans from & rsquo; s commitment to the Cup of China, preceded the Danish Canadian school Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen (59,12), capable in & rsquo; opportunity to improve the primacy of official staff of nearly six points.
The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the hosts Barbora Silna / Juri Kurakin (50,20), which prevailed for a & rsquo; gluing on Italian Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri (50.16). The two couples trained by Barbara Fusar Poli exceeded for the first time in his career the threshold of fifty points and the Italo-Japanese were the only ones to reach level three on the sequence of steps in parallel, reflecting the solidity & agrave; Technical gi & agrave; emerged in previous appointments.
The fight for the podium remains, however, very open because the Finns Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo (49,56) and the Turks Alisa Agafonova / Alper Ucar (49,04) are in close contact.
In the men's short program, first for the sixteen year old Russian Alexander Samarin (69,16), which adjusted the personal record confirming the improvements on the triple axel, element entered permanently in the technical skills this season. However, the new training partner Maxim Kovtun can & ograve; complain to the points lost on a double toe loop combination to open. Samarin had the better of the veteran American Douglas Razzano (65,49) and twenty-one German Martin Rappe (60,84), for the first time in his career over sixty points.
In the field of artistic couples, young Russian Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin (55.78) have established themselves with a competitive edge. & Nbsp; However, Fedorova confirmed the usual problems on the jumps in parallel, which, at present, remain the main handicap of a combination of very solid on the other elements.
Next, they placed the Germans Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave (48,54), penalized by a bad fall on the triple flip launched. The third position & egrave; was occupied by the Russians Arina Chernivskaya / Anthony Souza Kordyeru (46,88), which, despite the difficulties & agrave; ye publish on triple twist and triple salchow in parallel, & nbsp; preceded the Austrians Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer (46,08). Italians Alessandra Cernuschi / Philippe Ambrosini (41,58), appeared on progress compared to previous releases, they closed the segment of the race in fifth place.
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