figure skating - Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2014
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The twenty-second edition of & rsquo; Ondrej Nepala Trophy Bratislava & egrave; open with the women's short program that saw the starting of sixteen athletes.
Thursday 2 October 2014 10 minutes reading time
The segment of the race & egrave; was characterized by significant steps to empty most of the skaters & ugrave; expectations and, in general, many errors on the elements of jump.
The best performance of the day & egrave; was produced by the Swedish Joshi Helgesson (59,51), flawless on the triple lutz preceded by the step, performed with a lot of arm raised, but to limit the rotation of both the triple toe loop jump combination / triple toe loop. The panel has to & ograve; judged under-rotated only the second triple toe loop allowing the twenty-one Tibro of touch for the first time in his career the wall of the sixty points and crumble the previous national record that belonged to her older sister Viktoria.
In the second position, you & egrave; Ashley Cain placed the United States (54,05), who has opted for the choice of presenting a program expressing conservative below its potential. The nineteen year-old Australian-born has given up the combination with two triple jumps, landing with some minor heartache a combination triple lutz / double toe loop and a triple flip and then preceded by the step. Fatal & egrave; for & ograve; revealed a fall on the double axel, usually one of the specialties & agrave; of the house. Technical Aspect aside, Cain & egrave not; appeared fast and sliding on the ice as on other occasions, giving l & rsquo; impression of being primarily focused on the & rsquo; execution of each element.
The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the Swedish Viktoria Helgesson (49,85), even in obvious distress on the jumps today. In fact, lost their way or almost as & eacute; all the points of the combination, due to an attempt to triple toeloop opened in flight and completed double, has landed with a step-out a triple Rittberger preceded by the step. In the limited context of race today, aided by a good quality & agrave; overall skating and the construction of the program, the pi & ugrave; Elderly sisters Helgesson & egrave; managed not to sink in the standings, but the performance remains negative.
The fourth interim & egrave; was occupied by the German Nathalie Weinzierl (49,40), author of a discreet combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, but suffers from & rsquo; landing of the triple lutz with one hand on the ice and an axel open in flight and therefore devoid of value under the new regulation.
L & rsquo; Italian Roberto Rodeghiero (47,53) is & egrave; due to settle for sixth place & nbsp; preceded by & rsquo; Austrian Kerstin Frank (48,65). The twenty-four stationed in Sesto San Giovanni, after completing the program nell''incipit the best combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop of the day, & egrave; Lost on the other elements of jumping in the air by opening a triple flip, a double properly degraded by the panel, and then falling after completing the double axel. L & rsquo; athlete blue, that, cos & igrave; as sisters Helgesson, you & egrave; deprived of the satisfaction of getting the level pi & ugrave; the upper hand on the sequence of steps, remains in the running to be on the podium at the end of the competition, despite the steps to empty today.
The main disappointment of the segment of the race are named Hae Jin Kim (46,09) and especially Haruka Imai (41,90), respectively relegated to seventh and eleventh place.
The seventeen year old Korean has not done justice to the program choreographed by Stephane Lambiel mulling over jumps and spins. In particular, no worries after completing a combination triple lutz / double toe loop, a triple flip got executed by a thread and not missing internal rotation, then closing with difficulty even double axel. In addition, on top upside down gave the & rsquo; impression to get into position Biellmann, first of eight laps required. & Nbsp;
E & rsquo; went even worse than the Japanese defending champion, fell on a triple double Rittberger degraded and remained practically no points of compomessa dall''atterraggio combination of a double salchow with a huge step-out.
In the men's short-program, with only seven athletes present, had the better of the young Korean Kim Jin Seo (71,44), which at the end of a trial without significant smearing has revised his personal record breaking for the first time in his career the wall of the seventy points.
The seventeen year old from Seoul presented a short program choreographed by Lambiel and executed triple axel, triple lutz preceded by the step and combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop in the second half & agrave; music, not to mention a & rsquo; excellent sequence of steps.
Kim was preceded by a narrow margin navigated the American Stephen Carriere (71,18), better than the day on each item of the program components, but affected by the fall of an attempted quadruple toe loop landings and not cleaned on the triple axel (hand in the ground ) and the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop (step-out)
E & rsquo; remained in contact with the first two of the league also Russian Gordei Gorshkov (67.70), author of a good triple axel, but uncertain on & rsquo; landing of the triple lutz, saved with the trade, and the combination Rittberger triple / triple toe loop, atterata on two feet with the triple toe loop downgraded to a double.
Gorshkov and especially Carriere have gained a bit & rsquo; of land on Kim thanks for the efficient execution of the elements of spinning top, but in the segment of today's race were the jumps to make a difference.
The rest of the competition, depleted by forfeit last minute of & rsquo; Austrian Albert M & uuml; ck & egrave; was set at a safe distance from & rsquo; Hungarian Kristof Forgo (48,90).
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