Figure skating - Finlandia Trophy 2015
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The Russian Konstantin Menshov clinched the first win of his career in a stage of ISU Challenger Series of entering the twentieth edition of the Finlandia Trophy, an event hosted by the "Barona Arena" Espoo.
Sunday 11 October 2015 6 minutes reading time
The almost thirty-three in St. Petersburg, gi & agrave; third in the Nebelhorn Trophy two weeks ago, she has built its success thanks to the mastery of quadruple jumps, non-competitive. The 'opening words of the new free program, choreographed by Olga trusted Glinka on a review of "Mad World" by Tears For Fears known success, & egrave; It was simply standing ovation. The 'athlete in absentia Plushenko pi & ugrave; senior male sector has completed a remarkable combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop, followed by the best quadruple salchow career. After you have filed nearly thirty points with only two elements of jump, Menshov & egrave; dropped to the distance by performing a double axel instead & egrave; triple and a triple toe loop instead & egrave; four times, but, on balance, he has brought home two double axel, two quads and five triple jumps. Nell''occasione, the 'student of increasingly & ugrave; gettonato Evgeni Rukavitsin & egrave; become the skater more & ugrave; senior in history to establish itself in a stage of ISU Challenger Series. Furthermore, the 'impression & egrave; that the record will last long.
As was the case last season, the American Adam Rippon you & egrave; placed in the place of 'honor catching up with the best free program of the day. The almost twenty-six stationed in California has given up trying to quadruple lutz, replacing it with a double axel, and has completed seven triple jumps, including two axel and two lutz. Technical aspect aside, the new free, well choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle to the tune of a medley of Beatles, has enjoyed huge support among the public and among the judges, who awarded all''allievo of Arutunian assessments more & ugrave; high race of each component of the program.
The Russian Sergei Voronov, title holder as well & egrave; leader of the competition at the end of the first segment of the race, you & egrave; He had to settle for third currency, penalized in the free program from one of the pi & ugrave days; complicated career elements jump. The bill of landing on two feet or, in any case, scrubby, you & egrave; lost rather quickly and, to complicate matters, & egrave; came an attempted triple axel went to empty, not to mention that the second quadruple toe loop is planned & egrave; transformed into a triple.
The 'student Ethers Tutberidze saved the podium from the bully back the US Timothy Dolensky, author of the new personal best. The twenty-three stationed in Georgia skated a convincing free unsoiled pi & ugrave; much from a small burr on the combination of the aperture. Impeccable of steps and spins, performed two double axel and seven triple jumps, including a two axel and lutz.
The Czech Michal Brezina, still in obvious difficulty & agrave; the quad, you & egrave; had to settle for fifth position is not revealing any substantial progress in the Nebelhorn Trophy.
& Nbsp; FINAL
1) RUS - Konstantin MENSHOV230.10 (2 | 2) 2) USA - Adam RIPPON224.18 (3 | 1) 3) RUS - Sergei VORONOV213.34 (1 | 7) 4) United States - Timothy DOLENSKY210.55 (6 | 3) 5) CZE - Michal BREZINA205.06 (5 | 4) 6) JPN - Ryuju HINO203.42 (4 | 6) 7) CAN - Liam FIRUS200.27 (9 | 5) 8) SWE - Alexander MAJOROV198.72 ( 8 | 8) 9) PHI - Michael Christian MARTINEZ190.54 (7 | 9) 10) KOR - June Hyoung LEE172.97 (11 | 10) 11) FIN - Matthias VERSLUIS163.02 (10 | 11) 12) FIN - Valtter VIRTANEN154.60 (14 | 12) 13) FIN - Roman GALAY140.98 (15 | 13) 14) FIN - Viktor ZUBIK139.75 (13 | 14) 15) GER - Alexander BJELDE134.70 (12 | 15)
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