Figure skating - Nebelhorn Trophy 2014
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Si & egrave; opened today the forty-sixth edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy, third round with the new circuit ISU Challenger Series
Thursday 25 September 2014 11 minutes reading time
On the ice of Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf there have been high-profile technical performance and, unfortunately, some retreat too.
In the short-dance, l & rsquo; awaited duel between Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (65.59) and the Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates (62.20) has dominated the vice-world champions, so far better to play the role request from the paso-doble. Students of Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova, in addition to getting the best evaluation of each component of the program, have also prevailed on & rsquo; technical aspect, but egrave &; became clear that all couples engaged in competition today are still undergoing a work-in-progress. In particular, with respect to what is usually done in the early seasonal events, levels of mandatory sequence of patterns for this season precisely the paso-doble, proved to be quite low without forgetting that the fate & egrave; was the same for the new & ldquo; creative sequence & rdquo; on the same theme music. In addition, eight of the eleven competing couples were penalized a point because of a & rsquo; & agrave irregularities; linked to the constraints imposed by the choreography (in this case the penalty is attributed to an absolute majority of judges and referee).
The hosts Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi (58.67) closed the segment of the race in third position ahead by a wide margin Americans Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (53:11), junior world champions to debut in the category greater.
The rest of the competition & egrave; was governed by the Canadian school Dubrueil / Lauzon, Elisabeth Paradis / Francois-Xavier Ouellette (47,62), the only addition to couples coached by Shpilband, to avoid penalty of one point for the & rsquo; & agrave irregularities; linked to the choreography.
The new couple Italian-American Lauri Bonaccorsi / Francesco Fioretti (39,29) has, however, ended the segment of the race in ninth position.
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In the competition reserved for couples of art, the level of & rsquo; rod is & egrave; significantly raised compared to previous tests and ISU Challenger Series & egrave; was finally knocked down the wall of the sixty points, far left tab & ugrave ;.
The partial success & egrave; went to Russian veterans Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (66,59), emerged victorious by a narrow margin in the generational clash that pitted them against the countrymen Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (65.74), authors of the new personal record.
The students of Tamara Moskvina, absent from competition for a long time, they managed to convince the large group of skeptics unleashing a benefit or almost as & eacute; superior to the tune of & ldquo; M & eacute; ditation from & ldquo; & Tha IUML, s & rdquo ;. Specifically, in addition to inducing a physical condition found, Kavaguti / Smirnov returned to speak convincingly on elements such as jumps in parallel, they had created in their enormous heartache & rsquo, the last part of his career.
Tarasova / Morozov, vice-world champions junior in charge, they are not for & ograve; been less to the point outperform rivals on the technical front, driven by a triple twist worthy of training partners Volozoshar / Trankov. & Nbsp; All told, were the components of the program to make a difference for the benefit of Kavaguti / Smirnov, but, in the light of the minimum separation, the competition is wide open.
In third place with a gap of more than ten points totaled Americans Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, authors of an amazing triple twist, but betrayed by falling on the triple salchow Scimeca in parallel and launched on the triple flip. Twist apart, the positive note & egrave; given by the fact that both Knierim finally managed to complete a triple salchow in parallel.
The winners of the US International Figure Skating Classic preceded by a narrow margin, the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cypr & egrave, s, at home on triple flip launched and on all elements of the couple, but suffered from the toe loop in parallel run double instead of & eacute; triple by James.
Afterwards, they placed the young Americans Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage (51,80) who have had the better of the Canadian Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps (50,67). Moreover, both pairs, in his first season in the major category, are united by the fact of having won the national title last January juniors (although the Canadian couple you race & ograve, as overage).
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In the men's race, filed the withdrawal because of influenza viral & rsquo; expected Kazakh Denis Ten, & egrave; Jason Brown was calling the shots, despite having presented one of the few programs of the day free for the choice of the quadruple jump.
The American outclassed opponents on each item of the components of the program, however well executed all the evidence presented, including a triple axel, probably a bit & rsquo; phoned, but still among the best of his career. In truth, Brown & agrave ;,, taking advantage of burrs and steps to empty the rivals, & egrave; was the best of the lot also on the technical side, but egrave &; clear that in most contexts & ugrave; idea will be qualified & agrave; something more & ugrave; to keep up with the current leader of the discipline.
The nineteen year old Californian preceded by a margin of more than five points the Czech Michal Brezina (78.27), author of a good triple axel and able to land a quadruple salchow with l & rsquo; help of a step-out, but were penalized on the various items the components of the program for the & rsquo; eternal preparation that preceded each element of the jump.
A safe distance, the Canadian Elladj Balde (71.73) won a surprise once for the provisional third place by adjusting the extent of Russian veterans Sergei Voronov (71.29) and Konstantin Menshov (70,60), betrayed by today & rsquo; axel.
L & rsquo; azure Ivan Righini (62.18) is egrave & ;, however, had to settle for dell & rsquo; eighth place. The new pupil of Michael Huth left on the plate because of the heavy points fall on a triple axel missing rotation and mainly because of a pair of spinning elements to be recorded. In any case, the & rsquo; impression & egrave; that to the best skate the medley of Michael Jackson opted for the short program this season should be a condition to the top as the music does not allow a breather.
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The second day will include the women's short program and the 'Final Act of pairs of artistic and male sector.
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