Figure skating - US International FSC 2014
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On the second day of the United States International Figure Skating Classic, the home athletes have completed a clear round in imposing all four segments of the race starts.
Saturday 13 September 2014 12 minutes reading time
Overall, in contrast to what happened twenty-four hours ago, the public of & ldquo; Salt Lake City Sports Complex & rdquo; had the chance & agrave; to attend a performance by the discrete technical level, especially with regard to the 'event for women.
L & rsquo; waiting Polina Edmunds (63,27), a rising star of the scene with stars and stripes, did not disappoint the expectations before filing a convincing success in the short program. Nell & rsquo; occasion, the sixteen year old student of David Glynn & egrave you; largely moved beyond the personal record doth gi & agrave; in half & agrave; September, a & rsquo; excellent condition form. Took to the track to the tune of a flamenco choreographed by Rudy Galindo, Edmunds has opened the disc with a & rsquo; impressive combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, he then completed a discrete triple flip preceded by the step and has finally concluded the elements of jump the double axel and placed in the second half & agrave; of the disc. Despite having left the street a couple of levels on the & rsquo; intricate sequence of steps and having the final stop on level three on the top count, the California-born Russian clocked the technical score pi & ugrave; high of the day cos & igrave; as the best overall assessment of the program's components.
The place d & rsquo; honor & egrave; went to the Japanese Riona Kato (61,55), able for the first time in his career to go beyond the sixty points. The sixteen year old from Osaka, but based in Palm Desert in California, where & egrave; followed by Anthony Liu, has revealed the elements of jump that solidity & agrave; rarely distinguished junior career. Specifically, opened the program with a valuable combination of triple flip / triple toe loop and then performed well in the second part of the music preceded by a triple salchow and double axel step.
The defending champion Courtney Hicks (58,90) is & egrave; had to settle for the third coin penalized by points lost due to a step-load on the double axel open in flight and completed only single. Illegal element aside, the eighteen year old Californian has had the merit of performing the best combination triple flip / triple toe loop and triple lutz having presented the best of the day, reaching far beyond the personal record.
Hicks preceded by a narrow margin the Canadian Alaine Chartrand (58,35), the only athlete in the race to reach level four on the sequence of steps. Even the eighteen coached by Michelle Leigh & egrave; been able to rise beyond the personal record, despite the triple toe loop-closing of the combination with the triple lutz was judged under rotated.
Following you & egrave; placed the American Mirai Nagasu (55.46), which, as is often the case in recent years, alternating passages vacuum flashes of class. On the positive side should be reported l & rsquo; great triple Rittberger, double axel taken from the moon and the top inverted, negative, however, the missing position on the spinning combo and the toe loop single with no value attached to the triple flip with which he opened the program.
The palm of the main disappointment of the day it is, in any case, at & rsquo; Australian Brookle Han (42.74) appeared insecure and very far from a physical condition adequate, as evidenced by repeated passages in vacuum on the elements of jump that & rsquo; are relegated in eighth place.
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In the men's field, Max Aaron (240.22) confirmed the feeling with Salt Lake City, winning the third win in three years. After imposed by a wide margin in the short program, the twenty-two coached by Tom Zakrajšek has dominated the segment pi & ugrave; long race during which he completed two quadruple salchow and seven triple jumps, including a flip from the inner wire is not properly executed axel and two in the second half & agrave; of music. & Nbsp; Aaron, that words did not hide the & rsquo; going to want to give more space to the artistic side as well & egrave; to enrich his skating with passages of transition, has for now decided to simplify the plan contest giving up, compared to last season, to a quadruple jump. The first release, complete with a score higher than personal record, it would seem he was right, but still significant room for improvement. In this regard, we can not forget the various smears today including a trivial fall back on a cross before the choreographic sequence, a clear step-out on the second triple axel and l & rsquo; landing of the triple lutz placing a hand on the ice.
The place d & rsquo; honor & egrave; went to the American Ross Miner (209.78), still far from the performance of two years ago and always looking for that solidity & agrave; on the quadruple salchow so far remained a chimera. Podium aside, the & rsquo; huge gap accumulated compared to Aaron and the fact of being outclassed now firmly on the components of the program are alarming bell by compatriot d & rsquo; alarm.
The podium & egrave; was completed by Japanese Daisuke Murakami (204,67) dropped one spot from the short program. For l & rsquo; student of Frank Carroll, fatal & egrave; was a free two faces. In fact, for a convincing first half & agrave ;, characterized by perfect execution of a quadruple salchow and triple axel combination / double toe loop, was countered by a second part with too many touchdowns scrubby and a flip open in flight and completed only single.
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In the short-dance, Americans Alexander Aldridge / Daniel Eaton (54.08) had the best narrowly on Canadians Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams (53,74), but both pairs c & rsquo; & egrave; still much to be registered as confirmed by the technical scores below the limit to take part in the World Championships. It goes without s & eacute; as at this stage of the season are all committed to take measures to Paso Doble trying to understand what exactly is required from the panel.
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Between the pairs of artistic, Americans Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim (163.24) overturned the result of the first part of the race today is a leader with considerable competitive edge. Notwithstanding the difficulties atavistic & agrave; Knierim of the salchow in parallel, the students of Dalilah Sappenfield performed a free program quality & agrave; embellished with a triple twist to stun from beauty & rsquo; sidereal height and a & rsquo; excellent execution of the throw jumps, in the & rsquo; triple chance Rittberger and triple flip. In addition, the secondary did not have technical background also added to the reverse lasso, lifting greater in absolute value, well-executed today.
Jessica Calalang / Zach Sidhu (156.18), leader of the competition at the end of the short-program, nothing could oppose against the excessive power of the most technical & ugrave; qualified compatriots, but they have filed a convincing second place revealing security of throw jumps, and triple twist lifts.
On the whole podium for the Stars and Stripes rose even novices in the major category Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage (138,52), which are defended by the return of Canadians Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan (134.84).
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The United States International Figure Skating Classic, first round of the new circuit ISU Challenger Series, will end & agrave; today with the free dance and the women's free program.
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