Figure skating - Finlandia Trophy 2014
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The nineteenth edition of the Finlandia Trophy, the fifth leg of the ISU Challenger Series, & egrave; was dominated by the Russian skaters, who have established themselves in the three competitions in the program. However, if, on the one hand, the success of Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA in the field of women's and Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin dance have never been questioned, by & rsquo; another, Sergei Voronov, who won in the men's field, you & egrave; saved by the skin of our teeth comeback by overpowering the American Adam Rippon.
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At the end of the race, only thirty-six hundredths of a point are, in fact, separate two-time world champion junior vice-European champion in the past gone up three times on the podium for the Espoo without ever taking the step pi & ugrave; high.
Rankings aside, the public come to the & ldquo; Barona Arena & rdquo; was able to attend a free program of good technical depth in contrast to what happened with the short-program.
In truth & agrave ;, the success of Voronov (221.11) would have been much more & ugrave; net, but, cos & igrave; as in the first stage of the Cup of Russia, problems have arisen in the calculation of the jumps performed and a double toe loop too did s & igrave; which were annulled combination Rittberger triple / double toe loop / double Rittberger, however, perfectly executed. Invalid items excluded, l & rsquo; student Ethers Tutberidze has completed a magnificent quadruple toe loop and a total of five triples, including a axel landed with a clear step-out, but more importantly, despite still many details to be settled, & egrave; was the best in the sum of the components of the program.
Adam Rippon (220.75), for its part, has skated one of the best free career, giving up four times, replaced by a double axel, but running made him rare two pi & ugrave; that discrete triple axel, which have gone on to add six more triple jumps, including a toe loop to limit the rotation. Obviously, the key to gamble on an equal footing with non unattainable fellow called & ldquo; consistency of performance & rdquo ;, not a case failure during the Finlandia Trophy.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the young Russian Alexander Petrov (214.50), skater school Mishin not yet in possession of four times, but usually pretty sure about the triple jumps. & Nbsp; Fifteen of St. Petersburg, gi & agrave; qualified for the final of the Junior Grand Prix, has anything changed with respect to the & rsquo; usual schedule of performing two double axel jumps and seven triples, including two axel of excellent workmanship. L & rsquo; single step vacuum covered the second lutz planned, completed instead of double & eacute; triple.
Petrov preceded l & rsquo; Misha Ge of Uzbekistan (203.51), appeared more & ugrave; master of its own means than in the past. The twenty-three native of Moscow in one way or & rsquo; & other egrave; managed to land the eight planned triple jumps, as well as a pair of double axel. However, there was no bed of roses since the lutz have lost some value due to the wire is not outside, the salchow & egrave; remained short rotation and triple axels were saved with his teeth. The real positive note & egrave; was for & ograve; represented by the evaluation of the components of the program which reflected how much you & egrave; seen on the ice. Ge, in fact, for the first time in his career has reached 73, which means an average of seven abundant, while managing to keep the wake of the first two classified.
In virt & ugrave; score today, Voronov (431.16) & you egrave; led at the top of ISU Challenger Series but to determine who will eventually emerge victorious & will agrave; need to understand what skaters medium / high level will take part in two events.
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In the dance, the Russians Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (152.82) in the past winners on every front in the junior category, have won a clear statement imposing in both segments of the competition.
In particular, the performance of the students of Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin in free dance & you egrave; revealed thick, reflecting a maturing technology that not only puts them right in between the pairs to beat the Russian in the current season. Solid on all elements, including twizzles and step sequences in pairs, have committed the & rsquo; single imperfection on the lift curve, leaving more than one point on the plate between the value of & rsquo; factor and degree of execution.
In any case, pass with flying colors the dress rehearsal, Stepanova / Bukin stand out a short flight in the direction of Chicago, home of Skate America first qualifying round of the Grand Prix.
On a day marred by falls, often even in pairs, Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi (139,98) have failed to keep pace with the young Russians and, because of an abnormal tumble on the rim, have irreparably compromised the result leaving on the plate precious points that could cost them the success in the circuit ISU Challenger Series. After the step pi & ugrave; bottom of the podium in the Nebelhorn Trophy home, veterans Germans have perci & ograve; had to settle instead of d & rsquo; honor in less qualified Finlandia Trophy.
In third place, with lots of new personal record, have placed Americans Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus (131.76), which will shortly l & rsquo; honor to take part in Skate America. In the free dance, the couple stationed in Delaware showed good safety and quality & agrave; on various litf and on top, but levels of the case aside, earned all Thumbs on the degree of realization of the elements.
The fourth & egrave; expected Finns went to Hanna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo, (119.76), which did not go away from the national record of their properties & agrave ;. Students of Maurizio Margaglio preceded the Israeli Allison Reed / Vasili Rogov (115.50) and fellow Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm penalized by a step-load before making rotational lift and lift curve, accident cost them at least eleven points all-inclusive . Al l & agrave; the final result, just Karmi / Lindholm were the Finnish couple who stole more l & rsquo; eye demonstrating in the two segments of the race at home on twizzles and step sequences of all sorts.
In the ranking of the ISU Challenger Series circuit, the Germans Zhiganshina / Gazsi have climbed to the summit with 286.10 points. Follow Cannuscio / McManus with 258.2 points.
The next meeting will be held & agrave; Barrie in Canada.
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