Figure skating - Mordovian Ornament 2015
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Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov started the tenth season side by side with a bang, setting a new record in the short program of the season Mordovian Ornament.
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On the ice packed Ice Palace in Saransk, the proof of the Russian couple & egrave; was simply flawless as all the elements, including triple twist, triple Rittberger launched and triple toe loop in parallel, they have been carried out with absolute precision.
However, beyond the & agrave; s & rsquo; technical aspect, & egrave; powerfully showed the aptitude of interpretation and large complicit & agrave ;, which has always characterized the & rsquo; the couple's entire career, even in the pi & ugrave; difficult.
The new short program, choreographed by & rsquo; emerging Peter Tchernyshev the tune of & ldquo; I Finally Found Someone & rdquo ;, has immediately achieved consensus plebiscite, as evidenced by the stellar score touched on the sum of the components of the program. Students of & rsquo; eternal Tamara Moskvina, for fifth in history, are, in fact, scollinati over thirty-five points, which means nearly nine of average for each item. Moreover, they managed to improve by almost two lengths the personal best set in the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 when his short program included eight items instead & eacute; seven.
The performance of a thickness not stop here. Entrants Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert were not to be outdone and, despite having accumulated nearly eight points behind the winners, who clocked the second performance of the season, reaching the first race in a couple resounding 67.64. Fresh from negative experiences with different partners, and Zabijako Enbert began skating together in late spring by the will & agrave; Nina Mozer. The results were immediately high profile and, at the l & agrave; dell''ottimo connubui and physical ability & agrave; to dominate the track, not & egrave; gone unnoticed by the quality & agrave; the triple twist, gi & agrave; large amplitude, on the triple toe loop in parallel, characterized in perfect unison, and on the triple Rittberger launched, completed in an extremely relaxed. Moreover, even the speed & agrave; and quality & agrave; Skating stole l & rsquo; eye.
Russia finds itself perci & ograve; in his hands the & rsquo; yet another pair of high level, but, like it or not, the places for the ISU Championships are three with six credible pretenders.
The advanced Belarusian Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk were placed in third position ahead of the new national record for the Russians Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza / Kordyeru. However, the fight for the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium remains open even those who follow in the standings, considering that the gap between the third and seventh place is less than ten points.
The free program is disputer & agrave; Sunday starting at 14:30, Italian time.
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SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
1) RUS - Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV76.02 (40.58 | 35.44) primacy personale2) RUS - Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT67.64 (36.60 | 31.04) primacy personale3) BLR - Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK49.52 (27.44 | 22:08) primanto nazionale4) RUS - Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Antonio SOUZA-KORDYERU48.58 (25.18 | 23:40) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 5) ISR - Adel TANKOVA / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI40.54 (02.21 | 20:52) - 1:00 primacy personale6) LTU - Enjoy BUTKUTE / Nikita ERMOLAEV40.26 (20.98 | 21:28) - 2.00 primacy nazionale7) BLR Maria PALIAKOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV39.92 (18.52 | 21:40) personal best
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Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS) - Mordovian Open 2015, Saransk - short program
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Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT (RUS) - Mordovian Open 2015, Saransk - short program
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