Figure Skating - US Nationals 2015
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The Coliseum and Convention Center in Greensboro in North Carolina & egrave; stao theater levied Ashley Wagner, forcefully returned, after two years on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium of the national championships.
Sunday 25 January 2015 8 minutes reading time
The 'student of Rafael Arutunian dominated the race from one end all''altro allowing himself the luxury of distorting the technical content planned earlier in the season with the' goal to make the programs more & ugrave; competitive in the face of increasingly & ugrave; qualified international competition.
Specifically, the conquest of the third national title of his career & egrave; was favored by a free program features two double axel and seven triple jumps, including two lutz and two Rittberger, not to mention that in addition to the new combination triple lutz / triple toe loop & egrave; was performed in the second half & agrave; music a combination triple Rittberger / Rittberger simple / triple salchow. Nell''occasione, Wagner has crumbled the previous record of national championships by dominating the competition both on the technical components of the program. Without doubt, the technical panel calls have been lenient with regard to the input wire of lutz and rotation of some elements of the jump, but, despite the feedback from the Christmas spirit of the judges, the overall performance can not & ograve; overshadowing proposing made twenty-three stationed in California as the only credible rival dell''armata Russian.
Gracie Gold, triumphant twelve months ago, you & egrave; had to settle for the place of 'honor, but has given clear indications for un''integrit & agrave; Physical immediately found after the 'injury that did not allow to take part in the final Grand Prix. The nineteen year coached by Frank Carroll skated a convincing free program by completing two double axel and six triple jumps, including two lutz. The 'one-step vacuum covered the tough for her triple flip, ended with a crash, but also devoid of rotation as well & egrave; taken from a wire not internal.
Surprisingly, the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium & egrave; was deservedly occupied by fifteen Karen Chen, athlete not yet eligible for the senior championships of the category higher. Clearly the best of the lot on the elements of spinning top, the young student of Tammy Gambill had the merit of completing two double axel and six triple jumps, including two lutz high quality & agrave; and a toe loop-closing of the combination with the first triple lutz judged short rotation.
Afterwards, you & egrave; placed a discreet Polina Edmunds, who has unsheathed for the 'occasion the best performance of the season so far opaque. In the free program, the sixteen year old Californian has presented two double axel and seven triple jumps, but & egrave; fall on the second triple lutz and & egrave; was pardoned by the technical panel on the wires of the input of the flip.
Samantha Cesario has redeemed the debacle of the short program moving up to fifth, while Courtney Hicks and Mirai Nagasu have taken the opposite route shipwrecked respectively in eighth and tenth place at the end of a free program in which they were penalized for too many steps to empty on elements jump.
In light of the end result, Wagner, Gold and Edmunds defend the colors in the US World Championships in Shanghai, while & egrave; difficult to imagine that choices will be made in view of the upcoming Four Continents.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) Ashley Wagner (72.04 | 148.98) 221.02 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) Gracie Gold (67.02 | 138.52) 205.54 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) Karen Chen (64.66 | 135.13) 199.79 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) Polina Edmunds (66.04 | 126.58) 192.62 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) Samantha Cesario (59.21 | 123.61) 182.82 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) Mariah Bell (57.35 | 122.90) 180.25 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) Tyler Pierce (60.28 | 114.62) 174.90 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) Courtney Hicks (65.01 | 109.32) 174.33 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9) Hannah Miller (59.81 | 109.06) 168.87 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 10) Mirai Nagasu (65.28 | 101.35) 166.63 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) Christina Gao (50.78 | 109.82) 160.60 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 12) Leah Keiser (60.89 | 99.67) 160.56 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 13) Amber Glenn (63.04 | 96.37) 159.41 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 14) Ashley Cain (54.35 | 104.59) 158.94 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 15) Angela Wang (51.02 | 100.04) 151.06 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 16) Franchesca Chiera (52.91 | 92.82) 145.73 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 17) Caroline Zhang (55.40 | 88.60) 144.00 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 18) Katie McBeath (45.36 | 93.32) 138.68 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 19) Maria Yang (42.79 | 88.61) 131.40 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 20) Ashley Shin (53.67 | 76.14) 129.81 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 21) Christina Cleveland (45.24 | 70.02) 115.26 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 22) Madison Vinci (45.38 | 66.39) 111.77 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
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