Figure skating - U.S. Nationals 2014
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Meryl Davis and Charlie White, accompanied by'' ovation at TD Garden in Boston, won the sixth U.S. national title in a row, but, above all, skated free dance "perfect".
Sunday 12 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
"The Scheherazade" presented by the defending World Champions has obtained the highest score attainable on the technical front that the components of the program. Consequently, the'' Company caressed in short-dance yesterday was carried out in the most demanding free dance. Said and done, the students of Marina Zueva, taking advantage of the context of race home, have filed a resounding ten out each component of the program and the maximum degree possible execution on each required element, clearly evaluated four level. At this point, Davis / White are preparing for the Olympic Games men faced supported by the underdogs and ready to become the first pair of ballet stars and stripes capable of winning the gold medal''.
In the trip to Russia, will also be present Madison Chock / Evan Bates and Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, who, as it happened twelve months ago they completed the podium in order''.
Students of Igor Shpilband have had the merit to reconfirm the second force in the field, highlighting the technical strength failure in the stages of the Grand Prix, short-dance in particular. Specifically, they obtained the level four in each element, except for the diagonal of the free dance, outperforming the Shibutani siblings on every front.
In fourth position, were placed Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, who, while remaining at the foot of the podium in both segments of the race, took their little satisfaction to precede the technical score Shibutani free dance
Fifth place went to former national champions junores Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton, who preceded the most experienced Kriengkrairut Lynn / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt.
In light of the results of the national championships and the stages of the Grand Prix this season, it is certain that the colors of the U.S. in the Olympic Games in Sochi will be defended by Davis / White, Chock / Bates and Shibutani / Shibutani.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) Meryl Davis / Charlie White (80.69 | 119.50) 200.19 02) Madison Chock / Evan Bates (73.41 | 108.03) , 181.4403) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (68.00 | 102.44) 170.44 04) Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (66.69 | 101.58) 168.27 05) Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton (63.71 | 96.55) 160.26 06) Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (61.22 | 94.76 155.98 07) Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus (54.63 | 86.33) 140.96 08) Anastasia Olson / Ian Lorello (47.86 | 80.91) 128.77 09) Alissandra Aronow / Collin Brubaker (53.19 | 73.95) 127.14 10) Ginna Hoptman / Pavel Filchenkov (52.68 | 70.15) 122.83 11 ) Isabella Cannuscio / Michael Bramante (46.21 | 72.71) 118.92 12) Danielle Gamelin / Alexander Gamelin (39.87 | 73.10) 112.97 13) Madeline Heritage / Nathaniel Fast (41.63 | 62.42) 104.05 14) , Elicia Reynolds / Stephen Reynolds (36.52 | 64.48) 101.00 15) Kristen Nardozzi / Nick Traxler (38.14 | 60.26) 98.40 16) Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg Altukhov (27.05 | 55.34) 82.39 17) Gabriela Morrell Zucker / Andrejs Å itiks (25.58 | 46.72) 18 72.30) Pauline Bynum / Jason Deveikis (23.68 | 41.14) , 64.82
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