Figure skating - Russian National Championships 2014/2015
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The second day of the Russian National Championships Figure Skating, hosted dall''Iceberg Palace in Sochi, you & egrave; ended with the free dance, which enshrined the ultimate success of the rookies in pair Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin.
Friday 26 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
Students tandem Alexeeva / Kustarova are perci & ograve; It took less than eight months to win the national title ever obtained with previous partners on the ice.
As was the case in the short-dance yesterday, the meter panel technician & egrave; revealed rather severe, did not normally usual in reviews premises of any continent, but entirely consistent with the standards required in international competitions of the first level. The 'work dell''ungherese Gy & ouml; rgy Elek, tecnical specialist, and Galit Chait dell''israeliana, assistant tecnical specialist, & nbsp; has also guaranteed quell''importante impartiality & agrave; key to turn off the bud any controversy related to the value of the stakes.
Ilinykh / Zhiganshin, having dominated the short-dance, were preceded by a few tenths Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khalivian segment pi & ugrave; long race paying duty on the technical side, the main strength of the students of Alexander Zhulin. The new national champions have, however, reconfirmed the best of each item of the components of the program, while giving the feeling of being less bright than other occasions. It should, however, noted that in view of the European Championships in Stockholm, the free dance will come & agrave; magazine and placed in different parts, as noted in recent days by the same athletes.
Even Monko / Khaliavin thanks to today's performance, you are guaranteed the journey in Sweden managed to climb in the standings pi & ugrave; young Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, relegated to third position for an exact point. For the rest, the final results reflected the result of short-dance. Entrants Victoria Sinitisina / Nikita Katsalapov, not gone beyond the fourth position despite high expectations before, have shown signs of growth in the free dance containing detachment than couples get on the podium. In particular, at least on the side of the components of the program, students Marina Zoueva have received the approval of the judges to stand behind the only Ilinykh / Zhiganshin. However, the work to be done to find the right chemistry and torque to achieve a solidity & agrave; technique remains long. In this sense, it will not be & agrave; certain time fail in that, in the light of the outcome of the national championships, there will be & agrave; space in the top-level competitions this season, less than a general memory.
The focus will shift now from ghaccio to the nerve. Remains, in fact, to determine which will & agrave; The third couple who take & agrave; European Championships. The ballot should involve the injured longtime Bobrova / Soloviev and third places in the national exhibition Stepanova / Bukin.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 171.41 (1 | 2) 2) Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN167.19 (3 ​​| 1) 3) Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN166.19 (2 | 3) 4) Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV158.57 (4 | 4) 5) Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan GUERREIRO145.13 (5 | 5) 6) & nbsp; Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai Miroshkin & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 132.84 (6 | 6) 7) Ludmila SOSNITSKAIA / Pavel GOLOVISHNOKOV112.19 (7 | 7) 8) Margarita Beliakova / Dmitri VOLKOV95.77 (8 | 9) 9) Anastasia SOFRONOVA / Ilja ZIMIN92.13 (9 | 8) 10) Angelica Kanivets / Alexei TCHIZHOV83.49 (10 | 10)
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Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN - Russian National 2014, Sochi - free dance
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Ksenia MONKO/Kirill KHALIAVIN - Russian National 2014, Sochi - free dance
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