Figure skating - Russian Nationals 2013
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The Russian National Championships Figure Skating Championships, hosted for the second consecutive season by'' Iceberg Palace in Sochi, we are open today with the men's short program'' expected.
Tuesday 24 December 2013 3 minutes reading time
The protagonist was Evgeni Plushenko, who has removed any doubt about his physical condition.
The defending champion has posed a serious threat'' on the eleventh success in the national championships by dominating the segment of the race. '' For the occasion, he also announced a new short program to the tune of "El Tango de Roxanne", already used to free the season 2011/2012.
The thirty-one'' now stationed in St. Petersburg approached the barrier of 100 points, showing tremendous strength on the elements of jumping, running in asssoluta fluency. In the opening, has presented a combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop, followed by a triple axel and a triple lutz preceded by the step, placed in the second half of the disc. Plushenko has also confirmed the improvements on the elements of spinning, prepotentementi already emerged during the Volvo Cup in Riga, reaching the highest level available.
In terms of the components of the program, it is an eloquent proof of 47.90, higher than the 46.18 score by Patrick Chan, figure skater who has gone farther in a top-level competition.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT MASCHILE01) Evegeni PLUSHENKO98, 41 (50,51 | 47,90)) PITKEEV76 Adian, 75 (41,10 | 35,65) Mikhail KOLYADA73, 11 (37,58 | 36,53) -1.00) Zhan BUSH72 , 46 (37,63 | 34,83)) Alexander PETROV71, 79 (37,90 | 33,89)) Konstantin MENSHOV70, 72 (32,24 | 38,48)) KVITELASHVILI70 Moris, 47 (37.86 | 34,61) -2.00) Sergei BORODULIN64, 72 (30,18 | 34,54) Murad KURBANOV64, 48 (30,30 | 33,18)) Konstantin MILYUKOV64, 10 (32,77 | 31,33)) Vlasislav SEZGANOV62, 74 (29,60 | 33,14)) LAZUKIN58 Andri, 42 (26,60 | 32,82) -1.00
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