Figure skating - U.S. Nationals 2014
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'' It jumped the counter in the women's U.S. National Championships hosted by'' imposing frame of the TD Garden in Boston.
Sunday 12 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
The defending champion Ashley Wagner, vincitirice the last two editions, as well as a clear favorite of the eve, has been forced to raise the white flag even in the absence of the'' date with the podium.
At this point, we await with interest the communication of Commssione selected ad hoc by the Fed that the U.S. will have to indicate the names of three athletes who will take part in the upcoming Olympic Games.
The protagonist was Gracie Gold, who, after having created a vacuum in the short program, it was also confirmed in the longer segment of the race forcefully snatching the ticket to Sochi.
The eighteen year old coached by Frank Carroll, fell on the ice to the tune of "Sleeping Beauty" opened his test with a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop combination that was followed by a double axel / triple toe loop. On balance, it is able to perform two double axel and seven triple jumps, including a flip from the outer edge markedly landed placing a hand on the ice. Gold, unlike what happened in the short-program, has filed both the highest technical score that high evaluation of each program component for dispersion won the first national title of his career.
The second place is deservedly went to Polina Edmunds, finalist'' s latest edition of the Junior Grand Prix. Fifteen of Russian origin was confirmed at levels of excellence in the free firing cartridges more important in the first thirty seconds, during which he completed before a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop combination and then a triple flip / Rittberger / triple salchow. L'' single step vacuum is avveuto on the occasion of the fall on the second triple flip, but remain, in any case, the two double axel and six triple total completed, in addition to spinning tops expertly build for raggiugere the level four.
On the lowest rung of the podium is accommodated Mirai Nagasu, the only athlete in the race to achieve the highest level available on steps and spins. Moreover, the twenty-born Japanese, after the triple flip sottoruotato of initial combination with a double toe loop, completed so egregious two double axel and five triple jumps, among which the lutz jump that seemed lost.
Ashley Wagner, appeared off from its entrance on the ice, it had to settle for fourth place final accomplice a free program features two fall over.
Afterwards, you are placed Samantha Cesario and Courtney Hicks, capable of recovery from the back of the standings thanks to the fourth and sixth day free. The'' waiting Christina Gao, struggling with a shoulder problem, is not, however, went beyond the'' eighth final preceded by seventeen Barbie Long.
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