Figure skating - U.S. Nationals 2014
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In the night, the U.S. National Championships Figure Skating, hosted by the'' opportunity'' by imposing frame of the "TD Garden" in Boston, came alive with the first short programs of the senior category.
Friday 10 January 2014 4 minutes reading time
The dances were opened by the pairs of artistic, appeared highly polished as ever to snatch one of two places at your disposal for the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi.
The segment of the race was dominated by the defending champions Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir, which, the last to fall on the ice, had the merit of breaking the balance'' hitherto sovereign.
For the record, it should be recalled as the ratings assigned on the degree of fulfillment of the mandatory elements and each component of the program has been particularly generous than the usual international standards. In this regard, before entering into the merits of what happened can not be forgotten that none of the couples in the race has ever gone beyond the 28.50 PCS (program componentes score) in a top-level competition.
Castles / Shnapir, despite not starting with the underdogs, they annihilated the competition by breaking the wall of forty lengths in the technical score and clocking the highest rating on each component of the program. The performance, free of obvious flaws, has been enhanced by a triple twsit of excellent quality and the robustness of triple salchow and triple salchow launched in parallel, completed items to the fullest.
In second place, with nearly seven points behind were placed with about Felicia Zhang / Nathan Barthlomey, which preceded ten cents DeeDee Leng / Timothy Le Duc, authentic revelation of the race. Both couples have highlighted interesting elements on the strength of the jump, but Leng / Le Duc have, in particular, impressed by the speed markedly greater than that of the'' whole competition.
At the foot of the podium, thanks to a double toe loop in parallel for Denney and landing with a hand in the land of the triple flip launched, are the favorites on the eve Caydee Denney / John Coughlin who had slightly the better of the expected training partners as Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, penalized by a fall on the triple salchow unison'' s in parallel.
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