Figure skating - US Nationals 2016
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In the penultimate day of the US National Championships, hosted by the & ldquo; & rdquo Xcel Energy Center; Saint Paul in Minnesota, were awarded the first three titles in the senior class. Notwithstanding the & rsquo; forced absence of & nbsp; Jason Brown due to injury, all the defending champions were dethroned.
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PAIRS OF ARTISTIC & ndash; Free program
Tarah Kayne and Daniel O & rsquo; Shea, after two trials of strength of significant proportions, have won the first national title of his career. Students Jim Peterson have crushed the competition by combining a & rsquo; & agrave obvious superiority; the best technical feedback on program components. After you set the short-program, Kayne / O & rsquo; Shea, they have been repeated in the segment more & ugrave; long race revealing security on each item, including jumps in parallel and launched. For the & rsquo; occasion, however, not & egrave; It was necessary to risk the quadruple salchow launched, which will be able & agrave; useful in view of the upcoming ISU Championships.
Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierm, defending champions, had to settle for second place alternating authentic excellence as the quadruple twist in steps to empty, including the & rsquo; landing with hand on earth the triple flip launched and fall of Knierim on the triple toe loop in parallel. In general, especially in the free program, the favorites on the eve have paid the price for a quality & agrave; execution of the various elements lower overall, which has helped create a gap next to fifteen lengths.
After that, they are placed Marissa Castelli and Mervin Tran, not yet able to keep abreast of most couples & ugrave; lapped and technically superior over jumps in parallel and launched. Students of Richard Gauthier have to & ograve; divided by the & rsquo; excellent execution of lifting, when the main strength.
The fourth & egrave; gone to young Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage, who managed to repel the comeback in the free program of Jessica Calalang / Zach Sidhu.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) Tarah Kayne / Daniel O''Shea (69.61 | 142.04) 211.65 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 02) Alexa Scimeca / Christopher Knierim (67.35 | 129.45) 196.80 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 03) Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran (64.12 | 114.92) 179.04 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 04) Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage (57.47 | 100.34) 157.81 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 05) Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu (50.53 | 106.24) 156.77 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 06) Erika Smith / AJ Reiss (51.09 | 101.09) 152.18 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 07) Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan (54.20 | 79.59) 133.79 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 08) Brianna de la Mora / Maxim Kurdukov (45.04 | 85.05) 130.09 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 09) Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan (42.56 | 86.94) 129.50 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 10) Cali Fujimoto / Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne (42.05 | 86.34) 128.39 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 11) Caitlin Fields / Ernie Utah Stevens (45.67 | 71.72) 117.39 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 12) Elizaveta Usmantseva / Matej Silecky, (38.34 | 66.96) 105.30 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 13) Alyssa McDougal / Paul Schatz (32.14 | 62.90) 95.04 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
DANCE & ndash; free dance
Maia and Alex Shibutani, in the blaze of the public of Saint Paul, won the first national title of his career by ousting the defending champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Overtaking, long in & rsquo; air, & egrave; materialized in the free dance in which students of Marina Zoueva and Massimo Scali managed to establish an impressive feeling with the audience that at the end of an enthralling performance, bestowed them with a long and loud standing ovation.
The brothers of Asian origin, took to the track to the tune of & ldquo; Fix You & rdquo; and & ldquo; The Scientist & rdquo ;, successes of the beloved Colpdlay, & nbsp; have revealed a speed & agrave; higher than the competition and a precision that has favored a clear dominance technician. Not surprisingly, each element, including two sequences of steps in pairs, & egrave; It was awarded the level pi & ugrave; high available. & nbsp; The triumph today has also involved the increasingly & ugrave; gettonato Peter Tchernyshev creator of a free dance that took a little time to receive approval to open scene even by the usual detractors.
Chock A / Bates, leader of the race at the end of short-dance, non & egrave; enough to get the best feedback on the components of the program in both segments of the competition. Beyond the & agrave; of points lost on diagonal and top, is huge & egrave; revealed the gap in terms of transport and chemistry of the couple.
In compliance with the prediction of the eve Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue they completed the podium managing to contain the gap with the leader of the movement couples.
Surprisingly, Anastasia Cannuscio and Colin McManus were placed at the foot of the podium getting the best finish of his career. It should be noted that in both programs have managed to get the better & more ugrave; Popular Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (74.67 | 115.47) 190.14 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 02) Madison Chock / Evan Bates (75.14 | 111.79) 186.93 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 03) Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (71.10 | 107.71) 178.81 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 04) Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus (63.12 | 97.34) 160.46 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 05) Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (63.02 | 95.84) 158.86 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 06) Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton (57.98 | 87.03) 145.01 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 07) Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson (54.57 | 88.13) 142.70 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 08) Charlotte Maxwell / Ryan Devereaux (51.18 | 77.80) 128.98 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 09) Alexandra Aldridge / Matthew Blackmer (46.16 | 75.00) 121.16 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 10) Alissandra Aronow / Collin Brubaker (47.24 | 69.17) 116.41 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 11) Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg Altukhov (39.66 | 60.20) 99.86 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 12) Tory Patsis / Nathaniel Fast (35.59 | 56.29) 91.88 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 13) Elicia Reynolds / Stephen Reynolds (35.91 | 50.04) 85.95 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 14) Gabriela Morrell Zucker / Andrejs Å itiks (30.20 | 42.40) 72.60 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
SECTOR FEMALE & ndash; Free program
Those who have always reproached Gracie Gold lack of character and tended to be eclipsed in times pi & ugrave; difficult should think again because the free program skated to Saint Paul could represent a turning point. He took to the track for last with the & rsquo; obligation to collect more than 145 points to gain success, l & rsquo; he studied with Frank Carroll & egrave; literally exceeded pulling the best performance of his career. & Nbsp; & egrave Nothing; It has been left to chance and every element & egrave; It was executed with surgical precision. In particular, for the first time since time immemorial, Gold & egrave; He managed to complete the two double axel and seven triple jumps planned and, supporting the best known of the & ldquo; & rdquo Firebird; Igor Straviski, & egrave; He was able to move up shots in & rsquo; last minute, another did not usual for her. & nbsp; In the second segment of the race, driven by the best technical feedback and evaluations pi & ugrave; higher in four of the five components of the program, the twenty stationed in California has inflicted more than ten points behind the pi & ugrave; immediate pursuer about filing with the second title of his career.
The seventeen year old Polina Edmunds, dominating the short-program, you & egrave; had to settle for place d & rsquo; honor, but in the two days of competition showed the solidity & agrave; technique failed in previous outings of the season. L & rsquo; unique deburring noteworthy & egrave; was represented by second triple Rittberger the free program landed with wheezing and visibly short rotation. Result aside, remains some doubt about the choice to run two triple flip, not characterized by an input wire instead markedly internal & eacute; two triple lutz.
The podium & egrave; It was completed by defending champion Ashley Wagner, lingered for about ten points from the second position, mainly lost in the first segment of the race.
In the free program, subject to a quality & agrave; lower elements of spinning than direct rivals, the twenty-four coached by Rafael Arutunian paid duty to have performed a triple jump less. However, except for a single lutz unexpected, all the jumps this point were performed with good quality & agrave ;, including the & rsquo; tricky combination triple flip / triple toe loop.
The tight battle for a prize of the fourth coin awarded for a & rsquo; gluing Mirai Nagasu, which, after a long series of mishaps related to & rsquo; wear one of two shoes, had most of the advanced seventeen Tyler Pierce, Messas in light l & rsquo; excellent knowledge of the triple lutz.
Overall, the race & egrave; It was characterized by an increase in the average level than in the past despite missing all & rsquo; appeal expectations Karen Chen and Courtney Hicks, eighth and ninth respectively. & nbsp; Both have caught two bad days by collecting falling and landing some broken too. Chen, however, & egrave; He went into confusion by repeating three times the double-toe loop in the free program and seeing invalidate a combination triple salchow / double toe loop, which, in any case, would not have changed granch & egrave; the physiognomy of the league.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) Gracie Gold (62.50 | 147.96) 210.46 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 02) Polina Edmunds (70.19 | 137.32) 207.51 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 03) Ashley Wagner (62.41 | 135.47) 197.88 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 04) Mirai Nagasu (59.64 | 129.20) 188.84 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 05) Tyler Pierce (62.45 | 126.05) 188.50 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 06) Bradie Tennell (58.26 | 123.07) 181.33 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 07) Hannah Miller (57.86 | 116.56) 174.42 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 08) Karen Chen (54.86 | 113.89) 168.75 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 09) Courtney Hicks (54.93 | 113.11) 168.04 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 10) Angela Wang (55.23 | 107.94) 163.17 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 11) Mariah Bell (58.85 | 101.18) 160.03 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 12) Franchesca Chiera (57.94 | 82.44) 140.38 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 13) Katie McBeath (46.94 | 86.58) 133.52 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 14) Ashley Cain (48.35 | 83.54) 131.89 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 15) Heidi Munger (41.48 | 89.98) 131.46 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 16) Christina Cleveland (41.49 | 80.32) 121.81 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 17) Alexie Mieskoski (41.63 | 79.64) 121.27 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 18) Maria Yang (36.34 | 83.86) 120.20 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 19) Carly Gold (42.41 | 65.55) 107.96 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 20) Avery Kurtz (41.27 | 66.02) 107.29 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 21) Alexis Gagnon (33.24 | 72.32) 105.56 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 22) Elena Pulkinen (38.22 | 63.43) 101.65 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
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