Figure skating - Russian National Championships 2014/2015
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The first day of the Russian National Championships, hosted dall''Iceberg Palace in Sochi, you & egrave; ended with the short-dance.
Thursday 25 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
The segment of the race & egrave; been dominated by Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, which, in line with what happened in the first part of the season, have confirmed the couple's summit of the Russian movement. Students of the tandem Alexeeva / Kustarova, as forecast, they got the evaluation pi & ugrave; High on each component of the program, but most were the best on the technical side of expressing levels totaling more than the ill-fated final of the Grand Prix. In particular, you Zhiganshin & egrave; demonstrated decsiamente pi & ugrave; on the piece distingendosi for punctuality & agrave; and precision of each element of the short-dance.
In second place, with a gap next to the four lengths, were placed Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, driven by the second day of the result of technical feedback un''esecuzione of twizzle finally worthy of the blazon earned by winning on every front in the junior category.
The fight for the post of 'honor remains, however, wide open, as Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, third place, will recover in the free dance only sixty-five basis points. The students of Alexander Zhulin, less punctual than other occasion on twizzle opening, outperformed Stepanova / Bukin on the components of the program by paying for & ograve; duty on technical feedback.
The expected Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov have had to settle for fourth place, penalized for the 'umpteenth time by technical deficiencies which do not & egrave; able in any way to put his hand in the last two months. Moreover, the gap around the five points from the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium is the 'umpteenth defeat of the season for the school Marina Zoueva. Technical aspect aside, & egrave; failure still quell''alchimia torque essential to make the leap of quality & agrave; and ii gap compared to rivals jurors Ilinykh / Zhiganshin & egrave; past by six lengths at the Rostelecom Cup almost ten today. Although according to many insiders Nikita Katsalapov is one of the most technically skaters & ugrave; solids in the panorama of the dance world, in this first part of the season you & egrave; understand clearly who in the previous partnership with Elena Ilinykh guaranteed an edge pi & ugrave;. & nbsp;
Should be highlighted also the fifth position of Tiffany (Anastasia) Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro, appeared not at all inferior to Sinitsina / Katsalapov, despite having faced today competing in the second pair of career.
In light of dell''assenza defending champions Bobrova / Soloviev, who may still be selected for the European Championships, will become & agrave; fundamental to finish the race in second position to be sure to tear the ticket to Stockholm.
STANDINGS SHORT DANCE
01) Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN70.35 (34.20 | 36.15) 02) Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN66,37 (32.62 | 33.75) 03) Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN65.72 (31.30 | 34.42) 04) Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV60, 79 (27.84 | 32.95) 05) Tiffany Zahorski / Jonatah GUERREIRO59.62 (30.13 | 29.49) 06) Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MIROSHKIN52.76 (24.19 | 28.57) 07) Ludmila SOSNITSKAIA / Pavel GOLOVISHNOKOV43.58 (22:40 | 21:18) 08) Margarita Beliakova / Dmitri VOLKOV37.12 (19:21 | 17.91) 09) Anastasia SOFRONOVA / Ilja ZIMIN32.61 (15:31 | 18:30) - 1.0010) Angelica Kanivets / Alexei TCHIZHOV29.95 (14.64 | 16:31) - 1:00
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