Figure Skating - US Nationals 2015
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The US National Championships, hosted by the Coliseum Convention Center in Greensboro in North Carolina, concluded with the 'last act of the men's competition, which has spared no emotions.
Monday 26 January 2015 8 minutes reading time
The ultimate success & egrave; went to Jason Brown, first place after the short program, but outclassed in the segment pi & ugrave; long race by Adam Rippon in ultra-luxury version. Moreover, those who can & ograve; most complain about the result & egrave; the "resurrected" Joshua Farris, who, because dell''ingenuit & agrave; repeated for three times to have a double toe loop, s & Igrave; & Egrave; had to settle for step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium losing the chance & agrave; to fight for the victory with the historic rival Brown.
The protagonist of the free program & egrave; Adam Rippon was, able to pull off for the 'occasion one of the best performances of his career, he has opened the doors of the World Championships thanks to a comeback from the fifth to the second position. The twenty-five year student of Rafael Arutunian, after performing a quadruple lutz downgraded to triple by the technical panel, has brilliantly completed a double axel and eight triple jumps, including two lutz and two axel. In addition, he topped it all with steps and spins level pi & ugrave; upper hand, managing to keep the wake of the winner on the program components.
Brown, only without the quadruple jump athlete to have won the 'latest edition of the National Championships in one of the superpowers of the current skating (Canada, China, Japan, Russia, United States), has, however, performed a program of good technical depth completing two double axel and seven triple jumps, which must be added a triple axel visibly free of rotation. The twenty year stationed in California & egrave ;, however, stood out as usual for the quality & agrave; of the elements of spinning top.
Farris, meanwhile, & egrave; came close after time immemorial to complete a quadruple toe loop at best, landing the 'element with a step-out. In addition, he presented two triple axels of stun beauty, far superior to those of the competition. On balance, the race plan & egrave; not only a combination with the triple toe loop closure, which would guarantee a clear victory, but it remains the satisfaction for having scored the pi & ugrave; high on the components of the program. Joys and regrets aside, its full recovery dell''ex world champion is the news pi & ugrave; glad for the derelict US movement, unable in the last three seasons to qualify athletes for the final of the Grand Prix.
At the foot of the podium, you & egrave; certificate a convincing Max Aaron, for which & ograve; two quadruple salchow and seven triple jumps were not enough to make up for the more than ten points lost on the sum of the components of the program in relation to the athletes' predecessors. Defending champion Jeremy Abbott & egrave ;, however, went beyond the fifth position, affected by the fall over on quadruple toe loop short rotation and at the end of the combination triple flip / euler / triple salchow.
Afterwards, united by steps to empty on attempts to quadruple jump, were placed Ross Miner, Douglas Razzano and the novice category in greater Nathan Chen. The main disappointment of the competition leads to & ograve; the name of Richard Dornbush, sadly, well away from the tenth level is expressed in Lombardy Trophy in the Cup of China in the mid & agrave; November.
In virt & ugrave; the result of the National Greensboro, Brown, Rippon and Farris take part, unless injuries, the World Championships in Shanghai. We await news of the Four Continents.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) Jason Brown (93.36 | 181.62) 274.98 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) Adam Rippon (84.71 | 187.77) 272.48 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) Joshua Farris (90.40 | 177.58) 267.98 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) Max Aaron (85.78 | 173.41) 259.19 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) Jeremy Abbott (89.93 | 168.36) 258.29 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) Ross Miner (82.25 | 167.03) 249.28 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) Douglas Razzano (74.01 | 159.41) 233.42 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) Nathan Chen (76.20 | 154.79) 230.99 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9) Grant Hochstein (75.70 | 154.58) 230.28 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 10) Richard Dornbush (79.24 | 142.84) 222.08 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) Alexander Johnson (68.46 | 149.81) 218.27 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 12) Sean Rabbitt (71.39 | 139.85) 211.24 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 13) Jordan Moeller (67.81 | 138.19) 206.00 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 14) Timothy Dolensky (68.41 | 124.97) 193.38 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 15) Patrick Rupp (56.29 | 122.13) 178.42 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 16) Philip Warren (61.13 | 110.91) 172.04 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 17) Shotaro Omori (55.60 | 110.81) 166.41 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 18) But Jimmy (59.09 | 105.65) 164.74 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 19) Robert Przepioski (50.07 | 94.81) 144.88 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 20) Sebastien Payannet (42.26 | 99.14) 141.40
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