Figure skating - US Nationals 2016
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The National Championships US, hosted by "Xcel Energy Center & rdquo; of Saint Paul in Minnesota, will enter the real today with the free programs of dance, pairs and women's sector. In the night, you & egrave; instead played the first leg of the men's race preceded by Short-dance. In both cases, the 'balance reigned supreme.
Saturday 23 January 2016 11 minutes reading time
DANCE & ndash; Short Dance
Only forty-seven basis points separated the favorites on the eve Madison Chock / Evan Bates rivals designated Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani. The partial success of the defending champions & egrave; It was vehicled by most assessments & ugrave; high on each item of the program components, and by a slightly higher degree of execution. The brothers Shibutani were the best on the technical side and the only ones in the race to achieve the level pi & ugrave; high available on each item, including the partial sequence. Chock / Bates, however, they stopped at three on the second sequence of Ravensburger waltz, but they gnawed cents thanks to the degree of execution of the lift and both sequences of patterns.
In view of the free dance, it appears complex embark on predictions because in the first part of the season the Shibutani stole more l & rsquo; eye being able to run without smearing, while students of Igor Shpilband have always been penalized by some step-load of different entities & agrave ;.
In third place, with a gap around the four lengths off the pace, they were placed Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, authors of a trial without smudging ennobled by the best lift of the competition. The gap on the technical side than rivals & egrave; It was determined by the level three got on the partial sequence.
A safe distance, Anastasia Cannuscio and Colin McManus have surprisingly preceded ten basis points Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker. Both couples were authors comparable test obtaining or almost as & eacute; the same feedback on each item in the score.
RANKING SHORT DANCE
01) 75.14 - Madison Chock / Evan Bates02) 74.67 - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani03) 71.10 - Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue04) 63.12 - Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus05) 63.02 - Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker06) 57.98 - Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton07) 54.57 - Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson08) 51.81 - Charlotte Maxwell / Ryan Devereaux09) 47.24 - Alissandra Aronow / Collin Brubaker10) 46.16 - Alexandra Aldridge / Matthew Blackmer11) 39.66 - Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg Altukhov12) 35.91 - Elicia Reynolds / Stephen Reynolds13) 35.59 - Tory Patsis / Nathaniel Fast & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 14) 30.20 - Gabriela Morrell Zucker / Andrejs Å itiks & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
SECTOR MALE & ndash; short program
At the end of the initial segment of the race, the first four athletes in the ranking are encased in little more & ugrave; five points.
The partial success & egrave; Max Aaron went to twenty-three, who had the merit of performing a sumptuous combination quadruple salchow / triple toe loop. & nbsp; The winner of the title in & rsquo; edition of 2012, on track to the tune of & ldquo; & rdquo Nessun Dorma; Puccini & egrave; It was the best of the lot on the technical managing not to lose too much ground on the elements of spinning top, however, all awarded with the level pi & ugrave; High available.
L & rsquo; student Tom Zakrajšek preceded by a point little l & rsquo; now revived Ross Miner, author of a test without the slightest smear which confirmed the great feeling with the program choreographed by James Isley the tune of & ldquo; New York State of Mind & rdquo ; Billy Joel. Miner, who compir & agrave; tomorrow twenty-five, he completed a triple axel to stun beauty and got the most feedback & ugrave; top of the race in the program components. Moreover, & egrave; He was one of two athletes at the store level is about four steps on the tops.
L & rsquo; expected Adam Rippon, skater pi & ugrave; senior race from & rsquo; top of his twenty-six springs, you & egrave; He had to settle for third currency, penalized by a landing with a step-out of the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, but & egrave; He was able to achieve a triple axel of qualit & agrave ;. On balance, the choice of giving up the & rsquo; indigestible quadruple lutz paid dividends considering that detachment from head & egrave; was less than three points.
Next, you & egrave; placed the & rsquo; waited sixteen Nathan Chen, who wrote an important page in the history of national championships in stars and stripes becoming the first man to land two quadruple jumps in a short program. & nbsp; However, for the winner of the final of the Junior Grand Prix, delayed by more than five points from Aaron, they were not all rosy. The quadruple salchow opening jump that would have to be combined, not & egrave; It was clearly preceded by the step and above & egrave; It was landed with a step-out. Chen & egrave; status for & ograve; skilled to perform to the best one & rsquo; improvised combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop and then placing a hand on the ice landed the triple Axel, placed in the second half & agrave; of music. Jumps aside, l & rsquo; student Rafael Arutunian paid duty because of a & rsquo; running very rough flying sit, without a valid entry in the jump.
In view of the free program on Sunday, the four pretenders to the podium announced the & rsquo; s going to run at least a quadruple jump. Clearly, attempts will be two to Max Aaron and Nathan Chen should opt for three quadruple.
At a safe distance, the rest of the competition & egrave; It was regulated by Timothy Dolensky, ahead of a & rsquo; s & rsquo gluing; anticipated Grant Hochestein, penalized by a fall on the quadruple toe loop attempt. Dolensky you & egrave; had the satisfaction of getting the level pi & ugrave; high available on steps and spins.
RANKING
01) 91.83 - Max Aaron02) 90.90 - Ross Miner03) 88.01 - Adam Rippon04) 86.33 - Nathan Chen05) 80.01 - Timothy Dolensky & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 06) 79.26 - Grant Hochstein & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 07) 73.69 - Alexander Johnson & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 08) 68.10 - Vincent Zhou09) 66.71 - Sean Rabbitt10) 63.82 - Shotaro Omori & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 11) 62.96 - Emmanuel Savary12) 59.67 - Scott Dyer13) 56.97 - Daniel Kulenkamp14) 56.10 - Sebastien Payannet15) 51.95 - Jimmy But & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 16) 49.38 - Robert Przepioski & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 17) 49.11 - Eric Stinehart & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 18) 48.66 - Curran Oi19) 48.16 - Ben Jalovick
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