There are surprises in the German Championships

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Figure skating - Deutsche Meisterschaften 2014/2015

There are surprises in the German Championships

The leitmotif of the German Championships, hosted by & rsquo; Eiswelt Stuttgart & egrave; was represented by withdrawals before and during the competition.

Renunciations of couples & ldquo; & rdquo erupted; Pr & ouml; l & szlig; / Blommaert and Jones / N & uuml; chtern, you & egrave; added before the race that the new association of artistic Montalbano / Hocker-Sch & ouml; ller, remained at the stake for an injury of Danielle Montalbano. Moreover, at the end of the short program have raised the white flag the defending champion Peter Liebers, Alexander Betke and Sandy Hoffmann. In the men, after a close fight and a good technician, had most of Franz Steubel (209.63), runner-up in the last two editions. The twenty-three of Berlin, author of a free program quality & agrave; during which he completed a well-double axel and eight triple jumps, preceded by a narrow margin ventiduenne Paul Fentz (206.13), rose shots than previous seasonal appearances and won the short program thanks to the & rsquo; excellent quality & agrave; on the three elements presented jump (triple axel, triple lutz preceded by step and combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop). Due to the withdrawal of defending champion Peter Liebers, third in the short program in which he gave up four times and triple axel, the podium & egrave; was completed by twenty-two stationed in Canada Christopher Berneck (178.95). In the women, you & egrave; sets the eighteen year old Nicole Schott (165.28), which cos & Igrave; repeated his success in 2011. The new student of Michael Huth has created a vacuum in the free program where, before falling on the triple toe loop end, performed two double axel and five triple jumps, including a triple toe loop combination / euler / triple salchow. & nbsp; In second place is & egrave; placed defending champion Nathalie Weinzierl (156.09), returning after a break of a couple of months due to injury. The twenties coached by Peter Sczypa, despite a fall on the double axel, finished in first place in the short program during which he completed a combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop and a good triple lutz preceded by step. Third place & egrave; went to fifteen Lutricia Bock (145.85), who showed flashes of class in the short program, but & egrave; then sank in the second half & agrave; segment pi & ugrave; long race. In dance, Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi (164.84) ​​filed the sixth career title ahead of Jennifer Urban / Sevan Lerche (120.17) and Nathalie Rehfeld / Bennet Preiss (94,30). At the junior level, success just as obvious for Katharina M & uuml; ller / Tim Dieck (131.07), while in the novice category were imposed Anne-Marie Wolf / Kieren Wagner (62.67). Finally, between the pairs of art, after four consecutive podiums, & egrave; came the first statement in career for Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave (154.61), who beat Minerva-Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert (118.41). At the end of the national review were provided with the names of the athletes that will take part at the European Championships in Stockholm. Dance (2 places available) - Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Jennifer Urban / Sevan Lerche Pairs of artistic & nbsp; (3 seats available) - Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Male sector (2 places available) - Peter Liebers, Franz Streubel The women (2 places available) - Nathalie Weinzierl, Nicole Schott
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