Figure skating - Russian Nationals 2013
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The second day of the Championships Russian national figure skating,'' hosted by Iceberg Palace in Sochi, ended with the free dance, which took place in a surreal atmosphere after what happened in the men's free program.
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The victory went to Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, who have established themselves with huge margin in both segments of the competition by storing the fourth consecutive title. The students of Alexander Zhulin, after dominating the short-dance, fell on the ice for the last well aware of the problems experienced by rivals Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, disastrously killed in a passage of transition that was to precede a lift. Just the fact that you can skate without any particular pressure on him has allowed the reigning European champions to speak at the top of the potential on the free dance tricky so far, as evidenced by the technical score over the top of the hill fifty lengths.
Ilinykh / Katslapov now outnumbered by Bobrova / Soloviev in each of the components of the program, have once again highlighted some problems too on twizzles, but most have now confirmed the'' historical idiosyncrasy with the National Championships, a competition in which for one reason or the'' other'' are always finished in the eye of the storm.
Top stories aside, the real surprise of the race covered the bottom step of the podium, won with merit from Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin, who ruled the most quoted Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilya Tkachenko in both programs, race, by finally assert that the technical quality that a couple of seasons ago, had allowed them to win the World Junior Championship. Moreover, even at the level of TES (technical element score), the students of Helena Kustarova, were second in two days of Sochi only to the winners of the title, fully legitimizing the final placement.
Following were placed Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, but today in the free dance preceded by the holders of the junior world title Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, ranked sixth.
In light of the results of the National Championships, Bobrova / Soloviev, Ilinykh / Katsalapov and Sinistsina / Zhiganshin should take part in European, Olympic and World Championships.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri SOLOVIEV179, 90 (73.27 | 106.63) 02) Elena Ilinykh / Nikita KATSALAPOV168, 01 (68,67 | 99,34) 03) Victoria Sinitsina - Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN165, 60 (67.08 | 98.52) 04) Ekaterina RIAZANOVA - Ilya TKACHENKO163, 99 (66.60 | 97.39) 05) Ksenia Monko - Kirill KHALIAVIN155, 59 (62,57 | 93,02) 06) Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN151, 80 ( 58.71 | 93.09) 07) Valeria Zenkova - Valery SINITSIN133, 87 (53,61 | 80,26) 08) Ekaterina PUSKASH - Jonathan GUERREIRO133, 62 (51,44 | 82,18) 09) Angelica KNIVETS / Alexei CHIZHOV81, 88 (29,08 | 52,80) 10) Svetlana KOMAKOVA - Nikita Shubo-JABLONSKI81, 40 (29,04 | 52,36)
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Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV - Russian National Championships 2013, Sochi - free dance
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