Figure skating - Russia Cup 2014
The & ldquo; Palace & rdquo; Kazan hosted the fourth act of the Russian Cup, the circuit that, at the end of & rsquo; last stage held in Moscow between 2 and 6 December, completer & agrave; l & rsquo; list of participants in the national championships in late December.
Wednesday 26 November 2014 7 minutes reading time
The highlight of & rsquo; event, held in the past week, & egrave; was the women's race, characterized by a & rsquo; technical excellence is not comparable to other competitions played at any level in the course of the season.
Nell & rsquo; occasion, you are challenged Serafima Sakhanovich, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alexandra Proklova and Maria Sostkova with the outline of skaters of decent caliber as Diana Pervushkina, Natalia Ogoreltseva, Elizaveta Yushchenko and Maria Stavitskaia, fresh from a discreet appearance in the Rostelecom Cup, but Kazan between the last wagon wheels.
The four athletes pi & ugrave; expectations have been expressed in both segments of the race at levels close to the top of the respective potential, creating a tasty appetizer of what you will see & agrave; Sochi at the end of & rsquo; year.
The ultimate success & egrave; went to Serafima Sakhanovich (205.13), which, except for a small burr on the combination triple flip / triple toe loop in the short program, & egrave; was flawless proving to be still holding a quid in pi & ugrave; compared to rivals. The fourteen year old from St. Petersburg, but now in Moscow on a permanent basis, preceded the training partner Evgenia Medvedeva (202.64), who won the short program, and apart from a lutz that leaves pi & ugrave; a doubt on the cutting detachment, or almost as & eacute; flawless on every aspect. Sakhanovich, Medvedeva and the third-ranked Maria Sotskova (189.54) completed in the free program two double axel and seven triple jumps presenting spinners who have earned the level pi & ugrave; high available. Alexandra Proklova (189.06), remained at the foot of the podium for a & rsquo; gluing, no & egrave; was less, but a combination double axel / triple toe loop with the second jump under rotated prevented her from completing the most of the seven planned triple. In any case, the signals were positive for each as Proklova and Sotskova have played the best game of the season, Sakhanovich redeemed l & rsquo; lackluster performance of the fourth act of the Russian Cup and Medvedeva, gi & agrave; winner of the second stage, confirmed to be the pi & ugrave; constant high level.
The first three teams are now expected by the end of the Junior Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​where he will have to deal with as many Japanese skaters, while Proklova, slowed in the first part of the season from the aftermath of a & rsquo; summer operation, sar & agrave; race in Moscow in & rsquo; last stage of the Cup of Russia with the & rsquo; aim to qualify for the National Championships of Sochi.
The competition of the & ldquo; human & rdquo; & Egrave; was won by Natalia Ogoreltseva fourteen (167.03), that & egrave; returned to complete the best combination triple Rittberger / triple Rittberger, historical strength. After that, you are placed Diana Pervushkina (158.49), Elizaveta Yushchenko (156.81), so far the main disappointment of the season, and Maria Stavitskaia (151.19).
In the men, despite the steps to empty the triple axel in the free program, you & egrave; easily imposed the sixteen year old Alexander Samarin (209.44), this season became usual training partner Maxim Kovtun. The podium & egrave; was completed by twenty landlord Konstantin Milyukovs (202.56) and seventeen Andrei Lazukin, (202.35), author of the usual ups and downs all & rsquo; inside of the same race.
In the junior women's race, in absentia of the stars, and Polina Tsurskaya Anastasia Gubanova, victory for one & rsquo; matte Elizaveta Nugumanova (164.13), & nbsp; penalized by six jumps subassemblies and rotated by a double axel degraded. In dance, c & rsquo; & egrave; been the domain of Yanovskaya / Mozgov (166.48), while between the pairs of artistic & egrave; came the success of Gubanova / Sinitsov (150.02). & nbsp; The home crowd were celebrating the & rsquo; unexpected statement in & rsquo; masculine event of seventeen Evgeni Ilyin (199.39), which has had the better of the favorite Vladislav Tarasenko (194.23).
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Serafima SAKHANOVICH - Russia Cup, stage 4 - free program
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