Figure skating - Russian National Championships 2014/2015
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Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov were able to confirm the Russian national championships, but, for the first time this season, have not expressed impeccably in the free program.
Saturday 27 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
The best score in the segment pi & ugrave; long race & egrave; was cos & Igrave; obtained by training partners Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Smirnov, who have passed in the standings Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, filing an unexpected second place.
The defending champions accomplice a state influenza Ksenia Stolbova, paid mainly on duty throw jumps landing the triple flip with l & rsquo; support of a hand on the ice and a step-out, but mostly falling on the triple salchow final. For the rest, the test, albeit devoid of & rsquo; habitual energy, did not indicate other flaws, but it should be noted as ever in previous outings of the season he got an error on the throw jumps in the free program.
Tarasova / Morozov have, however, drawn out the best performance of his career performing in opening a triple twist unmatched in the international scene, but especially on the remaining piece is on the jumps in parallel, triple salchow and triple toe loop combination / double toe loop, which launched on, triple Rittberger and triple salchow. On balance, the problems of an ankle Morozov does not have any influence on the final result, although before the race there was a bit & rsquo; apprehension about the situation.
Veterans longtime Kavaguti / Smirnov had the merit to land the quadruple salchow launched, but they messed up what should have been a sequence of triple toe loop and double axel, landed from Kavaguti with a clear step-out. Moreover, even today were outclassed on each item of the program components to Stolbova / Klimov, confirming the long-established hierarchies
At the foot of the podium stood Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov, edged up from sixth place in the short program with a test without major flaws, except for the salchow in parallel executed only twice by Rogonov. Accomplices conseuti problems on the triple toe loop in parallel and a fall on the triple flip launched, Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat, they had to settle for fifth place managing to resist the bully back of Vasilisa Danvakova / Alexander Enbert authors of a free program that smudge , surprisingly, has allowed them to precede the pi & ugrave; quoted fellow traning Natalija Zabijako / Yuri Larionov.
In virt & ugrave; the results of the national championships, & egrave; granted that Stolbova / Klimov, Tarasova / Morozov and Kavaguti / Smirnov take part in the European Championships in Stockholm with the 'goal to monopolize the podium and earn the place for the World Championships in Shanghai.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 212.10 (1 | 2) 2) Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MOROZOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 208.23 (3 | 1) 3) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 207.68 (2 | 3) 4) Kristina Astakhova / Alexei ROGONOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 174.52 (6 | 4) 5) Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei Deputat & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 172.73 (4 | 6) 6) Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Andrei Deputat & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 171.60 (7 | 5) 7) Natalia ZABIJAKO / Yuri LARIONOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 166.03 (5 | 7) 8) Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Antonino SOUZA-KORDYERU155.10 (8 | 8) 9) & nbsp; Anastasia & nbsp; Gubanova / Alexei SINTSOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 149.39 (9 | 10) 10) Tatiana KUZNETSOVA / Semen STEPANOV142,96 (10 | 9)
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