Figure skating - Russian National Championships 2014/2015
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Defending champions Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov have closed in the first position the short program of the Russian National Championships, hosted by & rsquo; Iceberg Palace of Sochi.
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Students Nina Mozer, took to the track on lapped notes & nbsp; Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, performed a test without smudging confirming the significant improvements seasonal on triple twist and archiving without worries lifting group three, due to some heartache too in previous releases. As usual, the triple toe loop in parallel and the triple flip launched proved a formality & agrave ;.
In respect of the script, the favorites for the success they have achieved the best technical feedback and evaluation pi & ugrave; high on each item of the program components. & nbsp;
Stolbova / Klimov, which reached a remarkable 75.72, preceded by almost four points veterans Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, authors of a program without steps to empty characterized by a perfect execution of the triple Rittberger launched and a good triple toe loop in parallel, but with a triple twist not all & rsquo; height of their predecessors.
In third place, in close contact with the students of Tamara Moskvina, were placed Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, able to get the second technical score thanks, in particular, the best day of triple twist, element currently unmatched worldwide. Although there were doubts about the physical conditions of Morozov, injured in training in recent days, the triple toe loop in parallel & egrave; was excellently executed cos & Igrave; as the triple Rittberger launched.
The fight for fourth place, with nine points behind the podium, & egrave; was won by rookies Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat, & nbsp; which left some doubt on the triple toe loop in parallel, characterized by good unison, but seemed to limit the rotation for Bazarova. Even for Natalia Zabijako / Yuri Larionov, fifths classified, & egrave; was the jump in parallel to cause a few headaches too, but it should be highlighted the best overall assessment on the program components among couples remained at the foot of the podium.
The expected Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov, considered serious candidates for medals, they had to settle for sixth place, penalized by a landing with hand in the land of the & nbsp; triple flip launched, which was offset by the remarkable performance of the triple salchow in parallel.
RANKING PROGRAM SHORT
1) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor KLIMOV75.72 (38.28 | 37.44) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV71,81 (36,41 | 35,40) 3) Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MOROZOV70.29 (37.25 | 33.04) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei DEPUTAT60,98 (31,47 | 29,51) 5) Natalia ZABIJAKO / Yuri LARIONOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 59.96 (30.08 | 29.88) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) Kristina Astakhova / Alexei ROGONOV57.63 (30.23 | 27.40) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) Vasiliva DAVANKOVA / Alexander ENBERT54.84 (28.24 | 27.60) - 1:00 & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) Arina CHERNIAVSAKIA / Antonino SOUZA-KORDYERU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 52.22 (27.94 | 24.28) 9) Anastasia & nbsp; Gubanova / Alexei SINTSOV51,13 (28,10 | 23,03) 10) Tatiana KUZNETSOVA / Semen STEPANOV43,89 (23,03 | 21,89) - 1:00
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