Figure skating - U.S. Sectionals 2013
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Predictions respected programs in the courts of the Sectional Championships, which are preparing to live the "Super Saturday", the day dedicated to the'' waiting the longest segment of the race with live television on Ice Network.
Saturday 23 November 2013 8 minutes reading time
In the women's short program'' s Eastern Sectional Championship, hosted by "Ashburn Ice House" in Ashburn, Virginia, had the best Maria Franchesca Chiera (57,27). The sixteen year old Coral Springs Florida scored the best technical score of the match performance by unleashing an exclamation point opened by a combination triple lutz / double toe loop and a triple flip preceded by hand. Impeccable on top of elements and steps, all designed and manufactured to get to level four has also completed the double axel in the second half of the music. In second place, it has placed the seventeen year old stationed in Boston Yasmin Siraj (56,95), best day on the components of the program, but preceded by Chiera due to the lower value of the jumps presented (toe loop and salchow against flip and lutz ). The lowest rung of the podium is occupied by eighteen Kiri Baga (54,31), which preceded the twenty-six Joelle Forte (52,86). It should be noted that the top four programs skated flawless surpassing thirty points TES (technical element score).
In the men, Timothy Dolensky the twenty-one (70,21), despite a fall on the triple axel, ruled narrowly the favorite Stephen Carriere (69,27), penalized by a quadruple toe loop sottoruotato and landed with step-out well as the triple axel. The third-ranked Grant Hochstein (68,82), after completing a quadruple toe loop with step-out is, however, fell on the triple axel. In the dance Ginna Hoptman / Pavel Filchenkov (49,90), couples coached by Natalia Linichuk able to obtain a surprising level four in the second sequence of finnstep, ruled by a narrow margin Isabella Cannuscio / Michael Bramante (49,44).
The women's short program of the Midwestern Sectional Championship, hosted by the "Suburban Ice" in East Lansing in Michigan, has not lived up to expectations and has seen four more athletes expected to conclude in a handkerchief with a few points higher response for all technical to thirty lengths. For now, he had the best of seventeen Hannah Miller (pictured, 59,52), which recorded the highest score of all the Sectionals in progress. The hostess has performed a combination triple lutz / double toe loop and presented in the second half of the disc triple flip and a double axel "flavoring" all with level four spins. Next, with the same score, they placed the seventeen year old Mariah Bell (57.59), author of a program without the slightest uncertainty, and the eighteen year old Ashley Cain, best day on the components of the program, but suffers from a double axel sottoruotato. The fourth place is occupied by Barbie Long (57,43), the first class on the technical front with level four spins and steps and all the elements of jump in the second half of musicia, including the combination triple lutz / double toe loop.
In the dance, favorites Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton (53.65), nonostate a test subdued because of the sequences finnstep Level Two and a step-load on twizzles, preceded by a wide margin Anastasia Olson / Ian Lorello ( 47,87). In the men, however, leads the Brandon Mroz (70.76), who performed a valuable triple axel, but he has messed on the quadruple toe loop sottoruotato judged by the panel.
In short female at the Pacific Coast Sectional Championship, hosted by'' "Center Ice" in Oakland, California, has prevailed Leah Keiser (56,92), only to present and implement a combination of two triple jumps (triple toe loop / triple toe loop) . The sixteen year old stationed in Ontario, California has created a vacuum on the technical front the best performing each of the seven elements provided, with lots of spins and steps all four level. In second place is the eighteen year old Californian Vanessa Lam (53,66), which has paid the price for not having performed the double axel, the only mistake in a capital trial opened with a triple lutz and step preceded by a combination triple flip / double toe loop. For the third place, the'' won the day Rachel Flatt (51.61), supported by the best assessments of day on the components of the program, but suffers from a triple flip complete with step-out and spins not all'' height of the enemy . '' The last useful place to qualify for the national is occupied by Caroline Zhang (51,11).
In the men, the first position for Douglas Razzano (66,84), fell on a quad toe loop attempt, while in the dance competition has already ended and it was dominated by Alissandra Aronow / Colin Brubaker (115.88). ;
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