Figure Skating - US Nationals 2015
Flavio Valle
Not & egrave; missed the show in the women's short program of the US National Championships, hosted by the Coliseum and Convention Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Friday 23 January 2015 8 minutes reading time
The segment of the race showed a level of competitiveness & agrave; beyond expectations, but, with rare exceptions, & egrave; was characterized by & rsquo; indulgence of the technical panel and the generosity & agrave; judges, especially on the front of the degree of realization.
The top of the standings & egrave; was forcefully occupied by Ashley Wagner, in the past gi & agrave; won two national titles. The twenty-three student of Rafael Aratunian presented a program radically renewed on elements of performing jumps in opening a & rsquo; unusual combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and in the second half & agrave; music a triple flip, in addition to the double axel d & rsquo; ordinance. If & ograve; l & rsquo; execution of the jump preceded by the step & egrave; been exemplary, not just as you can & ograve; said for the combination landed on two feet and opened by a lutz from wire ugrave & much more; that suspicion. Wagner, supported by steps and spins of level four, has, however, recorded the best technical score of the day and the overall assessment pi & ugrave; high on the components of the program.
The defending champion Gracie Gold, returning after an injury that & rsquo; he obliged to desert the final of the Grand Prix, you & egrave; had to settle instead of d & rsquo; honor, separated by more than five lengths from the leader of the race. The nineteen year stationed in California had the merit to bounce back after a ride on the empty initial combination, open as expected from a triple lutz, but closed with a double toe loop landed on two feet. Moreover, l & rsquo; pupil of Frank Carroll & egrave; was the star of another little unexpected because the triple Rittberger preceded by step, & egrave; was run for a few tenths in the first part of the music, not getting cos & Igrave; l & rsquo; usual bonus.
In third place, closely with Gold, you & egrave; Polina Edmunds placed the best of the season, well capable of completing a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and follow a triple flip preceded by step, but taken from a thread for anything internal.
Best attempted by Mirai Nagasu, separated by less than a point from the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, despite the triple toe loop combination with the triple flip was correctly judged under rotated. No problem, instead, on the tops and on the remaining elements of jump placed in the second half & agrave; of music.
Courtney Hicks, by far the best of the day on the front of the jumps, not & egrave; gone beyond the fifth position, while remaining at a distance of just two points from second place. The nineteen year old Californian has completed a sumptuous combination triple flip / triple toe loop and will then do the second part of the program is a triple lutz preceded by the step that a double axel. However, the second technical score behind Wagner, not & egrave; was enough to make up for the ground lost on each item of the program components.
Pi & ugrave; that discreet debut in the senior category for fifteen Karen Chen, author of the best spinners of the day, and for the junior champion of 2014 Amber Glenn, sixth and seventh respectively, with programs to technically & rsquo; height of pi & ugrave; navigate opponents.
The main disappointment is named Samantha Cesario relegated to eleventh place, aided by an attempted combination triple Rittberger / triple Rittberger not been successful because of & rsquo; evident lack of rotation of the second jump. The combination of two triple Rittberger & egrave; was, however, completed by Caroline Zhang, who gave some signs of life than previous releases closing in thirteenth position.
The first three teams at the end of the free program will qualify for the World Championships in Shanghai.
RANKING PROGRAM SHORT
1) 72.04 - Ashley Wagner & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) 67.02 - Gracie Gold & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) 66.04 - Polina Edmunds & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) 65.28 - Mirai Nagasu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) 65.01 - Courtney Hicks & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) 64.66 - Karen Chen & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) 63.04 - Amber Glenn & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) 60.89 - Leah Keiser & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9) 60.28 - Tyler Pierce & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 10) 59.81 - Hannah Miller & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) 59.21 - Samantha Cesario & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 12) 57.35 - Mariah Bell & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 13) 55.40 - Caroline Zhang & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 14) 54.35 - Ashley Cain & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 15) 53.67 - Ashley Shin & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 16) 52.91 - Franchesca Chiera & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 17) 51.02 - Angela Wang & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 18) 50.78 - Christina Gao & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 19) 45.38 - Madison Vinci & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 20) 45.36 - Katie McBeath & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 21) 45.24 - Christina Cleveland & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 22) 42.79 - Maria Yang & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
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