Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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The leitmotif of the men's short program of the Cup of China, the third leg of the Grand Prix hosted by & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, was obviously represented by the seasonal debut of Yuzuru Hanyu.
Friday 7 November 2014 9 minutes reading time
As expected the Japanese champion stole the show opponents by providing numerous themes of inspiration, but failing to dominate the segment of the race.
The nineteen year old Sendai, was on track to the tune of one of the masterpieces of Chopin, has finally revealed to the public that the new short program, music aside, & egrave; found very innovative than in the past and, so & igrave; as the free, & egrave; designed with the clear aim of raising the level of & rsquo; dipstick. The choreography, drawn from & rsquo; now trusty Jeffrey Buttle, & egrave; been characterized to the richness of the transitional passages, but above & egrave; changed the location of the items in that triple axel jump and quadruple toe loop were reversed with the & rsquo; s aim of collecting more & ugrave; points.
Today, on the front of the & rsquo; s not running & egrave; failure to some problem. In fact, after presenting a triple axel preceded by the moon ammorbante beauty, Hanyu completed in the second half & agrave; music a triple toe loop preceded by step instead of & eacute; four times, followed, perhaps influenced by the first error, he landed with a step-out triple lutz losing the chance & agrave; to perform the combination. L & rsquo; student Brian Orser has, however, created a vacuum on each of the components of the program succeeding, despite the fifth day of technical feedback, to defend at least second place with a gap around the three lengths behind the leader. & Nbsp; On the sidelines, it should be pointed out that, during the entire duration of the new rules, they do not remember the athletes who have tried to present a quadruple jump preceded by the step in the second half & agrave; of music.
The partial success & egrave; went to the Russian Maxim Kovtun, able to complete in a matter of seconds before a combination quadruple salchow / triple toelooop and follow a quadruple toe loop & ldquo; no & rdquo; preceded by the step. The training partner of Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova, when it seemed projected to a score of excellence, he missed the & rsquo; s meeting with the triple axel, performing only two rotations complete with a landing strip with a sort of step-out. Jump aside, the diannovenne Moscow has legitimized the best technical score of the day, reaching, unique among the athletes, the level four on the sequence of steps and presenting tops & much more ugrave; competitive than in the past.
Third place & egrave; placed the eighteen year old landlord Han Yan, affected by the uncertain arrival of each element of the jump, including the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, generously assessed under rotated the second jump.
The winner of the previous edition of the Cup of China preceded by the un''incollatura twenty-three American Richard Dornbush, author of the best spinners in the competition and a great triple axel that somehow made up for the lost points due to a combination of closed a double toe loop instead of & eacute; triple and a questionable call of the technical panel on a quad salchow judged under rotated.
The revelation of the race bears the name of & rsquo; isrealiano Alexei Bychenko, fifth, not far from the podium with the satisfaction of having crumbled the previous national record. The twenty-six Ukrainian school has had the merit of & ldquo; to fill up & rdquo; Elements of completing jump in & rsquo; order a good triple axel, a quadruple toe loop & ldquo; not preceded & rdquo; by step and in the second half & agrave; music, a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop.
After that, you & egrave; placed the sixteen year old Canadian Nam Nguyen, author of the usual proof smudge-free, but also the quadruple jump sine qua non to scale rankings. The young fellow training Hanyu preceded progressed Uzbek Misha Ge, able to complete the best triple axel career and in & rsquo; at excessively punished by the technical panel that deprived him of the value of the top combined with change of foot in a rather questionable.
The rest of the competition & egrave; was governed by twenty-Chinese Yuhang Wang, author of the debut of a good combination quadruple toe loop / double toe loop and, overall, a trial without major bleeding.
SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
01) (RUS) Maxim KOVTUN85.96 (44.40 | 41.56) SB02) (JPN) Yuzuru Hanyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 82.95 (38.53 | 44.42) SB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 03) (CHN) Han YAN79.21 (39.43 | 39.78) SB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 04) (USA) Richard DORNBUSH77.23 (38.98 | 38.25) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 05) (ISR) & nbsp; Alexei Bychenko & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 76.96 (43.70 | 33.26) NR06) (CAN) Nam NGUYEN72.85 (38.39 | 34.46) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 07) (UZB) & nbsp; Misha GE69.46 (33.28 | 36.18) SB08) (CHN) GUAN Yuhang & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 63.69 (33.83 | 29.86) PB09) (KOR) & nbsp; Jin Seo KIM62.46 (31.17 | 31.29) 10) (CHN) Yi WANG57.29 (28.23 | 30.06) - 1:00 SB11) (JPN) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; Keiji TANAKA56.82 (25.54 | 31.28) SB
Legend: SR - season record / record seasonal assolutoSB & ndash; Best season / season record PB & ndash; personal best / record personaleNR - national records / national record
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