Figure skating - Skate America 2013
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The opening day of Skate America, initial stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, ended with The first act of the dance competition ever more expected by the audience of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
Saturday 19 October 2013 7 minutes reading time
In respect of the discounted prediction of the vigil, the short-dance has dominated the hosts Meryl Davis / Charlie White, authors, as often happened in recent times, a clear round. In fact, the natives of Michigan have got the best technical score as well as the highest rating in each of the five components of the program. Compared to the previous output racing, now occurred over a month ago, the defending World Champions have appeared much more at ease in ostiche sequences finnstep, easily bringing home the highest level available, but also showed a speed higher already proving to be the next in top condition. Thanks to the advantage gained on the competition, the students of Marina Zueva and Oleg Epstein have laid the foundation to win the fourth consecutive victory at Skate America and to become the first pair of dance in history to get hits including fourteen stages and finals (the when, in fact, hold the record in cohabitation with the French Anissina / Peizerat).
However, the performance of the day was undoubtedly that of the blue pair formed by Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, capable in the'' opportunity to touch the wall of excellence of the seventy lungezze and adjustments to the national record of a couple of points. Numbers aside, the students of Paola Mezzadri and Igor Shpilband, both present in the kiss & cry, they sfroderato a test impeccable from a technical standpoint failed to achieve the level four in each of the five mandatory elements, including the sequence in a circle no touch . What happened today, in fact'' s incredible as ever, in the first stage of the Grand Prix, he had seen a hat-trick of the genre. In law, in fact, only the final Grand Prix onwards, couples start to flirt summit with the highest levels available on the sequences of pattern (in this case the finn step) and the sequence of steps no touch. In any case, that the day could be from top of the class, it was understood from the outset as the set of twizzles, the first item presented, had been overcome without any deburring and with perfect sync.
Moreover, compared to the habits, the guys stationed at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago been able to contain the gap compared to Davis / White, surclassandoli on the basis of technical score. In this regard, it is important to remember that the midline no touch of statunitesni stop on level three and the best TES final (tecnical element score) was mainly the result of the degree of execution.
'' The fight announced for the lowest rung of the podium has now smile for the Americans Maia Shibutan / Shibutanii Alex, who ruled narrowly compatriots Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, however, paying duty on the technical score, on paper their strong point. Students of Pasquale Camerlengo their part have, however, for the first time crossed the threshold of sixty points dimostando, thanks to the new personal best, to be able to play until the end of the'' coveted Olympic qualification. Specifically, the problem for the brothers Shibutani respecter sequences finn-step, do not go more than a measly two levels with two clear loss of land.
The other couples dancing in the race are enclosed in little more than a point and will be played in the free dance tomorrow the fifth posizone. The group is led by Azerbaijani Zlobina / Sitnikov, but fellow training Tobias Stagniunas, eighth in the ranking are in close contact.
On the sidelines, it should be noted that half of the couples in the race today were accompanied kiss & cry by Igor Shpilband.
RANKING-SHORT DANCE
1) (USA) Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE75, 70 (37,43 | 38,27)
2) (ITA) Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE (PB) 69.88 (36.50 | 33.38)
3) (USA) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 61.26 (30.30 | 30.96)
4) (USA) Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (PB) 60.71 (30.79 | 29.92)
5) (AZE) Julia Zlobina / Alexei SITNIKOV54.53 (26.43 | 28.10)
6) (JPN) Cathy REED / Chris REED54.28 (28.85 | 25.43)
7) (FRA) Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES 54.10 (26.36 | 27.74)
8) (LTU) Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS 53.17 (25.85 | 27.32)
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