Figure skating - Trophe Eric Bompard 2013
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The twenty-seventh edition of the Trophée Eric Bompard, hosted as usual by the "Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy", ended with the women's free program.
Saturday 16 November 2013 7 minutes reading time
The success in the fifth stage of qualifying for the Grand Prix went to American Ashley Wagner, who has so brilliantly defended the title won twelve months ago in Paris.
The twenty-two stationed in California has built its success in the short program, finished with wide margin compared to direct avverarsarie then resisting the return of Russian Adelina Sotnikova in the second segment of the race.
The U.S. National Champion has also produced his personal best by raising the level of'' bar for the second time within a month. In the free, has completed seven triple and two double axel, being abandoned only in part by the triple flip, and historic strengths, in one case landed on two feet, and in the'' other'' with the help of a step-out.
The seventeen year old Russian Adelina Sotnikova has instead taken the satisfaction to establish itself in the free program, eliminating leaving the risky combination triple lutz / triple Rittberger and completing two triple axels and six triples. In'' during the vice-European champion has achieved personal best in the second segment of the race revealing a'' significant growth also on the components of the program. The problem remains of the wire d'' input lutz, not exactly outside, but not inside, only negative in a test of rare perfection.
The podium was completed by the fifteen year old Muscovite Anna Pogorilaya, author of a free free of burrs which earned her the best technical score of the day. The surprise winner of the Cup of China reaffirmed its position in an environment equally quallificato fluency in performing seven triple jumps, including two lutz, and especially beyond the free two double axel, which had created problems in Beijing and also in the short film in Paris . A culmination of a solid performance, it is also got the new staff with an improvement of six points.
Moreover, when there only a stage at the end of the qualifying round of the Grand Prix four Russian athletes have already pushed above the 184 points (Lipnitskaia, Radionova, Sotnikova, Pogorilaya) as well as so many are the ones that are successful in the rest of the world (Asada, Wagner, Suzuki, Gold)
The fourth place was won by the American Samantha Cesario, capable of presenting a free program with two doubles and six triple axel completed, including a lutz from the wire more internal and external. For the twenties of the state of New York, the Trophée Eric Bompard was a triumph across the board as it has set new personal records in every part of the race.
Fifth place went alll'' emerging hostess Mae Berenice Meite, propelled by a double axel and seven triples, with lots of combination triple salchow / triple toe loop to her unpublished.
In sixth position, is placed Canada's Amelie Lacoste, up on the elements of jump since he started working with Christy Krall, who preceded the Swedish Viiktoria Helgesson, as usual focused on the jumps in difficulty. Betrayed in the free program from the flip, the American Christina Gao, fished finalist last year,'' and the Ukrainian Natalia Popova ended the competition in the extreme rear of the standings.
In light of today's result Ashley Wagner, Adelina Sotnikova and Anna Pogorilaya have qualified for the final, reaching Mao Asada. For young Russian is, perlatro, the first time in the senior category.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (USA) - Ashley WAGNER 194.37 (1 | 2) primacy Employees2) (RUS) - Adelina Sotnikova 189.81 (3 | 1 ) 3) (RUS) - Anna POGORILAYA 184.69 (2 | 3) primacy personale4) (USA) - Samantha CESARIO 172.70 (5 | 4) priority personale5) (FRA) - Mae Berenice MEITE 166.11 (6 | 5) 6) (CAN) - Amelie LACOSTE 158.11 ( 7 | 6) 7) (SWE) - Viktoria Helgesson 153.27 (8 | 7) 8) (USA) - Christina GAO 152.85 ( 4 | 8) 9) (UKR) - Natalia POPOVA 136.43 (9 | 9)
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