Figure Skating - Rostelecom Cup 2013
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The eighteenth edition of the Rostelecom Cup concluded with the free dance, which outlined the framework of the final qualified for the final of Fukuoka.
Saturday 23 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
The Russians Bobrova / Soloviev and Canadians Weaver / Poje were added to Davis / White (USA), Virtue / Moir (USA), Pechalat / Bourzat (FRA) and Cappellini / Lanotte (ITA). The role of reserves in touch'' in order Ilinykh / Katsalapov (RUS), Shibutani / Shibutani (USA) and Chock / Bates (USA).
The success in the stage went to the Russian hosts Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, for the third time on the top step of the podium in his career. The European champions have built their success by dominating the short-dance, while in the free dance were outclassed by the Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, driven by tencico best score of the day. Moreover, the program of the students of Alexander Zhulin was somehow soiled by a trivial fall Ekaterina Bobrova, all things considered fatal to overcome the threshold of 100 points in the longer segment of the race, until now taboo for the couple Russian. Bobrova / Soloviev, leaders of the day on each of the program components, have left something on the plate even on the sequence of steps in a circle that, unlike the midline arrived at level three, stopped a step lower.
Weaver / Poje, instead, filed a disappointment for what happened in the short-dance, threw themselves heart and soul into the free dance, an intense tango music by Astor Piazzaolla, confirming that you have in your hands one of the most exciting programs ever of the season. As well as at Skate Canada, students team Camerlengo have broken the barrier of one hundred points, though there is some doubt about the first rotational lift that did not reach the planned level four. In any case, even if the best technical base were those of Russian couples Riazanova / Tkachenko and Monko Khaliavin, the Canadian couple brought home the TES higher by virtue of a higher degree of execution. In addition, together with the qualification to the final, came the ninth career podium in the circuit, even if it has not changed the zero that stands in the box victory.
In the sprint for third place, had the best prediction in compliance with the Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, who have climbed the Russians Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko, able to touch up a few cents a personal record in the free dance.
In Russia House, smile even Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, bright-fifths with the satisfaction of having got the staff in the second half of the race. However, never before the fifth free dance at a stage of Grand Prix had obtained more than 90.09 points.
Among the disappointed of the Rostelecom Cup include Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, did not go beyond the sixth square and penalized by an apparent shift to the vacuum twizzles the free dance as well as a noticeable drop shots in the final part of the music
The list was closed by the French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron that preceded the wire novices Ukrainian Siobhan Heekin-Canedy/Dmitri Dun, but making a record result of nearly twenty points lower than the Trophee Eric Bompard the last week.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (RUS) - Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 168.32 (1 | 2) 2) (CAN) - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje 163.14 and (2 | 1) 3) (USA) - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES 153.37 (4 | 3) 4) (RUS) - Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO 152.36 (3 | 4) 5) (RUS) - Ksenia Monko / Kirill KHALIAVIN 145.92 (5 | 5) 6) (CAN) - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER 134.66 (6 | 6) 7) (FRA) - Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON 124.27 (8 | 7) 8) (UKR ) - Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri DUN 123.57 (7 | 8)
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