Figure skating - Cup of China 2015
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Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte got their first win in Grand Prix career in imposing itself by a wide margin in the Cup of China, the third stage of qualifying.
Saturday 7 November 2015 7 minutes reading time
On the ice of the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, the vice-champions of Europe have reported the & rsquo; Italy on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium at a distance of seven years from & rsquo; s last victory won by Faiella / Scali in Tokyo. In particular, students Paola Mezzadri have finally managed to dispel the tab & ugrave; victory after having filed the beauty of ten podiums never prevail.
Filed the first of the short-dance, Cappellini / Lanotte were reconfirmed in the free dance, skated on the notes of the soundtrack of the & ldquo; Sweet Life & rdquo ;. The performance is & egrave; proved very convincing and & egrave; He was rewarded with scores of high-profile, that speak volumes about the ambitions of seasonal Italian couple. In addition to better understanding of each item of the program components, the Blues have the roost on the technical side getting the & rsquo; field level four on all items, except for the sequence of steps in the couple stopped at a fine level three. In & rsquo; occasion, have, however, recorded the best score of his career in a free dance. The main cause for regret & egrave; It was, however, again represented by a point lost for lifting prolonged.
Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, favorites on the eve, they had to settle for second qualifying money anyway for the final to be held & agrave; Barcelona in December. After finishing second in the short-dance, thanks to a short circuit on Chock twizzle, the peak torque of the US movement has paid the price in the free dance because of two levels on the two step sequences in pairs. In terms of points, the race today is & egrave; however, it revealed higher than they did at Skate America on every front with a clear growth on each item of the program components. For students of Igor Shpilband you & egrave; today interrupted the streak of three wins in the qualifying stages of the Grand Prix.
The expected Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin have not gone beyond the third position, staying well away from the expectations of the vigil. The Russian pair was peppered with small smudge free dance conceived by Antonio Najarro. Proof & egrave; seemed uncertain right from & rsquo; opening words, thanks to a combined lifting rather & ldquo; & rdquo shaky; and, although more levels & ugrave; that discrete elements presented, not & egrave; arrived the gear change with the degree of execution.
Next, they placed the Italian-Slovak Federica Testa / Csolley Lukas, who obtained the best result of his career in the circuit finishing the race in fourth position ahead of Chinese Yue Zhao / Xun Zheng, able to outperform for the second consecutive day the countrymen, on paper pi & ugrave; quoted Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu. & nbsp; Moreover, Zhao / Zheng have equaled the best placing in the circuit for the Asian school. In the past, Xun Zheng Huang Xintong with previous partners had settled four times in fifth place.
Americans Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean Luc Baker, quarters at the end of the first segment of the race, were, however, forced to retire because of a & rsquo; food poisoning that struck Hawayek before the short-dance. Students of Pasquale Camerlengo, after a test on a warm-up, they opted for the waiver. & Nbsp;
Cappellini / Lanotte gave & Outdoors; Italian ninth victory in the qualifying stages of the Grand Prix, which should be added a & rsquo; final statement in all branded Fusar Poli / Margaglio.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) ITA - Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 173.30 (1 | 1) 2) USA - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 169.16 (2 | 2) 3) RUS - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 159.00 (3 | 3) 4) SVK - Federica HEAD / Lukas CSOLLEY & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 136.17 (5 | 4) 5) CHN - Yue ZHAO / Xun ZHENG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 129.65 (6 | 5) 6) CHN - Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 126.73 (7 | 6) WD) USA - Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; (4 | -)
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