Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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The Lexus Cup of China, the third leg of the Grand Prix hosted by & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, you & egrave; opened with the short-dance segment of the race, which proposed a number of topics of interest.
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The partial success & egrave; went to the Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, developed from a technical point of view than at Skate America, but still far from Chock / Bates and Weaver / Poje, couples top of this first part of the season. Students of Marina Zoueva have so & igrave; the basis for the qualification to the final store in Barcelona, ​​that even with a place d & rsquo; s honor, would or almost as & eacute; guaranteed. Compared to the previous release, you & egrave; noticed an increase in terms of execution of twizzles, by far the best of the competition, and c & rsquo; & egrave; was a & rsquo; s important confirmation on the diagonal no-touch, another element which has not been equal in the Chinese race.
Italians Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte had to settle for second place, penalized by a technical score not all & rsquo; height of competing interests, son to a lesser extent by a small smear of Lanotte on twizzles, but above levels less competitive on the creative sequence of paso doble and the sequence of steps in parallel, in the present case a diagonal. The defending World Champions have appeared a bit & rsquo; pi & ugrave; contracts with respect to the customs, but, somehow, the decision to make its international debut at the Cup of China, may have been affected in a negative way. Remains, in any case, the satisfaction to have obtained the evaluation pi & ugrave; high on each of the components of the program, an essential starting point for the comeback groped in the free dance. On the positive side, it should be noted the & rsquo; excellent final rotational lift that was the point ever more & ugrave; top of the program.
Third place in accordance with the prediction of the vigil, & egrave; was conquered by the French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron couple more & ugrave; young man in the race. The leaders of the popular movement transalpine presented one of the most successful choreography this season and were the only ones to get the & rsquo; field level four on the mandatory sequence of paso-doble. & Nbsp;
Among the positive note, it should be noted the impressive debut of the couple formed by Russian Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin now over sixty points and with minimal technical to participate in the World Championships gi & agrave; exceeded. The students of Svetlana Alexeeva closed the first program of solo career in fourth place, revealing good feeling on the ice and a good solidity & agrave; technique, however, expected due to the level of the skaters are capable of winning on every front at the junior level. L & rsquo; impact & egrave; was patt & rsquo; s more positive, even though the program is still to be finished in different parts.
The Disappointed of the day are no doubt Canadians Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam, relegated to fifth place with a gap gi & agrave; significant about persons & egrave; for the time being settled on the podium. Students Pasquale Camerlengo, in addition to having lost ground on the ratings of the components of the program were affected by levels not to & rsquo; height sequences of paso-doble.
Following are placed the three Chinese couples, regulated by Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu, authors of the personal best.
SHORT DANCE CLASS
1) (USA) - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 65.20 (32.88 | 32.32) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; SB2) (ENG) - Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE62.70 (29.14 | 33.56) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; SB3) (FRA) - & nbsp; Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON62.12 (31.76 | 30.36) PB4) (RUS) - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN60.48 (30.20 | 30.28) PB5) (CAN) - Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM56.46 (28.22 | 28.24) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; SB6) (CHN) - Shiyue WANG / LIU49.50 Xinyu (25.50 | 24.00) & nbsp; PB7) (CHN) - Zhang Yiyi / Nan WU44.90 (22.62 | 22:28) & nbsp; SB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) (CHN) - ZHAO Yue / ZHENG41.88 Xun (20.84 | 21:04) & nbsp; PB
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