Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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As is usual in the Cup of China, the first title awarded & egrave; was related to dance. The third stage of the Grand Prix, hosted by & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, has for & ograve; respected tradition for another reason, & much more ugrave; significant.
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Success & egrave ;, in fact, went to a French couple, in line with what happened in three of the previous four editions. It & rsquo; perci & ograve; completely missed the prediction of the vigil, which indicated Italians Cappellini / Lanotte and the Americans Shibutani / Shibutani as the only suitor to step ugrave & more; top of the podium.
Surprisingly, we have imposed the nineteen Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, authors of a spectacular comeback in the free dance, choreographed by Marie France Dubreuil to the tune of one of the masterpieces of Mozart. However, in the past, at least at the level of the Grand Prix, only on two occasions who occupied the third place after the short-dance & egrave; managed to win.
The young couple Alps dominated the segment pi & ugrave; long race outclassing their opponents on the technical side, but also managing to get the appraisal & more ugrave; high on the program components, the daughter of a free dance that & egrave; turned out to be & ldquo; the most tried and tested & rdquo; than those of the competition. In & rsquo; occasion & egrave; coming of the new personal best in the race with a striking improvement around ten points.
The Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, rulers of the short-dance, finished the race in place of d & rsquo; s honor, confirming the placement of Skate America despite a long series of steps lost here and there & agrave ;, including lift, usually between specialty & agrave; of the house. However, for students of Marina Zoueva & egrave; came the virtual qualification to the final in Barcelona, ​​which will become & agrave; Journal for Mathematics in the coming weeks.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte did not go beyond the third position by storing the tenth podium of his career in the Grand Prix. The defending champions world took to the track on the notes of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Seans, have been irreparably affected by a & rsquo; s initial fall unexpectedly Lanotte, who then influenced the & rsquo; s entire performance. In light of what happened, the evaluation of the new free dance is complex, despite some indication has arrived. Looking at the score, we see that the degree of fulfillment of the evidence presented was not great, not to mention that the initial fall, resulting in the loss of several seconds of choreography, influenced the evaluation of program components. However, apart from the top that gave problems to other pairs, the levels of lift, and diagonal twizzles were & Outdoors; height, a sign that at this time & egrave; need to work on quality & agrave; execution, as is usually done to all at the beginning of the season.
It goes without s & eacute; that the decision to make international debut at the first round of the Grand Prix, as well as questionable, appears unique in that the other pairs of top preferred test programs in advance in the face of technical panels of the stops of the ISU Challenger Series.
With a view to qualify for the final, anything & egrave; compromise, but will & agrave; need to win the Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard in Paris in two weeks time. If the second place, however, there is the risk of being at the mercy of the tie-breaking tied in points race.
Next, they placed the Russians Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, the main interest of the Chinese stage. The association was formed in the spring, after the stormy separation of two of the pairs of the top of the Russian movement, which drew a & rsquo; s impression undoubtedly positive in the race for international debut presenting a free dance is not particularly innovative, it has to & ograve; immediately highlighted the feeling gi & agrave; established between the two skaters.
The ambitious Canadians Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam have had to settle for fifth place, but beyond the & agrave; the placement, performance & egrave; was characterized by frequent smears in both segments of the competition. In particular, students Pasquale Camerlengo have given something opposed to the step sequences in pairs, but, at least in the free dance, performance & egrave; was all & rsquo; height Cappellini / Lanotte and Ilinykh / Zhiganshin
Finally, the challenge of Chinese couples, stayed well away from & rsquo; s get the points technical requirements to take part in the World Championships, & egrave; was won by twenty-Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu, who had much the better of the training partners Yiyi Zhang / Nan Wu and Yue Zhao / Xun Zheng, an association that is not part of the tour of the national team
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (FRA) - Gabriela PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 160.12 (3 | 2) PB2) (USA) - Maia Shibutani / Alex SHIBUTANI157,36 (2 | 2) & nbsp; 3) (ENG) - Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 149.58 (2 | 3) SB4) (RUS) - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 144.70 (4 | 4) PB5) (CAN) - Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM140.46 (5 | 5) SB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) (CHN) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; - Shiyue WANG / LIU Xinyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 126.18 (6 | 6) PB7) (CHN) - Zhang Yiyi / WU Nan & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 108.66 (7 | 7) SB8) (CHN) - ZHAO Yue / Xun ZHENG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 103.44 (8 | 8) PB
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