Figure skating - Lexus Cup of China 2013
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In the women'' s eleventh edition of the Cup of China jumped the counter and, at the end of a free program characterized by the error handling many of the top athletes,'' l have checked the young Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater to debut in a international competition of the senior class.
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On balance, for the second consecutive week the success in the Grand Prix went to a fifteen year old from valuable technical skills.
L'' student of Anna Tsareva, third at the end of the first segment of the race, he had the merit to complete an almost flawless seven triple jumps in the free program, including two lutz high bill. The steps to empty the elements of jump, as well as a wire not properly inside the flip, related to the two planned double axel (landed with the first step out and the second is not completed even a single). Errors aside, Pogarilaya has confirmed the improvements emerged yesterday on spins, storing comfortably the highest level available. Moreover, even from an artistic point of view, while not yet excelling, appeared more brilliant than the short program.
In second place was placed Russia's Adelina Sotnikova, today betrayed by the flip, actually never been his strong point. The seventeen year old in Moscow has, in fact, collected two crashes on attempts to triple flip, completing although little more than a spin on the first occasion, but mostly fell in the second half of the disc unusually paying duty on the sequence of steps and on a couple of items of top. In the end, the only four triple jumps completed, including a lutz from the wire inlet suspect, were not enough to stand up to Pogorilaya. Today's performance will remember mainly l'' excellent combination double axel / triple toe loop in the second half of the disc, the remarkable flying camel and, in general, the presence of many transitional passages all'' internal program.
Carolina Kostner, a favorite of the eve, we had to settle for the lowest step of the podium, with the complicity of too many steps to empty the elements of Blowing free. The twenty-six South Tyrol has performed the best only two triples, falling on an attempt to triple toe loop, triple salchow sottoruotando the second and completing only two rotations on lutz and Rittberger. Clearly, today's performance was affected on a precarious physical condition and disuse in the race, but doubts remain about some of the elements, flying camel, in particular, that gave the impression of being'' built to level three. For the rest, it is difficult to give an opinion on the "Sheherazade" presented by'' current vice-champion rainbow as for now it is with evidence of some sort of work in progress.
In fourth position was placed Japan's Kanako Murakami, author of a free two faces. In fact, to a first part impeccably well executed with three triples and a'' good spinning upside down, was countered by the second half with a couple of jumps fully opened. However, considering the problems'' s hip and an ankle that'' have plagued in recent times, the performance can not be branded as a deficit.
The fifth place went to debutant Russian Nikol Gosviiani, also now abandoned by the triple flip, which preceded Japan's Haruka Imai, suffers from some element of missing rotation jump, and the American Agnes Zawadzki, dropped significantly after the shock and condition have presented a good triple Rittberger and teoloop double triple toe loop combination, rather than triple toe loop / triple toe loop.
The skaters home ended the stage in the back of the standings. However, if on the one hand and the novice Kexin Zhang Xiaowen Guo paid the gaps artistic defending himself, thanks to a remarkable technical content, from the'' other'' waiting Zijun Li has completed with great effort, his free program proving to not have as yet not fully recovered from the physical problems that have slowed its preparation'' during the summer.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (RUS) Anna POGORILAYA 178.62 (3 | 1) 2) (RUS) Adelina Sotnikova 174.70 (1 | 3) 3) (ITA) Carolina Kostner 173.40 (2 | 2) 4) (JPN) MURAKAMI Kanako 165.95 (4 | 4) 5) (RUS ) Nikol GOSVIANI 152.04 (6 | 5) 6) (JPN) Haruka IMAI 150.30 (5 | 6) 7) (USA) Agnes Zawadzki 147.64 (7 | 8) 8) (CHN) Kexin ZHANG 144.88 (9 | 9) 9) (CHN) , GUO Xiaowen 139.50 (10 | 7) 10) (CHN) LI Zijun 138.98 (8 | 10)
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