Figure Skating - Rostelecom Cup 2013
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The eighteenth edition of the Rostelecom Cup, the sixth and final qualifying event of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, opened with the women's short program.
Friday 22 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
The ice of the "Luzhniki Small Sports Arena" in Moscow was the scene of a superlative performance of the hostess Julia Lipnitskaia, capable of improving the record set by Irina Slutskaja Europeo in 2005. Fifteen of Moscow, beyond the wire entry on suspicion lutz, skated a disc without smudging embellished tops of elvatissima quality. In particular, in the recent past pupil of the'' Ethers Tutberdize, took to the runway to the tune of "You Don'' t Give Up on Love" by Mark Minkov, showed a growth of close to four points on components of the program, which , on balance, has enabled it to become the third all-time athlete in the segment of the Asian race behind Yu-Na Kim and Mao Asada. It should, however, clearly stressed the technical 39,63, in the four-second only to the Olympic course in 40.63'' reached by Asada in the latest edition of the Four Continents.
The short of Rostelecon Cup also gave smiles to Carolina Kostner, who appeared in a clear increase compared to the Cup of China. The Italian skater, best of the day on each item of the components of the program, has failed to execute the elements of jumps planned, saving teeth with the combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, and reached the highest level available on steps and spins excluding the inverted built to level three. At this point, to win the qualification for the final of the Grand Prix, the roads remain available to win the Russian stage, recovering in the free four points and fifty cents to Lipntiskaia, or, alternatively, to arrive in the second position with at least 134 62 points. It seems, however, intended to lengthen the strisca of fifteen consecutive races on the podium in the top-level competitions (Grand Prix Championships and ISU).
The third place went to a brilliant Agnes Zawadzki, ahead of a cent compatriot Mirai Nagasu. After a stuttering start to the season, the athletes statunitesi have provided important signals of life by completing the best combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop. Regarding'' s student of Tom Zakrajsek, separated by more than seven points from Kostner, the main regret is linked to the'' landing strip on two feet of the triple lutz, while as regards the'' Nagasu only mistake came on top combined with change left foot to level one.
The'' Waiting Russian Elizaveta Tuktamisheva she finished in fifth place, practically saying goodbye to any hope of entering into the final as compared to the race leader has accumulated over a gap of more than a dozen points hard to fill in the free program. '' The student of Alexei Mishin, for the first time more than 29 points in the PCS (program components score), has left something on the plate due to a landing on two feet of triple Rittberger and have hooked a double instead of triple toe loop the initial triple lutz.
Following in the rankings fifteen Japanese Satoko Miyahara, author of a program without flaws, but no combination of two triple jumps.
Definitely the most detached of Russia in St. Petersburg Nikol Gosviani and Japanese Haruka Imai and Kanako Murakami, the main disappointment of the day.
RANKING-SHORT PROGRAM
1) (RUS) - Julia LIPNITSKAIA 72.24 (39.63 | 32.61) European record 2) (ITA) - Carolina KOSTNER 67.74 (34.34 | 33.40) primacy season 3) (USA) - Agnes Zawadzki 60.45 (32.36 | 28.09) personal record 4 ) (USA) - Mirai NAGASU 60.44 (32.45 | 27.99) primacy season 5) (RUS) - Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA 60.16 (30.63 | 29.53) primacy season 6) (JPN) - Satoko MIYAHARA 56.57 (31.04 | 25.53) 7) (RUS) - Nikol GOSVIANI50.21 (25.67 | 25.54) 8) (JPN) - Haruka IMAI , 49.55 (24.87 | 25.68) 9) (JPN) - Kanako MURAKAMI 49.24 (21.81 | 27.43)
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