Figure Skating - Rostelecom Cup 2014
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The pair of American dance consisting of Madison Chock and Evan Bates crushed the competition in the eighteenth edition of the Rostelecom Cup, finishing second in career success in the Grand Prix.
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Students of Igor Shpilband, rulers of both segments of the race, have improved personal best ripping the season record to Canadians Weaver / Poje. In addition, they qualified for the final in Barcelona, ​​where & egrave; except that you can present at the start as favorites to win.
In the free dance skating to the tune of & ldquo; An American in Paris & rdquo ;, the performance of the winners of Skate America & egrave; been or almost as & eacute; flawless on the technical side. Each item presented & egrave; been awarded by a high level of performance, including lift now become a strength. With the exception of the sequences of steps that couples have stopped one step more & ugrave; below, each has earned the level & more ugrave; the upper hand, not to mention the evaluation ugrave & more; high on each item of the program components. & Nbsp; At the margin, can not & ograve; go unnoticed as the segment pi & ugrave; long notice the improvement over last season is quantifiable on & rsquo; s order of almost six points, equally divided between feedback and technical components of the program.
Chock / Bates preceded by a little less than fourteen points the Russians Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, emerged victorious on all fronts heard by challenge with fellow Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov not gone beyond the fourth position.
Students of the tandem Kustarova / Alexeeva have had the luxury to overcome the free dance the & rsquo; s ambitious threshold of fifty points on the components of the program, a result that has objectively s & rsquo; incredbile if you think that had previously participated in one international competition . Moreover, in light of the lost levels on a pair of lift and the top, there is no shortage recrminazioni. However, in the absence of the injured Bobrova / Soloviev, Ilinykh / Zhiganshin were immediately appropriated the internal leadership.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland, authors of the best free dance career in which they were second on the technical side to the winners of the race. In particular, students Evgeni Platov were spectacular on the lift and offered un''interpretazione a medley of music by Muse compelling and dynamic from the first to the & rsquo; s last second, as evidenced by assessments of program components scollinate than fifty lengths .
Sinitsina / Katsalapov, the first exit racing career, they were outnumbered by Ilinyk / Zhiganshin on the degree of realization of the elements and the evaluation of each component of the program. The end result, have certainly been important programs still not finished and currently characterized by less sophistication on the details. However, unlike the short-dance in which the & rsquo; wheezing appeared evident in the free dance students of Marina Zoueva appeared more at ease being able to limit the damage.
L & rsquo; expected third-Russian pair, consisting of Alexandra Stepanova and her son d & rsquo; art Ivan Bukin not & egrave; failed to keep pace with the fellow and gave back something about twizzles not gone beyond the level one. Due to fifth place today are perci & ograve; blown away fleibili hopes of reaching the final in Barcelona.
The challenge felt among young couples with the US stake in the sixth & egrave; was won by the world champion junior Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, who in the free dance outperformed Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton inflicting l & rsquo; yet another defeat the team of Marina Zoueva, struggling with a troubled start to the season.
In the final position were placed the Korean Russian school Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov, which will again be competing in next week's scheduled stop in Bordeaux.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) (USA) - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 174.28 (1 | 1) PB, SR2) (RUS) - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 160.43 (2 | 3) PB3) (GBR) - Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 158.02 (3 | 2) SB4) (RUS) - Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 147.55 (4 | 4) PB5) (RUS) - Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan Bukin & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 143.51 (5 | 5) 6) (USA) - Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc Baker & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 136.33 (7 | 6) 7) (USA) - Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 133.38 (6 | 7) 8) (KOR) - Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 118.27 (8 | 8)
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