Figure Skating - NHK Trophy 2013
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As usual, at the end of the opening day of the NHK Trophy, came the statements at the time of the athletes on the podium.
Friday 8 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM (video, guide to race, ranking)
Tatiana Volosozhar: "Today we skated a good short program, despite the feelings were not the best on the last three items. We have, however, scored well and we are very pleased."
Han Cong: "'' It was a good short program for us and we expressed to the best of our ability."
Hao Zhang: "Today we made a mistake, but we still third, with our new personal best. For this reason, we can be satisfied"
MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM (video, guide to race, ranking)
Daisuke Takahashi: "I am extremely happy with my performance and a long time I did not feel well. Did not expect to get a score so high and are so surprised. However, I was not interested crabs the score, what thing was to regain confidence. "
Javier Fernandez: "I made a small mistake on the quadruple Salchow, but I think for me this was a great start. Today I took part in the first stage of the Grand Prix season and the first important appointment. For me, the performance has been excellent. "
Nobunari Oda: "'' The goal was to avoid the mistakes made at Skate Canada. I saw that the panel called me a wrong wire and the quadruple lutz on sottoruotato. So I'll have to try and fix these mistakes."
PROGRAM SHORT FEMALE (video, resconto of race, ranking)
Mao Asada: "I was really focused trying to express myself as in training and I think it went better than at Skate America. After Skate America, I worked a lot on the spins and on the steps of transition."
Akiko Suzuki: "The combination and triple flip were not as clean as I wanted, but I'm happy for the interpretive side. This was my third race of the season, and even if I could gesitre the best pressure, I was a '' bit worried about the jumps, that has affected the performance today. "
Elena Radionova: "Overall I am satisfied for today's performance today although not everything worked as expected. During the second stage of Grand Prix have more responsibility and pressure is higher if you have the opportunity to gamble away the'' input the final. "
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