Duhamel / Radford touch perfection in the short program of the final Grand Prix

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Figure skating - Grand Prix Final 2014/2015

Duhamel / Radford touch perfection in the short program of the final Grand Prix

The final of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, hosted by CCIB in Barcelona, ​​you & egrave; opened with the short program of the pairs artistic segment of the race that has partially confirmed the values ​​that emerged during the qualification phase.

The partial success & egrave; went to Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, nell''occasione able to retouch the primacy seasonal gi & agrave; in their possession. The test of the students of Richard Gauthier, benefited from the chance & agrave; to present the triple lutz in parallel, & egrave; was free of smudges and & egrave; worth the personal record on the components of the program because for the first time were able to push the thirty-four points. Obviously, apart from the triple twist that got a fine level three, & egrave; been reached level four on each of the items presented. In second position, preceded both the technical score that surprise on the sum of the components of the program, were placed Russians Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, authors, however, a test-free steps to empty, although for the & rsquo; umpteenth time have not reached the maximum available on the lifting of group three, since the element that Rostelecom Cup gave some heartache too. The budget for the students of Nina Mozer is still positive, considering that the gap to the leader of the race & egrave; was slightly higher than the two lengths of the point, gap probably put in quotation on the eve and widely recoverable in the free program. The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the Chinese Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, only to reach level four on the triple twist, but penalized by assessments on program components not all''altezza of their predecessors. Moreover, in spite of every element was performed peaked available, the technical score was affected dell & rsquo; landing of the triple toe loop in parallel with hand ground by Wenjing Sui. Try convincing complete with a personal best for the young Chinese Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin, which preceded the pi & ugrave; quoted compatriots Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang, for the & rsquo; once again forced to pay duty because of a fall on the triple toe loop Peng in parallel. The palm of disappointment of the day it all & rsquo; waiting Russian pair Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, on paper the third force in the field. However, a bad fall on the triple toe loop Kavaguti of parallel and a second fall on the triple Rittberger launched have irremediably compromised the result to the point that even the fifth & egrave; distances remained six lengths abundant. The students of Tamara Moskvina have perci & ograve; confirmed the lack of feeling with the final of the Grand Prix. & Nbsp; RANKING PROGRAM SHORT 1) (CAN) - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD74.50 (40.01 | 34.49) SR2) (RUS) - Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor KLIMOV72.33 (37.93 | 34.40) SB3) (CHN) - Wenjing ON / HAN Cong & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 66.66 (36.26 | 30.40) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4) (CHN) - Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN62.71 (33.89 | 28.82) PB5) (CHN) - PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 62.46 (32.97 | 30.49) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; - 1006) (RUS) - Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV55.97 (27.86 | 30.11) - 2:00 Legend: SR - season record / record seasonal assolutoSB & ndash; season best / record seasonal PB & ndash; personal best / personal best
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