Figure skating - NHK Trophy 2015
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The second day of the NHK Trophy, the last leg of the qualifying Grand Prix, has opened its doors all''alba Italian with short-dance.
Saturday 28 November 2015 5 minutes reading time
The "Big Hat" Nagano & egrave; It was the scene of a segment of the high-profile race, which confirmed the 'current supremacy of the North American school of the Russian one, but that has not yet closed the discussion on the qualification for the final in Barcelona.
The partial victory & egrave; It was won by the Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, who in 2011 won the Japan nell''ormai away 'single point on the circuit's career. Students Marina Zoueva and Massimo Scali, took to the track to the tune of "Coppelia" were the best both on each item of much of the program on the technical front, supported by assessments of the foreground on the degree of realization. In this sense, they proved decisive twizzle, lift and partial sequence, elements that have allowed the brothers to orgine Asian gain ground against rivals.
Behind the Shibutani, trailing by just over & ugrave; a point and a half, totaled compatriots Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, authors of the new personal best of the lot and the sequences ravensburger waltz, who deserved the 'unique dual level four of the competition.
The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the Russians Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, appeared decidedly more & ugrave; rapid and sliding than Skate Canada. The students of Alexander Zhulin missed second place fundamental for the qualification to the finals for only thirty-eight cents, but received an overall assessment on the components of programam higher than that of Hubbell / Donohue, that bodes well ahead of the free dance tomorrow.
The other couples in the competition are, however, already & agrave; out of the fight for the podium. In fourth place they were placed the Russians Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, who have had the better of the British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland. Both uini that others have raised the bar with respect to dell''asticella Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard a couple of weeks ago, crossing the wall of sixty points, but the gap from third & egrave; was in one case more than four points and nell''altro just over five lengths. On the technical front, the difference better placed than couples & egrave; He was mainly daughter dell''esecuzione of sequences ravensburger waltz.
For the rest, it should be noted the discreet debut of the Japanese Kana Muramoto / Chirs Reed, seventh in the wake of the US Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus and significantly ahead of compatriots Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion.
In virt & ugrave; the current standings, the final would be qualified to Weaver / Poje (CAN), Cappellini / Lanotte (ITA), Chock / Bates (USA), Hubbell / Donohue (USA), Shibutani / Shibutani (USA), Sinitisina / Katsalapov (RUS) and Gilles / Poirier (CAN). However, closing the Japanese leg at least in second place, Bobrova / Soloviev scavalcherebbero Ranked Sinitsina / Katsalapov eliminating Gilles / Poirier. In this sense, the Russian veterans were advantaged by the new system of tie-breaking that, other things being equal & agrave; leading in the standings, it takes into account the results of the short-dance.
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