Figure skating - Skate Canada 2013
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Julia Lipnitksaia has imposed by a wide margin in the women's race of the fortieth edition of Skate Canada event ospitatato from the Harbour Station in Saint John (New Brunswick)
Sunday 27 October 2013 8 minutes reading time
The fifteen year old Russian, second at the end of the short program, has unsheathed in the longer segment of the race a benefit from first class breaking down the wall of 130 points, only crossed by nine athletes in the history of the discipline. However, the'' student of increasingly gettonata Ethers Tutdberidze reached the'' challenging goal managing to get seventy points on the technical elements, an undertaking so far failed to sun Kim, Asada, Ando and TUKTAMYSHEVA. The remarkable performance in the free was characterized by the valid execution of two double axel and seven triple jumps. In addition, compared to the test yesterday, the Spinners, previously of quality, have appeared more focused and fast with clear benefit on the degree of execution. On the artistic side, the soundtrack of "Schindler'' s List" with choreography by Ilia Averbukh was played convincingly by junior champion in 2012, dropped perfectly in part thanks to his usual detachment that has always made'' appear "icy".
On balance, Lipnitskaia skated two programs without trimmings revealing than the last season also a'' significant growth in terms of quality of skating. Moreover, with 198.23 points obtained in the test today became the sixth athlete all-time behind Kim (228.56), Asada (205.50), Rochette (202,64), Ando (201.34) and Suzuki (199,58). In automatic mode, it also managed to wrest irina Slutskaja the Russian national record (198,06), which resisted the distant 2005.
Japan's Akiko Suzuki, older than thirteen springs compared to the winner, has had to settle for second place, still proving to be fully on the workpiece. L'' student of Hiroshi Nagakubo was significantly better than the day on the components of the program and profession has been able to resolve a number of intricate situations in the course of free passage began with a vacuum on the triple flip, but landed historical strength in '' opportunity with a step-out. Without losing lucidity, Suzuki has been able to change the technical content in the running of the elements of jump, but, in'' occasion, he paid the price by a couple of jumps sottoruotati. Very well, however, spins and steps to'' unison four level.
Thanks to his second place today, with a result of more than 190 points, the twenty-eight of Nagoya has increased the already important figures in the qualifying stages of the Grand Prix going up to as many as nine podiums in ten appearances.
The American Gracie Gold, leader of the competition at the end of the short-program, has not gone beyond the lowest rung of the podium, accomplices a disastrous fall on the second triple lutz presented and an attempt to triple salchow, fully open in the final and properly downgraded to a double. The eighteen year old coached by Frank Carroll was able to complete only four triples, falling progressively shots in the second half of the program ended with a spinning inverted performed a bit'' in suffering.
The fourth place was won by the U.S. stationed in Boston Christina Gao, today partially abandoned by the triple flip, but still able to complete in some fashion five triple jumps, including a lutz from wire entry not properly outside.
The fourth square, complete with a new personal best, went to the Canadian Amelie Lacoste, who was able to resist the return of prepontente stautnitense Courtney Hicks, author of the fourth score in the free program with the second abutment technician behind Lipnistkaia . '' In the occasion, the seventeen year old Californian has improved his personal best in first-level COMPETITIONS
This was followed by the'' classified Ukrainian Natalia Popova and Canadian Veronik Mallet.
L'' waiting hostess Kaetlyn Osmond, fifth at the end of the short program, was forced to retire because of trouble muscular in nature. The defending champion was still recovering from physical problems that'' in the last period did not allow you to train to the fullest.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (RUS) Julia LIPNITSKAIA 198.23 (2 | 1) record nazionale2) (JPN) Akiko SUZUKI 193.75 (3 | 2) 3) (USA) , Gracie GOLD 186.65 (1 | 3) 4 ((USA) Christina GAO 173.69 ( 4 | 5) (video) 5) (CAN) Amelie LACOSTE 163.11 (6 | 6) PB (video) 6) (USA) Courtney HICKS 162.00 (9 | 4) PB (video) 7) (UKR) Natalia POPOVA 145.88 (7 | 7) 8) (CAN) Veronik MALLET 138.13 (8 | 8) WD (CAN) Kaetlyn OSMOND , (5 - /)
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