Figure Skating - NHK Trophy 2013
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The second day of the NHK Trophy, the fourth stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating hosted by "Yoyogi National Gymnasium" in Tokyo, ended with the women's free program.
Saturday 9 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
The competition was characterized by the domination of Mao Asada, which was easily imposed in both segments of the race, qualifcandosi fluency in the final of Fukuoka, where it will be the woman to beat.
'' In the occasion, he also edited the Japanese national record that already belonged to raising the'' rod up to 207,59, score so far surpassed only by Korea's Kim Yu Na. In addition, for the first time in his career, he has broken the barrier of seventy points in PCS (program components score) of free, successful company in the past only to Kim and Kostner.
The ventitrenne Nagoya, author of the personal record in the free program, he again triple axel, landed on two feet and judged by the panel sottoruotato, but compared to Skate America, she appeared more at ease on the other elements of jump completing five triples, including a lutz from the wire inlet markedly inside.
Second place, with the best technical score of the day, went to fourteen Radionova Elena, who had clearly reason of Japan's Akiko Suzuki scavalcandola in the NHK Trophy, and especially in the overall standings of the Grand Prix at the end of the fourth stage. The champion Junior World Championships completed with ease disarmaente two double axel and seven triple jumps, crossing the threshold of the prestigious 190 points in the sum of the two competition programs.
Suzuki, despite a free rather subdued, was able to defend the podium by'' assault Gracie Gold, but he pretty much said goodbye to the possibility of qualifcarsi for the final. '' His score on the economy were affected by only four triple completed and repeated steps to empty the lutz jump which, however, has almost always had problems with the wire inlet.
L'' pending U.S. Gold has had to settle for fourth place and suffers from a fall on the triple lutz that would open the combination with the triple toe loop and then a double salchow instead of three times in the second half of the disc.
Valentina Marchei, overridden by the novice Japanese Satoko Miyahara, got the sixth is not going so far away from the personal record. In the free program has completed two triple lutz well, the second of which in combination with a double toe loop
RACE FEMALE
1) (JPN) Mao ASADA 207.59 (1 | 1) priority nazionale2) (RUS) Elena RADIONOVA 191.81 (3 | 2) priority personale3) (JPN) Akiko SUZUKI 179.32 (2 | 4) 4) (USA) 177.81 Gracie GOLD (4 | 3) 5) (JPN) Satoko MIYAHARA 170.21 (6 | 5) primacy personale6) (ITA) Valentina Marchei 168.95 (5 | 6) priority stagionale7) (RUS) Alena Leonova 161.94 (7 | 7) 8) (USA) 141.71 Mirai Nagasu (8 | 8) 9) (GEO ) Elene GEDEVANISHVILI 129.24 (9 | 9)
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