Figure skating - Cup of China 2015
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Mao Asada won the 'eleventh successful career in a qualifying round of the Grand Prix imposing itself not without some heartache in the Cup of China, hosted by the "Capital Indoor Stadium" in Beijing.
Saturday 7 November 2015 3 minutes reading time
The Japanese ace, back from a sabbatical year, was able to capitalize on the margin accumulated in the first segment of the race not skimping risks to repeat in the free program, choreographed by Lori Nichol on the notes of the masterpiece of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly". Asada, clearly the best of the lot on each item of the program components, opened the trial with one of the best triple axel of his career, but the & Igrave; forward the problems started with the elements of jump as they have been properly made only triple salchow and triple Rittberger, both located in the second half & agrave; of music. Steps to empty main proved the fall at the end of the complicated combination triple flip / triple Rittberger, also under rotated the second jump, a lutz open in flight and completed only double, a single and flip Duclis least the double axel combination / triple toe loop judged short rotation. For the rest, the sequence of steps & egrave; It was majestic and not & egrave; Failure Quality & agrave; elements of spinning top.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) JPN - Mao ASADA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 197.48 (1 | 3) 2) jJPN - Rika HONGO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 195.76 (2 | 1) PB3) RUS - elena radionova & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 184.28 (6 | 2) 4) RUS - Anna POGORILAYA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 184.16 (4 | 4) 5) USA - Karen CHEN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 175.93 (7 | 5) 6) USA - Courtney HICKS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 166.00 (3 | 8) 7) SVK - Nicole RAJICOVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 165.26 (9 | 7) 8) KOR - So Youn PARK & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 164.28 (10 | 6) 9) CHN - Zijun LI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 159.13 (5 | 9) 10) USA - Hannah MILLER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 151.73 (8 | 10) 11) CHN - & nbsp; Ziquan ZHAO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 139.77 (11 | 11) 12) CHN - Lu ZHENG & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 130.32 (12 | 12) PB
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