Figure skating - Trophe Eric Bompard 2014
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The Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, the fifth stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating hosted by & ldquo; Patinoire de M & egrave; riadeck & rdquo; Bordeaux, you & egrave; concluded with a bizarre free program for men.
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The segment of the race & egrave; was characterized by a & rsquo; infinite series of steps to empty, which, with different incidence, did not spare the participants, except for the winner.
However, those who after the short program legitimately expect a successful Asia remained hopelessly disappointed because you & egrave; imposed an incredulous Maxim Kovtun, climbed from sixth place.
The nineteen year old Russian, was on track to the tune of & ldquo; Exogenesis Symphony & rdquo; Muse, has, however, opted for a conservative strategy giving up the third four times in order to avoid missing the train for the final. The choice has actually generated the desired results and l & rsquo; pupil of Elena Buianova & egrave; well managed to complete two quads, a double axel and six triple jumps, including two axel. Kovtun, while not giving the & rsquo; impression of being in the best day of his career, has improved the personal record on the segment of the race simply remain, head down, focused on the elements of the planned jump.
Tatsuki Machida, favorite of the eve, you & egrave ;, however, had to settle instead of d & rsquo; honor, suffers from one of the worst free programs skated in the last two years. Specifically, the twenty-four Japanese & egrave; was suddenly abandoned by the & ldquo; trusted & rdquo; quadruple toe loop losing the compass. However, l & rsquo; & egrave impression; that the time lost after Skate America because of problems with shoes shoes, has affected the performance of Bordeaux because in both programs Machida & egrave; seemed out of gas after pi & ugrave; or less a couple of minutes.
The top two have snatched the ticket to the final of the Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​where, for now, will the Spaniard Javier Fernandez. For the last three places in provisions, the eligible candidates are Mura, Hanyu and Voronov, who will compete in & rsquo; last stage of qualifying scheduled to Osaka.
The podium of Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard & egrave; was completed by the Kazakh Tenis Ten, never over the fourth place in the previous ten appearances. Actually & agrave ;, reasons recrimination for the Olympic medalist there, considering that, in the light of the results obtained in the short program and the debacle of the group in the free program, would have sufficed very little to take home the win with a lot of likely to qualify for the final of the Grand Prix. Specifically, l & rsquo; pupil of Frank Carroll, after opening the free with a sumptuous combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop, & egrave; ruinously fell on the second attempt to quadruple toleoop and by return has slipped a Filotto errors axel performing two singles and a double flip.
The thirty-one Russian Konstantin Menshov, after the glories of the short-program, has not taken the & rsquo; & agrave opportunities; closing the & rsquo; event on the podium, collecting the & rsquo; yet another fourth of his career. Also in this case do not lack for & ograve; regrets as l & rsquo; student Evgeni Rukavitsin you & egrave; saw cancel an element of jumping because of & rsquo; & agrave naivete; have presented four combinations. On balance, just lost points for the wicked choice to have attached to the double axel program end Rittberger a simple and easy salchow deprived him of third place, relegating him for the fourth consecutive time at the foot of the podium.
After that, you & egrave; placed the American Adam Rippon, moved up from seventh to fifth place, ahead of the sixteen Russian Adian Pitkeev, able to touch up your personal best, & nbsp; compatriot Richard Dornbush, stumbled into a bad day on the quad toe loop and triple axel, and Chinese Han Yan, author of a program with a few ups and many downs, but amply justified after the adventures of the past weeks.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) (RUS) - Maxim Kovtun & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 243.35 (6 | 1) SB02) (JPN) - Tatsuki MACHIDA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 237.74 (2 | 2) 03) (KAZ) - Denis TEN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 236.28 (1 | 5) SB04) (RUS) - Konstantin Menshov & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 233.22 (3 | 4) SB05) (USA) - Adam RIPPON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 225.42 (7 | 3) SB06) (RUS) - Adian PITKEEV & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 219.38 (8 | 7) PB07) (USA) - Richard Dornbush & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 219.27 (4 | 8) 08) (CHN) - Han YAN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 216.85 (10 | 6) SB09) (FRA) - & nbsp; Chafik BESSEGHIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 211.24 (5 | 9) SB10) (USA) - Douglas RAZZANO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 194.24 (11 | 10) 11) (FRA) - Florent AMODIO & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 193.00 (9 | 11)
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