Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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The first day of the Lexus Cup of China, the third leg of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, we & egrave; ended with the short program of the pairs of art.
Friday 7 November 2014 8 minutes reading time
On the ice of & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, the associations of home have booked an appointment with the history of the closing segment of the race in the top three. In the past, not & egrave; never happened that athletes from a single country monopolizzassero the podium in the field of artistic couples.
The game seems already to success & agrave ;, however, closed because Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao, about to win his first success in the circuit, ended the short program with a lead of close to twelve points on ugrave & more; immediate followers. The Chinese couple, despite having left here and l & agrave; some level, dominated the race both on the technical and on each item of the program components, growing by more than one and a half more than the assessment & ugrave; high of the past. Students of Hongbo Zhao stood out for the quality & agrave; the triple toe loop in parallel, characterized by a perfect unison, for the 'width of the triple Rittberger launched, for the' height of the sidereal triple twist and for the spectacular and fast lifting group three.
In second place were placed in surprise Xuehan Wang and Wang Lei, who partly compromised or almost as a test & egrave; with impeccable un''inopinata as episodic fall of Wang Lei on the top end, which cost at least a couple of points. Even in this case, & egrave; showed absolute mastery of the triple twist and Rittberger launched, as high as the one presented by the leaders of the race. & nbsp;
The expected world champions junior Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin are, however, had to settle for third place, because of a fall on the triple Rittberger launched. For the rest, the strengths turned out to be the same as those of their fellow countrymen with a note on the quality & agrave; the triple toe loop in parallel.
The fight for the podium is still open with four other couples, considering that between the second in the standings and seventh detachment & egrave; remained nell''ordine of less than five points.
In the fourth place, there are the rookies Russian Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat, affected by the usual worries of Bazarova on the triple toe loop in parallel, ended with a crash and without the required rotation. Errors aside, for the first time during the season, the students of Oleg Vassiliev were authors of compelling evidence by performing the best the rest of the elements.
After that, complete with a new personal best, were placed the interesting young Canadians Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe, who revealed a remarkable solidity & agrave; Technical presenting among other things a good triple lutz launched. Comrades training Duhamel / Radford preceded surprise Americans Jessica Calalang / Zach Sidhu, appeared a bit '' subdued compared to the outputs of the ISU competitions Challenger Series. Specifically, have proved fatal problems Calalang sull''atterraggio triple salchow in parallel, however, missing of rotation.
Italians Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise, seventh in close touch with them before they were betrayed by the fall of Della Monica on the triple salchow in parallel. The twenty-five Bergamo & egrave; was for & ograve; adept at saving the tooth 'landing of the triple salchow launched. Students Cristina Mauri, greatly enhanced in terms of smoothness and quality & agrave; General skating, they are, however, distinct sequence of steps, by far the best of the race, and showed significant progress on the triple twist, which is becoming more and more & ugrave; large. It is a bit '' of regret because & egrave; without smudging the elements of the jump, the program could have been made a little less than sixty points, but numbers aside, the 'feeling aroused in Shanghai & egrave; was clearly more & ugrave; positive. Not surprisingly, the rating of each item of the program components & egrave; was clearly the most & ugrave; top of the career.
SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
1) (CHN) PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG69.11 (36.48 | 32.63) SB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) (CHN) WANG Xuehan / She WANG57.27 (31.70 | 26.57) - 1:00 PB3) (CHN) Xiaoyu Yu / Yang JIN57.03 (29.81 | 28.22) SB4) (RUS) Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei DEPUTAT56.85 (30.36 | 27.49) -1.00 PB & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) (CAN) Natasha PURICH / Andrew WOLFE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 56.14 (31.45 | 24.69) PB6) (USA) Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 54.66 (28.04 | 26.62) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) (ENG) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew GUARISE53.48 (27.40 | 27.08) -1.00 SB8) (RUS) Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Antonino-KORDYERU46.74 SOUZA (24.24 | 22:50) & nbsp; SB
Legend: SR - season record / record seasonal assolutoSB & ndash; Best season / season record PB & ndash; personal best / record personaleNR - national records / national record
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