Figure skating - Lexus Cup of China 2013
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'' The opening day of the eleventh edition of the Cup of China ended with the short program of the pairs of art, for sure'' the most eagerly awaited event by the public of "Capital Indoor Stadium" in Beijing.
Friday 1 November 2013 3 minutes reading time
The success in the segment of the race went to the veterans of long short Pang Qing / Tong Jian, authors of a convincing proof fouled by small barbs. The Chinese couple, winner of three editions of the stage house, committed the usual mistake in jumping in parallel, clearly sottoruotato for .... , But otherwise showed no particular problems in spite of some elmenti, triple twist of all, no lack of room for improvement.
In second place, trailing by just over a point, you are placed the Germans Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy, winners never career in the Cup of China. The students of Ingo Steuer have left on the plate on the triple toe loop heavy points in parallel, without rotation and landed on the ground by hand with Szolkowy, and have not picked up as planned with the triple axel launched, landed on two feet from the end Aliona Savchenko of a long preparation phase. In the end, inolte, they had a problem also on top in parallel, not gone beyond the basic level. The four times world champions have lost the race segment on the technical score, but they got the highest rating on the components of the program.
RANKING-SHORT PROGRAM
1) (CHN) - Qing PANG / Jian TONG 70.38 (37.39 | 32.99) 2) (GER) - SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY 69.07 (35.27 | 33.80) 3) (CHN) - PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG 64.24 (35.89 | 28.35) 4) (USA) - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim 57.99 (32.56 | 27.43) 5) (CHN) - Xuehan WANG / WANG Lei 57.16 (32.81 | 25.35) 6) (RUS) - Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA / Alexei ROGONOV 53.02 (27.91 | 25.11) 7) (FRA) - Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT51.82 (27.60 | 25.22) 8) (USA) - Felicia ZHANG / Nathan Bartholomay 50.33 (27.13 | 24.20)
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