Figure skating - Skate Canada 2013
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The opening day of the fortieth edition of Skate Canada ended with the expected'' men's short program, an event that promised fireworks'' artifice.
Saturday 26 October 2013 6 minutes reading time
In fact, the audience of the "Harbour Station" of Saint John was left with the bitter taste'' not so much for the partial result, smiling at a home athlete, as well as for the technical rate much lower than the expectations of the eve. On balance, the program really immune from mistakes and in line with what was planned at the table if they are not seen, except perhaps for the Canadian Elladj Balde sixth in the standings and a step away from the staff.
The first position is occupied by the landlord Patrick Chan, as d'' habit, has created a vacuum on each item of the program components. However, the performance of the current world champion, has been sullied by a mistake on the initial combination that, according to the plans would have to be opened with a quadruple toe loop, however, achieved only three times. As if that were not enough, the native of Toronto was able to complete the triple toe loop in combination with a sort of magic that allowed him to not crashing into the railing, but it does have an impact on the degree of implementation of the'' element. For the rest of the already run-in last season's short program, choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle on the song "Elegy in E flat major by Sergei Rachmaninov," did not give any problem'' s still twenty-two Canadian who has completed one of the best triple axels career and then a triple lutz comfortable in the second half of the disc. It goes without saying that the final result weigh more than six points left on the plate because of the fourfold function correctly.
In second place, with a gap of just over seven points, he finished the Japanese Nobunari Oda suffering from a bad fall on the quadruple toe loop opening, but then so egregious able to complete the first triple axel and d'' order then a convenient combination triple lutz / triple toe loop in the second part of the program. For the twenty-six Osaka also remains alive regret for the lost points due to the levels of the spins.
On the lowest rung of the podium is the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, who, having completed a quadruple toe loop atterratto a while'' at the tip and a huge triple axel, fully opened what was supposed to be a triple lutz creating a single spin . L'' student of Brian Orser was still the strength to engage in a triple toe loop combination, but regulation in hand, could not escape at least three on the degree of execution on the plate, leaving at least seven points. Elements of jump aside, the nineteen year old Sendai, like the veteran American Jeremy Abbott was the only one to get the level four out of steps and spins.
Just Abbtt ended the first segment of the race in fourth position, making a mistake similar to Hanyu on the combination, forcibly become double lutz / double toe loop. '' The student Jason Dungjen and Yuka Sato, however, completed a good quadruple toe loop and then atterratto the triple axel in the second half of the disc laying a hand on the ice.
STANDINGS MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM
01) 88,10 (43,17 | 44,93) Patrick CHAN (CAN) video 02) 80,82 (43,61 | 38,21) Nobunari ODA (JPN) video 03) 80,40 (39,69 | 40,71) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) video 04) 74, 58 (35,30 | 39,28) Jeremy Abbott (USA) video 05) 73,08 (38,56 | 34,52) Takahito MURA (JPN) video 06) 72,35 (40,71 | 31,64) Elladj BALDE (CAN) video 07) 71,71 / 35,06 | 36,65) Michal BREZINA (CZE) video 08) 69,14 (33,14 | 36,03) Joshua FARRIS (USA) 09 video) 68 31 (37,20 | 31,11) Andrei ROGOZINE (CAN) 10) 66,71 (32,15 | 36,56) Ross MINER (USA) video
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