Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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It took one hundred thirty stages of the Grand Prix, including the final, to see a nation to monopolize the top three in a race for the pairs of art.
Saturday 8 November 2014 7 minutes reading time
L & rsquo; Company & egrave; was carried out in the Cup of China in Shanghai by the hosts, although in kiss & amp; cry rather sullen face of the head-coach-Zhao Hongbo said a lot about the performance below expectations of the three couples get on the podium.
The success, in keeping with the obvious prediction, & egrave; went to Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao, the first statement in a career in the circuit. The favorites of the day before you are well set in both segments of the race, but filed a short program with subtle flaws, were not re-elected at the same levels in the segment pi & ugrave; long race. The heel d & rsquo; you achilles & egrave; revealed once again the & rsquo; Peng huge trouble on the jumps in parallel, which, on balance, have led to the cause, including rotations missing and falls, a mere half point. There are, however, positive notes represented by a significant increase of four points on the components of the program, not to mention the & rsquo; unquestionable quality & agrave; of lifts, triple and quadruple twist launched. With the success of today's Peng / Zhang have qualified for the final of the Grand Prix for the second year in a row.
The place d & rsquo; honor & egrave; went to the World Champions Junior Xiao Yu / Yang Jin, today superlatives over jumps in parallel and launched, but betrayed by a reverse period collapsed, which cost all-inclusive than five points, which, along the way, could also deprive them of & rsquo; s access to the final.
The podium & egrave; was completed by Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang, solid on all elements with the exception of the jumps in parallel, which have yielded less than a point.
On the sidelines, & egrave; important to remember that both Yu / Jin Wang / Wang had never closed a stage of the Grand Prix in the top three.
In fourth place, were placed novices Russian Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat clearly increased compared to previous releases. In the free program, students Oleg Vassiliev have limited the damage on the triple toe loop and proposed a parallel discrete triple twist and good lifts, but they were betrayed by a transition to empty the triple Rittberger launched, you & egrave; going to add to the usual difficulty & agrave; on the combination of jumps in parallel.
Italians Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise recovered two positions from yesterday getting a convincing fifth place with a lot of new personal officer. In the free program, the couple stationed at the Assago Forum has simultaneously over fifty points (TES elements total score) and PCS (program components score), for the first time in his career in a class race, running lifts competitive and a triple twist in constant progress. On the one hand, there is the regret for some trimming too much on jumps and launched in parallel, but, from & rsquo; other, & egrave; gained the conviction that they could easily be worth one hundred and seventy points in the sum of the two programs, a goal that last season did not seem so & igrave; to the flow. However, there & egrave; except that along the way can be made some improvements in the level of competition and the & rsquo; Replacement of a double axel in parallel with a pi & ugrave; prized triple toe loop would not be a surprise.
Next, they placed young Canadians Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe, who preceded surprise ugrave & more; Jessica Calalang quoted US / Zach Sidhu and Russian Arina Cherniavskaya / Anthony Souza-Kordyeru.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (CHN) - PENG Cheng / Zhang Hao & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 194.05 (1 | 1) SB2) (CHN) - Xiaoyu Yu / Yang JIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 173.33 (3 | 2) SB3) (CHN) - Xuehan WANG / WANG Lei & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 172.15 (2 | 3) SB4) (RUS) - Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei Deputat & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 166.44 (4 | 4) PB5) (ENG) - Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 155.90 (7 | 5) PB6) (CAN) - Natasha PURICH / Andrew WOLFE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 153.70 (5 | 6) PB7) (USA) - Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 147.81 (6 | 7) 8) (RUS) - Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Antonino SOUZA-KORDYERU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 133.45 (8 | 8) SB
Legend: SB & ndash; Best season / season record PB & ndash; personal best / personal best
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