Figure Skating - NHK Trophy 2013
Filed men's short program, already entered fully into the history of the discipline, the twenty-seventh edition of the Trophée Eric Bompard continued with the short-dance.
Friday 15 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
'' In the audience at the "Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy" Paris is not disappointed because the segment of the race proved to be highly technical to the point that for the first time in a Grand tapppa qualification Prix ​​standings in the third pair scored more than 69 points. Earlier, people had occupied the lowest rung of the podium in a short-dance had never gone beyond 64.62 points (Cappellini / Lanotte, Trophee Eric Bompard 2011).
In respect of the discounted prediction Eve, the first position was occupied by Canadians Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, authors of the new national record. For the second consecutive race the reigning Olympic champions, and appeared much smoother than on the piece at Skate Canada, you are granted the luxury of getting the level four on the midline no touch, but most have passed without problems sets twizzles, that had created so much trouble in the opening words'' of the season. Students of Marina Zueva have also earned the most points in his career on the components of the program dangerously approaching the U.S. Davis / White, current leaders seasonal. To fill the gap, Virtue / Moir will now be called a growth on the sequences of finnstep, now both do not go beyond level three.
'' The place of honor went to the hosts Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat, again scollinati over seventy points after two and a half years by'' last chance (World Championships in Moscow 2011). The veterans Bleus showed a significant technical progress with respect to the Cup of China and won, however, tricky midline in part, filed with the maximum levels available on each required element, including sequences of finnstep.
There have been no less young Russians Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, who, after the stuttering performance of the NHK Trophy in Tokyo, gave a taste of their potential yet to be discovered. Students of Nikolai Morozov, left in the wake of the French couple, they set a new personal record, recording the highest technical puntegggio career. The vice European champions have achieved the level four out of every element, except for the midline and the second sequence of finnstep.
At the foot of the podium, but with nearly nine points behind, are the Germans Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi, authors of a convincing performance at the technical level with a lot of the same levels of Ilinykh / Katsalapov. Afterwards, you are placed novices French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, who won the challenge at a distance with their compatriots Carron / Jones, and preceded to measure the Russians Ksenia Monk / Kirill Khaliavin in the past World Champions juniors.
'' The list of disappointed in the short-dance numbers the British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland and Canadians Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams, overly penalized by the difficulties highlighted on the sequences of finnstep.
SHORT DANCE CLASS
1) (CAN) - Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR 75.31 (36.94 | 38.37) primacy canadese2) (FRA) - Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT , 70.59 (35.44 | 35.15) primacy stagionale3) (RUS) - Elena Ilinykh / Nikita KATSALAPOV 69.07 (34.92 | 34.15) primacy personale4 ) (GER) - Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander Gazsi 60.13 (31.07 | 29.06) primacy stagionale5) (FRA) - Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON 58.10 (30.72 | 27.38) 6) (RUS) - Ksenia Monko / Kirill KHALIAVIN 56.53 (29.63 | 26.90) 7) (GBR) - Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND 52.52 (26.15 | 27.37) 8) (CAN) - Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS 47.45 (21.65 | 25.80)
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