Figure Skating - Grand Prix Final 2013
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'' It jumped the counter in the race couple artistic final Grand Prix. The Russians Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, the eve of the clear favorites and winners of the short program, have been forced to raise the white flag in the face of the Germans Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy.
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For students of Ingo Stuer, capable of improving the personal best by more than nine points, was the decisive choice to remove programs from both the risky and counterproductive triple axel launched. The German couple, his fourth win in the final, he finished with a bang an extraordinary career in the Grand Prix in the course of which is always on the podium in every race held.
Savchenko / Szolkowy, unlike previous appearances were impeccable from a technical point of view is not conceding anything on the jumps in parallel, their historical Achilles heel''. In addition, they grew up in an important way on the front of the program components coming close, at least in the open, to close the gap with rivals.
Volosozhar / Trankov, after a long series of flawless performance, have failed in the appointment'' of the season so far. Determinants were the steps to empty Tatiana Volosozhar on jumps in parallel because, in addition to the fall on the triple salchow, triple toe loop was landed with a step-out which meant that not completed the planned combination.
On the lowest rung of the podium rose eternal Pang Qing / Tong Jian, who, at thirty years or so in head, you are granted the luxury of going close to personal best realized on the occasion of'' last edition of the Olympic Games. The Chinese showed greater strength on the jumps in parallel compared to previous releases by performing ergregiamente each jump started. The only smudge covered the top in parallel, without unison, and the top couple, the elements on which c'' is room for growth.
Savhcenko / Szolkowy have ended the career Grand Prix with twenty-eight podiums, including eighteen victories in as many races, but Pang / Tong were not outdone with trenatdue podiums in forty stages.
The fourth place is deservedly went to the second Chinese pair Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao, author of the personal best despite a fall of Cheng Peng on the double axel in parallel. From point'' s throw jumps on excellent quality and exquisite execution'' s challenging quadruple twist
Following are placed couples Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch and Kirsten, now fell short on jumps in parallel (Duhamel fall on the triple lutz and step-out on the triple salchow, which opened the combination, step Moore-Towers-out on the triple toe loop that would open the sequence of triple toe loop and salchow double instead of triple to Moscovitch).
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (GER) - SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY 227.03 (2 | 1) primacy nazionale2) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV 223.83 (1 | 2) (free video) 3) Qing PANG / Jian TONG 213.98 (3 | 3) 4) (CHN) - PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG 197.37 (5 | 4) primacy personale5) (CAN) - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD 193.38 ( 4 | 6) (free video) 6) (CAN) - Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan Moscovitch 189.11 (6 | 5)
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