Figure Skating - Skate America 2014
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The protagonists of the second day of Skate America did not miss the 'usual meeting with the press conference at which emerged curiosity & agrave; of various kinds about states' mood, future goals and more.
Sunday 26 October 2014 9 minutes reading time
PAIR OF ART (short program) Yuko Kavaguti you & egrave; focused on one of the reasons that led to the extension of the racing career of a pair of long-time veterans: & ldquo; We are very happy to be back racing in the Grand Prix and of course today we were pretty excited by & rsquo; s idea. Despite the injuries, we decided to continue to skate because & eacute; the free program we had prepared for us very well last season and the fact that the public would not proporrlo caused displeasure & rdquo ;.
A laconic Cheng Peng & egrave; appeared upset by the fall on the jump in parallel: & ldquo; in today's performance we have made an error that does not reflect the level that normally express in training & rdquo;
An elated Brandon Frazier did not hide important ambitions for the future: & ldquo; l & rsquo; s start of the Grand Prix & egrave; been very positive for us because today we set a new personal record and the fact that it reached at Skate America makes us proud. It is for & ograve; only the starting point & rdquo;
& Nbsp; WOMEN'S FIELD (short program)
Elizaveta Tuktamysehva stressed the comprehensive fatigue for the many races in recent times (four international as well as a stage of the Cup of Russia): & ldquo; I am very happy to have tamed the nervousness and have a good performance. For me, this is the fourth international competition in a few weeks and perci & ograve; I start to feel a bit & rsquo; tired. However, I hope to be happy with my performance tomorrow & rdquo;
Elena Radionova you & egrave; satisfied with the result, conscious of being able to express at higher levels: & ldquo; I think that what has been done on the ice was not bad even if the jumps could be better. In any case, it is only of & rsquo; & rdquo ;. start of the season
Gracie Gold analyzed with lucidity & agrave; the causes of the Russian detachment from not giving himself to victory ahead of the free program: & ldquo; of course you & egrave; dealt with the best performance of my life, but I am satisfied because & eacute; & Egrave; was very difficult to skate after attending the programs of quality & agrave; two great rivals. In a competition of this level are not eligible for the mistakes I made on the cluster and on top & rsquo; s Landing combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. In the free program, I will try & ograve; to play my best all the cards in hand to try to catch up. I can not wait & rsquo; s time to get on the ice tomorrow & rdquo ;.
DANCE (free dance)
Madison Chock explained the genesis of the new free program: & ldquo; Curiously, when at the beginning of the season we made the choice of music, Igor Shpilband and Evan had in mind the same project. The fact that all were to see the same way has certainly facilitated the work. L & rsquo; target & egrave; to provide a & rsquo; interpretation & more ugrave; Modern & ldquo; An American in Paris & rdquo ;, trying to impose our style to give the & rsquo; s idea that the film was remade in 2014 & rdquo ;.
Alex Shibutani you & egrave; focused on the characteristics of the new free dance: & ldquo; we opted for a classic approach and we can consider ourselves lucky because & eacute; our technicians have prepared a choreography of quality & agrave ;. It gi & agrave; now one of our favorite program and we look & rsquo; s time to run it in a better way in the rest of the season & rdquo ;. Alexandra Stepanova not & egrave ;, however, went beyond the usual ritual declarations: "We are very pleased with the result. This is only the second season of the Grand Prix for us and things went much better than at & rsquo; last year & rdquo; .
FIELD MEN (free program)
Tatsuki Machida, despite the clear statement suggests to express himself on even higher levels, "Skate America & egrave; was the race of my season debut, but I have to admit that the physical condition & egrave; yet all & rsquo; s high. For this reason, the quality & agrave; the free program & egrave; gradually declined in the second half & agrave; music. In any case, rest satisfied because & eacute; I have not committed glaring errors maintaining a good level of competitiveness & agrave ;. L & rsquo; s goal is to be able to finish the best of both programs of the race. "
Jason Brown welcomed as & egrave; managed to pass the time more & ugrave; difficult part of the free program, "the novelty & agrave; for me & egrave; was to groped a triple axel in the second half & agrave; the program and I'm working to be able to make it happen. Today I fell and the & rsquo; error then conditioned the two Jumping follow. For & ograve, I struggled and managed to prevent further falls. I'm glad to have recovered a position with respect to the short program and I remain convinced that this free potr & agrave; be improved along the way. "
Finally, Nam Nguyen & egrave; been a big party with a gift of a podium in surprise: "I can not be happy with the way I skated yesterday and today. I did not pose any particular goals for this competition and be able to get the third & egrave; a big surprise. I'm still excited for what happened in my first participation in a stage of the Grand Prix. "
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The statements of the first day
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