Figure Skating - Skate America 2014
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The first day of Skate America, & egrave; was characterized by the clear statements of the US Chock / Bates in the short-dance and Japanese Tatsuki Machida in the men's short program
Saturday 25 October 2014 5 minutes reading time
As usual, the athletes who occupy the top three positions have issued statements of ritual at the end of their commitments.
SHORT DANCE
Madison Chock explained how he designed the pattern dance: & ldquo; The Paso Doble & egrave; a dance very challenging. We have decided to present it to & ograve; in a different way. Do not want to sound like the typical matador, but impose our style. L & rsquo; target & egrave; to have a strong stage presence in order that & egrave; the public can have fun watching us and we can ask questions & rdquo ;.
Maia Shibutani & egrave ;, is instead focused on the main switch to empty: & ldquo; The performance today & egrave; been a while & rsquo; disappointing for us. Compared to the Challenger Series played in Bratislava, where we were glad to go, we feel advanced, but today we made a mistake on the twizzles, you & egrave; revealed onerous in terms of points. After snagging at the beginning of the program, we have to & ograve; found and we ended on a high. In any case, we have improved on most of the short-dance, we feel good and we now focus on dance free & rdquo;
Alexandra Stepanova declined to give assurances about his physical condition: & ldquo; I feel good. I would say that & egrave; was hard to get back on track after the & rsquo; s training accident. However, we were so distracted by the cares for my fall that we did not even have time to feel tension before the race & rdquo ;.
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MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM
Tatsuki Machida, satisfied with the result, he praised the choreographer Philipp Mills & ldquo; For me & egrave; was the first race of the season and the first time I skated in front of the public, the new short program. I'm really happy to have performed as planned without making noticeable smearing. By now been three years since I work with Philipp for the choreography and I think it's the person who can make the most of my artistic side. I trust him one hundred percent and that's why I asked him to take care of the choreography of the new short program & rdquo ;.
Jeremy Abbott & egrave; focused on how he approached the competition in the best way: & ldquo; For me & egrave; was the first race of the season. I & egrave; like the & rsquo; s performance, I like music and I like the feeling that I try skating the new program. Today, I felt really comfortable and relaxed during my test. It & rsquo; was like skating at home. I am very pleased with my start, but it is just the starting point & rdquo ;.
Jason Brown, on the one hand, it & egrave; sorry for the & rsquo; s mistake on the triple axel, but, from & rsquo; s more, made no secret of being happy for the rest of the program: & ldquo; I would like to begin Skate America in a better way, but I fell on Tripo axel. However, I am happy with how I recovered after the & rsquo; s mistake. I am convinced that I managed to collect the highest number of points possible with the rest of the elements. I am, however, pleased that I did not disunited after & rsquo; s fault and not get upset my schedule. Now I'm looking forward to the free & rdquo ;.
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