Figure skating - Grand Prix Final 2014/2015
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Kaytlin Weaver and Poje Andre have won the first success in his career in the final of a Grand Prix revealing & rsquo; & agrave obvious superiority; against the competition, must be annihilated remained unlined performance in Barcelona of the pair of Canadian dance.
Saturday 13 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
Students of Pasquale Camerlengo have cos & Igrave; brought home a title that was missing from the distant 2001, and that was always escaped to the distinguished countrymen Virtue / Moir.
The vice-world champions have dominated both segments of the race inflicting the pi & ugrave; immediate pursuers a gap of more than fourteen points. Moreover, they became the fourth pair in history to cross the threshold of one hundred and eighty points, when tab & ugrave; for other couples in business & agrave ;.
In the free dance, skating on the notes of the & ldquo; Four Seasons & rdquo; Vivaldi, Weaver / Poje showed an exponential growth on the ratings of each item of the components of the program, but they have created a vacuum on a technical level by storing the pi & ugrave; high available on each element, except for the sequences in pairs, but they still deserved a three level with a fine degree of execution.
In automatic ,, the leaders of the movement have become Canadian athletes to beat in view of & rsquo; pi & ugrave appointment; important of the season, & nbsp; century to the World Championships in Shanghai.
Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, held on the eve of the favorites in cohabitation unless the couple to beat, they finished the race in place d & rsquo; honor redeeming with a qualified dance free passage vacuum in the short-dance, which, in any case, has not affected in any way on the final result.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CIZERON, rose from fifth position of the first segment of the race and able to obtain an overall score in the free dance pi & ugrave; high on the components of the program with respect to pi & ugrave; Chock quoted / Bates.
On the sidelines, it should be noted that none of the couples get on the podium boasted placings in the top three in & rsquo; Final Act of the Grand Prix, which had taken part so far the only Weaver / Poje
After that, you are placed Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, who, despite a free dance well below potential, managed to resist the return of Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier and Russians Elena Ilinykh / Ruslam Zhiganshin, authors the fourth stop today and once again over fifty points on the components of the program. The growth in the next couple months recently training andr & agrave; monitored closely.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1) (CAN) - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 181.14 (1 | 1) PB, SR2) (USA) - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 167.09 (2 | 2) 3) (FRA) - Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 162.39 (5 ​​| 3) 4) (USA) - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 158.94 (3 | 6) 5) (CAN) - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 158.16 (4 | 5) 6) (RUS) - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 156.46 (6 | 4)
Legend: SR - season record / record seasonal assolutoSB & ndash; season best / record seasonal PB & ndash; personal best / personal best
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