Figure Skating - Skate America 2014
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Tatsuki Machida won the fourth career win in a qualifying round of the Grand Prix imposing for the second consecutive year at Skate America, the opening act of the circuit hosted by & ldquo; Sears Centre & rdquo; Hoffman Estates.
Sunday 26 October 2014 11 minutes reading time
The twenty-four Japanese, for the third time in the last six races, & egrave; been able to overcome the & rsquo; s demanding threshold of 265 points so far've crossed alone the other five skaters in history. Moreover, in & rsquo; occasion, recorded the new record seasonal and remodeled the best performance of the all-time great American classic, gi & agrave; in his possession.
Having dominated the short program competition at the sidereal taking the lead, the vice-world champion non & egrave; was less in the segment pi & ugrave; long race, which allowed him to close the first stage of the Grand Prix with almost thirty-five lengths margin over the runner. In the free program, Machida has completed two quadruple toe loop and six triple jumps, committing only two smears than planned. They are, in fact, missed the point of the second triple axel, performed only twice, and something & egrave; been lost on the way due to a landing of a triple flip with l & rsquo; support of one hand on the ice. For the rest, the sequence of steps & egrave; was amazing and also spins proved competitive. In the end, the first release of the new free program, choreographed by Philipp Mills to the tune of & ldquo; Symphony No. 9 & rdquo; Beethoven & egrave; was more & ugrave; positive. & nbsp; Every single moment of music & egrave; been addressed sparing no effort and with great panache to the point that & rsquo; athlete ended his test completely exhausted and did not even kiss and cry & egrave; managed to hide fatigue.
The place d & rsquo; honor & egrave; was won by American Jason Brown, who had the merit to resist the overwhelming return of the Canadian Nam Nguyen. The nineteen year old Californian has played with the usual emphasis on the & ldquo; Tristan und Isolde & rdquo ;, version Maxime Rodriguez, but from a technical point of view has paid duty in a striking compared to the & ldquo; & rdquo ;. quadruplisti In particular, it'll national runner-up, archived flawlessly the first two minutes of free software & egrave; collapsed in the second half & agrave; music before falling into ruin on an attempt to under rotated triple axel and then landing with a step-out and the & rsquo; s support of a hand on the ice combined triple flip / triple toe loop, a triple lutz that preceded saved job. Brown, however, exempt moments of pure entertainment elements of spinning top, very well executed, but confirmed that the current gap to fill than the big circuit is huge, as evidenced by the loss of leading the winner.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the amazing sixteen year old Nam Nguyen, who, making his debut in the Grand Prix, you & egrave; gave an unexpected third place peppered with new personal best. L & rsquo; student Brian Orser has approached perfection in the free program managed to recover four positions. On & rsquo; impressive & ldquo; scoresheet & rdquo; the junior world champion in office included a quadruple salchow and eight triple jumps well completed, five of them in the second part of the music, as well as spins and steps that have achieved the highest level available. In addition, the mastery with which Nguyen is performing quadruple salchow and triple axel, elements learned during the last ten months, of & rsquo; s incredible, not to mention that as far as you & egrave; seen in training, it & egrave; except that sooner or later will be added to a second quadruple salchow in the free program.
At the foot of the podium & egrave; certificate Kazakh Denis Ten, now abandoned by the quadruple toe loop and, in general, not sure on & rsquo; landing of the elements of jump, because of a dangerous tendency to go out of alignment. For the Olympic medalist, the place obtained at Skate America is, in any case, the best result of his career in a stage of Grand Prix.
After that, you & egrave; placed the American Jeremy Abbott, now wrecked, due to open four jumps in the air, that & rsquo; s left with only five triples completed.
The national champion Stars and Stripes preceded the sixteen year old Russian Adian Pitkeev, fell ill on an attempted quadruple toe loop and then fell at the end of the free program, the twenty-five French Chafik Besseghier, which has enhanced his performance with a quadruple toe loop combination / double toe loop / double Rittberger, and the twenty six year old compatriot Razzano Douglas, author of the new personal thanks to a free where & egrave; managed to put together, albeit with some landing the limit, a quadruple toe loop and seven triple jumps.
The main disappointment today bears the name of Artur Gachinski. The new student of Tatiana Tarasova & egrave; stumbled into a bad day on the jumps and, apart from a quadruple toe loop, two triple and a double axel, opened in flight all the other jumps presented falling Ranked sixth to ninth.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) (JPN) Tatsuki MACHIDA & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 269.09 (1 | 1) SB, SR
02) (USA) Jason BROWN (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 234.17 (3 | 3)
03) (CAN) Nam Nguyen & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 232.24 (7 | 2) PB
04) (KAZ) Denis TEN (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 224.74 (4 | 4) SB
05) (USA) Jeremy Abbott & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 219.33 (2 | 6) SB
06) (RUS) Adian PITKEEV & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 212.07 (5 | 7)
07) FRA) Chafik BESSEGHIER & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 208.70 (8 | 8) SB
08) (USA) Douglas RAZZANO & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 204.48 (10 | 5) PB
09) (RUS) Artur GACHINSKI & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 200.13 (6 | 10) SB
10) (PHI) Michael Christian MARTINEZ & nbsp; (video free program) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 197.58 (9 | 9)
11) (ISR) Alexei Bychenko & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 185.98 (11 | 12) SB
12) (BEL) Jorik HENDRICKX & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 177.43 (12 | 11) SB
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