Figure skating - Lexus Cup of China 2013
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'' The eleventh edition of the Cup of China ended with the free program pairs artistic segment of the race that has left a bitter taste with'' the public of the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
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The ultimate success is gone, in fact, the German pair Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy, who, thanks to the improved performance of the day, has overturned the result of the short program, winning the thirteenth success in a qualifying stage of the Grand Prix. The students of Ingo Steuer have been imposed for the first time in his career in'' Asian event becoming the third pair, after the Chinese Shen / Zhao and Zhang / Zhang, triumphed at least once in each of the six stages of the circuit.
The four faces world champion, fell on the ice on the notes of the "Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, have not spared presenting risks as the last element in the difficult triple axel launched today ended with a crash. No problem, however, on the triple flip and launched in'' occasion also on the two triple toe loop in sequence. For the rest, c'' is definitely something to be recorded on top in pairs for the second day in a row has been at the base and it should be noted the'' error Aliona Savchenko on the double axel in parallel completed only single. The German couple, which has however been shown to have room for growth on the'' execution of most of the elements, he got the highest rating on each component of the program
Savchenko / Szolowy have ruined the party at the home crowd as they preceded the Chinese couples entered in the race.
Pang Qing / Tong Jian, the race leader after the short program, have been forced to raise the white flag because of the usual problems on the jumps in parallel, which represented a real difference compared to the winners. The errors came at the hands of Jian Tong, not in top condition because of a chronic knee problems. For the rest, the'' triple Rittberger launched the landing strip was not perfect as usual, without forgetting that, a little'' as was the case for the German couple, also on other elements some level has been lost here and there , especially on the top pair in not gone beyond the basic level.
'' In the occasion, the second end position has allowed the vice-Olympic champions collezionatr of the twenty-fourth podium in qualifying stages of the Grand Prix, a record that seems destined to last long.
The third place went to Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao, who, in addition to retouch the personal records of more than twelve points, won the first podium of his career in the circuit with a lot of technical score of the second day. The students of Zhao Hongbo skated a free program with a few smudges opened by a remarkable quadruple twist and embellished with triple launched quality (salchow and Rittberger), presented in the second half of the disc.
In fourth position, were placed novices, but already competitive Xuehan Wang / Wang Lei, able to complete a test without steps to empty, characterized by the historical quality of Chinese school on the jumps and launched by a valuable combination triple toe loop / double toe loop.
This was followed by the Americans placed Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, penalized by Chris Knierim bad day on the elements of jump in parallel. However, the potential of the couple appears very interesting as demonstrated by familiarity with which were eseguti the triple twist and triple flip launched. Students of Dalilah Sappenfield have fellow countrymen Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay, edged up from eighth position'' of the short program, the Russians Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov and the French Daria Popova / Bruno Massot.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY 201.21 (2 | 1) 2) (CHN) Qing PANG / Jian TONG194.38 (1 | 2) 3 ) (CHN) PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG 187.19 (3 ​​| 3) primacy personale4) (CHN) Xuehan WANG / WANG Lei 172.35 , (5 | 4) personal record (video) 5) (USA) Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim 161.72 (4 | 6) 6) (USA) Felicia ZHANG / Nathan Bartholomay (video) 155.52 (8 | 5) 7) (RUS) Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA / Alexei ROGONOV 147.19 (6 | 7) 8) (FRA) Daria POPOVA / Bruno Massot 141.33 (7 | 8)
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