Figure Skating - Grand Prix Final 2013
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In accordance with the prediction of the vigil, the Russians Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov have closed in the first position's short program at the Grand Prix final.
Friday 6 December 2013 4 minutes reading time
The level of the competition proved to be stellar. The six couples got out on the ice of the "Marine Messe" Fukuoka skated to the top of the potential reducing almost to zero the burrs. In'' occasion, have fallen three personal records and, in any case, those who did not register the new limit we came close.
Never before, in any competition, the pair ranked sixth in the short program had achieved almost sixty points (the maximum had been reached 65.36 by Langlois / Hay in the 2010 Olympic Games).
The first challenge season between the defending champions Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Germans Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy generated sparks and superfine quality. Both couples have expressed the most of the potential raggiunendo the highest level available on each item. In particular, students of Ingo Steuer have decided to forgo the triple axel launched by opting for a triple flip to stun beauty. Moreover, the three lengths of abbonandanti vaccations would be three if the German couple had not been penalized a point for going beyond 2 minutes and 50 seconds of time permitted by the regulation.
With regard to the Russian pair, the fourth exit into the season, you are dealt yet another'' s performance without the slightest step in a vacuum, but what has been done today assumes a higher value because, in the light of what has been achieved by opponents, the pressure was sky high.
The lowest step of the podium, with lots of new personal record, it was occupied by the Chinese Pang Qing / Tong Jian, finally point on the triple toe loop in parallel, but are forced to pay duty on the first of the rankings due to the lower levels of triple twist and death spiral internal indeitro.
Afterwards, you are placed Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, today impeccable even on the triple lutz in parallel, the Chinese Cheng Peng / Zhang Hao, who crumbled the previous staff, and the Canadian Kiristen Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch, which is well can not complain.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT
1) (RUS) - Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV 82.65 (44.96 | 37.69) (video) 2) (GER) - SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY , 79.46 (44.60 | 35.86) national record (video) 3) (CHN) - Qing PANG / Jian TONG 75.40 (41.59 | 33.81) personal record (video) 4) (CAN) - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD 73.07 (40.70 | 32.37) 5) (CHN) - PENG Cheng / Hao ZHANG 68.87 (39.60 | 29.27) personal record 6) (CAN) - Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan Moscovitch 68.77 (37.31 | 31.46)
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