Figure skating - Grand Prix Final 2014/2015
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On the fourth attempt Kaytlin Weaver and Andrew Poje have put a serious threat to the victory in the final of the Grand Prix, missing from the board of Canada from back in 2001 when Bourne / Kraatz imposed themselves in Kitchener Ontario.
Friday 12 December 2014 5 minutes reading time
The short-dance Barcelona & egrave; was characterized by a monologue of the vice-world champions, unique, along with compatriots Gilles / Poirier, to skate a program with no obvious smudges. Students Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo have been right off the competition both on the technical and on each component of the program getting in & rsquo; when the new personal best. Weaver / Poje have made a difference on the sequences of paso-doble, who earned a dual level three, the minimum concendendo opponents on the remaining elements.
Second place, with a gap of more than six points, & egrave; went to the Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, were well away from the performance expressed in the qualifying stages and now penalized by a & rsquo; unexpected fall of Bates, tripped by Chock, on a transitional step. Unexpected aside, & egrave; however failed the excessive power technical highlighted previously.
In view of the free dance tomorrow, the battle for second and third place is announced very exciting because the gap between second and sixth & egrave; remained in & rsquo; order of five points scarce.
The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by the Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, not gone beyond the level two on each sequence of steps, but the authors of the best twizzles competition, that have kept them in a performance share despite not all''altezza expectations.
The budget & egrave; was undoubtedly positive for Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, quarters with new personal best, despite the feedback less competitive race on the program components.
The expected French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CIZERON have had to settle for fifth place, the daughter of one of the worst technical checks of the day. Apart from several inaccuracies on the sequences of paso doble, fatal & egrave; was a blunder of Papadakis on twizzle, paid in terms of the level and degree of execution.
The Russians Elena Ilinyk / Ruslan Zhiganshin closed the segment of the race in last place paying duty because of repeated errors on Zhiganshin sequences paso-doble. However, the pair recently training has been shown to be able to defend without problems qualified in the context of today's race.
STANDINGS SHORT DANCE
1) (CAN) - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 71.34 (35.11 | 36.23) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; SR, PB2) (USA) - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 65.06 (32.03 | 34.03) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; - 1003) (USA) - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 63.90 (30.56 | 33.34) 4) (CAN) - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 62.49 (31.51 | 30.98) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) (FRA) - Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 61.48 (29.05 | 32.43) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) (RUS) - Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 60.25 (28.47 | 32.78) - 1:00
Legend:
SR - season record / record seasonal assolutoSB & ndash; season best / record seasonal PB & ndash; personal best / personal best
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