Figure Skating - Lexus Cup of China 2014
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At the end of the first day of the Lexus Cup of China, athletes who finished in the top three segment of the original tender issued statements of ritual focusing in particular on the sensations of the moment and the main mistakes
Friday 7 November 2014 7 minutes reading time
SHORT DANCE
Maia Shibutani: & ldquo; It & rsquo; past one week by our commitment to Skate America, but we have seen to have made tremendous progress on the program and performance. The levels on the sequences of paso-doble improved, but it is just a small step forward to & rsquo; & rdquo ;. interior of the season
Anna Cappellini: & ldquo; We are pleased with how things went because & eacute; We executed well the elements and skated cleanly. It & rsquo; clear that & ograve; something has gone wrong. We'll try to figure out what and still express ourselves better in the free dance & rdquo ;.
Guillaume Cizeron: & ldquo; We are very pleased with how we skated today. We are much improved compared to the & rsquo; s start of the season and that of today & egrave; was a great performance & rdquo;
Gabriella Papadakis: & ldquo; We have modified the training system and optimize the work on technique. I would say that today we have seen the fruits & rdquo ;.
FEMALE SHORT PROGRAM
Julia Lipnitskaia: & ldquo; I did not take part in sports competitions for a long time and the last season & egrave; was very hard for me. During training I was feeling quite nervous and perci & ograve; I am satisfied with how I skated today & rdquo ;.
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: & ldquo; After Skate America I had huge problems in & rsquo; & rsquo get familiar, habitual time zone. However, only in the last two training sessions before leaving for Shanghai, I realized to be able to compete at their best. In truth, & agrave ;, training sessions conducted in China were not exceptional and that's why I'm happy to be able to skate a good short program & rdquo ;.
Kanako Murakami: & ldquo; Today & egrave; the day of my birthday and I'm happy to have had the 'opportunity & agrave; to present to the public for the first time the new short program. For this reason, I think he felt my strong emotion. "
MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM
Maxim Kovtun: & ldquo; I have completed two quads in training although I did find it hard to run them at the same time I missed the triple axel, which, however, I realized in practice without any problems. Now sell & ograve; dearly. I have a free program very challenging and I want the best pattinarlo & rdquo ;.
Yuzuru Hanyu: & ldquo; Although it was the first race of the season, I wanted to take the risk with the evidence presented. There & egrave; I've skated my program at best, but in the end I still got a decent score. Tomorrow will & agrave; one & rsquo; s other match and the challenge will be & agrave; to present a new program with different elements than in the past & rdquo ;.
Han Yan: & ldquo; During the heating phase I was not wrong alcunch & eacute ;, but later in the program I have commited some mistakes because it was the first race of the season and perci & ograve; I felt a little & rsquo; nervous. My expectations were very high. "
SHORT PROGRAM PAIRS OF ART
Cheng Peng: & ldquo; Today we performed in front of our fans, the fact that one side has brought more pressure, but by & rsquo; other provided more motivation. We are happy because & eacute; in the end we were able to skate well & rdquo ;.
Hao Zhang: & ldquo; Whereas we came fifth in the last World Cup we are part of the & ldquo; & rdquo ;, the top teams but we will certainly be able to improve some details of our programs so as to achieve more & ugrave; points & rdquo ;.
Lei Wang: & ldquo; We are amazed to second place today because our performance is not & egrave; was perfect. Guilt & egrave; my perch & eacute; I crashed at the end of the top. In any case, we felt nervous because it was only the second international competition together & rdquo ;.
Yang Jin: & ldquo; Today is & egrave; treated our best performance. We made a mistake and started jumping on some passages of transition. What a pity! & Rdquo ;.
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