Figure skating - Skate Canada 2013
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At the end of the first day of Skate Canada, characterized by the performance of short programs, they arrived on time to the statements of the athletes at the time, stationed on the podium.
Saturday 26 October 2013 6 minutes reading time
PAIRS OF ART (video, ranking and reporting of race)
Megan Duhamel - "We are quite happy for our debut season. So far, we had not played international competitions. Obviously things could be'' a little better, but we were still all'' inside the band score that we have set ourselves for this time of year''. We are really looking forward to see how our program will grow and how the scores will go up from here to the Olympics, which are the'' nosta goal in mind. "
Ondrej Hotarek - "For us, Skate Canada is already the second stage of the Grand Prix. Last week, in fact we have already been able to break the ice in primagara, as far as we are concerned a bit'' stuttering. Typically, the second output is , more and more positive before and so was because today everything worked out well. "
Stefania Berton - "In recent days, we had a little time'' for distarci as Ondrej had a mishap related'' s arrival shoes in Saint John.'m Very satisfied with what we could do together, as this benefit This evening was truly remarkable. "
Cong Han - "We just debuted in the race today and I believe that our performance has been positive. We changed recently coaching staff and we are in a learning phase in which we are learning new aspects of skating."
Sector FEMALE (video, ranking and reporting of race)
Gracie Gold "Today was an incredible race. Finally I was able to skate a flawless program and I expressed the usual levels of training''"
Julia Lipnitskaia - "I'm pretty happy with my performance today because I felt a certain nervousness in the air''. Riteneremi I met for the scores and how I run the elements even if the spins are able to do better."
Akiko Suzuki - "Today I did not realize my best performance ever, but for the debut in the Grand Prix there'' is bad. I realized he had made a mistake on a jump and an element of'' other a top, which penalized me in scoring. Overall, the'' whole of my skating was not bad at all ".
DANCE (video, ranking and reporting of race)
Scott Moir - "Tessa and I are very satisfied with the way we approached the race today. We felt fully play the role played in the program'' from beginning to end. Not deny that there has been some small mistakes, but what interested us was skating with energy before an audience of our country and we look forward to addressing the'' free program.
Kaitlyn Weaver - "We have spoken about the levels of'' workout, if not better.'' It's important to start well in order to lay a solid foundation for the rest of the season. Anyway, we had fun and the'' main objective of the Our program is to involve the public. "
Madison Hubbell - "Today was not the best day nostria because we made a couple of mistakes too. But we feel fit and able to skate better tomorrow. We are happy for the third provisional position".
FIELD MEN (video, ranking and reporting of race)
Patrick Chan - "Skate Canada represents for me a test of preparation for the Olympic Games. Place I have goals of character tecnuco. During the warm-up, everything was for the best, but unfortunately I was not able to repeat the quadruple toe loop combination in competition / triple toe loop.'' After the error, I immediately resumed and the rest went as it should go. "
Nobunari Oda - "Today I can consider myself lucky to have been in the top three. I made a serious mistake on the quadruple toe loop and I have not reached the levels of steps and spins that I set for myself. I hope to skate better in the free program."
Yuzuru Hanyu - "Regarding today's performance I mainly regrets, but, fortunately, this is just the short program. The result of our race depends on the sum of two programs and I still have available to make up for the free program."
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