Figure skating - NHK Trophy 2015
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Yuzuru Hanyu & egrave; officially entered the legend realizing how far you could possibly dream of. Thanks to an unprecedented combination of art and technique of high profile, skated the free program perfect changing the course of history of the discipline.
Saturday 28 November 2015 8 minutes reading time
Find an appropriate comparison to describe what happened in the NHK Trophy, the last leg of the qualifying Grand Prix, it is already & agrave; for the S & egrave; un''impresa, but for the 'impact that will generate & agrave; from now on no & egrave; a stretch to disturb "the first man on the moon."
The superstar of Japanese 'altrocanto proven to be a kind of extraterrestrial, a skater who comes from a planet apart, able to go beyond all limits and certainly ready to further raise the level dell''asticella in a challenge that & egrave; against others, but against s & egrave; same.
After having skated a perfect short program, you Hanyu & egrave; repeated segment pi & ugrave; long race in which, on the notes of the reason "Seimei", taken from the soundtrack of the short film "Onmyoji", he has carved un''opera of 'art priceless snatching the world record to Patrick Chan.
The 'student of Brian Orser not only & egrave; He became the first man in history to break the barrier of two hundred points in the free program and the three hundred points nell''intera race, but has literally crumbled those goals that seemed unattainable before its advent.
In today's test, he has perfectly performed three quadruple jumps and seven triples all preceded by transitional passages and entrances of high difficulty & agrave ;. To prove his omnipotence, & egrave; even he has been able to complete a quadruple toe loop combination / triple toe loop in the second half & agrave; program, unprecedented. Timely in capturing every musical accent and miglioratissimo nell''utilizzo the upper body, he has broken through the wall of the ninety-seven points on the components of the program, getting thirteen "ten" on choreography, performance and interpretation.
Basically, you & egrave; treated the triumph of perfection achieved by an extraordinary athlete supported by the technical staff directed by Brian Orser and internationally renowned choreographers Jeffrey Buttle (short program) and Shae-Lynn Bourne (free program).
In second place, with a new national record of China and qualified for the final in Barcelona guaranteed, you & egrave; placed the 'expected Boyang Jin, trailing by nearly fifty points behind the winner. Proof of eighteen Harbin & egrave; He was very convincing, although it was not executed one of four planned quadruple jumps. The vice-world champion junior, definitely improved in terms of smoothness and seemed more & ugrave; dropped in part, he has completed three quadruple jumps, including a sumptuous lutz, triple and six, including two axel.
The competition hosted by the "Big Hat" Nagano is & egrave; proved a triumph in the round for the Asian skaters, who occupied four of the first five positions. The step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium & egrave; It was conquered by the revived Japanese Takahito Mura, now able to perform two quadruple toe loop and two triple axels quality & agrave ;. The twenty-four stationed at Okayama City preceded the brilliant US Grant Hochstein, able to re-confirm the result obtained in the Cup of China with an important improvement of thirteen points on the personal best. The fifth coin & egrave; went, instead, to the twenty-Japanese Keiji Tanaka, it grew by more than twenty lengths compared to the best performance of the past. & nbsp;
The main let down of the race & egrave; was the Russian Maxim Kovtun, who, for the first time in his career, missed the podium in a qualifying round saying good-bye to the final. After making a great quadruple salchow and a triple axel quality & agrave ;, the twenties stationed in Moscow & egrave; completely lost opening jumps repeatedly and losing track of the double axel performed.
Accomplice tenth of Kovtun, the final Barcelona will see & agrave; at the starting six athletes.
QUALIFIED FOR FINALE30 points (ESP) Javier FERNANDEZ 28 points (JPN) 28 points Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) A Shoma 26 points (CHN) JIN Boyang 22 points (CAN) Patrick CHAN 22 points (JPN) MURAKAMI Daisuke RESERVES 20 points (CHN ) YAN Han 19 points (USA) AARON Max 18 points (RUS) PITKEEV Adian
RANKING NHK TROPHY
1) JPN - Yuzuru Hanyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 322.40 (1 | 1) WR2) CHN - Boyang JIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 266.43 (2 | 2) NR3) JPN - Takahito WALLS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 242.21 (3 | 5) 4) USA - Grant Hochstein & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 235.63 (8 | 3) PB5) JPN - Keiji TANAKA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 234.90 (9 | 4) PB6) RUS - Konstantin Menshov & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 233.58 (6 | 6) 7) CZE - Michal BREZINA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 222.49 (5 | 9) 8) USA - Richard Dornbush & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 217.50 (7 | 10) 9) FRA - Chafik BESSEGHIER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 215.82 (10 | 7) 10) RUS - & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; Maxim Kovtun & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 212.63 (4 | 11) 11) CAN - Elladj BALDE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 211.09 (11 | 8) 12) AUS - Brendan KERRY & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 177.98 (12 | 12)
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