Figure skating - NHK Trophy 2015
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The press conferences of the second day of the NHK Trophy was characterized by the same leitmotif. For those who have already obtained performance & agrave; entered fully into the history of the discipline and for those not particularly bright nell''occasione, the 'intention is to raise the level dell''asticella.
Saturday 28 November 2015 8 minutes reading time
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DANCE - Short dance
Maia Shibutani & ndash; & Ldquo; Our season of Grand Prix & egrave; started great at Skate Canada and in past weeks we have been working hard to improve every aspect of our programs. The competition in Japan & egrave; game in the best way, but we already & agrave; tomorrow & rdquo ;.
Madison HUBBELL & ndash; & Ldquo; At last we were able to get two levels of four sequences ravensburger waltz and we are very happy for this. It & rsquo; the first time we take part in the stage of the Grand Prix in Japan and I have to say that & rsquo; enthusiasm of the crowd gave us a big hand. Now for & ograve; we think of tomorrow. Finally we skate our free dance unlike what happened in France & rdquo ;.
& Nbsp; Dmitri Soloviev & ndash; & Ldquo; We have worked hard in the last two weeks and today we have seen the results. The free dance tomorrow will & agrave; pi & ugrave; lighter and more & ugrave; cooler than at Skate Canada, because & eacute; Recently our training & egrave; It was quality & agrave; & rdquo ;.
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PAIRS OF ART - Free program
Eric RADFORD & ndash; & Ldquo; In the free program today there have been mixed. Some items have not been carried out as we wanted, while on others, especially those of couple, things went pretty well. On lifting, twist tops and we got a great degree of implementation and levels of excellence. Ahead of the final in Barcelona, ​​we will treasure of & rsquo; experience and will try to fix a few things in our programs to skate cleanly & rdquo ;.
Xiao Yu & ndash; & Ldquo; Today we unsheathed our best performance. I made a mistake about the sequence of double axel and quad salchow launched it & egrave; It ended with a crash. I have to & ograve; say that in the second part of the program we have well behaved. Compared to last year, we changed some passages of transition and added quadruple salchow launched. We know that & egrave; important to always add more & ugrave; transitional movements of qualit & agrave; to make a difference. & rdquo;
Alexa SCIMECA & ndash; & Ldquo; Compared to Skate America, the program & egrave; progressed on parallel triple salchow and triple salchow launched, but we left too many points on the plate of twist and spins. L & rsquo; target in the next commitment & egrave; to be able to bring together the best of the two stages of Grand Prix to make a really solid program & rdquo ;.
SECTOR MALE - Free program
Yuzuru Hanyu & ndash; & Ldquo; You guys have not reached the Olympic Games of 2018, I do not want to retire yet. L & rsquo; objective & egrave; to achieve even better performance to impress increasingly & ugrave; the public. As for today, I think it was essential to carry out with care and quality esterma & agrave; each element. I wanted to trust what I was doing in training and my condition fiisca. After each jump I felt chiarmente the applause of the public and also the & rsquo; emotion. I felt like everyone in Japan and around the world were encouraging me & rdquo ;.
Boayng JIN - & ldquo; Today I made some mistakes on the jumps, so I can not judge the positive performance. I hope to express at higher levels in the final Grand Prix, which will be & agrave; my next race & rdquo;
Takahito WALLS: & ldquo; Compared to Skate America performance today & egrave; It was higher, but I have not yet reached the top. For me & egrave; an honor to share the podium with Yuzuru and Boyang & rdquo ;.
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SECTOR FEMALE - Free program
Satoko MIYAHARA & ndash; & Ldquo; In totally abandons the race I was able to skate at a good level both programs and for the first time take & ograve; part in the final of the Grand Prix. In Barcelona will try & ograve; repeating what has been done today. Sar & agrave; perci & ograve; crucial to stay calm so you could express the full potential ".
Courtney HICKS & ndash; & Ldquo; Obviously this is my best race in the Grand Prix, without forgetting that today I probably skated the best free program of the last two years. & Nbsp; I was able to express myself as is usually done in training and I knew I was able to do & rdquo ;.
Mao ASADA & ndash; & Ldquo; In both programs I could not do what I needed. There are a lot of aspects to work on, many problems that have come to light. Before facing the next competition, I mean to see my performance both from the psychological point of view and from the point of view of the rink. Sar & agrave; critical to be ready & rdquo ;.
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