Figure skating - NHK Trophy 2014
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The second day of the NHK Trophy, the last act of qualification of the Grand Prix hosted by the & ldquo; Namihaya Dome & rdquo; Kadoma, you & egrave; ended with the men's free program, segment of the race that has made a surprise ending of the competition.
Saturday 29 November 2014 9 minutes reading time
Against all odds, success & egrave; Daisuke Murakami went to twenty-three, written by Japanese federation thanks to faculty & agrave; to deploy three athletes in the stage of home. Moreover, the choice of Murakami, which took place in the summer, had generated some grumbling because, according to many experts, would have had more sense to give space to young Hino and Tanaka.
L & rsquo; pupil of Frank Carroll, after speaking beyond all expectations in the short program, you & egrave; passed in the segment pi & ugrave; long race by completing an exemplary two quadruple salchow and six triple jumps, including two axel, without forgetting the spinners who have reached the highest level available.
Murakami, invited to a & rsquo; only stage of Grand Prix, has improved the personal record of over forty lengths giving Japan the third victory of the season after those achieved in North America by Machida and Walls.
The attention of the experts and much of the public were to & ograve; addressed the definition of participants in the final in Barcelona, ​​scheduled in a couple of weeks.
The situation & egrave; remained in the pi & ugrave; absolute uncertainty for a long time and you & egrave; resolved to the benefit of Yuzuru Hanyu for a handful of basis points. The Olympic champion has, in fact, won the fourth place in the NHK Trophy, a sine qua non for the & rsquo; access to the Barcelona race, ahead of the American Jeremy Abbott of only fifteen basis points. In the case of fifth position, Hanyu would have been eliminated in favor of the American Jason Brown.
Obviously, the performance in the free program of & rsquo; student of Brian Orser & egrave; was spotted by numerous steps to empty, clear evidence of a condition still far from & rsquo; optimum. They are, in fact, missed all & rsquo; call the quadruple jumps since the salchow and was opened in flight and performed twice, while the toe loop is & egrave; concluded with a fall after three rotations completed. & nbsp; Hanyu & egrave ;, however, failed to perform to the best seven triple jumps, including two lutz, and probably saved the 'entry in the final thanks to an error on the second triple axel attempt, run only single, the' he removed dall''impaccio to repeat three types of triple jump twice.
The podium of Kadoma & egrave; was completed by the Russian Sergei Voronov, who despite having expressed at levels lower than the Rostelecom Cup, preceded the Japanese Takahito Mura, taut as a violin string during the free program where & egrave; was the author of unusual steps to empty the elements of jump. If, in fact, on the one hand the twenty-seven Muscovite & egrave; managed to complete a quadruple toe loop well and six triple jumps, including two axel, dall & rsquo; the other twenty-three son d & rsquo; Japanese art is & egrave; had to settle for a quadruple toe loop and four triple jumps. Walls were fatal for the first quadruple toe loop, landed with a huge step-out as well & eacute; short rotation, an unusual error on the triple axel, opened in flight and completed only single, and, finally, a triple flip degraded double.
Behind the American Jeremy Abbott, not gone beyond the fifth accomplice an obvious physical decline in the second half & agrave; music, you & egrave; attested the Canadian Elladj Balde, capable in & rsquo; crumble the occasion of personal best and to achieve in segment pi & ugrave; long race a quad toe loop and seven triple jumps, including two axel.
L & rsquo; Italian Ivan Righini you & egrave; had to settle for tenth position penalized in the free program from falls on quadruple toe loop, triple axel and triple Rittberger.
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They qualified for the final in Barcelona: Maxim Kovtun (RUS) Javier Fernandez (ESP) Tatsuki Machida (JPN) Takahito Mura (JPN) Sergei Voronov (JPN) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)
The reserves will be Jason Brown (USA), Denis Ten (KAZ) and Nam Nguyen (CAN).
For the second time in the history of any North American skater you & egrave; qualified for the final. L & rsquo; only precedent in this sense dates back to 2002.
Hanyu & egrave ;, however, became the first skater in history to win the final of the Grand Prix in & rsquo; calendar year in which you & egrave; Olympic champion.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) (JPN) - Daisuke MURAKAMI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 246.07 (3 | 1) PB02) (RUS) - Sergei Voronov & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 236.65 (4 | 2) 03) (JPN) - Takahito WALLS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 234.44 (1 | 4) 04) (JPN) - Yuzuru Hanyu & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 229.80 (5 | 3) 05) (USA) - Jeremy ABBOTT & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 229.65 (2 | 5) 06) (CAN) - Elladj BALDE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 212.50 (7 | 6) PB07) (USA) - Ross MINER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 205.36 (10 | 7) 08) (CAN) - Jeremy TEN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 203.27 (8 | 8) 09) (KOR) - Seo Jin KIM & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 197.20 (9 | 9) 10) (ITA) - Ivan RIGHINI & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 196.22 (6 | 10) 11) (USA) - Joshua FARRIS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 169.88 (11 | 11) SB
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