Figure Skating - Grand Prix Final 2013
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Yuzuru Hanyu has posed a serious threat to the victory in the final of the Grand Prix winning by dispersion in the short program.
Thursday 5 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
The performance of almost nineteen year old Japanese was almost perfect and deserved the standing ovation from the audience's "Marine Messe" Fukuoka.
'' The student Brian Orser has managed to snatch the world record in the segment of the race for the Canadian Patrick Chan is now nearly a hundred points. In particular, from the anthology proved to be the quadruple toe loop preceded by step, by far the best made by Hanyu career. For the rest, the triple axel was like'' s habit, sumptuous, as well as the issue has not given any combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. '' The only smear arrived at the top end combo that has precluded the possibility of crossing the hundred points.
Carefully analyzing the scores, in addition to the new record on the technical front, there has been a growth of'' a couple of points on the components of the program, which, as seen on the ice, can not be questioned. For Hanyu, but the discussion in principle is also valid for Chan, it remains the choice of having a winning bet on the already run-in last season's short program, choreographed by Gary Moore to the tune of Parisian Walkways.
'' The undisputed leader of the race has been able to take advantage of the day not sure grace of the five opponents, all penalized by errors on the elements of jump.
In second place with more than twelve points behind, he placed the Canadian Patrick Chan, however you want to see the true beat of the short Fukuoka. The three-time world champion, having opened his performance with a convincing combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop, just missed the fall on the triple axel, never been the specialty of the house, but, in particular, has performed a double lutz instead three times in the second half of the disc. The positive note is represented by the top angel, finally built and built to get to level four, while the'' worrying aspect is to be preceded by Hanyu in four of the five components of the program, excluding voice transition. The errors on the jumps were, in each case, as determined by a detachment not incisive.
The lowest step of the podium, six points abundant detachment from Chan, was occupied by the Japanese Nobunari Oda, that has had the merit of knowing how to resume after falling sun an attempt to quadruple toe loop, however, judged sottoruotato. The Japanese veteran,'' s last appearance in the Grand Prix of his career, he finally had the satisfaction of getting the level of the top four out of every element, but compared to Hanyu and Chan lost points on heavy components of the program.
In contact with Oda, has remained the only Han Yan, despite the fall on the quadruple toe loop and a combination closed by a double toe loop, rather than triple.
Performance to forget, finally, Maxim Kovtun, now not at ease on the quad, without forgetting a single axel, and Tatsuki Machida, betrayed by quadriplo initial completed only double toe loop. Moreover, we have seen the unfortunate Japanese erase from your computer the combination triple lutz / double toe loop in the same program because you can not repeat the same element with the same jump rotations, in case a double toe loop.
STANDINGS MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM
1) (JPN) - Yuzuru Hanyu 99.84 (54.52 | 45.32) world record 2) (CAN) - Patrick CHAN 87.47 (42.79 | 44.68) 3) (JPN) - Nobunari ODA 80.94 (41.76 | 40.18) - 1.004) (CHN) - Han YAN 77.75 (39.82 | 38.93) - 1.005) (RUS) - Maxim KOVTUN68.92 (31.42 | 38.50) - 1:00 6) (JPN) - , Tatsuki MACHIDA 65.66 (26.52 | 40.14) - 1:00
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