Maurizio Zandron main protagonist of the national competition held in Bolzano

Maurizio Zandron principale protagonista della gara nazionale disputata a Bolzano
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Maurizio Zandron main protagonist of the national competition held in Bolzano

Over the weekend, the prestigious setting of the "Palaonda" of Bolzano was the site of the first national competition of figure skating. '' In the occasion, you are challenged sixty athletes split between junior and senior.

In the senior men's race has imposed the'' yet twenty Maurizio Zandron (176,18), athlete's native place, but for some time now stationed at the Forum of Assago. '' The student Cristina Mauri has fielded an obvious technical dominance over the competition by creating a vacuum in the TES (tecnical element score). In the short program, opened the disc with a good triple axel, then presented a combination triple lutz / double toe loop and closed elements with a triple Rittberger jump preceded by the step, performed in the second half of the music. The performance more interesting, however, was that offered in the longer segment of the race where he completed two double axel sequence and especially in seven of the eight planned triples, including a triple axel and two triple lutz. Progress with respect to the test in mid-September, which is valid for determining the'' athlete to subscribe to the Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstodrf were quite relevant and enforced by the highest score in both segments of the race. In second place, finished Paolo Bacchini (168,03), beaten by a narrow margin in the short program, but is hampered in particular by three falls in the free program in which he had a fight with the'' landing of several elements jump dropping dramatically in the second half of the disc. The podium was completed by Saverio Giacomelli (144.76), which preceded the two-time world champion Dario Betti on wheels (140,54) and Giorgio Settembrini (128.50). In the women's senior success for Roberta Rodeghiero (133.94), which, thanks to the best free program, has managed to precede Francesca Rio (128,69) and Micol Cristini, sixteen grew strongly competitive in Zanica, but recently, ricollocatasi in Sesto. '' Just the student of Silvia Martina was author of the provision of greater prominence of the race. It has, in fact, skated a flawless short which earned her the first temporary position. In'' opportunity to have realized all spins four level, a good combination triple toe loop / double toe loop and triple salchow preceded by a valuable step in the second half of the disc. Rodeghiero, however, in contrast with what happened in'' Ondrej Nepela Trophy last week, has managed to make a difference in the free program in which, despite the problems with the triple flip, she managed to complete five triple lutz including . Notable is the comeback of the twenty-one of Turin Ilaria Nogaro (116.84), eighth after the short, but able to move up to fourth place thanks to a second free day in which he completed four triples, three of them in the second half of disc. In the junior women's race,'' characterized by the absence of the athletes of the tip of the class, the victory went to Matilda Battagin (120.26), which had the merit, after winning the short, to resist the bully back of Barbara Ghilardi, eighth in the first segment of the race, but the author of the best free (116.91). The lowest step of the podium was occupied by Polina Soboleva, who ruled narrowly Bogdana Semyryazhko (113.92) and Clare Calderone (112.58), the only athlete in the race to have completed a triple flip (in the free ) and a triple lutz (in short), however in combbinazione with a double toe loop. The junior men's competition was dominated by the fifteen year old son'' s art Matteo Rizzo (144.38), which has had the better of the fourteen year old Adrian Bannister (141.73), winner of the short-program. Behind the boys stationed in Sesto San Giovanni has placed the seventeen Baselga di Pine Mattia Dalla Torre (125.17), fresh from eighteenth place finish in the stage of junior Grand Prix of Minsk. Fourth, and finally, club-mate Marco Pauletti (122.09).
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