Figure skating - J.G.p. Riga 2015
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The & ldquo; Volvo Ice Arena & rdquo; Riga, home to the second round of the Junior Grand Prix, & egrave; It was the scene of the first of the season for couples to artistic, absent in the opening stage of Bratislava.
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On the eve, it seemed quite complex to make a forecast as only three of the nine pairs in the race boasted appearances in the circuit. In fact, between separations, withdrawals and steps in the senior class lineup of discipline & egrave; completely renovated, leaving even the superpowers without major historical landmarks.
Should not perci & ograve; surprise pi & ugrave; much of the success in the short program of the Ukrainians Renata Oganesian / Mark Bardei, gi & agrave; messisi in light of last season when they had managed to get on the podium in the stage of Zagreb touching the & rsquo; access to the final. The main merit of the students of Lilia Batutina, best of day of each item of the program components, & egrave; It was to limit the smears of twist and jump elements compensating cos & Igrave; the details to be put up again on the complex spiral of death and back outside on the sequence of steps. In particular, Oganesian / Bardei, but this is not & egrave; a novelty & agrave ;, stood out for the & rsquo; width of the triple twist, giving the & rsquo; impression of being able to afford even a ride pi & ugrave; (Not allowed in any case in the short program). As icing on the cake, & egrave; came the personal best with the first brow in career over fifty share.
In second place, trailing by less than two lengths, they stood novices Russian school Perm, Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot, authors of the best technical score of the day, despite a fall of Borisova on the double axel in parallel, reduced to single panel technical.
The podium partial & egrave; completed by gi & agrave; navigated Czechs Anna Duskova / Martin Bidar, able to run the best side by side double axel of the competition, but not penalized by a triple twist & Outdoors; height of the opponents and the fall on the triple salchow launched.
In light of the tight to a total detachment, the fight for the podium and victory still involves the rookies Russian couples Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin, originating in St. Petersburg, and Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov, fellow training Borisova / Sopot. It is one that others have revealed quality & agrave; on triple salchow launched, but to varying degrees, they have botched the double axel in parallel.
After a year's absence from the circuit, they are reviewed couples flying the flag of China, but, at first appearance, both Ying Zhao / Zhong Xie, sixth, that Yue Han / Ziyu Kang, ninth and last, did not steal the & rsquo; eye. It remains to be seen whether in a free program, free of the constraints on the elements pi & ugrave; difficult, the values ​​in the field can change.
In any case, the & rsquo; last segment of the race could turn out as a historic success Ukrainian missing since 1999, when the final was won by the couple formed by Aliona Savchenko and Stanislav Morozov.
SHORT PROGRAM RANKING
1) UKR - Renata Oganesian / Mark BARDEI51.35 (28.79 | 22:56) 2) RUS - Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry SOPOT & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 49.77 (29.32 | 21:45) - 1,003) CZE - Anna Dušková / Martin BIDAR47.91 (26.82 | 22:09) 4) RUS - Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODIN46.78 (27.28 | 19:50) 5) RUS - Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Stepan KOROTKOV45 .60 (25.50 | 20.10) 6) CHN - Ying ZHAO / Zhong XIE42.53 (23.88 | 18.65) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) CAN - Justine BRASSEUR / Mathieu OSTIGUY42.06 (22:58 | 19:48) 8) USA - Lindsay WEINSTEIN / Jacob SIMON40.78 (21.61 | 19:17) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9) CHN - HAN Yue / Ziyu KANG38.39 (21:51 | 16.88) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp;
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