Figure skating - Merano Cup 2014
It ended yesterday advanced novice and junior races of the seventeenth edition of the Merano Cup, which brought on a good level a couple of Asian athletes and a young Italian of great interest.
Sunday 16 November 2014 6 minutes reading time
In advanced novice women's category, & egrave; came a convincing success for thirteen Lucrezia Gennaro (93.02), capable of playing in both segments of the competition. L & rsquo; student of Ludmila Mladenova showed good properties & agrave; Double axel, triple salchow and triple Rittberger completing the best on two occasions each of the elements. Furthermore, it & egrave; afforded the luxury of opening the program with free combinations triple salchow / double toe loop and triple Rittberger / double toe loop. It goes without s & eacute; as in & rsquo; s current Italian scene did not see anything comparable and still regret not seeing her compete in the junior category due to mandatory age limits & agrave; for international competition.
In second place, it & egrave; placed the & rsquo; s interesting Korean Kim Yeri (89,40), outclassed by Gennaro on the technical side, but by far the best in terms of the components of the program. In third place, thanks to a remarkable comeback in the free program, & egrave; lift the fourteen Sara Boschiroli (80,17), which has had the better of the German Sophie Henke (77,17) and club-mate Claudia (75.22), third after the short program and recent winner of the Golden Bear from Zagreb. As for the other Italian, the twelve year old Lara Naki Gutmann (72.56) finished the race in seventh place by a narrow margin by adjusting the thirteen Martina Mancusi (72,16) and Francesca Capomolla (71,78). & Nbsp; The thirteen year old Gaia Maiorano (63.24), thanks to some step-load too in the free program, you & egrave; had to make the & nbsp; fifteenth position.
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In the men triumphed thirteen year old Korean Cha Jun Hwan (134.84), capable of playing in the national championships junior in 2013 when he was only eleven years old. However, due to age restrictions & agrave ;, could not take part in the junior race of Merano would win hands down. The young skater Asia showed good command of all the triples, excluding axel, and remarkable quality & agrave; rink. & Nbsp; Cha Jun Hwan preceded the young Italian Daniel Grassl (83,64), twelve stationed in Neumarkt, and Nikolai Memola (71.67), eleven registered for the & rsquo; Agor & agrave; of Milan.
A female junior level, the fourteen year-old Kazakh Elizabet Turzynbaeva, & more ugrave; podium finishes in stages of the Junior Grand Prix was easy right from the enemy, completing two double axel in the free program and seven triple jumps. Second place, with a gap of close to forty points, & egrave; went to fifteen French Lea Serna (119.96), who ruled narrowly the thirteen German Kristina Isaev (119,67). The best of Italian & egrave; Rebecca was fifteen Ghilardi (109,40), which deliberately presented two programs of double jumps. Next, they placed the seventeen year old Delia Paparella (104.76), the fifteen-year-Celine Brunner (101.92) and the sixteen year old Martina Manzo (101,47).
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Among men, success for the seventeen year old Swiss Nicola Todeschini (163.12), which, thanks to master the triple lutz, preceded by more than nine points the fifteen Italian Adrien Bannister (153.77), which could well complete segment pi & ugrave; Long race four triple jumps, equally divided between salchow and toe loop, and in the short program a good combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop.
On the first step ugrave & more; the bottom of the podium & egrave; certificate, the sixteen year old Alexander Fadini (146.42), who climbed through the program free, almost fifteen Paul Balestri (137.83), the third author of the short program. Jari Kessler (117.86) finished the Merano Cup sixth doing better Olgierd Febbi (115.03), Alberto Vanz (110.14) and Marco Zandron (100.06), respectively, eighth, ninth and tenth.
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