Figure skating - J.G.p. Zagreb 2014
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The qualifying stage of the Junior Grand Prix circuit & egrave; ended with the women's free program of Zagreb, segment of the race that gave excitement and uncertainty to the communication of the marks of & rsquo; latest athlete fell on the ice of the "Dom Sportova" Russian Maria Sotskova.
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The winner of the & rsquo; last final, second after the short program, & egrave; managed to overturn with a sting in the tail for the ranking mocking little more & ugrave; a point the American Karen Chen, ousted as a result of the final in Barcelona.
The fourteen year old from Moscow, despite the injuries and physical growth have created huge headaches from February onwards, he had the patience to take the situation in hand week after week until you get to win the first success in a career in the qualifying stage of Junior Grand Prix. In the free program (170,81), has completed so egregious two double axel and six triple jumps, managing to stem a disastrous fall on a triple lutz properly downgraded to double.
Al l & agrave; Victory of Zagreb, the 'impression, however, remains that of a & rsquo; athlete yet far from the top of the potential, as evidenced by the lost points here and there & agrave; the elements of the spinning top.
Karen Chen (169.41), second at the end of the race, rimpianger & agrave ;, however, long been the worst day of his career on the double axel, the main cause of the defeat today. L & rsquo; student Tammy Gambill has, in fact, open in the first flight attempt, performing a single rotation, and & egrave; then fall on the second occasion when there were a few seconds at the end of the program. In the end, nothing tops are served high quality & agrave; and six triples, including two lutz of excellent workmanship, the first of which in combination with a triple toe loop.
Among the & rsquo; another, found sadly confirms the trend that wants to difficulties in Chen & agrave; in the free program whenever the stakes become important. In this regard, it is not surprising pi & ugrave; much of the fact that California has fifteen sets convincingly in both programs played short then losing ground in the latter parts of the race.
In third position, you & egrave; placed the fourteen year old Russian Alexandra Proklova (159.23), which appeared in progress compared to previous releases. L & rsquo; student of Inna Goncharenko & egrave; was the best of the lot on the elements of top and, for the first time this season, has avoided fall over. The roadmap today speaks of two double and five triple axel well completed, but without the & rsquo; usual combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. The 'one-step vacuum & egrave ;, however, happened to coincide with a flip open in flight and completed only single. Closed the second experience in career Junior Grand Prix circuit, the 'objective pi & ugrave; immediate Proklova & agrave will become; to qualify for the National Championships taking part in the stages of the Cup of Russia.
The challenge of the second-tier athletes & egrave; was won not without some heartache by nineteen Slovak Nicole Rajicova (147.50), which is & egrave; accommodated at the foot of the podium at a & rsquo; gluing by the staff. Following this, & egrave; placed l & rsquo; interesting Daria Nikitina (145.45), thirteen year old Latvian that within a couple of days has improved all the national records in the free program and made two double axel and six triple jumps, including two lutz.
L & rsquo; Italian Maria Guia Tagliapietra (117.17) & you egrave; had to settle for the fifteenth position. The national junior champion, after a decent start to the free program with two triple lutz completed, you & egrave; falling progressively lost in a disastrous first on a triple toe loop and then a triple salchow to the limit with the rotation. On the positive side, we must remember the spinning upside down and the top combined with change foot. In any case, the l & agrave; today's performance, the sixteen year old will go to Courmayeur & agrave; evaluated with care and attention when Trover & agrave; the best athletic condition and potr & agrave; to better express its potential.
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At the end of the qualifying stage, they won the & rsquo; access to the final in Barcelona the following athletes:
Q & ndash; 30 (15 | 15) & ndash; 369.65 & ndash; (RUS) SAKHANOVICH SerafimaQ. & Ndash; 30 (15 | 15) & ndash; 350.67 & ndash; (RUS) Medvedeva EvgeniaQ. & Ndash; 28 (13 | 15) & ndash; 345.82 & ndash; (JPN) HIGUCHI WakabaQ. & Ndash; 28 (13 | 15) & ndash; 330.48 & ndash; (RUS) SOTSKOVA MariaQ. & Ndash; 26 (13 | 13) & ndash; 326.07 & ndash; (JPN) NAGAI YukaQ. & Ndash; 24 (09 | 15) & ndash; 308.42 & ndash; (JPN) NAKASHIO Miyu
The reserves will be:
24 (11 | 13) & ndash; 330.36 & ndash; (USA) CHEN Karen24 (11 | 13) & ndash; 324.17 & ndash; (KAZ) TURZYNBAEVA Elizabet22 (13 | 09) & ndash; 313.02 & ndash; (JPN) Nitaya Rin
Except for 2001, when because of what happened in the tragic September 11 the American team disert & ograve; the vast majority of the qualifying stages, at least one skater Stars and Stripes had always reached the final.
Analyzing l & rsquo; trend of the eighteenth season of the circuit, Sotskova & egrave; was crucial to oust the United States from the final, before making a surprise by beating Japanese Miyu Nakashio to Tallinn and then ahead of Karen Chen in Zagreb.
In conclusion, it should be noted that Russia has won twelve of the twenty-four seats available for the 'final act in Barcelona. Followed by Japan on five and Canada with four. China, USA and Korea have, however, obtained a qualification in the head.
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