Figure skating - J.G.p. Aichi 2014
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Si & egrave; opened today the fourth stage of the Junior Grand Prix circuit, hosted by "Morikoro Park Skating Rink" Aichi. On the first day, they played the short programs of individual races, which, in particular as regards the female sector, have spared no surprises.
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In the men's field, l & rsquo; announced match between China Boyang Jin (70.88) and Japan's Shoma Uno (69.78) is & egrave; ended with a slight advantage in favor of the winner of the & rsquo; last final of the Grand Prix and the stage of Ljubljana two weeks ago. The two skaters in Asia, the light-years away 'from each & rsquo; another technical characteristics, but united by & rsquo; disadvantaged by being overly restrictive rules of junior short program, revealed the main step in an attempt to empty the triple axel. The sixteen of Harbin, in fact filed l & rsquo; component with the & rsquo; help of a step-out, while the contemporary of Nagoya & egrave; fallen, but news of the day, rolling completed.
It goes without s & eacute; that the value of the two skaters goes well beyond the score today as if on the one hand Boyang Jin could replace triple lutz and triple flip with a quadruple toe loop and quadruple salchow, dall & rsquo; another Shoma One would have a chance & agrave; the & ldquo; quash & rdquo; l & rsquo; hated triple lutz, usually, but not today, taken from the wrong thread detachment, to present a pi & ugrave; profitable quadruple toe loop.
Of course, as usual, the Chinese had the better on the technical side, while the Japanese prevailed on the components of the program, but on both sides of the detachment & egrave; been minimal.
The second round of the match, scheduled for Sunday morning, it was announced, unlike in the past, difficult to read. The novelty & agrave; & Egrave ;, in fact, represented by & rsquo; Shoma Uno plans to perform two quadruple toe loop, which might somehow stem the weight of the two quadruple salchow and quad toe loop of the direct opponent, certainly less than on top of steps and elements.
L & rsquo; emerging Russian Dmitri Aliev (66,59) has served to better the role of third wheel designated by improving record keeping and personnel in the wake of the favorites for the vigil. Fifteen stationed in San Pietorburgo confirmed the & rsquo; absolute mastery of the elements of jump emerged during the stage of Ljubljana, but also the lack of familiarity with the spinners.
The rest of the modest competition & egrave; been adjusted by the American Kevin Shum (61,79), an elegant student of Rafael Arutunian for free & ograve; triple axel, a key component to make the leap of quality & agrave ;.
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In the women's field, aided by a & rsquo; unexpected fall of the favorite Serafima Sakhanovich, the Kazakh Elizabet Turzynbaeva (59.25) has ended command a first segment of the race characterized, despite some trimming here and there & agrave ;, from valuable technical rate overall, especially on elements of spinning.
The fourteen year old student of Brian Orser has improved in & rsquo; personal best at the full six lengths supplementing with good quality & agrave; Implementing a combination Rittberger triple / triple toe loop and a triple lutz preceded by step, in addition to spinning tops built to reach the level pi & ugrave; high available.
Turzynbaeva, wealthy skater of the Russian school, you & egrave; moved to Canada in the spring of 2013 after having worked for a season with Ethers Tutberidze, a few months trainer Sakhanovich (56,03), today betrayed by a tumble at the end of the triple flip that was supposed to open the combination with the triple toe loop.
The fourteen year old native of St. Petersburg, dominating the stage of Ljubljana, you & egrave; well then shoot completing a triple lutz discreet with arm raised and with no apparent problems of thread, but, on balance, he left on the plate than eight points. & nbsp; Step-load today aside, the vice-world champion junior, also strong evaluations pi & ugrave; high of the day on each item of the components of the program remains the main suspect in the success that, cos & igrave; like any placing in the top three positions, would ensure qualification to the final in Barcelona.
The third place & egrave; went to a & rsquo; excellent Jenni Saarinen (55,20), capable of a few tenths to improve your personal best. The promising Finnish & egrave; was flawless on the elements of completing jump, in addition to the usual combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, triple lutz that even that often has caused worries. & nbsp;
The sixteen year old American Bradie Tennell (54,92), making his debut in the circuit, has filed a & rsquo; unexpected fourth place managing to save teeth with landings of the triple combination Rittberger / triple toe loop, missing rotation on the second jump, and the triple lutz preceded by the step.
The expectations of home athletes have had to settle for placements of reinforcement, but they remain largely in the race for the podium and especially to that place d & rsquo; honor in fundamental optics qualification for the final. The best of the lot & egrave; was fifteen Yuka Nagai (52,95), a brilliant second in the stage of Ljubljana, but today only the fifth because of a mistake on the lutz, opened in flight and completed only a single (illegal element). The fourteen Kaori Sakamoto (52,70), the sixth in the standings, has, however, paid duty due to a clear step-out at the end of the combination of triple flip / triple toe loop and the thread of the entry of the triple lutz not properly exterior. The novice national champion of 2012 preceded the Korean Da Bin Choi (52,66), as conseuto flawless on the triple lutz, but less comfortable on the combination triple flip / triple toe loop, and fellow rookie Yuhana Yokoi (50.92 ), fall at the end of the triple flip that was supposed to open the combination, but then flawless on the triple lutz preceded by the step and on the double axel performed in the second half & agrave; of music.
In the margin, should be highlighted the performance of thirteen Latvian Daria Nikitina (46,52), the tenth to debut thanks to the & rsquo; excellent execution of the combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop and triple lutz preceded by the step, which has somehow hidden the difficulties & agrave; the elements of the spinning top.
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