Polina Tsurskaya went just short of the world record in the final of Barcelona

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Flavio Valle

Figure Skating - Junior Grand Prix Final 2015

Polina Tsurskaya went just short of the world record in the final of Barcelona

The 'expected short program women's final Junior Grand Prix did not disappoint the high expectations before distinguished by a technical rate of absolute importance and unprecedented in the past.

The CCIB (Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona) Barcelona & egrave; It was, in fact, the scene of a segment of the race features five programs smudge worthy of note, that smiled on Russia in the challenge to two with Japan. The favorite of the eve Polina Tsurskaya not leave alcunch & egrave; to chance missing only twenty cents for the world record in the junior competitions set by compatriot Elena Radionova in the World Championships in Sofia in 2014. The fourteen coached by Ethers Tutberdize, took to the track sull''Adagio Albinoni, opened his evidence with a sumptuous combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and then completed without any heartache in the second half & agrave; Music is the triple flip preceded by step the double axel. Impeccable sequence of steps, Tsurskaya, best of the lot on the technical side and on each item of the program components, has left the street level on the flying sit, inconvenience costatole forty cents. The place of 'honor, with a gap around the two and a half points, & egrave; It was won by thirteen of St. Petersburg Alisa Fedichkina, only athlete in the race to achieve the level pi & ugrave; high available on steps and spins and author among others of a double axel preceded by the moon. For the rest, the 'student Evgeni Rukavitsin has well completed combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and triple flip in the second part of the program. Fedichkina, athlete pi & ugrave; young in the race, came shortly before pi & ugrave; half a point Marin Honda, best of Japanese with a lot of new personal best. Fourteen-year Kyoto has made opening a spectacular combination triple Rittberger / triple toe loop stealing the 'eye for quality & agrave; skating and, in particular, for the depth & agrave; of the wires. Remain in contention for the podium and even win the fifteen Russian Maria Sotskova, extremely advanced elements of spinning top, but not quite flawless sull''atteraggio the triple flip, and fourteen Japanese Yuna Shiraiwa, lingered for most assessments & ugrave; low on the components of the program and lost a level on top overturned. The Japanese never Mihara, Altet pi & ugrave; old in the race, but also the least mature of the six finalists, finished the test in sixth place with almost five points gap to Shiraiwa. Fatal have revealed the lost points because dell''infelice execution of what should have been a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, closed by a double toe loop accomplice a complicated landing of the triple lutz. & Nbsp; SHORT PROGRAM RANKING 1) RUS - Polina TSURSKAYA66.69 (38.40 | 28.29) PB2) RUS - Alisa FEDICHKINA64.17 (37.46 | 26.71) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) JPN - Marin HONDA63.69 (36.26 | 27.43) PB4) RUS - Maria SOTSKOVA62.64 (35.64 | 27.00) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) JPN - Yuna SHIRAIWA60.68 (34.48 | 26.20) & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) JPN - Never MIHARA56.01 (30.61 | 25.40) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
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