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The day inauguarale of the second stage of the Junior Grand Prix, hosted by '' "Hala Tivoli" in Ljubljana, & egrave; was enhanced by the performance of the Russian Serafima Sakhanovich, which nell''occasione, provided that any were needed, he sent a clear message to the main rivals about his potentialities & agrave ;.
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The fourteen year old from St. Petersburg, moved a few months ago in Moscow, dominated the short program, crossing, first in the history of competing in a junior-level, the threshold of 40 points in the TES (tecnical elements score). In truth & agrave ;, looking towards the senior races, only Asada (42,81 triple axel) and Lipnitskaia (40,83) have gone cos & igrave; away from where the regulation has seven mandatory elements. Compared to last season, Sakhanovich, now coached by the staff that is headed by Tutberidze ethers, showed huge improvements on the triple lutz, which egrave &; been deemed correct by the panel, despite some small doubt remains because, at the moment of detachment, the 'impression & egrave; that the thread of the entry was flat and not properly exterior. Nuances aside, in addition to having completed all elements of jump in the second half & agrave; music with a lot of right arm raised on each bet made, you Sakhanovich & egrave; distinguished for the quality & agrave; General skating convincingly interpreting the song "My Sweet and Tender Beast", why Evgeni Doga dall''omonimo stretch film.
The 'problem in a single day or almost as & egrave; perfect & egrave; was represented by the deduction of one point dell''eccessiva probably due to the length of the song, but it is a venial sin when the coaching staff potr & agrave; put his hand without any problems. I just regret because, precisely because of the criminalization of a point, Sakhanovich, fermatasi in 66,58, & not egrave; managed to touch the all-time best performance in a junior race of the first level, obtained from Elena Radionova (66.90) in the World Championships in Sofia in March.
A sorpesa, second place, a wide gap from the top, & egrave; went to the Japanese Yuka Nagai (58,92), which appeared greatly progressed from the past to the point of inflicting more than fourteen lengths of posting the pi & ugrave; listed compatriot Mai Mihara, Japan's vice-champion junior ran aground in ninth position. Fifteen of Tokyo, took to the track on the song "East of Eden", opened the trial with un''impeccabile combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop and then had the nob trivial to run without worries about the triple lutz preceded by the step .
The provisional podium & egrave; was completed by Nicole Rajicova, nineteen stationed in Hackensack where & egrave; followed among others by Nikolai Morozov, who & egrave; personally worked on the choreography. The Slovak gi & agrave; accustomed to compete in the category increased to the point of taking part all''ultima edition of the Olympic Games, has crumbled personal best coming in at 52.87, exactly eleventh cents less than the national record again in absolute possession of Ivana Reitmayerova (52 98 World Championships in Los Angeles in 2009, when the mandatory elements of the short program were eight).
The race for third place is still open because egrave &; the fifteen Russian Alsu Kaiumova (52,49), the sixteen year old Korean Choi Hwi (50,15), almost eighteen German Nicole Schott (49,53), the sixteen year old Canadian Selene Zhao (49,12) and the United States almost seventeen year old Leah Kaiser (47,66) have remained in close contact with Rajicova.
In addition to Japanese Mai Mihara (44,68), fall on the triple flip that avebbe due Apiro the combination of two triple jumps, the main disappointment of the day & egrave; was the 'waiting Jenni Saarinen (43,21), betrayed, as is often the case for skaters of Finnish school, the lutz, completed only single and, as per regulation, judged illegal element. Fifteen of Tampere, author of a valuable combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, & egrave; also fall into the following trivially landing phase of the double axel and & egrave; due to settle for tenth place.
The 'Italian Micol Cristini (39,76) has closed the segment of the race in twelfth place, but after un''incipit very complex due to an unusual step for her to attempt to empty the double axel, opened in flight and completed only single, had the strength to recover by executing flawless the rest of the elements including a planned combination triple salchow / double toe loop and a double lutz with arm raised.
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In the men, the 'challenge announced between the Russian Evgeni Petrov (74,59) and the Chinese Jin Boyang (72,21), both finalists of last year, has dominated measuring fifteen year student of Alexei Mishin, who set the 'opponent on the technical score and each item of the program components. In particular, Petrov, despite losing a few tenths compared to Jin because of the quality & agrave; nell''esecuzione jumps, had much the better of the spins, historically not the dish of the house for the Chinese, who, nell''occasione, he preferred to give up the combination opened by opting quadruple, cos & igrave; as the rival, for a pi & ugrave; simple combination triple flip / triple toe loop. However, looking at the segment pi & ugrave; long race, the prediction still seems to lean towards the sixteen year old Chinese, who won the final of 2013, as the mastery of quadruple jumps could make a difference.
The 'uncertain fight for the third position has now smile for the nineteen year old Canadian of Asian descent Anthony Kan (61,10), which preceded the eighteen year old American Shotaro Omori (58.82), third in the World Junior Milan in 2012, but recovering from un''ultima season overly influenced by physical problems, and the Russian Dmitri novice fifteen Aliev (56,41).
With regard to the color blue, the 'still seventeen Mattia Dalla Torre has concluded the short-program in sixteenth position in presenting opening un''ottima combination triple salchow / triple toe loop and a double lutz follow preceded by the step and a double axel in second half & agrave; of music.
The second day of the "Ljubljana Cup" provides short-dance and to follow the men's free program. The 'event ends & agrave; Sunday with the women's free program and free dance.
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