Figure Skating
The seventh and final stage of qualification of the junior Grand Prix, hosted by Skoda Ice Rink in Tallin ended with the women's free program, which exposed the identity of'''' last qualified for the final of Fukuoka.
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In the end, the complicity of the numerous errors of direct rivals, the'' won the day Serafima Sakhanovich (164,48), by far the most awaited among adolescents Russian before the start of the circuit took place in late August. The thirteen year old from St. Petersburg, even today rather far from the pomp of last season when in competitions at home'' was the only one to really keep head Elena Radionova, however, has not fulfilled the expectations of the important eve coming outclassed in recent months by peers in the past systematically defeats. '' The decline of student Alina Pisarenko is mainly due to the physical growth of the'' last semester and the difficulty of the programs presented, by far the most challenging among those seen so far. However, worries aside, today's race could be the turning point to try to regain that leadership, which was subtracted from Medvedeva and Proklova.
Sakhanovich, fourth at the end of the short-program on Thursday, has dominated the free today while expressing no more than 80% of the'' potential. Despite several flaws, has, however, got the best technical score and the highest rating in each of the five components of the program. The strategy of presenting two double axel and seven triple jumps, including two lutz and two flips, was brought to an end, but landings have not always proved to be impeccable and above both the lutz were not taken from an external Flio properly.
The second place went to rookie Elizaveta Yushchenko (159,86), author of a free two faces. E'' was, in fact, convincing in the first half in which has completed five triple jumps, including two lutz, but it is completely lost in the second part falling on a triple salchow dubious from the rotation and, previously, closing with the teeth a triple flip by the rotation even more suspect.
The podium was completed by Japan's Miyabi Oba (152.13), as usual not received focused on the jumps. The eighteen year old Aichi, after completing a valuable combination in the opening double axel / triple toe loop, it is disastrously fell on a triple flip attempt, sottoruotato judged correctly, and then messed around on triple salchow and triple Rittberger, its usual strengths . '' For the student of Yuko Monna, is the satisfaction of having achieved the first podium in the junior Grand Prix, but not enough to guarantee the access to the final'' and change the fate of Japan.
In fact, for the first time in history, no Japanese skater failed to qualify for the final act'' to be held at home in Fukuoka.
The Canadian Gabrielle Daleman (147.89) and the Kazakh Elizavet Turzynbaeva (145.85), both still in the running for the'' entry in the final, they had to settle for positions behind the podium defending himself from the return from the U.S. Tyler Pierce ( 143.91), novice national champion last season. The fifteen-year stationed in California, working for the first time in the junior Grand Prix, climbed from tenth to sixth place thanks to the third free.
The progress of Turzynbaeva, fifteen-year student of Brian Orser, will be followed carefully as today gave us a glimpse flashes of class, alternating with some step to empty. On the positive side, they go rimarcate the challenging combinations triple lutz / double toe loop / double toe loop, triple salchow / triple toe loop and double axel / triple toe loop, performed in the second part of the disc, which was countered by the worries on the filp and some triple of sottoruotato too much.
Maria Guia Tagliapietra (104.21), the only blue in the race, he kept the eighteenth position it occupied at the end of the first segment of the race but getting the seventeenth score in the short program. The fifteen-year-Courmayeur, making its debut in the Grand Prix junior, had a fight with both landings of the triple Salchow presented and fell on a triple flip attempt. However, after a first half of disc rather complex, reacted by completing a good combination triple toe loop / double toe loop / double toe loop, a double lutz combination and a double flip / double lutz.
LIST OF QUALIFIED ATHLETES FOR THE END OF FUKUOKA
1) Evegnia Medvedeva (RUS, 11/1999) - 30 points (349.48)
2) Polina EDMUNDS (USA, 05/1998) - 30 points (336.98)
3) PROKLOVA Alexandra (RUS, 04/2000) - 28 points (356.29)
4) Karen CHEN (USA, 08/1999) - 26 points (333,34)
5) SOSTKOVA Maria (RUS, 04/2000) - 26 points (332.08)
6) Serafima SAKHANOVICH (RUS, 02/2000) - 24 points (326.2)
RESERVES
WANG A-Angela (USA, 07/1996) - 20 points (308.23) B - Elizavet TURZYNBAEVA (KAZ, 02/2000) - 20 points (296,68) C - Riona KATO (JPN, 02/1998) - 20 points (321.48)
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