figure skating - Jr.Grand Prix Final 2013
The final of the Junior Grand Prix, hosted by the "Marine Messe" in Fukuoka, opened with the women's short program
Thursday 5 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
The first position is gone, unexpectedly, to Russian Maria Sostkova that, in occasion'', has unveiled a new short program to the tune of "Winter", taken from Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
The thirteen year old Moscow opened the music with a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, perfectly executed, and then brought in the second half of the disc the two required jumps, double axel and triple Rittberger preceded by the step. '' The student of Svetlana Panova, best day of the sum of the components of the program, had the merit of performing each item without any smear and, for the first time in a race to the first level, has crossed the threshold of sessanti points.
In place of'' honor'' s stood waiting Serafima Sakhanovich, preceded by Sostkova in the short program of the fourth stage of the Cup of Russia, but then out clearly the winner by comparison. As usual, the thirteen-year St. Petersburg has made the jump elements in the second part of the music, completing fluency in both the combination triple flip / triple toe loop that triple Rittberger preceded by the step. The deputy national junior champion clocked the highest technical score and was the'' only reach level four on the sequence of steps. However, despite a flying sit a little'' traveled, confirmed the recent progress on the spins, inverted in particular.
The provisional podium, all from Russia, was completed by Evgenia Medvedeva, alone among the finalists to have set in both qualifying. The fourteen year old student of Ethers Tutberidze, remained off by more than two points from the head of the race, he paid the price levels of the tops, leaving spots on the plate is on the flying sit that fact rather unusual, combined with the shift foot. No problem, however, over the jumps, among which the combination of triple flip / triple toe loop, performed in the second half of the program as well as the triple Rittberger preceded by the step.
The other three protagonists of the final, all betrayed by the triple lutz that was supposed to open the combination, were decidedly lingered accumulating a delay of ten points above, which is unlikely to be bridged in the free program. The Russian Alexandra Proklova, currently fourth, he landed a triple lutz from the rotation suspect with a double lap and then attacked a double toe loop that was not considered valid by the panel because for a moment it was found with both feet on the ice. The U.S. Polina Edmunds'' s landing at the tip and with his hand in the land of the triple lutz, added a disastrous fall on the triple Rittberger, while her compatriot Angela Wang, admitted to the final in place of the injured'' Karen Chen, has fallen on the triple lutz and fully opened in flight triple Rittberger completing one rotation.
At the end of the first round, the technical superiority of the young Russian had the better of greater maturity, not only registry, the two Americans in the race.
CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM SHORT
1) (RUS) - Mary SOTSKOVA61.29 (36.06 | 25.23) video 2) (RUS) - Serafima SAKHANOVICH 60.56 (36.24 | 24.32) video 3) (RUS) - Evgenia MEDVEDEVA 58.75 (33.64 | 25.11) Video 4) (RUS) - Alexandra PROKLOVA 51.27 (26.42 | 24.85) 5 video) (USA) - Polina EDMUNDS 48.20 (24.63 | 24.57) video 6) (USA) - Angela WANG 44.69 (21.88 | 23.81) video ;
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Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS) - ISU Grand Prix Final 2013-14 Junior - short program
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Serafima SAKHANOVICH (RUS) - ISU Grand Prix Final 2013-14 - short program
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