Sota Yamamoto wins short of Torun and book the final. Eleventh good Bannister

Sota Yamamoto vince il corto di Torun e prenota la finale. Undicesimo un buon Bannister
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Figure skating - J.G.p. Torun 2015

Sota Yamamoto wins short of Torun and book the final. Eleventh good Bannister

The opening day of Copernicus Stars, fifth round of the Junior Grand Prix circuit, you & egrave; It ended with the 'expected short program for men.

At the "Tor-Tor Arena" Torun & egrave; He staged the first part of the decisive game, a prize of qualification to the finals, from four athletes on the podium in the previous stages. At the end of the initial segment of the race, you & egrave; hoisted atop the standings Japanese Sota Yamamoto obliged to win to snatch the ticket to Barcelona. Compared to what happened in Colorado Springs three weeks ago, the fifteen-year student of Hiroshi Nagakubo & egrave; He appeared more at ease about not simple notes of "Poet" and, after completing the 'difficult triple axel with the' help of a step-out, & egrave; It was flawless on all other elements performing spins of fine quality & agrave; and a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop that alone & egrave; worth the price of admission. Technical Aspect in part, have increased the transitional passages and above all have failed several dead moments between one element and the 'other, despite the' optimum has not yet been reached. Yamamoto has inflicted a gap of four points to abundant Canadian Roman Sadvosky, pi & ugrave; to be satisfied that scollinato over seventy points for the first time in his career. The difference with the leader & egrave; It was represented by the lack of triple axel as the sixteen year old Toronto native preferred to avoid risks by opting for only two rotations. For the rest, Sadovsky, which will & agrave; enough to get a third place in the final, held head spins on Yamamoto and especially gave the 'impression of being on the right track to begin to master the most of the input wire of the triple flip. In third position, you & egrave; He placed the sixteen year old Latvian Deniss Vasiljevs, nell''occasione able to complete the triple axel, but betrayed by a failure on the combination opened by a triple lutz, but closed with a simple toe loop. The 'student of Alexei Urmanov, & egrave; It was encyclopedic sequence of steps and you & egrave; had the satisfaction of getting the evaluation pi & ugrave; high of the day on the sum of the components of the program. However, Vasiljevs, another virtuoso spins, will have & agrave; absolutely earn a ranking to be able to reach the final. Fifteen US Alexei Krasnozhon fourth suitor all''atto final in Barcelona, ​​it & egrave ;, however, had to settle for fifth coin, penalized in part dall''approssimazione elements of spinning and especially from a quality & agrave; Skating lower than that of rivals. & nbsp; At the foot of the podium, you & egrave; testify the thirteen Russian Petr Gumennyk, star of a performance by standing ovation marked by jumps and spins performed with sublime quality & agrave ;. In particular, there & egrave; unnoticed combination triple lutz / triple Rittberger, you & egrave; It was vital to get the second technical score behind Yamamoto. In a context of highly qualified race, the sixteen year Sesto San Giovanni Adrien Bannister has in no way forfeited storing an interesting eleventh place. The bearer of the newly Ice Lab faced with courage in the short program by presenting a good opening triple axel and then a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. The main regret & egrave; linked to the fall on the triple flip, which took place in the rotation is completed, and some punticino left on the plate on the elements of spinning top, but, overall, the test & egrave; It has been positive. Moreover, the choice of the song "Kiss" by Tom Jones has enhanced the experience all the highlights of the national junior champion, which so far & egrave; yet he managed to fully express his undoubted potential. The free program is disputer & agrave; Sunday starting at 10:30. SHORT PROGRAM RANKING 1) JPN - Sota YAMAMOTO75.16 (41.95 | 33.21) [3 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) CAN - Roman SADOVSKY71.13 (37.55 | 33.58) [4 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) LAT - Deniss VASILJEVS69.40 (35.47 | 33.93) [3 & deg; year] 4) RUS - Petr GUMENNIK67.84 (37.91 | 29.93) [1 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5) USA - Alexei KRASNOZHON62.44 (32.66 | 29.78) [3 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6) USA - Tony LU61.69 (34.68 | 27.01) [4 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7) JPN - Hidetsugu KAMATA61.46 (31.21 | 30.25) [6 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) NOR - Sondre ODDVOLL BOE57.53 (31.07 | 26.46) [5 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9) BLR - Yakau ZENKO54.82 (29.76 | 25.06) [2 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 10) CZE - Jiri Bělohradský & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 54.48 (29.44 | 26.04) - 1:00 [4 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) ITA - Adrien BANNISTER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 52.81 (28.27 | 25.54) - 1:00 [3 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 12) GEO - Irakli MAYSURADZE51.90 (26.32 | 26.58) - 1:00 [3 & deg; year] 13) FRA - Adrien TESSON50.66 (26.22 | 26.44) - 2.00 [6 & deg; year] 14) RUS - Vladislav TARASAENKO & nbsp; 50.39 (21:50 | 29.89) [6 & deg; year] 15) GBR - Graham NEWBERRY48.90 (23:25 | 25.65) [5 & deg; year] 16) GER - Thomas STOLL48.22 (25.07 | 23:15) [5 & deg; year] 17) FIN - Roman GALAY47.76 (01.23 | 25.75) - 1:00 [4 & deg; year] & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 18) EST - Yegor ZELENJAK46.04 (24.21 | 21.83) [2 & deg; year] 19) UKR - Mikhail MEDUNITSA45.58 (22.86 | 22.72) [3 & deg; year] 20) SVK - Marco KLEPOCH41.47 (19.41 | 22:06) [5 & deg; year] 21) POL - Michal WOZNIAK69.40 (35.47 | 33.93) [3 & deg; year] 22) POL - Eryk MATUSIAK34.41 (17:41 | 17:00) [4 & deg; year] 23) HKG - Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG31.64 (14.97 | 17.67) [6 & deg; year] 24) RSA - Matthew SAMUELS30.83 (14:43 | 17:40) - 1:00 [5 & deg; year] 25) POL - Ryszard GURTLER30.66 (13.01 | 18.65) - 1:00 [3 & deg; year] Legend [1 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 2001 & ndash; June 30, 2002 [2 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 2000 & ndash; June 30, 2001 [3 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 1999 & ndash; 30 June 2000 [4 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 1998 & ndash; June 30, 1999 [5 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 1997 & ndash; June 30, 1998 [6 & deg; year] & ndash; July 1, 1996 & ndash; June 30, 1997
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