Figure skating - J.G.p. Riga 2015
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As was the case last season, the Russian team is feminine & egrave; imposed in the first two stages of the Junior Grand Prix, suggesting it is not prepared to abdicate after five years of absolute domination.
Friday 28 August 2015 14 minutes reading time
After a week of net success in Bratislava from novice Polina Tsurskaya, & egrave; He got a victory as convincing for the most & ugrave; Maria sailed Sotskova, triumphant in the test hosted by Volvo Ice Arena Riga. & nbsp;
Fifteen stationed in Moscow, the second by a narrow margin after the short program, he crushed the competition in the segment pi & ugrave; long race allowing himself the luxury of complete without the slightest smear two double axel and seven triple jumps, including two two flip and lutz. It is recovering from a period of summer job with the staff directed by Rafael Arutunian, Sotskova & egrave; He appeared confident as ever on any type of jump, leaving behind the serious problems that the rotation 'had overly penalized in the past season. He took to the track to the tune of "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, & egrave; was, unlike yesterday, impeccable on the spins and, albeit by a narrow margin, the 'it won the day even in the sum of the components of the program. At the end of two very convincing evidence, the 'student of Svetlana Panova has crumbled the previous personal best growing by nearly eight points.
Second place & egrave; He went to the Japanese Kaori Sakamoto, never been on the podium in previous appearances in the circuit. Fifteen of Kobe cos & Igrave; It equaled the result obtained by the training partner Never Mihara in the stage of Bratislava for collecting & ograve; over eight points less. The indications obtained in the free program of Riga are still important because they do not & egrave; came the call wrong thread on the triple lutz and apart from a fall on a triple Rittberger, judged under-rotated by the panel, each element & egrave; It was performed with undisputed quality & agrave ;. Obviously, on the whole, stands out the combination triple flip / triple toe loop, but also the second triple flip, placed in the second half & agrave; music, not & egrave; It was outdone.
Third place & egrave; un''altra fell to fifteen From Bin Choi, able to give Korea the podium, in the field femmiinile, missing from the distant 2012, when Hae Jin Kim prevailed in the stage of Ljubljana. The skater Asian & egrave; It was amazing in the first minute and a half of free program during which he perfectly executed a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop, a triple flip and a triple Rittberger. C '' & egrave ;, however, was a problem in most & ugrave; in the second half & agrave; music and accomplices a few leaps sottoruotati, & egrave; vanished the possibility & agrave; to grab the place of 'honor. On the sidelines, it should be noted as Choi, in contrast with the past, have limited the damage to components of the program managing to keep the wake of direct rivals.
The Russian rookie Alice Fedichkina, filed the glories of the initial segment of the race, you & egrave; due to settle for fourth coin missing the podium by a few tenths. Even thirteen of St. Petersburg, after having skated for almost two minutes at an excellent level, & egrave; It dropped dramatically in the second part of the free program and ended with the 'open in flight before a lutz and follow a Rittberger. In any case, the 'student Evgeni Rukavitsin has almost drawn game with the pi & ugrave; Sotskova listed in the sum of program components and elements of top ruled the roost. Ci & ograve; Accordingly, compared to what we have seen in recent years, it remains a legitimate doubt as to the athletes of the group directed by Rukavitsin, more often than not able to repeat the performance in the free program short.
Next, you & egrave; placed the US Amber Glenn, the author of the fourth score of the day vehicled by combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and triple flip / triple toe loop that opened his trial. Fifteen Texas, penalized in particular by a bad fall on a triple salchow degraded double, preceded the amazing Chinese Xiangning Li, uphill shots exponentially compared to the past thanks to a free program built with extreme intelligence despite the lack of triple Rittberger. & nbsp;
The main disappointment of the race & egrave; was in effect the 'waiting Yuna Japanese Aoki, who confirmed the problems of "consistency" that emerged in the second half of last season. The thirteen year old Yokohama City is & egrave ;, in fact, completely lost in the free program collecting errors in the series, including two crashes of jumps for her trivial and a top lost its way. Moreover, compared all''Asian Trophy played a few weeks ago, the placement of the elements of jump & egrave; It has been modified to some extent and also in view of the errors & egrave; It became clear what was the pattern of the race.
The level of competition & egrave; total was higher than in Bratislava, considering that twelve athletes have gone above 130 points with numerous personal records significantly retouched (all Sotskova, Sakamoto, Choi and Glenn)
Thanks to today's result, Russia has closed the victory number 44 in the qualifying stages of the Junior Grand Prix, which must be added seven finals. For Sotskova, winner of the final of 2013, it is, instead, the second victory in qualifying stages.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) RUS - Maria SOTSKOVA184.45 (2 | 1) [3 & deg; year] 02) JPN - Kaori SAKAMOTO170.95 (3 | 2) [3 & deg; year] 03) KOR - From Bin CHOI168,29 (4 | 3) [3 & deg; year] 04) RUS - Alisa FEDICHKINA167.59 (1 | 4) [1 & deg; year] 05) USA - Amber GLENN159.96 (6 | 3) [3 & deg; year] 06) CHN - Xiangning LI146.55 (9 | 6) [3 & deg; year] 07) JPN - Yuna AOKI146.23 (5 | 10) [1 & deg; year] 08) KOR - Yu Jin CHOI141.33 (10 | 7) [2 & deg; year] 09) UKR - Anastasia GOZHVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 139.22 (7 | 13) [1 & deg; year] 10) CZE - Elizaveta UKOLOVA134,44 (11 | 9) [5 & deg; year] 11) FIN - Viveca LINDFORS & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 130.71 (15 | 11) [4 & deg; year] 12) LAT - Diana Nikitina & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 130.50 (16 | 12) [2 & deg; year] 13) CAN - Sarah TAMURA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 128.49 (21 | 8) [2 & deg; year] 14) BEL - Loena HENDRICKX & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 124.43 (8 | 15) [3 & deg; year] 15) USA - Rebecca PENG123.11 (12 | 14) [4 & deg; year] 16) NOR - Juni Marie Benjaminsen & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 116.04 (13 | 16) [4 & deg; year] 17) SWE - Anastasia SCHNEIDER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 106.03 (18 | 17) [1 & deg; year] 18) FRA - Cassandra PEROTIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 100.68 (17 | 20) [2 & deg; year] 19) BLR - & nbsp; Anastasia ZAITSAVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 96.73 (25 | 18) [2 & deg; year] 20) KAZ - Aiza MAMBEKOVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 95.90 (24 | 19) [4 & deg; year] 21) SVK - Alexandra Hagarova & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 94.94 (19 | 23) [3 & deg; year] 22) EST - Kristina SHKULETA-Gromova & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 94.09 (14 | 26) [2 & deg; year] 23) DEN - Leonora Colmor JEPSEN & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 92.11 (23 | 21) [4 & deg; year] 24) TUR - Zeynep Dilruba SANOGLU & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 89.28 (22 | 24) [5 & deg; year] 25) AUS - Amelia SADLER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 87.75 (29 | 22) [3 & deg; year] 26) LAT - Anzelika KLUJEVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 86.27 (20 | 27) [1 & deg; year] 27) LTU - Kamile LINAUSKAITE & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 82.34 (28 | 25) [3 & deg; year] 28) LAT - & nbsp; Viktoria SHITOVA & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 79.47 (30 | 28) [2 & deg; year] 29) ISL - Thuridur Bjorg BJORGVINSDOTTIR & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 74.35 (26 | 31) [5 & deg; year] 30) NED - Daisy VREENEGOOR & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 71.04 (27 | 32) [5 & deg; year] 31) LIE - Roman KAISER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 70.20 (32 | 29) [6 & deg; year] 32) CYP - Polina Ustinova & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 69.39 (31 | 30) [4 & 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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Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS) - JGP Riga 2015 - free program
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