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With the short-dance ended the first day of the Nebelhorn Trophy, Olympic qualifying final round hosted dall'Eislaufzentrum of Oberstdorf.
Thursday 26 September 2013 4 minutes reading time
On this occasion there have been twists and the first place went to Canadians Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam (59,06), are able to dominate the segment of the race on the technical front. The key for new students Pasquale Camerlengo proved to be the set of twizzle, which reached that level four failed to meet his pursuers.
In second place were placed Americans Hubbell / Donohue (56.53), the favorites of the day before, but today penalized by a clear shift in vacuum Zachary Donhoue on the set of twizzle, which, in addition to being a cost level, has generated a degree of execution negative.
In third place, with the best result of the day on the components of the program are the Russians Monko / Khaliavin (55,90), who paid a mistake Ksenia Monko on the set of Twizzler, but among couples currently on the podium were the only ones to get a double level three out of the ostiche sequences finnstep.
In the ranking given to couples dancing that go into hunting of Olympic qualification, they checked to surprise the Turks Agafonova / Ucar (51,51). The students of Alexander Zhulin preceded the Chinese Huang / Zheng (51,16), returned to comment on acceptable levels of competitiveness after an extremely disappointing season. Follow the Australians Obrien / Merriman (50.52), actually announced in large formal requirements, the Japanese Reed / Reed (48,41), as usual not flawless on the technical side, and Slovaks Head / Csolley (48.30 ), students of Roberta Pelizzola. There are plenty of great names among couples who will be called the comeback in the free dance. On all go remarkability the Spanish Hurtado / Diaz (46.68) at the time the first except with a tight margin than the Swiss Elsener / Roost (46,27) and the Finns Lindholm / Kanervo (45,68) coached by Maurizio Margaglio.
Huge disappointment, finally, for the Czechs expected Kubova / Novak (39,24) and even more expected Estonian Shtork / Rand (39,06), couples authors of a debacle disarming technique.
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Alexandra PAUL/Mitchell ISLAM - Nebelhorn Trophy 2013 - short-dance
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