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Among the news of note in recent days, there & rsquo; & egrave; only l & rsquo; announcement of the return to racing of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Also with regard to the Japanese Shoma Uno, remained at the foot of the podium in the latest of the Four Continents Championships, and the Russian dance couple Ilinykh / Zhiganshin announce important novelties & agrave ;.
Tuesday 23 February 2016 6 minutes reading time
QUADRUPLE Rittberger ALWAYS PI & Uacute; IN THOUGHTS OF A SHOMA
Shoma Uno, at the end of the Four Continents Championships, has hinted that there may be important novelties & agrave; in view of the Boston World. Japanese eighteen, from time busily engaged in trying to acquire full mastery of the quad Rittberger, would be seriously contemplating the possibility & agrave; enter the & rsquo; element in the initial part of the free program by moving a triple axel in the second half & agrave ;. Cos & igrave; making, would come to present three quadruple jumps and two triple axel, including a quadruple toe loop and a triple axel performed in the second half & agrave ;. Obviously, this type of strategy would allow Shoma Uno to count on a fair basis in line with those of Fernandez and Hanyu, understanding that the world record-holder decides to raise the level of & rsquo; rod going from three to four quadruple.
As you & egrave; learned and observed in Taipei City in the course of the training sessions, the percentages of realization of & rsquo; element would be discrete, but not absolutely safe.
It should be recalled that no skater has ever landed a quadruple Rittberger in an ISU competition. Among those in quick times could present the & rsquo; element in the race there are also the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, gi & agrave; able to complete it in performance, and l & rsquo; Israeli Daniel Samohin, which & egrave; He managed to run it during the training sessions of the European Championship. Circulate, also videos of attempts turned out well for the Russian Dmitri Aliev, while on the Italian front & egrave; Maurizio Zandron to work on & rsquo; element.
In the recent past, is recalling attempts in the race not been successful Canadian Kevin Reynolds and the US of Russian school Alexei Krasnozhon.
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Ilinykh / ZHIGANSHIN MOVE FOR THREE MONTHS FROM IGOR Shpilband
In a few days, Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin, major seasonal disappointments in terms of dance, will fly to the United States to train in Novi under the guidance of the team led by Igor Shpilband. As you & egrave; learned from different Russian sources, the internship in North America is expected to last between ten and twelve weeks. However, it remains to be seen whether, as happened in the recent past to Sinitsina / Katsalapov and Marina Zoueva, maturer & agrave; the decision to settle in Michigan. To about,
Elena Ilinykh explained how the choice is exclusively the result of the will & agrave; athletes, who, at the end of the training period with Shpilband, will make a decision about how to continue their careers. Olympic medalist, stressing that a radical is crucial in light of & rsquo; evolution of the discipline and the level reached by the competition, he said they had not received the & rsquo; adequate financial support from the federation in & rsquo; last year and a half noting that the period the United States will be & agrave; financed by new sponsors found by the couple.
Igor Shpilband, asked about the situation, did not rule out the possibility & agrave; that Ilinykh / Zhiganshin in the future can settle in Novi, but did not hide that in the first part of the stage no potr & agrave; devote himself full time to the two compatriots. In March, sar & agrave; perci memorize options Fabian Bourzat mainly to follow the operations assisted by Greg Zuerlin and the rest of the staff.
The Russian Federation confirmed the news, while the manager of the track where Ilinykh and Zhiganshin train routinely stated that after the internship with Shpilband the couple will return & agrave; working with staff headed by Elena Kustarova.
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