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Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, reversing the prediction of the eve, have established themselves in the final of the Grand Prix ahead with margin the vice-Olympic champions Stolbova / Klimov.
Wednesday 17 December 2014 12 minutes reading time
The Canadian couple has brought home a victory that was missing from back in 2001, but above all defended the & rsquo; imbattibilit & agrave; seasonal on each segment of the race by making that leap in quality & agrave; chased for years.
In particular, students of Richard Gauthier have finally managed to capitalize on the overwhelming power on the elements of the jump, the main key to the success pi & ugrave; important career. However, you can not & ograve; reducing everything to one superiority & agrave; technique, considering that Duhamel / Radford have grown exponentially in every aspect extensively remodeling the former personal records on each item of the program components.
Moreover, the score obtained in Barcelona takes on a very different specific weight as compared to last season, & egrave; failed in the program free bonus for lifting, twist and jump elements executed in the second half & agrave; music, without forgetting that the lifting of group three, mandatory in the short program, worth three points less than the pi & ugrave; prized lifting group five (reverse span) allowed by regulation in 2013/2014. On balance, the 220.72 obtained by the winners of the final is worth a leisurely 227 last season, but, in any case, & egrave; was sufficient to improve by almost ten points the previous personal best.
The figure that has most impressed about the free program. Duhamel / Radford, despite a smear on & rsquo; landing a triple lutz in parallel, cost at least a point and a half, have touched share 146.22 (149.04 under the old rules), reflected in the past exceeded only by Savchenko / Szolkowy (147 , 57) and pi & ugrave; times by Volosozhar / Trankov, arrived at 154.66.
Oivvamente, is now expected countermoves competition though hardly changes are made to the programs of the current season. For this reason, if Duhamel / Radford will reconfirm the levels of Barcelona, ​​no other pair, except the return of Volosozhar / Trankov, potr & agrave; be master of its own destiny.
To clarify the current situation, & egrave; sufficient to analyze the TES base (total elements score) of each program. In the segment pi & ugrave; long race, the Canadian couple falls on the ice of a strong base of TES 64.40, while Stolbova / Klimov, main rivals in Spain, start at 58.20, subject to the maximum level to full availability of each item. The difference, however, the short program amounted to 1.90 points, while the total amounts to an eloquent 8.1, which makes it perfectly the 'idea why & egrave; Duhamel / Radford are deemed the "couple more & ugrave; extreme of the circuit."
RANKING UPDATED AT END 2014 (couples who have achieved 190 points in the first competitions of the senior level and Challenger Series, bold couples currently in business & agrave;)
1) 236.86 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; Volosozhar / TRANKOV (O.W.G. 2014, Sochi)
2) 227.03 & ndash; (GER) & ndash; SAVCHENKO / SZOLKOWY (G.P.Final 2013, Fukuoka)
3) 220.72 & ndash; (CAN) & ndash; DUHAMEL / RADFORD (G.P.Final 2014, Barcelona)
4) 218.68 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; Stolbova / Klimov (O.W.G. 2014, Sochi)
5) 216.57 & ndash; (CHN) SHEN / ZHAO (O.W.G. 2010, Vancouver)
6) 215.97 & ndash; (CHN) & ndash; PANG / TONG (O.W.G. 2010, Vancouver)
7) 213.15 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; KAVAGUTI / SMIRNOV (E.CH. 2010, Tallinn)
8) 212.40 & ndash; (CHN) & ndash; ON / HAN (F.C.Ch. 2014, Taipei City)
9) 208.45 & ndash; (CAN) & ndash; MOORE-TOWERS / Moscovitch (Skate America in 2013, Detroit)
10) 204.48 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; Totmianina / Marinin (O.W.G. 2006, Turin)
11) 202.03 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; Mukhortova / TRANKOV (E.CH. 2010, Tallinn)
12) 201.61 & ndash; (RUS) & ndash; BAZAROVA / LARIONOV (Rostelecom Cup in 2013, Moscow)
13) 197.82 & ndash; (CHN) & ndash; ZHANG / ZHANG (W.Ch. 2008, Gothenburg)
14) 197.37 & ndash; (CHN) & ndash; PENG / ZHANG (G.P.Final 2013, Fukuoka)
15) 195.61 & ndash; (ITA) & ndash; BERTON / Hotárek (E.CH. 2014, Budapest)
16) 192.78 & ndash; (CAN) & ndash; DUBE / DAVISON (W.Ch. 2008, Gothenburg)
RACE OVER 190 POINTS
In 151 occasions & egrave; was knocked down the wall of 190 points. To date, 16 pairs of art have gone over. Volosozhar / Trankov have easily exceeded the threshold in any competition held, but Savchenko / Szolkowy are those who have succeeded in pi & ugrave; occasions
28 (in 49 races) SAVCHENKO / SZOLKOWY18 (in 18 games) Volosozhar / TRANKOV15 (in 48 races) PANG / TONG 14 (in 17 games) SHEN / ZHAO 13 (in 24 races) DUHAMEL / RADFORD 10 (in 36 games) KAVAGUTI / SMIRNOV 9 (in 39 games) ZHANG / ZHANG 8 (in 11 games) Totmianina / MARININ7 (in 24 races) BAZAROVA / LARIONOV6 (in 15 races) Stolbova / Klimov 6 (in 15 races) ON / HAN5 (in 14 games) PENG / ZHANG5 (in 21 races) MOORE-TOWERS / MOSCOVITCH4 (in 22 races) Mukhortova / TRANKOV2 (in 18 games) BERTON / HOTAREK1 (in 19 games) DUBE / DAVISON
RACE OVER 200 POINTS
In 78 occasions & egrave; been broken the barrier of 200 points. To date, sixteen couples have realized l & rsquo; enterprise at least once. Again, Savchenko / Szolkowy are the association with pi & ugrave; share trips over two hundred
21 & ndash; SAVCHENKO / SZOLKOWY 16 & ndash; Volosozhar / TRANKOV 8 & ndash; SHEN / ZHAO 6 & ndash; Stolbova / Klimov 6 & ndash; PANG / TONG 5 & ndash; DUHAMEL / RADFORD 4 & ndash; KAVAGUTI / SMIRNOV 3 & ndash; ON / HAN 3 & ndash; MOORE-TOWERS / Moscovitch 3 & ndash; BAZAROVA / LARIONOV2 & ndash; Mukhortova / TRANKOV1 & ndash; Totmianina / Marinin
RACE OVER 210 POINTS
In 34 occasions & egrave; exceeded the threshold of 210 points, but only eight pairs we have succeeded. In this case, Volosozhar / Trankov are l & rsquo; unique combination to have reached the & rsquo; aim for at least ten times.
12 & ndash; Volosozhar / TRANKOV 8 & ndash; SAVCHENKO / SZOLKOWY 4 & ndash; Stolbova / Klimov 3 & ndash; DUHAMEL / RADFORD 3 & ndash; PANG / TONG 2 & ndash; SHEN / ZHAO 1 & ndash; ON / HAN1 & ndash; KAVAGUTI / SMIRNOV
RACE OVER 220 POINTS
On 10 occasions we & egrave; pushed beyond 220 points. The first to succeed were Volosozhar / Trankov during the World Championships in London in 2013. In addition, the Russian pair & egrave; was able to go over 230 points three times.
7 & ndash; Volosozhar / TRANKOV 2 & ndash; SAVCHENKO / SZOLKOWY 1 & ndash; DUHAMEL / RADFORD
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In conclusion, & egrave; important to remember that in order to determine each type of record (personal, national, continental, world), are taken into account only the Grand Prix competitions of senior and junior, the ISU Championships (Europeans, Four Continents, World absolute, World Junior, World Team Trophy), the events of relevance Olympic (Olympic Games, Olympic qualification, Youth Olympics) and, from the season 2014/2015, the stages of ISU Challenger Sereis which meet the criteria set by the international federation. However, it made nell''analisi & egrave; taking account only of the senior competitions.
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