The overwhelming domination of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

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The overwhelming domination of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, on the occasion of the European Championships in Stockholm, & egrave; became the fifth athlete in history to break the significant threshold of 210 points in the past exceeded by only four athletes, united dall''avere won at least one medal in Olympic career.

L & rsquo; student of Alexei Mishin, which stood at a height of 210.40, you & egrave; perci & ograve; addition to names of undisputed prestige which those of Kim (228.56), Sotnikova (224.59), Kostner (216.73) and Asada (216.69). During the season, the domino of eighteen of St. Petersburg & egrave; revealed almost absolute. In fact, numbers in hand, took part in twelve races, two of national and ten international, winning ten wins and two second places. The only able to overtake & egrave; was compatriot Elena Radionova, who had the best at Skate America and the Russian National Championships. Tuktamysheva, revealing a consistent performance exemplary, you & egrave; sets in the overall standings of the new ISU Challenger Series, complete with three wins in as many appearances, dominated the final of the Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​triumphed in the European Championships and World Championships adding, finally, the score pi & ugrave; high in the World Team Trophy. Moreover, from December onwards, not & egrave; never dropped below two hundred points, constantly pushing himself beyond the one hundred and thirty lengths in the free program. Among others, only Radionova & egrave; managed to get scores over one hundred and thirty points in the segment pi & ugrave; long race and exceeding two hundred in the sum of the two programs. & Nbsp; SHORT PROGRAM In the World Championships in Shanghai, Tuktamysheva established with 77,62 (44,09 | 33,53) as well as the new European record & eacute; second absolute performance all-time after 78.66 (42,81 | 35,85) obtained by Mao Asada in the World Championships in Saitama in 2014. & nbsp; The Russian, in particular, & egrave; managed to raise the & rsquo; dipstick on the technical side touching share 44,09. If you look back in time, the only Yu-Na Kim & egrave; been able to go further, but it should not be forgotten as the 44.70 reached in the Olympic Games in Vancouver has been favored by the presence of the mandatory elements of the sequence of spirals, which frutt & ograve; mandarin well 5.40 points. In season, Tuktamysheva & egrave; was the absolute best on the technical front that on each item of the program components. In this regard, the comparison with the competition proves interesting, if you will, merciless. TES - 44.09 (W.Ch.Shanghai) / Best of the other 38.45 (Gold, WTTTokyo) PCS - 33.53 (W.Ch.Shanghai) / Best of the other 32.81 (Gold, WTTTokyo) SKATING SKILLS8,46 (W.Ch.Shanghai) / Best of the other 8.25 (Gold, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.21 (Kostner, W.Ch.2014, Saitama) TRANSITIONS / LINKING FOOTWORK and MOVEMENT 7.93 (WTTTokyo) / Best of the other 7.86 (Radionova, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 8.96 (Kostner, W.Ch.2014, Saitama) PERFORMANCE / EXECUTION 8.68 (W.Ch.Shanghai) / Best of the other 8.29 (Gold, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.57 (Kostner, W.Ch. 2014, Saitama) CHOREOGRAFY / COMPOSITION8,46 (W.Ch.Shanghai) / Best of the other 8.32 (Gold, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.36 (Kostner, W.Ch. 2014, Saitama) INTERPRETATION 8.43 (W.Ch.Shangahi) / Best of the other 8.36 (Wagner, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.71 (Kostner, W.Ch. 2014, Saitama) FREE MAP In the European Championships in Stockholm, Tuktamysheva (141.38) & egrave; became the sixth athlete in history to cross the threshold of one hundred and forty points. Previously, l & rsquo; ambitious response had been overtaken by Kim (150.06), Sotnikova (149.95), Asada (142.71), Kostner (142.61) and Lipnitskaia (141.51). In season, Tuktamysheva & egrave; was the absolute best on the technical front that on each item of the program components. In this regard, also in this case, the comparison with the competition reveals interesting and, if you wish, unforgiving. TES - 73.15 (E.Ch.Stoccolma) / Best of the other 71.86 (Radionova, E.Ch.Stoccolma) PCS - 68.47 (WTTTokyo) / Best of the other 67.22 (Radionova, E.Ch .Stoccolma) SKATING SKILLS8,61 (E.Ch.Stoccolma) / Best of the other 8.36 (Radionova, E.Ch.Stoccolma) Primacy world & ndash; 9.29 (Kostner, W.Ch. 2014, Saitama) TRANSITIONS / LINKING FOOTWORK and MOVEMENT 8.21 (WTTTokyo) / Best of the other 8.21 (Radionova, E.Ch.Stoccolma) Primacy world & ndash; 9.07 (Kostner, W.Ch. 2014, Saitama) PERFORMANCE / EXECUTION 8.71 (E.Ch.Stoccolma) / Best of the other 8.54 (Radionova, E.Ch.Stoccolma) Primacy world & ndash; 9.43 (Sotnikova, Kim, Kostner, OWG 2014, Sochi) CHOREOGRAFY / COMPOSITION8,68 (WTTTokyo) / Best of the other 8.54 (Gold, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.50 (Sotnikova, O.W.G. 2014, Sochi) INTERPRETATION 8.68 (WTTTokyo) / Best of the other 8.68 (Wagner, WTTTokyo) Primacy world & ndash; 9.61 ((Kostner, O.W.G. 2014, Sochi) Push forward to next season, Tuktamysheva partir & agrave; with the considerable advantage of being able to run four triple jumps in the short program and eight in the segment pi & ugrave; long race, why is announced as the woman to beat despite the return of the historic rival Adelina Sotnikova, which today boasts a favorable balance in head to head. At the moment, in the women's field, a well executed triple axel is un''arma almost illegal, especially when it has full mastery of the other triple jumps. For this reason, more and more & ugrave; athletes appear determined to groped the difficult element, not to mention that you get to talk to more and more & ugrave; insistence quadruple jumps. The comforting fact remains that after the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons stagnant, characterized by a decline overall technical, growth & egrave; was evident in the last two years to the point that the two double axel and seven triple jumps in the free program have become the minimum wage to compete at a high level. RANKING ALL-TIME UPDATED AT THE END OF THE SEASON 2014/2015 (athletes who have passed 180 points in the first competitions of the senior level and Challenger Series) The sum of the two segments of the race, 28 athletes have so far broken the barrier of 180 points. 01) Yu-Na KIM (KOR-1990) 228.56 (OWG2010, Vancouver) 02) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS-1996) 224.59 (OWG2014, Sochi) 03) KOSTNER Carolina (ITA-1987) 216.73 (OWG2014, Sochi) 04) Mao ASADA (JPN-1990) 216.69 (W.CH.2014, Saitama) 05) TUKTAMYSHEVA Elizaveta (RUS-1996) 210.40 (E.Ch.2015, Stockholm) 06) LIPNITSKAIA Julia (RUS-1998) 209.72 (E.Ch.2014, Budapest) 07) Radionova Elena (RUS-1999) 209.54 (E.Ch.2015, Stockholm) 08) GOLD Gracie (USA-1995) 205.53 (OWG2014, Sochi) 09) ROCHETTE Joannie (CAN-1986) 202.64 (OWG2010, Vancouver) 10) ANDO Miki (JPN-1987) 201.34 (FCCH.2011, Taipei City) 11) Akiko Suzuki (JPN-1985) 199.58 (WTT2013, Tokyo) 12) SLUTSKAJA Irina (RUS-1979) 198.06 (Cup of Russia in 2005, St. Petersburg) 13) Sasha Cohen (USA-1984) 197.60 (2003 Skate Canada, Mississauga) 14) POGORILAYA Anna (RUS-1998) 197.50 (W.CH.2014, Saitama) 15) MURAKAMI Kanako (JPN-1994) 196.91 (FCCH.2014, Taipei City) 16) WAGNER Ashley (USA-1991) 194.37 (Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard 2013, Paris) 17) MIYAHARA Satoko (JPN-1998) 193,60 (W.CH.2105, Tokyo) 18) ARAKAWA Shizuka (JPN-1981) 191.34 (OWG2006, Torino) 19) NAGASU Mirai (USA-1993) 190.21 (OWG2010, Vancouver) 20) Kimmie MEISSNER (USA-1989) 189.87 (W.CH.2006, Calgary) 21) Laura Lepisto (FIN-1988) 187.97 (OWG2010, Vancouver) 22) EDMUNDS Polina (USA-1998) 187,50 (W.CH.2014, Saitama) 23) LEONOVA Alena (RUS-1990) 186.71 (2014 Nebelhorn, Oberstdorf) 24) HONGO Rika (JPN-1996) 184.58 (W.CH.2105, Tokyo) 25) LI Zijun (CHN-1996) 183.85 (W.Ch.2013, London) 26) Rachel Flatt (USA-1992) 182.49 (OW.G.2010, Vancouver) 27) CZISNY Alissa (USA-1987) 182.25 (W.Ch.2011, Moscow) 28) Fumie Suguri (JPN-1980) 182.08 (GPFinal 2003 Colorado Springs)  Considering the junior competitions, must be added to the company three other Russian athletes and one Japanese. - Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS-1999) 192.97 (JWCh.2015, Tallinn) - SAKHANOVICH Serafima (RUS-2000) 191.96 (Ljubljana Cup 2014, Ljubljana) - HIGUCHI Wakaba (JPN-2001) 185.87 (JWCh.2015, Tallinn) - PROKLOVA Alexandra (RUS-2000) 181.18 (Czech Skate 2013, Ostrava) (In bold the skaters at the time in business & agrave;) RACE OVER 180 POINTS (competitions in top-level and senior Challenger Series) Since & egrave; entered into force the new scoring system, in 195 occasions & egrave; exceeded the threshold of 180 points. Mao Asada & egrave; the 'athlete who can & ograve; use the title have succeeded pi & ugrave; times, but the percentage of Yu-Na Kim & egrave; much better as it has reached the 'goal in 20 of the 21 races (28 of 42 for Asada). So far, clear round for the teen-ager Russian Elena Radionova. 28 (in 42 races) Mao ASADA (JPN) 20 (in 21 games) KIM Yu-Na (KOR) 15 (in 31 games) WAGNER Ashley (USA) 13 (in 48 races) KOSTNER Carolina (ITA) 11 (in 27 races) Akiko Suzuki (JPN) 11 (in 20 games) TUKTAMYSHEVA Elizaveta (RUS) 10 (in 10 games) Radionova Elena (RUS) 9 (16 rounds) GOLD Gracie (USA) 8 (in 10 games) SLUTSKAJA Irina (RUS ) 7 (11 races) LIPNITSKAIA Julia (RUS) 7 (28 races) ROCHETTE Joannie (CAN) 7 (33 races) ANDO Miki (JPN) 6 (8 races) Sasha Cohen (USA) 6 (9 races ) MIYAHARA Satoko (JPN) 5 (in 9 races) POGORILAYA Anna (RUS) 5 (in 13 games) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 5 (in 31 games) LEONOVA Alena (RUS) 3 (in six races) EDMUNDS Polina (USA) 3 (in 22 races) MURAKAMI Kanako (JPN) 2 (in 11 games) ARAKAWA Shizuka (JPN) 2 (in 14 games) Zijun LI (CHN) 2 (in 14 games) Kimmie MEISSNER (USA) 2 (in 17 games) Rachel Flatt (USA) 2 (in 19 games) NAGASU Miriai (USA) 2 (in 25 races) CZISNY Alissa (USA) 2 (in 26 games) Fumie Suguri (JPN) 1 (5 races) HONGO Rika (JPN) 1 (in 13 games) Laura Lepisto (FIN)  RACE OVER 190 POINTS (competitions in top-level and senior Challenger Series) The wall of 190 points & egrave; was shot down in 94 opportunities, but only 19 athletes are successful. Also in this case, the record holder & egrave; Mao Asada 17 - Mao ASADA (JPN) 11 - Yu-Na KIM (KOR) 8 - TUKTAMYSHEVA Elizaveta (RUS) 7 - Radionova Elena (RUS) 7 - WAGNER Ashley (USA) 6 - KOSTNER Carolina (ITA) 6 - LIPNITSKAIA Julia (RUS ) 5 - ANDO Miki (JPN) 4 - GOLD Gracie (USA) 4 - SLUTSKAJA Irina (RUS) 4 - Akiko Suzuki (JPN) 3 - Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 3 - COHEN Sahan (USA) 3 - POGORILAYA Anna (RUS) 2 - ROCHETTE Joannie (CAN) 1 - ARAKAWA Shizuka (JPN) 1 - NAGASU Mirai (USA) 1 - Kanako Murakami (JPN) 1 - MIYAHARA Satoko (JPN)  RACE OVER 200 POINTS (competitions in top-level and senior Challenger Series) Only 10 athletes have violated the threshold of 200 points, to date exceeded in 28 occasions. The first to succeed & egrave; Yu-Na Kim was in 2009 when he won in Los Angeles the first world title of his career. 7 - Mao ASADA (JPN) 5 - Yu-Na KIM (KOR) 4 - TUTKTAMYSHEVA Elizaveta (RUS) 3 - LIPNITSKAIA Julia (RUS) 2 - KOSTNER Carolina (ITA) 2 - Radionova Elena (RUS) 2 - Adelina Sotnikova (RUS ) 1 - ROCHETTE Joannie (CAN) 1 - ANDO Miki (JPN) 1 - GOLD Gracie (USA) 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 Series which meet the criteria set by the international federation. However, it made nell''analisi & egrave; taking account only of the senior competitions. For reference, & egrave; to remember that the world junior record belongs to Elena Radionova with 194.29 points, reached at the World Championships in Sofia in 2014.
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