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Nell''attesa to understand what will be the main enemy of the next season, the Japanese Wakaba Higuchi seems determined to leave no stone unturned to become the 'athlete to beat at the junior level.
Sunday 5 April 2015 5 minutes reading time
Spurred by competition from fellow Marin Honda and Yuna Aoki, historical rivals who will for the first time at the start of the Junior Grand Prix circuit, and determined to prevail over qualified Russian army, the fourteen year old Tokyo prover & agrave; to raise the level dell''asticella.
Higuchi has gi & agrave; revealed to the public the new short program, choreographed on a theme of mambo. The great novelty & agrave; regards the placement of the elements of the jump, which, unless path changes, will all run in the second half & agrave; of music. The difference compared to the recent past & egrave; notable in that, previously, the only triple lutz was realized in the second half & agrave; of the disc. The 'main unknown remains, however, linked to flip preceded by step, not the specialty & agrave; of the house, but required element (double or triple) in the short program of the next season. No problem, however, for the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop and double axel. On balance, the 'goal of the promise Japanese & egrave; to retrace the footsteps of Evgenia Medvedeva and future Polina Tsurskaja opponent, accustomed to perform all jumps in the second part of the music.
In terms of the free program, the projects are even more & ugrave; ambitious. The national junior champion, long accustomed to perform two double axel and seven triple jumps, would be willing to add to the repertoire the combination triple lutz / triple Rittberger moving the combination triple lutz / triple toe loop in the second half & agrave ;. Essentially, the main difference from the past, would be the replacement of a triple toe loop (value 4.1) with a triple Rittberger (value 5.1). Moreover, in the current season, probably from the Japanese National Championships in late December, will come & agrave; evaluated the 'opportunities & agrave; enter the triple axel, element that Higuchi is working for some time.
It remains to be seen what will actually Russian opponents. At the moment, nothing & egrave; leaked yet, but it is taken for granted in the transition category more Evgenia Medvedeva and Serafima Sakhanovich, at least for the Grand Prix. It appears, however, pi & ugrave; uncertain the situation of Mary Sotskova, which could still get at least one stage of the Grand Prix in virt & ugrave; the "best season", and Alexandra Proklova, recently went to the court of Elena Buianova, after working for years with Inna Goncharenko. Obviously, sar & agrave; the game Polina Tsursakja, thirteen coached by Ethers Tutberdize able to defeat at home the world champion junior Medvedeva.
In the past season now archives, Wakaba Higuchi, eligible for the category increased from July 1, 2016, took third place in the final of the Junior Grand Prix, in the World Championships in the junior and senior national championships, as well as having won the title Japanese junior.
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