Figure Skating - Team Event - 2014 Sochi
The Russian pair, skating to the tune of "The Addams Family" by Marc Shaiman won the pairs free program of artistic valid for the Team Event that tomorrow will award the first medals of figure skating.
Saturday 8 February 2014 5 minutes reading time
In front of a packed the Iceberg Palace in Sochi Russian couple, who took over in Volosozhar / Trankov, has passed the order rivals Canadians Kirsten Moore Towers & Dylan Moscovitch and Italians Stefania Berton & Ondrej Hotarek.
Following were placed Americans Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir and the pair formed by Japanese Narumi Takahashi & Ryuichi Kihara that, as forecast, closed the circle of five couples.
Stolbova / Klimov have run a clean program with the exception of the combination triple toe loop / double toe loop / double toe loop, which has cost the hosts capable of running a negative element, but that did not stop them from still make the best score coach of the competition thanks to the throw jumps of fine workmanship. In addition, the Russian duo also scored the second best score, the result of an interpretation of mature and fun.
Canadians have little to complain because their program, although well-skated, it was spoiled by the bad mistake of Kristen in the triple Salchow in parallel where it landed by placing both hands.
Good performance for the blue duo who, due to a fall on the triple Salchow Stefania Berton in parallel mistake that was made in the recent exit at the European Championships, suffered a penalty of one point obtaining a score below expectations .
The Fall of today has definitely had an impact on the race of the couple but worries ahead of the competition of individual Stefania, who suffered a bad injury in his left hip, already sore.
Here are the rankings of Free Skating Pairs and the general situation in the Team Event:
1
RUS
Ksenia Stolbova
135.09
10
Fedor Klimov
2
CAN
Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS
129.74
9
Dylan Moscovitch
3
ITA
Stefania BERTON
120.82
8
Ondrej Hotárek
4
USA
Marissa CASTELLI
117.94
7
Simon SHNAPIR
5
JPN
Narumi TAKAHASHI
86.33
6
Ryuichi Kihara
Pos
Team
Ladies
Men
Pairs
Dance
Ladies
Men
Pairs
Dance
Total
1
RUS
10
9
10
8
10
47
2
CAN
6
8
9
9
9
41
3
USA
7
4
6
10
7
34
4
ITA
9
1
7
6
8
31
5
JPN
8
10
3
3
6
30
6
FRA
5
6
4
7
/
/
/
/
22
7
CHN
4
7
8
1
/
/
/
/
20
8
GER
2
5
5
5
/
/
/
/
17
9
UKR
3
3
2
2
/
/
/
/
10
10
GBR
1
2
1
4
/
/
/
/
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