Figure Skating - Short Dance - 2014 Sochi
Iceberg Palace in Sochi staged the Short Dance dance with the'' anticipated duel between Meryl Davis / Charlie White and Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir resolved with victory in the first battle for the Americans.
Sunday 16 February 2014 9 minutes reading time
At the command, as expected, the eve of the most favored, Meryl Davis / Charlie White, who, with a romantic and passionate performance, performed a program almost perfect, exhibiting a sequence of Twizzle Finnstep fast and precise and dynamic, getting on all five elements of the short fdance the maximum level 4. All this has earned the duo Yankee 78,89 points, very close to the Top 80 that is absolute perfection, crumbling their previous world record.
Despite this, tomorrow will stage a race. In fact, the Canadian couple Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir she finished in second place by a narrow margin in the lead, the result of a well-executed program that earned him a score of 76.33, very close to their personal records. They had to be perfect to put pressure on the American duo and so it was with Tessa who performed the most of Twizzle that both the'' despair had made both in the Team Event here in Sochi and in the final of the Grand Prix. Only snagging the first Finnstep that did not reach the planned level 4, which on balance has cost at least a point in the technical score. Tomorrow will hunt confirmation'' s got gold in Vancouver 2010 at home.
In third place after the Short Dance the Russian duo Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov that improved by more than three points on their personal record, gave a strong signal and clear about who is the Russian pair of bronze tip for hunting. 73,04 The points are credited with a great performance, technically flawless having reached level four is on the two Finnstep that on Twizzle performed all'' unison. On the artistic side led on the ice Quickstep - Foxtrot brilliant and dynamic choreography with a good bill that will be even better in the future when the young Russian couple (19 and 22) will acquire an artistic maturity that by force of circumstances, we do not have in their technical-choreographed.
In the fight for the medals thanks to their personal best the French duo Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat that, presenting a compelling new program, was almost 73 share points, closing at 72.78 and ahead of the second Russian pair Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitry Soloviev , large disappointed by the day, that is not way over the pass 70 share points like in the Team Event and get ready to get on track for the free dance with more than three points from the podium.
Sixth place for our partial Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte who pay a small imperfection in the circle by Luke. The performance of the pair of Paola Mezzadri however was very solid, with a lift of Twizzle precise and spectacular. Unfortunately, the duo scored the only level 3 in the second series of Finnstep that did not allow him to go beyond the 32.85 for a total of 67.58 points in the technical interpretation thanks to an elegant and engaging. The fight for the bronze seems restricted to couples who overrun them, but we must be perfect to take advantage of any errors of others.
Completing the top 10 the second Canadian couple Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (65.93) and the two couples Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates and brothers Shibutani.
Fifteenth position for the second blue pair Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri who have messed on the diagonal, is imprecise and fluid, and the Twizzle not squeaky clean where Fabbri has made a big mistake touching Charlene. For them, however, arrived 58.14, very close to their personal established this season's European Championships in Budapest. For the pair of Barbara Fusar Poli Thus there will be a chance to perform in the Free Dance and try to touch the 144,40 of Europeans.
Tomorrow at 16.00 you will complete the program with the Free Dance Dance which will award three medals.
Here are the standings after the Short Dance:
Position
Couple ;
Nat
Tot
Technical
Components
1
Q
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
USA
78.89
39.72
39.17
2
Q
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
CAN
76.33
37.64
38.69
3
Q
Elena Ilinykh / Nikita KATSALAPOV
RUS
73.04
36.36
36.68
4
Q
PECHALAT Nathalie / BOURZAT Fabian
FRA
72.78
36.43
36.35
5
Q
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
RUS
69.97
33.58
36.39
6
Q
Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE
ITA
67.58
32.85
34.73
7
Q
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje
CAN
65.93
31.93
35.00
8
Q
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
USA
65.46
32.78
32.68
9
Q
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
USA
64.47
33.36
31.11
10
Q
ZHIGANSHINA Nelli / Alexander Gazsi
GER
60.91
30.64
30.27
11
Q
COOMES Penny / Nicholas BUCKLAND
GBR
59.33
30.08
30.25
12
Q
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ
ESP
58.58
31.78
26.80
13
Q
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES
FRA
58.25
30.50
27.75
14
Q
Zlobina Julia / Alexei Sitnikov
AZE
58.15
28.79
29.36
15
Q
Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
ITA
58.14
30.00
28.14
16
Q
Sinitsina V / R ZHIGANSHIN
RUS
58.01
30.43
27.58
17
Q
TOBIAS I / D STAGNIUNAS
LTU
56.40
27.79
28.61
18
Q
Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
CAN
55.91
27.50
28.41
19
Q
Tanja Kolbe / Stefano CARUSO
GER
54.43
28.22
26.21
20
Q
Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN
AUS
52.68
28.29
24.39
21
Cathy REED / Chris REED
JPN
52.29
26.87
25.42
22
Agafonova Alisa / Alper UCAR
TUR
49.84
25.14
24.70
23
Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG
CHN
48.96
23:14
25.82
24
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / DUN Dmitri
UKR
41.90
18:36
23:54
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