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Polina Tsurskaya defended l & rsquo; imbattibilit & agrave; seasonal internationally winning dispersing the second edition of the Youth Olympic Winter Games, hosted by & rsquo; Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar.
Tuesday 16 February 2016 11 minutes reading time
Fourth between the & rsquo; incredulity & agrave; General at the end of the first segment of the race, the fourteen year of Omsk has entered the high-speed in the free program taking the lead to abysmal qualified competitors. L & rsquo; student of Ethers Tutberidze, not present on location, has revealed an overwhelming superiority & agrave; on jump elements while demonstrating to be by far the best in terms of quality & agrave; skating. While not in top condition, Tsurskaya completed two double axel and seven triple jumps, performing six jump elements in the second half & agrave; of music. The highlight, as d & rsquo; habit, & egrave; It was represented by the triple combinations lutz / triple toe loop, characterized by a & rsquo; amplitude at this time has no equal in the world. Previously archived net successes in the Junior Grand Prix circuit and the challenging national Junior Championships, the next target & egrave; represented by the Junior World Championships in Debrecen, where the average level sar & agrave; pi & ugrave; high in virt & ugrave; the presence of Japanese Higuchi and Honda.
As happened four years ago in Innsbruck, when it imposed Elizaveta Tuktamysheva front of Adelina Sotnikova, the Russian athletes have managed to occupy the top two positions. In accordance with the predictions of the vigil and in line with the findings in previous seasonal commitments, & egrave ;, in fact, touched Maria Sotskova put in the 'silver medal, despite a gap of more than sixteen lengths Tsurskaya neck. Almost sixteen stationed in Moscow & egrave; distinguished for stubbornness & agrave ;, which has allowed it to climb dall''ottava position occupied at the end of an unfortunate short program. Impeccable of steps and spins, Sotskova & egrave; was the 'only to get on track with the' intention to run two triple lutz and two triple flip. In the end the race plan & egrave; It was almost fully respected perch & egrave; the two double axel and seven triple jumps planned have been realized. The 'unique deburring concerned the combination triple flip / euler / triple salchow completed with the' support of a hand on the ice and judged under-rotated sull''ultimo jump.
The 'crowded battle for the third place winner was seen leaving the sixteen year old Kazakh Eizabet Tursynbaeva, which, in spite of a bad fall on the second triple Rittberger and some jumps too saved job, & egrave; managed to precede narrowly Japanese Yuna Shiraiwa, now author of the worst free to a hitherto compelling season program. Fourteen-year Kyoto has lost the chance & agrave; on the podium in the last seconds taking the risk of a combination groped double axel / triple toe loop not pianficiata and, invariably, not been successful. Just perseverance nell''inseguire the two double axel and seven triple jumps said evil pi & ugrave all''atleta; young in the race, which compromised the test with a fall when it would have been enough a combination double axel / double toe loop to win the bronze medal.
Next, you & egrave; placed Latvian Diana Nikitina, capable of improving the personal best by almost seventeen points. Fifteen of Riga, the protagonist of a trial of high-profile characterized by a double axel and seven triple jumps completed, missed the podium mulling on the second double axel, last element of costatole jump more than two points. It goes without s & egrave; that relying on Kuchvalska and Nikitina, Latvia & egrave; poised to become the second force in the women's field at European level.
There were positive findings for 'Italy. & Nbsp; Lucrezia Gennaro has touched all the personal records guadagando two positions in the pi & ugrave segment; long race. The fourteen coached by Ludmila Mladenova got a brilliant ninth place showing in the free program two double axel and five triple jumps. The fact that the technical panel has judged under-rotated the lutz, taken from a non-outer edge, and the two salchow has not stained pi & ugrave; from time proof of twice the national junior champion, perfectly at home on the elements of top and progressed in terms of quality & agrave; skating. & nbsp;
The medal of the discipline & egrave; Also in this edition it was dominated by Russia, strong three titles and seven medals overall on the twelve available. However, compared to the Innsbruck 2012 Youth festival & egrave; got a win in more & ugrave ;.
FINAL STANDINGS
1) RUS - TSURSKAYA Polina & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 186.04 (4 | 1) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2) RUS - SOTSKOVA Maria & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 169.50 (8 | 2) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3) KAZ - TURSYNBAEVA Elizabet & Nbsp; 167.88 (2 | 3) 4) JPN - Shiraiwa Yuna & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 166.66 (1 | 5) 5) LAT - Nikitina Diana & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 165.60 (3 | 4) 6) JPN - SAKAMOTO Kaori & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 155.23 (5 | 6) 7) KOR - BYUN Ji Hyun & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 143.70 (6 | 8) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8) USA - GIANG Vanna & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 135.65 (10 | 7) 9) ITA - GENNARO Lucrezia & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 134.18 (11 | 9) 10) ARM - Galustyan Anastasia133.21 (7 | 11) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 11) GER - HOCKE Annika & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 125.20 (15 | 10) 12) CHN - LI Xiangning121.24 (13 | 12) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 13) FIN - Jarvenpaa Anni120.91 (9 | 14) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 14) HUN - Medgyesi Fruzsina117.61 (14 | 15) & nbsp; & Nbsp; 15) NOR - Benjaminsen Juni Marie & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 117.16 (12 | 16) 16) SVK - Hagarova Alexandra113.27 (16 | 13) & nbsp; & nbsp;
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