Bernardi / Giacomelli and Sforza / Sforza at the foot of the podium nell''Ice Star of Minsk

Bernardi/Giacomelli e Sforza/Sforza ai piedi del podio nell'Ice Star di Minsk
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Bernardi / Giacomelli and Sforza / Sforza at the foot of the podium nell''Ice Star of Minsk

L & rsquo; Ice Star of Minsk, B level competition now in its third edition, & egrave; was the scene of the international debut of two Italian couples dance training recently.

The first feedback & egrave; were positive and & egrave; served to break the ice with a view & rsquo; pending national competition to be held & agrave; this weekend at the Assago Forum, usual place of training of both associations blues engaged in the Belarusian capital. Federica Bernardi and Saverio Giacomelli, third after the short-dance, they closed the test in fourth position ahead of the pi & ugrave; young Sofia Sforza Sforza Luca and Leo, who preferred to face the season in the senior category even though they were still in et & agrave; to compete at the junior level. Moreover, for Bernardi, who tomorrow Compir & agrave; twenty-three & eacute; years, and Giacomelli, twenty-one former artistic skater, you & egrave; treated for the first race of his career side by side, while the brothers Sforza, nineteen years old Sofia and sixteen Leoluca, had previously participated in all & rsquo; latest edition of the Junior National Championships. The success & egrave; went to the emerging Russian Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (pictured), world junior champions in the past and are ready to face two stages of the Grand Prix. The students of Alexander Zhulin were clearly imposed in both segments of the race reaching scores far higher than official records. In the free dance, cos & igrave; as Italian couples have palaesato some problem in & rsquo; properly perform the straight line lift, but the rest of the elements were impeccable receiving from generous technical panel of Minsk a level four for the diagonal, not easy to be confirmed in the context of race pi & ugrave; noble. In second place, with a gap of more than thirty-seven points, were placed the Russians, school Togliatti, Evgenia Kosigina / Moroshkin Nikolai, who, making his debut in a senior international event, preceded the hosts Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev, seconds in the free dance with a score of respect. However, to give a real dimension of the pair of Belarus, & egrave; important to emphasize that at the level of ISU Championships has never gone beyond the twenty-eighth place in the last Europeans never able to qualify for the 'Final Act of the competition. Bernardi / Giacomelli and Sforza / Sforza have spoken or almost as & egrave; on the same plane from the technical point of view to obtain the same levels on the elements presented in the two segments of the race. The difference in the final three points of abundant & egrave; was primarily the result of the assessments on the items of the program components. In the free dance, straight line aside, & egrave; reached the level pi & ugrave; the upper hand over the other and lift as twizzles on top. The sequences of steps in the pair, however, are stops at level two. Taken for granted on the eve, both Italian couples have obtained the minimum technical scores to possibly take part in the European Championships in Stockholm, where l & rsquo; Italian potr & agrave; deploy three couples without being able to count on Riazanova / Vaturi. & Nbsp; FINAL STANDINGS 01) (RUS) Ksenia Monko / Kirill KHALIAVIN162.81 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (1 | 1) 02) (RUS) Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN135.26 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (2 | 3) 03) (BLR) Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 132.50 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (4 | 2) 04) (ITA) Federica Bernardi / Saveiro GIACOMELLI & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 128.58 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (3 | 4) 05) (ITA) Sofia SFORZA / Leo Luca SFORZA & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 125.22 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (5 | 5) 06) (LAT) Olga JAKUSHINA / Andrey nevskiy & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 119.46 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (6 | 7) 07) (RUS) Luidmila SOSNITSKAYA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 114.62 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (8 | 6) 08) (UZB) Elizaveta Tretyakova / Vadim Vylegzhanin & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 113.32 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (7 | 8) 09) (POL) Beatrice TOMCZAK / Damian BINKOWSKI & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 106.08 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (9 | 9) 10) (GER) Natalie Rehfeldt / Bennet PREISS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 95.40 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (10 | 10)
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