Figure Skating - Coupe de Nice 2015
Flavio Valle
The penultimate day of the Coupe de Nice had as main course the Men's Free program, but a few hours before he even opened the women's competition with the presence of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, defending champion.
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Nell''occasione, the 'safe use had most of the new yet to break in and the success in the first segment of the race & egrave; He went to the veteran Russian Alena Leonova (68.52), who has resubmitted the 'already excellent program & agrave; appreciated in the past season. The performance of the twenty-four in St. Petersburg, best of the day on the technical and on each item of the program components, & egrave; or almost as been & egrave; impeccable both on the usual elements of jumping (combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, triple flip, double axel), that the spins, including by her tricky inverted.
The favorite Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (59.12), struggling with the new short program to the tune of "Carmina Burana", you & egrave ;, however, had to settle for second place with nine points behind. Fatal & egrave; revealed an unusual black-out on the elements of jump. The champion standings in office & egrave; fell on a triple axel attempt, perfectly turned, then he executed a double lutz instead & egrave; triple, then worthless under the regulation, and, finally, has botched the combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop, however completed. On the positive side, ranging remarkability level four got on top and the inverted 'excellent sequence of steps. In any case, they were dispelled doubts about the race strategy and the 'impression, as he had hinted a few weeks ago Alexei Mishin, & egrave; the triple axel rester & agrave; the 'opening element for the' entire season.
Behind the Russian, you & egrave; placed the French Laurine Lecavalier (54.99), ahead of the advanced Ukrainian Anna Khnychenkova (51.82). The 'Italian Giada Russian (45.79), the debut season, he finished in seventh place with the usual spinners of quality & agrave; and some problems too with the rotations of the jumps. The initial triple flip & egrave; It was, in fact, reduced to two, while the triple salchow, which opened the combination with a double toe loop, & egrave; It was judged under rotated.
The men's competition & egrave; It was won with merit from the transalpine Chafik Besseghier (231.11), which & egrave; managed to tame the competition in both segments of storing the second race win of the season after that achieved in the Lombardy Trophy & agrave met; September. In the free program today, the twenty-six of Grenoble & egrave; proven athlete with great character because & egrave; He has been able to straighten out a test match on the wrong foot. In fact, after having landed with a noticeable step-out the first quadruple toe loop, & egrave; He fell into ruin on the second attempt. From the & Igrave; in the end, for & ograve ;, & egrave; He has been able to shift gears and to complete a double axel and six triple jumps, including two triple axels fine. Besseghier, despite the initial problems, & egrave; It was the best on the technical side for the second consecutive day.
In second place & egrave; Alexander ascended the revived Swedish Majorov (220.16), sixth after the short program. The twenty-four based in Lulea has proven to have fully recovered the 'integrity & agrave; physics by double axel and eight triple jumps, including two axel. The next step will be & agrave; to re-enter the quadruple toe loop.
The podium & egrave; was completed by sixteen year old Russian Dmitri Aliev (217.86), today fell on a quadruple toe loop attempt and not as bright as usual on the triple axel. & nbsp; Next, you & egrave; placed the Czech Michal Brezina (215.55), again the best of the lot on the components of the program, but still in trouble & agrave; on attempts to quadruple salchow, both concluded with a fall.
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In the dance, & egrave; came the first success in an international competition for the Finns Cecilia Torn / Jussiville Partanen (135.04), which confirmed the significant progress made manifest in the Finlandia Trophy last week. Students Maurizio Margaglio, second after the short-dance, dominated the free dance revealing a clear superiority & agrave; technical competition and storing assessment pi & ugrave; High on each item of the program components. The Finnish pair, born just over & ugrave; Two years ago, preceded the Franco-Italian Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet (127.44) and Canadians Carolane Soucisse / Simon Tanguay (125.40), winners of the short-dance.
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