Figure skating - Medal Winners Open 2016
The "Towa Yakuhin Ractab Dome" (a time namihaya dome) Osaka & egrave; It was the scene of the third edition of the Medal Winners Open, a kind of performance disguised as a race risconosciuta by the International Federation (ISU).
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The 'event, which saw the starting athletes now withdrawn from time or struggling with one or more & ugrave; year sabbatical, has sanctioned the return to competition of Carolina Kostner, back from a long break initially determined by personal choices and later by a ban for involvement in the doping case dell''ex mate Alex Schwarzer.
The ten skaters competing, equally divided by sex, were challenged on a format thought out to give the greatest possible emphasis to the artistic component. Each athlete has presented a choreographic sequence, three elements of several top choice three jump elements of two or more & ugrave; rotations with the faculties & agrave ;, but not the 'obligation to perform a combination or sequence of two jumps. As for women, & egrave; It established a program time of three minutes (+/- 10 seconds), while for men & egrave; rose to three and a half minutes (+/- 10 seconds). Proof & egrave; It was judged by five judges with the qualification or ISU International and, as is usual in the short-program of the women, the average points of each item of the program components & egrave; It was multiplied by 0.8 (1.0 for the male sector).
The women's race & egrave; He was dominated by defending champion Joannie Rochette (71.27), who had sharply because of qualified competition not giving the 'impression of having abandoned the true competitive spirit for nearly six years. The 'Canadian icon has perci & ograve; celebrated the best thirty springs, reached just last Wednesday & Igrave ;. The key to success & egrave; It was represented by a better command of the jump over to the opponent, which has favored a double-digit advantage. Took to the track on the song "Gravity", Rochette has well completed a triple flip, historical specialty & agrave; of the house, a combination triple toe loop / double toe loop and a triple toe loop jumps to compensating with un''esecuzione of tops not flawless.
Carolina Kostner (59.69), absent from competition for nearly two years, has played well "M & eacute; ditation" based dall''opera Tha & IUML; s French composer Jules Messent, distinguendsosi for the usual quality & agrave; Skating and for the 'elegance, emphasized by a dress of blue background created by fashion designer Gianni Roman Soap. Almost twenty-nine South Tyrolean not & egrave; for & ograve; He managed to keep up the winning because & egrave; all''appello they have missed the triple jumps planned. Kostner has completed a good combination double axel / double toe loop, but both salchow opening the final were run double toe loop instead & egrave; triple.
Next, you & egrave; He placed the twenty-eight Japanese Miki Ando (54.13), who presented the program absolute pi & ugrave; ambitious falling, after completing a triple salchow, on an attempted triple lutz by rotation rather suspicious and mulling on the final combination triple toe loop / double toe loop.
Pi & ugrave; detached, however, Japan's Yuka Sato (50.44) and American Kimmie Meissner (45.12), penalized by greater disuse races.
In the men, it & egrave; imposed the American Jeremy Abbott (85.44), which, on the song "Bring Him Home" from the musical "Les Miserables" presented a program without smudging worthy of notes ennobled by a triple axel worthy of its past splendor. The thirty stationed in Detroit ruled un''incollatura of the landlord Nobunari Oda (83.82), best of the lot on the elements of jump and beaten because of a trivial fall on choreographic sequence. The 'now twenty-eight of Takatsuki, located right in the center of Osaka Prefecture, opened the proceedings with a sumptuous triple axel and then brilliantly completed a combination triple toe loop / triple toe loop and a triple lutz.
The tight battle for the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium smiled at Canadian Jeffrey Buttle (72.76), who supported the assessments more & ugrave; high on the components of the program, had the better of the American Johnny Weir (70.30) and the Russian Ilja Kulik (69.67), long-time veteran who in 1998 conquered Japan nell''ormai away & ograve; the Olympic title.
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