Figure skating - Japan Open 2014
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L & rsquo; Europe has achieved success in the ninth edition of the Japan Open failing to have much the better of North America and Japan.
Saturday 4 October 2014 9 minutes reading time
The team of the old continent, driven by Elena Radionova a big sweep, totaled 551.95 points and preceded by nearly thirty lengths selected North American (522.09). The hosts (512.24), betrayed by an unrecognizable Takahiko Kozuka, they have, however, had to settle dell & rsquo; large detachment from the last position to the head.
As usual, the first to get on the ice dell''imponente Super Arena in Saitama, home of the & rsquo; latest edition of the World Championships, were the guests of the male sector.
The best of the lot & egrave; was by far Canada's Patrick Chan (178.17), who from the first element to jump hinted to cross a moment of form worthy of the Olympic Games. Not surprisingly, the new free program, choreographed by David Wilson on a medley of music by Chopin, he got a well deserved standing ovation from the local public. The twenty-three of Toronto, in addition to having created a vacuum as d & rsquo; habit on each item of the program components, & egrave; was clearly the best from a technical standpoint. Chan opened the program with a combination quadruple toe loop / triple toe loop closed with dexterity despite the risk of a collision with the boards, and has performed a good triple axel and a triple lutz in fluency. On balance, the three-time world champion, who has picked up on the technical front 87.45 points, & egrave; managed to put together in a free program at the beginning of October, a quad and eight triples, including two and two flip lutz. The performance takes huge specific if you think that Chan did not take & agrave; participate in any athletic competition of the season.
Behind all & rsquo; incomparable Canadian, you & egrave; placed Spaniard Javier Fernandez (155.47), which proved in spite of a ball landing with hand in the land of the triple axel, a fall on the quadruple salchow and some computational problem on the repeats of the triple jumps. & nbsp; The reigning European champion has, however, completed a quad and seven triples, seeing cancel the & rsquo; ultimate triple salchow to have repeated l & rsquo; factor three times. In this sense, fatal & egrave; was the first combination triple salchow / triple toe loop, do not open the quadruple salchow planned.
Fernandez preceded the Japanese Takahito Mura (146.41), not far from the performance expressed in the recently concluded Lombardy Trophy in place d & rsquo; honor, son d & rsquo; Japanese art has created two quadruple toe loop, without & ograve; run one in combination, and then completed five triples, including two axel, but not egrave &; appeared faultless landings leaving points on the road here and there & agrave ;.
The absolute disappointment of the race & egrave; was Takahiko Kozuka (119.51), clearly outclassed by the Canadian Jeffrey Buttle (136.08), who retired from competition back in 2008, and by the Czech Tomas Verner (137.50), which has abbanondato l & rsquo; agonism in March. The twenty-five year student of Nobuo Sato landed on two feet both quadruple toe loop, characterized by a rotation of pi & ugrave; he suspects, and & egrave; stumbled & nbsp; into a bad day on the triple axel, run single in the first chance and ended with a fall in the second. Also added to the whole a & rsquo; unusual fall at the end of the sequence choreography.
The highlight in the women & egrave; was the comparison of high technical depth between the Russian Elena Radionova (136.46) and Japan's Satoko Miyahara (131.49). Eventually l & rsquo; has checked the fifteen Moscow, driven by higher ratings on the components of the program and a degree of realization of the elements slightly higher, but both girls were well completed two double axel and seven triple jumps. Radionova, in particular, & egrave; and was flawless landings compared to last season's programs presented pi & ugrave; elements of jump in the second half & agrave; of music.
Si & egrave; also well defended Russia's Anna Pogorilaya (122.52), all call & rsquo; very last moment to replace her compatriot Julia Lipnitskaia. The fifteen-year student of Anna Tsareva completed a double axel and seven triples, including a flip is not taken from the inner wire and some landing craft saved. The main step-load & egrave; for & ograve; arrived in coincidence with the second attempt at double axel not been successful and only run single.
Without infamy and without praise the performance of Japan's Kanako Murakami (114.38), which has alternating elements of quality & agrave ;, first triple combination Rittberger and double axel / triple toe loop, a few step-load too, first triple flip only single, landing on two feet three times Rittberger and some rotation suspect too.
Provision less bright, however, for the American Mirai Nagasu (106.85) and Ashley Wagner (100.85), both falling on the triple salchow attempts and more often to the limit with the rotation of the jumps. L & rsquo; pupil of Rafael Aratuninan also highlighted difficulties & agrave; in & rsquo; execute the elements of top. Ambitious, in any case, the program Nagasu who opened the ball with combinations triple flip / triple toe loop and double axel / triple toe loop.
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VIDEO OF THE RACE
Patrick CHAN
Javier FERNANDEZ
Takahito MURA
Tomas VERNER
Jerffrey BUTTLE
Takhiko Kozuka
Elena Radionova
Satoko MIYAHARA
Anna POGORILAYA
Kanako MURAKAMI
Mirai NAGASU
Ashley WAGNER
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