Figure skating - Merano Cup 2013
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The vice-world champion Denis Ten won the sixteenth edition of the Merano Cup, hosted by Meranarena as conseuto.
Sunday 17 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
The twenty year old Kazakh, after leading the short program, gave something to his opponents in the race longer segment of losing personal battle with the quadruple toe loop (the first party even simpler, the second colon). For the rest, in accordance with the script, has created a vacuum on the components of the program, was superlative of spins and steps and has completed six of the seven planned triple, including a combination triple axel / triple toe loop rips applause.
In second place, came the Japanese Daisuke Murakami, author of the best free program in which he presented a quadruple Salchow and seven triple jumps, including a couple of axel. Overall, despite a couple of landings of Japanese sporacati evidence was convincing although the growth margins on the tops are quite obvious.
On the lowest rung of the podium Paolo Bacchini, in'' opportunity protagonist of the provision of technical robustness undisputed. The Italian vice-champion opened with a fine free triple axel managed to complete seven triples, including a flip from the wire suspicion landed a ride. Ranging among other things rimarcate the combination triple flip / triple toe loop, performed in the second half of the disc, and spins of good quality.
It has not been even less Maurizio Zandron, able to finish the race in fourth position with a free program with seven triples, with a lot of great triple axel in the opening. The main regret is related to the spinner combined with change of foot does not go beyond the level one and cost a couple of points to more than positive Bolzano stationed in Milan.
L'' expected Ivan Righini, accomplices problems on quadruple toe loop and triple axel, repeated in both segments of the race, you had to settle for fifth position, especially paying duty on the technical score of the free program certainly not all'' height of his past and expectations.
Afterwards he placed the German Franz Streubel, who tried to run the quadruple toe loop completing the rotation, but falling.
At home Italy, it should be noted the'' eighth place by Saverio Giacomelli, able to perform four triples in the free program, including a lutz and a flip of quality. Antonio Yachts, however, concluded in eleventh posizone, while Dario Betti he finished thirteenth.
In the light of the result of Merano, in the "partial ranking Italian" remains in rest Ivan Righini before Paul Bonifacio Parkinson and Maurizio Zandron, avvicinatorsi in a bully. The fourth position is occupied by Paolo Bacchini.
With regard to the final list of those who have applied to participate in Universiasi, the first position is occupied by Maurizio Zandron. Follow Paolo Bacchini, Yachts and Antonio Saverio Giacomelli
MERANO CUP FINAL
01) (KAZ) - Denis TEN 231.12 (1 | 2) 02) (JPN) - Daisuke MURAKAMI 222.89 (2 | 1) 03) (ITA) - Paul BACCHINI 189.07 (3 | 3) 04) (ITA) - Mauritius ZANDRON 179.19 ( 5 | 4) 05) (ITA) - Ivan RIGHINI 177.65 (4 | 5) 06) (GER) - Franz Streubel 172.28 , (6 | 6) 07) (FIN) - Valtter Virtanen 160.37 (7 | 8) 08) (ITA) - Xavier GIACOMELLI 159.64 , (8 | 9) 09) (CZE) - Pavel KASKA 159.02 (10 | 7) 10) (FIN) - Tomi Pulkkinen 158.28 , (9 | 10) 11) (ITA) - Antonio PANFILI 150.31 (11 | 11) 12) (SUI) - Nicolas DUBOIS140.12 (13 | 12) 13) (ITA) - Dario Betti 135.94 (12 | 13)
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