Virtue / Moir led the modest short-dance of Finland Trohpy

The race, as occasionally happens in competitive events early in the season, was punctuated by errors of various kinds, revealing rather flimsy from the technical point of view. In accordance with the prediction of the vigil, the first place went to Canadians Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (67.23), who skated to music by Emma Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Nothing to complain about the choreography of the program, well built on the characteristics of both and can enhance the romantic union that the two athletes know to establish on the ice. Some more problems, however, from the technical point of view as Tessa Virtue has not completed to best second set of twizzle and in fact of levels obtained has stayed away from'' excellence. The Canadian couple'' s still received unanimous assessment beyond the nine points in the components of the program, but it goes without saying that a result well below the threshold of seventy lengths can not be considered satisfactory. In second place, are the U.S. Chock / Bates (53.34), penalized by a disastrous fall of Evan Bates at the end of the first twizzle. The U.S. skater has, in fact, started the'' element in a disorganized to completely lose the'' balance. The rest of the competition was ruled by the Polish school Shpilband Plutowska / Gerber (51,25), which preceded the Finns Lindholm / Kanervo (49,46), coached by Maurizio Margaglio. Only fifths Finally, the Lithuanians Tobias / Stagniunas (48,89), even in their huge trouble on the technical side and probably demotivated from almost certain exclusion from the Olympic Games because of the difficulties encountered by Isabella in'' Tobias obtain Lithuanian citizenship . It is notable as the only Virtue / Moir have managed to exceed the minimum technical score imposed by'' ISU to get the'' Olympic eligibility (28 points), that says a lot about today's level of competition. Moreover, the threshold of the twenty-eight points has not been approached by any of the competing couples. On balance, the comparison distance between Finland and Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy, today came out victorious the short-dance held in Bratislava.