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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2019 22:01:18 GMT
Japan's Shoma Uno was fourth at the Rostelecom Cup in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating after the men's short program on Friday.
Uno, looking for his third victory in a Grand Prix series event after winning both Skate Canada and the NHK Trophy last year, scored 87.29 points, just 0.25 shy of Makar Ignatov's third-place score of 87.54.
Alexander Samrin led the 12-man field with 92.81, followed by Dmitri Aliev. Japan's Kazuki Tomono was seventh.
Uno, the Pyeongchang Olympic silver medalist, opened his program by falling on the landing of his first quad flip.
He recovered, however, following up by landing a quad toe loop-double toe loop combination and nailing a triple axel in the latter portion of his program.
"The big issue for me this time was whether or not I could execute my jumps other than the flip," Uno said. "So I'm extremely relieved."
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Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2019 3:35:18 GMT
Medvedeva reeled off six triple jumps including a triple Salchow-triple loop combination in her program to “Memoirs of a Geisha” and got a level four for two spins and the step sequence. The two-time World Champion set a season’s best with 148.83 points and totaled 225.76 points. “I am very satisfied with what I did today and yesterday, finally I did what I should do,” the Olympic silver medalist noted. “It is in my plans to learn a quad, I am working on the quad Salchow, but at the same time I need to make sure I stay healthy. I’ll do everything I can for it and I hope to put it out there as soon as possible,” she added.
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Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2019 7:36:58 GMT
Bell’s performance to “Hallelujah” featured seven triples including a triple flip-triple toeloop combination. The Internationaux de France bronze medalist earned 138.56 points and remained in third place at 205.67 points overall. “I’m also pleased with my performance today. There are some little errors, but I can go back and work on those for whatever is next,” the US skater noted. “I think I just now start to be consistent. I don’t have limits and I don’t think why I couldn’t (learn a quad or triple Axel). We do work on some Axel exercises and I have tried a few triple Axels. Ladies skating is really moving forward. It’s super cool to be included in that. There is a lot to be said about technical elements, but there is a lot to be said about good skating as well. To have a good balance of that is I think what you really need.” Two-time World medalist Satoko Miyahara (JPN) moved up from sixth to fourth place with an emotional performance to “Hatikva” (192.42 points). Ekaterina Ryabova (AZE) placed fifth on 187.77 points. Yuhana Yokoi (JPN) pulled up from tenth to sixth place at 182.68 points.
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Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2019 15:00:02 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2019 21:16:12 GMT
Russia’s Alexander Samarin maintained his overnight lead to take gold in his first appearance at Rostelecom Cup in Moscow on Saturday. Teammates Dmitri Aliev and Makar Ignatov also held their positions to win the silver and bronze, respectively. Samarin nailed his opening quad Lutz-triple toe, earning mostly +5 in grades of execution (GOE) across the board in his routine to “Good News” by Apashe. However, the 2019 European silver medalist lost points when he tripled his intended quad flip (edge call) and quad toe (foot down). He was otherwise solid, landing two triple Axels while showing level 4 spins and level 3 footwork throughout. The 21-year-old earned 171.64 for first in the Free Skate and 264.45 overall. “Even though it was not my best performance, I am overwhelmed with emotions,” said the 2019 Internationaux de France silver medalist. “There were mistakes, big mistakes and we’ll work on it, but I’m glad to have qualified for the Grand Prix Final. That is not a bad result for the first half of the season.” Aliev also scaled down his opening jumps (quad Lutz and quad toe) to triples, however, the 2019 Skate America bronze medalist did land a quad toe-triple toe and solo toe in his routine to Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence”. He also landed a triple Axel and delivered two level 4 spins and footwork to finish second with 169.24 points in the Free Skate and overall (259.88)—both of which were new personal bests. “I had to make changes in the program while skating, put in quad jumps,” the 20-year-old from St. Petersburg said. “When you start doing this, it affects the program. Like I got a repetition of the jump today, though I thought everything was okay.” “I am pleased that I was able to show the character and save the program, because the first half did not go as planned,” he added. “I don’t want to repeat these mistakes. I did an extra triple Lutz that cost me a few points.”
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