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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2019 7:12:32 GMT
Hanyu cites Chen as his "motivation for skating" Chen has beaten Hanyu to two major titles this year after taking gold at the World Championships in Saitama and the Japanese skater says the rivalry is what keeps him going. "I really love competing with him because if I am skating alone, if I'm the only one getting over 300 for the total score, I feel really lonely, I can't find motivation for skating," said Hanyu. "So here [pointing at Chen] is my motivation for skating." He added: "Of course I can say I have two Olympic gold medals but these are past things. I want to live in the now. I want to compete more and more with Nathan and the other skaters. I wish with Javi [Fernandez, ex-training mate] too." Hanyu admits the performance left him drained, to the point he was not able to jump his final combination, a difficult triple Axel-triple Axel sequence. But he is determined to bounce back. "It wasn't ideal for me here," he said. "In the short as well, I feel like I've got a lot to work on. But I think I gave it everything I could today. I just want to start practising again - right now. "I'm exhausted; I couldn't even pose at the end. But to become the world's greatest again, I know this is a path that I have to follow through. I'm going to train like I never have before." - Yuzuru Hanyu
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Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2019 2:49:54 GMT
Andrey Simonenko. Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova, after speaking at the Grand Prix Final, said that at the end of this season she will try to perform the quad Loop Trusova on Saturday in the free program for the first time in the history of women's skating she performed the quadruple flip and scored 233.18 points in both programs. “Fourth Rittberger? I think I’ll try at the end of the season,” Trusova told reporters. The athlete trained a triple axel in Turin. “I won’t include a triple axel in a free one, there are five quads there,” she added.
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Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2019 22:17:31 GMT
Произвольная программа. Женщины. Финал Гран-при по фигурному катанию 2019
Алена Косторная выиграла финал Гран-при с новым мировым рекордом, набрав по сумме двух прокатов 247,59 балла. Второе место на счету Анны Щербаковой, Александра Трусова с бронзовой медалью.
Олимпийская чемпионка Алина Загитова по итогам двух соревновательных дней показала шестой результат.
Произвольный танец. Танцы. Финал Гран-при по фигурному катанию 2019/20
В соревнованиях танцевальных дуэтов победу одержали французские фигуристы Габриэлла Пападакис и Гийом Сизерон. Российские пары Александра Степанова/Иван Букин и Виктория Синицина/Никита Кацалапов завершили соревнования на четвертой и шестой позициях соответственно.
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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2019 21:56:24 GMT
Kostornaia beats quad power, for now Women's figure skating has undergone a radical transformation in the past two years. And right now, three girls with a combined age of 46 stand alone at the pinnacle of the sport. It was Alena Kostornaia who took overall victory with a world record total after taking second place in the free skate to go with her world best short program. She is the only one of the 3A - the three first-season seniors trained by Eteri Tutberidze - who does not have a quad jump in her arsenal, leaving her susceptible to her rink-mates in Montreal in March. Both runner-up Anna Shcherbakova and bronze medallist Alexandra Trusova landed quads in the free skate with Trusova becoming the first woman to land a quadruple flip in competition. Double world junior champion Trusova actually attempted five quads, like Chen and Hanyu, but only landed three of them and blamed nerves for her popping a quad Salchow. Shcherbakova landed a quad Lutz and fell on her quad flip attempt, but still managed to win the free skate from Kostornaia. If Trusova and Shcherbakova can get their quads right, then they will have a significant technical elements scores advantage over Kostornaia who only (!) has a triple Axel. That's another jump Trusova needs to work on after her short program fall wrecked her hopes of gold, although she was her usual happy-go-lucky self in Turin with her dog Red Bourbon Baby Bounti, Tina for short, making it onto the ice for the victory ceremony.
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Post by Admin on Dec 12, 2019 18:30:45 GMT
Triple Axel queen Rika Kihira landed a quad Salchow in practice but failed to repeat it on the night. Last year's Grand Prix Final winner was down in sixth after a disappointing short program but moved up to fourth as she shrugged off that early fall to produce a fine free skate. She looks to be the biggest danger to the three Russians' dominance although she will need to land all of her jumps to have a medal chance in Montreal. Bradie Tennell took a very creditable fifth place with two fine skates in Turin, but the American will struggle to challenge for medals without a triple Axel or a quad. The same can arguably be said for Alina Zagitova who skated close to her best to take second place in the short program. But her free skate unravelled pretty early on and she looked crestfallen in the 'kiss and cry' as her score came up leaving her down in sixth place. With only three skaters from each country permitted at the World Championships, there is every chance the 17-year-old will be unable to defend the title she won in Saitama in March.
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