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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2017 20:55:32 GMT
Russian Yevgenia Medvedeva beat her world-record free skate score by six points, while Japan won World Team Trophy to close the figure skating season in Tokyo on Saturday. Americans Ashley Wagner and Karen Chen were sixth and ninth, respectively, in the free skate. The U.S., which had won the last two World Team Trophy titles, finished third in the this year’s standings behind Japan and Russia. “This has been a turbulent season for me, so to finish with such a strong performance was really nice,” Wagner said, according to U.S. Figure Skating. “That wasn’t perfect, but I fought for every single thing. I’m very happy.” The 17-year-old Medvedeva hasn’t lost an individual competition since November 2015, a run that includes the last two world titles. She came into World Team Trophy having broken the women’s scoring record at her last two competitions (European and world championships). The mark was formerly held by Yuna Kim, set at the 2010 Olympics. At World Team Trophy, Medvedeva became the first female skater to break 80 points in a short program and 160 points in a free skate. She won the free skate by a whopping 14 points over Japan’s Mai Mihara.
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2017 20:29:57 GMT
Japan clinched the World Team Trophy in figure skating after Japanese figure skater Mai Mihara placed second in the women’s free skate on Saturday. Mihara, the Four Continents champion, received 146.71 points, while Japan’s Wakaba Higuchi finished third with 145.30 points to clinch the title for Japan with 109 points. Russia, which saw a record score from Yevgenia Medvedeva in the short program on Thursday, finished second with 105 points, while the United States finished third with 97. In addition to her strong short program, Medvedeva also rewrote her world record in the women’s free skate with 160.46 points.
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2017 20:21:41 GMT
Russian figure skaters have good potential to fight for the victory in the team competition at the Winter Olympics in 2018 in South Korea's Pyeongchang, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said to the agency "F-Sport". On Saturday in Japan ended the team championship in figure skating, where the Russians took second place , and was won by the Japanese. In this case, the team leader Evgeniya Medvedeva won, and the short and free program, setting two world records. "The potential is good, we are counting on our team at the Olympics. Just this potential to be realized. The children need to have a good rest, and then easy to work with. Of course, men have a problem, we see them and we will work with them. We will work with Maksim Kovtun. Mikhail Kolyada spent the more stable season", - Mutko said on the phone. He also noted how brilliantly Medvedeva held a tournament. "I hope Jack will not lose her top condition, have a rest and will continue to work. But she's a girl smart, and her coach is serious, so I think everything will be fine. The competitive environment (in women's figure skating) we have a good environment. three or four girls, if not five, will compete for a place in the composition (for the Olympics), "- he said to the agency. "In figure skating at all of us well. I hope (Tatiana) Volosozhar with (Maxim) Trankovym Now start working. (Ksenia) Stolbov with (Fyodor) Klimov we are very serious guys, just booking them is not specified. And the young (Eugenia ) Tarasova and (Vladimir) Morozov perform very well and dance we, unfortunately, fighting pair, only one (Catherine) Bobrova and (Dmitry) Soloviev fight like lions, but she's dancing -..! this is a very subjective view, "- said Mutko.
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Post by Admin on Apr 26, 2017 20:22:48 GMT
This and That: 2017 World Team Trophy and USFS
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Post by Admin on Apr 28, 2017 20:23:56 GMT
This isn’t the first time Evgenia Medvedeva has done a Sailor Moon routine, and it’s probably not the last time, either. Kotaku previously reported how Medvedeva is a huge anime fan. In particular, she digs Sailor Moon, but she’s also is into skating anime Yuri On Ice. In 2016, the Russian skater did a Sailor Moon themed routine, which made big waves in Japan.
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