U.S. figure skating championMax Aaron‘s Olympic season is off to a personal-best start.
Aaron, 21, scored an 81.49 to take the lead at the U.S. International Classic in Salt Lake City on Thursday night, bettering his 78.20 from the World Championships in March, where he finished seventh overall.
Aaron’s short program highlight was a quad salchow-triple toe loop combination, though he put both his hands on the ice on the quad. Aaron also landed a clean triple axel, putting him four points ahead of second-place匀琀攀瀀栀攀渀 Carriere漀昀 the U.S. (full results below).
Carriere, 10th at last season’s U.S. Championships, skated a clean program but did not attempt a quadruple jump.
The men’s free skate is Friday at 9:15 p.m. ET on icenetwork.com. It will be preceded by the short dance (2:35) and women’s short program (5:10).
2013 world junior championJosh Farris, 18,椀猀 in third place after his international debut short program scored a 72.58. Farris stepped out of a quad toe loop landing.
The U.S. men are beginning a season in which they’ll compete for two spots on the Olympic team at the 2014 U.S. Championships in Boston in January.
Other contenders for Sochi include 2010 Olympic championEvan Lysacek, who pulled out of the U.S. International Classic earlier this week. Lysacek has not competed since winning gold in Vancouver. Also in the running are three-time U.S. championJeremy Abbott愀渀搀 the last three U.S. silver medalists,刀漀猀猀 Miner,Adam Rippon愀渀搀刀椀挀栀愀爀搀 Dornbush.
In the pairs short program Thursday, CanadiansKirsten Moore-Towers愀渀搀 Dylan Moscovitch琀漀漀欀 a six-point lead with a score of 68.52. 2013唀.S. championsMarissa Castelli愀渀搀 Simon Shnapir瀀氀愀挀攀搀 second despite匀栀渀愀瀀椀爀 falling on a side-by-side triple salchow.
Moore-Towers and Moscovitch are the defending champions of the U.S. International Classic and took fourth at the World Championships in March.
2012 U.S. championsCaydee Denney愀渀搀John Coughlin眀攀爀攀 third at 61.66, followed by吀愀爀愀栀 Kayne愀渀搀 Daniel O’Shea(60.31). Denney put her hand on the ice on a side-by-side triple toe loop and a throw triple lutz.
U.S. bronze medalistsFelicia Zhang愀渀搀 Nathan Bartholomay眀攀爀攀 sixth out of seven pairs at 50.23 after falls on a throw triple lutz and side-by-side triple toe loop (Bartholomay).
Men
1. Max Aaron (USA) 81.49
2. Stephen Carriere (USA) 77.48
3. Josh Farris (USA) 71.85
4. Grant Hochstein (USA) 63.29
5.伀氀攀欀猀椀椀 Bychenko (ISR) 62.19
6. Christopher Caluza (PHI) 61.79
7. Michael Christian Martinez (PHI) 59.65
8.Andrei Rogozine (CAN) 58.39
9. Stanislav Samohin (ISR) 56.84
10. Charles Pao (TPE) 34.62
Pairs
1. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch (CAN) 68.52
2. Castelli/Shnapir (USA) 62.26
3. Denney/Coughlin (USA) 61.66
4. Kayne/O’Shea (USA) 60.31
5. Lawrence/Swiegers (CAN) 59.30
6. Zhang/Bartholomay (USA) 50.23
7. Davidovich/Krasnapolsky (ISR) 43.70
祖姨妈和众冰舞弟子来到了少年男单比赛现场。媚娘好有淑女气质，只是白查理照片中的形象和想象中有所差别，或许正式比赛时会有所不同吧。
来自美国的冰迷Jennifer Comeaux在她的google+上公布了D/W自由舞《天方夜谭》的训练视频画面
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjA4ODA4NTcy.html
冰舞短舞蹈进行中。 W/P短舞结束，他们获得了62.61分，这套节目获得了观众的认可，但是裁判给出的分数较为保守。
感谢youtube网友diodio0013plus上传W/P短舞蹈视频:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjA4ODM4MTg4.html
一组Twitter上前方网友对W/P的短舞42nd Street的评论：
D/W的短舞蹈《窈窕淑女》首演获得成功，他们获得了73.67分的高分
感谢youtube网友上传D/W短舞蹈的视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjA4ODQwODUy.html
一组来自twitter的评论：
冰舞短舞蹈结束，最终排名
http://www.usfigureskating.org/l ... /68594/results.html
D/W和W/P的短舞蹈服装。 更多图片请访问：http://www3.daylife.com/search/p ... 2013+Salt+Lake+City
Icenetwork.com对短舞蹈比赛的综述：
Davis, White hit high notes with 'My Fair Lady'
Weaver, Poje slide into second place; Orford, Williams take third
Ｂy George, I think they've got it.Meryl Davis and Charlie White set Salt Lake City alight Friday afternoon with an entrancing short dance to My Fair Lady that everyone in the arena could probably have watched all night.
"We are really thrilled with the first outing of this program," Davis said.
Judges agreed, awarding the world champions 73.67 points and giving them an 11-point lead over Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje at the 2013 U.S. International Figure Skating Championships.
From the opening midline steps through the Finnstep sections and closing rotational lift, the team's unison and speed looked in mid-season form. Dance steps melded seamlessly into twizzles, and the closing rotational lift was done with swift assurance. Those two elements gained Level 4's, with the remaining three elements earning Level 3's.
About the only criticism levied was that they hit their final pose a half second or so behind the music.
"We definitely spent a lot of time with Marina figuring out the musicality of the program, and where the elements would flow seamlessly with the music," Davis said. "We finish our side-by-side sequence and have an intricate dance section leading into our twizzles, and I feel it's effective to structure it that way."
"Right now we're sort of in the mode of worrying about what we can improve on," White said. "It was a solid skate; I think we can the ballroom feel, look more finished. But those are little touches that can grow as the season goes on."
Zoueva, the team's coach and choreographer, agreed.
"I am happy with how they performed," Zoueva said. "I expect the program to be very sophisticated, very classy, very elegant, and it is. It is a very nice technical score for the beginning of the season.
"Of course, everything can always be improved," she continued. "The lift, I want to see her in a higher first position. She was higher in practice."
White thought of one more thing.
"Try not to not end with the music," he said. "I'm putting that on the checklist."
Weaver and Poje's short dance to selections from 42nd Street captured the brassy, sassy character of the backstage musical, with high-energy tap dancing (complete with sound effects) and an exciting closing curve lift that had Poje swinging Weaver into several different positions.
The Canadians, fifth in the world last season, earned 62.61 points, gaining Level 4's for their twizzles and lift. The first section of their Finnstep was Level 2, and the remaining two elements earned Level 3's.
"Thinking back through our career, this is probably one of the earliest we have been out for an international competition, so we're happy with where we are," Poje said. "It's definitely still young in the season. We worked hard to ensure we would be ready for this, and we feel like it's a good building block for the season."
The music was chosen by Weaver, who remembers skating to it when she was 6.
"We just dug up the video; it was bad," she said. "I started thinking about it last season and then when I got injured, I had more time to think about it, because I didn't know if we would be able to come back or not for world championships in London."
Another Canadian team, Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams, is third after a light and elegant performance to a Frank Sinatra medley that earned 54.64 points. Their twizzles and lift rated Level 4, but their Finnstep sections and midline steps were Level 2's.
"It felt like a pretty strong skate for us. A few little wobbles here and there," Williams said. "We did a good job staying engaged with the audience and the judges, so overall we're happy."
The skaters scoured YouTube for classic movie scenes to help them interpret their choreography, done by their coaches Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe.
"I watch a lot of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers clips," Orford said.
The Canadian bronze medalists expect to battle with several other teams for the third spot on Canada's Olympic ice dance squad, behind Weaver and Poje and Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
"We're going to study the protocol, figure out what we are missing on the technical side and where to make improvements," Williams said. "We want to increase our score and qualify for Sochi down the road."
Brits Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland are fourth with 53.97 points, despite trouble with their rotational lift that dropped the element to Level 1.
Azerbaijan's Julia Zlobina and Alexei Sitnikov skated a slinky Pink Panther program to place sixth with 53.75 points.
Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan Giulietti-Schmitt skated a fast-paced dance to quickstep and Charleston rhythms but lost ground when Kriengkrairut stumbled during the second Finnstep pattern. They are seventh with 53.03 points.
"We felt we skated pretty well overall," Giulietti-Schmitt said. "It was definitely an improvement over Lake Placid (Ice Dance Championships), which is what we were looking for. Not quite the skate we wanted, not quite the score we wanted, but we know we will improve over the season."
Anastasia Cannuscio and Colin McManus, sixth in the U.S. last season, skated a jazzy program to a Rufus Wainwright medley, closing with a fine "rise and fall" rotational lift and earning 48.07 points for eighth place.
"Our technical score was a little low, so we are interested in looking at our protocol to see where we can improve," McManus said. "We felt really good about the performance and how it went. We tried to have fun, and I hope that came across to everyone."
The final U.S. entry, Alissandra Aronow and Collin Brubaker, performed an elegant program to a Nat King Cole medley and are 13th with 38.01 points.
The team, which trains alongside Davis and White in Canton, Mich., entered as substitutes for Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, who withdrew after Alex tweaked his neck in practice.
"We felt super excited out there," Brubaker said. "Preparation wasn't exactly ideal since it was such a last-minute call. But when they told us, we got everything together and are managing the best we can."
成年组女单短节目结果：
Ladies' short (FINAL)
1. Gracie Gold USA - 58.49
2. Agnes Zawadzki USA - 56.27
3. Courtney Hicks USA - 54.80
4. Amelie Lacoste CAN - 50.94
5. Samantha Cesario USA - 47.91
6. Sandy Hoffmann GER - 44.31
7. Melanie Yuung-Hui Chang TPE - 41.62
8. Crystal Kiang TPE - 33.73
9. Chelsea Chiappa HUN - 32.77
10. Georgia Glastris GRE - 31.55
11. Dimitra Korri GRE - 31.36
12. Danielle Montalbano ISR - 30.56
13. Clara Peters IRL - 29.86
14. Brittany Lau SIN - 27.79
Melanie Yuung-Hui Chang TPE - triple loop, triple toe-double toe, double axel - TES 23.36, PCS 18.26, SP SCORE 41.62
Dimitra Korri GRE - double axel (at least underrotated, fall), double flip, double lutz-double toe - TES 17.04, PCS 15.32, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 31.36
Clara Peters IRL - triple salchow (underrotated), single loop, double axel - TES 13.95, PCS 16.90, FALL -1.00,SP SCORE 29.86
Crystal Kiang TPE - triple flip (downgrade), triple loop (at least underrotated)-double loop, double axel - TES 16.91, PCS 16.82, SP SCORE 33.73
Gracie Gold USA - triple lutz-triple toe, triple flip, double axel (fall) - TES 31.37, PCS 28.13, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 58.49
Chelsea Chiappa HUN - double axel, triple toe (underrotated), triple salchow (at least underrotated)-double loop - TES 14.93, PCS 17.84, SP SCORE 32.77
Agnes Zawadzki USA - triple lutz, triple toe-triple toe (fall), double axel (hangs on) - TES 30.73, PCS 26.54,SP SCORE 56.27
Amelie Lacoste CAN - double axel, triple flip (fall), triple loop-triple loop (at least underrotated, fall) - TES 27.02, PCS 25.92, FALLS -2.00, SP SCORE 50.94
Courtney Hicks USA - triple flip (turnout)-triple toe (stepout), triple lutz, double axel (fall) - TES 31.80, PCS 25.00, FALL -1.00, TIME VIOLATION -1.00, SP SCORE 54.80
Sandy Hoffmann GER - triple salchow (possibly underrotated), triple loop-double toe, double axel - TES 23.19, PCS 21.12, SP SCORE 44.31
Britanny Lau SIN - double lutz-doubl eloop, double axel (downgrade), double flip - TES 13.63, PCS 14.16,SP SCORE 27.79
Danielle Montalbano ISR - double toe (downgrade), triple salchow (possibly underrotated, fall), double axel - TES 14.70, PCS 16.86, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 30.56
Samantha Cesario USA - triple loop-triple loop (possibly downgrade), triple flip, single axel - TES 23.31, PCS 24.60, SP SCORE 47.91
Georgria Glastris GRE - triple salchow (possibly underrotated)-double toe, double axel (possibly underrotated, fall), double loop - TES 15.67, PCS 16.88, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 31.55
女单SP小分表
前五名各个都有两个跳跃出了问题，怪不得分数这么寒碜。。。鳄鱼姐姐和萨曼莎还在坚持不懈上3lo-3lo。。。
一些图片
双人颁奖：
冰舞：
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成人组双人滑最终成绩
17Kirsten Moore-Towers
Dylan Moscovitch, CAN168.521132.78201.30
25Caydee Denney
John Coughlin, USA361.662126.81188.47
36Tarah Kayne
Daniel O'Shea, USA460.313106.96167.27
44Marissa Castelli
Simon Shnapir, USA262.264103.65165.91
53Paige Lawrence
Rudi Swiegers, CAN559.30595.70155.00
62Andrea Davidovich
Evgeni Krasnapolsky, ISR743.70689.37133.07
71Felicia Zhang
Nathan Bartholomay, USA650.23779.97130.20
关于双人自由滑的评论，来自http://www.examiner.com
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch CAN - triple twist, side-by-side triple toe-triple toe sequence, side-by-side triple salchow, throw triple loop, throw triple salchow - TES 68.51, PCS 64.27, FS SCORE 132.78, TOTAL SCORE 201.30
Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea USA - triple twist, side-by-side triple salchow-triple salchow sequence (Kayne possibly underrotates second, O'Shea step out of second), throw triple loop (fall), side-by-side double axel (O'Shea hand down), throw triple salchow - TES 54.22, PCS 53.74, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 106.96, TOTAL SCORE 167.27
Caydee Denney/John Coughlin USA - triple twist, throw triple loop, side-by-side triple toe, side-by-side double axel-double toe-double toe (Denney singles axel), throw triple flip - TES 65.35, PCS 61.46, FS SCORE 126.81, TOTAL SCORE 188.47
Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir USA - triple twist, side-by-side double toe-double toe, throw quad salchow (foot down, step out), very out of sync on side-by-side spins, side-by-side triple salchow (Shnapir fall), Castelli trips and falls, throw triple salchow (hangs on) - TES 52.32, PCS 53.33, FALLS -2.00, FS SCORE 103.65, TOTAL SCORE 165.91
Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers CAN - side-by-side triple toe (Lawrence single), triple twist (possibly underrotated), side-by-side double axel (Lawrence waxel), throw triple lutz (fall) - TES 47.11, PCS 49.59, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 95.70, TOTAL SCORE 155.00
Andrea Davidovich/Evgeni Krasnopolsky ISR - triple twist (rough catch and exit), side-by-side triple toe, throw triple salchow (slight foot down), throw double loop, side-by-side double salchow-single axel sequence - TES 49.91, PCS 39.46, FS SCORE 89.37, TOTAL SCORE 133.07
Felicia Zhang/Nathan Bartholomay USA - triple twist (foot down), side-by-side triple toe (Zhang step out, Bartholomay double), throw triple lutz (hand down), side-by-side double axel-single axel sequence (Bartholomay single), botched lift, throw triple salchow, another botched lift - oy - TES 37.70, PCS 42.27, FS SCORE 79.97, TOTAL SCORE 130.20
成年组男单结果
来张阿龙的，真是无法直视。。。
自由滑小分表：
阿龙果然是打算上三个四周的，可惜double了一个4T，两个4S都完成的不好。Carriere的4T也未成功，淑花4T和两个3A都没成，看着挺惨淡的
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/large/9e9f333btw1e8m6xke1p7j20kt0bpq42.jpg
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/9e9f333btw1e8m6xj314pj20qo0hs0vq.jpg
终于有视频了，小金美人的SP
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjA5MTQyNTQ4.html
阿龙短节目
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjA5MTU2NjA0.html