ISU的短节目报道
Wenjing Sui/Cong Han of China grabbed the lead in the Pairs Short Program ahead of Japan’s Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran and Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov of Russia.
Performing to the upbeat Russian folk music “Barynia”, Sui/Han hit a solid side by side double Axel, a high double twist and earned a level four for the death spiral and the pair combination spin, but Sui touched down with her hand on the throw triple Salchow. The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Champions posted a seasons best score of 60.94 points (36.46/24.48). “Overall we’re quite satisfied with our performance although in some places it wasn’t our best”, Han said.
Takahashi/Tran’s expressive Flamenco program featured a double Axel, double twist, one-armed lift and throw triple Salchow. Both spins were graded a level four, and the reigning ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists picked up 59.54 points (36.46/23.08), which also was a seasons best. “Today was really good. We had a few wobbles here and there, but we were together in the side by side spin, which is better than usual”, Tran commented.
Stolbova/Klimov landed a beautiful throw triple Salchow, a double twist, the double Axel in their routine to Russian folklore, but had only a level one for their straight line footwork. The couple from St. Petersburg earned a seasons best of 54.26 points (32.12/22.12). “We executed all our elements, we did our minimum and we didn’t outdo ourselves, but we are pleased that it was a clean performance and that we got our best score of the season”, Klimov told the press.
Britney Simpson/Nathan Miller (USA) turned in another clean program to finish fourth at 52.20 points. Tatiana Novik/Mikhail Kuznetsov (RUS) are currently sitting in fifth place after she fell on the double Axel (49.38 points). |