ISU对女单短节目的综述:
Alena Leonova (RUS) captures Ladies Short Program
Alena Leonova of Russia captured the Ladies Short Program with Japan's Kanako Murakami and Carolina Kostner of Italy following in second and third place. The skaters ranked second to seventh are separated by just a little over four points.
Leonova turned in a strong performance of her “Pirates of the Caribbean” program and nailed a triple toe-triple toe combination, a triple flip and double Axel. The Grand Prix Final bronze medalist picked up a level four for the three spins and the footwork to post a new seasons best of 64.61 points. “Obviously I performed my program at a 100 percent today. I am even more pleased with my jumps and the very high levels I got than with the fact being in first place. This was my best Short Program in this season and probably of my life so far”, the skater from St. Petersburg told the post-event press conference.
Murakami's routine to “Violin Muse” featured a triple toe-triple toe, triple flip, double Axel and level-four spins as well. The 2010 World Junior Champion scored 62.67 points. “Since I wasn’t skating well on practice since I am in Nice, so I was a little unsure today. I was just glad to perform well and I am very satisfied now”, the 17-year-old commented. “After having bad practice sessions, my coach really encouraged me and helped me to change my mind”, she added.
Performing to an Allegretto by Dmitri Shostakovich, Kostner landed a triple toe-triple toe combination and the double Axel, but doubled the loop. The four-time European Champion earned 61.00 points. “I have mixed feelings about my performance today. On the whole, it was really good. I had a miskate on a jump that makes me quite angry because it’s a jump I have almost never been missing. Sometimes you just need a mistake like get down to earth again and to stay focused until the end, which I will try to do”, Kostner said.
Mao Asada (JPN) fell on a downgraded triple Axel to finish fourth at 59.49 points. Akiko Suzuki (JPN) hit a triple toe-triple toe but doubled the Lutz. She is currently ranked fifth at 59.38 points. Ksenia Makarova (RUS) came sixth with a solid performance and 58.51 points.
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