我此刻的心情是痛并快乐着的。
喜的是Brian不负众望,再一次用强有力的事实证实了自己是今年世界男单冠军最有力的争夺者,而中国的两对选手继续在双人滑比赛中独占鳌头,世锦赛前景一片光明;
痛的是继BA因Ben在周一的训练中拉伤背部而缺席总决赛,Evan也在比赛开始前几小时因腿部受伤而退出,看样子伤得不轻,祝福他们早日康复吧。
希望今天的比赛小朱和SZ, ZZ都可以把领先的优势保持到最后。
By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer | December 15, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia --Brian Joubert of France led the Grand Prix Final on Friday, taking the free skate with a James Bond-themed routine.
Among the women, Mao Asada headed for her second consecutive Grand Prix Final gold medal, skating to a soothing Chopin nocturne to lead Japanese countrywoman Miki Ando.
Joubert earned 80.75 points, followed by Daisuke Takahashi of Japan (79.99) and Alban Preaubert of France (71.63).
Johnny Weir of the United States took a tumble and was fifth. Teammate Evan Lysacek withdrew hours before the competition, injuring his hip in practice Thursday and aggravating it a day later.
Joubert put a hand down on his opening quad and doubled the triple toe loop that was to be the second part of his combination. His technical marks edged those of Takahashi, who landed all his jumps comfortably but didn't try a quad.
Dressed in black and skating to the theme music from "Die Another Day," Joubert shadowboxed and jerked his head back as if taking a punch.
"I made one mistake ... but after that everything was clean," Joubert said. "I had a lot of fun."
Takahashi's free skate was a ballet-style program to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
Asada earned 69.34 points in her free skate, with Ando at 67.52 and South Korea's Kim Yu-na at 65.06. Asada showed exceptional flexibility and her triple flip-triple loop combination was so lightfooted she appeared barely to touch the ice between jumps.
Ando's combination was a more difficult triple lutz-triple loop, which she landed cleanly, but her overall technical marks were about a point lower than Asada's.
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