Grand Prix in figure skating in France. Figure skating
MOSCOW, 19 Nov - R-Sport, Andrey Simonenko. Russian figure skaters won four medals at the ending in Grenoble. Alina Zagitova and Maria Sotskova, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin.
Zagitova and Sotskova jumped to the Grand Prix Final
Zagitova's victory in Grenoble was expected, but she could not do without problems. As in her first Grand Prix in China, the junior world champion fell in the short program - this time from a triple lutz. In order not to be left without a cascade, Zagitova tried to “attach” a triple loop to a three-turn flip, but here she made a serious mistake on the road.
However, Zagitova catastrophically did not lag behind her rivals, having scored 62.46 points, since the girls did not have clean skates of the short program on Friday. Canada's Caitlin Osmond, who took the lead, doubled her sheepskin coat in a combination with a triple flip, and also made a blot on her lutz. She scored 69.05 points and was 1.26 points ahead of Maria Sotskova, who was doing well, except for a flip without leaving.
Another Russian woman, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, was the last after the short program, 11th - having fallen from the triple Axel, she also “drove” past the Lutz.
Before the free program, it was clear that Zagitova's clean performance would allow her to rise in the table. And, very likely, in the first place - according to the personal best result and according to the basic technical evaluation Eteri Tutberidze's student is noticeably taller than her competitors. Zagitova performed before them - and as a result she performed to the maximum, gaining record points for herself (151.34).
For rivals, this bar was too high. Osmond, as in her first stage in Canada, made gross mistakes in the free program and showed only the fourth result in this segment (137.72). But Sotskova, demonstrating a net rental, set a personal record - 140.99. This helped her to get ahead of the Canadian in the sum of the two programs and take the final second place. Thanks to this result of Sotskov .
Zagitova also selected there, and, like two-time champion world Evgeny Medvedev, with the maximum amount of points.
"While on this moment we can absolutely count on first and second places even at the Olympics, if only the Russian team would go there, - said the well-known producer and choreographer Ilya Averbukh, commenting on the results of the competition for R-Sport. - I think that we can add to our asset the positive fact that our rivals have not improved in anything since the beginning of the season and so far do not show competitiveness with our leading girls.
“Zagitova’s problems in the short program are an exclusively psychological story,” the expert added. “Besides, she has a combination of triple lutz and rittberger in the short program, the most difficult of those that are being performed now. Perhaps its complexity is still putting pressure on Alina But in any case, she has already shown a brilliant result - the debutant of the season won two stages and got into the Final."
As for Tuktamysheva, who had no chance of getting into the Grand Prix Final due to a low result at the stage in China (seventh place), she fell from the triple axel in the free skate, as well as in the short one, and made a few more mistakes , taking the final ninth position.
“If we were talking about fighting for the Grand Prix Final, we would most likely remove the triple axel from the program altogether, so as not to risk and earn the required number of points with the light version of skating,” R-Sport said. "The figure skater's coach Alexei Mishin. - But we had no chances for the Final from the very beginning. So, we had to use the extra opportunity to try out the triple axel in competitions, which we did in Grenoble."
Papadakis and Sizeron: new records
In the competition of dancers at the French stage of the Grand Prix, there were clear favorites - two-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron. There was no doubt about their victory even before the start of the competition. The main intrigue, rather, was the question - how many world records will the French beat on their ice?
On the first day of the tournament, the world record in the short dance Papadakis and Sizeron did not submit. The best total points in the history of performances in this segment remains with Canadians Tessa Virtue/Scott Moira. But the French managed to break away from other participants in the Grand Prix stage in Grenoble dramatically with their score of 81.40. The closest pursuers, Americans Madison Chalk and Evan Bates, scored 73.55.
Silver medalists of last year's Russian Championship Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin in the short dance received a score of 70.02 and took third place. Objectively, Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje were more likely to claim the podium, but the Canadian dancers broke the twizzles in the short dance, and this mistake became so serious that they failed to catch up with the Russians in the free box office.
Stepanova and Bukin, in turn, despite the clean release of both programs, could not come close to Chalk and Bates. Two bronze medals at tournaments in Moscow and Grenoble were the best result for the students of Alexander Svinin and Irina Zhuk in the Grand Prix series in their careers. But Stepanova and Bukin will not be able to get into the top six finalists - after five stages, the Russians take seventh place in the overall standings. Another Russian duo that performed in France, Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd, took ninth place.
Well, Papadakis and Sizeron did please the French public, surpassing their own world records in terms of total points in a free dance (120.58) and general assessment (201,98).
Tarasova and Morozov reached the Grand Prix Final themselves and helped their comrades
In pair skating, as expected, the struggle for victory in the French stage was between the Russians Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov and the owners of the ice Vanessa James / Morgan Sipre. The first round of this fight was left for the students of Nina Moser - Tarasova and Morozov were ahead of the French in the short program by 4.66 points, but by the very assessment (77.84) they lost about three points to their best result.
This handicap gave bronze medalists last championship of the world the right to make a mistake in an arbitrary box office. And this handicap was required. The French performed a free program almost without marriage, making the only mistake on the quadruple ejection. The Russians, on the other hand, disrupted the jump cascade, plus made a couple of less serious blots. Thus, in the free skate Tarasova and Morozov, having scored 140.36 points, became the second, but retained the first line in total.
It is noteworthy that Tarasova and Morozov, having won in Grenoble, not only themselves, but also helped their compatriots and groupmates Nina Moser Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov qualify for the decisive tournament of the series. The champions of the Olympic Team Tournament, who have already competed at their two Grand Prix stages and won two silver medals, practically entered the Finals after the NHK Trophy tournament in Japan, and now they are there theoretically.
Samarin did not jump above his head
the only one Russian participant French stage of the Grand Prix in men's single skating, in order to compete for reaching the Final, you had to jump over your head and hope for the mistakes of competitors. And the competitors were serious - especially two of them. This is the two-time world champion Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who was eager to restore his reputation after the failure at the Chinese Grand Prix (6th place), and the Japanese Sema Uno, who won the Skate Canada (Samarin won bronze there).
In the short program, the student of Svetlana Sokolovskaya almost fulfilled the first part of this condition - he performed a skate with two jumps in four turns, one of which, lutz, however, turned out to be under-rotated. But Fernandez and Uno were still stronger. The Spaniard especially excelled, scoring 107.86 points for the rental with the quadruple sheepskin coat and salchow. Uno fell off a quadruple flip but did a four and three toe loop combo for 93.92. Samarin, with a score of 91.51, became third.
Arbitrary rental failed one hundred percent none of the favorites. Fernandez fell off a quad Salchow and a triple Axel, missed a couple more jumps, Uno also made two falls and two blots. The Japanese scored a little more points (179.40 versus 175.85), but the Spaniard got the gold at the end of the tournament. Samarin, in a free program, fell from a sheepskin coat in four turns and was fuzzy in three other jumps - and in the total amount missed Misha Ji from Uzbekistan,.
The final stage The Grand Prix, the Skate America tournament, will be held in Lake Placid November 24-26. The series finale will take place in Nagoya, Japan on December 7-10.
Psychological story: Russian skaters won two gold Grand Prix in France
Russian figure skaters won four medals at the fifth stage of the Grand Prix that ended in Grenoble. Alina Zagitova and Maria Sotskova took first and second places in women's singles, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov won in pairs, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin won bronze in ice dancing. ZAGITOVA AND SOTSKOVA JUMPED TO THE FINAL GRAND PRIX Zagitova's victory in Grenoble was expected, but she could not do without problems. As in her first Grand Prix in China, the junior world champion fell in the short program - this time from a triple lutz. In order not to be left without a cascade, Zagitova tried to “attach” a triple loop to a three-turn flip, but here she made a serious mistake on the road. However, Zagitova catastrophically did not lag behind her rivals, having scored 62.46 points, since the girls did not have clean skates of the short program on Friday. Canada's Caitlin Osmond, who took the lead, doubled her sheepskin coat in a combination with a triple flip, and also made a blot on her lutz. She scored 69.05 points and was 1.26 points ahead of Maria Sotskova, who was doing well, except for a flip without leaving. Another Russian woman, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, was the last after the short program, 11th - having fallen from the triple Axel, she also “drove” past the Lutz. Before the free program, it was clear that Zagitova's clean performance would allow her to rise in the table. Moreover, it is very likely that in the first place - according to the personal best result and according to the basic technical assessment, the student of Eteri Tutberidze is noticeably higher than her competitors. Zagitova performed before them - and as a result she performed to the maximum, gaining record points for herself (151.34). For rivals, this bar was too high. Osmond, as in her first stage in Canada, made gross mistakes in the free program and showed only the fourth result in this segment (137.72). But Sotskova, demonstrating a net rental, set a personal record - 140.99. This helped her to get ahead of the Canadian in the sum of the two programs and take the final second place. Thanks to this result, Sotskova qualified for the Grand Prix Final. Zagitova also qualified there, and, like the two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva, with the maximum amount of points. “So far, at the moment, we can absolutely count on first and second places even at the Olympics, if only the Russian team would go there,” noted the well-known producer and choreographer Ilya Averbukh, commenting on the results of the competition for R-Sport. “I think it is possible take into account in our asset the positive fact that our rivals have not improved anything since the beginning of the season and so far do not show competitiveness with our leading girls. “Zagitova’s problems in the short program are an exclusively psychological story,” the expert added. “Besides, she has a combination of triple lutz and rittberger in the short program, the most difficult of those that are being performed now. Perhaps its complexity is still putting pressure on Alina But in any case, she has already shown a brilliant result - the debutant of the season won two stages and got into the Final." As for Tuktamysheva, who had no chance of getting into the Grand Prix Final due to a low result at the stage in China (seventh place), she fell from the triple axel in the free skate, as well as in the short one, and made a few more mistakes , taking the final ninth position. “If we were talking about fighting for the Grand Prix Final, we would most likely remove the triple axel from the program altogether, so as not to risk and earn the required number of points with the light version of skating,” R-Sport said. "The figure skater's coach Alexei Mishin. - But we had no chances for the Final from the very beginning. So, we had to use the extra opportunity to try out the triple axel in competitions, which we did in Grenoble." PAPADAKIS AND SIZERON: NEW RECORDS In the competition of dancers at the French stage of the Grand Prix, there were clear favorites - two-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron. There was no doubt about their victory even before the start of the competition. The main intrigue, rather, was the question - how many world records will the French beat on their ice? On the first day of the tournament, the world record in the short dance Papadakis and Sizeron did not submit. The best total points in the history of performances in this segment remains with Canadians Tessa Virtue/Scott Moira. But the French managed to break away from other participants in the Grand Prix stage in Grenoble dramatically with their score of 81.40. The closest pursuers, Americans Madison Chalk and Evan Bates, scored 73.55. Silver medalists of last year's Russian Championship Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin in the short dance received a score of 70.02 and took third place. Objectively, Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje were more likely to claim the podium, but the Canadian dancers broke the twizzles in the short dance, and this mistake became so serious that they failed to catch up with the Russians in the free box office. Stepanova and Bukin, in turn, despite the clean release of both programs, could not come close to Chalk and Bates. Two bronze medals at tournaments in Moscow and Grenoble were the best result for the students of Alexander Svinin and Irina Zhuk in the Grand Prix series in their careers. But Stepanova and Bukin will not be able to get into the top six finalists - after five stages, the Russians take seventh place in the overall standings. Another Russian duo that performed in France, Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd, took ninth place. Well, Papadakis and Sizeron pleased the French public, surpassing their own world records in terms of total points in free dance (120.58) and overall score (201.98). TARASOVA AND MOROZOV REACHED THE GRAND PRIX FINAL AND HELPED THE FRIENDS In pair skating, as expected, the struggle for victory in the French stage was between the Russians Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov and the owners of the ice Vanessa James / Morgan Sipre. The first round of this fight was left for the students of Nina Moser - Tarasova and Morozov were ahead of the French in the short program by 4.66 points, but by the very assessment (77.84) they lost about three points to their best result. This handicap gave the bronze medalists of the last World Championship the right to make a mistake in the free skate. And this handicap was required. The French performed a free program almost without marriage, making the only mistake on the quadruple ejection. The Russians, on the other hand, disrupted the jump cascade, plus made a couple of less serious blots. Thus, in the free skate Tarasova and Morozov, having scored 140.36 points, became the second, but retained the first line in total. It is noteworthy that Tarasova and Morozov, having won in Grenoble, not only qualified for the Grand Prix Final themselves, but also helped their compatriots and Nina Moser groupmates Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov qualify for the decisive tournament of the series. The champions of the Olympic Team Tournament, who have already competed at their two Grand Prix stages and won two silver medals, practically entered the Finals after the NHK Trophy tournament in Japan, and now they are there theoretically. SAMARIN DID NOT JUMP ABOVE THE HEAD The only Russian participant in the French stage of the Grand Prix in men's single skating, Alexander Samarin, had to jump above his head and hope for the mistakes of his competitors in order to compete for reaching the Final. And the competitors were serious - especially two of them. This is the two-time world champion Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who was eager to restore his reputation after the failure at the Chinese Grand Prix (6th place), and the Japanese Sema Uno, who won the Skate Canada (Samarin won bronze there). In the short program, the student of Svetlana Sokolovskaya almost fulfilled the first part of this condition - he performed a skate with two jumps in four turns, one of which, lutz, however, turned out to be under-rotated. But Fernandez and Uno were still stronger. The Spaniard especially excelled, scoring 107.86 points for the rental with the quadruple sheepskin coat and salchow. Uno fell off a quadruple flip but did a four and three toe loop combo for 93.92. Samarin, with a score of 91.51, became third. Arbitrary rental failed one hundred percent none of the favorites. Fernandez fell off a quad Salchow and a triple Axel, missed a couple more jumps, Uno also made two falls and two blots. The Japanese scored a little more points (179.40 versus 175.85), but the Spaniard got the gold at the end of the tournament. Samarin, in the free program, fell from a sheepskin coat in four turns and was fuzzy in three other jumps - and in the total amount missed Misha G from Uzbekistan ahead, taking fourth place. The final round of the Grand Prix, Skate America, will take place in Lake Placid November 24-26. The series finale will take place in Nagoya, Japan on December 7-10.
Alexander Samarin - fourth at the French stage of the Grand Prix among singles
November 18 in Grenoble (France) ended the fifth stage of the Grand Prix in figure skating. Spaniard Javier Fernandez won among single skaters (283.71 points). The second is the Japanese Soma Uno (273.32), the third is Misha Ge from Uzbekistan (258.34), the fourth is the Russian Alexander Samarin (253.13).
Men. Final classification
1. Javier Fernandez (Spain) - 283.71
2. Soma Uno (Japan) - 273.32
3. Misha Ge (Uzbekistan) - 258.34
4. Alexander Samarin (Russia) - 253.13.
The main news of figure skating in Russia and the world today, November 19: The Spanish figure skater Fernandez won the Grand Prix stage in Grenoble, Samarin is fourth
Double champion world Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez won the Grand Prix stage in Grenoble (France). Fernandez, who was in the lead after the short program, received 175.85 points for the free program on Saturday. According to the results of two rentals, the Spaniard won with a score of 283.71 points. The second place was taken by the Japanese Sema Uno, who has 273.32 points. Rounding out the top three was Misha Gee from Uzbekistan, who scored 258.34 points in two programs. Russian figure skater Alexander Samarin received 253.13 points in two programs and finished fourth.
In Hiroshima, at the IV stage of the Grand Prix in figure skating NHK Trophy, the performance of the girls ended. The first was the Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira, who performed two triple axels at once in one program. In second place is another Japanese woman, Satoko Miyahara. Russian Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who was in the lead after the short program, became the third.
Only 0.45 points separated Elizabeth from silver.
Russian woman Alena Leonova with a score of 194.15 became the seventh. Maria Sotskova ranked ninth. She scored 176.99 points.
12:31 Before last seconds before the announcement of the scores, it was impossible to guess who would be the second - Lisa or Satoko. But still, with an extremely small margin, the Japanese figure skater today bypassed Lisa.
Rika Kihira with two triple axels in the free was the first. Illustration: screenshot
12:25 Japanese Satoko Miyahara is 20 years old. Behind her shoulders is the silver of the World Championship in 2015 and the bronze in 2018. She, of course, claims the Grand Prix final. Today she only needs to win back a few hundredths from Lisa. But for this you need to cope with the excitement of joining the home ice. We look.
12:20 All stands are standing. Lisa, bravo! Cope with the most difficult emotional intensity. She did a triple axel! But not only with a single trixel - a brilliant combination of a triple lutz-triple toe loop, a separate triple lutz, a double axel combination - a triple toe loop, a triple loop, a triple salchow, and a complex combination of three jumps: double axel - double toe loop - double loop.
Everything is in music, with an incredible sense of style, it is clear that Tuktamysheva herself catches the buzz from her program!
In the free skate, Liza scores 142.85 and 219.02 in total points. But... This is only the second place. Rika is the first.
Illustration: screenshot
12:12 Mai Mihara, of course, will give way to her teammate - Rika Kihira. But today she also got together and showed a very good performance ... Yes, in the last warm-up today, no one is going to give up. The fight is intense.
133.82 for the free program and 204.20 for the sum of two programs.
Illustration: screenshot
12:06 “I didn’t want to talk, but now it’s possible - I’ve got sick,” Leonova said after the performance. Well, you can’t say for sure from the box office - a very emotional box office, assembled. An unfortunate mistake on the salchow - at the exit Alena touched the ice with her hand. 125.93 for the free program and 194.15 points for the sum of the two programs. It is currently in fourth place.
Today Alena almost succeeded! Illustration: screenshot
12:00 Alena Leonova is the oldest Russian figure skater at the moment, she is already 27 years old. Her best result- Silver at the World Championships in 2012. Then there were interesting programs, a great desire to join, but there were no such desired results. Alena is often compared with Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - both can do a lot, both show very feminine skating, but they are not lucky in competitions. Maybe this season will be a turning point for them. Nevertheless, Alyona does not stop performing, and yesterday she showed a very confident skating in the short program. We wish her to join now!
11:53 Japanese Rika Kihira now doing something incredible on the ice. The most difficult cascade at the very beginning of the program is a triple axel (!!!) - a triple toe loop, and then another purely executed triple axel, but already separately. Recall that yesterday, during the short program, Kihira's triple axel failed, but Elizaveta Tuktamysheva managed this most difficult jump for women's figure skating. Today Rika revealed that yesterday's fall from the trixel was an accident. And she did it twice. Oh what an interesting fight is about to unfold...
These are fantastic numbers - 154.72 for the free program and 224.31 in total.
The stands are roaring. Japan applauds its heroine!
The stands are roaring! Two triple axels in one program! Illustration: screenshot
11:50 "Chicago" on ice performed by a young, very talented and unusual figure skater Young Soo Lim from South Korea. She's only 15 and this is her first season at the senior level, but she's already made a splash.
She fell during the warm-up, colliding with another skater - but, apparently, there were no injuries. But in the end, it affected the emotions and mood. She immediately departed from the declared program without jumping the first cascade. But we must give her credit - Yeon-soo fought for the elements until the very end of the program.
She gets 126.53 for the free program (the best result of the season) and 196.31 for the sum of the two programs.
Mariah Bell retains the lead, while the Korean is second.
11:41 As we can see, Lisa announced a triple axel. Very soon we will see if it will be performed today... It will not be easy for Liza to fight against the Japanese - Satoko Miyahara and Mai Mihara are very strong.
Trixel Tuktamysheva declared the first jump. Illustration: screenshot
11:40 Now the second group of participants will take to the ice. We'll see Young Soo Lim from South Korea, Japanese figure skater Riku Kihira, our Alena Leonova, Japanese Mai Miharu, leader in the short program - Russian Elizabeth Tuktamysheva and another representative of Japan - Satoko Miyaharu.
In the meantime, the girls are warming up, let's tell you what you see during the rentals in the upper left corner on your TV screen.
Each element in the upper left corner is indicated by a special abbreviation. Let's see how jumps are shortened.
A Axel
S Salchov
T Sheepskin coat
F Flip
Lo Rittberger
lz Lutz
The number before the name of the jump = number of revolutions. For the axel, 1A = one and a half turns, 2A = two and a half turns (“snipe”) and so on.
Tagging e y jump means that the jump was executed from the wrong edge.
Tagging SEQ between jumps means that the jumps are not connected in a cascade, when the jumps are executed directly one after the other, but through an intermediate jump ("jump").
It is important! For all other elements, except for jumps, the number at the abbreviation means the difficulty level from 1 to 4
11:30 The entry in this group is closed by a figure skater from the USA Angela Wang. The first cascade did not work out - only one jump, but even that one with an error on the road. And a fall on the second cascade in the middle of the program - alas, Angela did not gather today. She only has 98.54 points. And in total - 159.36.
11:26 Maria Sotskova spoke. The program was put on by Pyotr Chernyshov. Masha's beginning was promising, but then the program did not work out. Fall due to underrotation from a triple flip, underrotation on a triple salchow in a combination with a double flip, underrotation on a triple loop in the second part of the program.
As a result - 116.24 for a free program and 176.99 in total. Masha is inferior to two American women. While she is third.
Maria Sotskova was very upset. But this is only the first start of the season for the skater. Illustration: screenshot
11:21 In the kiss and cry zone, while waiting for the marks, Mariah fooled around and smiled - this figure skater has a charming smile!
Mariah Bell waiting for grades Illustration: Screenshot
Well, we're glad she has a reason to be happy today. Will we have it? Out on the ice Maria Sotskova.
11:20 provided by a student of Rafael Harutyunyan, another American - Mariah Bell. The skating of this figure skater always causes a very positive emotions- light, open, technical. And today she also managed to perfectly complete all the jumps. And Mariah herself is very pleased with the rental! Recall that at Skate Canada she took fourth place, let's see what happens in Japan. She is very strongly supported by the hall, and the judges thought for a long time about the marks. And not by chance! So, her score is 135.99! And 198.96 for the sum of two programs - this is the level!
After the skate, the skater herself understood that today she succeeded in everything! Illustration: screenshot
11:10 Courtney Hicks from USA on ice. The skater has a very beautiful dress and the program suits her. In general, in American figure skating, women have some stagnation - there is no clear leader, there is no star of their own. A couple of years ago, we saw American skaters exclusively in the strongest warm-ups, but today two representatives of this country are in the first warm-up at once.
Today, Courtney had some mistakes, but in general, the performance left a good impression. With a score of 118.97 points in the free program and 178.07 points in the sum of the two programs, Hicks takes the first intermediate place.
By the way, for Match TV, the rental of girls comments Maxim Kovtun! And, I must say, he comments very well. Recall that after almost a year's break, Maxim returned to big sport And .
10:50 French woman on ice Me Berenice Meite. Yesterday, the short program did not work out for her - there were too many mistakes. Today she rides to the music for the movie "Noah". The girl tried to pull herself together and give a more meaningful performance, but alas, she did not submit to a complex cascade of three jumps. But the second part of the program was done by the athlete almost great. The judges give her 112.09. In total, Meite has 162.58 points.
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10:42 Australian figure skater opened the competition Kailani Crane. She has a dynamic, cheerful composition - she is very cool now welcomed by the public! The athlete completed only two of the three mandatory combinations. For a free program, the athlete received 96.01 points, in the sum of two programs 154.22 points.
10:42 In the meantime, the first group is warming up, let's recall the good morning news: today Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert secured access to the Grand Prix final.
10:40 Good morning everyone! Together we will cheer for our beautiful girls. The first group of participants is warming up on the ice, including Maria Sotskova. Two other Russians - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Alyona Leonova - will take to the ice in the second warm-up.
First warm-up
1. Kailani Crane (Australia) 2. Mae Berenice Meite (France) 3. Courtney Hicks (USA) 4. Mariah Bell (USA) 5. Maria Sotskova (Russia) 6. Angela Wang (USA)
Second warm-up
7. Lim Eun Soo ( South Korea) 8. Rika Kihira (Japan) 9. Alena Leonova (Russia) 10. Mai Mihara (Japan) 11. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (Russia) 12. Satoko Miyahara (Japan)
The leadership was taken by Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (76.17), who brilliantly performed both the triple axel and the rest of the program. In second place, the judges put the Japanese Satoko Miahara (76.08), the third - another representative of this country, Mai Mihara (70.38).
Alena Leonova takes sixth place (68.22), Maria Sotskova - only ninth (60.75).
Position after the short program:
1. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (Russia) - 76.17
2. Satoko Miyahara (Japan) - 76.08
3. Mai Mihara (Japan) - 70.38
4. Young Soo Lim (South Korea) - 69.78
5. Rika Kihira (Japan) - 69.59
6. Alena Leonova (Russia) - 68.22
7. Mariah Bell (USA) - 62.97
8. Angela Wang (USA) - 60.82
9. Maria Sotskova (Russia) - 60.75
10. Courtney Hicks (USA) - 59.19
11. Kaylani Crane (Australia) - 58.21
12. Me Berenice Meite (France) - 50.49
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She became the winner of the French Grand Prix, rising to first place from fifth place after the short program. Together with Alina, she reached the final of the series, having won silver in Grenoble
Watch for women's tournament in Grenoble it was possible from any interesting angle. In addition to the confrontation "Swans" Alina Zagitova in the short program and Canadians in the free program, the stage had to answer many other questions. For example, what will be the meeting Sotskova And Osmond on neutral ice? After all, earlier the skaters had already competed in Canada (then Osmond became the first, and Maria won silver). Or, can it come out that will not let Sotskova in the series finale?
REMOVING WITCHING IS NOT SUCCESSFUL
I was also curious to see if Zagitova my short program. At competitions, the young figure skater never performed it cleanly - in Bergamo there was a fall from a double axel, and in Beijing - from a triple rittberger in a cascade.
The short Alina did not submit in Grenoble either, with the only difference being that the fall happened after the triple lutz and did not allow the cascade to be performed, forcing the skater to redraw the program and attach the loop to the flip. The latter succeeded, however, with a blot. At that moment, I thought: how much in the group Tutberidze ready for these situations! The victorious skate of the free program immediately surfaced in my memory Yulia Lipnitskaya at the 2014 European Championships, where they also failed to complete the planned cascade of three jumps. Then Julia did not lose her head and attached the remaining jumps to the triple lutz in the second half of the program. I remembered and Evgenia Medvedeva, which succeeded in victorious permutations of jumps - both at the 2016 World Championships and at the last Japanese stage of the Grand Prix.
But this time the fall cost a clearly nervous Zagitova more expensive - according to the results of the short program, she was fifth, and lagged behind Osmond by 4.5 points. It was just right to figure out that in the worst case scenario, Alina would have enough fourth place to reach the final. But everyone remembered very well that in the current season in the free program Zagitova had a winning comeback twice. By the way, the short program failed purely for no one, those who took the lead also had blots Osmond, and y Sotskova, A Tuktamyshev the triple axel completely led to the collapse - a fall from it, minus the triple lutz and a cascade of only 3-2.
"CAMOMISHKA" OSMOND
In a free program, the technically most difficult "Don Quixote" Zagitova continued the triumphal procession - get a luxurious 151.34 points. As noted in the comments to the rental Julia Lipnitskaya, the free program, as if with every accent, encourages Alina, inspires confidence and gives strength. One smile with which a skater begins her ballet on ice is worth a lot!
Talk about Maria Sotskova, in mind we keep refinement, grace and incredible fighting qualities. After all, because of tall Maria's jumps each time balance on the verge of underrotation. How does she respond to this every time? Raised hands on almost all jumps this season. And an almost perfect inspired performance in the free program in Grenoble.
Closed the competition Osmond, on the rental of which a lot depended - and a possible "gold" Zagitova and "silver" Sotskova necessary for her to reach the final. But, as he says about the Canadian Lipnitskaya: "She's such a daisy." As a result, the fall Osmond- a butterfly and according to the results of an arbitrary program, she is only fourth, and third in total. The second consecutive swan flight at the tournament fails. There is a second victory Alina Zagitova at the stages of the "Grand Prix" and a silver entry to the final Maria Sotskova!
" French Grand Prix". Women. Result. 1. ZAGITOV - 213.8. 2. SOTSKOVA - 208.78. 3. Osmond (Canada) -206.77. 4. Mihara (Japan) - 202.12. 5. Tursynbaeva (Kazakhstan) - 200.98 ... 9. TUKTAMYSHEV - 167.65.
This season, figure skaters Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova and Canadian Caitlin Osmond remained undefeated at the Grand Prix. The first will continue its successful streak in the December final, while the other two clashed at the stage in France. One of them, a young contender for Olympic medal or an experienced vice-champion of the world, you have to know the bitterness of defeat. Or both at once.
Although Zagitova had already won a Grand Prix event in China, she was given a spot in the first warm-up rather than the more prestigious second. In France, the girls were the first to be released on the ice, and the Russian woman performed in front of almost empty stands. Such a chamber atmosphere fettered the athlete when it came to performing jumps. She fell on a triple lutz and flunked a cascade of flip and rittberger. Zagitova had to be content with an unusual assessment for herself - she rarely received 62.46 points even at domestic junior competitions. Such a result is forgivable for a 15-year-old girl, but I really want to perceive her as a mature figure skater who will make a splash in Pyeongchang.
Osmond also had enough flaws, but not so serious. She performed a double sheepskin coat in the axel instead of a triple one, touched the ice on the lutz with her hand. But the music of Edith Piaf melted the hearts of judges and spectators. The Canadian did not reach the bar of 70 points under any circumstances, but she also lost less than one point to this psychological milestone. The difference between Osmond and Zagitova was less than seven points, and their duel will continue in the free program. The Russian woman is able to win back any backlog if she cleanly performs all jumps and cascades.
Three more girls were located between the two rivals, and one of them, Maria Sotskova, lost to Osmond by a little more than a point. She was one of two skaters who managed to perform a combination of two triple jumps. But the flip, which she returned to the program and did not perform earlier in Canada, did not work out for the Russian woman. With this jump, she could take the lead, but now she will try to win it on the second day of the competition.
The third Russian participant in the French Grand Prix was Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. To return to the previous level, when she was invincible in the 2014/2015 season, she does not succeed. The girl had one formidable weapon left - the triple axel, which practically saved her in Beijing. But a new attempt to perform the most valuable jump turned into not just a fall, but also the fear of entering the lutz. The judges gave only 53.03 - there is simply nothing to compare such low scores with.
Dancing
The organizers did not give preferences to the main stars of the French national team Gabriele Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron and put a short dance next in the competitive program. As it turned out, they can perform in front of the stands that are still not full at the height of the working day, as well as when the whole hall feeds them with positive energy. On the first day, Papadakis and Sizeron usually lose to their main competitors Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, but now the French are as close as possible to the Canadians. They broke a personal best and scored 81.40 points.
The Russians Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin tried not to get lost in their background and performed at a decent level for themselves. For this duet, luck is to overcome the milestone of 70 points, and they coped with this task. But now they need to set new goals, since Victoria Sinitsyna and Nikita Katsalapov performed much better in Japan. Free dance will judge them finally, but for now Stepanova and Bukin take third place after the short one.
A powerful North American school in France was represented by two duets from the USA and Canada. Madison Chalk and Evan Bates were as charming as ever, and for that they were in second place. But Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje unexpectedly rolled back to fifth - the mistake of a partner on twizzles became disastrous for Canadians.
Couples
Competitions sports couples often turn into demonstration performance one world-class duet forced to compete with itself. So it was in China and Japan with world champions Sui Wenqing and Han Cong, so it happened in France with Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. Figure skaters from the Celestial Empire managed to firmly secure the status of the leaders of the season, but the Russians were ready to return it in a calm environment, where there is no pressure from rivals.
The wards of Nina Moser almost succeeded. They managed to get closer to the Chinese with the technical stuffing of their short program. If someday they decide to replace the ejection of the rittberger with a flip, then they will completely be ahead. But for now, the Russians do not take risks and prefer, with an ideal rental, to lose three points to Sui and Han in a correspondence dispute, rather than give them an even greater handicap. The skaters received 77.64 points - this is their best result of the season. Tarasova and Morozov would have scored even more if they had not been late once again to the beginning of the program, and this violation is punishable by the deduction of one point.
The closest rivals of the Russians were the French Vanessa James and Morgan Sipre. They scored 73.18 points, and now we can say that they are ready for the new season - such a result will help them shine at the European Championships, and the French team will perform a little better in the Olympic team tournament. Tarasova and Morozov should not pay attention to this, they have a free program ahead of them and a new challenge to the invincible Chinese.
Men
In men's skating, the stage in Grenoble brought together two stars of the first magnitude - the Japanese Shomu Uno, who will be the hope of the fans if Yuzuru Hanyu is injured, and the Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who failed the starts in China due to a sick stomach. But there was another athlete on the start list who could shine just as brightly. Recently, Alexander Samarin surprised many with a bronze medal at a stage in Canada. He got a taste and is now ready to repeat his success.
At least this is what I want to believe after a brilliantly performed short program. The 19-year-old skater jumped a combination of a quadruple lutz - a triple toe loop, backed it up with a quadruple toe loop, and in the middle of the rental he gave out an excellent triple axel. The judges responsible for the components are gradually getting used to Samarin and decided to encourage him after the technical jury. He broke a personal record and scored 91.51 points - this season, this is the eighth result among all the figure skaters in the world. The Russian has reached his limit with the current program and now he can safely learn new quadruple jumps.
And then why not take a swing, for example, at the result of Fernandez? In fact, the Spaniard, who forgot about all illnesses, differs from Samarin only in that he jumps salchow instead of a sheepskin coat. But at the same time, the judges love him endlessly and do not spare triples for allowances and a dozen for components. The two-time world champion received in France a chic 107.86 points even for himself - only Hanyu skated better this season even before the start of the Grand Prix.
Shoma Uno is nearing the end of his streak of five consecutive 300-point performances. The imperturbable Japanese began his short program with a fall on a quadruple flip. His triple axel did not quite turn out, and many members of the jury did not like the spins. Nevertheless, Uno has already made a name for himself, and Samarin is only earning it. The Japanese took second place behind Fernandez, winning a little more than two points from the Russian. It's hard to believe, but the fight for the silver of the French Grand Prix is still ahead.
