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Skate America 2009 Results
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The 2009/2010 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating continued Friday with Cancer.Net Skate America in Lake Placid. Cancer.Net Skate America is the fifth of six events in the series. The skaters compete for a global prize money of US $ 180, 000 per individual event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and receive points according to their placements. The top six skaters/couples in each discipline advance to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan, in December. Some skaters hope to assure their spot in the Final here in Lake Placid.
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| Ice Dance |
The Compulsory Dance at Cancer.Net Skate America was the Golden Waltz. The Golden Waltz is a complex dance incorporating many positions not previously used in Compulsory Dances. It was developed by Marina Klimova/Sergei Ponomarenko (RUS) and their coach Natalia Dubova. It was first performed in 1987.
Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto (USA) danced to the lead ahead of Russia’s Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski and Italians Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte. |
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| Original Dance |
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Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao of China took the lead in the Short Program with Ukraine’s Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov and Canada’s Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin following in second and third.
Performing to “Who Wants to Live Forever”, Shen/Zhao hit a solid side by side triple toeloop, a high triple twist and throw triple loop. The three-time World Champions were awarded a level four for their spins, the hand-to-hand lift with difficult variations and a level three for the footwork. Only the backward outside death spiral was a level two. The husband-and-wife team earned 74.36 points (41.10 element score/32.96 program component score), which was a new personal best for them and a nice extra for Shen, who celebrated her 31st birthday today. “I think we skated overall better than we did at the Cup of China, although I felt a little tired”, Shen said. “Last night, I went to bed at 7.30 in the evening, and today I had to skate the short program at this time! The time difference to China is 13 hours.” Zhao added: “We felt really good and did all our elements clean. We are very happy about that.”
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| Pairs Final Standings |
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| Pairs Short Program |
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| Pairs Free Skate |
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Evan Lysacek (USA) captured the Men’s Short Program. Florent Amodio of France came in second and Brandon Mroz (USA) finished third.
Lysacek delivered a passionate performance of his routine to “Firebird”. The reigning World Champion produced a triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination, a triple flip and three level-four spins. However, the triple Axel was cheated and subsequently downgraded by the Technical Panel. Lysacek earned 79.17 points (39.62/39.55). “I took a lot of pride skating in my home country tonight, and I really like this program”, Lysacek told the post event press conference. “I was in China the week before last and I had a good first step to the season, but this event is a little different challenge. I felt great tonight. That music to me builds so naturally that I can’t help but to get excited and for my emotion to build as the program progresses. Hopefully it will continue to grow and improve and be at its peak at the Championships later this season”. Lysacek mentioned the downgraded triple Axel as well: “It hasn’t happened in a long time. Honestly, I just slipped and that happens sometimes. I have to be very conscious not to leave a grey area at all. That’s my responsibility.”
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| Mens Final Standings |
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| 1 | Evan LYSACEK | USA | 158.55 | 77.55 | | 81.00 | 8.05 | 7.75 | 8.25 | 8.10 | 8.35 | 0.00 | #12 |
| 2 | Ryan BRADLEY | USA | 138.88 | 70.38 | | 68.50 | 6.40 | 6.55 | 7.15 | 6.90 | 7.25 | 0.00 | #5 |
| 3 | Tomas VERNER | CZE | 138.16 | 68.06 | | 71.10 | 7.50 | 6.70 | 7.05 | 7.15 | 7.15 | 1.00 | #2 |
| 4 | Shawn SAWYER | CAN | 137.96 | 68.86 | | 69.10 | 6.70 | 6.75 | 7.05 | 7.00 | 7.05 | 0.00 | #8 |
| 5 | Kevin REYNOLDS | CAN | 131.18 | 72.28 | | 58.90 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 6.05 | 6.05 | 0.00 | #3 |
| 6 | Florent AMODIO | FRA | 124.93 | 57.63 | | 68.30 | 6.85 | 6.55 | 6.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | #11 |
| 7 | Adrian SCHULTHEISS | SWE | 117.52 | 56.32 | | 61.20 | 6.20 | 5.60 | 5.95 | 6.40 | 6.45 | 0.00 | #9 |
| 8 | Yasuharu NANRI | JPN | 109.49 | 51.69 | | 58.80 | 6.35 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 1.00 | #6 |
| 9 | Andrei LUTAI | RUS | 107.15 | 49.15 | | 60.00 | 6.20 | 5.60 | 5.90 | 6.25 | 6.05 | 2.00 | #7 |
| 10 | Jialiang WU | CHN | 105.10 | 55.00 | | 51.10 | 5.70 | 4.85 | 5.10 | 5.10 | 4.80 | 1.00 | #4 |
| 11 | Brandon MROZ | USA | 102.60 | 42.20 | | 61.40 | 6.45 | 6.25 | 5.80 | 6.25 | 5.95 | 1.00 | #10 |
| 12 | Igor MACYPURA | SVK | 92.57 | 47.07 | | 46.50 | 5.20 | 4.25 | 4.55 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 1.00 | #1 |
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