On January 13, Beijing time, the 2021/22 European Figure Skating Championships continued in Tallinn, Estonia. In the just-concluded women's singles short program competition, Russian rookie Valeva overwhelmed the crowd with a 90.45 skill. Belgian veteran Hendricks played well, finishing second with 76.25 points. Trussova finished third with 75.13 points.
Pre-Match Information:
Valeva
The Russian women's singles team, which sent Valeva, Trusova and Serbakova, has almost taken over the podium. Since all three of them have mastered the four-way jump, the difficulty advantage is extremely obvious. Therefore, the other contestants only have to catch the mistakes of the three contestants in the short program to have the possibility of breaking the formation.
Players play:
Valeva did not give her opponent a chance and defended her undefeated glory with a perfect performance: the opening slide included multiple one-legged changes, Axel adopted the practice of raising his hands above his head in three weeks, raising the center of gravity of his body but the whole jump was still relaxed, the falling ice posture stretched and slid smoothly; the inner point ice slipped out with a difficult little jump for three weeks after the big word and the one-legged step were connected; the joint rotation axis control, speed maintenance and flexible posture were both.
Hooking hands three weeks after three weeks from entry to end is almost all in one go, and the follow-up step play is even more perfect, with one-foot rotation/direction, body tilt, floating legs and knee control all perfect. The last two sets of rotations are also perfect, and the body amplitude is particularly outstanding. Technology 51.73 / program content 38.72, with 90.45 technology to suppress the group. It is worth mentioning that Valeva is also the first player to break the 90 mark in an official international competition.
Belgian Hendricks was in the final group, very different from the rest of the contestants! At the age of 22, she has a wealth of experience and shows a mature demeanor: there is a little shaking after the first jump on the ice for three weeks and the second jump is smoothly connected; there is no flaw in the inner point ice for three weeks. The joint rotational attitude design is the highlight, and the speed and axis are maintained extremely well throughout the process, and the execution bonus is not bad.
The emotional interpretation of the song "Caruso" is full of ornamental, and the jump into the swallow rotation and the body rotation are equally remarkable. In the end, the technology 41.65 / program content 34.60, with a score of 76.25 burst cold ranked second! Sure enough, it successfully disrupted the ideal formation of the russian three sisters' short programs.
In the soundtrack of the movie Frida, Trusova still chose to impact Axel for three weeks at the beginning, but this action is obviously not as skilled as the four jumps, and falls because of the shift in the overhead axis. After three weeks of adjustment, the inner point ice is adjusted, and the completion is extremely easy; the body core is tightly closed during the joint rotation, and the arm posture can be richer.
Hook hands three weeks after three weeks from entering to falling ice in one go, jumping into swallow-style rotation and body rotation performance is not very good, execution points are not satisfactory. The foot slide is very strong when the step is followed, and there are places that can be optimized in the details of the arm dance posture. Technology 41.44 / program content 34.69, a total of 75.13 ranked third.
Two pieces by Serbakova Israeli musicians are accompaniment: the opening two weeks of Axel and the three weeks after the inner point ice enter and slide out have legs/arms and music, and the anti-swallow rotation difficult posture is very crisp but there is no speed loss; however, I did not expect that when the hooker who was ten to nine weeks followed by the outer knot ring for three weeks, the first jump accidentally fell! The fundamental and execution points are extremely costly.
The joint rotation causes acceleration to fit the drum change by contracting the axis. Bellman's gliding is connected to the successive steps, and the second half of the two directions are rotated with a high frequency, which is extremely difficult to choreograph. The stability of the axis of the body rotation has improved significantly compared to the all-Russian era. The technical 33.79/program content 36.26, the short program score of 69.05 ranked fourth.
Kurakova, who represented Poland, played well, and after the opening, the inner point ice three weeks and three weeks of two jumps were used to use the hands-on method, the hand change was very soft when the swallow rotating difficult posture was very soft, in line with the musical mood; the squat posture was quite brilliant when it entered Axel for two weeks, and there was a significant change of blade and center of gravity change control before entering.
But her single jump can only complete the outer ring for three weeks, which is less than the other players who completed the hook for three weeks. The coverage area of the next step is good, and the end is clean and neat. Technology 35.78 / program content 31.69, short program score of 67.47 ranked fifth.
Georgia's Gubanova was sixth with 67.02 points. Azerbaijan's Leiapova was seventh with 65.47. It is worth mentioning that in addition to Hendrix, in fact, Kulakova, Cubanova and Leiapova were all born and raised in Russia, but because the competition in their own country was too fierce to come out, they chose to change their nationality to participate, which also shows the current situation of the overall strength of the Russian women's singles.
(Tang Xuemi)