Russian national team figure skating, performing at the PyeongChang Olympics as the “Olympic Athletes from Russia”, ranked third in the overall standings of the 2018 Games team tournament following the results of the first day of the competition.
February 9 on " ice arena Gangneung, short skating of men and sports couples took place, which brought such different emotions to Russian fans.
The start of the tournament for the domestic team turned out to be at least terrible: Mikhail Kolyada, who had recently scored more than 103 points in the short program, could not cope with the enormous pressure, making mistakes almost everywhere.
So, a 22-year-old athlete fell from a quadruple lutz, failed to perform a combination of a quadruple toe loop - a triple toe loop, and then still did not make a triple axel.
As a result of this, Mikhail received a terrible 74.36 points for himself, eventually becoming only the eighth out of ten participants, which brought only three points to the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” in the total “piggy bank”.
Such a start forced some to start sad talk about the absence of the reigning champions of the team tournament (in Sochi confident victory, recall, won the team with Yulia Lipnitskaya and Evgeni Plushenko) to the final of the competition - according to the regulations, after four short rentals (dance couples and women will also perform later), only five teams will be able to break through.
However, unpleasant situation was quickly corrected by the duo Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov: the European champions showed an excellent performance, becoming the only pair that received more than 80 points from the judges (80.92).
Thus, according to the results of the first competitive day of the team tournament, the Russian team takes third place in the table, having 13 points in its asset - the same number for the Japanese, while the Canadians are leading with 17 points so far.
The worst in the coveted top 5 so far are the Italians - 10 points.
After defeating his rivals, Morozov expressed hope that later the Russians would be able to catch up with competitors in the fight for gold.
“This is just the beginning, there will be short programs and free programs. I hope we catch up,"
- conveys the words of the partner "R-Sport".
It is noteworthy that the domestic couple managed to become the best in the short program even taking into account Tarasova’s slight injury - the day before she received a hip bruise.
According to the figure skater herself, the injury did not prevent her performance in team tournament.
“Yesterday in training, I fell, hurt my hip. The doctors are working, I feel pain, but it didn’t bother me in the program, ”said Evgenia, adding that she and Vladimir “saw and heard fans from Russia in the stands and it was very nice.”
When asked if Tarasova, who is the captain of the team, will help Kolyada not fall into a minor mood after a failure in short box office, Morozov said that he "could handle it himself."
As for the couple's plans for the Games ceremony, they, according to Vladimir, are forced to miss it.
“We would like to go, but we have competitions, we have to choose,” he concluded.
It also became known that the couple would definitely not perform in the free program - Russian team here you will have to make one of the two substitutions provided for by the rules.
“Zhenya and Volodya will definitely not perform in the free program of the team tournament. They will have to play in the individual tournament, it will start immediately after the team one, ”said the pair’s coach Nina Moser.
The athletes will be replaced by either Natalya Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert or Kristina Astakhova/Aleksey Rogonov.
In addition, the specialist, commenting on the performance of her wards, assured that they can show even more impressive results.
“Thanks to such a performance, the mood after the men's tournament has risen. How they rode! They overtook all their rivals, and even with the best result of the season. And maybe even better.”
- reports Moser TASS.
Let's add that the team tournament will end on February 12, when the final skates of the final will be held.
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According to the results of the free program among sports couples, the first place in this moment occupied by the Canadian team (45 points), the second place belongs to Russia (39 points), the US team closes the top three (36 points).
Natalya Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert (Russia) made a lot of mistakes in the free program. A slight loss of balance on a triple flip, a lady's fall between elements. 133.28 and this is the third place.
Megan Duhamel/Eric Redford (Canada) did everything they could today and a little more with a few minor blots. Triple twist of the second level of difficulty, parallel triple lutz, quadruple salchow throw, triple salchow cascade - double sheepskin coat - double sheepskin coat, triple lutz throw. For a free program, the couple receives 148.51 and comes out on top.
The second warm-up session was opened by Alex Simek Knerim/Chris Knerim (USA). Athletes made a lot of mistakes in the free program. Stepout on the partner's triple parallel salzow, fall on the triple toe loop, also on the partner's. On the triple flip, the partner touched the ice with her free foot. 126.56 and this is the second result at the moment.
The performances of sports couples in the free program were opened by Miu Suzaki / Ryuchi Kihara (Japan). The partner fell from a triple ejection. The pair performed a triple lutz out of sync. Due to the large number of errors, the couple gets 97.67 points.
Valentina Markey/Ondrej Hotarek (Italy) brilliantly coped with the free program. Perfectly executed parallel toe loop, triple twist of the second level, triple salchow combination - double toe loop - double toe loop, triple loop throw and flip. 138.44 points and this best result in a career. One deduction point.
According to the results short program, in the free program came out: Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy.
Caitlin Osmond (Canada) made many mistakes in the short program. Cascade triple flip - triple toe loop (poor-quality exit from the first jump, underrotation), triple lutz (wrong edge) in the first half of the program, double axel in the second half of the program. 71.38 and this is the second result.
Evgenia Medvedeva (Russia) won the short program with a new world record of 81.06! Cascade triple flip - triple toe loop rippon, triple rittberger, double axel tano.
Satoko Miahara (Japan) coped with the short program. Triple lutz - a triple toe loop in a combination in the first half of the program. Triple loop and double Axel in the second half of the program. 68.95 and she is behind Carolina Kostner.
The second warm-up of the participants was opened by Dabin Choi (South Korea), having allowed several underrotations, the athlete scored 65.73 and this is the second place at the moment.
Carolina Kostner (Italy) fought for every jump. Triple toe loop in combination with triple toe loop, triple loop in the first half of the program, double axel in the second half of the program. Under-rotation on the sheepskin coat in the starting cascade. 75.10 and this is the first place.
Maya Berenice Meite (France) failed the short program. With a score of 46.62, the athlete takes third place.
Nicole Schott (Germany) couldn't avoid mistakes in the short program. But she was able to become the third at the moment.
On the ice, the second warm-up of the participants.
Brady Tennell (USA) did well in the short program. The skater performed a triple lutz combination - a triple toe loop in the first half of the program, a triple loop and a double axel in the second half of the program. 68.94 (the best result of the season) and the first place at the moment.
Aime Buchanan from Israel opened the women's short program. With a score of 46.30, he tops the standings.
Following the Israeli athlete on the ice came the representative of China - Li Hiandning. The athlete allowed an under-rotation on a triple flip and landed on two legs from a triple lutz. Despite this, she leads the tournament table with a score of 58.62 points.
On the ice, the first warm-up of the participants.
According to the results of the short dance, the Canadian team takes the first place - 10 points. Team USA is second with 9 points. The third place belongs to the Russian team - 8 points.
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (Canada) did a brilliant job with the short dance. 80.51 points and this is a well-deserved first place.
Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov (Russia) received the second level of difficulty for the pattern. Unfortunately, this is only the third place at the moment. 74.76.
Maya and Alex Shibutani (USA) did well in the short dance, but the scores didn't go up compared to the first half of the season. Athletes lost 4 points to their better result for a short dance. But this is enough to top the table. 75.46 points.
Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (Italy) were unable to compete with the American duo and are currently in second place with a score of 72.51 points.
Representatives of Japan Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed opened the second warm-up. In general, the duo coped with the short dance and topped the standings at the moment with a score of 62.15.
The Chinese national team was represented by the dance duo Shiue Wang/Xu Liu. The duet made a blot on the support, But despite this, the duet was able to lead standings with a score of 56.98 points.
The French team represented by Marie-Jede Le Gac/Romain Le Gac made several mistakes in the short dance. They parted a little on the first series of twizzles, they also made a blot in the pattern. With a score of 57.94, they topped the standings.
The second group of participants appears on the ice.
national team South Korea in ice dancing was presented by the duo Mina Yura/Alexander Gamelin. The partner broke the third series of twizzles, which was reflected in the ratings. And, unfortunately, the partner's dress unraveled during the dance. 51.97 and is currently in third place.
Kavita Lorenz/Yoti Polizoakis (Germany) also made a mistake when performing a series of twizzles, but compared to the Israeli duet, the marks are much higher. 56.88 and at the moment it is the first place.
The representatives of Israel Adel Tankova/Ronald Zilberbeg opened the competition of dance duets and made a blot on the twizzles. A modest result of 44.61 for a short dance.
On the ice, the first warm-up of the participants.
Team figure skating competitions continue at the XXIII Winter Olympic Games. On the second day of the competition, dance duets and women will take to the ice at the Gyeongpo Ice Hall. Based on the results of the women's performances, five teams will advance to the second part of the competition - to the free program. Sports couples will be the first to perform a free program.
Good morning figure skating fans. Anastasia Roshchina works for you.
Team competitions are nothing new in figure skating. For the first time, the International Skating Union (ISU) included them in the program of the World Championships in 2009 in order to stimulate countries to develop all types of figure skating. And now the team championship is ready to debut on Olympic Games, increasing the number of medals played from four to five.
INNOVATIONS
The main difference between the upcoming Olympic team tournament and those held as part of the world championships lies in the even distribution of the load between all four types, while at the world championship there was a clear bias towards single skating. It was they who did most of the work on the extraction of precious metals, since the team consisted of four single skaters - two men and two women, one couple and one dance duet. As a result, the advantage was received by countries where these species were especially developed. At the Olympic Games, each country can enter only one representative in the men's and women's singles, as well as pair skating and ice dancing. Not counting the replacements, but they will be discussed separately.
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
The selection for the Olympic team tournament took place following the results of the 2013 World Cup, as well as the Grand Prix series of the 2013/14 season. The rating of countries was compiled according to the results of the performances of their best representatives in each of the four types of figure skating at the indicated tournaments. In case of a shortage of rating points, the results of the European Championship-2013, the Four Continents Tournament and the junior championship were taken into account. In addition, only those athletes who have been selected to participate in the individual championship can compete in the team championship at the Olympic Games.
An exception can be made only for those countries that have no representatives at all in any of the species. For example, the Japanese team failed to qualify for the Olympics as a couple, while the British team lacked in the men's singles. Nevertheless, both of them got a chance to start in Sochi, using an additional quota. At the same time, the team may not exhibit its participant in one of the disciplines, but does not have the right to compensate for the shortage with an additional unit in the remaining three kinds.
POINTING SYSTEM
IN team competition representatives from 10 countries will perform. These included: Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy, France, China, Germany, Ukraine and the UK. First, all participants in all four events will skate the short program, but skaters from only five countries who scored the largest number points. The points of each single skater and each pair are counted, accrued according to the following scheme: 1st place in the discipline - 10, 2nd place - 9, 3rd place - 8 and so on. The final result of the team Olympic tournament will be determined by adding the points scored in the short and free programs.
REPLACEMENTS
Each federation has the right to make no more than two substitutions between the short and free programs. Of course, provided that her skaters managed to earn more than one Olympic license in those types where a replacement is expected. Otherwise, there will be no one to change. So, for example, in men's single skating, only one skater can represent the Russian team -. But in the other three types, the FFKKR is free to make two substitutions, giving some athletes the opportunity to perform in the short program, and others in the free program. This can be done both in order to unload the skaters, and to achieve the maximum result, if someone is better given a short program, and someone is free.
COMPOSITION OF THE RUSSIAN TEAM
Initially, it was known that Russian leaders And help the team only in the short program, and then focus on preparing for the individual championship. In the free program they will be replaced Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, which have recently become silver medalists European championship. In the men's singles, as already noted, there is no replacement, and in both types of the program he will perform. And, finally, the FFKKR decided to use the second replacement in ice dancing. Short dance rolled back Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, arbitrary - Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov. For girls, the entire burden will fall on the shoulders of a 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya. Such a distribution can only be explained by the desire of the federation to achieve the maximum result in the team tournament - that is, a gold medal. And since the wards Alexandra Zhulina a month before the Games, they decided to change the free dance, then such a decision was the only possible one.
APPLICANTS FOR MEDAL
Since the Japanese team, which is in fourth place, according to the rating, has two weak links - in pair skating and ice dancing, it is assumed that three countries will compete for medals in the Olympic team championship: Russia, the USA and Canada. And here the composition of the Russian team looks the most balanced - in all four events, our skaters are able to finish in the top three. While the USA does not have the strongest couples, while Canada has singles. The rest will be decided by the referees and Lady Luck.
Team figure skating competition relatively recent kind of sport, including performances in different types figure skating and evaluating them together.
It is designed to promote the development of all types of figure skating, since the overall result depends on the ratings of athletes in each stage commands.
The history of the emergence and development of team figure skating
Officially International Union skaters ( ISU) for the first time this sport was included in the program of the world championships in 2009 in April in Tokyo in the arena Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
It was planned that the team championship, which was named World Team Trophy, will take place once every two years.
The tournament is unusual in that, along with the ISU, it is organized by the Japanese Figure Skating Federation with the support of the TV company Asahi that commercializes sport's event. The next time such a competition was going to be held in 2011 again Japan, Yokohama, in April. But in March, the largest natural and man-made disasters occurred in Japan, and the World Cup was postponed to next year.
By 2018, 5 such championships were held — in 2009/12/13/15/17, and all in Tokyo, on which the Americans won three times and the Japanese won twice.
In general, it was Japan that played a special role in the development of team figure skating, since the prototype of modern competitions was held there. since 1997 entertainment tournament Japan Open. It was not of an official nature, and teams of popular athletes were formed not by country, but, for example, by parts of the world.
Starting with the Olympic Games (OI) 2014 in Sochi, this species became Olympic. Then the Russian team managed to win gold medal. First Olympic champions in this sport were Evgeni Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Tatyana Volosozhar - Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova - Dmitry Solovyov and Elena Ilinykh - Nikita Katsalapov. At the last in 2018 At the Olympiad in Korea, our team won silver in this event, this time Canadians got gold.
Photo 1. Performance of Russian figure skaters Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov in the team figure skating competition at the 2014 Olympics.
Team figure skating rules
The rules of this sport are somewhat different. depending on the type of competition - World Cup or Olympic Games.
Species, what is it
In both types of competitions, men's and women's single skating, sports skating and dancing on ice, that is all four classic types. The difference is that at the World Team Trophy in each team are 2 single skaters and single skaters, 1 each sports couple and dance duet.
There is a certain bias towards single skating, the reason for which is the significant participation of the Japanese in the organization of the event.
Traditionally, Japan is strong in single skaters, but lags behind in sports skating and dancing, so it gives preference to representatives of single figure skating.
At the Olympics, all four types are represented evenly: one representative single male and women's skating, sports couple, dance duet.
Thus, Olympic competitions in this sport are more balanced.
How many stages
The number of stages in both competitions is the same - two by two. Participants perform in the short and free program. But if the same athletes take part in the championship in both programs, then substitutions are possible at the Olympic Games, and not all teams are allowed to the second stage.
How is the selection of participants
At the championship World Team Trophy each program has 6 teams, A at the Olympics first compete in the short program 10 teams, and than Top 5 according to its results, they perform in a free program and play medals.
On team championship of the world select the strongest skaters of their country, with the highest ISU rating for couples and dance duets, as well as two best single skaters among men and among women. In addition, these athletes must be included top ten in its form following the results of the previous World Figure Skating Championships.
Attention! When unreasonable refusal from the participation in these competitions of a selected single skater, single skater, pair or dance duet, they lose the right to speak in the show demonstration performances and competitions during a year and other measures are also applied to them.
In the event that the selected country refuses to participate as a whole team, the team of the next ranked country is invited to take its place.
The selection of participants for the Olympic Games is based on the results of the previous World Cup and recently passed stages of the Grand Prix series. To determine the country's rating, the results of the performances of the best representatives are taken. in four types of figure skating in these competitions.
Photo 2. Russian team figure skating team at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
Sometimes rating points are still not enough. In this case, the results of other well-known competitions are also taken into account, for example, european championship, Tournament of Four continents, junior championship. Of course, only those athletes who, according to their results, get to the individual championship of the Olympiad, can compete at the Olympic Games.
There may be cases when one of the sports is not represented in the team due to the fact that the athlete could not qualify for the Olympic Games. Then the team has the right to use an additional quota and take part in the competition. At the same time, the country does not put up a representative in this form and cannot compensate in any other way for the lack of a participant, as well as, accordingly, points. It should be borne in mind that the team applying for participation in team competitions, must obtain a license in at least three types of skating.
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How points are awarded
In team competitions, when summing up the results, not the points themselves, scored by the skaters at the end of the performance, are taken into account, but points awarded to them for this.
In the World Figure Skating Championships, points are awarded for both short and free programs according to the following principle: in singles competitions 12 points for first place, 11 points for second And so on up to twelfth place with 1 point.
In competitions of couples and dancers 12 points for first place, 11 points for second, and so on up to sixth place with 7 points. Points of all team members are added up for both programs. According to them overall result the places of the participating countries are determined.
At the Olympic Games in the short program, points are awarded according to the same principle: 10 points for first place, 9 points for second, and 1 point for tenth. For representatives of the top five teams following the results of the short program, the free composition is evaluated as follows: 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 9, and so on, 5th - 6 points. Sum of points for two programs all members of the team and determines its position.
How are replacements
At the Olympic Games one participating country is entitled to produce between the short and free programs no more than two replacements subject to the presence of athletes who have received Olympic licenses in the type of figure skating in which this replacement takes place.
This rotation allows you to involve a larger number of participants, to give an opportunity to reduce the burden on leaders, to demonstrate the maximum result, because often different reasons short and free program may be better or worse for athletes.
