Sui and Han win prelims to kick off World Championshipshttp://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... mpionshipsThe World Figure Skating Championships began today with the preliminary round for pairs. As expected, it was Four Continents champions Wenjing Sui and Cong Han who easily won the round, which consisted of each pair competing one program, a free skate.
Sui and Han did not attempt their throw quad salchow, opting instead for a throw triple salchow. Sui fell on her solo triple toe and they had a messy quad twist, but they still comfortably sailed through the preliminary round with a score of 116.57. Home team Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres took second with a 96.48.
The top eight pairs move on to join the 12 pairs who received direct entries into the short program. The pairs’ short program takes place on Wednesday.
PAIRS (preliminary round)http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/SEG003.HTMQ1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han CHN – 116.57
Q2. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres FRA – 96.48
Q3. Mari Vartmann/Aaron Van Cleave GER – 90.68
Q4. Stacey Kemp/David King GBR – 89.30
Q5. Danielle Montalbano/Evgeni Krasnopolski ISR – 84.71
Q6. Ji Hyang Ri/Won Hyok Thae PRK – 84.28
Q7. Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise ITA – 77.70
Q8. Anais Morand/Timothy Leemann SUI – 73.19
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Ilinykh and Katsalapov cruise through preliminaries at Worldshttp://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... -at-worldsRussian silver medalists Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov made it an easy day at the rink today, taking first in the preliminary round at the World Figure Skating Championships. China’s Xintong Huang and Xun Zheng were second, with Estonia’s Irina Shtork and Taavi Rand taking third.
In a little bit of pre-competition drama, 2011 Uzbekistani champions Anna Nagornyuk and Viktor Kovalenko had visa issues and were finally cleared to go to France to compete this morning. They arrived late as a result of a plane delay, missed their warmup, but were still able to qualify for the short dance, finishing eighth in prelims.
The top ten teams move on to join the 15 pairs who received direct entries into the short dance. The short dance takes place on Wednesday.
DANCE (preliminary round)http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/SEG004.HTMQ1. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov RUS – 92.40
Q2. Xintong Huang/Xun Zheng CHN – 79.69
Q3. Irina Shtork/Taavi Rand EST – 79.17
Q4. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland GBR – 79.09
Q5. Julia Zlobina/Alexei Sitnikov AZE – 77.80
Q6. Sara Hurtado/Adria Diaz ESP – 76.26
Q7. Lorenza Alessandrini/Simone Vaturi ITA – 73.96
Q8. Danielle O’Brien/Gregory Merriman AUS – 71.37
Q9. Anna Nagornyuk/Viktor Kovalenko UZB – 70.88
Q10. Zsuzsanna Nagy/Mate Fejes HUN – 70.84
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Britain’s McCorkell wins preliminary around at World Championshipshttp://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... mpionshipsThe second day of the World Figure Skating Championships began with the preliminary round for the ladies. It was nine-time British champion Jenna McCorkell who took first with a four-triple free skate that earned her a personal best score of 95.63. Estonia’s Elena Glebova was second, also hitting four clean triples in her program.
The top 12 ladies move on to join the 18 who received direct entries into the short program on Thursday.
LADIES (preliminary round)
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Q1. Jenna McCorkell GBR – 95.63
Q2. Elena Glebova EST – 92.52
Q3. Sonia Lafuente ESP – 91.84
Q4. Valentina Marchei ITA – 88.92
Q5. Kerstin Frank AUT – 85.09
Q6. Romy Buhler SUI – 81.74
Q7. Polina Korobeynikova RUS – 81.70
Q8. Natalia Popova UKR – 77.57
Q9. Victoria Muniz PUR – 75.06
Q10. Alina Fjodorova LAT – 73.64
Q11. Clara Peters IRL – 73.36
Q12. Lejeanne Marais RSA – 70.50
