Денис Тен: если бы я завоевал золото – это была бы случайность, а своё второе место я считаю заслуженным!:
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A wonderful World Championships
By Sonia Bianchetti Garbato
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In each event there were some outstanding programs but, once again, I found it very disappointing and distressing to see many top and talented skaters all mess up their programs and mar them with too many falls. This was particularly evident in the men’s event, where the skaters are more or less obliged to try to execute quads if they want to get a result, even when they know that the chances of standing up are poor. But they do not care because a fallen jump, or a jump landed on two feet, still brings a lot of points. And this is just an aberration of the IJS.
What we witnessed in London could be the straw that will break the camel’s back. Let’s hope that it will push the ISU to take the necessary steps to stop this massacre. The solution is simple: just change the rule and say that a jump marred by a fall or landed on two feet has no value, as is the case for spins, for instance, when the required number of revolutions or positions is missing or the required position is not attained.
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Patrick Chan, Canada, won his third World title. He was first in the short program with a stellar performance to Rachmaninov’s Elegie in E-Flat Minor. He perfectly executed his opening quadruple toe-loop/ triple toe-loop combination as well as all the other elements. The program is well choreographed and created a magical atmosphere.
In free skating, he placed second. His program is delightfully choreographed to Puccini’s “La Boheme”, but it did not even come close to the magic of the short program. Chan opened with two huge quads and looked headed for certain victory. But then he had a fall on a triple Lutz, went splat on an underrotated triple Axel, had a step out and hand down on a Salchow and doubled the Lutz in a jump combination.
No doubt his skating is very good and he glides and moves well on the ice. Still, his placement and the marks he was awarded in the PCS, in my opinion, are definitely not acceptable. How could he be placed ahead of Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu, who executed flawless programs of a very high technical and artistic standard? And this is not the first time that this has happened. It has become “normal”. I am speechless. Surely it is not Patrick’s fault if the judges continue to overmark him. He is the lucky and happy victim of a judging system that, thanks to secret judging, allows the judges to carry on unpunished.
The great surprise of these championships was Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten, who won the silver medal, placing second in short and first in free.
Denis delivered the performance of his life, easily winning the free skate and becoming the first skater from his country to win a medal at a world championships. Skating to soundtrack of “The Artist”, he performed the most beautiful, complete program with just one minor error, a doubled jump in his jump combination. He started off with a huge quadruple toe-loop followed by six more triple jumps and jump combinations executed at great speed without any visible effort. He also had a musical program, delightfully choreographed and presented. A real joy to watch.
Javier Fernandez of Spain, reigning European champion, won the bronze medal, the first medal ever for Spanish figure skating at a world championships. He moved up from 7th place in the short, where he singled the Axel, after placing 4th in the free. Performing to a Charlie Chaplin medley, Fernandez opened his free program with a big quadruple toe-loop and followed up with double Salchow/double toe-loop combination, a huge triple Axel and another quad Salchow, plus four more triples.
His technique is great and the height and length of his jumps is just fantastic. Javier impressed the audience and reached their hearts with the way he enjoys his skating and his moves, interpreting and living his beautiful music. This is what makes our sport so appealing and unique and this is what our fans want to see: artistic skating! Once again, thank you, Javier!
But I want also to mention the excellent performance of Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan, who placed 3rd in free. He started off with two quadruple jumps, toe-loop and Salchow, plus six more triple jumps and jump combinations that all received positive GoEs. But what is impressive in his skating is the softness of his knees, the speed and the facility with which he executes his jumps, the beauty of his sparkling step sequences.
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