The competitions of the ISU Grand Prix Cup of China started today at Capital Gymnasium arena, Beijing. After the short program Alena is in the 5th place.
In the very beginning of her skating Alena made a mistake on the 3Lz+2T combination, as both the jumps were landed poorly. All the other elements were performed clean, and on the whole Alena’s skating looked vivid and decent, and stood out among other competitors’ performances. But the judges thought otherwise, which resulted in low components score (25.22). The overall short program score is 50.79.
‘Sure, I am anything but pleased with my skating today. Two mistakes on one element and downgraded levels are rather a lot. But I do not intend to feel down, because tomorrow I must skate my free program well. So, I’m going to try to rehabilitate myself and change things for the better tomorrow’.
Short program results:
1
Mirai NAGASU
USA
58.76
2
Akiko SUZUKI
JPN
57.97
3
Miki ANDO
JPN
56.11
4
Bingwa GENG
CHN
51.09
5
Alena LEONOVA
RUS
50.79
6
Joshi HELGESSON
SWE
48.83
7
Amanda DOBBS
USA
46.73
8
Kristine MUSADEMBA
USA
40.80
9
Min-Jeong KWAK
KOR
38.83
10
Diane SZMIETT
CAN
38.17
11
Qiuying ZHU
CHN
35.61
Tomorrow ladies’ free skating is due to begin at 10.55 (Moscow time). Alena will skate second in the second warm-up.
The competitions of the ISU Grand Prix Cup of China started today at Capital Gymnasium arena, Beijing. After the short program Alena is in the 5th place.