Original title: Leading runner-up with 31 points “Onion Bucket” combination wins the Canadian Grand Prix of Figure Skating Championship for the first time
The Canadian Grand Prix of the 2021-2022 Figure Skating Grand Prix ended in Vancouver on the evening of the 30th local time. Two-time world champions Sui Wenjing/Han Cong won the double skating championship with nearly 31 points ahead of second place. Chen Wei of American Chinese origin , Russia’s 15-year-old talented girl Camilla Valieva won the men’s and women’s singles skating laurels respectively, and the Canadian star Gilles/Boyllir won the ice dance championship.
With the song “Golden Bridge on the Sorrowful River” that the two had skid in 2017, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong successfully completed the three-week twirling, three weeks after the outer ice, two weeks after the other two weeks, two consecutive jumps, and three throws. Zhou, the biggest flaw appeared in Sui Wenjing’s three-week single jump in the back of the ring. Their free skating finally scored 145.11 points, plus 78.94 points from the short program the day before, for a total score of 224.05 points, which improved their scoring record this season.
The Russian combination Pavlyuchenko/Khodukin and the American combination Kane/Leduc won the silver and bronze medals with a total score of 193.08 and 189.90 respectively.
When explaining the purpose of the new arrangement of the free skating track after the game, Han Cong said: “We have only used this music for two games, so I thought, it is better to use it again…. When the choreographer Sui Wenjing just had surgery, I It’s like a bridge waiting for her return; this year we re-selected this song because I also had an operation last year, and this time Xiao Sui became my bridge, supporting us.”
Sui Wenjing said: “This story (not only for the two of us), but also for everyone. Because there are actually many difficulties at this stage, we cannot see outside friends and family in the bubble (closed-loop management of epidemic prevention and control). , But there are pillars in their hearts. They are far away, even on the other side of the ocean, but our hearts are all together, and we hope that we can be more united. This is also the new content of the Olympic motto.”
This is the fourth time that Sui Han has participated in the Canadian Grand Prix. They have won second place in the previous three battles. The silver medal combination of the Pyeongchang Olympics won the runner-up at the World Championships at the beginning of this year. This season they participated in the Asian Open and the Beijing Winter Olympics test competition and won the championship. The Canadian Grand Prix was their debut in the new season.
In the men’s singles competition led by Chen Wei, another American player Jason Brown and 18-year-old Russian rookie Yevgeny Semenenko won the runner-up and third runner-up. The Russian women won the top three women’s singles. The comeback former World Championship champion Tukta Misheva trailed Variyeva by more than 30 points, finishing runner-up, and the European champion Kostonaya two seasons ago. Won the third place.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong is also the only Chinese team player to participate in the Grand Prix. Next, they will go to Turin, Italy, to participate in the Italian Grand Prix held there next week. Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, Jin Boyang, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu, Chen Hong/Sun Zhuoming, Chen Yudong, Zhu Yi and other Chinese players will also Attend the race.
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