{"id":12720,"date":"2018-10-20T07:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=12720"},"modified":"2018-10-22T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T02:20:01","slug":"evgenia-tarasova-and-vladimir-morozov-win-short-program-rough-outing-for-american-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2018\/10\/20\/evgenia-tarasova-and-vladimir-morozov-win-short-program-rough-outing-for-american-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov win short program; rough outing for American pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michelle Kennedy, special to Figure Skaters Online
\nHeader photo by Robin Ritoss<\/p>\n

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EVERETT, WA–Skate America kicked off with the pairs short program Oct. 19. Each team fought to stay on their feet and even the leaders were not without error. It is early in the season and it will be exciting to watch each of these teams grow and develop throughout the year.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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World silver medalists Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, of Russia, are currently in the lead with a score of 71.24 points. Tarasova turned out of their side-by-side jumps and was barely able to hold onto the landing of a big throw triple loop. They skated to \u201cI Got You (I Feel Good)\u201d by James Brown with a lot of energy and charisma and they did not allow the mistakes to slow them down.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTonight we skated the short with many small mistakes, but we feel good,\u201d Morozov said. \u201cWe like our long program. We just need to keep working hard on our short program and skate clean.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Fellow Russian teammates Alisa E\ufb01mova and Alexander Korovin just came off of a win at Nebelhorn a few weeks ago. They also made some errors, but their performance was enough to put them in second place.<\/p>\n

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German team Minerva Fabienne-Hase and Nolan Seegert delivered a seasons best performance, putting them into third place. \u201cWe had a good skate, we are happy overall,\u201d Seegert said. \u201cIt was a great
\natmosphere here, the audience was great.\u201d\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The American teams had a rough outing. Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc are currently in fourth, followed by Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim in \ufb01fth and Nica Digerness and Danny Neudecker in seventh.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Scimeca-Knierim had trouble with the side-by-side triple salchows and she stumbled during the footwork sequence. Despite the mistakes, their new program was innovative and captivating. It is not entirely surprising to see them struggle with some learning curves after moving to Germany over the summer to train with Aljona Savchenko, who was surprisingly absent in Everett (which the pair did not want to address).<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s just taking longer to get together than we\u2019d like, but with all the changes we made this season, it\u2019s not going to come together right away,\u201d Knierim said. \u201cWe see the big picture rather than just the short success. We are just going to keep working and keep striving for more at every competition basically.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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