Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii maintained their lead after the Short Program to win the Pairs' title in Graz, Austria, on Friday evening. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov edged out Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin for a repeat silver, while Italy's Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise maintained fourth place overall.
Boikova and Kozlovskii delivered a powerful and dynamic routine to "The Writing On The Wall" which was flawless. The Russian champions landed all jumping passes, including triple Salchows and a triple toe-double toe-double toe combination, as well as a throw triple twist, triple flip, and triple loop. All three lifts and the pair combination spin was graded a level 4 and the team earned a new personal best of 152.24 for first in the free skate and overall (234.58).
"This was one of the hardest free skatings we've done recently," said Kozlovskii. "I felt that (she got a bit lost) and I tried to pull her out of it. Usually, you focus on the difficult elements and other elements you do on autopilot, but today all elements demanded concentration and we're happy we were able to deal with that specific pressure. It's hard to say why this happened, there are many factors and they are different every time. We were in a difficult physical condition before our performance, and therefore had to focus and spend our energy to take one element at a time. We really had to fight for this performance."
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Boikova and Kozlovskii delivered a powerful and dynamic routine to "The Writing On The Wall" which was flawless. The Russian champions landed all jumping passes, including triple Salchows and a triple toe-double toe-double toe combination, as well as a throw triple twist, triple flip, and triple loop. All three lifts and the pair combination spin was graded a level 4 and the team earned a new personal best of 152.24 for first in the free skate and overall (234.58).
"This was one of the hardest free skatings we've done recently," said Kozlovskii. "I felt that (she got a bit lost) and I tried to pull her out of it. Usually, you focus on the difficult elements and other elements you do on autopilot, but today all elements demanded concentration and we're happy we were able to deal with that specific pressure. It's hard to say why this happened, there are many factors and they are different every time. We were in a difficult physical condition before our performance, and therefore had to focus and spend our energy to take one element at a time. We really had to fight for this performance."
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