Wuyishan 2014

The last Chinese three-cone event of the season was held on November, 21-23, in Wuyishan. Skaters from 15 countries of Europe and Asia competed in the main disciplines of Classic Freestyle Slalom, Pair Freestyle Slalom, Battle Freestyle, Speed Slalom and Freestyle Slides.

Women's Classic

2014 World Champion 2014, Daria Kuznetsova (Rus, #1) got one more victory, winning the Classic Women's competition. Klaudia Hartmanis (Pol, #2) got the silver, and Angelika Prucnal (Pol, #6) the bronze.

WOMEN'S TOP-5:

1. Kuznetsova Daria (Rus)

2. Hartmanis Klaudia (Pol)

3. Prucnal Angelika (Pol)

4. Deng Ling (Chn)

5. Morbidoni Camilla (Ita)

Men's Classic

2014 Classic World Champion, Sergey Timchenko (Rus, #1), took the first place. Chinese  Ye Hao Qin (#5) ranked second and Alexandre Claris (Fra, #2) third.

MEN'S TOP-5:

1. Timchenko Sergey (Rus)

2. Ye Hao Qin (Chn)

3. Claris Alexandre (Fra)

4. Sulinowski Michal (Pol)

5. Yu Jin Seong (Kor)

Junior Classic

Feng Hui (Chn, #9) won the Classic Junior Women's category with a perfectly clean run full of hard tricks and with a good choreography. Chiu Yin Hsuan (Tpe, #24) performed a very dynamic run that propelled her to the second place. Wang Ding Yu Xin (Chn, #44) ended up third. 

Young Chinese skater Li Jia Rui (#470) did a great performance, very fast and technical. He won the Classic Junior Men's competition, his best result so far. Lai Hsu Chieh (Tpe#177) showed a high level run with very dynamic skating, mixed with good tricks and interesting moves. Wei Jing Xiao (Chn) ended up third.

WOMEN'S JUNIOR TOP-5:

1. Feng Hui (Chn)

2. Chiu Yin Hsuan (Tpe)

3. Wang Ding Yu Xin (Chn)

4. Qin Yu Qing (Chn)

5. Chen Chu Yao (Chn)

MEN'S JUNIOR TOP-5:

1. Li Jia Rui (Chn)

2. Lai Hsu Chieh (Tpe)

3. Wei Jing Xiao (Chn)

4. Chou Chieh Chun (Tpe)

5. Zeng Zeng Da (Chn)

Classic Slalom Pair

With very a clean performance, Polish Klaudia Hartmanis and Michal Sulinowski won the Slalom Pair contest, leaving Chinese Qin Yu Qing and Wang Ding Yu Xin behind. Kim Bong Geun and Kim Min Hyo from Korea took the third place.

CLASSIC SLALOM PAIR TOP-5:

1. Hartmanis Klaudia & Sulinowski Michal (Pol)

2. Qin Yu Qing / Wang Ding Yu Xin (Chn)

3. Kim Bong Geun / Kim Min Hyo (Kor)

Women’s Freestyle Battle

Feng Hui (Chn, #9) won the Battle final, with long and very technical combos as well as a clean last trick, doing toe seven on 25 cones. Current world number one, Daria Kuznetsova from Russia, finished second. She performed well but lost her balance during her back footgun and her last trick, a toe seven too, but on 15 cones only. Klaudia Hartmanis (Pol, #2) took the third place. She has successes but missed some of her tricks too. Angelika Prucnal (Pol, #6) finished fourth.

WOMEN'S TOP-4:

1. Feng Hui (Chn)

2. Kuznetsova Daria (Rus)

3. Hartmanis Klaudia (Pol)

4. Prucnal Angelika (Pol)

Men’s Freestyle Battle

Ye Hao Qin (Chn, #5) won the Men's Battle final, showing incredible combos and tricks. The current world number one, Sergey Timchenko (Rus), took the second place with a very impressive performance as well, but not strong enough to deserve the first place. Alexandre Claris (Fra, #2) finished on the third step of the podium, leaving Polish Michal Sulinowski (#8) at the foot of it.

MEN'S TOP-4:

1. Ye Hao Qin (Chn)

2. Timchenko Sergey (Rus)

3. Claris Alexandre (Fra)

4. Sulinowski Michal (Pol)

Speed Slalom

The speed slalom times are not validated as official times because the speed slalom was held on a slope down.

Speed Slalom Women

Chinese Deng Ling, who did the best qualification time (4.709 sec) won the  final against Klaudia Hartmanis (Pol, #7). Camilla Morbidoni (Ita, 25) won the consolation final in front of Angelika Prucnal from Poland (#24).

WOMEN'S TOP-4:

1. Deng Ling (Chn)

2. Hartmanis Klaudia (Pol)

3. Morbidoni Camilla (Ita)

4. Prucnal Angelika (Pol)

Speed Slalom Men

Zheng Jia Ming from China (#7) did the best qualification time (4.025 sec) and won the final against Ye Hao Qin (Chn, #29). Yu Jin Seong (Kor, #18) ended up third.  Yu Bing Ye (Chn, #201) finished fourth.

MEN'S TOP-4:

1. Zheng Jia Ming (Chn)

2. Ye Hao Qin (Chn)

3. Yu Jin Seong (Kor)

4. Yu Bing Ye (Chn)

Junior Speed Slalom

Feng Hui (Chn, #35), who did the best qualification time (4.733 sec) added one more victory to her list in winning the final in front Wang Ding Yu Xin (Chn, #96). Yang Jia Liang Zi (Chn) won the small final against Gui Si Jun.

Wei Jing Xiao from China won the final, leaving Wu Feng Yu (Chn) on the second place. Lai Hsu Chieh (Tpe), who did the best qualification time (4.46 sec) won the consolation final in front  Xu Yi Hui (Chn).

JUNIOR WOMEN'S TOP-4:

1. Feng Hui (Chn)

2. Wang Ding Yu Xin (Chn)

3. Yang Jia Liang Zi (Chn)

4. Gui Si Jun (Chn)

JUNIOR MEN'S TOP-4:

1. Wei Jing Xiao (Chn)

2. Wu Feng Yu (Chn)

3. Lai Hsu Chieh (Tpe)

4. Xu Yi Hui (Chn)

Slides

The Slides final groups in both the Women's and the Men's categories were exclusively made of Chinese skaters. Zhou Xiao Dan (#12) won the final. Two newcomers, Ge Sai Hua and  Zhou Ling Yu respectivelz took the second and third places. Zhang Cheng Bei (#23) ended up fourth.

World Champion and current world number one, Huang Hai Yang, won the competition (one more!). Newcomer Yang Cheng did great, finishing second at his very first competition. Lin Yao (#11) took the third place. Ou Jiang Ping (#157) ended up fourth.

WOMEN'S TOP-4:

1. Zhou Xiao Dan (Chn)

2. Ge Sai Hua (Chn)

3. Zhou Ling Yu (Chn)

4. Zhang Cheng Bei (Chn)

MEN'S TOP-4:

1. Huang Hai Yang (Chn)

2. Yang Cheng (Chn)

3. Lin Yao (Chn)

4. Ou Jiang Ping (Chn)

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