Xinhua News Agency, Japan, Yuyu, March 23 (reporter Shen Honghui, Li Jia) the ice dance project of the figure skating world championships in Yuyu, Japan ended the competition for free dance on the 23rd, the French ace team papadagis/xizerong won the championship with a total score of 222.65 points. Chinese group Wang Shiyu/Liu Xinyu played normal, and finally ranked 15th with a total score of 173.89.
As the runner-up of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the defending champion of the world championships, papadagis/xizerong, who led the rhythm dance, showed outstanding strength on the same day, and the whole set of free dance artistry and synchronicity were impeccable. The two stood up and applauded, won the first free dance with 134.23 points, and finally won the victory with the absolute advantage of more than 10 points leading the second place with the total score.
The Russian combination sinitshna/catsarapov and the American combination Hubel/donohugh won the runner-up and the third place with 211.76 points and 210.40 points respectively.
The performance of the Chinese group Wang Shiyi/Liu Xinyu, ranked 14th in rhythm dance, ranked 15th in free dance with 105.42 points.
The two were downgraded. Wang Shizhen said, “The cooperation between the two people is not stable enough. At the beginning of the second half, we thought about some grading problems and were not stable enough, but we put it very open, the training level has been brought into play.”
Liu Xinyu also said with satisfaction: “We are enjoying the competition now. Of course, we hope to lean forward, but we are more enjoying the competition and enjoying the story.”
The ice dance project has obvious advantages in European and American countries. Wang Shiyi/Liu Xinyu is the only Asian combination that promotes free dance in this world championship. “I hope to prove myself. This time the technical score is still good.” Wang Shiyu said.