With property and demonstrating high level and an important moment of their athletes, the delegation of Portugal got to three of the four gold medals in dispute on Thursday night at the Coliseo Mayor of Ibague, the first award of World Artistic Skating Championships, corresponding to the solo dance competence, after according to the free dance program.
Regarding to in junior ladies, Mariana Pinheiro have done an excellent presentation to plus a score of 80.71, which to his output in style dance, she awarded an score of 138.33, stand out a important advantage over the Italian Greta Pani and Linda Catalini, with 126.66 and 121.09 points, who occupy second and third place respectively. Gold for Portugal, silver and bronze for Italy.
In junior men competition there was a notable develop of the Portuguese Diogo Costa, who had an start to overcome the disadvantage ocassioned by the Colombian Jeshua Folleco, first in the show presentation of style dance and candidate for gold. Costa presented an routine almost perfect for this reason the judges gave him enough merit to obtain a final score of 127.25 over 124.48 of Folleco score, leaving third place for the Italian Francesco Vittuari, with 120.28. Portugal, Colombia and Italy, the medals.
In the elite, the senior, the Italian delegation broken the Portuguese with Roberta Sasso, she get deserved gold medal, with rank, authority and mastery of competence. Sasso finished with 152.36 to take the gold, but very close, with a markable 150.04, the Spanish Natalia Baldizzone got with the silver, to leave the bronze to the Paraguayan, and number one of the world rankings, Érika Alarcón, who finished with 146.65 points.
At the closure of the day, the coliseum vibrated with a fantastic senior men’s final, full of elegance, great competitive level and a very close for first place. The Portuguese Pedro Walgo I bring out his skill, left on stage until his last drop of talent to go from third place in style dance, to first place beside in addition, after his presentation in free dance, beating Colombian Brayan Carreño and Spanish Llorenc Álvarez. Was Sensational…
Walgode finished with 156.78; Álvarez with 156.14; and Carreño with 155.51… tight no matter how you look at it. Gold for Portugal, silver for Spain and bronze for Colombia. Final worthy of the world championship.
According to the program, this Friday we will have online tickets in the morning. The competitions will start from 12:10pm with the style program for Junior dance couple. At 1:50pm the style dance will be fulfilled for dance couples in older. At 4pm we will short program for junior couples. At 4:45pm the same competition for senior couples.
From 6:10pm to 8:30 the short program will be online for young and old, ladies and men, in their respective order. Around 8:45pm the opening ceremony will begin with take accounted of all delegations, national, regional and local authorities, and public, encouraged of the musical capital of Colombia.
Can be enjoyed in the Coliseo Mayor of Ibague without cost, due to the entrance to the stage, both for the competitions and for the protocol and artistic act, is free.
