Figure Skating - World Championships 2013 London
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Following tradition, the first title that will be awarded during the World Championships in London will be the one of the pairs of art.
Monday 11 March 2013 5 minutes reading time
In line with what has happened in the last two years, the struggle for success seems to be limited to the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy, defending champions, and the Russians Volosozhar / Trankov, imbattutti during the season.
E'', however large the range of couples who aspire to the podium. They have credentials, more or less relevant, the Chinese Pang / Tong and Sui Han, veterans associations from physical problems with different capacities, Canadians Duhamel / Radford and Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, the Russians Bazarova / Larionov and Kavaguti / Smirnov, the Italian Berton / Hotarek, third in the European Championships in Zagreb.
A step below are asking the French James / Cipres, the Chinese Peng / Zhang and couples Scimeca U.S. / Knierim and Castles / Shnapir.
By virtue of the high scores minimum technical eligibility imposed by the international federation, the couple entered in the competition are only eighteen, five less than the previous edition. A defense of the colors blue, will also be present Della Monica / Guarise pointing to a placement in the top fifteen positions.
The result of the race will take value of Olympic qualification. '' In the occasion, will be awarded sixteen of the twenty places available for the review of Sochi next year. As usual, the share of Olympic will not be rated, but will be credited to the nation.
COUPLES REGISTERED
- (BUL) Elizaveta MAKAROVA / Leri KENCHADZE (depending on participation)
- (CAN) Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (depending on participation)
- (CAN) Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan Moscovitch (depending on participation)
- (CHN) Qing PANG / Jian TONG (fifteenth participation)
- (CHN) PENG Cheng / Hao Zhang (beginners)
- (CHN) Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN (depending on participation)
- (FRA) Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (depending on participation)
- (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY (ninth participation)
- (GER) Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE (depending on participation)
- (GBR) Stacey Kemp / David King (eighth race)
- (ITA) Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotárek (fourth appearance)
- (ITA) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise (depending on participation)
- (POL) Magdalena klatka / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI (beginners)
- (RUS) Vera Bazarova / Yuri LARIONOV (fourth appearance)
- (RUS) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (seventh form)
- (RUS) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (depending on participation)
- (USA) Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR (beginners)
- (USA) Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim (beginners)
DAYS AND HOURS NOTICE (Italian time)
WEDNESDAY, March 13 - 16:50 hours - Short program
FRIDAY, March 15 - 16:45 - Free program
FINAL NOTES
Savchenko / Szolokwy (2008-2009-2011-2012) and Pang / Tong (2006-2010) are the only pairs in the race to claim world titles. Among other members, Volosozhar / Trankov and Kavaguti / Smirnov have managed to get on the podium.
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