Figure Skating - World Championships 2013 London
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For the audience of London'' s most awaited event of the upcoming World Championships in figure skating will undoubtedly be the dance contest, which will involve the hosts Virtue / Moir, born and raised in the center of the'' Ontario.
Monday 11 March 2013 6 minutes reading time
In'' opportunity,'' will be renewed the eternal battle between the title and the detetori statunitesi Davis / White, imbattutti in season and favorites for the bookmakers.
In the run-up to the bronze medal, the French Pechalat / Bourzat should have the edge on'' fierce competition, which includes Italians Cappellini / Lanotte, Canadians Weaver / Poje, returning after a three-month break due to injury, and couples Russian Bobrova / Soloviev and Ilinykh / Katsalapov.
Among the candidates for the top ten positions, can not be forgotten Canadians Gilles / Poirier, Americans Shibutani / Shibutani and Chock / Bates as well as the Russians Riazanova / Tkachenko.
By virtue of the high scores minimum technical eligibility imposed by the international federation, the couple entered in the competition are only twenty-nine, nine less than the previous edition. A defense of the colors blue, will also be present Fabbri / Guignard, which aspire to a placing in the top fifteen positions.
The result of the race will take value of Olympic qualification. Will, in fact, allocated nineteen of the twenty-four 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
- (AZE) Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov (depending on participation)
- (BLR) Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV (beginners)
- (CAN) Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER (beginners)
- (CAN) Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR (seventh form)
- (CAN) Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje (fifth appearance)
- (CZE) Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN (beginners)
- (EST) Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND (depending on participation)
- (FIN) Olesia Karmi / Max LINDHOLM (beginners)
- (FRA) Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES (fourth appearance)
- (FRA) Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT (tenth participation)
- (GER) Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander Gazsi (fifth appearance)
- (GBR) Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND (third appearance)
- (HUN) Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate Fejes (third appearance)
- (ISR) Allison REED / Vasili Rogov (beginners)
- (ITA) Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE (seventh form)
- (ITA) Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI (beginners)
- (JPN) Cathy REED / Chris REED (sixth form)
- (LTU) Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS (third appearance)
- (POL) Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBER (beginners)
- (RUS) Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (fifth appearance)
- (RUS) Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov (third appearance)
- (RUS) Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO (depending on participation)
- (SVK) Federica HEAD / Lukas CSOLLEY (depending on participation)
- (ESP) Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ (third appearance)
- (TUR) Alisa Agafonova / Alper UCAR (depending on participation)
- (UKR) Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri DUN (depending on participation)
- (USA) Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES (beginners)
- (USA) Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE (seventh form)
- (USA) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (third appearance)
DAYS AND HOURS NOTICE (Italian time)
THURSDAY, March 14 - 22:15 - Short-dance
Saturday, March 16 - 19:30 - Free Dance
FINAL NOTES
Virtue / Moir (2010-2012) and Davis / White (2011) are the only pairs in the race to claim world titles. Among other members, Shibutanti / Shibutani and Pechalat / Bourzat have managed to get on the podium.
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