Figure Skating - World Championships 2013 London
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The men's race of the World Championships Figure Skating promises to be very uncertain. '' The only security is currently represented by the record quadruple jumps attempted and made to be crumbled.
Monday 11 March 2013 6 minutes reading time
In the light of what has emerged in the course of the season, it is difficult to give a clear favorite. The ranks of the most accredited pretenders to success includes Canadian Patrick Chan (pictured), title holder, Spaniard Javier Fernandez, winner of the recent European Championships, as well as the Japanese Daisuke Takahashi and Yuzuru Hanyu, winner and runner-up respectively in the the Grand Prix Final.
In the large group of outsiders should be reported and the U.S. Max Aaron Ross Miner, the Canadian Kevin Reynolds, a veteran of the surprise victory in the Four Continents, the Russian Maxim Kovtun, winner in the final of the Junior Grand Prix, the French Brian Joubert and Florent Amodio, Japanese Tahahito Walls, Czech Michal Brezina Nan Song and Chinese.
It will not, however, the game the Russian Evgeni Plushenko, returning from a delicate back surgery.
By virtue of the high scores minimum technical eligibility imposed by the international federation, the participants in the competition will be only thirty-five, ten less than the previous edition. The blue colors will be defended by Paolo Bacchini, twenty-seven of Cavalese, and twenty-two rookie Paul Bonifacio Parkinson, Italian champion.
The result of the race will take value of Olympic qualification. '' In the occasion, will be awarded twenty-four of the thirty places available for the review of Sochi next year. As usual, the share of Olympic will not be rated, but will be credited.
MEMBER DIRECTORY
- (AUT) Viktor PFEIFER (seventh form) - (BLR) Pavel Ignatenko (novice) - (BEL) Jorik HENDRICKX (depending on participation) - (CAN) Patrick CHAN (sixth form) - (CAN) Kevin REYNOLDS (fourth appearance) - (CAN) Andrei ROGOZINE (novice) - (CHN) Nan SONG (third appearance) - (CZE) Michal BREZINA (fourth appearance) - (CZE) Tomas VERNER (eleventh participation) - (DEN) Justus STRID (depending on participation) - ( EST) Viktor ROMANENKOV (depending on participation) - (FRA) Florent AMODIO (fourth appearance) - (FRA) Brian JOUBERT (twelfth participation) - (GER) Peter LIEBERS (sixth form) - (HKG) Ronald LAM (novice) - (ISR ) Alexei Bychenko (depending on participation) - (ITA) Paul BACCHINI (depending on participation) - (ITA) Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (novice) - (JPN) Yuzuru Hanyu (depending on participation) - (JPN) Takahito MURA (depending on participation) - (JPN ) Daisuke TAKAHASHI (eighth race) - (KAZ) Abzal RAKIMGALIEV (third appearance) - (KAZ) Denis TEN (fifth appearance) - (MON) Kim LUCINE (third appearance) - (PHI) Christopher CALUZA ( depending on participation) - (POL) Maciej Cieplucha (third appearance) - (KOR) Seo Jin KIM (novice) - (ROU) Zoltan KELEMEN (fourth appearance) - (RUS) Maxim Kovtun (novice) - (ESP) Javier FERNANDEZ ( seventh participation) - (SWE) Majorov Alexander (third appearance) - (UKR) Yakov GODOROZHA (novice) - (USA) Max AARON (novice) - (USA) Ross MINER (depending on participation) - (UZB) Misha GE (third participation )
DAYS AND HOURS NOTICE (Italian time)
WEDNESDAY, March 13 - 21:40 - Short program
FRIDAY, March 15 - 22:40 - Free program
FINAL NOTES
Brian Joubert (2007), Daisuke Takahashi (2010) and Patrick Chan (2011-2012) have at least one success in the World Championships. Among other members, the only Yuzuru Hanyu was able to get on the podium.
'' The oldest athlete in the race is Brian Joubert, ventotenne. The youngest is, however, the Belarussian Pavel Ignatenko, who turns 18 on July 8.
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