Figure skating - European Championships 2016
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The first title that will come & agrave; assigned in the European Championships in Bratislava will & agrave; the male.
Monday 11 January 2016 8 minutes reading time
Two weeks from & rsquo; start of the continental event, thirty-six skaters representing twenty-eight nations have been entered in the competition with a significant increase of six units & agrave; compared to last year.
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The colors will be defended by seventeen year old Italian rookie Matteo Rizzo, back from a brilliant first part of the season, and the twenty-four Ivan Righini, recently won the third consecutive national title.
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Spotlight on Spain's Javier Fernandez, who will try & agrave; to become the first man since 1973 to establish themselves in at least four consecutive edition. Ironically l & rsquo; last to succeed was Ondrej Nepela, champion of Czechoslovakia where & egrave; entitled the ice rink that will house & agrave; l & rsquo; upcoming continental event.
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The twenty-four student of Brian Orser will have & agrave; watch their backs by twentysomethings Russians Maxim Kovtun, according to twelve months ago, and Mikhail Koylada, among the revelations of the first part of the season. & Nbsp; A step below, you pose the Czech Michal Brezina, lackluster in many exits autumn, the young Russian Alexander Petrov, penalized by not master even quadruple jumps, and the Israelis Daniel Samohin and Alexei Bychenko, among the best quadruplisti in circulation.
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Among the contenders for a place in the sun they can not be forgotten the twenty-three Jorik Hendrickx Belgian and French veteran Chafik Besseghier, struggling to & ograve; problems with an ankle.
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Among the many rookies, they are worth mentioning the sixteen year old Latvian Deniss Vasiljevs,
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Bratislava will & agrave; theater of & rsquo; last race in the career of Transalpine Florent Amodio, who, well in advance, has announced his retirement from racing deferred.
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MEMBERS LIST
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01) & nbsp; ARM - Slavik Hayrapetyan
(Third)
02) & nbsp; AUT - Mario-Rafael IONIAN
(Debut)
03) & nbsp; AZE - Larry LOUPOLOVER
(Second appearance)
04) & nbsp; BLR - Alexei MIALIONKHIN
(Debut)
05) & nbsp; BEL - Jorik HENDRICKX
(Fifth appearance)
06) & nbsp; CRO - Nicholas VRDOLJAK
(Debut)
07) & nbsp; CZE - Jiri Bělohradský
(Debut)
08) & nbsp; CZE - Michal BREZINA
(Ninth participation)
09) & nbsp; EST - Daniil ZURAV
(Debut)
10) & nbsp; FIN - Valtter VIRTANEN
(Fifth appearance)
11) & nbsp; FRA - Florent AMODIO
(Sixth form)
12) & nbsp; FRA - Chafik BESSEGHIER
(Fifth appearance)
13) & nbsp; GEO - Armen Agaian
(Debut)
14) & nbsp; GER - Paul FENTZ
(Second appearance)
15) & nbsp; GER - Franz Streubel
(Third)
16) & nbsp; GBR - Phillip HARRIS
(Second appearance)
17) & nbsp; HUN - Alexander MASZLJANKO
(Debut)
18) & nbsp; ISR - Alexei Bychenko
(Fifth appearance)
19) & nbsp; ISR - Daniel SAMOHIN
(Second appearance)
20) & nbsp; ITA - Ivan RIGHINI
(Second appearance)
21) & nbsp; ITA - Matthew RIZZO
(Debut)
22) & nbsp; LAT - Deniss VASILJEVS
(Debut)
23) & nbsp; NED - Thomas Kennes
(Debut)
24) & nbsp; NOR - Sondre ODDVOLL BOE
(Third)
25) & nbsp; POL - Patrick MYZYK
(Second appearance)
26) & nbsp; RUS - Mikhail Kolyada
(Debut)
27) & nbsp; RUS - Maxim Kovtun
(Fourth appearance)
28) & nbsp; RUS - Alexander Petrov
(Debut)
29) & nbsp; SVK - Michael NEUMAN
(Debut)
30) & nbsp; SLO - David Kranjec
(Debut)
31) & nbsp; ESP - Javier FERNANDEZ
(Tenth participation)
32) & nbsp; ESP - Felipe MONTOYA
(Debut)
33) & nbsp; SWE - Alexander Majorov
(Sixth form)
34) & nbsp; SUI - Stephane WALKER
(Fifth appearance)
35) & nbsp; TUR - Engin Ali ARTAN
(Second appearance)
36) & nbsp; UKR - Ivan Pavlov
(Debut)
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CALENDAR OF RACE PROGRAM SHORT - Wednesday & Igrave; Jan. 27, 17:30
FREE MAP & ndash; Thursday & Igrave; Jan. 28, 17:45
FINAL NOTES
* Ben sixteen of thirty-six members will take part in the first edition of the European Championship career.
* L & rsquo; pi & ugrave athlete; young race will & agrave; Latvian Deniss Vasiljevs, who compir & agrave; seventeen years on 9 August. The palm of pi & ugrave; Elder is up, Virtanen from the Finnish Valtter & rsquo; top of his twenty-eight years.
* Among the members, the only ones to have won successes are French Florent Amodio, first in 2011, and Spain's Javier Fernandez, master of the last three editions.
* Apart Amodio and Fernandez have podiums also Russian Maxim Kovtun, according to twelve months ago, and the Czech Michal Brezina, third in 2013.
* Both Amodio that Fernandez have won three medals in the European Championships. Among the thirty-six members, Spanish & egrave; one that boasts the largest number of holdings.
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