Figure skating - European Championships 2014
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In contrast with the recent past,'' the last title that will be awarded in the European Championships in Budapest will be one of the pairs of art.
Tuesday 7 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
At the moment, were enrolled in twenty pairs representing twelve nations, five more than the previous edition. For the first time in history, the Italian colors will be defended by three associations. In addition to the national title holders Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek, the game will be Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise and rookies Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini.
With the exception of the Russians Kavaguti / Smirnov, injured long course, there are no notable absences.
The underdogs are to be divided among the Russians Volosozhar / Trankov, who won twelve months ago, and the Germans Savchenko / Szolkowy, winners in the last final of the Grand Prix''.
They have founded the podium ambitions of the Russian Bazarova / Larionov and Stolbova / Klimov, who will have to deal with Italians Berton / Hotarek, third in Zagreb last season.
'' The goal peri Della Monica / Guarise, however, is represented by a marker'' between the seventh and the eighth. Cernuschi / Ambrosini try, finally, to qualify for the free program, which will see the street sixteen pairs. Moreover, it is possible that the sum of the results of the first two Italian couples can guarantee three places again for the next edition of the European Championships to be held in Stockholm in Sweden.
LIST OF REGISTERED COUPLE
1) (AUT) Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER (beginners) 2) (BLR) Mary PALIAKOVA / Nikita Bochkov (depending on participation) 3) (BUL) Elizaveta MAKAROVA / Leri KENCHADZE (third form) 4) (CO) Natalya ZABIJAKO / Alexandr ZABOEV (beginners) 5) (FRA) Vanessa JAMES / CIPRES Morgan (third form) 6) (FRA) Daria POPOVA / Bruno Massot (third form) 7) (GER) SAVCHENKO Aliona / Robin SZOLKOWY (ninth participation) 8) (GER ) Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE (third form) 9) (GER) Maylin WENDE / Daniel WENDE (fifth appearance) 10) (GBR) Amani FANCY / Christopher BOYADJI (beginners) 11) (GBR) Stacey KEMP / David KING (ninth participation) 12) (ISR) Andrea Davidovich / Evgeni Krasnopolski (beginners) 13) (ITA) Stefania BERTON / Ondrej Hotárek (fourth appearance) 14) (ITA) Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini (beginners) 15) (ITA) Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew Guarise (depending on participation) 16) (RUS) Vera Bazarova / Yuri LARIONOV (fourth appearance) 17) (RUS) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (third form) 18) (RUS) Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (third form) 19 ) (ESP) Veronica Grigorieva / Aritz Maestu (*) (beginners, but not yet in possession of the minimum technical score) 20) (UKR) Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri Rudyk (depending on participation)
DAYS and HOURS NOTICE
Friday, January 17, 13:30 - short program
Sunday, January 18, 11:00 am - free program
FINAL NOTES
Among couples in the race, European stocks have Savchenko / Szolkowy (2007/2008/2009/2011) and Volosozhar / Trankov (2012/2013). Stolbova / Klimov and Berton / Hotarek took turns on the lowest rung of the podium last season, while Bazarova / Larionov filed a second place finish in 2011 and third in 2012.
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