Figure skating - European Championships 2014
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The first title that will be awarded in the European Championships in Budapest will be one of the dance.
Tuesday 7 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
At the moment, were enrolled in the dance competition twenty-nine pairs representing twenty-two countries, three more than the previous edition. The colors will be defended by Italians Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte, Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri and Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi.Assenti strategic choice for the winners of the last three editions Pechalat / Bourzat and Bobrova / Soloviev, the underdogs are to be divided equally between Russians Ilinykh / Katsalapov and Italians Cappellini / Lanotte, couples get on the podium twelve months ago.
The fight for the bronze medal, more than ever uncertain, it should involve the Russians Riazanova / Tkachenko and Sinitsina / Zhiganshin, the French Carron / Jones and the British Coomes / Buckland. However, even the German couples Kolbe / Caurso and Sinitsina / Zhignashin, Italians Fabbri / Guignard and Azeris Zlobina / Sitnikov not depart from the beaten path.
Regarding Alessandrini / Vaturi'' s goal is to try to get among the top ten positions.
'' The Italian leader also announces itself on the front "training" as the couples in the race trained by our own technicians will be numerous. Roberto Pelizzola will be present with the combination of Italian-Slovak Head / Csolley, Maurizio Margaglio with the Finns Lindholm / Kanervo, Paola Mezzadri with Cappellini / Lanotte and Barbara Fusar Poli Fabbri / Guignard, Carron / Jones, Kolbe / Caruso and Alessandrini / Vaturi .
MEMBER DIRECTORY
1) (AUT) Barbora SILNA / Juri Kurakin (depending on participation)
2) (AZE) Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov (third form)
3) (BLR) Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV (beginners)
4) (CZE) Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN (third appearance)
5) (DEN) Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN (beginners)
6) (EST) Irina SHTORK / Taavi Rand (fourth appearance)
7) (FIN) Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO (third form)
8) (FRA) Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES (fifth appearance)
9) (FRA) Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON (beginners)
10) (GEO) Angelina Telegina / Otar Japaridze (depending on participation)
11) (GER) Tanja Kolbe / Stefano CARUSO (third form)
12) (GER) Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander Gazsi (fifth appearance)
13) (GBR) Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND (fifth appearance)
14) (GBR) Carter Marie JONES / Richard SHARPE (beginners)
15) (HUN) Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR (depending on participation)
16) (ISR) Allison REED / Vasili Rogov (beginners)
17) (ITA) Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone Vaturi (depending on participation)
18) (ITA) Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE (seventh form)
19) (ITA) Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI (third form)
20) (LTU) Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS (third form)
21) (POL) Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBER (beginners)
22) (RUS) Elena Ilinykh / Nikita KATSALAPOV (fourth appearance)
23) (RUS) Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO (fourth appearance)
24) (RUS) Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN (beginners)
25) (SVK) Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY (depending on participation)
26) (ESP) Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ (fourth appearance)
27) (SUI) Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST (fifth appearance)
28) (TUR) Alisa Agafonova / Alper UCAR (third form)
29) (UKR) Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri DUN (third form)
DAYS and HOURS NOTICE
Wednesday 15, 17:30 - Short Dance
Thursday 16, 18:25 - free dance
FINAL NOTES
No one has ever won a couple entered the European title. The Russians Ilinykh / Katsalapov have two podiums (2012 and 2013), while Italians Cappellini / Lanotte were third in the last edition.
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