Figure skating - European Championships 2014
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The European Championships in figure skating short program will start with the feminine
Tuesday 7 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
At the moment, were enrolled forty athletes representing thirty-one countries, four more than the previous edition. However, five skaters are not yet in possession of the technical limitations required for participation. With regard to the'' Italian will race again in Carolina Kostner, Valentina Marchei and Roberta Rodeghiero.
The main Kiira Korpi from Finland will be absent, still struggling with the aftermath of an accident, and the Russian Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, third place in the previous edition, but on this occasion not possible because of the disappointing results obtained in the National Championships.
Unless surprises, the main candidates appear to the podium veteran Italian Carolina Kostner, defending champion and five-time continental champion, the seventeen year old Russian Adelina Sotnikova, vice-European champion, and fifteen compatriot Julia Lipnitskaia, second in the Grand Final last'' Prix.
They have real ambitions of placing in the top positions also'' Italian Valentina Marchei, brilliant fourth twelve months ago, Russia's Alena Leonova, who returned to comment on discrete levels in the recent national championships,'' the emerging French Mae Berenice Méïté, the Elena Gedevanishvili Georgian and Swedish Viktoria Helghesson, all ready to take advantage of any missteps of the three favorites.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
1) (AUT) Kerstin FRANK (fourth appearance) 2) (BLR) Janina MAKEENKA (* novice) 3) (BEL) Kaat Van Daele (third form) 4) (BUL) Anna AFONKINA (depending on participation) 5) (CZE) Eliska Březinová (third appearance) 6) (DEN) Anita MADSEN (depending on participation) 7) (EST) Elena Glebova (eighth race) 8) (FIN) Juulia TURKKILA (fourth appearance) 9) (FRA) Laurine LECAVELIER (novice) 10 ) (FRA) Mae Berenice MEITE (fourth appearance) 11) (GEO) Elene GEDEVANISHVILI (ninth participation) 12) (GER) Sarah HECKEN (third form) 13) (GER) Nathalie Weinzierl (third form) 14) (GBR) Jenna McCorkell (eleventh participation) 15) (GRE) Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU (* 2nd form) 16) (HUN) Bernadett Szakacs (* Novice) 17) (IRL) Clara PETERS (fifth participation *) 18) (ISR) Danielle Montalbano (novice) 19) (ITA) Carolina Kostner (Twelfth participation) 20) (ITA) Valentina marchei (tenth participation) 21) (ITA) Roberta RODEGHIERO (depending on participation) 22) (LAT) Alina Fjodorova (third form) 23) ( LTU) Inga JANULEVICIUTE (depending on participation) 24) (LUX) Fleur Maxwell (seventh form) 25) (NED) Michelle Couwenberg (depending on participation) 26) (NOR) Anne Line GJERSEM (third form) 27) (POL) Agata Kryger ( novice) 28) (RUS) Alena Leonova (fifth appearance) 29) (RUS) Julia LIPNITSKAIA (novice) 30) (RUS) Adelina Sotnikova (depending on participation) 31) (SVK) Nicole RAJICOVA (novice) 32) (SLO) Dasa GRM (depending on participation) 33) (ESP) Marta GARCIA (* Novice) 34) (ESP) Sonia LAFUENTE (seventh form) 35) (SWE) Joshi Helgesson (third form) 36) (SWE) Viktoria Helgesson (seventh form) 37 ) (SWE) Isabelle Olsson (novice) 38) (SUI) Tanja ODERMATT (novice) 39) (TUR) Silas SAYGI (depending on participation) 40) (UKR) Natalia POPOVA (fourth appearance)
DAYS and HOURS NOTICE
Wednesday 15, 10:30 am - Women's short program
Friday'' 17 hours 17:50 - Women's Free Program
FINAL NOTES
Among the members,'' Carolina Kostner is the only one to have set in the European Championships. Moreover, with a success, the Italian could match the German skater Katarina Witt and Sonia Henje, vincitirici six continental titles in his career. In recent editions of the past, they came out even Adelina Sotnikova, second in 2013, and Elene Gedevanishvili, third in 2010 and 2012.
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