Figure skating - European Championships 2014
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The third title that will be awarded in the European Championships in Budapest will be male.
Tuesday 7 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
Despite a stuttering start to the season,'' the man to beat Spaniard Javier Fernandez should be the title holder. '' The student Brian Orser will have to deal with the French Florent Amodio, second in the last edition, and Brian Joubert, its triumphant in Budapest in 2004, without forgetting the'' emerging Russian Maxim Kovtun, fresh from the national title and the Czechs Tomas Verner and Michal Brezina.
In the guise of Main outsiders are, however, announced the'' emerging Alexander Majorov Swedish and Russian veterans Sergei Voronov and Konstantin Menshov.
For the second consecutive year, the Italian colors will be represented by Paul Bonifacio Parkinson's, called to redeem the disappointing appearance of Zagreb which saw him sadly eliminated after the short program. The dream is to try to enter the top ten, but it'' s more realistic goal is a placing in the top fifteen positions.
'' The only notable absence is that of the Russian Evgeni Plushenko.
MEMBER DIRECTORY
1) (ARM) Slavik Hayrapetyan (depending on participation) 2) (AUT) Manuel KOLL (third appearance) 3) (AUT) Viktor PFEIFER (eighth race) 4) (BLR) Pavel Ignatenko (depending on participation) 5) (BEL) Jorik HENDRICKX (fourth appearance) 6) (BUL) Manol ATANASSOV (third form) 7) (CZE) Michal BREZINA (seventh form) 8) (CZE) Tomas VERNER (eleventh participation) 9) (DEN) Justus STRID (fourth appearance) 10 ) (EST) Viktor ROMANENKOV (fourth appearance) 11) (FIN) Matthias Versluis (novice) 12) (FRA) Florent AMODIO (fourth appearance) 13) (FRA) Chafik BESSEGHIER (third form) 14) (FRA) Brian JOUBERT ( Thirteenth participation) 15) (GER) Peter LIEBERS (sixth form) 16) (GER) Franz Streubel (novice) 17) (GBR) Matthew PARR (depending on participation) 18) (HUN) Forgo Kristof (novice) 19) (ISR) Alexei Bychenko (third form) 20) (ITA) Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (depending on participation) 21) (MON) Kim Lucine (fourth appearance) 22) (NOR) Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (novice) 23) (POL) Maciej CIEPLUCHA (fifth participation ) 24) (ROU) Zoltan KELEMEN (eighth race) 25) (RUS) Maxim Kovtun (depending on participation) 26) (RUS) Konstantin Menshov (depending on participation) 27) (RUS) Sergei Voronov (sixth form) 28) (SVK) Mark KLEPOCH (novice) 29) (ESP) Javier FERNANDEZ (eighth race) 30) (ESP) Javier RAYA (third form) 31) (SWE) Alexander Majorov (fourth appearance) 32) (SWE) Illya Solomin (novice)
DAYS and HOURS NOTICE
Thursday 16, 11:45 am - Men's short program
Saturday 18, at 24:05 - Men's Free program
FINAL NOTES
Among the athletes entered, the most successful at the level of the European Championships is French Brian Joubert, who won three times (2004/2007/2009). Have a successful head also the Czech Tomas Verner (2008), Spain's Javier Fernandez (2013) and French Florent Amodio (2011), always on the podium in all three editions held. Go, inolte, reported Czech Michal Brezina, ranked third twelve months ago.
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