Figure skating - European Championships 2015
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The European Championships in Stockholm will open with the men's short program, which will see & agrave; at the starting two skaters in less than last season.
Tuesday 13 January 2015 7 minutes reading time
Currently, thirty-three are enrolled & eacute; athletes representing twenty-five countries.
The colors will be defended by the Italian rookie Ivan Righini, called to get a placing in the top ten, fundamental to the growth of the movement as it would guarantee two seats in 2016.
In light of the findings in the first part of the season, l & rsquo; man to beat sar & agrave; Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who won the last two editions. L & rsquo; student of Brian Orser will have & agrave; watch their backs by the Russians Maxim Kovtun, cool the second consecutive national title, and Sergei Voronov, instead d & rsquo; honor twelve months ago and just back from surprising third place in the final of the Grand Prix. Among the athletes who will pose as an objective the podium, can not & ograve; overshadowing the Czech Michal Brezina, winner of the newborn circuit ISU Challenger Series.
The main outsider should be the sixteen Russian Adian Pitkeev while a step pi & ugrave; are placed under the French Florent Amodio and Chafik Besseghier, as well as & eacute; l & rsquo; Israeli school Ukrainian Alexei Bychenko. In the group of eligible candidates for the top ten, there are also Swedish and German Alexander Majorov Peter Liebers, but both are veterans of physical problems and are not announced in top condition.
Will not, however, the game the Russian Konstantin Menshov, ranked third last season, but who qualified for the competition in Stockholm, and the Belgian Jorik Hendrickx, pitted injury.
MEMBER DIRECTORY
01) & nbsp; (ARM) & nbsp; Slavik Hayrapetyan (3 & deg; participation) 02) & nbsp; (AUT) & nbsp; Manuel KOLL (4 & deg; participation) 03) & nbsp; (AZE) & nbsp; Larry LOUPOLOVER (novice) 04) & nbsp; (BLR) & nbsp; Pavel Ignatenko (3 & deg; participation) 05) & nbsp; (CZE) & nbsp; Michal BREZINA (8 & deg; participation) 06) & nbsp; (CZE) & nbsp; Petr COUFAL (novice) 07) & nbsp; (CZE) & nbsp; Pavel KASKA (4 & deg; participation) 08) & nbsp; (DEN) & nbsp; Justus STRID (5 & deg; participation) 09) & nbsp; (EST) & nbsp; Samuel KOPPEL (novice) 10) & nbsp; (FIN) & nbsp; Valtter VIRTANEN (4 & deg; participation) 11) & nbsp; (FRA) & nbsp; Florent AMODIO (5 & deg; participation) 12) & nbsp; (FRA) & nbsp; Chafik BESSEGHIER (4 & deg; participation) 13) & nbsp; (GEO) & nbsp; Armen Agaian (novice) 14) & nbsp; (GER) & nbsp; Peter LIEBERS (7 & deg; participation) 15) & nbsp; (GER) & nbsp; Franz Streubel (2 & deg; participation) 16) & nbsp; (GBR) & nbsp; Phillip HARRIS (novice) 17) & nbsp; (HUN) & nbsp; Kristof Forgo (2 & deg; participation) 18) & nbsp; (ISR) & nbsp; Alexei Bychenko (4 & deg; participation) 19) & nbsp; (ISR) & nbsp; Daniel SAMOHIN (novice) 20) & nbsp; (ITA) & nbsp; Ivan RIGHINI (novice) 21) & nbsp; (NOR) & nbsp; Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (2 & deg; participation) 22) & nbsp; (POL) & nbsp; Patrick MYZYK (novice) 23) & nbsp; (ROU) & nbsp; Zoltan KELEMEN (9 & deg; participation) 24) & nbsp; (RUS) & nbsp; Maxim Kovtun (3 & deg; participation) 25) & nbsp; (RUS) & nbsp; Adian PITKEEV (novice) 26) & nbsp; (RUS) & nbsp; Sergei Voronov (7 & deg; participation) 27) & nbsp; (SVK) & nbsp; Marco KLEPOCH (2 & deg; participation) 28) & nbsp; (ESP) & nbsp; Javier FERNANDEZ (9 & deg; participation) 29) & nbsp; (ESP) & nbsp; Javier RAYA (4 & deg; participation) 30) & nbsp; (SWE) & nbsp; Alexander Majorov (5 & deg; participation) 31) & nbsp; (SUI) & nbsp; Stephane WALKER (4 & deg; participation) 32) & nbsp; (TUR) & nbsp; Engin Ali ARTAN (novice) 33) & nbsp; (UKR) & nbsp; Yaroslav PANIOT (novice)
CALENDAR OF RACE
SHORT PROGRAM - Wednesday & Igrave; January 28, 10:30 am
FREE MAP - Friday & Igrave; January 30, 18:00
FINAL NOTES
Among the members, the only ones to claim success in the continental event are Spanish Javier Fernandez, winner in 2013 and 2014, and Frenchman Florent Amodio, winner in 2011 and on the podium in 2012 and 2013. In the past, Sergei Voronov (second in 2014) and Michal Brezina (third in 2013).
The 'athlete pi & ugrave; young race sar & agrave; the fifteen Azerbaijani school statunintense Larry Loupolover, pi & ugrave; the twenty-eight senior Romanian Zoltan Kelemen.
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