Figure Skating - World Junior Championships 2015
Flavio Valle
The first title that will be & agrave; awarded on the occasion of the World Championships in Shanghai sar & agrave; one of the pairs of art.
Wednesday 11 March 2015 7 minutes reading time
Unless withdrawals of & rsquo; last minute, nineteen pairs representing eleven countries and three continents will compete on the ice of & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center. Goes to & ograve; remarked as compared to last season, the field of participants is less than four units & agrave ;.
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, ran into each race program addressed in the course of the season, are unanimously considered the favorites to win and try to bring back to Canada that title since back in 2001, when Sal & egrave; / Pelletier imposed themselves in Vancouver. Moreover, in absentia of Stolbova / Klimov, absence that & egrave; going to add to that of Olympic champions Volosozhar / Trankov, & egrave; hard to find a real alternative to the rulers of the final of the Grand Prix and the Four Continents Championships.
The fight for the podium should be limited to veterans Russians Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, surprise winners of the European Championships in Stockholm, and Chinese couples Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang, Qing Pang / Jian Tong and Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, finished in & rsquo; order at the Four Continents Championships, but absolutely on the same level. To leave no stone unturned in what should be the & rsquo; last appearance racing career, veterans Pang / Tong decided to change short-program.
A step below arise novices Russians Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, who will have to defend against advanced US national champions Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim. The fight for the top ten should also involve the Russians Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov, substitutes Stolbova / Klimov, Americans Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier, disappointing in the Four Continents, Canadians Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau, fresh local d & rsquo; honor obtained in the World Juniors, and fellow rookies Lubov Iliuschechkina / Dylan Moscovitch, with the possible inclusion of the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres and Italian Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek, veterans from surprising fourth in the European Championship.
As for the color blue, the game will also Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise, which start as thirteenth force in the field hoping to be able to get the better fourteenth position obtained in London in 2013.
L & rsquo; team goal, well within reach, it is still to keep two seats for the World Championships of 2016, to be held & agrave; in Boston.
COUPLES REGISTERED
01) AUT - Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER (2 & deg; participation) 02) BLR - Maria PALIAKOVA / Nikita Bochkov (2 & deg; participation) 03) CAN - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (fifth form) 04) CAN - Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan Moscovitch (rookies) 05) CAN - Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU (rookies) 06) CHN - Qing Pang / Jian TONG (16 & deg; participation) 07) CHN - Cheng PENG / Hao Zhang (3 & deg; participation) 08) CHN - Wenjing ON / Cong HAN (4 & deg; participation) 09) FRA - Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (4 & deg; participation) 10) GER - Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE (3 & deg; participation) 11) GBR - Amani FANCY / Christopher BOYADJI (2 & deg; participation) 12) ITA - Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew GUARISE (4 & deg; participation) 13) ITA - Valentina marchei / Ondrej Hotarek (rookies) 14) JPN - Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA (2 & deg; participation) 15) RUS - Kristina Astakhova / Alexei ROGONOV (rookies) 16) RUS - Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (8 & deg; participation) 17) RUS - Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MOROZOV (rookies) 18) USA - Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER (rookies) 19) USA - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim (2 & deg; participation)
CALENDAR OF RACE and TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Wednesday & Igrave; 25, 18:00 (11:00 in Italy) program cortoEUROSPORT, direct from 12:30
Thursday on Igrave; 26, 19:00 (12:00 in Italy) program liberoEUROSPORT, direct from 12:00
FINAL NOTES
None of the couples in the race has never won a world title, n & eacute; you & egrave; placed second. Duhamel / Radford filed two third places in the last two editions, while Kavaguti / Smirnov have occupied the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium in 2009 and 2010.
The couple pi & ugrave; elderly in the race, averaging dell''et & agrave; of the two components, & egrave; the Chinese Qing Pang and Jian Tong composed. The palm of pi & ugrave; young people have, instead, to Canadians Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau.
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