Figure Skating - World Championships 2016
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The third title that will be & agrave; assigned during the World Championships in Boston sar & agrave; that of artistic pairs.
Friday 25 March 2016 13 minutes reading time
Unless withdrawals of & rsquo; last minute, twenty-two pairs representing thirteen countries and three continents will compete on the ice of the & ldquo; TD Garden & rdquo ;. It should be noted as compared to last season the participants field is greater than three unit & agrave ;.
The pretenders to success, with more & ugrave ambitions; founded or not, they are at least five, but there are unknowns because each pair during the season had to face different physical problems gravity & agrave ;. The lights will be focused on Russian Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, seasonal record holders and rulers of the Grand Prix final, compatriots Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, Olympic and European champions, Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, the title holders, the Chinese Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, winners of the Four Continents Championships, and the Germans Savchenko / Massot, winners in the Challenger Series circuit. The five couples on pi & ugrave paper; Qualified passed without particular worries 210 points during the season, but not & egrave; be ruled out that to get on the podium is necessary to go much further.
A step below arise Americans Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, the Russians Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov and the Chinese Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin.
They will fight to enter the top ten even the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres, US Tarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea, the Chinese Xuehan Wang / Wang Lei, Canadians Lubov Iliuschechkina / Dylan Moscovitch and Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro as well as & eacute ; blue Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek and Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise.
Key in Italy, l & rsquo; team goal remains to keep two seats for the World Championships of 2017, to be held & agrave; in Helsinki. In this regard, the sum of the placings after the race no potr & agrave; be greater than twenty-eight.
ABSENT
L & rsquo; & egrave main absence; that of the Russians Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, still in the pits because of a serious injured to a d & rsquo; Achilles tendon suffered by Kavaguti few days before the European Championship. Again because of physical problems, will not be playing the Canadians advanced Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau. Germany's second tandem of Mari Vartmann and Ruben Blommaert no potr & agrave ;, however, to compete due to the one place available to Germany. Finally, both the Czechs Anna Duskova / Martin Bidar, champions championship juniors, that Ukrainians Renata Oganesian / Mark Bardei have postponed the debut in the senior class next season.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
01) AUT - Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 15 (3 & deg; participation)
02) BLR - Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 39 (rookies)
03) CAN - Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 1 (6 & deg; participation)
04) CAN - Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan Moscovitch & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 21 (2 & deg; participation)
05) CAN - Kirsten Moore-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 23 (rookies)
06) CHN - ON Wenjing / Han Cong & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 4 (5 & deg; participation)
07) CHN - Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 35 (rookies)
08) CHN - Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 10 (rookies)
09) FRA - Lola ESBRAT / Andrei Novoselov & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 64 (rookies)
10) FRA - Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 9 (5 & deg; participation)
11) GER - Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno Massot & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 30 (rookies)
12) ISR - Adel TANKOVA / Evgeni Krasnopolski & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 63 (rookies)
13) ITA - Nicole OF MONICA / Matthew GUARISE & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 11 (5 & deg; participation)
14) ITA - Valentina marchei / Ondrej Hotarek & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 18 (2 & deg; participation)
15) JPN - Sumire SUTO / Francis Boudreau AUDET & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 51 (rookies)
16) LTU - Enjoy BUTKUTE / Nikita Ermolaev & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 44 (rookies)
17) RUS - Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 2 (2 & deg; participation)
18) RUS - Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MOROZOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 5 (2 & deg; participation)
19) RUS - Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 7 (4 & deg; participation)
20) ON - Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Noah SCHERER & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 65 (rookies)
21) USA - Tarah KAYNE / Daniel O SHEA & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 12 (rookies)
22) USA - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; WS 3 (3 & deg; participation)
VALUE PAIRS
***** (In alphabetical order) Duhamel / Radford, Savchenko / Massot, Stolbova / Klimov, Sui / Han, Volosozhar / Trankov
**** (In alphabetical order) Peng / Zhang, Scimeca / Knierim, Tarasova / Morozov, Yu / Jin
*** (In alphabetical order) Della Monica / Guarise Iliushechkina / Moscovitch, James / Cipres, & nbsp; Kayne / O & rsquo; Shea, Marchei / Hotarek, Moore-Towers / Marinaro
** (In alphabetical order) Butkute ​​/ Ermolaev, Danilova / Kamianchuk, Suto / Boudreau-Audet, Ziegler / Kiefer
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Friday & igrave; April 1, 13:15 (19:15 in Italy) & ndash; program cortoSabato April 2, 13:00 (19:00 in Italy) & ndash; free program
FINAL NOTES
* Ben ten of the twenty-two couples registered will participate at the World Championships for the first time in his career.
* The pi & ugrave torque; young race, averaging between et & agrave; of the two components, & egrave; the Japanese formed by Sumire Suto and Francis Boudreau-Audet. The pi & ugrave; Older people are, however, Russians Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov.
* Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford are the pair inscribed with the largest number of holdings.
* Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, winners in 2015, and the Russians Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, early in 2013, are the only couples registered to boast championship successes. Germany's Aliona Savchenko you & egrave; set in five occasions, but with other partners.
* They conquered podiums in the past the Chinese also Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, second in 2015, and the Russians Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, instead d & rsquo; honor in 2014.
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