Figure skating - Four Continents, 2013, Osaka
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In absentia of the title holder Patrick Chan, the leitmotif of the men's race for the upcoming Four Continents Osaka is the challenge between the Japanese Daisuke Takahashi, who won the final of the Grand Prix, and Yuzuru Hanyu, new national standard.
Monday 4 February 2013 5 minutes reading time
The three matches against seasonal see the advantage of a length of the eighteen year old Sendai, but indicate a favorite is not objectively as possible.
'' The list of pretenders to the podium includes Takahito Mura, third Japanese figure skater in the race and winner of the Trophée Eric Bompard, the Canadian Kevin Reynolds, the second with the highest technical score in the national championships, the Chinese Nan Song, holder national title, and Han Yan, junior world champion in charge, the statunitesi Max Aaron and Ross Miner, top finishers in the recent national championships, and the Kazakh Denis Ten, until opaque because of physical problems.
In the group of outsiders Mention the American Richard Dornbush, called'' s'' last moment to replace the injured Adam Rippon, the Uzbek'' Misha Ge and Canadians Elladj Balde and Andrei Rogozine, junior world champion in 2011.
At the moment, the result enrolled 23 athletes representing 10 nations, five fewer than the previous edition.
MEMBER DIRECTORY
- (AUS) Brendan KERRY - (AUS) David Kranjec (novice) - (CAN) Elladj BALDE (novice) - (CAN) Kevin REYNOLDS (fourth appearance) - (CAN) Andrei ROGOZINE ( novice) - (CHN) Nan SONG (fourth appearance) - (CHN) WANG Yi (novice) - (CHN) Han YAN (novice) - (TPE) Jordan JU (third appearance) - (JPN) Yuzuru Hanyu (second participation) - (JPN) Takahito MURA (depending on participation) - (JPN) Daisuke TAKAHASHI (seventh form) - (KAZ) Abzal RAKIMGALIEV (sixth form) - (KAZ) Denis TEN (fourth appearance) - (PHI) Christopher CALUZA (second participation) - (PHI) Michael Christian MARTINEZ (novice) - (KOR) Seo Jin KIM (novice) - (KOR) Min-Seok KIM (fifth appearance) - (KOR) June Hyoung LEE (novice) - (USA) Max AARON (novice) - (USA) Richard Dornbush (depending on participation) - (USA) Ross MINER (depending on participation) - (UZB) Misha GE (third appearance)
TIME OF RACE
FRIDAY, Feb. 8 - 10:30 am - Short program
Saturday, February 9 - 09:55 - Free program
FINAL NOTES
Among the athletes in the race, the only Japanese Daisuke Takahashi has claims in previous editions (2008, 2011).
Yuzuru Hanyu he finished in second place last season, while the American Ross Miner (2012) and the Canadian Reynodls Kevin (2010) obtained in a'' at the lowest rung of the podium.
Takahashi could become the first man in history to establish itself in three editions of the Four Continents.
'' The oldest athlete in the race is Daisuke Takahashi, the next twenty-seven. The youngest is, however, the Korean Kim Jin Seo who was sixteen at the end of November.
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