Figure skating - Four Continents, 2014, Taipei City
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The sixteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships will open with a short-dance.
Tuesday 21 January 2014 4 minutes reading time
'' In the occasion, the audience of the "Taipei Arena" Taipei City will be able to see 15 pairs representing 9 countries. It should be noted, however, as many as eight associations debut in the event, thanks to the absence of'' American couples (3) Canadian (3) Chinese (1) and Japan (1), which will leave for Sochi). Moreover, among the members, the only Australian O'' Brien / Merriman will take part in the upcoming Olympic Games.
Overall, compared to twelve months ago, two pairs will compete in more and especially after eight years will be at the starting line even Korea.
The underdogs are for all Americans Hubbell / Donohue, authors of a convincing season so far, but were excluded from the Olympics for a'' bonding after the fourth place in the National Championships in Boston.
The main alternative is represented by the Canadian Gilles / Poirier-fifths in the last edition.
For the bronze medal, couples depart the U.S. ahead of Canadians and Australians to couples O'' Brien / Merriman.
LIST OF REGISTERED COUPLE
1) AUS - Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN (seventh form) 2) CAN - Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER (depending on participation) 3) CAN - Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS (depending on participation) 4) CAN - , Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL (depending on participation) 5) CHN - Shiyue WANG / LIU Xinyu (beginners) 6) CHN - Zhang Yiyi / WU Nan (beginners) 7) CHN - ZHAO Yue / LIU Chang ( beginners) 8) JPN - Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION (depending on participation) 9) KAZ - Ksenia Korobkova / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV (beginners) 10) MEX - Pilar Maekawa MORENO / Leonardo Maekawa Moreno (depending on participation) 11) KOR - Yura MIN / Timothy KOLETO (beginners) 12) USA - Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON (beginners) 13) USA - Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (depending on participation) 14) USA - Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT (beginners) 15) UZB - Elizaveta Tretyakov / Viktor Kovalenko (beginners)
FINAL NOTES
No couple is ever recorded on the podium in the Four Continents Championships. However, the U.S. Madison Hubbell, paired with his brother Kiefer,'' was third in the 2010 edition, while Paul Poirier, along with Vanessa Crone, won the bronze medal in 2011.
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