Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships 2016
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Despite the meager number of subscribers, the competition reserved for couples of art of the eighteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships promises to be very skilled technically.
Monday 1 February 2016 4 minutes reading time
The underdogs are divided among Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, winners of & rsquo; last year, and the Chinese Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, forced to desert the final of the Grand Prix due to injury, but the authors of a convincing proof in recent Chinese Winter Games. & Nbsp;
They watch with credentials to the podium also emerging Canadian Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau and the Chinese Xioayu Yu / Yang Jin, defending the world title junior, without forgetting how couples US Tarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea and Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim appear ready for try to join the contest.
The great novelty & agrave; s & rsquo; & egrave upcoming edition; represented by the presence, for the first time in the history of & rsquo; event, a pair of North Korean flag.
COUPLES REGISTERED
01) CAN - Meagan DUHAMEL / RADFORD Eric (5 & deg; participation)
02) CAN - Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan Moscovitch (2 & deg; participation)
03) CAN - Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU (rookies)
04) CHN - Wenjing ON / Cong HAN (4 & deg; participation)
05) CHN - Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN (rookies)
06) PRK - Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM (rookies)
07) JPN - Sumire SUTO / Francis Boudreau AUDET (rookies)
08) USA - Marissa CASTELLI / Mervin TRAN (rookies)
09) USA - Tarah KAYNE / Daniel O SHEA (3 & deg; participation)
10) USA - Alexa SCIMECA / Chris Knierim (3 & deg; participation)
TIME OF RACE
Thursday February 18, 20:30 (13:30 in Italy) & ndash; short program
Saturday, February 20, at 18:30 (11:30 in Italy) & ndash; Free program
FINAL NOTES
* Five of the ten couples registered will take part in the Championships of the four continents for the first time in his career.
* The couple pi & ugrave; young race, averaging between ages & agrave; of the two components, & egrave; the Japanese formed by Sumire Suto and Francis Boudreau-Audet. The pi & ugrave; Seniors are, however, Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, who also have the highest number of participation
* The Chinese Wengjing Sui / Cong Han, winners in 2012 and 2014, and Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, first in 2013 and 2015, are the only members to claim success in the Four Continents Championships
* Among couples registered, they have got a podium Americans Tarah Kayne / Daniel O''Shea and Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, respectively second and third in 2014.
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