Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships 2016
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The eighteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships will open & agrave; with short-dance.
Monday 1 February 2016 6 minutes reading time
In & rsquo; occasion, the audience of the & ldquo; & rdquo Taipei Arena; Taipei City potr & agrave; admire sixteen couples representing seven countries. At the time, compared to last season, the number of registered & egrave; climbed three units & agrave ;.
The highlight of the race & egrave; represented by the comparison between the three pairs of vertex North American. Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, unbeaten so far this season as well & egrave; defending champions will try to defend the continental supremacy from & rsquo; Attack of advanced US Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, veterans of the first success of his career in the National Championships. Obviously, not the joke the second pair of stars and stripes made up of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, defeated & ograve; Canadians in the final of the Grand Prix and by compatriots in the recent national survey.
A couple of steps more & ugrave; place themselves under the Americans Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, who will have to contend with the usual rivals Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier.
Among the topics of interest, not to forget the challenge, likely to be won with the seventh place among couples rush Asian movement. A priori, & egrave; easy to tell who the check will among Koreans Kim Rebeka / Kirill Minov, the Chinese Shiyue Wnag / Xinyu Liu and novices Japanese Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed. In any case, the three associations have already & agrave; possess the technical limits required to take part in the World Cup, why can face the & rsquo; appointment with no particular worries.
COUPLES DANCE REGISTERED
01) AUS - Matilda FRIEND / William badaoui (rookies) 02) CAN - Piper Gilles / Paul POIRIER (4 & deg; participation) 03) CAN - Elisabeth PARADIS / Francois-Xavier OUELLETTE (rookies) 04) CAN - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew Poje ( 7 & deg; participation) 05) CHN - Xibei LI / Guangyao XIANG (rookies) 06) CHN - Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU (3 & deg; participation) 07) CHN - Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU (3 & deg; participation) 08) JPN - Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION (4 & deg; participation) 09) JPN - Kana Muramoto / Chris REED (rookies) 10) KAZ - Anastasia KHROMOVA / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV (rookies) 11) KOR - Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV (2 & deg; participation) 12) KOR - Ho Jung LEE / Richard Kang In KAM (rookies) 13) KOR - Yura MIN / Alexander GAMELIN (rookies) 14) USA - Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES (3 & deg; participation) 15) USA - Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (3 & deg ; participation) 16) USA - Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (5 & deg; participation)
TIME OF RACE
Thursday & Igrave; 18, 12:00 (05:00 in Italy) & ndash; Short Dance
Friday & Igrave; 19, 13:30 hours (06:30 in Italy) & ndash; free dance
FINAL NOTES
* As many as seven of the sixteen 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 Australian one formed by Matilda and William Friend Badaoui. The pi & ugrave; Seniors are, however, the Japanese Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion.
* Canadians Kaitlyn Waeaver / Andrew Poje are the pair recorded the highest number of shares
* Canadians Kaitlyn Waeaver / Andrew Poje, winners in 2010 and 2015, and the Americans Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, early in 2014, are the only members to claim success in the Four Continents Championships
* They conquered the podium in the past even the Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, second in 2014, the Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, second in 2011 and third in 2015, and fellow countrymen Madison Chock / Evan Bates, third in 2013 and second in 2015
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