Figure Skating - Four Continents Championships 2016
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One of the most fascinating races of & rsquo; upcoming eighteenth edition of the Four Continents Championships will & agrave; the female.
Monday 1 February 2016 5 minutes reading time
On the ice of the & ldquo; & rdquo Taipei Arena; Taipei City, will compete in twenty-two athletes representing ten countries, unlike the nineteen in the race in the last edition.
In absentia of the veteran Ashley Wagner and Mao Asada, who preferred to avoid the & rsquo; event to focus attention on the World Cup, the underdogs should be shared between the Japanese Satoko Miyahara and American Gracie Gold, both veterans from the successes in their respective national championships.
What are the main alternatives announce US Polina Edmunds, defending champion, and Japan's Rika Hongo, also on the podium in the previous edition.
The level of competition will be & agrave; undoubtedly high in virt & ugrave; the presence of female athletes peak in Canada, China and Australia, not to mention the best Korean eligible for the senior competitions. & nbsp; In virt & ugrave; renunciations of Asada and Wagner, the game will be two skaters from & rsquo; palmares important as Kanako Murakami and Mirai Nagasu.
LIST OF REGISTERED
01) AUS - Kailani Craine (2 & deg; participation) 02) AUS - Brooklee HAN (4 & deg; participation) 03) AUS - Katie Pasfield (novice) 04) CAN - Alaine Chartrand (3 & deg; participation) 05) CAN - Gabrielle DALEMAN (2 & deg ; participation) 06) CAN - Kaetlyn Osmond (2 & deg; participation) 07) CHN - Zijun LI (4 & deg; participation) 08) CHN - Ziquan ZHAO (2 & deg; participation) 09) CHN - Lu ZHENG (novice) 10) TPE - Amy LIN (novice) 11) HKG - Maisy Hiu Ching MA (novice) 12) JPN - Rika HONGO (2 & deg; participation) 13) JPN - Satoko MIYAHARA (3 & deg; participation) 14) JPN - Kanako Murakami (4 & deg; participation) 15) KOR - From Bin CHOI (novice) 16) KOR - Na Hyun KIM (novice) 17) KOR - So Youn PARK (3 & deg; participation) 18) RSA - Michaela DU TOIT (novice) 19) THA - Thita LAMSAM (novice) 20 ) USA - Polina EDMUNDS (2 & deg; participation) 21) USA - Gracie GOLD (3 & deg; participation) 22) USA - Mirai Nagasu (3 & deg; participation) HOURS CONTEST
Thursday & Igrave; February 18, 15:50 (08:50 in Italy) & ndash; short program
Saturday, February 20, at & nbsp; 18:00 (11:00 in Italy) & ndash; Free program
FINAL NOTES
* Eight of the twenty-two members take part in the Four Continents Championships for the first time in his career
* L & rsquo; pi & ugrave athlete; young race & egrave; the sixteen year old Korean Choi From Bin, while more & ugrave; the twenty-two year old American Mirai Nagasu
* Japan's Kanako Murakami and l & rsquo; Australian Brooklee Han are the skaters that have registered the highest number of appearances in & rsquo; event
* Japan's Kanako Murakami, winner in 2014, and the US Polina Edmunds, first in 2015, are the only members to claim success in the Four Continents Championships.
* They have also won the podiums Japanese Satoko Miyahara, second in the last two editions, the Japanese Rika Hongo, third in 2015, the Chinese Li Zijun, third in 2014, and the American Mirai Nagasu, its third in 2011 in Taipei City
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