Figure skating - Finlandia Trophy 2015
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The "Barona Arena" Espoo sar & agrave; Theatre between Friday & Igrave; and Sunday, the twentieth edition of the Finlandia Trophy, the fourth round of the Challenger Series circuit ISU.
Thursday 8 October 2015 6 minutes reading time
News's Last time, it will not be & agrave; present the 'Italian Maria Guia Tagliapietra, & nbsp; forced to stand still for a few days because of a small malaise accused during the training session Tuesday & Igrave; afternoon.
Unless other retreats last minute, fifty-six skaters representing seventeen countries and three continents are enrolled all''evento before the draw. Nell''occasione, not disputer & agrave; proof reserved for couples of art, as is the case every year since 2008. The 'only representative Italian enrolled all''evento & egrave; the twenty-three of Turin Ilaria Nogaro.
The attention of the experts will be mainly aimed at testing the female, who, after un''assenza dall''agonismo of nine months, will see & agrave; at the start the seventeen year old Russian Julia Lipnitskaia. The 'student of Ethers Tutberidze, back from a season rather tormented, will have & agrave; facing the sixteen year old compatriot Elena Radionova, also the first of the season. After the third place twelve months ago, will return & agrave; Espoo the nineteen Japanese Rika Hongo, who in late August has already & agrave; the measures taken with the atmosphere of the race by winning a competition at home. Will follow with attention the almost nineteen American Hannah Miller, recently moved to the court of Rafael Arutuninan, and almost eighteen Korean So Youn Park, one of skaters more & ugrave; complete from a technical perspective in the increasingly & ugrave; qualified women characters.
Many reasons for interest in the men's race, which will see & agrave; renew the challenge of the twenty-eight Russian Sergei Voronov and the twenty-five American Adam Rippon, separated by only thirty-six cents in the last edition won dall''allievo of Ethers Tutberdize. The competition promises to be large because & egrave; leave for Finland Konstantin Menshov also the thirty-third in recent Nebelhorn Trophy, the twenty-five Czech Michal Brezina, appeared rather subdued nell''incipit season, the twenty-three American Timothy Dolensky, recently selected to participate in Skate Canada, twenty-four landlord Alexander Majorov, reported in recovery after the physical problems which have affected the past season, the twenty year old Japanese Ryju Hino, winning ten days ago of the Chubu Regional Championship, the twenty-three Canadian Liam Firus and almost nineteen Asian Michael Christian Martinez and June Hyoung Lee, respectively Filipino and Korean. Essentially, there will be eight skaters, in short, will participate in the Grand Prix, as well as big names like Hino and Firus.
In the dance, spotlight is on season debut of Canadian Kaetlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, rulers of the last edition of the Grand Prix. On paper, the main suspects of the podium should be the Danish-Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen, second in the US International Figure Skating Classic in mid & agrave; in September, and the Americans Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luce Baker, the fourth movement of American forces. Espoo, there will be & agrave; the debut of the new couple flying the Israeli flag, composed of Russian Ilya Tkachenko and the American Isabella Tobias. In this regard, c '' & egrave; great curiosity & agrave; to the level achieved by the students of Igor Shpilband, left the post last season because of previous "commitments" Tobias under Lithuanian flag.
CALENDAR OF RACE
FRIDAY & iacute; October 9th
17:45 - Short Dance
Saturday, October 10
11:50 - maschile14 short program: 45 - short program femminile17: 40 - free dance
Sunday, October 11
11:30 - free program maschle15: 00 - Women's Free Program
Sar & agrave; You can follow the 'whole event live using the live streaming made available by the organizing committee.
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