Figure skating - Golden Spin 2014
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L & rsquo; competitive event of the week leading & egrave; in effect the Golden Spin, competition hosted by Dom Sportova of Zagbria reached the forty seventh.
Wednesday 3 December 2014 9 minutes reading time
For l & rsquo; occasion, l & rsquo; event Croatian sar & agrave; also the tenth and final stage of the new circuit ISU Challenger Series and will have & agrave; determine who imporr & agrave; in the ranking of the male sector. Unless last minute withdrawals, novantatr & egrave; skaters representing twenty-three & egrave; nations and three continents are announced at the start of the competition, characterized by a significant technical rate.
One of the highlights & egrave; represented by the return to competition of the Finnish Kiira Korpi, absent from an injury and l & rsquo; another from the final of the Grand Prix of 2012. For the twenty-six of Tampere, back from a long period of training in the United States, but now stationed in Oberstdorf, you will treat & agrave; a decisive test in view of the upcoming national championships in which will have & agrave; face competition from a couple of emerging teen-ager to be able to secure the place for Europeans Stockholm. In Zagreb, the main alternatives for success should be the eighteen US Mariah Bell, fresh convincing success in the Midwestern Sectional Championship, and ventuenne Russian Maria Artemieva, returned to speak at a good level of competitiveness & agrave; in Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard Bordeaux.
A step pi & ugrave; under arise l & rsquo; interesting sixteen Russian Diana Pervushkina, a leading exponent of the school of Togliatti, the nineteen year old Slovak school American Nicole Rajicova, the twenty-Swedish Isabelle Olsson, instead d & rsquo; honor in & rsquo; Ice Challenge in Graz, the sixteen year old Lithuanian Aleksandra Golovkina, on the podium of the recent Warsaw Cup, and the twenty-four Italian Roberta Rodeghiero, winner in & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy and in Merano Cup.
In the men, the role of favorite is up to twenty-Kazakh Denis Ten, rose for the first time on the podium in a stage of Grand Prix in Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard a couple of weeks ago. The Olympic medalist will have & agrave; for & ograve; contend with the trentenunno Russian Konstantin Menshov, wrought measurement in Bordeaux, and the twenty-four Czech Michal Brezina, still fully in the running to establish itself in the general classification of & rsquo; ISU Challenger Series. In fact, admitted and granted that is not preceded by the Russian veteran of 17.45 points, all & rsquo; pupil of Karel Fajfr 221.84 points will be enough to overtake on the list l & rsquo; current leader Alexander Petrov. Among the athletes worthy of interest, deserve mention the eighteen year old Filipino Michael Christian Martinez, second in the Warsaw Cup complete with a new personal best, the twenty-four US Grant Hochstein, fresh from the success without shine in & rsquo; Eastern Sectional Championship, the twenty-three Italian Russian Ivan Righini, called a step forward on the free program, and the fifteen Russian Dmitri Aliev, the first release in a career in senior competition. The game will also quadruplisti Russian school Tutberidze, Vladislav Tarasenko and Moris Kvitelashvili, over compatriot Alexander Samarin, second in & rsquo; Ice Challenge in Graz.
As for the Italian colors, sar & agrave; This also progressed eighteen Carlo Vittorio Palermo, who will try & agrave; consolidate l & rsquo; current third place in the national rankings partial.
In dance, you riproporr & agrave; the challenge between the Americans Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, the Spanish Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz and Italians Charl & egrave; it Guignard / Marco Fabbri, finished in & rsquo; order in recent Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard in Paris concluded between the third and fifth . L & rsquo; appointment sar & agrave; for & ograve; especially important for students of Barbara Fusar Poli as touching share 143.15, score well within their reach, would close the & rsquo; ISU Challenger Series in second place behind the US Shibutani / Shibutani. For positions behind the podium, will be monitored progressed Finnish coached by Maurizio Margaglio Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm, the Spanish Celia Robredo / Luis Fenero, Russians Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin, the Austrian school Fusar Poli Barbora Silna / Juri and Kurakin Ukrainians Alexandra Nazarova / Andrei Nikitin, engaged in the first confrontation with seasonal countrymen Valeria Gajstruk / Alexei Olejnik. For most of the pairs listed, will represent the Golden Spin & agrave; a & rsquo; propitious occasion to try to store the minimum technical score to capture the 'stand as a candidate & agrave; in view of the World Championships.
It also announced sparks in the race for couples to artistic. The underdogs belong to the Russians Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov, winners of the Volvo Cup Riga and on the podium at the first appearance in a stage of Grand Prix. Students Artur Dmitriev will face competition from US Tarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea, the season debut after a long break due to a & rsquo; operation & Outdoors; where hip & egrave; Kayne underwent in the summer. & nbsp; In the number of members, are also couples Italian Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek and Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini, engaged in & rsquo; last test before the National Championships. Will also be the game, also the interesting Ukrainian Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan, absent from competition for almost a year.
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