Figure skating - Golden Spin in 2015
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Between now and Saturday the & ldquo; Dom Sportova & rdquo; Zagreb will host & agrave; the forty-eighth edition of the Golden Spin, last round of the Challenger Series circuit ISU.
Thursday 3 December 2015 8 minutes reading time
Unless last minute withdrawals, eighty skaters representing twenty-five countries and three continents are announced at the start of the competition, characterized by high technical rate.
In the women, the Russian Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, struggling with the & rsquo; last test competitive before the national championships Russians find such major rivals compatriot Alena Leonova, the emerging US Karen Chen and Angela Wang, without forgetting the Kazakh Elizabet Tursynbaeva , gi & agrave; according to Salt Lake City on the opening stage and in recent Tallinn Trophy. Considering the presence of Slovenian Dasa Grm, seven veterans of & rsquo; last edition of the Grand Prix will present themselves at the starting line. Among others, it deserves mention the Norwegian Anne Line Gjersem, author of the new national record in Denkova-Staviski Cup ended on the step & more ugrave; the bottom of the podium.
Regulation, the hand that is Sotnikova Tuktamysheva have chance & agrave; to unseat the top of the ranking of the circuit & rsquo; current leader Anna Pogorilaya.
The test will be male & agrave; ennobled by the presence of Kazakh Denis Ten, he appeared in growth in NRW Trophy in Dortmund where he got a few days ago the place d & rsquo; honor. The Olympic medalist will have & agrave; facing the American Adam Rippon, who, in line hypothetical, could still win the second edition of the Challenger Series circuit, but as long as you gather in Zagreb 255.84 points, reflected well beyond the & rsquo; current personal best. & Nbsp; The role of favorite for may & ograve; touch the seventeen Russian Adian Pitkeev, back from second place in the Rostelecom Cup home. In key podium, do not start beaten the Russians gordei Gorshkov and & nbsp; Moris Kvitelashvili, cos & Igrave; as the Czech Michal Brezina, which in the short program of the NHK Trophy & egrave; He appeared in progress. Qualified participants in the field, are also the American Alexander Johnson, the Philippine Michael Christian Martinez, the Canadian Liam Firus, the French and the Kevin Aymoz & rsquo; Italian Maurizio Zandron. The Azzurri will be defended even by Mattia Dalla Torre.
Between pairs of artistic andr & agrave; stage a & rsquo; interesting challenge for a prize of the symbolic crown of fourth association of the Russian movement. It & rsquo ;, in fact, announced the confrontation between Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov and Alexander Enbert / Natalia Zabijako. L & rsquo; Russian army trover & agrave; for & ograve; competition for high profile, as will also be Italians Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise brilliant second in the Warsaw Cup of last week, and the couple listed US Tarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea and Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran. In the end, six of the top twenty-two pairs of & rsquo; current international scene will contest the victory. Key in Italy, & egrave; will be the second of the season for the young White Manacorda / Niccol & ograve; Macii and Alexandra Iovanna / Filippo Ambrosini.
In the dance spotlight is on blues Charl & egrave; it Guignard / Marco Fabbri, fresh convincing success in the Warsaw Cup and screened to success in the circuit, after the place d & rsquo; honor won last season. Students of Barbara Fusar Poli enough, in fact, 152.10 points to jump on top of the rankings, led by Israel at this time Tobias / Tkachenko. The vice-Italian national champions will find as the main opponents of the US listed Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, fourth strength of the movement of stars and stripes, as well as & eacute; Danes Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen, & nbsp; gi & agrave; on the podium in the stages of Salt Lake City and Espoo. Among the interesting features of the competition, there will be & agrave; the debut of the Italian figure skater Carolina Moscheni side of & rsquo; Hungarian Balasz Major. The couple defend & agrave; the colors of & rsquo; Hungary.
Except for the field of artistic couples, which was won by the Germans Savchenko / Massot, in other disciplines remains open battle for victory in the circuit.
CALENDAR OF RACE
THURSDAY & Igrave; 15:00 3 & ndash; Short-dance 17:00 & ndash; pairs short program of artistic 19:45 & ndash; men's short program
FRIDAY & Igrave; 4 14:00 & ndash; 16:30 women's short program & ndash; program free pairs of artistic 19:00 & ndash; Men's Free program
Saturday 13:00 5 & ndash; free dance 15:00 & ndash; Women's Free Program
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