figure skating - Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2014
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Starting tomorrow, the Zimn & yacute; & Scaron; tadi & oacute; n Bratislava (Zimn & yacute; & scaron; tadi & oacute; Ondreja Nepelu n), that facility with regard to the sport of ice pu & ograve; accommodate over 10,000 spectators, will & agrave; theater of the twenty-second edition of & rsquo; Ondrej Nepala Trophy fourth round of the circuit & ldquo; ISU Challenger Series & rdquo;
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Unless withdrawals last minute, fifty-two skaters representing sixteen countries and three continents are enrolled at & rsquo; event. In contrast to what was initially expected, not disputer & agrave; the race of the pairs of artistic because the waivers that have occurred in recent weeks have narrowed down the field of participants below the limits set by & rsquo; ISU competitions that are part of the Challenger Series. Furthermore, in view of the situation that was already outlined, & egrave; Then came the lump sum of all pairs yet listed.
In the men's race, characterized by the presence of only eight athletes, l & rsquo; emerging seventeen year old Korean Kim Jin Seo, in the sixteenth & rsquo; latest edition of the World Championships, will have agrave &; deal with the second Russian lines and the USA. Asian aside, the skaters pi & ugrave; will be interesting to follow the twenty-one Russian school Rukavitsin, Gordei Gorshkov, medal & rsquo; silver in the recent World University Games, and the twenty-five American Stephen Carriere, spent the past few seasons by a coach & Outdoors; another without ograve &; rediscover the glories of junior career.
Pi & ugrave; Interestingly the women's competition, which will see & agrave; at the start the twenty-Japanese Haruka Imai, winner of last year, the nineteen year old American Ashley Cain, one of the possible drifting mines of this season, and the seventeen year old Korean Hae Jin Kim, among skaters pi & ugrave; listed a movement growing .. The level of competition is announced pi & ugrave; that discreet as they will be in the game too ambitious athletes European veterans of the Lombardy Trophy including l & rsquo; Italian Roberta Rodeghiero, called to reconfirm the glories of & rsquo; event of Sesto San Giovanni, Germany's Nathalie Weinzierl, waiting in progress, and sisters Helgesson, both in search of a proper physical condition. Among the points of interest, there will be & agrave; also the 'expected confrontation between the two top riders of the Czech movement. It rinnover & agrave; perci & ograve; the challenge between Eliska Brezinova, appeared decidedly subdued in the Lombardy Trophy, and Elizaveta Ukolova, equally disappointing in the stage of Jr.Grand Prix of Ostrava.
At home Italy, headlights pointing on trying to dance, characterized by the seasonal debut of Charl & egrave, it Guignard and Marco Fabbri, second movement's strength blue. On paper, the students of Barbara Fusar Poli should have no problems in re-confirm the result of twelve months ago, when they were preceded by the British Coomes / Buckland. What main rivals are announced Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, who are called to respond immediately to their compatriots Chock / Bates, brilliant Nebelhorn Trophy seconds in the past week.
The third force in the field & egrave; represented by the Slovak-Italian couple composed by Federica Testa and Lukas Csolley, students of Roberto Pelizzola usually stationed at the Forum of Assago.
Nell & rsquo; occasion, there will be & agrave; the debut of the couple school Agor & agrave; composed by Misato Japanese Komatsubara and Andrea Fabbri, younger brother of Mark. The new association, coached by Barbara Fusar Poli, defend & agrave; the Italian colors.
As happened in previous stages of the & rsquo; ISU Challenger Series, will & agrave; guaranteed the live streaming of & rsquo; event.
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CALENDAR OF RACE
THURSDAY & Igrave; 2
13:00 & ndash; Short program femminile16: 00 & ndash; Men's short program
FRIDAY & Igrave; 3
13:00 & ndash; Short-dance16: 30 & ndash; Women's Free Program
SATURDAY 4th
24:00 & ndash; 13:45 Free Dance & ndash; Men's Free Program
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