Figure skating - Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2015
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From Thursday on Igrave ;, the Zimn & yacute; & Scaron; tadi & oacute; n Bratislava (Zimn & yacute; & scaron; tadi & oacute; n Ondreja Nepelu), venue of the next European Championships, will & agrave; theater of the twenty-third edition of & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy, third round of the circuit & ldquo; ISU Challenger Series & rdquo;
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Unless last minute withdrawals, ottantatr & egrave; skaters representing twenty nations and four continents are enrolled & Outdoors; event before the draw. The Italian contingent will & agrave; formed by the defending champion Roberta Rodeghiero, Sara Falotico and couple dancing Giacomelli / Manni. For different reasons, you are, however, came the waivers Ivan Righini, Marchei / Hotarek, Guignard / Fabbri and Komatsubara / Fabbri, initially one of the participants.
The highlight of the men's race, the Japanese orphan Takahito Mura, forced to withdraw last minute because of a sprained ankle, & egrave; It represented the first international of the American Jason Brown, fresh from fourth place in the last World Championships and ready to enter the quadruple toe loop in his race schedule. The twenty year old student of Hades will have Kori & agrave; face the Russians Mikhail Kolyada, he twenties St. Petersburg winner of the first stage of the Cup of Russia, and Adian Pitkeev, seventeen Moscow announced in progress after a first season of apprenticeship in the major category. For the rest, we note the presence of twenty-two Russian gordei Gorshkov, third in the earlier edition, and of & rsquo; former US Keegan Messing, the international debut for Canada.
In the women will go & agrave; staged the first seasonal match between Russian Evgenia Medvedeva and Anna Pogorilaya, club mates, but historically followed by different staff. For the & rsquo; yet fifteen rainbow junior champion in office, the Trophy will Nepela & agrave; the race's debut in the international category increased, while, with regard to the seventeen Pogorilaya, finalist in the last two editions of the Grand Prix, c & rsquo; & egrave; great curiosity & agrave; about the new programs choreographed by Nikolai Morozov. The role of third force should be up to seventeen Canadian Gabrielle Daleman, accasatasi in the spring at the increasingly & ugrave; crowded court of Brian Orser and asked to respond to compatriot Osmond, who won the Nebelhorn Trophy a few days ago. In key podium, he should not joke from the sixteen year old Japanese Yuka Nagai, back to & ograve; by a lackluster performance in the recent Tokyo Regional Championship. & nbsp; A field of participants will first floor & agrave; ennobled by the presence of the vice-champion Italian Roberta Rodeghiero, ruler of & rsquo; last edition of the Lombardy Trophy, the twenty-two Swedish Joshi Helgesson, preceded by twenty-five blue race in Sesto San Giovanni, the sixteen year old Latvian Angelina Kuchvalska, brilliant seventh in European Championships Stockholm, the twenty-two St. Petersburg Maria Artemieva, second in the first stage of the Cup of Russia, the twenty year old hostess Nicole Rajicova, the seventeen year old Japanese Riona Kato and nineteen US Mariah Bell, sixth in the US International Figure Skating Classic two weeks ago I'm. Basically, in Bratislava eleven skaters will compete with an international profile, which will shortly be challenged in the twenty-first edition of the Grand Prix.
Promises sparks race also reserved for couples of artistic, which will & agrave; characterized by the return to competition of Russian Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, absent from the European Championships played at the end of last January. The vice-Olympic champions will face the emerging countrymen as well as & eacute; training partners Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, ready to unleash quadruple twist. In Bratislava, the game will also Canadians Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch, announced great progress, and the Russians Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov, strongly determined to climb positions in qualified national ranking.
In the dance, there will be the defending champions Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, current peak torque of the school directed by Marina Zoueva collaboration with Massimo Scali. The number two in the US movement will have to face Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, when the second Canadian couple behind Weaver / Poje. In & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy, the game also will be the British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland, the first international since they began to be coached by Igor Shpilband. The colors of the house will be defended by the Italian-Slovak school Pelizzola Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley, coming off a season in which they have made a major leap in quality & agrave ;. Will finally followed carefully the Germans Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis, students Shpilband able to touch the podium in the Nebelhorn Trophy in the past week.
CALENDAR OF RACE
THURSDAY & Igrave; 1
13:30 & ndash; Femminile16 short program: 45 & ndash; 20:00 Men's short program & ndash; Pairs short program of artistic
FRIDAY & Igrave; 2
10:30 & ndash; Short-dance12: 30 & ndash; Free program pairs of art
Saturday 3
12:15 & ndash; Free program femminile16: 00 & ndash; Dance libera18: 15 & ndash; Men's Free program
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