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Starting tomorrow, the & ldquo; Palasesto & rdquo; Sesto San Giovanni will host & agrave; the second edition of Lombardy Trophy, an event that, with regard to competitions senior, & egrave; been included in the new circuit & nbsp; & ldquo; ISU Challenger Series & rdquo ;.
Wednesday 17 September 2014 6 minutes reading time
The races of the senior class will take place over the weekend, while the kids of the advanced novice and junior categories will fall on the ice gi & agrave; Thursday on igrave ;. As was the case last season, will be played only artistic competitions.
Before the draw, the camp participants at the senior level includes 47 skaters representing 18 countries, specifically, the game will be athletes from four continents, but sar & agrave; reduced to & rsquo; bone Italian presence since they are only recognized the hostess Roberta Rodeghiero and the novice category in greater Chiara Calderone, in addition to the pair of artistic Bianca Manacorda / Niccol & ograve; Macii, hijacked by the junior competition at the top of the class to ensure the minimum level of participation required by the International Federation for the races & ldquo; ISU Challenger Series & rdquo ;.
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Spotlight, in particular, the men's race, which has a field worthy of participating in a stage of Grand Prix. The underdogs go twenty-three Japanese Takahito Mura, winner of the last edition of the Four Continents Championships. The son d & rsquo; will have Japanese art & agrave; to deal with the Frenchman Florent Amodio and Czech Michal Brezina, both looking for redemption after a season below expectations, the promising sixteen year old Russian Adian Pitkeev, vice-world champion in the junior office, and the American Richard Dornbush, subject to undisputed interest, but capable of striking even to the ups and downs & rsquo; inside of the same race. Among others, there will be the Belgian Jorik Hendrickx, Filipino Michael Christian Martinez and her son d & rsquo; Art Australian Brendan Kerry, all veterans from participating in the Olympic Games, the Russian Moris Kvitelashvili, among the best & ldquo; quadruplisti & rdquo; at home, and the American Grant Hochstein.
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In the women's field, l & rsquo; athlete to beat sar & agrave; without doubt the sixteen year old Japanese Satoko Miyahara, medal & rsquo; silver in & rsquo; latest edition of the Four Continents Championships and gi & agrave; Italy won in the last edition of the Gardena Spring Trophy. The main alternatives are the teen-ager American Hannah Miller and Angela Wang, finalist in the & rsquo; latest edition of the Junior Grand Prix. Also interesting is the patrol of the European athlete that includes, in particular, l & rsquo; emerging Nathalie Weinzierl German and Swedish sisters Helgesson, athletes used to be stationed in the top ten festivals in the continent.
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Despite only five members, abound in the interest of the competition reserved for couples of art. In particular, it will happen in Sesto & agrave; the debut of the new cup formed by Russian Vera Bazarova and Andrei Deputat. The ambitious students of Oleg Vassiliev, moreover gi & agrave; announced at a good level of competitiveness & agrave ;, will address the emerging German Annabell Preu & szlig; / Ruben Blommaert, fresh dell & rsquo; call in two stages of the Grand Prix, and the pupils of John Zimmerman and Silvia Fontana Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier, US couple to return Italy after break the bank in the World Juniors in Milan in 2013.
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CALENDAR OF SENIOR RACE
20 hours Saturday 13:00 - femminileOre short program 16:30 - 19:45 maschileOre short program - pairs short program
21Ore Sunday 10:30 am - free program femminileOre 14:30 - free program coppieOre 15:30 - Men's Free program
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L & rsquo; entrance to the races & egrave; free. In any case, fans can watch live racing via the website www.idealweb.tv
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