Figure skating - Nebelhorn Trophy 2014
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Starting tomorrow, l & rsquo; Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf & nbsp; will host & agrave; the forty-sixth edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy, third round with the circuit & ldquo; ISU Challenger series & rdquo;
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Unless a last minute withdrawals, eighty-five skaters representing twenty countries and four continents are enrolled at & rsquo; event. The colors will be defended by the Italian national champion in charge Ivan Righini, who moved right in the renowned German in the course of & rsquo; summer, and the new pair of ballet composed by Lauri Bonaccorsi and Francesco Fioretti, making its debut in a competitive race.
In the women's race, spotlight is on American Gracie Gold, which will have agrave &; contend with the Russian Alena Leonova and Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA, took over Anna Pogorilaya. Andr & ograve; closely followed the debut race in a senior international eighteen US Mariah Bell, new training partner Jason Brown. Then there will be the Canadian Veronik Mallet, l & rsquo; Swiss school of Russian Anna Ovcharova and l & rsquo; Australian School of American Broklee Han, skaters who will be engaged in the & rsquo; impending twentieth edition of the Grand Prix.
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Of course, promises to spark the men's competition, which counts among members medaled at all levels. Enter a favorite, especially in September, & egrave; tutt & rsquo; nothing but trivial, because even & eacute; the pretenders to success are numerous. Will the game the Kazakh Denis Ten, bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Sochi, l & rsquo; emerging American Jason Brown, instead of d & rsquo; honor in the last edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy, Czech Michal Brezina, who returned to practice in Oberstdorf after a parenthesis North American a couple of years, and the Russian veterans Sergei Voronov and Konstantin Menshov, both on the podium in the last European Championships. For the record, it must be said that Brezina had to give up Lombardy Trophy in Sesto San Giovanni because of food poisoning.
In addition to Ivan Righini, will the game also & rsquo; Israeli school Ukrainian Alexei Bychenko, fresh twofold invitation to the Grand Prix, the American Alexander Johnson, on his return to competition after having defected last season because of an injury, the Japanese Ryuju Hino, pi & ugrave; finalist in the Junior Grand Prix, and the ambitious Canadian Elladj Balde and Liam Firus.
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Between the pairs of artistic, arouses interest the return of Russians Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, left the post for a long time due to a serious injury suffered by Smirnov roughly a year ago. The students of Tamara Moskvina will face the promising compatriots Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, vice-world champions juniors, Americans Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, winners of the inaugural stage of & rsquo; ISU Challenger Series, and the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cypres, avvicinatisi in summer technical staff with Nina Mozer & rsquo; aim to make the & rsquo; ultimate leap of quality & agrave ;.
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In the dance, the main dish & egrave; represented by the challenge among Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, vice-world champions in charge, and the Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, the current leader of the movement to the stars and stripes. Oberstdorf sar & agrave ;, moreover, theater debut in the major category of world champion junior Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, compatriots Chock / Bates as well & eacute; training partners to Weaver / Poje. In optical podium, the young students of Pasquale Camerlengo will have to contend with the eccentric hosts Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi, long time between the pairs pi & ugrave; qualified on the European scene.
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The forty-sixth edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy is of interest also because & eacute; in & rsquo; occasion of the International Federation tester & agrave; in the men's race and dance a different use of the courts than in the past.
Specifically, there will be twelve Judges that will be used as & ldquo; different tasks & rdquo ;. The degree of implementation of the elements (GOE) will come & agrave ;, in fact, scored only five judges, four of whom express their opinion on a component of the program, clearly different for ciascuno.Ai remaining seven judges, will touch & agrave; instead judge the three components of the program testa.Cos & igrave; doing, each of the five components of the program will & agrave; competence of five judges, cos & igrave; as the degree of realization of the elements.
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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; 25
24:00 & ndash; Short-dance14: 30 & ndash; Pairs short program of artistic 19:00 & ndash; Men's short program
FRIDAY & Igrave; 26
10:30 & ndash; Short program femminile14: 00 & ndash; Free program pairs artistico18: 45 & ndash; Men's Free Program
Saturday 27
10:30 & ndash; Women's Free Program 14:20 & ndash; Free Dance
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