Figure Skating - Ice Challenge 2014
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He kicked off yesterday, the forty-first edition dell''Ice Challenge (formerly Leo Scheu Ged & auml; chtnislaufen), the eighth leg of the ISU Challenger Series hosted dall''Eishalle Liebenau of Graz.
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The program provides between Tuesday & igrave; and Sunday competitions in each discipline involved with athletes in each category. Of course, the lights will be on the senior races, which, except for last minute withdrawals, will have the starting seventy skaters representing twenty-two countries and four continents.
In the men, the & rsquo; s & agrave will be the man to beat; the twenty-six American Douglas Razzano, author personal best at Skate America, and recently invited to Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard in Bordeaux. L & rsquo; s only credible alternative should be the sixteen year old Alexander Samarin, progressed after a change of coaching staff took place in the spring and back from two podium finishes in the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
In the women, & egrave; announced the presence of the Russian Alena Leonova, called redemption after a performance at Skate Canada well below expectations. The veteran San Pietorbugo will have & agrave; deal with the eighteen year old Hannah Miller, who is emerging US & egrave; well behaved in the Lombardy Trophy in September. One step more & ugrave; are placed under the sixteen year old Russian Diana Pervushkina, at the foot of the podium in & rsquo; s final stage of the Cup of Russia, and the Slovak eighteen of US school Rajicova Nicole appeared in the clear progress in & rsquo; s latest edition of the Junior Grand Prix. Among the athletes worthy of interest, deserve mention the fifteen German Lutricia Bock, recently second in the Volvo Cup in Riga, and the twenty-Swedish Isabelle Olsson, third in the Coupe de Nice in half & agrave; October.
Among the pairs of artistic young Russian Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin should have because of competition with no particular worries. Moreover, the & rsquo; at will & agrave; good opportunity to make the dress rehearsal ahead of the final of the Junior Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​where he will present as a third force in the field. Among the contenders for the podium, stand the Germans Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave, the Russians Arina Cherniavskaya / Anthony Souza-Kordyeru and the hosts Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer, couples returning from their commitments in the Grand Prix. With the & rsquo; s goal of reaching the minimum technical score to participate in the next edition of the European Championships, will & agrave; Also in the race the picturesque couple flying the Turkish flag made by Olga Bestandigova and from & rsquo; s former footballer Ilhan Manisz.
The dance competition will & agrave; ennobled by the presence of the Americans Maia and Alex Shibutani, who, after putting or almost as & eacute; ice in the qualification for the final of the Grand Prix are going to archive success in HDI circuit Challenger Series. The fight for the podium should involve the Turks Alisa Agafonava / Alper Ucar, his debut season, students Maurizio Margaglio Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo, fourth in the Finlandia Trophy home, and especially the Danish Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen, not gone than the fourth place in the Volvo Cup in Riga because of a & rsquo; s & agrave ingenuity; cost them two places.
At the time of Graz & egrave; playing a large squad of Italian skaters. In the dance, the game will be the students of Barbara Fusar Poli Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri, sixth with a good response in the technical & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava international debut race. Among the pairs of artistic Cernuschi Alessandra Ambrosini and Filippo, try to move up shots after a troubled start to the season rather. Finally, in the women's race, & egrave; provided an interesting comparison between the twenty-Carol Breassanutti, fresh from success in the Golden Bear of Zagreb, and the sixteen year old Maria Guia Tagliapietra, winner of the first national race in Cortina. Both will try to hunt technical limitations that could open up their part of the world championships.
As happened in previous stages of the & rsquo; ISU Challenger Series, will & agrave; guaranteed the live streaming of & rsquo; s event.
RACE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY & Igrave; 14 & nbsp;
14:00 & ndash; short-dance16: 00 & ndash; short program coppie17: 25 & ndash; men's short program
Saturday 15
10:30 & ndash; short program femminile14: 15 & ndash; dance libera17: 00 & ndash; pairs free program 19:00 - Men's Free program
Sunday 16
10:00 & ndash; Women's Free Program
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