Russia - Qualification criteria for the European Championships

Russia - Criteri di qualificazione per i Campionati europei
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Figure skating - Russian National Championships 2015/2016

Russia - Qualification criteria for the European Championships

Alexander Gorshkov, President of the Russian Federation of Figure Skating, explained the guidelines to be followed to determine who take & agrave; part in the upcoming European Championships to be held in Bratislava in late January.

In this regard, it should be remembered that Russia will have & agrave; It has three seats for each discipline. The top two finishers in the National Review, which open his & agrave; its doors tomorrow in Ekaterinburg, will be automatically selected, provided that the requirements of agrave & et; dall''ISU required. The vacancy will come & agrave ;, instead, assigned to a single skater or a pair of indication of the Committee of Russian coaches. The choice will have & agrave ;, however, be ratified by the federal leaders. According to Gorshkov, Stolbova / Klimov, winning the final of the Grand Prix with a large margin over defending champions world Duhamel / Radford, but forced to desert the national championships because of injury, would have excellent chances & agrave; to be in the race in Bratislava. However, the Director General of the Russian Federation Alexander Kogan added that nothing has been defined, n & egrave; guaranteed, although for Stolbova / Klimov exist good conditions.
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