Figure Skating - Skate Canada 2014
On the evening of Friday & igrave take ;, & agrave; off the forty-first edition of Skate Canada, the second act of this season's Grand Prix figure skating.
Tuesday 28 October 2014 14 minutes reading time
The races will be held at the & ldquo; Prospera Place "in Kelowna, a city of nearly one hundred twenty thousand souls located in British Columbia, home of the never before & rsquo; s event.
However, just a couple of months, the "Prospera Place," arena for ice sports can & ograve; accommodate nearly 6,000 spectators, celebrated the first fifteen years of life.
As was eighteen times in twenty, Skate Canada will & agrave; the second stage of the Grand Prix.
DANCE
In the dance competition, the outstanding presence of the vice-world champions in office Kaytlin Weaver / Andrew Poje, hunting success of the first filed in the circuit after nine podium finishes, including six second places. Students Pasquale Camerlengo, fresh from recent success in the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, will have to deal with training partners Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, US couple who last season & egrave; sets of the Four Continents Championships. The role of the third force in the field is up to Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, not particularly convincing in his season debut occurred in & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie. In key podium will be followed with attention the emerging Russian school Zhulin Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, rulers of & rsquo; Ice Star of Minsk played two weeks ago.
The average level of members of Skate Canada & egrave; however, very high to the point that, for one reason or the & rsquo; s more, each pair will show up & agrave; at the starting line with major ambitions. Will the game the Germans Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi, gi & agrave; on the podium twice in stages ISU Challenger Series, the Spanish Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz, searching for the best condition after a stop due to physical problems, Americans Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton, winners of the US Figure Skating Classic Salt Lake City in early exit Zoueva license plate, and finally the Canadian Elisabet Paradis / Francois-Xavier Ouellette, authentic revelations of Skate America.
It should be noted that none of the pairs listed has ever imposed in a stage of Grand Prix, not to mention that the only Weaver / Poje and Hubbell / Donohue can claim at least a podium on the bulletin board.
PAIR OF ART
Spotlight on the national samples Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, ever winners of the qualifying stages of the Grand Prix, but on the podium six times on seven occasions. Students by Richard Gauthier, fresh from success in convincing & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie, are accredited by the underdogs and seem to be the main culprits to end the long stretch without a Canadian success that has lasted for seven long years.
However, the holders of record continental US will have to deal with the listed Chinese Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, winners in the first stage of the competitive Chinese circuit and determined to redeem the disappointments suffered in the series last season when, after having missed the final the Grand Prix, were not selected to compete in the Olympic Games.
On paper, the role of third wheel should touch the emerging Russian Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, vice-world champions junior brilliantly seconds in the Nebelhorn Trophy in September.
In Kelowna there will be & agrave; the debut of & rsquo; s ambitious Canadian couple made up of Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro, forced to desert the & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie two weeks ago because of the aftermath of an accident.
The field of participants will & agrave; completed by the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cypres, from novices Canadian Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan, training partners Moore-Towers / Marinaro, the Germans Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave, second in the recent Copue of Nice, and the US Madeline Araon / Max Settlage, fifth at Skate America with a personal best improved by sixteen points.
Even in this case, none of the pairs has entered in the past successes in stages of Grand Prix.
FIELD MEN
The underdogs are up to the Spaniard Javier Fernandez, winner of the & rsquo; s edition of Skate Canada in 2012. L & rsquo; student of Brian Orser, gi & agrave; appeared in good form at the Japan Open in early October, presenter & agrave; in & rsquo; at the new short program choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle.
For the rest, the ranks of pretenders to the podium & egrave; numerous, varied and fierce. In fact, except for the Canadian Elladj Balde, Liam Firus and Andrei Rogozine, called all & rsquo; s last minute to replace the & rsquo; injured Kevin Reynolds, all other members, either for the credit acquired in the past, either because of the merits of this, they can nourish the hope of getting on the podium. & nbsp;
The United States fielding Adam Rippon, second in Finlandia Trophy with two faces, Stephen Carriere, winner of the & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, and especially Max Aaron, who won the US Figure Skating Classic in possession of the second performance of the season behind Machida. From Russia, fresh from success in Panin Memorial of St. Petersburg, will come & agrave; l & rsquo; thirtysomething Konstantin Menshov, ready to amaze the world with a short program characterized by the presence of two quadruple jumps.
Then there will be the Japanese Takahito Mura, second in the Lombardy Trophy in September, and Takahiko Kozuka, great unknown, but potentially annoy Fernandez should be able to find integrity & agrave; physical and above all confidence in their own ability.
The old continent will & agrave; also represented by the Czech Michal Brezina, discrete second in the Nebelhorn Trophy, and dall''enigmatico French Florent Amodio, in search of the glories of the past and especially the quadruple salchow that could change his life.
FEMALE FIELD
There & egrave; easy to read a favorite since the suitors with credentials to have happened at least four. & nbsp; The highlight of the men & ugrave; consists of a generational challenge between ventitreenni Ashley Wagner and Alena Leonova, despite the long-time veteran & rsquo; et & agrave ;, and sixteen Anna Pogorilaya and Satoko Miyahara. In & rsquo; s opening words of the season, the Japanese & egrave; the one who stole the most & rsquo; s eye by winning the Lombardy Trophy and then taking the trail of Elena Radionova in Japan Open where he defeated a much Pogorilaya still not in top condition. However, we must not forget that Alena Leonova, at the Nebelhorn Trophy, improved its record staff failing to & ograve; to confirm the same levels of excellence in Panin Memorial last week. Wagner, however, has to rescue a rather dull performance in the Japan Open and will & agrave; Call to silence the many skeptics who consider it in its downward.
On paper, you put a couple of steps below the teens Rika Hongo, Japanese junior national champion in absentia by Miyahara, Courtney Hicks, US & Outdoors; height & more ugrave; Edmunds compatriot listed in the US Figure Skating Classic in half & agrave; September and Alaine Chartrand, a Canadian shot by Hicks in Salt Lake City. & Nbsp;
Not fail & agrave; l & rsquo; s interest in the & rsquo; eclectic hostess Julianne Seguin, finalist paired with Charlie Bilodeau in the Grand Prix junior, but, at the individual, able to close on the podium l & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie with a new personal best.
The field of participants will & agrave; completed by & rsquo; Australian Brooklee Han, tenth at Skate America with a new national record, from twenty-six Swedish Viktoria Helgesson and the seventeen year old Korean Hae Jin Kim both veterans from & rsquo; Ondrej Nepela Trophy of horrors and then looking for positive feedback dop an early disastrous season.
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SKATE CANADA SCHEDULE
FRIDAY & Igrave; October 31
21:45 - Eurosport 2 - pairs short program (live) 23:15 - Eurosport 2 - Men's short program (direct)
Saturday, November 1
18:45 - Eurosport 2 - Men's Free Program (live) 21:15 - Eurosport 2 - free program pairs (Live)
Sunday, November 2
21:00 - Eurosport 2 & ndash; free dance (deferred) 22:00 - Eurosport 2 - free program for women (deferred) 23:00 - Eurosport 2 - Gala (Direct)
MONDAY & Igrave; November 3
15:30 - Eurosport INT. & Ndash; special programs with the best
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