Figure skating - Grand Prix 2015
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Couples dance qualified for the final are Weaver / Poje, Chock / Bates, Cappellini / Lanotte, Shibutani / Shibutani, Hubbell / Donohue and Bobrova / Soloviev.
Monday 30 November 2015 4 minutes reading time
As previously happened only in the editions of 2011 and 2014, four North American couples have qualified for the final. However, for the first time in the history of the game in Barcelona will be three US associations.
Open strip pi & ugrave; long presence in the final belongs to Russia, which from 2002 onwards has always had a pair in the race. Moreover, only nell''edizione 2002 couples dancing Russian missed the 'appointment with the' final act. In this regard, & egrave; for & ograve; Remember that nell''edizione 2009, Khokhlova / Novitski took over in the final for the withdrawal of US Belbin / Agosto.
Canadians Weaver / Poje, only to establish itself in two stages of qualifying, will take part in the fifth final in six years, cos & Igrave; as the Russians Bobrova / Soloviev, absent due to injury last season.
COUPLES QUALIFIED FOR FINAL (three victories for the United States, two for Canada, one for the & rsquo; Italy) 1) 30 (15 | 15) & ndash; (CAN) WEAVER / Poje (best score & nbsp; 173.58) 2) 28 (15 | 13) & ndash; (USA) CHOCK / BATES (best score & nbsp; 173.22) 3) 28 (15 | 13) & ndash; (ITA) CAPS / LANOTTE (best score & nbsp; 173,30) 4) 28 (13 | 15) & ndash; (USA) Shibutani / Shibutani (best score & nbsp; 174.43) 5) 26 (15 | 11) & ndash; (USA) HUBBELL / DONOHUE (best score & nbsp; 167.49) 6) 24 (11 | 13) & ndash; (RUS) Bobrova / Soloviev (best score & nbsp; 169.33)
 Reserves A) 24 (13 | 11) & ndash; (RUS) SINITSINA / Katsalapov B) 24 (11 | 13) & ndash; (USA) HUBBELL / DONOHUE C) 20 (11 | 09) & ndash; (RUS) STEPANOVA / Bukin
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WINS FOR NATIONS IN TESTS OF QUALIFICATION (125 stages played)
28 & ndash; RUSSIA (seven couples) 27 & ndash; UNITED STATES (six pairs) 24 & ndash; FRANCE (five pairs) 25 & ndash; CANADA (five pairs) 9 & ndash; ITALY (three couples) 7 & ndash; BULGARIA (with only one pair) 4 & ndash; UKRAINE (with only one pair) 1 - LITHUANIA
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PODIUM FOR NATIONS IN TESTS OF QUALIFICATION (375 podium finishes available)
84 & ndash; RUSSIA (with seventeen pairs) 63 & ndash; US (with eleven pairs) 60 & ndash; CANADA (seven couples) 56 & ndash; FRANCE (six pairs) 35 & ndash; ITALY (three couples) 19 & ndash; UKRAINE (three couples) 15 & ndash; ISRAEL (two couples) 13 & ndash; BULGARIA (with only one pair) 13 & ndash; LITHUANIA (two couples) 6 & ndash; GREAT BRITAIN (with two couples) 6 & ndash; GERMANY (a torque) 2 & ndash; POLAND (with only one pair) 1 & ndash; ARMENIA 1 & ndash; BELARUS 1 & ndash; HUNGARY
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