Figure skating - NHK Ttophy 2014
At the crack of dell''alba Friday & Igrave take ;, & agrave; off the thirty-fifth edition of the NHK Trophy, the last act of qualification of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
Tuesday 25 November 2014 16 minutes reading time
The races will be held at the "Namihaya Dome & rdquo; Kadoma, center located in Osaka Prefecture, gi & agrave; seat of & rsquo; event in 2005. The 'facility, which can accommodate over 6,000 people to sit, & egrave; been the scene of well three editions of the Japanese National Championships.
Goes to & ograve; recalled that in the prefecture of Osaka but in other ice rinks, were held also the stage in 1996, back when the circuit was called ISU Champions Series, as well as & eacute; two editions of the Four Continents Championships.
For the thirteenth time in history, the NHK Trophy sar & agrave; the 'last act of qualification of the Grand Prix.
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MALE SECTOR
The main unknown factor & egrave; linked to the physical conditions of Yuzuru Hanyu, back from a violent collision with Han Yan in the warm-up of the program free of Cup of China. With each passing hour, have increased the possibilities & agrave; to see the Olympic champion at the start of the stage of the house, but it seems that the final decision will come & agrave; taken all & rsquo; last time.
If that occurred in the three weeks from & rsquo; Hanyu accident had recovered a & rsquo; adequate physical condition, would be the clear favorite for the success, but, otherwise, it would increase the chances of competition, which is of a good standard. & Nbsp;
A Kadoma, Takahito Mura, just back from & rsquo; unexpected as convincing success at Skate Canada, and Sergei Voronov, instead d & rsquo; honor in the stage of the house, try to store the first qualification to the final of his career. At twenty-three Japanese, less than a victory of Abbott, sar & agrave; sufficient even a sixth place to snatch a ticket to Barcelona, ​​while for the twenty-seven Russian, if not always arrive a placing of Abbott in the first two positions, baster & agrave; a fifth place with 217.73 points at least. & nbsp; Numbers in hand, the situation of Hanyu & egrave; similar to that of Voronov with the difference that in almost twenty Sendai, subject to variable Abbott, would be enough to share a fifth 232.18, score lower than that obtained in the Cup of China.
As seems clear, will touch & agrave; veteran Jeremy Abbott spoil the party in Japan and Russia, but think of a successful twenty-nine American, fresh from fifth place to Skate America, seems risky.
The large contingent Stars and Stripes will & agrave; completed by nineteen Joshua Farris, recently struggling with an ankle problem that did not allow him to take part in the Cup of China, and the twenty-three Ross Miner, appeared in shooting in & rsquo; Autumn Classic Barrie of half & agrave; October.
Filed the flat rate of Belgian Jorik Hendrickx, the game will be the twenty-three Japanese Daisuke Murakami, winner of the recent Eastern Sectional shine without the Japanese, the nineteen year old Korean Kim Jin Seo, ninth in the stage of Shanghai, the twenty-five Canadian Jeremy Ten, the tenth in the Rostelecom Cup, and twenty-four compatriot Elladj Balde, forced to desert Skate Canada because of a concussion.
It & rsquo; left for Kadoma, also twenty-three blue Ivan Righini, eleventh in the Rostelecom Cup, stage debut of the circuit. In light of the camp participants, & egrave; likely that the result in terms of the place can be better.
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SECTOR FEMALE
Announcing a battle between the US and Japan with Gracie Gold, Polina Edmunds, Satoko Miyahara and Kanako Murakami still in the running to qualify for the final.
The sixteen Edmunds, to earn l & rsquo; access to the race in Barcelona, ​​sar & agrave; forced to win, while the other could do with a second place, but with scores that do not currently seem within reach of all. In fact, on one hand, and the sixteen to nineteen Gold Miyahara suffice 184.37 and 182 points, respectively, from & rsquo; another, the twentysomething Murakami should go at least a share of 194.35.
Despite the & rsquo; absence of Adelina Sotnikova, replaced by twenty Norwegian Anne Line Gjersem, the level of competition promises to medium-high. There are, in fact, the ambitions of the podium for the twenty-four Russian Alena Leonova, not gone beyond the sixth place at Skate Canada and appeared to drop in & rsquo; last month, for the sixteen Canadian Gabrielle Daleman, fifth in the Cup of China preceded by a penny by Edmunds, and for almost eighteen Chinese Zijun Li, in the sixth stage of the house, but on the level of the best until the physical condition l & rsquo; he supported. It should not be, however, underestimated the sixteen year old Japanese stationed in the United States Riona Kato, to debut in the circuit.
The field of participants will & agrave; completed by the twenty-four Georgian Elene Gedevanishvili, seventh at Skate America, from eighteen Swiss school Russian Anna Ovcharova, fresh from debut Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, and twenty American Christina Gao, far from the best condition in the recent Cup of China and increasingly divided between sport and academic commitments.
Among the athletes in the race, only Kanako Murakami has won in the past a point on the circuit.
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PAIRS OF ARTISTIC
The headlights will be focused on & rsquo; awaited confrontation between the Russians Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov and Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, couples in the early part of the season did not miss a shot getting scores comparable. Both for the winners of Skate America, which for the rulers of the Skate Canada & rsquo; appointment Japanese sar & agrave; important not just to store an obvious qualification to the final as to put pressure on the Russians Stolbova / Klimov, favorites for success in the circuit.
The third force in the field & egrave; represented by young Chinese Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin, world champions juniors with a third place from an altitude of 175.91 to rise would conquer the qualification to the final in Barcelona ousting the Russians Tarasova / Morozov.
Among the rest of the participants, only the Russians Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat can hope to worry the Asian couple, but would serve a significant step forward from what is expressed in the Cup of China closed at the foot of the podium.
Absent due to illness of the season the Russians Cherniavskaia / Souzka Kordyeru, will compete in Kadoma also hosts Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara, sadly seventh in the Rostelecom Cup, the Americans novice Dee Dee Leng / Simon Shnapir, eighth in the stage of Moscow, and the Germans Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave, the last at Skate Canada.
DANCE
Assuming the success of Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, & egrave; waiting a response of Canadians to the current record holders seasonal Chock / Bates, who in the Rostelecom Cup have significantly raised the level of & rsquo; crossbar.
The highlight of the race will be & agrave; for & ograve; the struggle to qualify for the final, which will involve & agrave; three couples competing in Kadoma, besides the Russians Ilinykh / Zhiganshin interested spectators.
The British Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland, convincing third in the Rostelecom Cup, with a place d & rsquo; honor would qualify automatically for the & rsquo; final act of Barcelona cos & Igrave; how couples Russian Viktoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov and Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, that & ograve; should get at least respectively 157.59 and 161.65 points, evidence beyond their personal records.
In key podium, do not start beaten the Germans Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi, fifth at Skate America despite major problems with the levels of twizzles, and emerging American Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, sixth in the junior world champions Rostelecom Cup.
A step abundant below, you pose the Japanese school American Kathy Reed / Chris Reed, looking for a suitable condition after the time lost because of a & rsquo; knee operation which & egrave; underwent Chris.
As was the case for the & rsquo; last time in their history in the stage held in Kadoma in 2005, Japan presenter & agrave; at the start with two pairs. For l & rsquo; occasion, were invited Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion, fellowship trained in Lyon by Muriel Zazoui, but far from the standards of competitiveness & agrave; minimum required for a test of the Grand Prix.
SCHEDULE NHK (updated hourly)
FRIDAY & Igrave; November 28
06:45 - EUROSPORT 2 - pairs short program (live) 8:15 - EUROSPORT 2 - women's short program (live) 11:00 - EUROSPORT 2 - men's short program (direct)
Saturday, November 29
07:45 - EUROSPORT 2 & ndash; free program for women (live) 09:45 - EUROSPORT 2 - free program pairs (deferred) 10:30 - EUROSPORT 2 & ndash; Men's Free program (direct)
Sunday, November 30
07:00 - EUROSPORT 2 - gala (Live) 9:15 - EUROSPORT 2 - free dance (deferred)
MONDAY & Igrave; December 1
12:00 - EUROSPORT INT. & Ndash; special with the best programs
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