Figure skating - Grand Prix Final 2014/2015
On the evening of Thursday on Igrave open his ;, & agrave; the flying end of the twentieth edition of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The races will be held at the CCIB (Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona) Barcelona, ​​plant with a capacity of 5,500 spectators adapted specifically for the & rsquo; occasion.
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It should be remembered that for the sixth consecutive year senior and junior finals will be played at the same time in the same locality & agrave ;. The junior races will begin in the afternoon of Thursday on Igrave ;.
On the sidelines, can not & ograve; go unnoticed that among the thirty-six participants only Yuzuru Hanyu & egrave; succeeded in establishing itself in a final.
MALE SECTOR
With the exception of the Kazakh Denis Ten, athletes in activities & agrave; pi & ugrave; Competitive movement will compete on the ice of Barcelona.
The landlord Javier Fernandez, for the truth & agrave; madrile & ntilde; or pure blood, prover & agrave; to break the streak of successes Japanese and bring Europe a title since back in 2007, when Stephane Lambiel won at Turin. The twenty-three trained by Brian Orser will have & agrave; for & ograve; face competition from Japanese Tatsuki Machida, seasonal record holder, Takahito Mura, capable of defeating the Spaniard at Skate Canada, and Yuzuru Hanyu, title holder called to redemption after a stuttering start to the season due to various mishaps. The game will also Russian Maxim Kovtun, only to have imposed in both qualifying stages, and compatriot Sergei Voronov, who at twenty-seven festegger & agrave; the first appearance of his career in the final.
In virt & ugrave; dell''andamento of the first part of the season, the prediction is rather complicated, but, in any case, the technical rate of the race promises to be very high considering that the six qualified will be on track with the & rsquo; s going to run at least three jumps quadruple the sum of the two segments of the race.
SECTOR FEMALE
The underdogs are up to Elena Radionova, athlete pi & ugrave; young at the start. Fifteen Russian athlete only unbeaten in qualifying, is presenter & agrave; Barcelona's strong leadership in seasonal established Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard. However, regarding the current physical condition, not missing any doubt as the junior world champion has lost some DAILY workout because of a flu attack.
In light of what happened in the fall, the main alternative should be compatriot Elizaeta Tuktamysheva, dominatrix circuit ISU Challenger Series and pi & ugrave; Once close to the threshold of two hundred points, so far've crossed from one Radionova.
Not part of the sixteen year old Russian joke Julia Lipnitskaia, in possession of the primacy in the short-season program, but appeared short of breath in previous releases.
The field of participants & egrave; completed by twenty-three American Ashley Wagner, pi & ugrave; times on the podium in the final of the Grand Prix, the sixteen year old Russian Anna Pogorilaya, back from a misstep in the Rostelecom Cup after having dominated Skate Canada, and from eighteen Japanese Rika Hongo, called almost on the top in place of & rsquo; injured Gracie Gold.
PAIRS OF ARTISTIC
The highlight of the race & egrave; represented by & rsquo; awaited confrontation between Russian Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov and Canadians Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, couples unbeaten in each segment of the race approached the first part of the season. On paper, the Americans should have something more & ugrave; in the short-program, but the vice-Olympic champions, the first final of his career, appeared to exceed the competition in the free program.
The role of the third force in the field is up to the Russians Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, especially if they managed to reconfirm the levels of Skate America.
A podium finish seems, however, the main purpose for Chinese couples Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang, winners of the stage house, Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, only Asian to have validated the two hundred points in the current season, and Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin, & nbsp; world champions juniors to debut in the final.
DANCE
Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates, Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and the French Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CIZERON came out and ran from the qualifying stage, except cataclysms, will be played on success. Students of Igor Shpilband did keep the scores seasonal best, but in the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf were defeated in direct confrontation with the vice-world champions. Young Bleus, authentic revelation of the last few months, have, however, given rise to an exponential growth in every race and no one has at the moment a clear idea about their limitations.
A step below arise Americans Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, important pawn redemption for staff directed by Marina Zoueva, came out with broken bones from the qualifying stage.
The field of participants & egrave; completed by the Canadians Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier and Russians Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, managed to earn a ticket to Barcelona in extremis and especially in big surprise.
Among the qualified, the only Weaver / Poje and Shibutani / Shibutani have gi & agrave; took part in the final circuit.
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SENIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL SCHEDULE
THURSDAY & Igrave; 11 & nbsp; December
20:15 - EUROSPORT 2 - pairs short program (live) 21:15 - EUROSPORT 2 - women's short program (direct)
FRIDAY & Igrave; December 12
19:45 - EUROSPORT 2 & ndash; short-dance (live) 21:00 - EUROSPORT 2 & ndash; men's short program (direct)
Saturday, December 13
20:30 - EUROSPORT 2 - Men's Free program (live) 21:45 - EUROSPORT 2 - free program for women (deferred) 22:25 - EUROSPORT 2 - free program pairs (deferred) 23:15 - EUROSPORT 2 - free dance (deferred )
Sunday, December 14
16:00 - EUROSPORT 2 & ndash; Gala (deferred)
MONDAY & Igrave; December 1
13:30 - EUROSPORT INT. & Ndash; special with the best programs (new)
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