Figure skating - Rostelecom Cup 2015
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In the early afternoon of Friday & Igrave open his ;, & agrave; its doors the twentieth edition of the Rostelecom Cup, the fifth act of the season Grand Prix figure skating.
Monday 16 November 2015 16 minutes reading time
The races will be held at the "Minor Arena Luzhniki" in Moscow, the Russian capital which will host & agrave; a qualifying round for the fourteenth time. L & rsquo; plant, also known as "Luzhniki Small Sports Arena" (pictured), & egrave; was built in 1956 and, with regard to the events of the disciplines of the ice, can & ograve; accommodate up to 8,700 spectators.
For the twelfth time in history, the Russian stage will & agrave; the fifth round of the circuit. E '', for & ograve ;, should be noted that in the first edition of the Grand Prix, at the time called "ISU Champions Series" was not played any events in Russia.
The competition, in principle called "Russian Cup", & egrave; It was renamed in 2009 "Rostelecom Cup" for reasons of sponsorship.
AREA MEN
The underdogs are up to world champion Javier Fernandez, winner in Moscow twelve months ago and a veteran of the convincing victory in the Cup of China. For Spanish the way to the final & egrave; widely esplanade, but the & rsquo; occasion, as stated at the end of the test in Beijing, will & agrave; propitious to try to raise the level of & rsquo; crossbar.
Identify a clear alternative to the twenty-four student of Brian Orser it appears simple, but the list of contenders for the podium & egrave; very large. & Nbsp; As seen in the first part of the season, many athletes may be placed or almost as & eacute; on the same level, although it will present at the starting line with states d & rsquo; different mood. The first mention of it is for the North American Adam Rippon and Nam Nguyen, fourth and fifth at Skate Canada separated by less than a point. The twenty-six US, winning in Russia, is mathematically qualify for the final, but not in the past & egrave; never gone beyond the third in a stage of Grand Prix. The seventeen year old Canadian seems, instead, the best equipped in terms of technical trouble Fernandez, regular training partner. After a disappointing fifth place finish in the Cup of China, due to a rather subdued performance in the free program, the twenty-eight Russian Sergei Voronov will & agrave; It called to redemption, but will have & agrave; watch their backs from seventeen Adian Pitkeev compatriot, sixth at Skate America, not without some regret because & eacute; with hindsight the podium would have been within reach. & Nbsp; C & rsquo; & egrave; then curiosity & agrave; about the conditions of the impoverished nobleman Takahiko Kozuka, twenty-six Japanese forced to desert the Cup of China two weeks ago because of an injury. Bisogner & agrave; Also pay attention to the Russian Mikhail Kolyada debut in the circuit, but with the technical means to trip the pi & ugrave; titrated countrymen. Moreover, the twenty stationed in St. Petersburg has already & agrave; Voronov beaten in the first leg of the Cup of Russia.
The colors will be defended by twenty-four Italian Ivan Righini, who will come back & agrave; in his native Moscow with two important weeks of training in more & ugrave; in the legs after taking part in the stage of Beijing ended in tenth place.
The game also will be the twenty-seven German Peter Liebers, forced to resign at Skate Canada due to injury, the twenty-four American Ross Miner, seventh in the stage house, the twenty-seven Israeli Alexei Bychenko, appeared far behind the condition at Skate America, and the twenty-four Swedish Alexander Majorov.
FEMALE FIELD
Spotlight on Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova, absent from competition from top-level victorious ride Sochi. L & rsquo; home race will represent & agrave; for nineteen Moscow a major test ahead of the National Championships in late December, a stated goal of the first part of the season.
In & rsquo; waiting to understand what the rules of the game to qualify for the final, promises sparks the challenge between the nineteen Japanese Rika Hongo, convincing second in the Cup of China, and the Russian Evgenia Medvedeva, triumphant at Skate America, and elena radionova, third stage in China. & nbsp; In this regard, it should be stressed as the & rsquo; now sixteen year old student of Ethers Tutberidze has never defeated in the pi & ugrave career; titrated, as well as & eacute; pi & ugrave; older than a few months, compatriot.
Even l & rsquo; yet sixteen Japanese Yuka Nagai, now on the podium in the debut took place at Skate Canada, and the seventeen US Polina Edmunds, not gone beyond the sixth in the Canadian stop, try to fit in the speech for the first three positions while placing a step below than Russian and Hongo, winner in Moscow last season.
From & rsquo; s list of teen & rsquo; assault, can not & ograve; be forgotten the nineteen Canadian Alaine Chartrand, third in last Rostelecom Cup, but a veteran of the debacle in the segment pi & ugrave; long race in Skate America, opened by an interesting attempt to triple axel.
& Agrave not fail; a qualified Italian representation. Filed the brilliant third place finish in the short program of Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, the twenty-five Italian Roberta Rodeghiero sar & agrave ;, in fact, engaged in a & rsquo; grueling back to back with the & rsquo; goal to try to reconfirm levels of excellence in the context of race very qualified.
The field of participants also includes nineteen American Hannah Miller, tenth in the Cup of China, the twenty-two Swedish Joshi Helgesson, ninth at Skate Canada, the seventeen year old Japanese Riona Kato, very disappointing in recent Western Sectional Championship Japanese, and the twenty-four Slovenian Dasa Grm , to debut in the circuit. Moreover, to find a presence in the Grand Prix of a skater Slovenian & egrave; You must go back to the late nineties.
PAIRS OF ARTISTIC
The challenge between couples home Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov sar & agrave; pi & ugrave; than enough to justify the price of admission. L & rsquo; last direct confrontation, which occurred on the occasion of the European Championships in Stockholm, & egrave; was surprisingly won by the students navigated Tamara Moskvina, who filed a convincing success in the Cup of China, will face the & rsquo; appointment of Moscow without any anxiety of the result and with the & rsquo; inertia on their side. The Olympic runners, however, after a disappointing fourth place at Skate America, for hope to arrive in the final will be obliged to win or come in second place with a high score at the same time hoping that they are not the Chinese Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao to dominate in the race. The Asian couple, not gone beyond the fourth in the short program of Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, waits for & ograve; news from the seat of & rsquo; ISU in Lausanne to understand what it will & agrave; of that result.
The average level of the stage promises much higher because & eacute; will match also progressed Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro, third in the stage of home despite a lifting group five lost along the way, the US Tarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea, sixth at Skate America, the Russians Natakja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert, who impressed the experts in the debut took place at the Mordovian Ornament, and Italians Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek, who filed the & rsquo; unexpected injury suffered by Hotarek at Skate Canada, are ready to fight on equal terms to the fourth.
The new Canadian couple composed Hayleigh Bell and Rudi Swiegers partir & agrave; for Moscow, but in the light of the findings in & rsquo; Autumn Classic Barrie, hardly potr & agrave; compete in the presence of seven pairs of the first floor.
DANCE
C & rsquo; & egrave; great expectations for the first clash between seasonal Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and Italians Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte, in effect couples who most stolen the & rsquo; eye in the first part of the season. Whereas the qualification to the finals & egrave; gi & agrave; buy it for some than for others, the comparison will be & agrave; important to establish hierarchies in view of & rsquo; appointment of Barcelona.
A step below the foundations are Russian couples Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov, who will try to play for the remaining possibilities & agrave; to enter the final. If & ograve; on the one hand, the advanced students of Marina Zoueva could do with a third place with a good overall score, from & rsquo; other national champions in office will be forced to quit the race at least in second place, did tutt & rsquo; but discounted in the light of the level subscribers.
Italians Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, after the fourth-place finish at Skate Canada, will try to fit in contention for the podium, but in the light of the context of race, a fifth coin would be a good result, considering that it will be & agrave; You must watch their backs by the hosts Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, gi & agrave; clearly beaten in the previous commitment.
For Koreans stationed in Moscow Rebeka Kim / Minov Kirill and Belarusian Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev mere participation will represent & agrave; a victory. For both couples, the gap from the other participants & egrave; too high to hope for something better than a seventh place.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE Rostelecom CUP
FRIDAY & Igrave; November 20 19:00 - EUROSPORT INT. - Women's short program (direct)
Saturday, November 21 12:00 - EUROSPORT INT. - Free dance (live) 13:30 - EUROSPORT INT. - Men's Free program (live) 19:15 - EUROSPORT INT. - Free program couples (deferred) 20:00 - EUROSPORT INT. - Free program for women (deferred)
Sunday, 22 November 15:45 - EUROSPORT INT. - Gala (deferred)
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