Figure skating - Trophe Eric Bompard 2014
In the afternoon of Friday & Igrave open his ;, & agrave; the flying twenty-eighth edition of Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, the fifth act of the season Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
Tuesday 18 November 2014 15 minutes reading time
The races will be held exceptionally in Bordeaux at the & ldquo; Skating rink de M & eacute; riadeck ", recently renovated. However, back in 1995 the capital of the Gironde hosp & ograve, the first French leg of the circuit, at the time called" the ISU Champions Series. "
The "Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy" in Paris, home to the Bompard continuously since 1996, not & egrave ;, however, when practicable because of the renovations that should be concluded in October 2015
Only for the seventh time in history, the French round will & agrave; the fifth calendar. In the past, for ten occasions & egrave; was, however, the fourth act of qualification.
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FIELD MEN
The men's competition promises to spark as the mean & egrave; very high to the extent that to count the pretenders to the podium with credentials are not enough fingers on one hand.
The underdogs go twenty-four Japanese Tatsuki Machida, seasonal record holder and winner of dispersion Skate America. However, the vice-world champion, the first appearance of his career in the French stage, it & egrave; imposed in the last four acts that took part in qualification. The main alternative would be the nineteen year old Russian Maxim Kovtun, fresh from success in the first circuit, won in controversial Cup of China, and hunting the second consecutive qualification to the finals. In any case, both will be & agrave; enough to snatch third place ticket to Barcelona.
Identify the role of the third force in the field does not appear simple. In Bordeaux will & agrave; game of the twenty-Kazakh Denis Ten, fourth at Skate America and decided to debunk the tab & ugrave; of the podium at the Grand Prix, keeping in mind that success could open the door a crack to the final. No part of the twenty-three beat Californian Richard Dornbush, third in Shanghai last card and not to miss the US & rsquo; s final act of the circuit for the third year in a row. & Nbsp; & nbsp; Andr & agrave; followed with interest the eighteen year old Chinese Han Yan, his recovery after a violent collision with Hanyu in the warm-up program for free, which affected the outcome of the stage house. In the group of key customers in difficult parts podium is fully part of the & rsquo; thirtysomething Russian Konstantin Menshov, concerned to reject the & rsquo; s attack of the sixteen year old compatriot Pitkeev Adian, one of the new faces & more ugrave; intriguing this season.
The colors will be defended by twenty-four French Florent Amodio, appeared in shooting at Skate Canada, and twenty-five Chafik Besseghier, became the sound of the leaders of the movement trans results.
To close the camp participants, orphaned Chinese Nan Song still injured, are left for Bordeaux Americans Douglas Razzano, twenty-six winner on the weekend of & rsquo; Ice Challenge in Graz, and Adam Rippon, twenty-five back from a disappointing appearance at Skate Canada .
FEMALE FIELD
The highlight of the competition & egrave; represented by heard the comparison between the Russian teenager Elena Radionova, who won Skate America, and Julia Lipnitskaia, second in the Cup of China with two faces. The last two head to head smiled vice-world champion in charge, that & ograve ;, the light of the exceptional score is not reached in Shanghai, will & agrave; forced to quit the race at least instead of & rsquo; honor to not jeopardize the qualification for the final.
As a third wheel luxury announcing the twenty-three American Ashley Wagner, second at Skate Canada and decided to sell the expensive balls to the young Russian. The winner of the last two editions of the Troph & egrave; and Eric Bompard, third place might be enough to reach the third final in a row, but it will be & agrave; fundamental rake in the highest number of points as possible to avoid any surprises by the parties to & rsquo; s final stage, in particular gold, Miyahara and Murakami.
The outsiders are the main American Samantha Cesario, twenty-fourth at Skate America, and Courtney Hicks, eighteen at the foot of the podium at Skate Canada. Both the & rsquo; s one that & rsquo; s start with some other & rsquo; margin on the twenty hostess Mae Berenice Meit & egrave ;, not appeared in great form in the first North American leg, and the twenty-Japanese Haruka Imai, author of the first half of the season extremely stuttering.
The rest of the competition arises a couple of steps below. They will be competing in Bordeaux also the Canadian twenties Veronik Mallet, in the tenth stage of the home, the eighteen year old Czech Eliska Brezinova, eleventh in the Rostelecom Cup, Russian Maria ventuenne Artemieva, tenth in Moscow, the rookies and Laurine Lecavalier, eighteen deputy national champion French and Anna Ovcharova, eighteen year old Swiss import.
PAIR OF ART
The new record holders seasonal Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov rulers in Moscow leg of the home, they are in effect the couple to beat. The Russians established will have to deal with the Chinese Wenjing Sui / Cong Han, unmatched opponents at the time of the junior category. The Asian couple, second at Skate Canada, will have & agrave; look away from the less quoted compatriots Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei, who with a place d & rsquo; s honor may reopen the discussion of the qualification to the final putting pressure not so much on Sui / Han as Yu / Jin engaged in Osaka in a week.
Do not despise a thought to the podium as interesting as Fouled US Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim, fourth at Skate America, and the French Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres, well below expectations in a disappointing fifth place in the Skate Canada closed.
After the encouraging signals provided in Shanghai, will be back on the ice Italians Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise, which, with a step forward on the jumps in parallel, could aspire to 170 points in the race, the finish line is not predictable twelve months ago.
The group of invitees & egrave; closed by the Austrians Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer, capable in recent Ice Challenge in Graz to improve personal best, and Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro called to go up shots than the discreet debut took place at Skate Canada.
DANCE
The dance contest, an orphan of the world champions Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte, will & agrave; l & rsquo; event & more ugrave; expected by the public of Bordeaux. The pair Alps, formed by nineteen Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume will Cizeron & agrave; asked to repeat the success in surprise in the Cup of China in Shanghai, where the level of competition was higher.
Students of the team led by Patrice Lauzon will be attacked by the North American couples Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier and Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue finished in second and third at Skate Canada and in full scrimmage to qualify for the final. L & rsquo; s tip the balance is clearly in favor of the Canadians, who, in case of second place rivals, could also afford a third place with a gap of less than 4.36 points, but the game is still open and there are combinations that may ensure both the prize trip to Barcelona.
A notch below arise Canadians Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam, disappointed with fifth place in the Cup of China, which will have to defend against Italian Charl & egrave; it Guignard / Marco Fabbri, sixth with so many reasons for recrimination at Skate America.
Will the game also the Spanish school of Canadian Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz, searching for the best condition after a start to the season plagued by troubles of carattero physical.
The field of participants will & agrave; completed by Rebeka Korean Kim / Kirill Minov, fresh debut in the circuit took place a few days ago in the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow.
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TROPH Egrave & TELEVISION PROGRAMS, AND ERIC BOMPARD
FRIDAY & Igrave; November 21
15:30 - Eurosport 2 - pairs short program (live) 22:30 - Eurosport 2 - Men's short program (deferred) 23:15 - Eurosport 2 - Short-dance (deferred) 00:00 - Eurosport 2 - women's short program ( Later)
Saturday, November 22
13:00 - Eurosport 2 - free program for women (live) 15:00 - Eurosport 2 - free program pairs (Live) 18:15 - Eurosport 2 - Free Dance (Live)
Sunday, November 23
14:00 - Eurosport 2 - Men's Free program (deferred) 14:30 - Eurosport 2 - Gala (live) 23:05 - Eurosport INT. - Special programs with the best & nbsp;
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