Figure skating - Junior and Senior National Championships
Starting today, the "Meranarena" Merano host the national championships of Italian pattinaggo figure and synchronized (junior and senior categories).
Wednesday 18 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
The competitions will begin in the early afternoon today the junior men's short program and will end late on Saturday with the dance of the senior category.
Except for Carolina Kostner, will be present all the top athletes of the movement blue.
SENIOR EVENTS
The lights will be clearly focused on the men's race that will determine who among Ivan Righini, Paul Bonifacio Parkinson Zandron Maurizio and Paolo Bacchini will participate in the most important events of the first half of 2014. At this time the partial national ranking is headed by the'' Italian-Russian, but by a narrow margin above the direct opponents.
In the women, thanks to the'' absence of the defending champion, the underdogs are all for Valentina Marchei, fresh from the place of honor'' of the Universiade and winner of four editions of the National Review. For the second place, it was announced battle between Roberta Rodeghiero in great form in recent weeks, Francesca Rio, Carol Bressanutti and junior Micol Cristini, Sara Jade Box and Russian, third surprise twelve months ago. The stakes for the second lines is represented by the Italian participation in the European Championships, although, in this regard, it should be noted as Rodeghiero has acquired considerable margin over opponents.
In the dance, Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte will go hunting for the third consecutive victory, but will have to contend with the emerging Marco Fabbri / Charlene Guignard, already qualified for the Olympics, despite still missing the'' official math. The game will also Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi and Federica Bernardi / Christopher Mior, provided that Mior has recovered from the problems blamed at the end of the Universiade.
Between the pairs of artistic, Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek seem preached to close the fourth consecutive title. The second force field is represented by Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise, fresh podium in the Universiade. Moreover, in the'' opportunity will debut the new couple Giulia Foresti / Mattè De Luca, born in early autumn.
Finally, in synchronized, the challenge will be renewed between Hot Shivers and Shining Blades, who has always seen coming out of the winning team stationed in Sesto San Giovanni.
JUNIOR RACES
In the men, the fifteen Matteo Rizzo will try to reconfirm the leadership strongly established in the course of the season. The main alternatives are represented by fourteen year old Adrien Bannister, training partner Rizzo, and the seventeen year old Matthias Dalla Torre. In optical podium, do not leave the beaten almost fifteen and sixteen year old Mark Zandron Alberto Vanz. There will, however, George Settembrini that will compete in the major category.
A-level female accomplices choices Cristini, Casella and Russian, the table seems set for Guia Tagliapietra, runner-up in the last edition. Fifteen of Courmayeur, however, will have to watch their backs from eighteen Briley Pizzelanti and very young Clare and Rebecca Calderone Ghilardi. In key podium, they will also closely follow the hostess Lisa Barbieri, Matilda Battagin, Doris Pircher and Bogana Semyryazhko. Entered in the race will be thirty-six.
Between the pairs of artistic struggle between the two favorites Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini and White Manacorda / Nicholas Macii, while in the dance athletes should be to beat Sara Ghislandi / Jonah Third Ortenzi. There will still be curious about the performance of the new tandem of Sofia and Leo Luca Sforza Sforza, Lucrezia, who last year were imposed, respectively, in trial and dance in the one reserved for couples artistic.
In synchronized Finally, five teams will compete with Hot Shivers supported by the underdogs.
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