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Carolina Kostner will return & agrave; to race from the season 2016-2017. L & rsquo; ad, in & rsquo; air for some days, & egrave; It came during a press conference organized by the blue flames, sports group for which the athlete '& egrave; tesserata.
Thursday 4 February 2016 5 minutes reading time
During dell''incontro, you & egrave; held in Rome in the late morning in Rome at the 'Aula Magna dell''Istituto Superior of Penitentiary Studies, you & egrave; have clarity on speculation about an imminent return to competition, started to circulate persistently when you & egrave; learned that the disqualification for involvement in the doping case of & rsquo; former partner Alex Schwarzer would be terminated at the end of 2015.
In truth & agrave; immediately, as confirmed today, the same figure skater had never denied the & rsquo; hypotheses to design a participation in the next Olympic Games, without ever tipping the scales pi & ugrave; that much about an immediate return.
Carolina Kostner, who compir & agrave; twenty-nine years in a few days, & egrave; over time it becomes a sort of international sports icon with unprecedented honors for the Italian skating.
Between 2006 and 2014 it has always ended the European Championships in the first three positions in imposing five occasions. At the level of the World Cup, nine years have passed between the first bronze medal, obtained upon reaching the age of majority & agrave ;, and the & rsquo; last, arrived at twenty-seven springs play. In between, there were three other appearances on the podium, including the win in Nice in the 2011-2012 season when grace Kostner has completed a kind of grand slam by winning the final of the Grand Prix, European Championships and review iridata.In field Olympic, stands on the third place finish in Sochi in 2014 to coincide with the absolute best race of his career.
As for the top-level events of the higher category (European and World Championships, Grand Prix, Olympic Games), the debut took place at sixteen not yet completed at the European Championships in Malmoe, has participated in 53 races on the podium 34 times with 11 appearances on the pi & ugrave step; high.
It goes to memorize options as noted in the past four Olympic was able to get on the podium in all twenty top-level competitions which took part in remodeling at least once & rsquo; year the national record.
The involvement in the doping case of & rsquo; former partner Alex Schwarzer resulting suspension has not dimmed pi & ugrave; much of its star as for the & rsquo; s public & rsquo; & egrave whole story; seemed the result of naivete & agrave; and excessive trust in others.
A few weeks ago, the South Tyrolean skater participated in Japan to a disguised exhibition race, probably obtaining the most & ugrave conclusions; appropriate regarding the future. "After thorough un''analisi the situation with my entourage," said Kostner, "I made the decision to return to compete from next season. It would be premature to anticipate the times because & egrave; the human corop not & egrave; a car and & egrave; necessary to place the right conditions well and sow before you can reap. "
In virt & ugrave; the results obtained in the World Championships of the past, potr & agrave; obtain the status of & ldquo; Come Back Skater & rdquo ;, that will guarantee & agrave; coverage of two stages of the next Grand Prix.
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