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They will be seventeen couples dancing that you will face in the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf with the hope of winning one of the five places available for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Wednesday 25 September 2013 6 minutes reading time
In truth, it is possible that along the way you can free up an additional box as Lithuania, which has secured the qualification in the last World Championships in London, does not have a couple of dance eligible for Sochi. (Which, at the moment, it seems that the possibilities for Isabella Tobias to obtain Lithuanian citizenship are very limited).
Analyzing the field entered, it appears as the run-up to Olympics ads fairly balanced and open to a variety of scenarios. Not surprisingly, indicate the couples favorite looks quite complicated, despite the results of the recent past to favor the Spaniards leave Hurtado / Diaz and the Japanese brothers Reed (pictured).
On paper, the Australians also have a good chance Obrien / Merriman, coached by Pasquale Camerlengo, the Chinese Huang / Zheng, absent from competition for ten months of abundant, the Czechs Kubova / Novak, Estonians Shtork / Rand, disasters in the short- dance permitting, and the Finns Lindholm / Kanerko, preferred by the engineer Maurizio Margaglio Karmi / Lindholm.
Of note in the role of outsider, the presence of the pair Italian / Slovak Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley, coached by Roberto Pelizzola.
Among the participants at the Nebelhorn arouse interest Americans Hubbell / Donohue, winners of two years ago, and the Russians Monko / Khaliavin, a former junior World Champions, that, except surprises, will compete for the ultimate success. Both for students and for those of Pasquale Camerlengo of Alexander Zhulin the goal is to start the season with a bang groped for a difficult climb in their internal hierarchies and then play all out in key Olympic qualifier in the national championships.
On Wednesday morning, arrived the flat rate of Uzbeks Tretiakova / Kovalenko as Viktor Kovalenko has been hit by chickenpox.
COUPLE DANCING IN THE RUNNING TO THE QUALIFICATION OLIMPICA01) (AUS) Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN02) (AUT) Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER 03) (BLR) Lesia VOLODENKOVA / Vitali VAKUNOV04) (CHN) Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG05) (CZE) Gabriela Kubová / Matej NOVAK06) (EST) Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND 07) (FIN) Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO08) (GEO) Angelina Telegina / Otar JAPARIDZE09) (HUN) Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR10) (ISR) Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV11) (JPN) Cathy REED / Chris REED12) (MEX) Pilar MAEKAWA MORENO / Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO13) (SVK) Federica HEAD / Lukas CSOLLEY14) (SPA) Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ15) (SUI) Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST16) (TUR) Alisa Agafonova / Alper UCAR17) (POL) Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBERALTRE COUPLE DANCE ISCRITTE01) (CAN) Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM 02) (GER) Shari KOCH / Christian NÜ CHTERN 03) (RUS) Ksenia Monko / Kirill KHALIAVIN04) (UKR) Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / 05 Dmitri DUN) (USA) Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
The nineteen seats already allocated for the Olympic Games in Sochi are distributed as follows:
UNITED STATES 3CANADA 3Russia 3Italy 2France 2 Germany 2GRAN BRITAIN 1LITUANIA 1UCRAINA 1AZERBAIJAN 1
Television schedule
For the first time in history, the Nebelhorn in Oberstdorf Trohpy will be broadcast in Italy. You can follow the races live on satellite network EUROSPORT.GIOVEDì 26 SETTEMBREE UROSPORT HD - HOURS 21:30 - Short danceSABATO 28 SETTEMBREE UROSPORT HD - AT 17:00 - Dance liberaDOMENICA 29 SETTEMBREE UROSPORT 2 HD - 20 HOURS: 30 - Closing Gala
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