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As usually happens at the end of each four-year Olympic, there will retreats and sabbaticals among the top athletes of the discipline.
Friday 2 May 2014 8 minutes reading time
Clearly, the biggest news striking is represented by'' abandonment of the competition by the Korean Yu-Na Kim, athlete that can claim the title he had won in his career on every front possible.
Among the top athletes we will no longer in the veterans race nipponichei Miki Ando and Akiko Suzuki, while the'' Italian Carolina Kostner and the reigning world champion Mao Asada, who is also Japanese, have yet to define their future, but it seems unlikely for both participation in the next edition of the Grand Prix.Nell 'waiting for the end of May to have a picture almost final of the situation, interesting to report on the status of athletes who currently occupy the top position of the World Standing percent.
IN BUSINESS '
03) RUS - Julia LIPNITSKAIA 04) RUS - Adelina Sotnikova 05) USA - Ashley Wagner 07) USA - Gracie08 GOLD) JPN - Kanako MURAKAMI 09) RUS - Elena RADIONOVA 11) ITA - Marchei Valentina 12) FRA - Mae Berenice MEITE 13) RUS - Anna POGORILAYA 14) RUS - TUKTAMYSHEVA Elizaveta 15) JPN - Haruka IMAI 16) CHN - LI Zijun 17) SWE - Viktoria Helgesson 18) JPN - MIYAHARA Satoko 19) RUS - Alena Leonova 20) USA - GAO Christina 21) USA - Zawadzki Agens 22) USA - Courtney HICKS 23) FIN - KORPI Kiira 24) USA - NAGASU Mirai 25) SWE - Joshi Helgesson 27) GER - Nathalie WEINZIELR 28) USA - CESARIO Samantha30) EST - Elena Glebova 31) UKR - Natalia POPOVA 32) RUS - GOSVIANI Nikol 33) CAN - OSMOND Kaetlyn 34) SPA - Sonia LAFUENTE 35) RUS - KOROBEYNIKOVA Polina 36) JPN - Rika HONGO 37) - AUS HAN Brookle 41) KOR - KIM Hae Jin 42) CAN - Gabrielle DALEMAN 43) AUT - Kerstin FRANK 44) CAN - Alaine Chartrand 45) KOR - So Youn PARK 46) SWE - Isabella Olsson 47) ITA - Roberta RODEGHIERO 48) JPN - Miyabi OBA 49) SVK - Monika SIMANCIKOVA 50) GER - Sarah HECKEN 52) SVK - Nicole RAJICOVA 53) FRA - Lecavalier Laurine 54) USA - EDMUNDS Polina 55) DEN - Anita MADSEN 56) RUS - Agafonova Polina 57) CZE - Eliska Březinová 58) RUS - SAKHANOVICH Serafima (not eligible seniors) 59) FRA - Gilleron GORRY Leanelle 59) EST - LIINAMÄE Gerli 61) FIN - Julia TURKKILA 62) ITA - Carol Bressanutti 63) RUS - MEDVEDEVA Evgenia (not eligible seniors) 64) USA - WANG Angela 65) ISR - SHELEPEN Polina 66) CHN - ZHAO Ziquan 67) ITA - RIO Francesca 68) ITA - RUSSIAN Jade 69) MEX - Reyna Hamui 71) SLO - GRM Dasa 73) USA - ZHANG Caroline 74) CZE - Ukolova Elizaveta 75) USA - Vanessa LAM 76) CAN - Julianne SEGUIN 77) SUI - Anna Ovcharova 78) SLO - CERIC Nika 79) FRA - Ventard Anais 80) USA - Hannah MILLER 82) BEL - VAN DAELE Kaat 83) USA - CHEN Karen (not eligible seniors) 84) RUS - Mary Stavitskaya 85) KOR - CHOI From Bin 86) CAN - MALLET Veronik 87) BRA - WILLIAMS Isadora 88) POL - Kryger Anita 89) USA - Ashley CAIN 90) RUS - SOTSKOVA Mary (not eligible seniors) 91) JPN - KATO Ryona 91) JPN - Rita SHOJI 93) NOR - RABE Anina 94) KAZ - TURZYNBAEVA Elizabeth (not eligible seniors) 95) JPN - Yuki Nishino 97) KOR - KIM Yun Na 98) RUS - Mary Artemieva 99) NOR - GJERSEM Anne Line 100) FIN - Jenni SAARINEN
WITHDRAWAL or sabbatical
01) JPN - Mao ASADA 02) ITA - Carolina KOSTNER 40) RUS / USA - Ksenia MAKAROVA 70) USA - Alissa CZISNY
WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPETITION
06) JPN - SUZUKI Akiko10) KOR - KIM Yu Na 38) GBR - Jenna McCorkell 39) CHN - ZHANG Kexin 96) SLO - GLESCIC Patricia JPN - Miki ANDO USA - Joelle FORTE
EXPECT THE NEWS ABOUT
26) CAN - Amelie LACOSTE 29) GEO - GEDEVANISHVILI Elene 51) RUS - Christina ZASEEVA 72) LUX - Fleur Maxwell 81) JPN - SATO Miu
SITUATION IN VIEW OF THE GRAND PRIX (total 60 seats)
It is assumed that there will be Asada, Kostner, Suzuki and Kim.
 HEADS SERIES (2 milestones insured)
1) RUS - LIPNITSKAIA 2) RUS - POGORILAYA 3) USA - GOLD 4) USA - WAGNER 5) USA - EDMUNDS 6) KOR - PARK
SECOND BAND (2 stages insured)
1) JPN - MURAKAMI 2) CAN - OSMOND 3) GER - Weinzierl 4) CAN - DALEMAN 5) SWE - J. Helgesson 6) FRA - MEITE
TOP 24 WORLD STANDING (at least a step in the right)
04) RUS - Sotnikova 09) RUS - RADIONOVA 11) ITA - marchei 14) RUS - TUKTAMYSHEVA 15) JPN - IMAI 16) CHN - LI 17) SWE - Helgesson V. 18) JPN - MIYAHARA 20) USA - GAO 21) USA - Zawadzki 22) USA - HICKS 23) FIN - KORPI 24) USA - NAGASU
TOP 24 BEST SEASON (at least a step in the right)
01) RUS - Sotnikova 10) RUS - RADIONOVA 13) JPN - MIYAHARA 15) CHN - LI 19) RUS - Leonova 20) RUS - TUKTAMYSHEVA 22) JPN - 23 IMAI) USA - NAGASU
 The fact of being both between the first 24 of the World Standing that have obtained one of the best 24 Season Best not give automatically entitled to two stages, but the odds are, however, very high.
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