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Brian Joubert, after giving ten days ago to participation in Master'' s d'' Orléans, will not take part even at Skate America, the opening stage of the Grand Prix.
Monday 14 October 2013 3 minutes reading time
The name of the twenty-nine of Poitiers does not appear, in fact, most in the list of members is'' all'' event which will be held in Detroit from Friday night. Moreover, the same U.S. federation, organizer of Skate America, has just released a brief note on the'' absence of Joubert
The official reasons of the package does not yet know, but it is possible that they may be linked to the precarious form of the French skater, even before the competition of Orleans, had leaked the'' intention not to compete until when he had reached the top of the condizone.
Overall, it was treated to a beautiful day for the veteran transalpine, who was caressing the dream to be the flagship of the French team in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The transalpine Olympic Committee, however, has announced this afternoon that the'' coveted role will be for the nordic combined Jason Lamy-Chappuis.
At the moment, we do not know if Joubert may be replaced by another athlete, but, given the short notice, it is possible that only nine skaters take part in the men's race in Skate America, an event that a couple of weeks ago he had to record the withdrawal of Olympic champion Even Lysacek.
The level is announced, however, high. Will, in fact, the game the following athletes:
Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) Tatsuki MACHIDA (JPN) Daisuke TAKAHASHI (JPN) Denis TEN (KAZ) GACHINSKI Artur (RUS) Alexander Majorov (SWE) Max Aaron (USA) Jason BROWN (USA) Adam RIPPON (USA)
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