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At the end of last spring, the Japanese federation disclosed the criteria that will be followed to determine the names of the athletes who will participate in the Olympic Games.
Friday 29 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
As expected, it was decided to maintain as far as possible, a part of discretion in the choice creating a sort of "safe passage" for those who are not present in top condition during the National Championships Saitama.
To assign the three places available in male and female in the field, were established three principles.
A) will participate in the Olympic Games who will win the National Championships
B) The second place will be awarded for technical choice considering who was on the podium in the country and who eventually got one of the top two positions in the final of the Grand Prix
C) The third place will be awarded taking into account excluded from the first technical choice made, the top three skaters in the World Standing at the end of the national championships and the three skaters with the highest scores in races of the season.
In fact, the'' absence of Daisuke Takahashi in the final of the Grand Prix, which has created a stir fans in every corner of the globe, will not change much the cards on the table, but it could provide an additional chance to Nobunari Oda, that at the moment, it does not appear neither in the top three in the World Standing giaponesi, nor in the top three to score in the season.
In the women, however, appears to complicate the position of Miki Ando, ​​who has before him the only opportunity to achieve a score of excellence in the forthcoming National Championships Saitama.
FIELD MEN
WORLD STANDING
1) Yuzuru Hanyu - 4118 points
3) Daisuke TAKAHASHI - 3529 points
7) Tatsuki MACHIDA - 2884 points
9) Takahito MURA - 2314 points
15) Takahiko Kozuka - 2044 points
17) Nobunari ODA - 2020 points
BEST SCORES SEASON
268.31 - Daisuke TAKAHASHI
265.38 - Tatsuki MACHIDA
264.59 - Yuzuru Hanyu
262.98 - Nobunari ODA
230.95 - Takahiko Kozuka
227.22 - Takahito MURA
FEMALE FIELD
WORLD STANDING
2) Akiko SUZUKI - 3533 points
3) Mao ASADA - 3501 points
10) Kanako MURAKAMI - 2547 points
20) Haruka IMAI - 1824 points
21) Satoko MIYAHARA - 1776 points
44) Miyabi OBA - 1017 points
BEST SCORES SEASON
207.59 - Mao ASADA
193.75 - Akiko SUZUKI
170,21 - Satoko MIYAHARA
165.95 - Kanako MURAKAMI
163.64 - Haruka IMAI
162.86 - Miki ANDO
As regards, however, the test team, the Japanese federation, unless exceptions are established that will compete in each program the athlete'' that between July and the end of December will have obtained the highest score. At the moment, the best in short men's Daisuke Takahashi (95.55), while in the free Nobunari Oda (175,64). In field femmninile, in both cases the feedback higher were obtained from Mao Asada (73.18 and 136.33).
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