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One of the hot topics of the weeks that separate us from Christmas'' concerns the identity of the three Japanese skaters will be selected to take part in the upcoming Olympic Games.
Monday 14 October 2013 3 minutes reading time
To determine who will leave for Sochi, will be considered the result of the final of the Grand Prix, someone always manages to Japanese athletes on the podium on the "home ice" in Fukuoka, and the ranking of the national championships which will be held in Saitama between 21 and 24 dicembre.La season has just begun and clearly the most important events are yet to come, but all Japanese athletes peak in the race have already submitted their program libero.Un bit '' for the game,'' a little curiosity, it was decided to make a classification taking as reference the best result of each segment in the longer race. It goes without saying that the'' only direct confrontation involved Asada and Murakami, with the'' student of Nobuo Sato who managed to get the better for a little over thirty-three points points.
In any case, the movement is revealed among the most competitive in the world, although for the first time in seventeen editions, no girl has qualified for the final of the Junior Grand Prix. Within a few weeks, the Japanese skaters have laid down the law in the Japan Open and in'' Ondrej Nepela Trophy, collecting also a place of honor in Finland publication'' Trophy.
The ranking, needless to say, is driven by'' established star Mao Asada, actually playing in the last season in which was undefeated until the World Championships in London, where she was forced to raise the white flag to presence of the Korean Yu-Na Kim, its historic rival, and more expert Carolina Kostner.
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