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'' The International Skating Union has officially announced today were a number of retreats and a replacement regarding the upcoming Grand Prix'', which opens Friday, October 18 in Detroit, home to Skate America
Friday 11 October 2013 3 minutes reading time
As it was in the air for some time'', Sweden's Joshi Helgesson, struggling with a left foot injury, was forced to give up the Cup of China, the third stage in the calendar.
The name of the replaced has not yet been formalized, but among the main suspects includes the names of the American Courtney Hicks, winner in mid-September in the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, but above all to Haruka Imai, triumphed in the recent Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Considering, in fact, that Hicks will be involved in the previous week at Skate Canada, it is possible that the choice could fall right on the Japanese.
In the field of couples, came the flat-rate Kavaguti / Smirnov, who, due to the serious injury suffered yesterday by Alexander Smirnov, may have already closed the season agonsitica. The Russian pair has therefore vacated a place at Skate Canada, the second stop on the calendar, and one'' in the NHK Trophy, the fourth event planned.
Even in this case, the names of the replaced have not yet been disclosed, but among the eligible candidates include the Russians Martiusheva / Rogonov, Americans Denney / Frazier, but only for the Canadian stop, the Germans Prölss / Blommaert, the German Vartmann / Van Cleave and Italians Della Monica / Guarise.
Meanwhile, the place left vacant by the Americans Blackmer / Simpson in the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow has been assigned to their compatriots Davis / Brubaker, who will then take part in two stages.
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