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Three weeks before the start of the'' World Championships in Saitama is shaping the field of participants and few remain problems to solve.
Monday 3 March 2014 6 minutes reading time
On the Italian front, Carolina Kostner, barring unforeseen circumstances, will take part'' s last race of his career accompanied by Valentina Marchei. In the men, who will be deployed Ivan Righini, to great acclaim, will replace the deludentissimo Paul Bonifacio Parkinson's. In the dance, the game will be Cappellini / Lanotte and Guignard / Fabbri, while between the pairs of art do not miss Berton / Hotarek. Almost certain that the presence of Della Monica / Guarise, but it should be noted that Matthew Guarise is back on the ice yesterday after surgery on his right knee, which was necessary due to the rupture of the medial meniscus of the knee occurred in the immediate wake of the'' Olympic Games in Sochi.
The Canadian team will be without Patrick Chan and Virtue / Moir. In the men, there will be Kevin Reynolds, Elladj Baldé and the fifteen-Nam Nguyen, while in the women's race will be reconfirmed Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman, both survivors of the Olympic Games. In the dance, as well as Weaver / Poje and Paul / Islam, will leave for Japan Gilles / Poirier, while between the pairs of space to artistic Duhamel / Radford, Moore-Towers/Moscovitch and Lawrence / Swiegers.
In the French team, will miss Brian Joubert, but they will present both Florent Amodio that Pechalat / Bourzat. At Saitama will also compete Papadakis / Cizeron, Mae Berenice Meite and James / Cypres. Based on the results of'' imminent Challenge Cup to be held in Den Haag, could join the company Chafik Besseghier and the pair of artistic Popova / Massot.
The colors will be defended by the Russian Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova, Julia Lipnitskaia and Maxim Kovtun. Between the pairs of art do not miss Stolbova / Klimov and Bazarova / Larionov, pending the confirmation of the presence of Volosozhar / Trankov (alternative space to Antipova / Maisuradze). In the dance, the probable participation of Ilinykh / Katsalapov and Bobrova / Soloviev. '' The provision remains in last place in the runoff between Sinitsina / Zhiganshin and Riazanova / Tkachenko.
Germany will line up in Saitama training type. These days, in fact, Savchenko / Szolkowy have made a surprise now available. For the rest of the revelation Olympic reconfirmed Peter Liebers, Nathalie Weinzierl spouses Wende. Zhiganshina / Gazsi and Kolbe / Caruso.
As regards the United States, appears in strong doubt the presence of the Olympic champions Davis / White, that, in the case of flat rate, will be replaced by Hubbell / Donohue. Unless changes in the current program, there will be all the veterans of Sochi with the exception of Jason Brown will take over where Max and Aaron Zhang / Bartholomey substitutes from Denney / Coughlin. Space, therefore, Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner, Polina Edmunds, Castles / Shnapir, Chock / Bates and Shibutani / Shibutani.
China will be a spectator in the dance because no pair has managed to get both the technical limits required. In the women's game will be Zijun Li and Zhang Kexin. In the male, Han Yan space, while between the pairs of artistic Peng / Zhang will be joined by the winners of the Four Continents Sui / Han.
For the hosts, are not announced new features compared to the Olympic Games, although it is awaiting confirmation of the long-time veterans. Unless a last minute surprises, there will be Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami, Yuzuru Hanyu, Daisuke Takahashi, Tatsuki Machida, Reed / Reed and Takahashi / Tran.
Finally, it was immediately called off the Korean Yu-Na Kim.
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