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At the end of the forty-fifth edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy, took place the draw of the nationality of the judges who will be on board balustrade on the occasion of the upcoming Olympic Games.
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For each sector participated in the draw countries who have qualified through the World Championships in London and the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf. (15 in the dance, in 21 male, 20 female in the field, 11 in the pairs of art). However, to get to thirteen judges of different nationalities for each specialty, it was necessary to draw a preliminary pairs in the field of art. In addition, in the men's field, Kazakhstan did not participate in the draw because it was devoid of a judge recognized by the International Skating Union.
Italy will have the judge in the women's race, in the pairs of art and dance, while the fact must be stressed that Canada will be free of the judge in the men's competition.
FIELD MEN - Spain, Japan, USA, France, Czech Republic, Germany, China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Estonia
Sector FEMALE - Korea, Japan, Italy, USA, Canada, Russia, France, Sweden, Ukraine, Estonia, Slovakia, Germany, Great BretagnaCOPPIE OF ARTISTIC - Russia, Germany, Canada, China, France, USA, Italy, Great Britain , Ukraine, Estonia, Israel, Bulgaria, Poland
DANCE - the United States, Canada, Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, China, Australia, Japan
Obviously, in each segment of the race will be used nine judges and the draw for both the short program and for the free program will take place 45 minutes before the start of the six-minute warm-up of the first group of down on ice.
As regards, however, the new Olympic test teams, nine judges were drawn by discipline, not necessarily originating in the countries that participate in the event. Moreover, the list of the ten nations who will fight for the medals will be announced Wednesday, December 11 (10 nations will be at the start of the short program, while 5 accedranno the free program).
RACE FEMALE - Russia, Japan, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Estonia, Israel, Ukraine, China
RACE MALE - Japan, Uzbekistan, Sweden, United States, Russia, Germany, Canada, Bulgaria, Great Britain
MATCH PAIRS OF ARTISTIC - Russia, Germany, Canada, China, Great Britain, Ukraine, Estonia, Israel, Bulgaria
DANCE - Japan, China, Italy, Ukraine, Australia, Lithuania, Russia, Britain, United States
Notably, such as Russia, one of the favorite countries for success, will the judge in each race, unlike Canada and the United States, drawn in only two races.
Each federation shall notify the ISU within 8 October the names of the judges appointed to Sochi.
Another important deadline is set for the end of October (Wednesday October 30), when every nation will have to confirm if this will be in Sochi in the races in which he gained access with the exact contingent of qualified athletes. In case of cancellations, will take over the countries eliminated by reference to the classification of the recent Nebelhorn Trophy.
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