Figure Skating
A little less than four months after the opening of the Olympic Games'', you should try to do a bit of clarity'' about the athletes who take part in the dance competition.
Saturday 12 October 2013 9 minutes reading time
The policy appropriately promoted by the International Skating Union'' in'' last decade has led to the emergence of several couples dancing formed by athletes of different nationalities. However, if on the one hand for ISU Championships and races level B there are no particular problems with the passport of the skaters (except that one or both of the athletes have not competed for another country in the previous twelve months), from ' 'else to get the'' Olympic eligibility must be in possession of the nationality of the nation Chei is meant to represent.
Basically, there are four requirements to be met:
A) Having completed 15 years of age by June 31, 2013 (rule also applies to senior ISU Championships) B) Being in possession of the nationality of the country for which you gareggerà C) have not taken part in international competitions for a different country in the eighteen months preceding the short-program olimpicoD) Having reached in the current season or the previous technical limitations established by'' ISU. In the case of the pairs of dance, it is 18 points for the short-dance and 28 for the free dance.
This paves the regulations, it is appropriate to present the current situation country by country trying also to indicate what most athletes are suspected of taking part in the XXII edition of the Olympic Games.
Will be twenty-four pairs of dance that will participate in the race. To assign the first nineteen seats available were taken into account in the ranking of ulitmi World Championships, while the five remaining places have been attributed as a reference predendo the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, final round of Olympic qualifying.
NATIONS QUALIFYING
UNITED STATES (3 places)
01) DAVIS / WHITE 99% 02) CHOCK / BATES 75% 03) SHIBUTANTI / Shibutani 70% ALTER. - Hubbell / Donohue 50%, Kriengkrairut / Giulietti-Schmidt 5%, Aldridge / Eaton 1%
No couple is struggling with issues of citizenship, but to determine who will take part in the Olympic Games will be decisive in the outcome of the National leagues sightseeing program in Boston between 5 and 12 January
CANADA (3 places)
04) VIRTUE / MOIR 99% 05) WEAVER / Poje 99% 06) POIRIER / GILLES 50% (Piper Gilles has not yet obtained Canadian citizenship) ALTER. - Paul / Islam 40%, Orford / Williams 6%, Asher / Hill 6%
Couples who take part in the Olympic Games messages will be communicated at the end of the Championships national program in Ottawa between 9 and 15 January
RUSSIA (3 places)
07) Bobrova / Soloviev 95% 08) Ilinykh / KATSALPOV 95% 09) Sinitsina / ZHIGANSHIN 30% ALTER. - Monko / Khaliavin Riazanova 30% / 30% Tkachenko, Stepanova / Bukin 20%
Couples who take part in the Olympic Games will be announced at the end of nazionai Championships held in Sochi between 22 and 27 December
ITALY (2 places)
10) CAPS / LANOTTE 99% 11) GUIGNARD / FABBRI 70% (the French Charlene Guignard has obtained Italian citizenship performance) ALTER. - ALESSANDRINI / Vaturi 31%
FRANCE (2 places)
12) PECHALAT / BOURZAT 99% 13) CARRON / Lloyd 70% (the Scot Lloyd Jones is completing the paperwork for obtaining French citizenship) ALTERN. - Papadakis / Cizeron 31%
GERMANY (2 places)
14) ZHIGANSHIN A / Gazsi 90% (Nelli Zhinganshina should get a short German citizenship) 15) Kolbe / CARUSO 90% (the'' Italian Stefano Caruso has acquired German citizenship) ALTERN. - Koch / Nüchtern 20%
GREAT BRITAIN (1 post)
16) COOMES / BUCKLAND 98% ALTERN. - Walden / Edwards 1%, Aiken / Whidborne 1%
UKRAINE (1 post)
17) HEEKIN-CAN EDY / DUN 99% (the U.S. Heekin-Canedy in possession of the Ukrainian cittandinanza) ALTER. - Frolenkova / Nikiforv 1%
LITHUANIA (1 post)
18) TOBIAS / STAGNIUNAS 20% (the American Isabella Tobias has not been seen grant Lithuanian citizenship and the possibility of obtaining it are minimal) ALTERN. - There is no alternative
AZERBAIJAN (1 post)
19) Zlobina / Sitnikov 99% (both skaters, Russian-born have obtained citizenship Azeri) ALTERN. - There is no alternative
CHINA (1 post)
20) HUANG / ZHENG 70% ALTERN. - Yu / Wang 30%, Zhang / Wu 1%
TURKEY (1 post)
21) Agafonova / UCRA 99% (the'' Ukrainian Alisa Agafonova has taken Turkish citizenship) ALTERN. - There is no alternative
AUSTRALIA (1 post)
22) O'' BRIEN / MERRIMAN 99% ALTERN. - There is no alternative in possession of the technical limitations
JAPAN (1 post)
23) REED / REED 99% ALTERN. - Oi / Mizutani 1%
SPAIN (1 post)
24) HURTADO / DIAZ 99% ALTERN. - There is no alternative
LEGEND - A no pair has been assigned a 100% chance to compete in the Olympic Games because the'' accident'' can always be just around the corner for everyone. As for the couples who do not comply with the requirements of citizenship, has been attributed to a percentage based on the respective situation.
RESERVES
The first deadline is the end of October (Wednesday October 30), the date by which every nation will have to confirm if this will be in Sochi in races where he earned the'' access'' with the exact contingent of qualified athletes. In case of cancellations, will take over immediately from the reserves by reference to the classification of the recent Nebelhorn Trophy. However, any transfer of quota from one country to another'' there will be time until January 27, the date by which every nation must state the names of the athletes who exactly will take part in the Olympic Games.
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