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Veterans Chinese Pang Qing / Tong Jian, retired from competitive racing at the end of last season, were about to retrace their steps.
Tuesday 20 January 2015 6 minutes reading time
The news began to circulate in late 2014 when, in the course of a comment by Russian television, Maxim Trankov had hinted that the Chinese couple you were training to start competing. Initially, the statements dell''eccentrico Olympic champion had aroused curiosity & agrave ;, but time had ended a few days on the back burner.
The theme & egrave; for & ograve; forcefully returned to topical & agrave; these days and arrived unequivocal confirmation by athletes. Indeed, you are fanning the 'hypothesis that Pang / Tong can participate in the upcoming of the Four Continents Championships. The 'secret will come & agrave; unveiled soon as today is the deadline for reporting nomitativi members and reserves to be held all''evento & agrave; nell''importante frame of Seoul in Korea.
The 'target & ograve; the pair of Chinese art, among other things winner of two world titles in his career, & egrave; quelllo to take part in the World Championships in Shanghai.
The preparation for the return to racing would begin a few days after participating in Opera on Ice. For the choreography, the decision & egrave; was to rely on Nikolai Morozov, with whom gi & agrave; in the past had been brought forward a fruitful collaboration. The choice for the short program & egrave; relapse of a reason to tango, gi & agrave; proposed during several performances and adapted for this purpose. In terms of free, you & egrave; opted for the song "I will be there & ograve;" with the voice of Andrea Bocelli.
"Since 1999," said Jian Tong, "we took part in fifteen editions of the World Championships, but we never had a chance & agrave; of disputarli at home. We could not miss the 'opportunity & agrave; to perform our show to our audience and we hope that our presence will be helpful for Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2022. In terms of activities & agrave; promotion for the World Championships in Shanghai, we have gi & agrave; done much since last spring, now we hope to get good results for the Chinese movement ".
"When & egrave; became official that the 2015 World Cup would be held in Shanghai," added Pang Qing, "we had not taken into account immediately the 'idea of ​​being present. However, with the passage of time and after having participated the Olympic Games of 2014, we started thinking that Shanghai could be the place to play the 'last race of his career. This season the young Chinese couples are expressed at levels egregious. Hope & egrave; that by working together we can uphold the 'honor of the country. "
"We believe we can get a good result in the World Championships in Shanghai," said Jian Tong "," In any case, our main desisderio & egrave; to race to be able to thank all those who supported us in these long years, but, of course, to end his career by winning a medal is the dream of every athlete. "
The final decision to return to compete would be taken around all''11 January, in the light of the good results obtained dall''allenamento.
At this point, the ball is in the hands of the Chinese federation, which, at the time, pu & ograve; count of five couples are able to get in the World Cup home a placing in the top ten. In Shanghai, for ograve ;, & places available for China will be only three.
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