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Today made official the names of Asian skaters taking part in the first edition of the Team Challenge Cup. The 'event will be held & agrave; at the "Arena Spokane" Spokane, city & agrave; It located in the northwestern part of the United States.
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The team will be & agrave; composed by Denis Ten (KAZ), Shoma Uno (JPN), Satoko Miyahara (JPN), Elizabet Tursynbaeva (KAZ), Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN), Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet (JPN), Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov (KOR) and Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu (CHN). Nell''elenco appear athletes from four different nations, but no Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu.
The skaters were selected taking into account the placement in the World Standing at the end of 2015.
The role of captain will touch & agrave; Japanese Shizuka Arakawa, who won the Olympic title in 2006.
From today and until April 4, through the website dedicated all''evento, sar & agrave; can vote two other skaters single, evenly divided by gender. The choice will be & agrave; to memorize options limited only to skaters who will take part in the upcoming World Championships in Boston.
The race format provides a challenge from three teams representing Europe, Asia and North America. In the last week, they were announced the lineup of North America and at the Europa.
The main sponsor of the Team Challenge Cup sar & agrave; the multinational Kos & egrave ;.
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