Figure SkatingFigure skating - news
Getty Images
The last twenty-four hours were full of news on the face of figure skating. It starts from the renewal of the corporate directives of the Japanese federation to get the latest novelties & agrave; on the Grand Prix
Wednesday 8 October 2014 4 minutes reading time
& Nbsp;
* In the morning, the Japanese Federation of Figure Skating (JSF) has elected a new vice-president. The prestigious position & egrave; touched nothing less than Shizuka Arakawa, medal & rsquo; gold in the Olympic Games of 2006 For the thirty-two of Sendai & egrave; Treaty of promotion because since 2012 he has held the role of general manager. Nothing new, however, on the front of the Presidency as for the fifth consecutive term & egrave; was confirmed Seiko Hashimoto. Obviously, Arakawa, now about to give birth, did not take part & Outdoors; election day.
& Nbsp;
* The Triglav Trophy & amp; Narcisa Cup of Jesenice not disputer & agrave; between 6 and 9 November as originally planned. Moreover, at the moment, & egrave; know if the & rsquo; event has been canceled or postponed all & rsquo; usual spring date. The new & ldquo; ISU Challenger Series & rdquo; lose & agrave; cos & igrave; a stage, down from eleven to ten events, but we must not forget that the same days will be held & agrave; the Volvo Cup in Riga, the seventh event of the circuit.
& Nbsp;
* What's New & agrave; with respect to the pairs of art that take part in the twentieth edition of the Grand Prix. The place left vacant by the Russians in the NHK Trophy Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze & egrave; was assigned to the compatriots Arina Cherniavsakaia / Antonio Souza-Kordyeru, which in & rsquo; occasion will make their debut in the circuit. Yet everything is still, however, on the front of the Cup of China, which today can stop & ograve; rely solely on six pairs recorded. In this regard, we expect the moves of the Chinese Federation, which will have agrave &; decide who to invite. The top five position of & rsquo; alternate list are occupied by the following pairs:
144.23 (RUS) - Cherniavskaia / Souza-Kordyeru (invited to the NHK Trophy) 139.95 (CHN) - Wang / Zhang130,46 (BLR) - Paliakova / Bochkov123,54 (PRK) - Pak / I Song157,06 ( CAN) - Grenier / Deschamps (score obtained in the 2014-2015 season, guests at Skate America).
After that the Fed will have Chinese & agrave; made the first call, will come into play even the Americans Calalang / Sidhu (156.18 in the current season).
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Social media engagement
Ultimi in Sport invernali
Un anno fa vivevamo il dramma di Matteo Franzoso: a La Parva un incidente che mai sarebbe dovuto accadere
Era il 13 settembre 2025 quando, in quel maledetto sabato mattina in Cile, il velocista ligure finì a velocità elevatissima contro una staccionata, troppo vicina a bordo pista (e ora non più presente per gli allenamenti delle nazionali presenti anche quest'anno nella località). Due giorni dopo, a Santiago, Matteo si spense.
2