Italy in the running to take part in all the races of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games

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Figure skating - YOG 2016 Lillehammer

Italy in the running to take part in all the races of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games

Among the events pi & ugrave; major of the season 2015-2016, are also the Winter Olympics youth (YOG - Youth Olympic Games), which will be held in Lillehammer between 12 and 21 January.

As evidence of the event the dell''importanza not & egrave; unnoticed appointment as ambassador / spokesperson of fuoriclassse Korean Kim Yu-Na, the skater more & ugrave; winning dell''ultimo decade. As a basis for assigning shares in each nation, they were used the results of the last World Junior Championships. However, IOC and ISU decided to leave vacant some places, which will be awarded to the nations, discipline by discipline, not yet qualified by virtue & ugrave; the results of the World Championships juniors. To determine which countries will be up the few remaining places available and to produce a ranking of repechage will be held & agrave; against the final classification of the qualifying round of the Junior Grand Prix circuit. Competitions of figure skating singles can participate athletes born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001. In terms of dance and artistic pairs, the male component of the combination will have & agrave; It is born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2001, while the women will have & agrave; respect the limits of age & agrave; imposed for the races in single. However, the Regulation provides that athletes are not eligible for the YOG, but enrolled at the Junior Grand Prix, can help to win over the place for the nation to which they belong, which will & agrave; clearly reserved for another compatriot. When we are now past the halfway point of the circuit, you & egrave; or almost as & eacute; defined the situation as regards the pairs of art. The vacancies will, in fact, in Ukraine, Czech Republic and Korea, with l & rsquo; gi & agrave Italy; certain to occupy the first position in the ranking of repechage. Moreover, since Korea does not currently have a couple eligible for the YOG, the first place in the repechage should ensure the automatic ticket to Lillehammer. In virt & ugrave; the placing obtained by Lucrezia Gennaro and Matteo Rizzo, l & rsquo; Italy also has concrete possibilities & agrave; to be present in both disciplines in single. In this regard, it will be decisive in the last three rounds of the Junior Grand Prix, but the 'current ranking bodes well. In terms of dance, & egrave; accepted that the couple Ghislandi / Ortenzi, recorded two of upcoming events (Torun and Zagreb), has what it takes to snatch the qualification. However, cos & Igrave; as Matteo Rizzo, Barbara Fusar Poli students are not eligible for the YOG and, consequently, earn a pass for a & rsquo; another Italian couple. On balance, there is a real possibility & agrave; that & rsquo; Italy will be present in all the races scheduled in Lillehammer. SECTOR FEMALE (16 seats available, awarded 13) RUSSIA JAPAN 2 2 1 1 UNITED STATES 1 KAZAKHSTAN KOREA LATVIA 1 1 1 SLOVAKIA FINLAND ARMENIA 1 1 Germany1 NORWAY (host country) CHINA & ndash; 10 points (285.54 Li) ITALY & ndash; 4 points (Gennaro 129.47) HUNGARY & ndash; 3 points (Toth 130.54) UKRAINE & ndash; 2 points (Gozhva 139.22) SWEDEN & ndash; 2 points (& Öland; stlund, 127.26) R.CECA & ndash; 1 point (Ukolova 134.44) TAIPEI & ndash; 1 point (119.61 Lin) SECTOR MALE (16 seats available, awarded 13) JAPAN CHINA 2 2 1 UNITED STATES 1 Russia 1 1 LATVIA ISRAEL KOREA 1 1 ARGENTINA 1 CANADA 1 Ukraine1 NORWAY (host country) FRANCE & ndash; 9 points (Aymoz, 187.00) ITALY & ndash; 7 points (Rizzo, 172.45) FINLAND & ndash; 5 points (Galay, 171.31) MALAYSIA & ndash; 4 points (Yee, 176.79) CROATIA & ndash; 3 points (Vrdoljak, 168.09) GERMANY & ndash; 3 points (Ulanovsky, 165,85) R.CECA & ndash; 1 point (Kotlarik, 144.40) PAIRS OF ART (10 seats available, awarded 7) 2 2 CANADA CHINA RUSSIA 2 1 UNITED STATES UKRAINE & ndash; 26 points (Oganesian / Bardei 297.21) R.CECA & ndash; 22 points (Duskova / Bidar, 293.54) KOREA & ndash; 5 points (Kim / Kam, 223.11) ITALY & ndash; 0 points (Caldara / Caputo, 103.80) DANCE (12 seats available, awarded 9) 2 Russia2 US 2 UKRAINE 1 CANADA 1 1 POLAND FRANCE KOREA & ndash; 13 points (Lee / Kam, 250,40) R.CECA & ndash; 8 points (Kuzmich / Sinicyn, 239.12) In the first edition held in Innsbruck in 2012, the women's race was won by Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva front of compatriot Adelina Sotnikova and Chinese Li Zijun. In the men he prevailed the Chinese Han Yan, who had the better of the Japanese Shoma Uno and the Russian Feodosiy Efremenkov. Between pairs of artistic success for the Chinese Yu / Jin before associations Russians Fedorova / Miroshkin and Dolidze / Ivanov. Finally, in the dance arriv & ograve; the triumph of the Russians Yanovskaya / Mozgov, which preceded the Ukrainians Nazarova / Nikitin and countrymen Simonova / Dragun. In & rsquo; s & rsquo occasion; Italy was present in the dance (Tessari / Colafato) and in the two races in single (Palermo and Cristini).
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