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In the morning, in accordance with the regulatory procedure, the nations taking part in the "Team Event" Olympic Figure Skating has announced the names of the athletes who will compete in the short-and dance in women's short program.
Friday 7 February 2014 3 minutes reading time
The biggest surprises coming from the front of the Chinese because they do not come down on the ice waiting for the'' Li Zijun, which was preferred less competitive Zhang Kexin.
As announced a few days ago, the United States line up Ashley Wagner, who will then be replaced in the free program by Gracie Gold.
In the short-dance, the game will be the couple's North American summit, while Russia has opted for Bobrova / Soloviev whose successor Ilinykh / Katsalapov in the free dance.
L'' Italy, still in the race for qualification to the second stage, selected Carolina Kostner and Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte.
SHORT DANCE (order of descent on ice)
CHN - Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG (WS 40) UKR - Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY/Dmitri DUN (WS 31) JPN - Cathy REED / Chris REED (WS 23) GER-Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander Gazsi (WS 10) GBR - Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND (WS 9) FRA - Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT (WS 5) ITA - Anna Cappellini / Luca LANOTTE (WS 4) RUS - Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (WS 3) CAN - Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR (WS 2) USA - Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE (WS 1)
FEMALE SHORT PROGRAM (order of descent on ice)
CAN - Kaetlyn OSMOND (WS 38) CHN - Zhang Kexin (WS 36) GBR - Jenna McCorkell (WS 35) UKR - Natalia POPOVA (WS 31) , GER - Nathalie Weinzierl (WS 25) FRA - Mae Berenice MEITE (WS 9) USA - Ashley WAGNER (WS 4) RUS - Yulia Lipnitskaya (WS 3 ) JPN - Mao ASADA (WS 2) ITA - Carolina KOSTNER (WS 1)
In optics qualification programs free, Russia, leader of the standings with 19, Canada (17), Japan (13) and United States (10) can sleep soundly. '' For the last available place to stay in the race China (15) France (10) and Italy (8).
Television schedule
Saturday 8 - 15:30 - TEAM EVENT - SKY Olimpia 2 (207) / SKY (short women, short-dance, free couples)
Sunday 9 - 16:00 - TEAM EVENT - SKY Olimpia 3 (208) / SKY (free women, free women, free dance)
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