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The highlight of the women's competition, which will open the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, announcing the generational clash between the Russian Elena Radionova, junior world champion in charge, and Japan's Miki Ando, ​​who won two titles in the past.
Wednesday 25 September 2013 6 minutes reading time
The fourteen year old student of Inna Goncharenko, struggling with the physiological physical growth of age, will be called to confirm the findings in the senior class last season in which he highlighted the huge quality spinners and technical stability on the elements of jump. Moreover, in the coming weeks will be expected from the demanding challenge of the Senior Grand Prix, where apparently no limits to the objectives.
The twenty-five of Nagoya, however, will try to take measures to the climate of the race before embarking on a long journey through the qualifying national championships and the Japanese who, if everything goes in the right direction, should allow it to be in the game Sochi.
In optical Olympic qualification, in absentia Kiira Korpi of Finland, stopped by an Achilles tendon injury, the athlete more credits appears the Georgian Elene Gedevanishvili (pictured), a veteran of a change of technical staff in the summer that has flow to separate from the gettonato Brian Orser.
Afterwards, the Spanish Sonia Lafuente, the Austrian Kerstin Frank and finnish Juulia Turkkila appear as the most accredited athletes, but will have to watch their backs from the Australian Brookle Han, not brilliant in debut season in the Junior Grand Prix, hope czech Elizaveta Ukolova, the Danish Anita Madsen, rising strongly shots last season, and dall'elvetica Tina Stuerzinger, preferred the interesting "imported" Anna Ovcharova.
On this occasion, twenty-nine athletes will vie for the last six places available for the upcoming Olympic Games.
It will not, finally, present the Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond, defending champion who turned out to the general public with its surprise success in the Nebelhorn Trophy.
ATHLETES IN THE RUNNING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
01) (AUS) Brooklee HAN02) (AUT) Kerstin FRANK03) (BEL) Kaat VAN DAELE04) (BRA) Isadora WILLIAMS05) (BUL) Anna AFONKINA06) (TPE) Crystal KIANG07) (CZE) Elizaveta UKOLOVA08) (DEN) Anita MADSEN09 ) (FIN) Juulia TURKKILA10) (GEO) Elene GEDEVANISHVILI11) (GRE) Isabella SCHUSTER-VELISSARIOU12) (HUN) Chelsea Rose CHIAPPA13) (IND) Love PAREKH14) (IRL) Clara PETERS15) (ISR) Danielle MONTALBANO16) (LAT) Alina FJODOROVA17) (LTU) Inga JANULEVICIUTE18) (LUX) Fleur MAXWELL19) (MEX) Reyna HAMUI20) (NED) Michelle COUWENBERG21) (NOR) Anne Line GJERSEM22) (PHI) Alisson Krystle PERTICHETO23) (ROU) Sabina MARIUTA24) (SRB) Sandra RISTIVOJEVIC25) (SLO) Dasa GRM26) (RSA) Lejeanne MARAIS27) (ESP) Sonia LAFUENTE28) (SUI) Tina STUERZINGER29) (TUR) Birce Atabey
OTHER REGISTERED ATHLETES
01) (CAN) Veronik MALLET02) (EST) Elena GLEBOVA03) (GER) Nathalie WEINZIERL04) (JPN) Miki ANDO05) (RUS) Elena RADIONOVA06) (USA) Ashley CAIN
The twenty-four seats already allocated for the Olympic Games in Sochi are distributed as follows:
KOREA 3GIAPPONE 3USA 3Italy 2CINA 2Canada 2Russia 2France 1Sweden 1UCRAINA 1ESTONIA 1SLOVACCHIA 1GERMANIA 1GRAN BRITAIN 1
Television schedule
For the first time in history, the Nebelhorn in Oberstdorf Trohpy will be broadcast in Italy. You can follow the races live on EUROSPORT satellite network.
THURSDAY, Sept. 26
EUROSPORT HD - 14:30 - Short program
FRIDAY, Sept. 27
EUROSPORT 2 HD - HOURS 21:00 - Free program
Sunday, September 29
EUROSPORT 2 HD - 20:30 - Closing Gala
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