Figure Skating - Cup of Nice 2013
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It opened today, the eighteenth edition of the Cup of Nice, the second-level competition hosted by "Patinoire Jean Bouin" of Nice.
Wednesday 23 October 2013 7 minutes reading time
Until Thursday will be played junior competitions, while between Friday and Sunday will be the turn of the programs of the senior class.
'' For the occasion, the Italian contingent of athletes is announced numerous. In the senior men's race will be featured Paul Bonifacio Parkinson, fresh from the Nebelhorn Trophy, which earned'' s Italian Olympic qualification, and Saverio Giacomelli, on the podium in the first national competition held in Bolzano. '' The main attraction of the competition should be the Czech Tomas Verner, seen in great form in'' Ondrej Nepela Trophy in early October. L'' student of Michael Huth will have to deal with the quoted German Peter Liebers, with the French Chafik Besseghier, very bright in the short program of the Master'' s'' d Orleans, and with the Russian Konstantin Menshov, and Artem Borodulin Zhan Bush.
In the dance, will be at the starting Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi, seconds in the first national test held last Saturday in Assam and in the place of honor in the'''' edition of the Cup of Nice in 2010. The favorites for success should be the Russians Monko / Khaliavin and seconds in the Nebelhorn Trophy,'' but there is great curiosity about the French couple Papadakis / Cizeron recently at the center of a dispute "federal" as to their future. Among the eligible candidates for the podium must not forget the Canadian Ralph / Hill, among the contenders for Olympic qualification at the side of Virtue / Moir and Weaver / Poje.
Returning from St. Petersburg, where they are followed step by step by Oleg Vassiliev, there will be between the pairs of artistic Nicole Della Monica / Matthew Guarise, which will face competition from a'' high level technical, enriched by the presence of Russian Gerboldt / Enbert, their fellow training, as well as the German couples Hausch / Wende and Prölss / Blommaert, both survivors of the glories of the Nebelhorn Trophy. Among the members are also the promising U.S. Calalang / Sidhu and Russian couples Vigalova / Zakroev, qualified for the final of the junior Grand Prix, and Antipova / Maisuradze, among the selected for the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow. Moreover, it must be said that Annabelle Prölss will be involved also in the junior races in single.
In the senior women's competition, many will announce the reasons of interest. After the unconvincing victory in the Central Pacific Regionals, will return to compete in an international competition Rachel Flatt, accompanied for the occasion by'' Kiri Baga, she also shine without qualifiers for the Sectional Championships in November.
There will also be the debut for the colors of the Swiss Russian Anna Ovcharova, which will have to deal with the listed former countrymen Agafonova Polina and Maria Artiemeva, so far one of the protagonists of the first two stages of the Cup of Russia. E'', then, provided the second round of the German Nathalie Weinzierl, for now in the lead, Sarah Hecken and Sandy Hoffmann, struggling to win the Olympic qualifcazione. (The Federation has introduced a long journey that will end at the National Championships held in Berlin in mid-December. Designated The three athletes were compared in Bratislava, now in Nice (Coupe de Nice), then in Merano (Meran Cup) and finally in Berlin. Notification to attend Sochi it will be all'' athlete who will get the highest number of points by adding up the results of the national races in one of the two best second-level for each).
Among the skaters to be carefully monitored, should not forget the Swedish Isabelle Olsson, appeared in clear growth in Finland Trophy, and the'' emerging French Lénaëlle Gilleron-Gory. The colors will be defended by Italian Briley Pizzellanti and Ilaria Nogaro, author of a good free program in the recent national competition in Bolzano.
As regards, finally, the junior category, sarannop present'll seventeen of Trento Carlo Vittorio Palermo, thirteenth in Tallinn to debut in the junior Grand Prix, as well as Catherine Andermarcher and Silvia Martinelli.
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