Figure skating - Japan Open 2015
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp
Saturday, October 3, the & ldquo; Super Arena & rdquo; Saitama facility can accommodate more than twenty thousand spectators, will & agrave; theater of the Japan Open, a festival that will see invitations & agrave; committed champion of the present and recent past.
Wednesday 30 September 2015 6 minutes reading time
The 'event, now in its tenth edition, & egrave; structured differently than the usual race format. The competition will see & agrave ;, in fact, twelve skaters compete in single, evenly divided by sex and for the team, representing Japan, Europe and North America. Athletes will compete only in the free program and will come & agrave; the winner the team that will have & agrave; obtains the highest number of points by adding the four performances. In fact, the format with more & ugrave; analogous elements & egrave; that using the shell in the World Team Trophy, which for & ograve; awards points for placings and, to draw up the final classification, does not take into account the & rsquo; actual score of the competition.
The cast is announced, as usual, of the highest profile since the game will be athletes who have won titles and medals at various levels. In addition, special features & agrave; of the event the, not coincidentally called "Open", will come down on the ice skaters in both activities & agrave; that leading figures in the recent past. Precisely for this reason, the competition to be held & agrave; Saitama pu & ograve; It is considered a trait of 'union only between different Olympic cycles.
Nell''imminente edition, seems prohibitive to make a forecast because & eacute; or almost as teams start & eacute; AU pair. However, the & rsquo; the balance might tip the side of Japan, which Schierer & agrave; four skaters still in the midst of & rsquo; & agrave activities; competitive.
TEAM JAPAN & ndash; Satoko MIYAHARA, Mao ASADA, Daisuke Murakami, Shoma ONE
TEAM EUROPE & ndash; Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA, Javier Fernandez, Brian JOUBERT
TEAM NORTH AMERICA & ndash; Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner, Jeremy Abbott, Patrick CHAN
The attention of the public and experts will be primarily focused on Mao Asada, who, after eighteen months, will return & agrave; to compete just nell''impianto where disput & ograve; l & rsquo; last competition, winning the third world title of his career.
In any case, for many athletes, the Japan Open will represent & agrave; the first competitive engagement season, but especially un''importante chance & agrave; to show the new free program to the judges of the event. Moreover, among the skaters in business & agrave; present, the only Miyahara, One, Tuktamysheva and Chan have already & agrave; It took part in official competitions during the season.
After twenty-four hours dall''evento racing, the Saitama Super Arena will host & agrave; an ice show called "CARNIVAL ON ICE". Nell''occasione, will race all participants at the Japan Open, as well as many stars of the past including Shizuka Arakawa, Yuka Sato, Tatsuki Machida and Meryl Davis / Charlie White.
Last season, the success in the Japan Open & egrave; He went to the European team, driven by elena radionova big sweep.
HALL OF FAME
2006 - GIAPPONEMiki ANDO, Mao ASADA, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Takeshi HONDA
2007 - GIAPPONEMiki ANDO, Mao ASADA, Takahiko Kozuka, Nobunari ODA
2008 - GIAPPONEMao ASADA, Yukari NAKANO, Takeshi Honda, Daisuke TAKAHASHI
2009 - EUROPAElena Glebova, Laura Lepistö, Stephane Lambiel, Samuel CONTEXT
2010 - GIAPPONEMiki ANDO, Mao ASADA, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Takahiko Kozuka
2011 - NORDAMERICAAlissa CZISNY, Joannie ROCHETTE, Jeffrey BUTTLE, Patrick CHAN
2012 - SUZUKI GIAPPONEAkiko, Mao ASADA, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Takahiko Kozuka
2013 - GIAPPONEKanako MURAKAMI, Mao ASADA, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Takahiko Kozuka
2014 - EUROPAElena Radionova, Anna POGORILAYA, Javier Fernandez, Tomas VERNER
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Social media engagement
Più letti in Sport invernali
Tocca a Freddy continuare la striscia dei fratelli Carrick-Smith: prima vittoria in ANC per il britannico e per Amelia Smart
Australian New Zealand Cup 2026: a Coronet Peak si è tornati finalmente a gareggiare, con lo slalom maschile che vede il classe 2007, vice campione del mondo jr di specialità, precedere nettamente Meissl e Hagen. La specialista canadese anticipa Hoffmann e la solita Butler nella prova femminile. Ora i giganti.
2