Figure Skating
Getty Images
The response of the test played in Milan about ten days ago, has ruled that it's up to Paul Bonifacio Parkinson defend the colors of blue in the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf.
Wednesday 25 September 2013 6 minutes reading time
Unless waivers last minute, twenty-six athletes will play the six places available for Sochi and analyzing the results of the recent past, the fight promises to be uncertain and tight.
Olympic qualification in the light of the average level of the race, appears to reach dell'italocanadese (pictured), where, especially in the short program, you ask a conservative strategy to avoid getting lost behind the pursuit of four times in a context where the ' element could prove to be an unnecessary risk. In any case, it is hoped that the dual vacuum passage occurred in the European Championships in Zagreb and in the World Championships in London can be a lesson for the twenty-one in Ottawa, defending champion Italian.
On paper, the skaters should be better equipped Filipino Michael Christian Martinez, recently able to touch the podium in a stage of the Junior Grand Prix, the transalpine Monegasque passport Kim Lucine skater superior to the competition in the artistic field, and l ' Ukrainian Godorozha Yakov, who arrived in March to a whisker of qualifying.
The unknown of the race could be represented by the physical condition of the athletes involved in the Junior Grand Prix, probably already accustomed to the climate of race and later with the preparation than the most experienced opponents. Precisely for this reason, in addition to the sixteen year old Martinez, will be followed with attention the Australian Brendan Kerry, the Korean Kim Jin Seo and Belarusian school of Russian Pavel Ignatenko, for the truth is not brilliant in the stage of the Junior Grand Prix held in Riga .
In the competition "open" the underdogs are all for Japanese Nobunari Oda, winner of the previous edition. The stylish American Jason Brown seems the biggest culprit to try to dispute the success of the Japanese, while the inconstant son of Russian art Artur Dmitriev is the third force in the field.
ATHLETES IN THE RUNNING FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
01) (ARM) Slavik HAYRAPETYAN02) (AUS) Brendan KERRY03) (BLR) Pavel IGNATENKO04) (BRA) Luiz MANELLA05) (BUL) Manol ATANASSOV06) (TPE) Jordan JU07) (CRO) Josip GLUHAK08) (DEN) Justus STRID09) (FIN) Valtter VIRTANEN10) (GBR) Matthew PARR11) (HKG) Ronald LAM12) (HUN) Marton MARKO13) (IRL) Conor STAKELUM14) (ISR) Alexey Bychenko 15) (ITA) Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON16) (LTU) Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS17 ) (MEX) Fabriczio CARRILLO18) (MON) Kim LUCINE19) (PHI) Michael Christian MARTINEZ20) (POL) Maciej CIEPLUCHA21) (PRK) Hyon CHOE22) (KOR) Jin Seo KIM23) (ROU) Zoltan KELEMEN24) (SUI) Stephane WALKER25 ) (TUR) Ali DEMIRBOGA26) (UKR) Yakov GODOROZHA
OTHER MEMBERS TO RACE
01) (CAN) Jeremy TEN02) (GER) Martin RAPPE03) (JPN) Nobunari ODA04) (RUS) Artur DMITRIEV05) (SWE) Ondrej SPIEGL06) (USA) Jason BROWN
The twenty-four seats already allocated for the Olympic Games in Sochi are distributed as follows:
CANADA 3GIAPPONE 3KAZAKISTAN 2Spain 2USA 2France 2Czech CZECH 2 Germany 1CINA 1UZBEKISTAN 1Russia 1Sweden 1Belgium 1AUSTRIA 1ESTONIA 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.
FRIDAY, Sept. 27
EUROSPORT HD - HOURS 11:45 - men's short program
Saturday, September 28
EUROSPORT 2 HD - 12:00 am - Men's Free Program
Sunday, September 29
EUROSPORT 2 HD - 20:30 - Closing Gala
Social media engagement
Ultimi in Sport invernali
Sofia Goggia ha accusato un malore in Argentina: è già rientrata in Italia per accertamenti
Come ha comunicato questa sera la FISI, la fuoriclasse bergamasca ha concluso anticipatamente il camp sudamericano a causa di un malore durante la sua permanenza a Ushuaia e d'accordo con il dottor Panzeri ha deciso di tornare a casa.
2