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21 Nov 2009 04:04

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - HomeSense Skate Canada International, Day 1

The 2009/2010 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating continued Friday with HomeSense Skate Canada International in Kitchener. The competition opened with the Pairs and Ladies Short Program, the Compulsory Dance and the Men’s Short Program. The skaters compete for a global prize money of US $ 180, 000 per individual event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and receive points according to their placements. The top six skaters/couples of the series will proceed to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan. HomeSense Skate Canada International is the sixth and last event of the series and thus the last opportunity for skaters to qualify for the Final.

Pairs, Short Program
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy of Germany captured the Pairs Short Program with a new personal best score. Russia’s Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov and Canadians Jessica Dubé/ Bryce Davison came in second and third.

Performing to “Send in the Clowns” and dressed in Clown costumes and wearing appropriate make up, Savchenko/Szolkowy delivered a strong performance that featured a high throw triple twist, a side by side triple toeloop and a triple twist. The two-time and reigning World Champions were awarded a level four for their spins, the death spiral and the lift and earned 74.16 points (40.48 element score/33.68 program component score), which was a new personal best. “We had a few mistakes in Paris (at the Trophée Bompard) and we’ve worked a lot, and were a bit nervous today, but the pressure is off for today”, Szolkowy commented. “Our performance today wasn’t perfect, a bit slow and we focused very much on the elements”, he added.
Mukhortova/Trankov opened their routine to “Appassionata” by Secret Garden with a high triple twist followed by an excellent side by side triple toeloop, but then Mukhortova put her hand down on the throw triple loop. The European bronze medalists produced difficult spins and got a level four for them as well as for the lift and the death spiral to score 65.80 points (37.12/28.68). “We are glad to be here and have good memories of Kitchener”, said Trankov, referring to the fact that the couple won their World Junior title here at “The Aud” in 2005. “We didn’t skate so well today, because we made a mistake on the throw, but we are in second place and we are happy with that. I hope we can show what we can do tomorrow”, he continued. Mukhortova, who celebrated her 24th birthday today, revealed that she had to compete on her birthday for the first time.
Dubé/Davison landed a triple twist, but he caught her late. The 2008 World bronze medalists completed a throw triple loop and level-four spins, but Dubé singled the side by side Salchow. The Canadian Champions collected 57.90 points (31.14/26.76). “It’s always fun to compete in front of your homecrowd. You’d like to skate your best. Today was a little bit rough, a big mistake on the side by side Sals and then after we were a bit over our heels. We’re looking forward to the long tomorrow and can hope it will be better and skate with confidence”, Davison told the press.
Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay (CAN) came in fourth with 55.52 points. They produced a throw triple Lutz and side by side triple toeloop. Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett (USA) were fifth. Their routine contained a triple twist and throw triple flip, but she touched down on the side by side triple toeloop while he two-footed the jump (55.46 points).

Ladies, Short Program
To the delight of the home crowd, Joannie Rochette took the Ladies Short Program and set a new personal best score en route. Alissa Czisny (USA) and Mirai Nagasu (USA) followed in second and third place.

Rochette’s elegant interpretation of “La Cumparasita” was highlighted by a solid triple Lutz-double toeloop combination, a triple flip and double Axel. The current World silver medalist picked up a level four for the flying sit spin and a level three for the other two spins, the footwork and the spiral sequence. She received 70.00 points (38.40 element score/31.60 program component score) and improved her previous personal best by 2.10 points. “I am really happy to do this (performance) after China. I was a bit disappointed there and I think I needed to change some things mentally. My goal tonight was when I step on the ice to feel more calm and relaxed. I think I achieved that. I still think that I can do better, so it is encouraging for the rest of the season”, Rochette said.
Czisny put out a strong performance to “The Mask of Zorro” as well, nailing a triple Lutz-double toe, a triple flip and double Axel. The U.S. Champion really shone in her fast and well centered spins and was awarded a level four for the layback and a level three for the combination spin, but the flying sit spin was only a level two. Czisny earned 63.52 points (36.60/26.92), which was a seasons best for her. “I really just tried to go out there and skate my best tonight”, the American told the post-event press conference. “I think my free program at the last competition was alright and I think I learned a lot from that program that I’m going to add to this competition tomorrow – just to go out and to stay with each jump.”
Nagasu’s playful program to “Pirates of the Caribbean” included a triple Lutz-double toeloop combination, a double Axel and a beautiful layback spin. However, she received some deductions for the triple flip for an edge attention (short take off with wrong edge). “My jumps were a lot better than in China (Cup of China), although my points are not higher, and I felt more confident in my skating”, the two-time World junior medalist said.
European Champion Laura Lepistö (FIN) is currently is ranked fourth. She missed her planned triple toe-triple toe combination but completed a triple loop, double Axel and strong spins (55.74 points). Cynthia Phaneuf (CAN) finished fifth at 55.58 points. She landed a double Axel and triple toe, but stepped out of the triple Lutz and her combination didn’t count.

Ice Dance, Compulsory Dance
The Compulsory Dance at HomeSense Skate Canada International was the Tango Romantica. The Tango Romantica is a romantic sinuous dance which expresses the soft, lyrical interpretive characteristics of the Tango. It must be skated with deep edges. The judges are looking for very erect carriage, precise timing and continuous flow. The difficulty of the steps should not be revealed in awkward or stressed upper body positions. The dance was created by 1976 Olympic Ice Dance Champions Ludmilla Pakhomova/Alexander Gorshkov and their coach Elena Tchaikovskaya. It was first performed in Moscow in 1974.

Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir of Canada danced to the lead in the Tango Romantica. France’s Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat came in second while Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje are currently ranked third.
Virtue/Moir gave a passionate performance of the Tango that earned them a new personal best score of 40.69 points (20.44 element score/20.25 program component score). “This is one of our favorite compulsory dances. It felt good to go out there and to skate in front of a home crowd and to obviously to start the week off on a good note”, Moir said. “It’s so fun (to compete at Skate Canada again after missing it last year due to injury). I’m not taking it for granted, that’s for sure. I was so sad that we missed it last year, and so it feels great to get back. Hopefully we are off to a good start and keep going”, added Virtue.
Pechalat/Bourzat interpreted the Tango in an elegant and lyrical way to score 35.55 points (17.56/17.99), which was a seasons best. “We felt a little stressed because of the boards as this is the American ice rink (size)”, Pechalat commented. “Overall we are pleased with how we did. We had some trouble in practice, and therefore we were a little tense. This was not a super great Tango, I think we really can improve on that”, she went on. Bourzat added that he had been handicapped recently by an ankle injury.
Weaver/Poje put out a solid and characteristic Compulsory Dance as well and posted a seasons best of 32.18 points (16.68/15.50). “We made sure this summer we worked on that aspect especially because it seemed like the compulsories always were our weak point. So we made sure that we focus on that technique”, Poje noted. “We love Tango. It’s something we’ve found immediate success with in our first year together with the Tango Original dance”, Weaver explained. “It’s like an old friend, it’s something we can really relate to. It definitely wasn’t our best, we’ve a lot of room to grow.”
Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates (USA) finished fourth at 31.47 points while Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) are ranked fifth with 30.09 points.

Men, Short Program
Jeremy Abbott (USA) won the Men’s Short Program ahead of Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi and Denis Ten of Kazakhstan.

Abbott delivered a strong performance to “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles and reeled off a triple flip-triple toeloop combination, a triple Axel and a triple Lutz as well as difficult spins and steps. The reigning Grand Prix Final Champion got a level four for all three spins and a level three for both step sequences. Abbott picked up 79.00 points (42.60 element score/36.40 program component score). “I am very happy with how I skated and I am excited going into the free skating”, Abbott commented. “After Japan I really learned a lot about the (free) program and places that kind of needed a little tweaking here and there, and I feel a lot more comfortable with the program than I did in Japan. The program was still very, very new, it was less than two months old. Now it’s only two weeks older, but having gone through that experience I do feel a lot more comfortable and confident going into tomorrow”, he explained referring to the fact that he had skated well in the Short Program at NHK Trophy in Japan but then struggled in the Free Skating.
Takahashi opened his routine to a modern Tango titled “Cobe” with a triple flip-triple toeloop combination, but the second jump was underrotated and downgraded. The 2007 World silver medalist went on to complete a solid triple Axel and a triple Lutz. He was awarded a level four for the combination spin and a level three for the other two spins while the footwork was a level two. The Japanese scored 76.30 points (39.20/37.10). “This is the third time I’ve skated this short program and it was the best performance so far. I’ve made some little errors the first two times. I fell in the footwork at NHK Trophy”, Takahashi told the press. “Therefore I was little passive today and I wasn’t able to get high levels (in the step sequences). I am regretting this, but overall I’m quite satisfied.”
Ten came as a little surprise. The 16-year-old impressed the crowd and the judges with an excellent program to “Sing Sing Sing” that featured a big triple Axel, a triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination, a triple flip and level-four spins. The crowd rewarded the performance with a standing ovation and the judges with a score of 75.45 points (43.60/31.85). Ten improved his previous personal best of 68.54 points significantly. “This was the best short program of my career, but still think I need to improve a lot of things. This is the senior level and I think I have to work a lot on the second mark and on my footwork”, Ten stated. “Figure skating is not only about the jumps, it is also an art as these great athletes like Jeremy Abbott and Daisuke Takahashi prove. I can learn a lot from them.”

Alban Préaubert (FRA) came in fourth with an entertaining program. He landed a triple Axel, triple flip-triple toe and a triple loop (72.30 points). Michal Brezina (CZE) is standing in fifth place. His triple Axel was shaky, but the spins, footwork, the triple Lutz and the triple flip-triple toeloop combination were strong (71.92 points). Patrick Chan (CAN) faltered, falling on his triple Axel and wobbling on two spins. He finished sixth (69.64 points).

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http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan09/index.htm

Result Details

Men - Free Skating
1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 155.01 74.01 81.00 8.20 7.60 8.15 8.20 8.35 0.00 #11
2 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 153.99 74.59 79.40 8.00 7.65 8.00 8.10 7.95 0.00 #12
3 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 139.98 70.18 69.80 6.95 6.50 7.05 7.20 7.20 0.00 #9
4 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 134.95 69.95 66.00 6.55 6.15 6.75 6.75 6.80 1.00 #6
5 Michal BREZINA CZE 130.40 62.10 68.30 7.10 6.35 6.95 6.90 6.85 0.00 #8
6 Patrick CHAN CAN 130.13 55.63 77.50 7.95 7.80 7.10 8.10 7.80 3.00 #7
7 Stephen CARRIERE USA 128.91 70.91 58.00 6.15 5.55 6.05 5.60 5.65 0.00 #3
8 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH USA 121.18 66.08 56.10 6.05 5.40 5.95 5.35 5.30 1.00 #5
9 Denis TEN KAZ 117.88 54.28 64.60 6.60 6.25 6.35 6.50 6.60 1.00 #10
10 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 109.68 53.68 56.00 5.85 5.35 5.25 5.90 5.65 0.00 #2
11 Joey RUSSELL CAN 106.89 50.79 56.10 5.75 5.30 5.70 5.60 5.70 0.00 #4
12 Jeremy TEN CAN 103.82 53.82 52.00 5.40 5.25 5.05 5.15 5.15 2.00 #1

Judges Scores - SP (pdf): http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan ... Scores.pdf
Judges Scores - FS (pdf): http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan ... Scores.pdf

Men - Final Result
1 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 232.99 1 2
2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 231.31 2 1
3 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 212.28 4 3
4 Michal BREZINA CZE 202.32 5 5
5 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 202.25 7 4
6 Patrick CHAN CAN 198.77 6 6
7 Denis TEN KAZ 193.33 3 9
8 Stephen CARRIERE USA 188.31 10 7
9 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH USA 186.48 8 8
10 Joey RUSSELL CAN 168.71 9 11
11 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 168.54 11 10
12 Jeremy TEN CAN 148.96 12 12

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Ladies - Short Program
1 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 112.90 50.02 62.88 8.05 7.65 7.45 8.10 8.05 0.00 #11
2 Laura LEPISTÖ FIN 102.78 48.62 54.16 6.90 6.45 6.55 7.00 6.95 0.00 #8
3 Mirai NAGASU USA 100.49 51.69 48.80 6.75 5.75 6.15 6.35 5.50 0.00 #9
4 Alissa CZISNY USA 100.01 46.57 55.44 7.40 6.20 6.95 6.90 7.20 2.00 #10

Ladies - Final Result
1 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 182.90 1 1
2 Alissa CZISNY USA 163.53 2 4
3 Laura LEPISTÖ FIN 158.52 4 2
4 Mirai NAGASU USA 156.83 3 3
5 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 147.72 8 5

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Pairs - Short Program
1 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 132.55 66.55 66.00 8.15 8.00 8.40 8.30 8.40 0.00 #8
2 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS 119.91 63.11 58.80 7.55 7.20 7.30 7.45 7.25 2.00 #7
3 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 109.03 52.95 56.08 7.10 6.75 7.00 7.05 7.15 0.00 #6

Pairs - Final Result
1 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 206.71 1 1
2 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS 185.71 2 2
3 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 166.93 3 3

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Ice Dance - Original Dance (Folk / Country Dance)
1 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 60.57 29.50 31.07 7.65 8.10 8.20 8.50 8.45 0.00 #8
2 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 56.05 27.90 28.15 7.45 7.15 7.45 7.50 7.50 0.00 #7
3 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES USA 51.49 27.40 24.09 6.35 6.05 6.50 6.45 6.40 0.00 #5
4 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 51.18 26.10 25.08 6.55 6.20 6.85 6.70 6.75 0.00 #6
5 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 45.92 24.30 23.62 6.15 6.00 6.35 6.40 6.25 2.00 #

Ice Dance - Free Dance .. tomorow

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http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan09/index.htm

Ice Dance - Free Dance
1 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 103.12 50.60 52.52 8.70 8.45 9.00 8.95 8.90 0.00 #8
2 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 93.47 47.50 45.97 7.70 7.45 7.75 7.80 7.75 0.00 #7
3 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 85.67 45.70 39.97 6.65 6.35 7.00 6.65 6.90 0.00 #4

Ice Dance - Final Result

1 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 204.38 1 1 1
2 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 185.07 2 2 2
3 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 165.64 3 4 4
4 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 161.68 5 5 3

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

HomeSense Skate Canada: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!

HomeSense Skate Canada wrapped up literally moments ago but I decided to go right to work on this post because it's all so fresh in my mind.

The Good: Some of the performances! Jeremy Abbott, Daisuke Takahashi, and Alban Preaubert put on quite a performance in the men's free. I have never seen Alban skate so well in my life, putting on a jump clinic. Daisuke came back from his NHK Meltdown with conviction. His free skate is rife with character, solid jumps, and great footwork (he actually won the FS by a smidge). And Jeremy Abbott, who took me by surprise enroute to his necessary win. He skated with conviction and even after a couple of little jump errors proved he could still compete with the big boys. Virtue and Moir captivated the crowd at the "Aud" with a gorgeous free skate...you could here a pin drop in there...well, until they did a lift and then the place erupted in applause. They set the new high mark and set a clear (crystal clear I think) message to Davis and White, Belbin and Agosto, and any other team that has their sights set on Olympic Gold. Shout-out to Weaver and Poje who were amazing here and actually found themselves on the podium! I spy Denney and Barrett throwing down another clean free skate! Finally, Savchenko and Szolkowy impressed me to no end with their new free skate to Out of Africa. For me, it gave me that same feeling that Dubreuil and Lauzon's Somewhere in Time did. This one may be a tear jerker for me and they set a World Record (206.71) in the process. I've added the video at the bottom of this post.

The Bad: I hate to mention a win in the bad column but Joannie Rochette was not on top of her game here. She was the benefactor of one of the weakest ladies free skate's I've seen in a while. Lots of doubled jumps and little landing errors. Her closest competition came in the form of Alissa Czisny who, herself, crashed and burned on two triples. Laura Lepisto had some clever choreography but didn't land many triples either to take the bronze. Mirai Nagasu actually had the highest technical score of all the ladies in the free but was hammered in the component score and failed to hit the podium. Dube and Davison didn't look sharp in their bronze winning performance. Poor Denis Ten lost all gas from the short program...we have to wait another day for brilliance via Kazakstan. Samuelson and Bates lost some big time ground here, not only falling behind Weaver and Poje but also Bobrova and Soloviev (Navarro and Bommentre...there's still hope!).

The Ugly: O goodness...Patrick Chan. From time to time he's been known to have a fall in his free skate...never would you expect three. Those falls, add in a doubled loop, and an iffy spin and it equals a disastrous 6th place finish. That was by far the shocker of the competition. Caroline Zhang got disastrous component scores after a slow, emotionless free skate where she fell on both triple flips. One judge gave her a 2.5 for skating skills...2.5!!!! Who could have ever predicted an 8th place finish for her, ouch. Same story for Phaneuf who finished ahead of her in 7th...four falls in the free and at home in Canada. She just cried in the Kiss and Cry, broke my heart. Kevin Van der Perren who is coming completely undone this season. I thought he was on his way to a better start when he did a three triple jump combo but after that all the energy went out of the program. After huffing and puffing his way to an 11th place finish, he looked like he hated skating and left the Kiss and Cry shouting curse words...oy! The last ugly is the scoring. In the short program especially, several skaters seemed to get boosts, most noticeably the Canadians. Joannie Rochette's short program scored a 70.00 without a triple-triple. Patrick Chan had the highest component score in the short despite a flawed performance. Virtue and Moir's OD score was off the charts. Amelie Lacoste and Cynthia Phaneuf made the final group of ladies despite the fact they had been clearly out-skated by Caroline Zhang and Akiko Suzuki in the short. In the free, Joannie Rochette again received some generous scores in the components given her performance while other skaters were grossly under-marked in components.

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ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL - Tokio, 3-6.12.2009.

Participants

Men
Nobunari Oda (Japan)
Evan Lysacek (USA)
Brian Joubert (France)
Jeremy Abbott (USA)
Johnny Weir (USA)
Daisuke Takahashi (Japan)

Pairs
Shen and Zhao (China)
Pang and Tong (China)
Mukhortova and Trankov (Russia)
Savchenko and Szolkowy (Germany)
Kavaguti and Smirnov (Russia)
Zhang and Zhang (China)

Ladies
Kim Yu-Na (Korea)
Miki Ando (Japan)
Joannie Rochette (Canada)
Alena Leonova (Russia)
Ashley Wagner (USA)
Akiko Suzuki (Japan)

Dance
Virtue and Moir (Canada)
Davis and White (USA)
Belbin and Agosto (USA)
Pechalat and Bourzat (France)
Cappellini and Lanotte (Italy)
Kerr and Kerr (Great Britain)

[Ирина]

Почему ничего интересно не транслятует РТР "Планета,... который я только имееть?!

Потому что Авербух на Первом канале,а не на РТР.....

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http://www.goldskate.ru/news/fullnews.shtml?newsid=490
25.11.09
г. Москва

ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ
Президиума Федерации

Об Андрее Лутае


За нарушение спортивного режима и этических норм поведения кандидатом в спортивную сборную команду России Андреем Лутаем Президиум Федерации постановляет:

– вывести Андрея Лутая из состава кандидатов в спортивную сборную команду России по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2009 – 2010 гг. и отстранить от участия в международных и всероссийских соревнованиях, проводимых Федерацией фигурного катания на коньках России, до 15 ноября 2010 года.



Президент Федерации В.Н. Писеев

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http://www.goldskate.ru/news/fullnews.shtml?newsid=490
25.11.09 г. Москва

ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ
Президиума Федерации

Об Андрее Лутае

За нарушение спортивного режима и этических норм поведения кандидатом в спортивную сборную команду России Андреем Лутаем Президиум Федерации постановляет:

– вывести Андрея Лутая из состава кандидатов в спортивную сборную команду России по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2009 – 2010 гг. и отстранить от участия в международных и всероссийских соревнованиях, проводимых Федерацией фигурного катания на коньках России, до 15 ноября 2010 года.

Президент Федерации В.Н. Писеев

http://www.reuters.com/article/olympics ... OX20091125
Wed Nov 25, 2009

Figure skating-Lutai to miss Olympics after arrest in U.S.

MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Andrei Lutai, the Russian figure skater arrested on suspicion of stealing a car and driving drunk in the United States last week, has been handed a one-year ban that will keep him out of the Winter Olympics.

"For violating ethical norms of an athlete, the executive board excluded Andrei Lutai from the national team for a period of one year until Nov. 15, 2010," Russia's Figure Skating Federation (RFSF) said in a statement on Wednesday.

The ban ends Lutai's hopes of competing in the Winter Games in Vancouver in February.

The 23-year-old from St Petersburg, who finished ninth in this year's world championships in Los Angeles, spent several days in prison in upstate New York after allegedly stealing a car at a service station. He was then released and sent home.

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+ video - Piseev, press-conference 24.11.2009.
Валентин Писеев: Лутай будет наказан по всей строгости (видео)
http://video.sportbox.ru/VidySporta/200 ... detnakazan

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I always thought that if young people do not "play" in time (when they is young) later made a variety "excesses" - and none can not forgive them ... cruel "fate" of professional

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http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/358324
26.11.2009 12:25 | Советский спорт

Хохлова и Новицкий выступят в финале Гран-при

Чемпионы Европы-2009 российский танцевальный дуэт Яна Хохлова и Сергей Новицкий примут участие в финале Гран-при по фигурному катанию, который состоится 3--6 декабря в Токио. Ученики Ирины Жук и Александра Свинина первоначально не значились в списках фигуристов, поскольку не вошли в шестерку лучших дуэтов мира по итогам двух этапов серии.

Тем не менее выступление россиян стало возможно из-за отказа серебряных призеров Игр в Турине американцев Танит Бельбин и Бенджамина Агосто. Во вторник партнерше была сделана операция по удалению зуба мудрости, и врачи посоветовали фигуристке отказаться от физических нагрузок в течение недели. Это обстоятельство осложнило подготовку пары к финалу Гран-при, поэтому и было принято решение отказаться от соревнований.

В январе американцы рассчитывают принять участие в национальном первенстве. Напомним, что Бельбин-Агосто второй год подряд снимаются с итогового турнира серии. В прошлом году причиной отказа явилась травмы спины Агосто.

Таким образом, на турнире в Токио россияне будут представлены не в двух, а в трех дисциплинах - женском одиночном и парном катании, а также в танцах на льду.

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ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL
Tokio, 02-06.12.2009.

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011101.htm

Participants (In order of qualification)

Men
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpjgpf0910/Entries_Men.htm
(Last update: 25.11.2009)
1 Nobunari ODA JPN
2 Evan LYSACEK USA
4 Jeremy ABBOTT USA
5 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN
6 Johnny WEIR USA
7 Tomas VERNER CZE (in as substitute)
- Substitutes:
8 Michal BREZINA CZE
9 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN
- Withdrawn: Brian JOUBERT FRA

Ladies
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpjgpf091...ries_Ladies.htm
(Last update: 22.11.2009)
1 Yu-Na KIM KOR
2 Miki ANDO JPN
3 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN
4 Alena LEONOVA RUS
5 Ashley WAGNER USA
6 Akiko SUZUKI JPN
- Substitutes:
7 Rachael FLATT USA
8 Alissa CZISNY USA
9 Mao ASADA JPN

Pairs
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpjgpf091...tries_Pairs.htm
(Last update: 22.11.2009)
1 Xue SHEN / Hongbo ZHAO CHN
2 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN
3 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
4 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER
5 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
6 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN
- Substitutes:
7 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN
8 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR
9 Keauna McLAUGHLIN / Rockne BRUBAKER USA

Ice Dance
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpjgpf091...es_IceDance.htm
(Last update: 24.11.2009)
1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA
2 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
5 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
6 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR
8 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN
- Substitutes:
9 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR
- Withdrawn:
WD 1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA
WD 7 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS

According to Russian newspapers, there has been some mistakes, because Jana KHOKHLOVA & Sergei NOVITSKI did not withdraw! ... and they go on GPF, as a substitute of BELBIN & AGOSTO - not a couple CRONE & POIRIER (CAN)
On ISU official site this is still not corrected

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Time and Practice Schedule:
http://www.isuresults.org/events/GPF-09_TimeSchedule.pdf

... "old" pages - more details about skaters:
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2009/gpsmen.htm
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2009/gpsladies.htm
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2009/gpspairs.htm
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2009/gpsdance.htm

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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports...kate-final.html

Ouch! Wisdom tooth knocks Belbin-Agosto from Grand Prix skate final

Last year, it was his back injury.
This year, it is her wisdom tooth.

The result is the same: ice dancers Tanith Belbin and her partner, native Chicagoan Ben Agosto, are out of the Grand Prix Final in figure skating.

And could they miss the U.S. Championships Jan. 22-24 as well? That seems unlikely.

Under U.S. Figure Skating rules, the five-time national champions still could -- and would -- be selected for the 2010 Olympic team even if they miss the U.S. Championships, provided they show fitness before February's Winter Games.

Agosto's injury kept them from competing at nationals a year ago, but they still were selected for the world team and wound up with a silver medal at the world championships. They also won silver at the 2006 Olympics.

The couple withdrew from next week's GP Final in Tokyo after Belbin needed surgery Tuesday for an infected wisdom tooth. According to a USFS statement, Belbin's oral surgeon advised her to avoid strenuous activity for at least a week.