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Post by Admin on Oct 26, 2020 3:58:52 GMT
The Italian Ice Sports Federation is launching its own series of competitions — the Gran Premio Italia 2020 (Italian Grand Prix) — which will take place in four stages between October and December, with a Final scheduled for Feb. 13-14. The best Italian skaters will participate with a limited selection of foreign athletes invited. This competition overlaps with Skate America and the third stage of the Cup of Russia series.
″Like Federghiaccio, we thought of organizing a circuit of competitions reserved for our best athletes who would take part in the ISU Grand Prix Senior and Junior, which were then cancelled by the epidemic and, together, we also would invite some foreign athletes who train at the our rinks,″ said Paolo Pizzocari, technical director of the national teams and head of the section. ″Training the technical elements and programs is fundamental but equally important is not to lose the habit of competing. In all these months our athletes have trained seriously and now it is time to put to good use what has been done and thus show all the fans of the figure skating progress and new programs. Our boys will have the certainty of being able to compete for themselves and for the joy of all those who have followed them for years and who wish to see them again.″
Daniel Grassl, Matteo Rizzo and Gabriele Frangipani are slated to compete at the first stage (Oct. 24-25), along with the two top Italian pairs teams, Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise and Ghilardi Ambrosini.
The top scorers in each discipline at the end of the four events will qualify for the final.
First stage: October 24-25, IceLab, Bergamo Second stage: November 21-22, PalaTazzoli di Torino Third stage: November 28-29, Wurth Arena di Egna
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Post by Admin on Oct 26, 2020 20:56:03 GMT
The difficulties caused by the unavailability of PalAlbani are not slowing down the growth path of Ginevra Negrello, the 15-year-old from Varese specialist in figure skating who has already forged ahead in the youth categories and who is considered a rising star at national level for this discipline. In the past weekend, Negrello has in fact imposed itself in the first stage of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix , held at the Ice Lab Arena in Bergamo, with a convincing performance, full of difficult passages and expensive in terms of energy spent on the ice. In the lead after the short program, the bearer of Varese Ghiaccio has further stretched in the second part of the race closing with 164.05 points, 21 more than the second classified, Elisabetta Leccardi ; British Kristen Spours came third by a whisker . Fourth is the other color bearer of Varese Ghiaccio, Francesca Poletti. In short, a start to the season with a bang for "Ginny", the current Italian junior champion in Bergamo he made his debut in the Senior category . The Italian Grand Prix is a competition wanted by Federghiaccio to overcome the problems of a year in which international events have been marked by postponements and cancellations: in the race there are both Italian and foreign athletes who live and train in our country. The Italian Grand Prix will return to Turin on 21 and 22 November but without Negrello who, instead, is enrolled in the third stage scheduled at the Wurth Arena in Egna (in the province of Bolzano) on 28 and 29 November. ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 2020 - 1st STAGE - Bergamo Female ranking: 1) Ginevra Lavinia NEGRELLO (Ita - Varese Ghiaccio) 164.05; 2) Elisabetta Leccardi (Ita - Young Goose Academy) 143.41; 3) Kristen Spours (Gbr) 143.16; 4) Francesca Poletti (Ita - Varese Ghiaccio) 141.00; 5) Greta Morkite (Lit) 135.52.
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Post by Admin on Dec 6, 2020 6:10:17 GMT
Gran Premio Italia 2020/21 - Egna - Free Skating On Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November on the ice of the Würth Arena in Egna-Neumarkt. the new stage of the Italian Grand Prix kicks off, the national circuit organized by Federghiaccio and reserved for the best Italian skaters. Gran Premio Italia 2020/21 - Trento - Ladies Short Program In Trento, on the opening day of the third stage of the national circuit, the 18-year-old of the Fiamme Oro leads the women halfway through the race. Lara Naki Gutmann, 18, in action on the ice of Trento. At the end of the first half of the race, Lara Naki Gutmann and Guignard-Fabbri smile, respectively in the lead among women and in dance. Interesting ideas also in junior dance where Portesi Peroni-Chrastecky (IceLab) currently lead the partial ranking of the national circuit organized by the Italian Ice Sports Federation with the collaboration, for this weekend, of the Trento Artistic Skating Club. In the women's segment, the first of the day, Lara Naki Gutmann takes the limelight with a beautiful short of 65.92 points: for the 18-year-old of the Fiamme Oro, engaged today on the home track and on her return after last week's forfeit in Egna caused by an ankle inflammation, a clean, rich and elegant program. Behind him, at the moment, Alessia Tornaghi (Fiamme Oro), national champion with 63.89 points. Then Roberta Rodeghiero (Aeronautica Militare), third at 51.57 and ahead of Lucrezia Gennaro (2001 Srl) by a whisker (51.55). In fifth provisional place Alice Orrù (PusterIce) with 39.76 points. Gran Premio Italia 2020/21 - Trento - Short Program / Rhythm Dance Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri dominate in the dance: the tandem of the Blue Flames on the music of Grease makes a great impression by obtaining 90.08 points, first halfway through the race with a very considerable gap on Carolina Moscheni and Francesco Fioretti (IceLab), good at completing a very good rhythm anyway dance closed on the score of 66.21. For Carolina and Francesco, on their debut together on the ice, an important test bench on the notes of La La Land. Finally, space also for the juniors of dance with six couples competing, as it testifies to the health of the Italian movement. After the rhythm dance in front of all the national champions of the Portesi category Peroni-Chrastecky (IceLab), first with 60.81 points followed by Calderari-Cilli (IceLab), second with 57.17 points, and Tali-Frasca (IceLab), third at 52.11 points.
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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2020 19:33:43 GMT
The 18-year-old from the Fiamme Oro wins the victory among women in the third stage of the national circuit in front of Tornaghi and Rodeghiero. Beautiful victory for Charlène and Marco in dance; always in dance, but among the juniors, success for Portesi Peroni-Chrastecky. The third stage of the Italian Figure Skating Grand Prix ends in the best possible way, with applause performances and a lot of energy. The second day on the Trento ice rink today crowned the winners of the third appointment of the national circuit organized by the Italian Ice Sports Federation with the collaboration, for this weekend, also of the Trento Artistic Skating Club. Lara Naki Gutmann, Guignard-Fabbri in senior dance and Portesi Peroni-Chrastecky in junior dance among the women.
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2020 19:43:57 GMT
Charlène Guignard, 31, and Marco Fabbri, 32. Emotions from the beginning with the women's race which in fact confirmed the partial ranking that emerged after yesterday's short. Success conquered by the 18-year-old delle Fiamme Oro Lara Naki Gutmann who, still struggling with the ankle inflammation that caused her to miss last week's stage in Egna, opts for a conservative strategy and achieves a 107.39 point free. at home the victory at 173.31 points in front of the national champion Alessia Tornaghi (Fiamme Oro), who ran into a lackluster day and stopped at 161.60 after a second segment of 97.71 points. Roberta Rodeghiero (Air Force) closes the podium, third with an overall score of 144.43. Nicole Della Monica, 31, and Matteo Guarise, 32. Credit: Diego Barbieri. Great success, already mortgaged yesterday with rhythm dance, for Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri: the couple from the Fiamme Azzurre today brought on the ice a splendid free dance, rich and intense, valued worth 133.74 points. With 223.82 total points Charlène and Marco preceded Carolina Moscheni and Francesco Fioretti (IceLab), second with 163.50 points. The show offered, always in dance, also by the juniors: to triumph the national champions of the Portesi category Peroni-Chrastecky (IceLab), victorious with 151.32 points followed by Calderari-Cilli (IceLab), second with 143.91 points, and Tali-Frasca (IceLab), third with 137.92.
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