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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2021 20:04:03 GMT
Tickets for World Team Trophy to go on sale Some other news to bring you from earlier – the Japan Skating Federation has announced ticket sales for the World Team Trophy, which is set to take place in Osaka, Japan, from 15–18 April. This means some spectators are, for now, planned to be admitted to the season-ending competition, which would be the seventh World Team Trophy in Figure Skating. It has been held in Japan on all six prior occasions, with the hosts winning in 2012 and 2017. The United States team has won the other four.
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Post by Admin on Mar 24, 2021 20:50:12 GMT
The 2021 World Team Trophy is scheduled to take place at the Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Japan, April 15-21. This event is currently conditional upon a normalization of the pandemic situation in Japan and, if held, will be conducted with strict protocols in place. In regular seasons, nations would earn points at international competitions. However, this year, given the situation, the top six nations will be determined by combining the results of the 2019-2020 Grand Prix season and the 2021 World Championships. Each of the six countries will field two singles skaters, one pairs team and one ice dance team. Total prize money of US$1 million will be awarded at this competition, with the winning team taking home US$200,000. Read the full Announcement here. www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2020-21/championships-32/announcements-96/25595-world-team-trophy-osaka-2021-announcement/file
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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2021 6:24:42 GMT
The press service of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FSFR) published on Monday the roster of national athletes for the 2021 World Team Trophy, which is slated to be held next month in Japan.
The announced roster lists Anna Shcherbakova and Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva (ladies’ singles competitions), Mikhail Kolyada and Yevgeny Semenenko (men’s singles competitions), Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov (pairs’ competitions) and Viktoria Sinitsyna/Nikita Katsalapov (ice dance competitions).
The list of the selected Russian figure skaters is based on the results of the 2021 ISU (the International Skating Union) World Figure Skating Championship.
The 2021 edition of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships was hosted by the Swedish capital of Stockholm between March 22 and 28 at the over 13,850-seat capacity Stockholm Globe Arena.
The 2021 World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is scheduled to be hosted by Osaka, Japan, between April 15 and 18.
At the World Championship in Sweden last week Shcherbakova and Tyktamysheva won gold and silver medals respectively in ladies’ singles events; Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov won gold in pairs’ competitions and Viktoria Sinitsyna/Nikita Katsalapov took the gold in the ice dance event, while Mikhail Kolyada and Yevgeny Semenenko finished 5th and 8th correspondingly in men’s singles event.
Due to current sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Russian athletes are prohibited until December 2022 from participating in the world championships and Olympic Games under the national flag and to the tune of the national anthem.
Last month, the International Skating Union confirmed to TASS that a musical piece from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 would be played during the awarding ceremonies of Russian figure skating medalists instead of the country’s national anthem. The duration of the musical piece is approximately one minute.
Apart from that, the Russian national team of figure skaters participates in international tournaments under the flag of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FSFR) instead of the Russian national flag.
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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2021 16:19:45 GMT
The representative players of the national competition of figure skating "group competition" to be held in Osaka next month have been decided.
Top players such as Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno from Japan, and Rika Kihira and Kaori Sakamoto for girls gathered.
Furthermore, from overseas, Nathan Chen of the United States, who won the world championship last week for the third time in a row, and the old and new world queens of women from the Russians will participate, making it truly the world's best battle.
During the tournament, athletes will be under thorough measures against new corona infection, such as blocking contact with the outside.
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2021 6:56:50 GMT
Fresh off his third consecutive world title, Nathan Chen will lead the U.S. squad at next month's World Team Trophy, where he will face off again with two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu.
Chen, winner of the last five U.S. championships, used a sensational free skate to take the world crown on Saturday, with Japan's Hanyu finishing third. From April 15-18 in Osaka, Japan, they will anchor their respective nation's team.
The event also features Canada, France, Italy and Russia. China made the field but declined and was replaced by the French.
Each team consists of two women, two men, one pairs team and one ice dance team. Each skater or duo will earn points based in the short program or rhythm dance, and free skate/free dance. The points will be combined across the four disciplines, with the highest points total winning the competition.
Jason Brown, seventh at worlds, joins Chen in the men's event. Karen Chen and U.S. champ Bradie Tennell head the women's squad; their combined total of 13 placements at worlds (Chen was fourth, Tennell ninth) earned the United States three berths in next year's Beijing Olympics. American pairs champs Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier will compete, as will ice dancers Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker.
Other world winners participating will be Anna Shcherbakova in singles, pairs skaters Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, and ice dancers Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, all from Russia.
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