No way. Spain has only one spot for Olympics, because Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin didn't make top 10 at the last Worlds. And if Lithuania had not had another ice-dance team without citizenship issues, the first alternates for the berth would have been Hungary.
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Alternates are determined from Nebelhorn, not Worlds.
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From this article about the selection of the Italian flag bearers and the presentation of the flag, it seems to suggest that the following is the Italian team:
Men: Matteo Rizzo, Daniel Grassl
Pairs: Filippo Ambrosini & Rebecca Ghilardi, Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise
Women: Lara Naki Gutmann (will compete only in the team event, but is also 1st reserve for the singles event)
Dance: Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri
Men: Matteo Rizzo, Daniel Grassl
Pairs: Filippo Ambrosini & Rebecca Ghilardi, Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise
Women: Lara Naki Gutmann (will compete only in the team event, but is also 1st reserve for the singles event)
Dance: Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri
They are the ones ahead in the selection ranking (sum of Nationals + 2 other competitions from this season) with a significant margin over their competitors. So it looks plausible.
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Japanese Team announced!
Men - Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama
Women - Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Hibuchi, Mana Kawabe
Pairs - Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice Dance - Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Men - Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama
Women - Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Hibuchi, Mana Kawabe
Pairs - Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice Dance - Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Selection confirmed by National Olympic Committe
If the link is not direct, you need to select "pattinaggio di figura" in the "disciplina" box and the names should appear at that point.
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The link worked perfectly for me thanks! I love the little profiles for each athlete on the team, very interesting (and very useful for me to practise my Italian!)
Alison Reed wasn't granted Lithuanian citizenship. Therefore, Reed/Ambrulevicius won't take part to Olympic Games.
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A question: This was posted by a person on the skating lesson announcement.
"It’s reasonable that it was denied. She doesn’t live there, doesn’t speak the language, doesn’t have Lithuanian heritage and isn’t married to a Lithuanian. Passport hopping to skate doesn’t warrant citizenship."
Was not Tanith Belbin in the same boat?
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I totally agree with the above statement, and believe that it's actually very good news for the country of Lithuania and the future of Lithuanian figure skating that they will be sending Paulina R./Deividas K. instead of Reed/Ambrulevicius. Here's why...
There's a long history of non-Lithuanian female ice dancers skating with LTU males and attempting to get the citizenship for the Olympics, of which most attempts were denied. Lithuania is one of those countries where getting citizenship is by law, very difficult. In the past, American Isabella Tobias, who skated with a LTU ice dancer, tried also to obtain LTU citizenship. In preparation for the citizenship application, she took years of Lithuanian language classes, took and passed the history/citizenship test given by the LTU Citizenship Commission (all answers had to be answered verbally in Lithuanian), and passed the language test. Tobias also was very loved by the Lithuanian people and press. In fact, the Lithuanian people rallied, protested, and obtained many signatures on a petition on her behalf as a way to persuade the President to give her citizenship to compete in the Olympics! Tobias also obtained a Lithuanian lawyer during this process. Reed, on the other hand, has done none of this. It also does not help Reed's case that she has competed for the country of Georgia in the 2010 Olympics and has skated for Israel. After Tobias obtained citizenship and competed in the 2014 Olympics for LTU, her Lithuanian partner retired. Then Tobias skated for Israel with another man, and her Lithuanian citizenship was stripped from her in 2016. The Lithuanian public reacted to this in anger and betrayal due to all they had done to support and rally for Tobias. Lithuania still remembers this incident, which is probably another reason citizenship was not granted to Reed. The sad part about this is that Reed/Ambrulevicius didn't seem to do anything to prepare for citizenship application, besides just skate and visit the country. Sadly, it seems they didn't fully understand the citizenship laws of the country they skated for. Unless the citizenships laws of Lithuania change, this will be an ongoing problem. The solution? Sending the younger, full blooded Lithuanian ice dance team of Paulina/Deividas. They will be making history as the first true Lithuanian ice dance team to compete at the Olympics. THIS will be good for Lithuania. This will inspire LITHUANIAN skaters! Hopefully this will break the heartbreaking cycle where the female is continuously denied citizenship and move forward where the male/female of an ice dance time are both Lithuanian! In the short term, this is a harsh reality, but long term, this is actually what's best for the country and LTU skating.
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No. Not remotely close. 1) Tanith never represented any country but the USA in international competition, even though she was Canadian. Tanith herself has been very clear in making this point. There was never any "country hopping" involved. 2) Prior to the Olympics, she had lived and trained in the USA for many years, first on an immigrant visa, then a Green Card.
Belbin got caught up, through no fault of her own, in a poorly thought-out immigration rules change that unwittingly penalized people like her who started their Green Card/citizenship process prior to 2002. This change effectively put her further back in the queue than those who started their citizenship process later. It really was quite unfair, and it took Congressional action to remedy this for her (and others in same boat), and to get her timing back on track in time to receive citizenship for the 2006 Olympics.
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Zhuk is now listed as Jelizaveta Zukova on ISU website. It suggests she got Czech citizenship.
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According to her Wikipedia page she became a Czech citizen in December 2021 (the 22nd to be precise).
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those wondering about the North Korean athletes...
In this article, it says that the IOC banned North Korea for not sending athletes to tokyo...
North Korea cites concerns about Covid... IOC says athletes who qualify could still go but there is no plan of that happening
In this article, it says that the IOC banned North Korea for not sending athletes to tokyo...
North Korea cites concerns about Covid... IOC says athletes who qualify could still go but there is no plan of that happening
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For posterity, the American women's team is Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, and Alysa Liu.
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