ISU World Figure Skating Championships will be officially openned tomorrow in Milan (Italy). As we all know this is one of the fashion capitals of the world, so the championships starts with style. The Kiss&Cry area is probably the most impressive ever. It represent one of the symbols of the city – Il Duomo.
Italy hosts the Worlds for the fourth time in history and Milan for second. In 1951 the championship was held in Milan, and for the first time since the Second World War, players from Germany and Japan were eligible to participate. The titles were for Dick Button (USA), Jeannette Altwegg (UK) and Ria Baran/Paul Falk (West Germany).
Turin organized the World Cup in 2010. This is the list of participants from 2010 that we expect to see this week – Michal Brezina (Czech Republic), Saulius Ambrulevicius (Lithuania, then as an individual skater, now ice dancer with Allison Reed, Allison then participated in Georgia with Otar Japaridze), Mirai Nagasu USA), Aljonas Savchenko (Germany, then in pairs with Robin Szolkowy, now with Bruno Massot), Vanessa James (France, then in pair with Yannick Bonheur, now with Morgan Cipres), Evgeni Krasnopolsky (Israel, then in pairs with Daniele Montalbano , now with Paige Connors), Paul Poirier (Canada, then in pairs with Vanessa Crone, now with Piper Gilles), Evan Bates (USA, then in pairs with Emily Samuelsson, now with Madison Chock), Chris Reed (Japan, then in pair with Cathy Reed, now with Cana Muramoto), Lucie Mysliveckova (Slovakia, with Matej Novak, now with Lukas Czolley.
Eight years ago, the current stars of „squadra azzurra“ Carolina Kostner and Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte and Ondrej Hotarek, who then partnered with Stephania Berton and now with Valentina Marchei.
