Italian Grand Prix of figure skating starts this weekend

With the third stage of the Cup of Russia series and the first event of the ISU Grand Prix season, Skate America, already happening this weekend – more figure skating will take place at the debuting Italian Grand Prix as well

Earlier this month, the Italian Ice Sports Federation announced that they will host four stages in different locations between October and December, where the country’s top skaters in each discipline, as well as invited foreign participants, will attempt to qualify for the Final – expected to be held in mid-February.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND SCHEDULE FOR STAGE ONE:

PARTICIPANTS –

LADIES:
Kristen Spours (Great Britain)
Elisabetta Leccardi
Ginevra Lavinia Negrello
Chenny Paolucci
Francesca Poletti
Greta Morkite (Lithuania)

MEN:
Mattia Dalla Torre
Gabriele Frangipani
Daniel Grassl
Matteo Rizzo
Alberto Vanz
Philip Warren (France)

PAIRS:
Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii
WD – Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise
Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini
Dorota Broda & Pedro Betegon (Spain)

SCHEDULE –

Saturday, October 24 – Short Program:
16:00 – Ladies
17:00 – Men
18:00 – Pairs

Sunday, October 25 – Free Skate:
15:30 – Ladies
16:45 – Men
18:00 – Pairs