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2012 Nebelhorn Trophy

2012 Nebelhorn Trophy

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The 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 27–29, 2012 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf.[1][2] The event is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.

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It is one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.

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Results

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Men

Japan's Nobunari Oda returned from injury to win gold at Nebelhorn, while Russia's Konstantin Menshov took silver, and the United States' Keegan Messing took bronze.[3][4]

Men's medalists. From left: Menshov, Oda, Messing
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Ladies

Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond won her first senior international title, Russia's Adelina Sotnikova took the silver, and Japan's Haruka Imai won bronze.[3][4]

Silver medalist Adelina Sotnikova performs her short program
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Pairs

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov repeated as Nebelhorn champions, while the United States' Caydee Denney / John Coughlin took silver and France's Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres won bronze, their first international medal.[3][4] There were two withdrawals following the short program – Russia's Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov withdrew due to a recurrence of an jury to Bazarova's right hip, while Germany's Mari Vartmann picked into her right foot when she fell on a throw triple loop during the short and was unable to put on her skate the next day due to swelling.[3]

Pairs' medalists. From left: Denney / Coughlin, Volosozhar / Trankov, James / Ciprès
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Ice dance

Madison Chock / Evan Bates of the United States won their first international title, while Julia Zlobina / Alexander Sitnikov of Azerbaijan took the silver, and Germany's Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi dropped from first after the short dance to finish third overall.[3][4]

Bronze medalists Zhiganshina / Gazsi perform their zombie-themed free dance
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References

  1. "Nebelhorn Trophy Announcement". International Skating Union. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. "Full event protocol" (PDF). Deutsche Eislauf-Union. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2014.
  3. Flade, Tatjana (September 30, 2012). "2012 Nebelhorn Trophy". Golden Skate.

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