{"id":160,"date":"2008-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2008\/10\/14\/2008-karl-shafer-memorial-preview\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T19:18:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T23:18:19","slug":"2008-karl-shafer-memorial-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2008-karl-shafer-memorial-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Karl Shafer Memorial Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a one-year hiatus, the ice dancing event will be contested by 14 teams at the Karl Sch\u00e4fer Memorial in Vienna, Austria from October 14-17. The event is named for Austria’s two-time Olympic gold medalist figure skater Karl Sch\u00e4fer, who also won a plethora of gold medals at the World and European championships between 1929 and 1936. 
 
Also referred to as Vienna Cup, the event has been held since 1991, although ice dance has only been a part of it eight times. When ice dancing was first added in 1997, Tatiana Navka & Nikolai Morozov won the gold. Coincidentally, Roman Kostomarov, Navka\u2019s future partner with whom she would win the 2006 Olympic gold medal, won the silver with then-partner Ekaterina Davydova. <\/p>\n

Pernelle Carron & Matthieu Jost of France, ranked #22 (as of 10\/12\/2008) on the ISU\u2019s world standings list, are the favorites for the top of the podium. Carron & Jost had a strong international season in 2007 winning the bronze medal at Skate Canada and finishing ninth at the European Championships. They\u2019ll look to start their season with gold in Vienna.<\/p>\n

The United States sends two teams to Austria: Charlotte Maxwell & Nick Traxler and Lynn Kriengkrairut & Logan Giulietti-Schmitt. Maxwell & Traxler finished seventh at the 2008 U.S. National Championships, while Kriengkrairut & Giulietti-Schmitt finished ninth. At August\u2019s Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, the two teams finished neck-and-neck in several of the event phases. Maxwell & Traxler\u2019s free dance to \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d and \u201cThe Show Must Go On\u201d by Queen should be a crowd favorite, while Kriengkrairut & Giulietti-Schmitt\u2019s original dance is dynamic and fun to watch. <\/p>\n

Estonia\u2019s Caitlin Mallory & Kristjan Rand had a successful Finlandia, finishing fourth in their competitive debut as a team. Karl Sch\u00e4fer Memorial\u2019s roster boasts more teams with more competitive experience, so this even should be a bigger test for the duo who teamed up earlier this year.<\/p>\n

A pair of teams from the Czech Republic will also go head to head at Karl Sch\u00e4fer Memorial. Kamila Hajkova & David Vincour have been the top senior team in the Czech Republic for the past several years, while Lucie Mysliveckova & Matej Novak have been steadily moving up the junior ranks.  <\/p>\n

The competition begins Tuesday with the Viennese Waltz.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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