Asian Games preview

Just when you thought you'd had enough figure skating to last a life time. This week throws more at us with the skating events of the Winter Asian Games in Astana & Almati, Kazakhstan. The Winter Asian games is a multi-sport event similar to the winter olympics, with a few extra events such as Bandy and Ski-orienteering.

The event is somewhat overshadowed by the four continents championships taking place soon after in Taipei but there are several well-known faces competing.

Ladies -Kanako Murakami, Haruka Imai (Japan) Min-Jung Kwak, Chae-Hwa Kim (Korea) Anastasia Gimazedinova (Uzbekistan) Bingwa Geng (China)

Mens - Denis Ten (Kazakhstan), Takahito Muram Tatsuki Machida (Japan), Nan Song (China)

Pairs - Sui & Han, Pang & Tong (China) plus pairs from Thailand and Kazakhstan

Ice Dance - Cathy and Chris Reed (Japan) plus pairs from China, N Korea & Kazakhstan

See the full list of skating participants here.
The event schedule is as follows
Thursday - Short dance, Pairs SP, Mens SP
Friday -  Ladies SP, Mens FS
Saturday - Ladies, Dance and Pairs Free