The panel of judges for the figure skating Olympic qualifying tournament to be held in Beijing, China, has been announced.
Idman.biz reports that there is also a representative from Azerbaijan among the judges.
The judging panel for the women's short program at the qualifying tournament is as follows:
Chief Judge: Yukiko Okabe;
Judge No. 1: Salome Chigogidze (Georgia);
Judge No. 2: Albert Zaydman (Israel);
Judge No. 3: Andrea Simancikova (Slovakia);
Judge No. 4: Zhang Hailian (China);
Judge No. 5: Den Chen (Hong Kong);
Judge No. 6: Kari Anne Olsen (Norway);
Judge No. 7: Katherine Taylor (Australia);
Judge No. 8: Yuri Klyushnikov (Azerbaijan);
Judge No. 9: Annie Hou (Belgium).
Idman.biz