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At the weekend it is going to start & nbsp; caler & agrave; the curtain & nbsp; on & nbsp; the 2015-16 World Cup short track. After five stages, the best skaters will compete in short track & nbsp; in & rsquo; last three days of races & nbsp; that consumer & agrave; to & nbsp; Sportboulevard of Dordrecht, a town located in the & rsquo; Holland & nbsp; South. & nbsp; After l & rsquo; exciting stage of the & nbsp; Dresden & nbsp; & ndash; where last Sunday & nbsp; the women's relay got a & rsquo; exciting & nbsp; win & nbsp; & ndash; The Italian team will try & agrave; to continue the & rsquo; positive momentum initiated in Germany.
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& Nbsp; A week ago, in fact, not & egrave; only arrived l & rsquo; gold for the girls in the team events. The patrol coached by Kenan Gouadec finished with the fourth place of Thomas Dotti and fifth Lucia Peretti in the 1500 meters. Best career results for both implementations skaters of our house. Moreover rivedr & agrave; even l & rsquo; awaited Arianna Fontana. The five-time Olympic medalist has taken with the & rsquo; agonism after nearly a year's absence from the ice and dragged the all & rsquo; gold team, pausing to memorize options & Ndash; Because disqualification & ndash; in the 500 meters individual. In Holland, the Valtellina arrow There riprover & agrave ;, hoping for much better fortune.
But in Dordrecht also assign the last eight podiums in World Cup year & ndash; six individual and two relay & ndash; which will complete the picture of specialty & agrave samples; this season. All we are waiting for the closure of the international season, scheduled from March 11 with the World Championships in Seoul (South Korea).
Even for the & rsquo; approach of the World Cup, some of the big short track decided to give up the trip to Earth oranje. Over all, there will not be & agrave; Charles Hamelin. The Canadian you & egrave; He dismissed the great winning the last two victories of 500 and 1000 meters all''EnergieVerbund German Arena. There & rsquo; & egrave; even compatriot Samuel Girard, a win and second place in the ranking of specialty & agrave; in the men's 500m. Forfeit almost mass & ndash; cos & igrave; as happened in Dresden & ndash; for big Chinese team: from Dajing Wu Shi Jingnan to Fan Kexin.
Men's 500 meters. Absent the top three in the standings, Charles Hamelin, Wu Dajing and Girard, Russian Dmitry Migunov & egrave; l & rsquo; only skater in a position to undermine the forefront of the Canadian. Quest & rsquo; last, gi & agrave; champion in 2014-15 has provided only one result to be confirmed: win the Final A.
Male 1000 meters. In the two held in Dordrecht, the fresh European champion overall semion elistratov series has l & rsquo; opportunity to win the decisive points in the second set on the kilometers on Sunday. Russian & egrave; topped the list of specialty & agrave; & Ndash; won gi & agrave; in 2015 - and will have & agrave; defend against the Canadian Charle Cournoyer and Korean Seo Yi Ra attacks, both enrolled in the second race of the weekend and both the only ones able to overtake. The advantage of Elistratov & egrave; however, full-bodied and more than 6000 points in North America.
1500 male meters. The last 10 thousand points, which will reward the winner in the Netherlands, could be rewarding for the Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy. & Egrave; he l & rsquo; only one able to overcome in the standings & rsquo; Dutch Sjinkie Knegt. L & rsquo; primary goal of quest & rsquo; last & egrave; to be classified before the Asian rival.
Men's 5000 meters relay team. Canada and China & ndash; separated by only 1280 points & ndash; candidates are contending for the & ldquo; cup & rdquo ;. In the game, to memorize options ;, there are still the Netherlands, Korea and Hungary. Which makes it even more & ugrave; Interestingly the team competition. The quartet of & rsquo; Italy, which in Dresden has got the new Italian record, punter & agrave; to take advantage of the battlefield situation between the & ldquo; big & rdquo ;, to try a new exploit after his second place in Shanghai last December. In Battery & ndash; Tomorrow & ndash; if will see & agrave; with Turkey, Canada, Belarus and France.
Women's 500 meters. Is not serious; match for the European away the leader Fan Kexin Cup. The Chinese sprinter has an advantage of less than 800 points on the Canadian Marianne St-Gelais, real number one candidate to victory in the standings. A challenge it there will be & agrave; British European champion in 2016 & ndash; and in top shape condition & ndash; Elise Christie. A tough comeback for her, given the more than 7000 points of difference, which seems prohibitive ahead.
1000 female meters. The situation & egrave; apparently it balanced in the challenge on kilometer. There are two races available in & rsquo; last round of the Cup. For now leads the Korean Choi Minjeong with 28 thousand lengths, ahead of countryman Shim Suk-hee & ndash; 26400, but not in the race in Dordrecht -, the Canadian Maltais and St-Gelais and the Chinese Tao Jiaying. But Shim and St-Gelais are not recorded in any of the two series. Cos & igrave; The Choi could gi & agrave; close accounts with the remaining challengers & ndash; both involved in the second Test & ndash; seizing points & ldquo; heavy & rdquo; Finals in the first planned for Saturday.
1500 female meters. Irrelevant for the purposes of & rsquo; allocation of specialty & agrave ;, Cup sar & agrave; the race of Dordrecht. Korean Choi Minjeong you & egrave; gi & agrave; awarded the confirmation of the title last weekend. With no challenger 48 thousand points potr & agrave; reach it. The facts do not & egrave; entered the race.
Women's 3000 meters relay team. With four wins out of five seasonal testing & ndash; only l & rsquo; last awarded a & rsquo; other team, or the & rsquo; Italy, Korea & egrave; gi & agrave; certain of the title. hunting remains open to the remaining places of the overall podium with Canada, China and Russia. The Italians will try to impress again: debuts in batteries against Russia, Czech Republic and Belarus.
Below the list of entries for the 12-race blues summoned by c.t. Italian Kenan Gouadec:
1500 female meters: Cecilia Maffei, Lucia Peretti and Arianna Sighel.
1500 meters men: Yuri Confortola, Thomas Dotti and Nicola Rodigari.
1000 male meters (First series): Andrew Cassinelli, Mark Giordano and Davide Viscardi.
1000 female meters (First Series): Arianna Valcepina and Elena Viviani.
Women's 500 meters: Elena Viviani, Arianna Fontana and Arianna Valcepina.
Men's 500 meters: Andrew Cassinelli and Mark Giordano.
1000 male meters (Second Series): Thomas Dotti, Yuri Confortola and Davide Viscardi.
1000 female meters (Second Series): Lucia Peretti, Cecilia Maffei, Arianna Sighel.
Click here to see the entire program of the & rsquo; last weekend of the World Cup. The start list complete and competition times in Dordrecht. From tomorrow off with the preliminary rounds. Saturday and Sunday finals.
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