In Dresden, Europeans with view on the Olympic Games. In China, Wang Meng ko in training. Sochi goodbye?

"We worked very well after the Olympic qualifications November until last week. The training sessions have been really challenging and the team still suffers from fatigue because of the hardness of the loads, but it is a choice we made to prepare Sochi at the most - the comment Gouadec Kenan, one of the two technical Canadians who drive the National Italian -. We can not get in shape with a peak of 100% at both Europeans in Sochi. However, we have good expectations for Europeans and we can definitely achieve something important, but all athletes will need to battle a little more than usual. If they are willing, these days will be valuable to take a step closer to Sochi, since it will be the last laps of the race before the Olympics''.

The Azzurri band will be led as always by Arianna Fontana, who won five European titles in the last six years with great expectations also confirmed by the two relays. In particular, the male will try to further improve the'' harmony, hoping to recover in time for the Games Nicola Rodigari, after breaking the fibula in November during the Olympic qualifying disputatesi on the ice Palatazzoli in Turin. "For Nicola the rehabilitation is following the normal course is already back on the ice and is also working very well dry. Monday was subjected to a planned intervention to change a life and now can safely go ahead with the trainings - continues Gouadec -. Sochi is very close, but he is improving day by day and we are optimistic everything is still possible".

One who could seriously not be in Sochi is the four-time Olympic champion Wang Meng. China, in fact, it bounces today's news that the elusive sprinter broke an ankle and his participation in the Olympics, twenty-two days after the official start, is now seriously in doubt. A story that would mix further cards especially for the two distances faster (500 and 1000 meters), where the Italy is focusing on its two stars Arianna Fontana and Martina Valcepina. He has already had to forfeit, however, Noh Jinkyu, star of the recent Universiade Trentino 2013. A broken elbow has sidelined ace Korean, overall world champion in 2011 in Sheffield, which in Sochi would have to run the relay on the 5000 meters.