Short Track
Francesco A. Armillotta
No dull blue on Saturday's World Cup in Kolomna. The best result of the day it is signed Arianna Fontana, eighth in the 1500 meters with a victory in the Final B. Gold wins the incredible if the Korean Shim Suk-Hee, his third win of the season on the longest distance and detachment for the triumphant cup of specialty. Silver and bronze medals of the day for the Canadian Valerie Maltais and China's Zhou Yang.
Saturday 16 November 2013 3 minutes reading time
It has failed to overcome the obstacle of the quarter or the 1500 or the 500, however, Martina Valcepina. In the sprint, so comes the third statement also for China's Wang Meng (her the cup final of the 500), ahead of compatriot Fan Kexin and at the same Shim Suk-Hee.
Summing up the results in the blue in Russia to 500 (Valcepina 10th place, 18th place Viviani and 23 ° Fontana) and 1500 (8th Fontana, 36 ° Peretti), however, Italy can smile and celebrate the three places mortgaged in both races for the Olympics in Sochi (7 to 23 February 2014). A result already obtained even at a 1000. Among males, however, the result is a contingent two units for distance in the adventure in five circles. Quarter fatal to Tommaso Dotti and Yuri Confortola in the 1500 men with this last'' that has stopped in the second round in the 500. On 1500, the U.S. imposes so JR Celski, ahead of the Russian Victor An and the revived French Thibaut FAUCONNET. Despite the defeat in the semifinals, Charles Hamelin closes in first place in the final standings.
The encore, however, also because of the injury that forced him to withdraw from the 500 scheduled shortly after, he fails to Canadian champion. The scene steals it, in fact, the new darling of the Russian fans, Victor An, who scored the double blow: Cup victory and specialty. The party for the home crowd is complemented by silver Vladimir Grigoriev, burning the Chinese Wu Dajing
Tomorrow is the time of the final stages of the 1000 and the brackets, which officially close the 2013/2014 season of the World Cup. The women try to center the fourth final in as many tests as the men await the response of the ice to know if they got the pass for Sochi. If Hungary and Kazakhstan, among others included in the same battery of semis, not awarding gold and silver, is made. The fingers of ice throughout Italy have already crossed.
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