Short Track Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Montréal
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First day of competition at the & nbsp; Maurice Richard Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; Montr & eacute; to & nbsp; and first verdicts that will mark the continuation of the second stage of & nbsp; the World Cup. It is not & egrave; so far revealed no final or conclusive verdict for podiums, why & eacute; the first round of the & nbsp; Canadian ice & nbsp; saw the skaters compete in the & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. All involved in & nbsp; qualifying rounds & nbsp; of & nbsp; eight games & nbsp; & ndash; four distances by type - individual and two rounds & ndash; one male and one female & ndash; battery relay. For now, & rsquo; Italy & nbsp; coach & nbsp; Gouadec Kenan & nbsp; & egrave; sure to bring only & nbsp; four athletes & nbsp; the shifts & nbsp; & nbsp quarter and semi-finals, individual (tomorrow and the day after tomorrow). On the one hand, do not miss a beat Warranty & nbsp; Arianna Fontana & nbsp; & ndash; in the semi-finals in the 1500 and Saturday in the quarterfinals of the 500 meters & ndash; and & nbsp; Arianna Valcepina & nbsp; & ndash; forward, gi & agrave; some of the quarters in all and two series of 500. Pass the turn - for one time, for & ograve; & Mdash; & nbsp; & nbsp Elena Viviani, (in the first series of 500) and & nbsp; Yuri Confortola, which grabs the semi-finals in 1500, avoiding a wrong & ldquo; en plein d & rsquo; & rdquo deletions; for males.
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Quest & rsquo; s last, in fact, & egrave; l & rsquo; only man to advanced & rsquo; s debut. The others will all hope in the repechage, extra commitments to be addressed in the mornings of Saturday and Sunday. Good news, however, for both relays. Have qualified for the semi-finals tomorrow night.
The 1,500-meter women see only one & rsquo; blue go through. It's Arianna Fontana, qualified for the semi-finals tomorrow. The Sochi Olympic bronze & ndash; and also third in the first leg Cup 2014 & ndash; comeback win your battery. The 24-year-square l & rsquo; accelerated decisive between the tenth and thirteenth lap, and from the fourth to the first position, ahead of the 16 year old & ndash; and new emerging face of Korea & ndash; Choi Minjeong and the Chinese Tao Jiaying. So Arianna, preserves the possibility & agrave; stroking a new medal after the podium in Salt Lake City.
Hopes for the thunderbolt Valtellina s & rsquo; s rise. Also because & eacute; there will be no & agrave; the runner-up in the US, Kim Alang. That you & egrave; presented at the start of the batteries. Just in the same round, lost a good opportunity Ylenia Tota, disqualified by the judges. The Piedmont loses cos & igrave; the possibilities & agrave; access to at least the repechage. Possibility & agrave; intact for the third blue at the start of 1500, Lucia Peretti. The 24-year old Bormio & ndash; celebrated his birthday today & ndash ;, concludes his third trial behind Val & eacute; rie Maltais and Japan's Kikuchi.
Path clear for the fountain, which adds a new qualification at the beginning of the afternoon, this time in the second round of the 500 meters, a distance that has developed the new Italian record on Sunday. L & rsquo; Italian goes to the quarterfinals by winning its battery and scoring also the most time trial & ugrave; fastest of all. 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; s 251 to be right & rsquo; Hungarian Zsofia Konya (second). Next Arianna also Valcepina that cos & igrave; doubles his qualifications for the day, coming second behind the Russian Prosvirnova. Ripartir & agrave; repechage by Elena Viviani, out & ndash; for only 68 cents - without finding an opportunity to overtake good Shmyr and Kikuchi, clasped in front of her at the finish.
The first round of the 500 meters women opened the morning of Canadian races. Of the three Italian entered in the race, two have passed the first preliminary round, qualifying cos & igrave; for the quarter-finals. This is Elena Viviani and Arianna Valcepina. The first & egrave; returned one of the best third-placed batteries in the six conducted. The 22 year old Isolaccia & egrave; Moreover S & igrave; after the third Canadian Kim Boutin & ndash; one of the best junior past quests & rsquo; s one of the senior year - and China's Wang Xue and concludes his trial in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 577, a trial among the most & ugrave; fast. Promoted directly to the quarter also Valcepina. The skater originally from Cepina & egrave; certain passage down & agrave; on his arrival: & egrave; second after the Canadian Kasandra Bradette. Out (for now and waiting for the tests repechage), the pi & ugrave; youngest of the group, Federica Tombolato, fifth in the battery where they advance to the quarterfinals Marianne St-Gelais and Lin Yue.
Among the deleted excellent & ndash; third in a row, but not returned among the top not included - c & rsquo; & egrave; the Scottish Elise Christie, world silver medalist over the distance in March 2014. And on the ice of Montr & eacute; al. Will have & agrave; sneaking back into the board in the repechage tomorrow.
Over the same distance, but the men have played the preliminary decree and batteries for the first fourteen enrolled for the quarter-finals. None of the three Italian members at the start will ensure the place. Do not do it Rodigari Nicholas, fourth and never in the race won from the preliminary & rsquo; Dutchman Daan Breeuwsma, in a race with competitors potentially within his reach. Removed David also Viscardi, which concludes in fourth place, too. But the Milanese, c & rsquo; & egrave; to emphasize this, we & egrave; found to compete with most of the customers & ugrave; & Ldquo; uncomfortable & rdquo; and experts as Liu Shaolin, Grigorev and Li Jung-Su: All qualifiers for the battery later. Andrea Cassinelli, however, did not progress and not potr & agrave; present the repechage, unlike the two companions. The batteries then reap a famous victim as the Olympic champion Victor An. And the two Italians will have to compete with him & ndash; and with compatriot Vladimir Grigorev, meanwhile eliminated - to return to the game tomorrow.
In 1500 the male goes directly into the semi-finals only a blue. Yuri Confortola, cos & igrave; as happened in the US a week ago, potr & agrave; play for a place to enter in the Final A. Damaged by Kazakh Zhumagaziyev, had originally finished fourth, only to come right then advanced to the next round by the judges. Deleted the other hand, Thomas and Massimo Dotti Gurini, fourth and fifth respectively in their batteries. To see them again & rsquo; s work in the repechage.
No way, not even in the second series of 500 men, for the same duo & nbsp; Gurini-Dotti, both immediately forced in the preliminaries. L & rsquo; s latest attempt to enter the quarter-finals if they play tomorrow in the recovery coils.
Ylenia Tota concludes in its 1000 meters the battery & rsquo; s adventure in the individual events, because new & ndash; the third on four commitments Cup - disqualification. The young blue not & egrave; for & ograve; l & rsquo; s only famous victim of its battery. The same fate also touches on one of the favorites to win, the Chinese Fan Kexin. Not much better Lucia Peretti and Federica Tombolato, both unqualified for the quarter-finals, at least directly. They will be on the ice Sunday morning for the repechage. But still, the battery of a & rsquo; blue & ndash; the Tombolato & ndash; surrenders due penalty & agrave ;, one of the favorites (he won all & rsquo; debut): Marianne St-Gelais.
Other zero out of three in the men's race. Nicola Rodigari, David Viscardi and Yuri Confortola end up all over the second & ndash; l & rsquo; s latest available for the quarter-direct - in their tests. Especially Confortola major regrets, because & eacute; passed by the Latvian Putikis, when looking forward to the qualification, all & rsquo; s final round. They will try to trace the board from repechage that reward only two contestants eliminated today.
Chapter brackets. Women (Fontana, Viviani, and the Valcepina & rsquo; s debut in the team competition Tombolato) run the second of the three total battery & ndash; subject to disqualification - with almost total certainty to qualify. The nine teams entered, the only one in danger & rsquo; elimination battery. And the first selection virtually eliminates the US (with battery disqualified in Korea and Japan). So ;, & igrave the blue end their test & ndash; the next one & ndash; in control, second behind Canada and ahead of France. Tomorrow will try the & rsquo; s attack on the Final A, failed to Salt Lake City. Challenge China, Russia and Poland: a semi-final certainly not prohibitive for their potentials & agrave ;.
The men (Rodigari, Confortola Viscardi, Dotti) are redeemed by a gracious trial from the team after a tough day for all in & rsquo; s individual. The Italian quartet won its leading battery for almost half & agrave; race after the brawl triggered by the Chinese. The United States is close seconds and are eliminated teams Kazakhstan and China & ndash; Quest & rsquo; last of 'silver jewelry & rsquo; s debut in the World Cup. The Azzurri will see if the semi-finals with the Netherlands, Great Britain and France. In theory, it will be & agrave; try a very balanced and not impossible.
It should be blatantly out in the second battery, even Canada, which had swept the B Final in Utah, against the Blues. For each of the three batteries c & rsquo; & egrave; a victim excellent. Cos & igrave; in & rsquo; s last end out even Russia, Olympic gold in Sochi and first place in Salt Lake City.
The full results of the first day are available on the official website of the & rsquo; ISU. Click here.
Click here to view the program of the three days in Canada. Live streaming from 19:30 Italian visible on ISU Skating channel.
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