Short Track
The second stage of the Short Track World Cup confirms the sparkling start of the season that will lead to the Beijing Olympics.
Monday 1 November 2021 3 minutes reading time
The eternal Arianna Fontana is once again on the shields, who after six years returns to the top step of the podium in a World Cup event, imposing herself with authority in the 500 meters final after having placed second in the 1500s. meters preceded only by the Dutch Schulting. The Valtellina, after reaching Fabio Carta in Beijing seven days ago, stretches and reaches 39 career podiums that consolidate her as the blue short track athlete with the most individual podiums in the World Cup; that wasn't enough Arianna also becomes the oldest woman to win an individual World Cup race.
An individual victory in the men's field had been missing for 14 years when Nicola Rodigari imposed himself in the 1000 meters; to fill the void is the thirty-five year old Yuri Confortola who in the 1500 meters final takes everyone by surprise with an unscrupulous race tactic and climbs to the top step of the podium.
With a view to Five Circles, the safe march of the relays is proceeding towards a qualification that would bring the number of qualified by gender to 5. The two relays invert the results of last week, both qualifying for the final; the quartet formed by Arianna Fontana, Cynthia Mascitto, Arianna Valcepina and Martina Valcepina obtained the third place behind the Netherlands and South Korea.
The quartet made up of Andrea Cassinelli, Pietro Sighel, Tommaso Dotti and Yuri Confortola ends up in fourth place with the podium won, in order, by Canada, China and Hungary. In the mixed relay, where the Olympic qualification for 12 teams should be a formality, Fontana, P. Sighel, Cassinelli and M. Valcepina finish in fifth position.
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