Short Track
Arianna Fontana, Lucia Peretti, Martina Valcepina and Elena Viviani. These are the names of the four skaters blue that gave Italy its first podium of the season in the World Cup short track speed skating.
Sunday 29 September 2013 3 minutes reading time
The Oriental Sports Center, Italy won the bronze medal in the women's relay, behind the two Asian giants South Korea and China. A result which gives even more value to the convincing of the National weekend led by Eric Bédard and Kenan Gouadec, especially in the women's field, as demonstrated by the fourth place of the fountain on the 1,000 m, distance she usually indigestible, behind the three skaters in the Far East: gold and silver at the Korean Shim Suk Hee and Kim Alang, bronze to China's Li Jianrou.
The quarter-finals had stopped, however, the run-up to Martina Valcepina and Elena Viviani, however good to be confirmed in the top sixteen in the world of distance. A quartet perfectly complemented by an excellent Lucia Peretti, now returned on a permanent basis in the space of the blue team. Friday the four athletes Valtellina had already removed the satisfaction that a new Italian record in 4'08 "113.
Even the men's team seems to have found the enamel of better days, beginning his ascent to the summit of the movement. This is demonstrated by the third place in the B final of the relay, seventh overall, obtained in the relay (Nicola Rodigari, Yuri Confortola, Anthony Lobello, Tommaso Dotti). Also remain in the top eight in the Turin European stages (7-11 November) and Kolomna (14-17 November), valid as Olympic qualifications, would gain the ticket to Sochi. Up front, meanwhile, won a little 'surprise the United States, drawn by JR Celski, ahead of Korea and Canada.
In a 1000 Italian, Italian-free in the final stages, it's the second in two days of acute Charles Hamelin. The Canadian champion, winner in the 500 and second in the 1500 yesterday, got the better Dutchman Niels Kerstholt and Korean Lee Han-Bin, proposing itself as to the role of star of the Olympics next February. Next weekend (3-6 October) is back on track for a second Asian leg to Seoul (South Korea).
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