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Nothing and no closure of Olympic medal by magic and unpublished en plein for Arianna Fontana. But the judgment on his fantastic adventure in five circles do not change at all. The blue unfortunately ends up in advance his career in Sochi, 2014, after winning three medals in his unforgettable Games. The Valtellina, 23, says goodbye too early to dreams of glory poker in the quarterfinals of the 1000 meters. The bishop of the Italian short track falls on the penultimate lap of his final test after making contact with China's Fan Kexin. In an action of convulsive race, the Fountain collides with the Asian and the worst, hopelessly slipping on ice Iceberg Skating Palace. For her no chance to get back in the race and, in addition to disappointment with the outcome of a race that could give her other strong emotions, comes the disqualification of judges. A "spot" perhaps too much after a contact who had seen Arianna groped a Fan overtaking on to play for the second position, the last useful for the semi-finals and then the medals.
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Arianna Fontana closes so its commendable Winter Olympics, in a way similar to how he had started in the 500 meters and continue in the relay: with a fall. Then, however, the crash had brought a silver medal after the disqualification of his "executioner", Britain's Elise Christie. This time, the blue undergoes a disqualification after a crash. In the quarter-finals of the toughest for the qualitative composition of the competitors, so much so that it could almost be considered almost an early final. With the Italian and Chinese Fan, were the Korean Shim Suk-Hee (fresh triumphant World Cup overall and on the distance) and the American Emily Scott. A race now seemed difficult, but when Arianna was able to baptize the wake of the Korean right from the outset, not after passing Scott and Fan after two rounds. In the second place, he then first blunt the attack of Fan to capitulate on the penultimate lap. Then the decisive episode: the arrow Valtellina tried to regain second place and with the Chinese and slightly forward within the track, then finished on the ground after the attempt. It did not seem, however, completely blameless either the fan, but the disadvantage has led the courts to oust the Fountain. The race then saw the victory of Shim in 1'29'' 356, just in front of the fans.
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