Short Track Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Montréal
Francesco A. Armillotta
For now (the bill moves to the rhythms important) updates its enviable average between races and medals won in a & ldquo; three out of three & rdquo; that would be the envy of everyone. And this time there is a new & nbsp; second place. & Nbsp; Arianna Fontana & nbsp; has just started the season and does not think at all to stop attending the & nbsp; the podium. & Nbsp; In fact, after the & nbsp; third place & nbsp; in Salt Lake City in & nbsp; 1500 m, l & rsquo; raised to the blue & rsquo; s top and wins a & rsquo; incredible & nbsp; & nbsp second position, always in the most tender & ugrave; long program. So begins in the best way the two-day final in the second leg of the & nbsp; World Cup short track speed skating at the & nbsp; Maurice Richard Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; Montr & eacute; al.
Saturday 15 November 2014 17 minutes reading time
The Valtellina is playing his cards in & nbsp; Final A with personality & agrave; and decision and avoid waiting too long and pulling the & rsquo; s attack. It was not easy, of course formidable opponents with the likes of Han Yutong despite the fall in the semifinals & ndash; then repeated and won & ndash ;, the strong Olympic silver Shim Suk-hee and surprises, among them, the Korean Choi Minjeong, Japan's Moemi Kikuchi and the bearer of Canada, Gervais. The favorite d & rsquo; s requirement would be for all the Shim. But the 24-year old Italian proves that you can wait and precisely follow the moves of rivals and possibly anticipate. In fact, three times a medal in Sochi in 2014 the plunge and moved into first place at -3 laps to go. Try to accelerate to secure a deserved victory possible and, until & eacute; do not get overtaken by a Korean. But the & rsquo; s action comes from rival Asian perhaps least expected, or the Choi. Quest & rsquo; s latest & egrave; adept at finding space inside & Outdoors; final bend and win in 2 & rsquo; 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 970. Arianna & egrave; second again, cos & igrave; as in & rsquo; s last race held in Salt Lake City & ndash; 500 & ndash; a week ago.
The podium encourages not only for the condition shown by the formidable blue. Performance & egrave; to be evaluated as a whole. Including the semi-finals of the perfect fountain. The trial had already & agrave; showed the & rsquo; home of five-time Olympic medalist. In & rsquo; last of the three tests to enter the finals & egrave; found with the powerful Canadian Val & eacute; rie Maltais and young Asian Choi Minjeong & ndash; then it will go & agrave; to win - and Tao Jiaying (China), medal & rsquo; gold at the Universiade in Trentino in 2013, just over 1500. tactics and pace entrusted to Choi with Arianna fourth for most of the race. Finch & eacute; decides to take the plunge in the penultimate corner and last step. & Egrave; the moment than with a & rsquo; s action and brilliant lightning before the Chinese and then Maltais. One hint that the cat closes in 2 & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 746, second and secure the promotion behind the Korean cos & igrave; how to & rsquo; s final act.
The best finish among the blue & rsquo; reached in the 1500 men's Yuri Confortola ritrovatosi to compete in & rsquo; s last semi-final with the & ldquo; engine & rdquo; Charles Hamelin, Seo Yi Ra and Han Tianyu. He baptizes the blades of Hamelin slipped dramatically to -3 and lose & agrave; valuable land to avoid it. But in front of him, the trio makes Asian race head-to s & eacute ;. Confortola shut & agrave; fourth, also passed by the Bastille in the end, climbing a location for the disqualification of Han due to frenzied finale with the Canadian champion. The penalty & agrave; given to the Chinese standard ensures the Final B. & ldquo; & rdquo glides; won by the champion of home, with the & rsquo; blue Confortola in fifth and last place.
The Final A, then no Hamelin and Han Tianyu - gold and silver respectively in the Olympics and World Cup in 2014 - goes to the Korean Park Se-Yeong, which precedes the winner in Salt Lake City and Da Woon Sin compatriot. Third l & rsquo; Dutch Sjinkie Knegt.
In recovery, long before the end, Tommaso Dotti had performed well in his first heat of the repechage. Closed in second place behind the US Cole Kruger. Terminer & agrave; his run to the semi-finals as the 24th overall. Immediately ruled out, however, Max Gurini fifth and last in the battery repechage won by the Japanese Yokoyama.
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The Final A of the first series of the 500-meter women if the & rsquo; s & agrave won without too much difficulty; one who & egrave; arrived in Montr & eacute; in with the new world record on the distance just purchased: China's He Kexin. Race never questioned the phenomenal skater who triumphs in the 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 161. Second, to the delight of the audience in the temple of ice Qu & eacute; bec, Marianne St-Gelais (43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 373 his final time), who wins the battle between & ldquo; human & rdquo; with the Korean Jeon Ji-Soo, finished third and was awarded the bronze medal. A curiosity & agrave ;: three skaters on the podium in Canada were the same access to the Final for medals in Salt Lake City. A week ago, ograve ;, & s & rsquo; & plugs into igrave; l & rsquo; blue Arianna Fontana & ndash; in this series was not recorded & ndash; and arriv & ograve; at & rsquo; silver. As evidence of the extraordinary condition of the Valtellina and the value of that podium.
The afternoon race was started with just 500 meters women's race in which the Italians enjoyed a double presence capable of playing the quarter-finals with the best. N & eacute; Arianna Valcepina n & eacute; Elena Viviani have managed to continue their marches.
The Valcepina not & egrave; successful in all respects. At first he finds himself competer with the & ldquo; & rdquo fished excellent; Elise Christie and the champion Fan Kexin. Arianna lost the third position after the start suffering from overtaking Scottish and falls in an attempt to recover. Nothing semifinal in an unfortunate series. It classificher & agrave; sixteenth in the final ranking.
Fourth very difficult even for the second blue with the Korean Jeon Ji-Soo and the Canadian Kasandra Bradette, & ldquo; target & rdquo; leading to the next round of Viviani. The 22 year-old Olympic bronze medalist in the relay can not find the right cue, being relegated to the back of the two listed rivals. For her comes the & rsquo; elimination, so & igrave; as was the case in Salt Lake City & ndash; where he was ninth - the same distance. At Montr & eacute; to close, however, the eleventh. Repechage fatal in the first round for the young Federica Tombolato already deleted & agrave; in the first round to get back into the main draw. Sar & agrave; 24th in the final count of 500.
The race of the men's 500 meters world champion won the 2014 Dajing Wu, the first victory of the season. A win & ldquo; & rdquo announced; view the previous demonstration of a condition enviable, in all its steps to get to the Final for medals. The twenty year old Chinese Wu remains true to the & rsquo; s final act, going to win through d & rsquo; authorities & agrave; without giving chance & agrave; reply to the opponents, though fierce and level. L & rsquo; Olympic silver Sochi wins hands down in the 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 720. Behind him, the Russian Dmitry Migurov, the first individual podium in the World Cup. Third, however, comes the Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy.
Male Blues defeat all the repechage morning. He stopped in mid & agrave; attempting to lift David Viscardi. The skater Milan & ndash; that shut & agrave; in 22nd place overall - what better battery passes the third, then won very well on his quarter-final in 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 915, but & egrave; forced to abdicate in the semifinals, which recognizes Russia's Vladimir Grigorev, returned to the board with the & rsquo; winner of the other semi-final, Viktor Knoch. He stops long before the run-up to an opaque Nicholas Rodigari eliminated with the & rsquo; last time in his battery Pivirotto and Muratake, two opponents to reach the Valtellina's reach 32nd in the final ranking. But the repechage also mark the & rsquo; s departure from the scene of one of the favorites to win: Viktor Ahn. The Russian decides not to show up for the climb groped & ldquo; Low & rdquo ;.
Among other Italian engaged in rounds of recovery, there & rsquo; & egrave; to report the repechage unhappy Lucia Peretti where the fountain also closed the second. L & rsquo; blue can not find the first place in his semi-final & ndash; that would mean re-admission in the semifinals for the medals & ndash; finishing fourth in the & ldquo; round & rdquo; won the Canadian Joanie Gervais. For her, a disappointing 27th place.
The good news comes at the close of the evening the women's 3000 meter relay team approaches the coveted Final A after an unfortunate debut in the first leg of the Cup. A description is not no thrill for Fontana, Peretti, Valcepina and Viviani. In fact, after a few laps the thrill comes with the baton Polish falls on the Fountain. Quest & rsquo; s last was defilando correctly after changing data. But the Polish directly affects the & rsquo; blue, going to the ground for the hopelessly violent blow. L & rsquo; Italy continues its race and enjoy the train Russian and acceleration of Arianna Fontana to keep behind the formidable China. The changes are clear and the blue line shows full. As there is no interference in each other-the fall & rsquo; Italy flying in the A Final 4 & rsquo; 10 & rsquo; & rsquo; 539 qualifying behind the Russians. Finally, the girls return to the place where they are placed in the & rsquo; s last season still to play for the medals. This time, in addition to Russia, will compete for the podium with Korea and Canada. Appointment Sunday night.
Unfortunately for the men's relay, who finished third in his semi-final tomorrow. Men placed in a very balanced semi-final with France, Britain and Holland renewed. Confortola, Dotti, Rodigari Viscardi and they can not find their first final of the season. Likely to make contact with the British, but do not lose contact with the first & ndash; meanwhile slide the French quand & rsquo; s were leading & ndash; remaining for & ograve; in third place. They will maintain the position without shortening the gap in the closing laps. Some regret c & rsquo; & egrave ;. & Egrave; evident. Perch & eacute; the shift on duty was within reach.
Tomorrow the 'last day of competition in Montr & eacute; al. Click here to see the program and blues in the race. Live streaming is available at the following link: & nbsp; http: //livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/index.html
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