Short Track - Italian Championships in Turin
Francesco A. Armillotta
Here are the & nbsp; & nbsp statements; released by the protagonists of the Italian Championships short track. At Palatazzoli of & nbsp; & nbsp Turin; we spoke with the champion and the sample d & rsquo; Italy in 2015 - & nbsp; Arianna Fontana & nbsp; and & nbsp; Yuri Confortola & nbsp; - and the coach the National Italian, & nbsp; Kenan Gouadec. All three have the track record of the event flag, with a look towards the rest of the season now entered a decisive phase.
Sunday 4 January 2015 12 minutes reading time
The champion d & rsquo; Italian Arianna Fontana, confermatasi that after the success of & rsquo; last year in Bormio, & egrave; clearly satisfied by his Championships. The competition also marked his return to competition after being stopped for a stop by the races scheduled, after a November victory in the 500 World Cup, in Montr & eacute; al. & Laquo; I am happy & ndash; said the blue star - I would say that these championships have gone well and I'm pleased to have started well. The sensations were positive and, given the & rsquo; last load period, the answer & egrave; been positive. Running in Turin for me & egrave; always nice perch & eacute; reminds me of my first Olympic medal and the CITY has always given me joys, cos & Igrave; & Egrave; was also in these Absolutes. Here I also tried some new things in the European Championship in two weeks. In the United States I trained well and I found myself at ease in & rsquo; last month. I & egrave; also served for a change & rsquo; air and detach. Could only make me well. The period of stop & ndash; Arianna has not played the Asian stages of the World Cup, after a roaring start in November - & egrave; was definitely more & ugrave; positive psychological than physical. Not being focused on all the races of the season has given me more & ugrave; charge to prepare well for the second, very important part of the season with European and World & raquo; .The we then asked if he had some small regret for not having played the two tests Asian Cup: & laquo; Absolutely not. L & rsquo; I have chosen, and if I had not wanted, not l & rsquo; I would have done. My concentration & egrave; all and it was all down & agrave; towards the European Championships in Dordrecht (23-25 ​​January) and the World Cup in Moscow (13-15 March). I want to go there & Igrave; to do what I do and go back to the top. I want particularly to go back on the world podium, since & eacute; I do not win the individual medal for two years now and definitely point to a placement medal & raquo ;.
These statements sample tricolor male, Yuri Confortola: & laquo; The national title was missing for a year. Also because & eacute; I've played in the last four Absolutes only twice. Once I had to be operated to remove the knife from the old injury, l & rsquo; last year stopped me backache, cos & Igrave; I returned to Turin and won like two years ago. The positive thing & egrave; Today I am quite satisfied because & eacute; I came from a time not so & Igrave; positive at the level of form & ndash; specifies the 28-year old registered with the Sporting Group Forestry & ndash; but I managed to compete well. Desire & egrave; to maintain these levels and get good appointments with European and World Championships. Then & hellip; (After a pause) will have & ograve; make decisions. For now my project up to March 2015. We will see more & ugrave; forward. L & rsquo; idea & egrave; continue until the Olympics of 2018, but will have & ograve; before making an assessment on a personal level important for my future. The desire and the physical to continue with short track there are, but there are also other priorities & agrave; & raquo ;. Then, thinking to appointments pi & ugrave; next, resumes: & laquo; Here in Turin I was all & rsquo; 80% of the condition. Point to arrive at the peak between mid & agrave; month and February. Among Europeans, the World Cup and World Cup, you have to have very high rates in the legs. These races are Italian pi & ugrave; subsidiaries and tactics. And for this are even more & ugrave; confident for the upcoming international events. Finals B achieved especially in 1500 and 3000 meters, leave me confident. But no race this season has left me completely satisfied. So hopefully have yet to arrive. I hope at least to repeat the qualification to a European final and to do well in the relay: the team & egrave; Strong & raquo ;.
This commentary by Kenan Gouadec, c.t. of the national team. & Laquo; Surely considerations are good. These Championships came after the National A we did important work load between Christmas and New Year, when we trained in Bormio. The boys and girls know there & ograve; they have to do. Fighting with great determination and bring especially in upcoming international events. In addition to this, I & egrave; loved the fact that most of the races have been cleaned, without taking big risks that could be dangerous for any falls. In short, they have over his head, dodging danger: in the end they are all teammates. Obviously, the reasons are not comparable to European or world medals, despite the Italian league is important, however, mainly to give confidence to those who have just competed very & raquo ;. Some surprises from these Absolutes? & Laquo; Broadly & ndash; continues the technical nationalities & agrave; Canadian & ndash; & Egrave; Everything went according to my predictions of the vigil, between races and placings. I did also pleased to see some young people, not only Junior who competed for the championship, but also among those who participated in the Italian Cup, skating very well. And slowly we see that the coaches of the clubs do a good job. I am glad that the number of skaters participating in Turin is an increase compared to the last Championships. We see that this & egrave; a young sport but they like and has a spare and fast growth. The technique & egrave; at the base of us & ograve ;. Should be taught above all that: and the Italian movement is growing in this sense, with young and old athletes & raquo ;. A few months ago, in fact, the group blue collaborates Emmanuel Michon, expert biomechanical transalpine who worked for several years with the Canadian teams: & laquo; S & Igrave ;, a few months we use your help to improve the work on technique . I was the one asking to work with him and we started to work together. & Egrave; very attentive to biomechanical principles and it & egrave; a connoisseur. We hope to carry on the conversation with him, although we do not have the & rsquo; exclusive of his work. But his contribution & egrave; really important, we both gi & agrave; realized with the National A and we hope to expand cooperation & raquo ;. Looking at the next meetings, Europeans in the Netherlands in the first place, Gouadec not lean yet on possible convocations. & Laquo; There we will have to unite with the Technical Committee to decide the squad. Certainly c & rsquo; & egrave; only the number of athletes for our team, ten in total, five women and three men. While it will be in the next twelve to rallies, but we aim to have the pi & ugrave; & raquo ;. As the season largely positive Arianna Fontana, despite less effort as the number of races: & laquo; Until March will work & agrave; normally with the rest of the group in Italy, as planned. Well, as all & rsquo; start to the season, I saw her really well on the ice. It was not to its full potential, but maybe he paid her the fact that she arrived to compete with the head free from any pressure after the period spent in the United States. Even in these two days has been shown to be back with the right concentration to the races, a very important aspect that makes me confident for the European and World & raquo ;.
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