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The second stage of the World Cup gives another joy to the Italian national team.
Sunday 10 November 2019 2 minutes reading time
After a season of inactivity, he quickly found his level in Salt Lake City and, a week later, returned to the podium on Montreal's ice.
We are talking about Arianna Fontana, the Olympic champion of PyeongChang who, in the second round of the maximum short track circuit, gave Italy another pearl after Martina Valcepina's victory over the 500 meters in Utah.
The 29 year-old from Valtellina took second place in the 1500s of the Canadian stage, beaten only by South Korean Kim Ji Yoo; Fontana has not been on a Cup podium in the distance for over 4 years and will have another chance already on Sunday evening, when he will face the challenge of the 500 starting from the quarter-finals, in the company of a Valcepina already excellent protagonist on the 1000, closed in 4th place on the day of the third win of the season for the hostess Kim Boutin.
Tommaso Dotti, fifth in the 1500s, was also in the Italian home team with good placements, with Yuri Confortola finishing the final B in 6th place, while the mixed relay took fifth place and won the final B, the male did not hit the access to the final and, finally, the women's relay has instead gained the right to play for the podium, in the final this evening, finishing in the 2nd place its semi-final behind Russia.
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