Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Dresden
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A & nbsp; penalty payment agrave; & nbsp; denies a likely result from the podium for the blue arrow & nbsp; Arianna Fontana. On the first day of finals at & nbsp; Dresden, where & egrave; being carried out the fifth stage of & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; short track, the Valtellina scores best Italian: a & nbsp; sixth. To & ograve; the star of skating blue & egrave; Stoppata because of a & nbsp; & nbsp disqualification; that precluded a placing by & nbsp; & nbsp podium; that was gradually materializing.
Saturday 7 February 2015 18 minutes reading time
Beyond the & agrave; the disappointment this afternoon, c & rsquo; & egrave; to say that the Fontana & egrave; redeemed widely dragging end of the day, the women's relay in the finals tomorrow. An irresistible his cue from what champions & egrave ;, & egrave; was decisive for the next round of the team. Saturdays for men and women led to & rsquo; EnergieVerbund Arena from ct National Kenan Gouadec, & egrave; been mixed. Positive tests always on 1500, Tommaso Dotti & ndash; arrived in the Final B and author of his best performance of the season & ndash; and Yuri Confortola. Good signals by the other girls, by Arianna Valcepina and Lucia Peretti in 1000 & ndash; both in the top 15 - Elena Viviani in 1500.
Let's start with how you & egrave; closed the day Italian. Or with the semi-finals of the women's relay. This rewarded the blue thanks to the inspiration of the champion Arianna Fontana, able to retrieve a complex situation that developed in the last laps. L & rsquo; Italy closes first in 4 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 698. A semi-final, in which departed the blue, very nervous. Conditioned by false starts. First with France and then China, world champion in office. The number 21 Lin Yue moves before the start and forced to say goodbye to dreams of glory of her companions: & egrave; disqualification. A & rsquo; ouster excellent launching a surprise semi-final three with Japan and France. During the next 3000 meters, l & rsquo; Italy clicks in your head. Arianna Fontana, Arianna Valcepina, Elena Viviani and Lucia Peretti does not seem to make any mistakes in their conduct of the race. Then, in the space of four rounds, things get complicated. The Japanese go in head and -4 France is an opportunity to move the blue sending them virtually out of the final. In a difficult situation, it's up to the Fountain seek recovery desperate in the last 222 meters available. Cos & Igrave; before canceling the gap within a round and a half, and in the remaining half turn recovers and exceeds the opponents. Also you & ldquo; & rdquo grants; l & rsquo; s important to finish in first position before overcoming all & rsquo; external Yui Sakai and then, right on the line d & rsquo; arrival, the number one transalpine V & eacute; Véronique Pierron. The blue thank their star players and Clutching a Final A missing from Montr & eacute; al, when they found the bronze. Waiting for them, tomorrow, there will be Korea, Holland and France. The possibilities & agrave; to finish on the podium are not low. But servir & agrave; the maximum concentration to get back to winning a medal.
As for the individual events, & egrave; mandatory since the failure of the Fifth Symphony podium Fontana. Committed in the first series of 1500 meters women end up in sixth place & ndash; cause disqualification - for Arianna Fontana, which interrupts cos & Igrave; his phenomenal streak of consecutive podiums in the season, which stops cos & Igrave; at an altitude of four. L & rsquo; blue, for & ograve ;, & egrave; went close to continue it, and & egrave; was stopped because of a disqualification in the Final A. Arianna does not start with the underdogs, because of the presence of Choi Minjeong & ndash; three wins and unchallenged leadership on distance. L & rsquo; blue, for & ograve; monitors the situation well after the start and is queued to the Chinese Zhou and then leaves the road also to compatriot Liu. The five-time Olympic medalist in blue close properly spaces and is queued without worries to Asian. But after half & agrave; race triggered the brawl total, with frequent changes of position and overtaking. Then, it's up to the favorite Korean Choi Minjeong & nbsp; (in the cover photo in the head with the 'blue fountain behind him) groped flight two laps from the conclusion: a move that will & agrave; decisive. Its extension & egrave; burning and the opponents are surprised. Arianna Fontana tries to follow her, goes back positions but inexorably to the contact that damages the Chinese Liu Yang & ndash; at that moment the second, but more & ugrave; slow the other - when d & rsquo; set the & rsquo; last corner all & rsquo; internal. Arianna, & much more ugrave; fast dell & rsquo; Asian tries to discard all & rsquo; external to not lose speed & agrave ;. Trover & agrave; shoe left the Chinese, who ends up hopelessly against the mattress protectors. The arrow Valtellina finds all & rsquo; last meter to fight for second place & ndash; Virtual - photo finish with Korean Noh Hee-Do (second) and the Lithuanian Agne Sereikaite (third). Useless because & eacute; arriver & agrave ;, inevitable, a penalty payment agrave; for l & rsquo; that blue & egrave; relegated to sixth.
With this success, Choi Minjeong puts a seal almost decisive speech title on 1500. The 16 year old has a terrible advantage hardly dissipated the next two races. And tomorrow could gi & agrave; celebrate after the second series of the German weekend.
The 1500 saw Elena Viviani climb up to the semifinals, that yield a 14eimo place overall. The 22 year old, Financial & for ograve ;, not & egrave; gone beyond the fifth place in the semifinals of the main draw. The repechage were benevolent for Viviani, effective and returned cos & Igrave; in the main draw of 1500. The cornerstone of the relay blue, had won and convinced batteries and semifinals of recovery in the morning. Arianna Sighel, however, she had to stop in & rsquo; other semi-final recovery, where & egrave; came fifth. In any case, the nineteen year old finished in 25th place overall his first Cup race.
The Final A of the 1000 meters with female Cup leader Shim Suk-Hee sensationally eliminated in the quarterfinals, always rewards Korea although un''altra its bearer, this season was a bit & rsquo; in the shade and no Cup victories: Kim Alang. The Korean junior world champion in 2013, as well as & eacute; Olympic gold in relay race in Sochi, he won the heads-up to three & ndash; countering l & rsquo; desperate attack all & rsquo; external Marianne St-Gelais all & rsquo; last curve & ndash; and back to success that was missing from & rsquo; October 2013. Beffa for the Canadian, third all & rsquo; arrival slowed from & rsquo; External Action & Outdoors; last curve, forced cos & Igrave; to yield to the photo finish for 15 cents too in favor of Fan Kexin (China), again on the podium of the 1000 after the bronze in the first series on the distance to Salt Lake City.
Finally comes a convincing proof of Lucia Peretti, good to regain the main draw of the women's 1,000 meters. Engaged in the quarterfinals after passing three rounds of the repechage, the Bormina leaves the scene immediately in the quarterfinals. Will ensue & agrave; still be the best Italian in the race, his best result of the season (15th). Arianna Valcepina, qualifiers gi & agrave; yesterday for the quarter, ends in sixteenth place, ousted in the quarterfinals dominated by Marianne St-Gelais and Elise Christie. The third blue Federica Tombolato, however, had come to step back from the & ldquo; & rdquo ;, main draw but was pipped in a tough semi-final recovery, which boosted the Chinese Jiaying Tao. & Egrave; twentieth in the final ranking.
In the finals to assign medals and victory, the Cup leader Sin Da Woon d & agrave; l & rsquo; yet another show of force ahead of the fearsome compatriot Park Se-Yeong and Chen Dequan. Since winning the title mathematically distance, having dominated the distance World Cup in 2014-15. The 21 year old world champion allround in 2013 has indeed won four successes on 1500.
Happy notes and best finish coming season once again the pi & ugrave; perky as well & eacute; best placed between the Blues & egrave; Tommaso Dotti. The 21 year old first fight well in the semi-finals and wins a good fourth place with a pass to & rsquo; inside the Russian Zakharov. Then, arrived in Final B of 1500 (first series) finishes fifth in not finding a starting point decided in the closing laps. Wins Canadian Olivier Jean of Lepape and Breeuwsma. The Milan of the Golden Flame sar & agrave; twelfth in the overall ranking, in front of the & rsquo; another blue & ndash; released by & ograve; in the semifinals & ndash; Yuri Confortola.
David Viscardi had failed to rejoin with the path of fellow Confortola and Dotti, in the semifinals of the 1500 (first series). The skater Lombard undergoes the stop in the semi-final repechage, third in the race won by Canadian Jean, who riuscir & agrave; then even to qualify for the Final A. L & rsquo; blue sar & agrave; 25th in the final standings.
Interpreters not discounted in the final of the 1000 men who see the triumph of Russia with a brace on the podium. Vince with authorities & agrave; Semion Elistratov front of teammate Vladimir Grigorev. The third Cup leader Sjinkie Knegt. In the semifinals were out of contention l & rsquo; now former runner-up in the overall standings Charles Hamelin & ndash; disqualified & ndash; and the Olympic champion Victor An, slipped in the last stages of its struggle with the Canadian. With the success of today, Elistratov recovers valuable points on Knegt, taking in the wake & Outdoors; Dutch: separate them now only 1200 points and the fight for the title will end & agrave; in Turkey next week.
Nothing lifts in the repechage of the 1000 meters for the two men's Italian & ndash; Yesterday, Nicola Rodigari had not kicked off the Preliminaries for a physical problem - on the track in the morning. Massimo Gurini out in the first heat. Sar & agrave; 43rd in the final standings. Andrea Cassinelli leaves the stage to the next round, in the last quarter-final recovery that awarded by the Belgian and Japanese voste Oguro. Final position of the Piedmont: twenty-seventh.
Click here to see the results and the complete results available on the official website of & rsquo; ISU.
Tomorrow, Sunday, February 8, are scheduled the last six finals (equally divided between men and women) of the stage of Dresden. Nell & rsquo; order, the 500 meters, 1,500 and relay. Two blues gi & agrave; qualified for the individual events of the afternoon, the others will have to go by the repechage. For now, they are sure to compete Arianna Fontana & ndash; quarter-finals of the 500 - and Tommaso Dotti in the second series of 1500 men, where & egrave; landed in the semifinals. In addition, there will be & agrave; to follow the women's relay engaged in Finale A. The live streaming of & rsquo; event & egrave; available by accessing this link. Will start & agrave; at 15.
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