Short Track - Europeans in Sochi (Russia)
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First verdicts and first medals & Outdoors; Iceberg Skating Palace & nbsp; of Sochi, where the & nbsp; the European Championships in 2016 & nbsp; & nbsp; Short Track & nbsp; entered in full with their stage & ldquo; hot & rdquo; and the first titles awarded. The Russian ice celebrate & nbsp; Elise Christie & nbsp; (Great Britain) and & nbsp; Semen Elistratov & nbsp; (Russia), athletes topped the & nbsp; the overall standings & nbsp; after the first two individual tests on & nbsp; 1500 and 500 meters.
Saturday 23 January 2016 23 minutes reading time
The British (cover photo) mortgage the general title triumphing in both finals today, while Elistratov wins first 1500 and then reached second in the 500 behind the champion in 2015 Sjinkie Knegt: estimated un''ultima day sparks between two rivals.
For the & rsquo; Italy coached by Kenan Gouadec & nbsp; c '' & egrave; to report the hitherto positive European Elena Viviani, tenth & nbsp; in the provisional ranking and with good possibilities & agrave; to qualify for the Super Final tomorrow. Male, the best & egrave; Yuri Confortola, eighth in the 500 meters and 12 & deg; in the overall ranking awaiting the 1000 meters, followed by the Super Final will access only the best 8 players in the rankings & nbsp; at the end of the race at km. Positive notes also came from the women's relay, who qualified for the final where they will play A & agrave; a place on the podium with the Netherlands, Russia and Hungary. He fails l & rsquo; enterprise to male quartet, struggling in his semi-final with the powers Russian and Hungarian, but misses the decisive pass for the race on Sunday.
Following the & rsquo; order of events in the long afternoon of Sochi, the curtain was raised with the semi-finals of the women's 1500 meters. In the race with all three blue advanced after the preliminaries, & egrave; Elena went on only Viviani, coming up in the Final B. Along the 13 laps and a half, the 23 year-old Arianna Valtellina Valcepina did not find the right cue to place themselves within the first two positions that & rsquo; would reach the Final A. The bearer of Flames Yellow closes in fifth place (2 & rsquo; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 339) behind a brilliant Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands), the Russian Evgeniya Zakharova & ndash; qualified for the final & ndash; and Charlotte Gilmartin and Lara Van Ruijven, both advanced to the Final B. Definitely more & ugrave; positive the third and final semi-final, in which the blue Elena Viviani and Lucia Peretti were steep in the protagonists. Quest & rsquo; last took the lead in the early laps, except to slip back to seven laps from the end, cos & Igrave; like Viviani. The two remain locked in the bottom of the Italian group. Finch & eacute; in the last dates Viviani, who has a reaction in the last 3 laps recovering positions and gap to fourth place behind one of the contenders for the podium & ldquo; & rdquo overall; Jorien ter Mors (2 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 036) and Ekaterina Konstantinova (2 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 263). The 23 year old Isolaccia ends behind the & rsquo; other Russian Emina Malagich and qualifies & ndash; time 2 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 691 & ndash; for the Final B. Fifth & egrave; Lucia Peretti in 2 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 710.
The European title on away & ndash; and the resulting 34 points for the general classification & ndash; It goes all & rsquo; the Dutch favored Elise Christie. The Scottish lady checking runs from the Dutch duo Schulting ter Mors that has proven difficult to make a comeback to the reigning champion. To -2 Elise & egrave; super and finds the two decisive overtaking in sequence. Surpasses the first in extension and Schulting, the penultimate corner, exceeds ter Mors with a & rsquo; spectacular action & Outdoors; internal. For she comes cos & Igrave; the trio d & rsquo; gold & ndash; after the success in Dordrecht 2015 and Malmo in 2013 - in 2 & rsquo; 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 510. The ter Mors & egrave; d & rsquo; silver, separated by 81 cents, while the bronze goes to the 18 year old still Junior A Suzanne Schulting.
In the Final B Viviani fight through the group in the early stages, then relegated to the back of the train of the six competitors without ever being able to find a door to gain positions. The fresh Italian champion overall exceeds all & rsquo; only the last Russian Malagich, securing fifth place with 2 & rsquo; 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 237. The glides & egrave; won by British Charlotte Gilmartin (2 & rsquo; 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 412).
Elena Viviani & egrave; demonstrated the & rsquo; blue pi & ugrave; fit. For Lombard of yellow flame comes a very positive test in the 500 meters, where you & egrave; placed seventh overall (resulting in three points earned in the overall ranking) without dispute & ndash; because of the dynamics of the previous net penalty - the Final B. L & rsquo; Italian leaves the stage & ndash; & Egrave; fourth in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 728 & ndash; in the semifinal dominated by defending champion Elise Christie (43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 653) on the Russian Konstantinova. Her journey started from the quarter-final. She had come to pass in the semifinals with the second place (in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 887) behind the Russian Zakharova (44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 756). Eliminated immediately, however, and Arianna Valcepina Lucia Peretti, who are placed 12th and 14th respectively in the final rankings. The first can & ograve; little in his fourth and is ousted from Charlotte Gilmartin and Veronique Pierron. Over & Outdoors; elimination of Peretti, c & rsquo; & egrave; a & rsquo; other illustrious victim as Jorien ter Mors, silver in 1500. The Valcepina, inserted in the battery with the bronze in the 1500 Schulting (sprint with extreme security early lead until the end), it plays a concrete step in the semi-final & ndash; reserved for the top two -, take advantage of & rsquo; error in the third last round of the Russian Ekaterina Konstantinova, only to suffer the controsorpasso from Russia after two rounds.
The European title if he wins again the absolute master Elise Christie, who takes in the lead at the start and takes advantage of the confusion generated by falling behind almost immediate Schulting and Konstantinova. The British win on parade and in control with 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 923. L & rsquo; silver goes to & rsquo; Dutch Lara Van Ruijven (the first individual medal at the European Championships) on the French Veronique Pierron (first podium on the Continental 500), detached by over a second.
At the Final of the 1500 meters men you saw spectacularly out in the semifinals a tarnished champion Sjinkie Knegt. L & rsquo; Dutch gold a year ago on the distance you have to settle for winning the Final B. The games for the & rsquo; gold are consumed with a final seven with three Hungarian qualified. The leitmotif sees the world champion over the distance Semen Elistratov combat preponderance Magyar: Russian, incited also by the warmth of the home crowd, remains in the lead by increasing the pace alternating with the & rsquo; oranje van der Wart. L & rsquo; & egrave action; really valuable and Elistratov wins strengths and head shifting gears on the penultimate lap. & Egrave; European gold for the second time in his career in the 1500 & ndash; the first arriv & ograve; in 2014 in Dresden - with a time of 2 & rsquo; 24 & rsquo; & rsquo; 034. Second comes the & rsquo; Hungarian Sandor Liu Shaolin (first individual podium in a career in Europe), good at earning the position in the final at the expense of & rsquo; Dutch & ndash; gi & agrave; overall champion in 2013 & ndash; Freek van der Wart, bronze surprise.
Some regret, to the premises in his favorite race, remains to Yuri Confortola. The 29 year-old of Forestry had inaugurated his Saturday on the 2014 Olympic track in batteries for placings in the morning. In the 1500 meters race in which yesterday had been eliminated in the first round he has comfortably won its battery in 2 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 912 in front of the Latvian and German Bakevics Spiegl. L & rsquo; blue gets the second fastest time overall in the race for the placings, thus obtaining & Igrave; 23 & deg; place overall distance.
Things change for him on the 500 meters, where Confortola & egrave; very good. From & ldquo; virtually & rdquo; out due to the contact Whelbourne-van der Wart-Migunov, enter the semifinals with the second place in his quarter-final. L & rsquo; blue gi & agrave; off after the first few rounds, he returned to race to the end and -2, with the & rsquo; experience and the ability & agrave; not to give up, it is in second place behind the pure sprinter Dmitry Migunov. Falls van der Wart, while Whelbourne loses speed & agrave; and & egrave; burned a photo finish from & rsquo; Italian. In the next round he can not fight for the top positions in the presence of the favored, and Elistratov Knegt & ndash; first and second & ndash; flown in the Final. Confortola & egrave; fourth still earning the Final B in which finished fourth and last place. Sar & agrave; eighth in the overall ranking of the 500 meters, placing that is still earn a valuable point in key overall. Once unhappy race for Thomas Dotti. The skater falls in Milan & rsquo; last lap of its battery valid to assign placings of 500 meters and finished fourth in 1 & rsquo; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; 908. & Egrave; 23 & deg; in the final ranking on the distance.
Final drive comes in the liberation of Sjinkie Knegt, good and attentive to exceed Semen Elistratov (silver), took in the lead in the early laps. L & rsquo; Dutch European champion and defending world champion & ldquo; & rdquo silences; Russian audiences going to win in 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 920 on home favorites Elistratov & ndash; trailing by 85 cents - and the bronze Dmitry Migunov. The two had led a prudent race, the limit of teamwork to promote Elistratov: talent Knegt has ruined the plans and the festival announced for Russia. L & rsquo; oranje debunks cos & Igrave; the tab & ugrave; s & rsquo; gold in the 500 meters after three consecutive silvers places.
The afternoon & egrave; It closed with the semi-finals of the relay. The good news has come only by women, brave and determined in controlling a race available in view of the well-pi & ugrave; A difficult final tomorrow against Holland, Hungary and Russia. Arianna Valcepina & ndash; that has taken the place of Federica Tombolato after the batteries - Cecilia Maffei, Lucia Peretti and Elena Viviani pass the turn with the thrill coming second after strong Russia. The blue complete 3000 meters managing the situation well and the second place. It all comes down to the recovery of desperate & rsquo; last fractionist German Anna Seidel, who aimed to undermine the square d & rsquo; honor & ndash; and qualification & ndash; the rival Elena Viviani. The spunter & agrave; l & rsquo; blue, for just four thousandths. Italy forward with Russia. Viewfinder c & rsquo; & egrave; the possibilities & agrave; back on the podium after four years of absence.
It was decidedly more & ugrave; the arduous task of men. Andrea Cassinelli, Yuri Confortola, Nicola and Tommaso Dotti Rodigari failed to win one of two passes for the grand final. But the quartet is blue & egrave; beat head-animating their semifinal with constant overtaking and twists that have made the race very exciting and tense, which has seen them in the area-qualification until 4 laps of 45 total. Is not serious; enough them time to 7 & rsquo; 00 & rsquo; & rsquo; 151 to just over & ugrave; 3 tenths off the winner and Russia 2/10 exact from & rsquo; Hungary. A benefit that relegates them in Final B, where will face Poland, France and Belgium.
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Click here to see the results of the second day. Here is the program, Italians in competition and hours of Sunday, 24 January, in which you assign the individual titles on 1000m women and men, followed by the Super Final at 3000 meters, those of relays and individual titles overall. We recall also that Rai Sport 2 will broadcast & agrave; the live show of & rsquo; event from 12:00.
The final appearances PODIUMS OF THE SECOND DAY
1500m women 1. Elise Christie (GBR) 2 Jorien TER MORS (NED) 3. Suzanne Schulting (NED) .... 11. VIVIANI Elena (ITA) 13. LUCIA PERETTI (ITA) 15. VALCEPINA Arianna (ITA)
500 meters female 1. Elise Christie (GBR) 2. Lara Van Ruijven (NED) 3. Veronique PIERRON (FRA) .... 7. VIVIANI Elena (ITA) 12. VALCEPINA Arianna (ITA) 14. PERETTI Lucia (ITA)
1500m men ELISTRATOV 1. Semen (RUS) 2. LIU Shaolin Sandor (HUN) 3.Freek VAN DER WART (NED) .... 23. Yuri CONFORTOLA (ITA) 42. Thomas DOTTI (ITA)
500 meters male 1. Sjinkie Knegt (NED) 2. Semen ELISTRATOV (RUS) 3. Migunov Dmitry (RUS) .... 8. Yuri CONFORTOLA (ITA) 23. Thomas DOTTI (ITA)
OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER PARTIAL TEST 2 (top positions and Italian):
WOMEN 1. Elise Christie (GBR) 68 points 2. Lara Van Ruijven (NED) 22 3. Suzanne Schulting (NED) 21 4. Jorien TER MORS (NED) 21 5. Veronique PIERRON (FRA) 13 6. Anna SEIDEL (GER ) 8 7. Ekaterina Konstantinova (RUS) 8 8. GILMARTIN Charlotte (GBR) 5 9. Evgeniya Zakharova (RUS) 5 10. VIVIANI Elena (ITA) 3 & hellip; 12. Arianna VALCEPINA 18. Lucia PERETTI
MEN 1. Semen ELISTRATOV (RUS) 55 points 2. Sjinkie Knegt (NED) 35 3. LIU Shaolin Sandor (HUN) 21 4. Freek VAN DER WART (NED) 13 5. Migunov Dmitry (RUS) 13 6. Sebastien LEPAPE ( FRA) 11 7. Konopko Bartosz (POL) 8 8.Viktor KNOCH (HUN) 7 & hellip ;. 12. Yuri CONFORTOLA 1 28. Thomas DOTTI
Program Sunday, January 24
8:50 pm Batteries placements 1000m female and male (Peretti) Hours 24:02 Quarter-final 1000m women (Valcepina and Viviani) Hours 24:16 Quarter Finals men's 1000m (Confortola and Dotti) Hours 12:46 Semifinals 1000m Hours 24:55 Semifinals 1000m female male Hours 13:19 Finals 13:33 Finals 1000m 1000m women Hours male Hours 14:03 3000m Super Final women's 3000m Super Final Hours 14:13 male Hours 14:39 Finals 3000m relay women (in Italy Final A) Hours 14:55 Finals men's 5000m relay (Italy in the final B)
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