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Eight months dall''ultima battle, the blades of the specialists of the & nbsp; & nbsp short track; return to whiz on the ice of the & nbsp; World Cup ISU. The international season 2015-2016 starts from & nbsp; Canada & nbsp; and & pi ugrave; specifically from & nbsp; Maurice Richard Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; Montr & eacute; al, plant among the most & ugrave; Popular in the calendar of competition Short Track.
Thursday 29 October 2015 16 minutes reading time
In the metropolis of Qu & eacute; bec starts cos & Igrave; the race to the World Cup and the start of the races & ndash; scheduled for tomorrow October 30 with the session dedicated entirely to the preliminary rounds & ndash; 146 skaters will compete between (64) and skaters (82) belonging to 22 national worldwide. On Saturday October 31 and Sunday 1 & deg; November will be played the finals.
As usual, the format will develop & agrave; along six stages, two in November in North America, many in Asia in December, ending with the final two events in Europe (click here to see the complete schedule of the international season). The distances that will assign the eight titles at the end of the season are the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters for individual men and women, most & ugrave; the relay team & ndash; over 3000m to 5000m of women and to men.
A Montr & eacute; there will be two series dedicated to 1000 meters. After qualifying the Friday & Igrave ;, the next day you will run qualifying sessions and followed by the repechage finals in 1000 and 1500 and the semifinals of the relay. Finally on Sunday & Outdoors, by women and men in the final on distances of 500 and in the second series of 1000. In closing, as usual, the last acts of the team competitions.
After nine seasons & ndash; esord & Igrave; in 2006 - he lived as the key player in the World Cup, the & rsquo; & agrave Italy will have; help but Arianna Fontana. The pi & ugrave; strong Italian athlete in the history of short track has decided to take a break from & rsquo; competition that could last throughout the season 2015-2016. Cos & Igrave; sar & agrave; difficult for the team of c.t. Kenan Gouadec match or at least get close to the extraordinary results of last year's Cup, in which the 25 year-old Valtellina regal & ograve; & Outdoors; Italy three wins, two seconds and a third place on individual distances, pi & ugrave; two silver with the relay team mates. The World Championships in Moscow in March, closed an extraordinary season with a gold in the 1500, three bronze on 500, 1000 meters and relay and l & rsquo; silver in the overall standings: no one had ever managed in a blue & rsquo; similar enterprise. Without champion Fontana, decrease significantly the possibilities & agrave; Italian to aim for goals cos & Igrave; high. But the Italian team will try & agrave; to show that it can meet all & rsquo; absence of enthralling an entire movement. In Canada we will see & Outdoors; operates the & rsquo; skeleton established the women's team consists of Elena Viviani, Arianna Valcepina and Lucia Peretti, all three part of the relay bronze champion in Moscow 2015 and hunting their best performance in the Cup: that a podium individual. With their rientrer & agrave ;, after a year without obtaining significant results in long track, the thirty and veteran Cecilia Maffei. The 30 year old & ndash; compir & agrave; 31 years on November 14 - tesserata for Blue Flames & egrave; was anch & rsquo; she world bronze in Montr & eacute; 2014. And with the Italian team and made his debut on the international circuit in 2002, therefore no potr & agrave; that make a & rsquo; further dose of experience.
In the men, the core of the Italian team & egrave; It was essentially that of the previous season, with a novelty & agrave; It came from the youth. Alongside milestones Nicola Rodigari and Yuri Confortola thirtysomething or almost with loads of experience, there will be more & ugrave; young Davide Viscardi and class of 1993 Andrea Cassinelli and Tommaso Dotti. Quest & rsquo; & egrave not last; currently the best of condition but aims to repeat his best individual & ndash; fourth place on the 1000 meters - in the Cup, got in & rsquo; final stage last year in Erzurum (Turkey). They were & egrave; joined the team as Junior Marco Giordano, who will be in Canada & agrave; his first appearance with the national majority, 19 years.
We asked the coach blue, qu & eacute; b & eacute; cois & ndash; that in Montr & eacute; to play then & ldquo; at home & rdquo; - Kenan Gouadec to plot position on the eve of the first effort of the World Cup in Montr & eacute; al: & laquo; Preparation & egrave; It went well, considering also the 'opportunity & agrave; to work and compete with the French team. Ci & egrave; It was a big help Since & eacute ;, due to budget restrictions, we could not go all & rsquo; abroad to compete in races of preparation. The ability & agrave; finish competition with foreign athletes at the highest level, before the World Cup, & egrave; always very important. To & ograve; sar & agrave; however difficult to get the rhythm of the race at the highest level since tomorrow & raquo ;. On the objectives of individual athletes for the season, Gouadec does not have many doubts in testing her for future challenges and for their expected growth with the recovery of confidence in the global context. & Laquo; In men & ndash; explains l & rsquo; trainer & ndash; we aim to grow both individually and in the relay. Cassinelli, Confortola Rodigari and Viscardi have had a good preparation. The first races will be definitely more & ugrave; difficult for Dotti, who is just recovering from injury. For Jordan, still Junior athlete who will participate & agrave; right here in Montr & eacute; to his first Cup, the 'objective & egrave; mainly to gain experience at this level, without pressure results & raquo ;.
Similar story for the sector of women orphaned, for now, Arianna Fontana. But the Italian team has among its ranks of skaters from & rsquo; proven experience in the circuit: & laquo; Regarding the Fountain, we do not know yet what he wants to do. We look forward to hearing from you to see if it will come back & agrave; at least for a few races this season or not. In any case, at the level female & ndash; Gouadec continues -, the fact of not having Arianna in team changes the way you approach the race both individually and in the relay. These girls have just believe a little '' of pi & ugrave; in what they can do. The 'objective for them & egrave; to prove pi & ugrave; regularity & agrave; in the results and gain confidence in their forces with every race. At the level of the relay, we have four athletes who work together both on and off the ice and will be able to do great things in the race. Viviani, Peretti and Valcepina have had a good preparation and have shown improvements in training that gives hope for a consequent growth in the race. The return of the Maffei in late summer & egrave; It was very positive and its contribution porter & agrave; so much experience in more & ugrave; to the team. Obviously l & rsquo; goal of the season, will & agrave; to qualify the two runners in the first eight places to enter the World Cup 2016 in Seoul and see every athlete to grow individually and demonstrate regularity & agrave ;. Obviously with some points of excellence that you hope to achieve in the rest of the season & raquo ;.
The following are details of the Italian race in three days in Canada. At these distances must be added the brackets:
MEN
Rodigari: 1500m and 1000m Confortola: 1500m and 1000m Cassinelli: 500m and 1000m Viscardi: 500m and 1500m Jordan: 500m and 1000m Dotti: 1000m (both series)
WOMEN
A. Valcepina: 500m and 1000m Viviani: 500m and 1000m Peretti: 1500m and 1000m Maffei: 1500m and 1000m
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For tracing & ograve; an overview pi & ugrave; wide about possible protagonists in the first leg of the World Cup and the whole season, c & rsquo; & egrave; great expectations for the two Canadian Marianne St-Gelais and Val & eacute; rie Maltais. Observe special also temibilissime Korean South. From baby Choi Minjeong, world champion overall in 2015 and winner of the Cup in the 100 meters, Shim Suk-hee, world bronze outgoing behind Choi and Fontana, until & rsquo; Olympic gold in relay Kim Alang. From & rsquo; Asia comes the fast Chinese Fan Kexin, world record holder and reigning world championship in the 500 meters. Besides them, expecting important signals from & rsquo; & ugrave more European; listed & ndash; given the & rsquo; absence of Fontana & ndash; or the British champion d & rsquo; Europe in 2015, Elise Christie.
Male, however, all the lights are turned on Charles Hamelin, home favorite fresh from a & rsquo; last season stingy of satisfaction and why eager redemption. The Chinese and Koreans will as always agguerritissimi opponents. Among the first, the pi & ugrave; Wu Dajing are competitive, world bronze allround and only Chinese winner of two Cup events 2014-15, Shi Jingnan and Han Tianyu, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 Sochi 2014. The Korea responds with strong candidacies of & rsquo; last world silver Park Se- yeong and Kwak Yoon-Gy. One to watch & egrave; l & rsquo; Dutch Sjinkie Knegt, king of the overall standings in the World Cup 2015, cos & Igrave; as are the & rsquo; Hungarian - real surprise of 2015 - & nbsp; Sandor Liu Shaolin and the returning bearer of Use JR Celski: l & rsquo; silver all-around champion in 2009 and 2014 and three times Olympic medalist & egrave; back on the ice after a break from & rsquo; agony lasted a year. Besides them, the Russian skaters will always be aggressive with the tips Migunov and Elistratov.
Click here to read the racing program and complete results.
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