Short Track Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Salt Lake City
Francesco A. Armillotta
160 skaters from & nbsp; and & nbsp; skaters from & nbsp; 21 countries, sharpening their knives for the short runway: the challenge begins. From & nbsp; & nbsp tomorrow, (Friday & igrave;) will kick off the contest for the & nbsp; World Cup from 2014 to 2015 & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. The way to & nbsp; Salt Lake City, & nbsp; for & nbsp; three days & nbsp; competitions in what is probably & egrave; the track from the & nbsp; ice & nbsp; & pi ugrave; fast between the & nbsp; & nbsp six stages; quest & rsquo; s year. It is therefore part of the temple of the rink as the & nbsp; & nbsp Utah Olympic Oval, which returns to host the competition after three years. From the capital of the US state overlooking the Rocky Mountains, part cos & igrave; l & rsquo; vintage shooting culminated with the & nbsp; Olympics & nbsp; in Russia. A & rsquo; it could be an interim year to re-establish hierarchies on the ice, after numerous retreats or pause for reflection. All & rsquo; s debut was the new & nbsp; Italy & nbsp; & nbsp license plate; Kenan Gouadec. The c.t. Canadian potr & agrave; & nbsp count: twelve athletes & nbsp; (with the champion Arianna Fontana included) for the trip to the American continent (in a week, in fact, replicher & agrave; & nbsp; Montr & eacute; al).
Thursday 6 November 2014 10 minutes reading time
The coach of the national team will & agrave; assisted by & rsquo; help Matteo Anesi, & ldquo; cool & rdquo; by agonist withdrawal in long track, the first trip with the short track World Cup, in his capacity as agrave; a member of the technical staff.
Back then the track champion of Polaggia, Arianna Fontana. Three-time medalist in Sochi, a new season and a new Olympic cycle, in search of a total consecration in the history of short track. Probably, this & ndash; at least for the first part - will not be & agrave; the season in which we will see at the top of his condition because of a specific program aimed at having to peak in four years. In any case, it remains one of the most & ugrave; strong skaters in business & agrave ;. And the 24-year old Valtellina is the & rsquo; blue athlete with the best chance & agrave; to conquer the podium in the World Cup. If you do something more & ugrave ;.
Not only fountain in the color blue: the selection of women, that does not count on the presence of Martina Valcepina (stops for maternity & agrave;) and Cecilia Maffei (you & egrave; launched in the new adventure in long track use), some significant returns. First Arianna Valcepina, sister Martina, who returns to tread the ice of the World Cup, which will not happen for more than two years. A similar also for the Turin Ylenia Tota, on his return to competition after his debut at just 16 years (or three years ago) in the cup. Total Beginner & egrave; instead Federica Tombolato, class of 1994 tesserata for Sportmen Bolzano. In addition to multi-medalist Fountain, the pi & ugrave; expert women's team will be Elena Viviani and Lucia Peretti, both bronze in the relay at the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Surely their contribution will & agrave; fundamental for the team competition, but expects some of them also keen on the individual distances.
In general terms, mancher & agrave; Park Seung-hi, or the woman & ndash; together own Arianna Fontana and his partner Shim Suk-hee & ndash; won more & ugrave; medals (three in total) to the Sochi Olympics in Seoul, 2014. The 22 year old has decided to groped l & rsquo; s attack on the long track, qualifying for the Cup selections in the distance faster. Sar & agrave; cos & igrave; at the start of the Cup of speed skating in the street in Japan on November 14th.
The very versatile Shim Suk-hee could be the & rsquo; athlete to beat on all three distances. The 17 year old Korean, who a year ago aggiudic & ograve; rankings on the 1000 and 1500 meter Cup and the overall World Cup 2014, will have & agrave; be seen by so many fierce opponents. Between them, the 21-year old Chinese Fan Kexin tenter & agrave; not to regret the absence of compatriots Wang Meng, Zhou Yang and Li Jianrou. Attention is focused also on Kim Alang, born in 1995, the new face but stormed into vogue in 2013. Among the European l & rsquo; Dutch Jorien Ter Mors & egrave; pit stops because of some physical problems that seem to have precluded the season. But the Old Continent, expect great things from the British Elise Christie, European vice-champion in office.
In the men there are surprises and goodbyes excellent. In American home after a busy season and with satisfaction, takes a break JR Celski, World Championship silver in office & ndash; in the overall standings & nbsp; and 500 - and with the Olympic relay in Sochi 2014. It declared its intention to take a break from the sport. The 24 year old originally from the Philippines will assess & agrave; the various commitments that the show business presenter & agrave ;. And only then could fall in anticipation of the Winter Games 2018. Injury of another individual medalists & ndash; bronze in the 500 - Sochi, the Canadian Charle Cournoyer not potr & agrave; race because of a broken right foot. Rientrer & agrave; Stages in December. Si & egrave; withdrawn, however, one of the most Dutch skaters & ugrave; Experts: Niels Kerstholt.
The favorites for & ograve; others remain, despite the absences. L & rsquo; man of 2014, the Korean naturalized Russian Victor will have An & agrave; patt & rsquo; s more disappointed look from the assaults of the total, or nearly so, last season: the Canadian Charles Hamelin. Both, no more & ugrave; young, will continue through 2018. It will not be in Pyeongchang & agrave; hard to believe that at least for Quest & rsquo; s year, their main battleground will & agrave; the ISU World Cup. Among the outsiders for the world championships, in the front row are Asians. On the one hand, the Chinese Dajing and Wu Han Tianyu, both waiting for a consecration that would be likely to be able to enter into the struggle An-Hamelin. Same goal for the & rsquo; s last silver champion, the Korean Da Woon Sin. Eye also Sjinkie Knegt, the 2013 European champion and the most & ugrave; strong athlete who Schierer & agrave; at the start of the & rsquo; Holland.
The blues are compact & Outdoors adventure of this new season. On the one hand more & ugrave; experts such as Nicholas Rodigari and Yuri Confortola will want to show a lot more in the individual events and a relay drive that needs to discover and develop fully their true potentials & agrave ;. Then there are Thomas Dotti and David Viscardi, & more ugrave; young people who have already & agrave; tested the ice with the Cup and the Olympics. Good though to be refined, l & rsquo; s international experience by Andrea Cassinelli, who did not attend the 2014 Olympics but rientrer & agrave; Cup after being missed for a year. While the second rookie & egrave; Maximum Gurini (19 years) and member of the new advances that will have & agrave; forward & ndash; with his companions mentioned - at the end of this four-year period.
Tomorrow, at 17 Italian, off to the races with the preliminary rounds of the 1000 meters men and women. Sar & agrave; You can follow the racing live streaming channel from the official ISU. Click here.
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