Short Track Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Montréal
Francesco A. Armillotta
Anchor & nbsp; Montr & eacute; al, still & nbsp; Canada. Again a & ldquo; & rdquo temple; ice skating in the & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. The circuit & nbsp; & nbsp HDI, starts from the city & agrave; pi & ugrave; populous state of the & nbsp; Qu & eacute; bec. Precisely the & nbsp; Maurice Richard Arena, system can accommodate nearly 5,000 spectators. The World Cup 2014-2015 resumes here after that in March the same arena was officially closed international season with the running of & nbsp; & nbsp World Championships, Short Track. After the first verdicts seasonal arrived from the trip to & nbsp; Salt Lake City, & egrave; time of confirmation & ndash; or revenge & ndash; hierarchies Cup. This time, the program provides for the doubling of the distance of & nbsp; 500 meters. Which will see & agrave; play & nbsp; two series of end: the first Saturday 15 and the second, in the closing program, Sunday, November 16.
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The star announced & egrave; Also l & rsquo; blue Arianna Fontana. The 24 year old Polaggia & egrave; fresh from winning two podiums & ndash; leaving the United States with his neck a silver in the 500 meters and a bronze in 1500 - in the test a week ago. Arianna & egrave; senz & rsquo; another one of the women to beat in Canadian soil, considering the state of the form appeared excellent. And avr & agrave; l & rsquo; & agrave ambitious opportunities; to aim to improve on the 500 meters - after having improved his record Italian -, in which race has shown a speed & agrave; and a determination that confirm the levels of champion of the world. The Valtellina replicher & agrave; the program in Salt Lake City, at first taking off the battery of 1500, and then focus on the second series of 500 meters. & nbsp;
Among the ranks of the 12 athletes led by c.t. the Italians, Kenan Gouadec expect continued success, especially by men. Over all, Yuri Confortola & ndash; seventh in 1000 & nbsp; and tenth in the 500 meters at the Utah Olympic Oval & ndash; and Tommaso Dotti & ndash; come down to the semifinals of the 1500 men. Among women, Elena Viviani and Lucia Peretti were the other two athletes are able to enter the quarter-final draw in at least one of the two races, may point to be confirmed - why & eacute; no ambendo to something more & ugrave; - In Montr & eacute; al. Something better & ndash; all out of batteries and preliminary - & egrave; expected by Nicola Rodigari, Andrea Cassinelli, David Viscardi and Ylenia Tota. While they have & ldquo; broke the ice & rdquo; instead the rookies Tombolato Federica and Massimo Gurini: their growth process & egrave; only all & rsquo; beginning.
In general, the first individual tests of the blue, can be considered positive. L & rsquo; only notice the negative concerns relays. The female, potentially podium for quality & agrave; and run in for a good part of the quartet, will try & agrave; senz & rsquo; another to capture a place in the Final A. In Salt Lake City, l & rsquo; drawback touched Lucia Peretti in the semifinals, will have & agrave; be exceeded. As for the men's relay, c & rsquo; & egrave; l & rsquo; ambition to improve the seventh place overall of & rsquo; debut. Even this is not & egrave; an unattainable goal by working on automatic.
Among the individual medalists on the same ice, a little less than eight months ago at the World Cup, there are two absences. J. R. Celski & ndash; World Championship silver in the overall standings - which is & egrave; took a season & ldquo; & rdquo sabbatical; from competition. While in the women mancher & agrave; the Korean Park Seung-Hi, all & rsquo; debut from & rsquo; the other side of the globe (in Japan) in his new adventure in long track.
The rest of those who in March went up on the podium not fail & agrave ;. And most of them has proven to be in a condition such as to re-aim the podium to Maurice Richard Arena. Among men, Victor An & egrave; fresh from a contrasting weekend in Salt Lake City. The 28-year old Korean Russia has indeed won, dominating the first Cup race held (1000 meters), and then & egrave; was dismounted from a disqualification in the 500 right then that Race & egrave; finished a surprise to the young American John-Henry Krueger. On the distance, which will see & agrave; conducted two tests over the weekend, much is expected from the Chinese Wu Dajing, iridescent & Outdoors; last World Cup, as well as & eacute; third in the first leg of the Cup.
Obviously Canadians will try to give joy to the home crowd. In the men, Charles Hamelin andr & agrave; looking for their first win of the season. Utah, in fact, you & egrave; had to settle for only a silver in 1500, behind the Korean Sin Da-Woon. In the women, however, Canada & egrave; was l & rsquo; only nation to find a winner of the l & agrave; of those in Asia. About a newfound Marianne St-Gelais & ndash; winner in the first round of the 1000 and third in the 500 & ndash; and Val & eacute; rie Maltais & ndash; third in 1000 seconds of the program. They, along with a & ndash; hopefully & ndash; yet fully fit Fontana, could undermine impregnable arrows of Korea (on all Shim Suk-hee and Kim Alang, topped the list of 1500) and China (headed by neo on 500m world record holder Fan Kexin). It also expects something more & ugrave; from & rsquo; other European most talented, the British Elise Christie, appeared last week in the shade.
Tomorrow will be held the preliminary rounds and the batteries of the six distances individual male and female. Moreover, on the sidelines of the first day, sar & agrave; Once the battery reserved for runners. Designate the best eight teams that will enter the semi-finals on Saturday.
From this page & egrave; can consult the official program with schedules and list of members. The live stream, however, will go & agrave; aired on the channel speed skating of & rsquo; & agrave ISU and will cover; shifts from quarter finals onwards on Saturday and Sunday.
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