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On the first Saturday of the final of the season & egrave; arrived a monologue almost exclusive to the & nbsp; Korea. & nbsp; At & nbsp; Maurice Richard Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; Montr & eacute; al, plant site of the first stage of & nbsp; World Cup 2015-2016, the squadron Asian captures & nbsp; two hits on two female, thanks to "bigwig & rdquo; of & nbsp; Short Track & nbsp; Asia and the world & nbsp; Shim Suk-hee & nbsp; & ndash; victorious over 1000 meters & ndash; and & nbsp; Choi Minjeong & nbsp; (pictured on the cover), which is not you miss the top spot in 1500 meters.
Saturday 31 October 2015 17 minutes reading time
Male, however, Koreans get an unexpected success with Kwak Yoon-Gy on 1500, away on paper less favorable to the 26 year old. While the finals of the 1000 (first series), gives a one-two with China and Shi Han Tianyu Jingnan.
L & rsquo; Italy is his best placings thanks to Yuri Confortola, 12th overall and fifth after the Final B 1500m, and Lucia Peretti, also a protagonist in the final for women over the same distance and 12th, equaling his best result in his career in the Cup. Davide Viscardi and Elena Viviani did not go over, respectively, the 1500 semi-final and quarter-final of 1000. All other Azzurri instead sub & Igrave; to stop in the morning repechage.
Positive performance of Italian ice 1500m women thanks to Lucia Peretti, who gets an encouraging result with a fifth place in the Final B. L & rsquo; blue is affected by the previous labors & ndash; had qualified after repechage morning - and can not fight for the top places in the small final won by Tao Jiaying (China) in 2 & rsquo; 32 & rsquo; & rsquo; 561. But the 24-year old consoles himself starting his season with a 12th finishing position: achieved his best result of & nbsp; dating back to last season, came to & ograve; only in & rsquo; last leg Cup in Erzurum. Earlier, in the semi-final with Kim Alang, Val & eacute; rie Maltais and two Dutch, the Peretti tries to hold the top spots up to 6 laps, when & egrave; Schulting and third behind Smith. Then, l & rsquo; & agrave aggression; of Maltais creates confusion and makes the back & rsquo; Italian, but Lucy takes advantage of the tussle to maintain positions and thus dates back to the fourth place after the decisions of the judges. A placement enough to then access the Final B.
The Final drive if the & rsquo; & egrave; won the most favored Shim Suk-hee, now in its 24th victory in an individual race Cup. All this just 18 years. The Korean, world vice-champion over the distance in 2015 just behind the & rsquo; blue Fontana wins with great personality & agrave; 2 & rsquo; 25 & rsquo; & rsquo; 260, ahead of Canadian rising Kim Boutin & ndash; the third consecutive podium considering the season finale 2015-16 & ndash; detached of 3/10, while the third place goes to the total surprise Anna Seidel, class 1998. The German takes the podium of force overcoming the & rsquo; Dutch Schulting & Outdoors; last lap. For Germany comes a podium that was missing from December 2012.
The 1500m men saw two Italians qualified for the semi-finals after the day Friday & Igrave; dedicated to the Preliminaries. The Milan Davide Viscardi leaves the stage in the first of the three semi-finals. The 24 year old, that right on the ice of Montr & eacute; al in 2010 he obtained his only podium in World Cup relay, & egrave; 17th in the overall standings. It makes l & rsquo; pace in the first few laps and & egrave; the heart of the struggle for over half & agrave; race. L & rsquo; blue remains in the rear when the battle rages. Closes in sixth place (2 & rsquo; 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 517 his time), and & egrave; l & rsquo; last & ndash; net of penalties - in his semi-final that has promoted the Chinese Xu and Duffy (Canada) in the finals for medals. Better fate for the & rsquo; another blue among the semifinalists, Yuri Confortola, who raced a race starring intelligently remaining in the race for the passage to the finals until all & rsquo; last lap. Slowed to & ograve ;, previously by aggressive defense of China Chen Guang. Fourth and thus qualified to the Final B, Yuri then does calculations and try to attack the leader of the small final Adwin Snellink and Samuel Girard, portatisi immediately ahead of him in the early developments of the race. L & rsquo; Italian follows them, but & egrave; slipped to -4 from & rsquo; aggressive and effective Yokohama. Confortola verr & agrave; burned & Outdoors; also coming from the French Jeanne Vincent to just five thousandths. Shut & agrave; he & ndash; cos & Igrave; as happened at the Peretti & ndash; fifth in 2 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 876. Samuel Girard takes over the small final in 2 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 530, before Hiroki Yokohama (Japan).
The Finale A sees an unexpected twist with the fall of Semen Elistratov & ndash; then he penalized for impeding - dragging with s & eacute; Charles Hamelin. The two favorites leave the scene in the climax of the race and seem to give the green light to the overall world champion 2015 Sjinkie Knegt. Quest & rsquo; last, for & ograve ;, can not reject the & rsquo; assault of the Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy, who wins after 2 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 780 his first race in his career on 1500. L & rsquo; Dutch Knegt & egrave; second ahead of China Xu Fu, the first individual World Cup podium.
In the first series of the 1000 meters women & ndash; tomorrow is replicated with the second - the victory of the Final A is the prerogative of the Korean Choi Minjeong 1998 class, that routs & agrave without difficulty; apparent competition Marianne St-Gelais (Canada), excellent second after overtaking & Outdoors; last lap on the Chinese Fan Kexin. Choi is the seventh win & ndash; the fifth on 1500 - in the World Cup after the & rsquo; debut last season. The baby phenomenon of short track world presents itself as a place from protagonist also in the season just started. It seems gi & agrave; unstoppable.
Previously, it was over to the quarterfinals of the & rsquo; s Adventure & rsquo; unique Italian Elena Viviani. Quest & rsquo; last would have to place themselves into the first two of his fourth. The difficult mission of Valtellina tesserata for yellow flame is not accomplished, because & eacute; It is preceded & Outdoors; arrival from future winner Choi Minjeong, the Chinese Zang and hostess Bradette, finishing fourth out of five at the start. Its 1 & rsquo; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; & egrave 352 final; fast enough because & eacute; does not allow d & rsquo; join the fight for the top positions, literally imploded when Choi has decided to impose a & rsquo; accelerated powerful & Outdoors; gait. L & rsquo; blue closes cos & Igrave; his first race of & rsquo; year in fourteenth place.
No Italian & ndash; After the verdicts of unfavorable shifts in the morning repechage & ndash; the fight for the podium of the men's 1,000 meters (first series). A Montr & eacute; to the first hurr & agrave; seasonal & egrave; all for the 19 year old Chinese Han Tianyu & ndash; third success in the World Cup, according to him individually - before to just over & ugrave; a tenth, in 1 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 010, compatriot pi & ugrave; winning & ndash; gold at the World Championships in 2015 was on the distance - and expert Shi Jingnan. They offer a prestigious double for China. Third & egrave; Artem Kozlov (Russia) that centers the first podium in his first final in his career. The Canadian Fran & ccedil; ois Hamelin had to settle for fourth place.
The evening Canadian & egrave; then closed with the semi-finals of the relay, in which the & rsquo; Italy was not present due to eliminations in the early rounds of Friday & Igrave ;. Girls are promoted in the final All teams pi & ugrave; accredited: Korea, Canada, China and Russia. Among men it is promoted by the semifinals Netherlands, China, Hungary and Korea. K.O. Canada Hamelin brothers, ousted by a surprisingly competitive and fast Magyar team.
Canada had played in the morning shifts repechage reserved 1,500 male and female and the first round of the 1000 meters for both sexes. Six Italian members, only Lucia Peretti & egrave; managed to enter the main draw & ndash; or semi-finals - in the 1500 meters.
One who has touched more & ugrave; closely Promotion & egrave; Arianna was Valcepina, third in the semi-final of the 1000 meters behind the Chinese duo formed by Yize Zang and Liu Yang. The Valtellina has over the 9-lap race in 1 & rsquo; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 096 in a tenth from the second place of Liu that would have earned him qualification for the quarter-finals in the afternoon. Closes cos & Igrave; the 21th place finish.
The men had finished out in the semifinals Andrea Cassinelli, fifth behind the winner, the strong Migunov Dmitry (Russia). Cassinelli is 27th place in the final on away equaled his best individual result in the World Cup & ndash; earlier in 1000 in Dresden in February 2015 -. Previously had gone out in the first round of repechage Tommaso Dotti (fourth in his heat that he had always honored and Migunov Sakashita), not without a fight until the & rsquo; last step, and Mark Giordano, penalized by the judges for a contact with the Japanese Murakate. In the final standings of the 1000 (first series) Dotti is a close 34th and 36th Giordano.
The repechage 1500 meters had, as said earlier, awarded a positive Lucia Peretti, good at coming second in his heat behind American Jamie MacDonald and win one of two places that were worth passing in the afternoon semifinal. The second Italian registered, Cecilia Maffei, has not started and you & egrave; placed 29th in the final ranking.
In the men's 1,500, however, not Nicola Rodigari & egrave; He managed to reach the companions Confortola and Viscardi in the main draw. The almost 34-year old world silver over the distance in 2007 & egrave; out of the picture coming fifth (time 2 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 590) in the semifinal which promoted the Chinese Chen Guang. Sar & agrave; 29th in the final standings.
Click here to consult the & nbsp; official results & nbsp; Full & nbsp; and the program of the second day of the ISU World Cup stop in Montr & eacute; al.
Recall also that & rsquo; & event will agrave; broadcast live streaming & nbsp; on the channel of skating & rsquo; ISU & nbsp; by 17:55 tomorrow, Sunday 1 & deg; November: click to access the link.
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