Short Track Speed ​​Skating - 2014 Olympics
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There are only a few hours and the Iceberg Skating Palace opens its doors also to the short track. It is therefore skating short track, one of the last disciplines to take off at the Olympics in Sochi, Games that tomorrow will come to the third day at full capacity. The event is scheduled for Monday morning from 10:45 Italian, with the first battery of the 1500m men. This race will also be the only one that will award medals, with two blue (Confortola and Dotti) at the start. But there is to be followed with great attention the debut of the team's star Italian Arianna Fontana, recovering from an Olympic bronze medal in Vancouver on 500 2010. Great potential, which will hopefully be exploited, even for the women's relay. In short, short track could be a rewarding discipline for the Italian colors.
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In the detail of the program and of the protagonists in the race stand 1500 men. It starts with the initial six batteries and ends with the final (13:05 pm Italian). The distance sees two bishops Italian members with different characteristics, but with the same (and practical) possibility of becoming an outsider. The first, Yuri Confortola, 27 year old, one of the veterans of the team, now in its third Olympics. Tommaso Dotti, 20 years, instead it is facing a few years in the big stage, having revealed in the Junior category. Obviously Olympic debut, will try to find a prestigious placement. Absent the 2010 Olympic champion Lee Jung-Su, is expected to be an exciting fight for the medals: Big Players announced, the Canadian Charles Hamelin, Victor An (phenomenal Korean born champion in Turin in 2006, but the Russian nation from 2011), the Korean Lee Han-Bin and bronze in Vancouver and the American John Celski.
Great expectations for the first race of individual women, the 500 meters. In the race (batteries at 11:27) we will discuss three blue: In addition to Arianna Fontana and its legitimate ambitions of the coin, there will also be Valcepina Martina and Elena Viviani. Particular attention to the Valcepina, true expert of the shortest distance of the program. The 21-year old rookie Viviani is the Games. Also, will the way the Chinese Wang Meng, reigning champion over the distance and the true ruler of the season. The three times gold in 2010, gave up due to an ankle ko. The medals will be assigned on Thursday, 13.
Always the women complete the program on Monday 10 Iceberg Palace of Sochi, with the semi-finals of the 3000m relay. Mandatory target is the qualification to the last act. The battery of the blue there will be China, Japan and the Netherlands: will not be an easy fit between the top two positions. The final, on the other hand is scheduled on Tuesday, February 18. But, in spite of fierce competition, Italy comes with high hopes of entering in the fight for the medals, being finished on the podium three times in four World Cup 2013-14. Hope for a confirmation of the trend does not seem impossible.
The program (timetable Italian) and the Blues in the race:
10:45 Men 1500m batteries (battery No. 1, Confortola. batt. 6, Dotti)
11:27 500m Women hour batteries (1 battery No. 3 Valcepina, batt. 6 Fontana, batt. 8 Viviani)
men's 1500m semi-finals 24:04 hours
women's 3000m relay semifinals at 12:35 (Italian)
13:05 hours the final 1,500 men
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