Short Trackworld championships 2021
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The final day of the world championship in Dordrecht, with Fontana and Sighel back on the podium and the two medal relays.
Sunday 7 March 2021 5 minutes reading time
A dream Italy buys medals at the short track World Championships, closed with six podium finishes and the only gold medal missed in an expedition that is more than satisfactory, not to mention a dream.
On the Dutch ice of Dordrecht, after yesterday's two splendid podiums, even four have arrived for a world championship definitely to remember for the Italian national team of coaches Frederic Blackburn and Assen Pandov. A collective party because, in addition to the individual bronzes of Arianna Fontana (IceLab) and Pietro Sighel (Fiamme Gialle), those of both blue relays have also arrived to crown a fairytale weekend.
After the splendid results of the European Championships in Gdansk, Italy is thus confirmed also in the most important appointment of the season with results that give confidence for the present and above all for the future, already thinking of Beijing 2022. The first bronze of the day comes from the new face of this national team, Pietro Sighel, who after Saturday's exploit on 500 meters is also repeated on 1000, first signing the personal best in the quarter-finals with a time of 1''24 "554 and then putting on display a screaming progression that earned him the podium behind the Hungarian brothers Liu.
For the 21-year-old from Trentino it is the World Cup of consecration: seventh place in the overall standings, net of individual medals, certifies an undeniable talent. Then, for women it is the turn of the timeless champion. Arianna Fontana, fifth in the 1000 meters, hits the overall podium by conquering a bronze in the general classification at 39 points, behind the almighty Schulting (136) and the Canadian Sarault (58). An overall medal that the Freccia Bionda was missing from the 2015 Moscow edition and which confirms, if it were still needed, the competitiveness of the Valtellinese champion at the highest levels, after more than a year of competitive stopping.
But Italy, beyond individual distances, has also found glory in the relays: Arianna Fontana, Cynthia Mascitto (Skating Club Courmayeur), Arianna Sighel (Fiamme Oro), Arianna Valcepina (Fiamme Gialle) and Martina Valcepina (Fiamme Gialle ) wear a bronze that the women's national team had been missing for six years. In Final A the blue quartet did not give up despite a fall by Fontana in the early stages and then took advantage of the Russian crash to win a splendid bronze.
Bronze repeated shortly after also by the Azzurri. In the men's Final A Tommaso Dotti (Fiamme Oro), Yuri Confortola (CS Carabinieri), Pietro Sighel (Fiamme Gialle) and Luca Spechenhauser (Carabinieri) were awarded the medal due to the penalty imposed on Russia, which had hindered the national team. Italian undergoing change. With six overall medals and three top ten placements in the overall rankings - in addition to Fontana and Sighel, the 20-year-old Spechenhauser also reached 10th place - the Italy of the short track closes this world championship in triumph, waiting to finish the race as well. season after the Italian Championships, scheduled for next weekend on the ice of the Federal Technical Center of Bormio.
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