Short Track - Europeans in Sochi (Russia)
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Quest & rsquo; today & egrave; officially started on & nbsp; the European Championship in 2016 & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. On the ice of & rsquo; Iceberg Skating Palace & nbsp; were staged the first & nbsp; preliminary rounds & nbsp; who opened the three days of racing in & nbsp; Sochi & nbsp; (Russia) which will end & agrave; & nbsp; Sunday & nbsp; with the proclamation of the champion and the champion continental overall and relay more & ugrave; strong d & lsquo; Europe. & nbsp; in & nbsp; Friday & Igrave; & nbsp; reserved for & nbsp; the early rounds & nbsp; of & nbsp; three individual distances & nbsp; in the program - & nbsp; 1500, 500 and 1000 meters & nbsp; & ndash; and & nbsp; batteries of the relay, there were no surprises as to the possible games for the overall title.
Friday 22 January 2016 13 minutes reading time
Remain the foundations of the vigil with the British Elise Christie prover & agrave; to repel the assaults of & rsquo; Dutch Jorien ter Mors and l & rsquo; oranje champion in 2015 Sjinkie Knegt ready to defend Russians (Semen Elistratov all) and Hungarians.
L & rsquo; Euro-Italy launched by c.t. Kenan Gouadec smiles with his women. & Nbsp; Elena & nbsp; Viviani and Arianna Valcepina & nbsp; (quest''ultima & nbsp; pictured on the cover) have not missed a shot, while Lucia Peretti has sub & Igrave; to just one stop too early, in the 1000 meters. The men, however, are far less smiles. Yuri Confortola goes on two & ndash; 500 and 1000 - of the three distances where & egrave; experimented. Tommaso Dotti, however, advancing only to the quarterfinals of the 1000 meters on Sunday and undergoes two eliminations. Only qualifications, however, for both relays, that tomorrow they will play their chance & agrave; entering the final medals.
In batteries of 1,500 meters women's race which opened the Euro 2016, & egrave; arrived just the first en plein for the Italian colors. Elena Viviani & ndash; second behind the French Huot Marchand -, Lucia Peretti & ndash; third behind Elise Christie and Evgeniya Zakharova & ndash; and Arianna Valcepina have all earned the & rsquo; semi-finals tomorrow afternoon. The Valcepina & egrave; It was put forward by the judges to have been damaged by the Polish Maliszewska & ndash; then disqualified - three laps from the end.
It is repeated in the 500 meters the tris d & rsquo; Italian quarter-final to be held anch & rsquo; they Sabbath. The champion of 2015 on distance Elise Christie leads the patrol with chrono pi & ugrave; fast after the first two qualifying rounds & ndash; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 943 & ndash; realized in the battery. Also advancing Elena Viviani, second & ndash; in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 810 - in his race, won the Russian Ekaterina Konstantinova. Next also Arianna Valcepina, fished out as among the best third-placed, behind the & rsquo; van Ruijven Dutch and Russian Zakharova. While advancing as second best even Lucia Peretti (45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 847), which comes behind the German Anna Seidel. Out for penalty, in their own race, the Polish Natalia Maliszewska, depending on the sprint distance at the World Cup in October.
L & rsquo; d only negative of the day & rsquo; opening & ndash; at least for girls & ndash; It comes from 1000 meters. Well Elena Viviani, second and qualified after 1 & rsquo; 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 641 race behind the & rsquo; Hungarian Petra Jaszapati. The mimics, this time winning their battery even Arianna Valcepina leading with 1 & rsquo; 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 059 before Huot Marchand and Lara Van Ruijven, eliminated cos & Igrave; from the race on the podium kilometer. Same fate reserved for the & rsquo; Dutch arrives for the skater tesserata for the & rsquo; Army Lucia Peretti. It is not enough to reach Bormina third in 1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 14. It was due to arrive in front of at least one of the rivals Selma Poutsma (France) and Sarah Lucia Backsai (Hungary). The 25 year-old Italian it will have & agrave; please be at the start in the races for the placement of Sunday morning.
Well the relay for women, which is guaranteed a place in the semifinals that will close the program on Saturday. Cecilia Maffei, Federica Tombolato & ndash; the latter & Outdoors; debut on the Olympic ice that was in 2014 - Elena Viviani and Arianna Valcepina qualify coming second behind Germany. 4 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 613 their time, pi & ugrave; faster than 3 seconds than in France, the third and eliminated. Pi & ugrave; back again l & rsquo; Ukraine. To catch the final, the Italians must now classified within the second position in the next round with Germany, Russia and Belarus.
Easily qualifies for the next semi-finals even the male quartet (7 & rsquo; 03 & rsquo; & rsquo; 215 his time), thanks to the second place behind the strong, and one of the favorites for success, Russia (7 & rsquo; 02 & rsquo; & rsquo; 828) of Elistratov and partners. Nicola Rodigari, Yuri Confortola, Davide Viscardi and Andrea Cassinelli lead for much of the 45s & ndash; and 5000 meters & ndash; except suffer overtaking the Russians to 9 laps from the end. Will control the rest of the race, leaving behind rivals Belarus and Ukraine. The next opponent will be called Hungary, Poland and Russia: the next round for Rodigari and companions will & agrave; certainly something quite pi & ugrave; complicated, especially since the high value of Hungarian and Russian.
In the individual events, the men d & rsquo; Italy conclude with fewer lights and more & ugrave; shadows. Yuri Confortola (2 & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 242) does not go beyond the fourth in a battery eventful and won by Jens Almey (Belgium) in front of Poland's Rafal Anikiej. L & rsquo; experienced athlete of Forestry says cos & Igrave; goodbye to dreams of glory in a distance over which in 2013 he won the European bronze. Worse goes to Tommaso Dotti, who abandons definitely the backboard on the kilometer and a half after suffering a disqualification by the jury. The 22 year old could jeopardize the chances & agrave; trying his best overall on a European: the 15 & deg; place finish in 2013.
After the two rounds & ndash; Preliminary and Drums & ndash; of 500 meters, the only Confortola exults in the blue house. The 32 year-old Valtellina flies the quarter-finals after finishing second & ndash; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 078 his lap time & ndash; won from the battery & rsquo; Hungarian Viktor Knoch. Yet unfortunate Dotti. The bearer of the Golden Flame does not have a good draw because & eacute; runs against the defending champion & ndash; as well as & eacute; silver in the 500 - Sjinkie Knegt and fearsome Liu Shaoang and Artem Kozlov. L & rsquo; blue finishes third and says goodbye to dreams of glory in the most remote & ugrave; short.
The redemption & ndash; and the first step to turn the quarter-finals & ndash; It arrives for Dotti in the 1000 meters. Its battery & egrave; won by Frenchman Vincent Jeanne (1 & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 913) to 0.99 tenths. Well Confortola, that & ldquo; lost & rdquo; the renewed duel France-Italy this time against Sebastien Lepape. L & rsquo; blue closes in 1 & rsquo; 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 777 2/10 and a half away from the Alps. But finally it arrives in & rsquo; last individual distance of Friday & Igrave; Also an en plein & ndash; two passes to turn on two competitors & ndash; for the & rsquo; Italian male.
Click here to see the results of the first day and the program. Here is the program, Italians in competition and hours of Saturday, January 23, in which you assign the individual titles in 1500 and 500 meters for women and men. Recall also that Rai Sport 2 will broadcast & agrave; the direct of & rsquo; event from 12:00.
7:35 pm Batteries per championship 1500 and 500 meters & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; (Confortola & ndash; 1500 - and Dotti - 1500 500 -) Hours 24:02 Semifinals 1500m women (Peretti, Valcepina and Viviani) Hours 12:18 Semifinals 1500m men (no Italian qualified) women's 1500m Final Hours 12:50 Hours 13: 07 men's 1500m Final Hours 13:38 Quarter-final women's 500m (Peretti, Valcepina and Viviani) Hours 13:49 Quarter-final men's 500m (Confortola) Hours 14:15 Semifinals 500m women's 500m Semifinals male Hours Hours 14:23 14:45 500m women's final hours 14:57 Finals men's 500m Semifinals 15:25 hours 3000m relay women (Italy) 15:39 pm Semifinals men's 5000m relay (Italy)
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