Short Track - Europeans in Dordrecht (Netherlands)
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The CITY Dutch & nbsp; & nbsp Dordrecht; and the ice of the & nbsp; & nbsp Sportboulevard; hosted the first day of the & nbsp; European Championships & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. A debut that reserved - for the first time in the format of the event - Fridays & Igrave; d & rsquo; open exclusively to contests & nbsp; & nbsp qualification; (batteries and preliminary). For now the favorites for the final success & nbsp; An Victor & nbsp; and & nbsp; & nbsp Arianna Fontana; they have lost ground in the table d & rsquo; approach. Among tomorrow & ndash; with the first final that will assign the titles in 1500 and 500 meters & ndash; and Sunday we will see if they can inflame the competition.
Friday 23 January 2015 18 minutes reading time
And after the first intense day c '' & egrave; to say that the National Italian led by ct Kenan Gouadec potr & agrave; rely on the certainty and the condition of Arianna Fontana. The five-time Olympic medalist in career & ndash; and many times champion d & rsquo; Europe & ndash; qualifies for all three individual distances, after the batteries 1500 and played 500 to 1000 in the morning and afternoon. No problem for her ripartir & agrave; the semi-finals (only for 1500) and fourth (500 and 1000) and with ambitions of securities and final victory pi & ugrave; who ever lived.
The rest of & rsquo; unfortunately not blue & egrave; cos & Igrave; winning, because & eacute; there & rsquo; & egrave; no other en plein of qualifiers for the individual races. Tommaso Dotti and Yuri Confortola are in the semifinals in 1500, while David Viscardi & egrave; l & rsquo; only man potr & agrave; fight for the qualification for the final tomorrow. In the afternoon we went close, & ldquo; & rdquo ;, doubling Confortola and Viscardi. And find the pass to the quarter & ndash; scheduled for Sunday, 25 - of 1000. Good news from the 5000m relay men, who qualified for the semifinals tomorrow. The quartet blue (Confortola, Gurini, Dotti, Rodigari) centers the second place & ndash; l won & rsquo; Hungary & ndash; at the end of the 45 laps in total battery. Tomorrow will see if the & agrave; again with the Magyars and with France and Ukraine.
For women, in addition to the favored Fontana, are only two trials with passage of turn for Lucia Peretti (in 1500) and Elena Viviani (500). But the two Italian was expected something more & ugrave; especially in the 1000.
C & rsquo; & egrave; also room for some regret and a bit & rsquo; bad luck for testing Peretti and Dotti, both excluded from the 500 with the first placings and times not sufficient for the quarter-finals.
So in Dordrecht begins well, very well the blue star Arianna Fontana. His Filotto steps on duty & ndash; three on three & ndash; was l & rsquo; minimum target primary to hope to win the title overall. Cos & Igrave; the campionissima Valtellina kicked off the dance debuting in the first heat of the first race of the Championships, the 1500 meters. Battery won obviously in control with time not fast 2 & rsquo; 57 & rsquo; & rsquo; 433. It & egrave; left cos & Igrave; behind French Pierron after it passed with two rounds remaining.
With Arianna sar & agrave; among the 18 semi-finalists of 1500 also Lucia Peretti. The Bormina does not fail the qualification in his favorite distance. Reach third & ndash; last placement useful for passing round & ndash; in the battery won by the talented 17 year old Sofia Prosvirnova Russian and British Charlotte Gilmartin. L & rsquo; blue (lap time of 2 & rsquo; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 821) dates, moved into the lead and suffers overtaking of the first, controlling the race without risking much in the optical passage of turn.
Not & egrave; lucky while the third Italian ice Elena Viviani. Committed to its distance less congenial, the 22 year old is in its battery Isolaccia difficult opponents: Agne Serekaite, Lara van Ruijven and Ekaterina Konstantinova. Qualify them while Viviani reaches fourth impensierirle without too much for a place in the top three, although only 113 cents away from the third.
Tomorrow we will see two out of three Italian also in the 500 meters. All easy to Arianna Fontana in the distance where he had triumphed in the World Cup in November. First s & rsquo; imposes a 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 171 in the Preliminary battery. Next to her Viviani (second) and Peretti (fished as a third). Then, in subsequent batteries, l & rsquo; Olympic silver in office has difficulty & agrave; to win again & ndash; this time in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 456 & ndash; and to fly to the quarterfinals. The mimics colleague Elena Financial Viviani, second in the race won by & rsquo; other favored Elise Christie & ndash; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 141 the time of the British & ndash; where Bernadett Heidum suffers a penalty payment agrave; and & egrave; cos & Igrave; ousted, compromising the way in & ldquo; General & rdquo ;. A & rsquo; elimination can ruin the en plein women in the sprint race. Lucia Peretti not manages to get through the round 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 841 and 65 cents too much for the repechage. Attending & agrave; batteries for placings.
L & rsquo; last race & ldquo; in pink & rdquo; pm, or 1000 meters brings mixed emotions to Italian women, with a well-promoted and two athletes eliminated. As anticipated, advancing straight to the quarterfinals on Sunday Arianna Fontana, who takes the primacy of the battery in one & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 508. Its gear shift comes on the fifth lap, when he leaves the & rsquo; last position and takes the head easily & ndash; against the Polish Maliszewska - no more & ugrave; leave.
Male Elena Viviani unable to find the winning dart in his battery and & egrave; forced to third place & ndash; only the first two skaters advancing to the quarterfinals on Sunday & ndash; by teenagers Sofia Prosvirnova (Russia) and Anna Seidel (Germany): certainly beatable athletes from & rsquo; blue. Although he has led the group for half & agrave; race, the fate & egrave; was also similar to the companion Lucia Peretti, out in the battery which promoted Elise Christie and French Tifany Hout Marchand. The Valtellina & egrave; was the third between the excluded and will play & agrave; Viviani with only a placement from sixteenth on.
Key in the overall standings, it outlines the duel everyone expected between the pi & ugrave; European talented skaters. Namely the clash between Fontana and Christie. The next few days will be decisive. As for a possible spot on the podium, are sure to report the & ldquo; zeros & rdquo; in one of three races for two eligible candidates medalists as Bernadett Heidum and Yara van Kerkhof.
Moving on to the men, the race with less blues promoted & egrave; was that of the 500 meters. Accesses to the quarterfinals scheduled for tomorrow only David Viscardi. The 24 year old all & rsquo; debut in the individual is in third place in his heat. The rewards the fastest lap time & ndash; 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 198, which earned him the repechage & ndash; behind Lepape and Whelbourne.
Eliminated in batteries Tommaso Dotti, last of the third classified to deviate chrono recovery. Too high its 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 398. And too fast l & rsquo; gait of the first two & ndash; certainly not two athletes & ldquo; all & rdquo; & Ndash; Victor An and Daan Breeuwsma, among the absolute favorites for victory in the short distance. Ends before the preliminaries, l & rsquo; adventure Yuri Confortola. L & rsquo; athlete Bormio & nbsp; is eliminated from the surprising Frenchman Sebastien Lepape and the pi & ugrave; expert Ruslan Zakharov. 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 391 a time of Yuri, is not sufficient for the next round. To continue cultivating ambitions of a good placing in the final standings will have & agrave; certainly do very well in the & ldquo; & rdquo ranking races; Saturday on this distance.
In the race d & rsquo; opening, 1500, had not arrived no problem for Tommaso Dotti, the pi & ugrave; young Italian in the race in the individual distances. The & egrave; enough to place themselves in second place behind the battery & rsquo; expert & ndash; gi & agrave; European bronze in 2009 - Hungarian Viktor Knoch. L & rsquo; blue runs his trial in 2 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 049 without taking too many risks. Well even Yuri Confortola, fresh from victory over the distance in Absolute Championships in 2015, passing the turn as best fished between the third prizes in the batteries. The 28 year old of Forestry has the merit of making the & rsquo; pace for most of the 14 laps and finish the test in 2 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 884 behind opponents very competitive and pi & ugrave; fast in the final sprint as the & rsquo; Dutch Freek van der Wart and Briton Jack Whelbourne. The very quick time & egrave; therefore sufficient to find the & rsquo; blue tomorrow to the semifinals.
Here, however, the batteries are fatal for David Viscardi. The skater Milan must append the European vice-champion & ldquo; General & rdquo; and distance in office, Semion Elistratov, and far less compelling Belgian Mathias voste. Li will separate 11 cents maintained after overtaking on & rsquo; blue in the last meters. A big regret because & eacute; was not a battery prohibitive for him.
Even the men's 1,000 meters, last test individual skill in the calendar, leading to & ldquo; three on three & rdquo; expected for the Italian team. Confortola and Viscardi are two blues able to access the quarterfinals on Sunday. While Tommaso Dotti (1 & rsquo; 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 187 his time) does not go beyond the third place in the battery, mocked by & rsquo; Sjinkie Knegt Dutch and French Vincent Jeanne. His companions are promoted both by the second half of the battery. Confortola & egrave; preceded only by & rsquo; Israeli Vladislav Bykanov while Viscardi is useful placement behind the & rsquo; expert transalpine Thibaut Fauconnet.
The results of the men's Friday & Igrave; leave in play all the big favorites to excel in the overall classification. Obviously the more so, having been shown to be in good condition at least, the Russian champion Victor An does not lose its status as the man to beat. Behind him are ready, the Dutch & ndash; Sjinkie Knegt on all & ndash; and the companions of An in team Russia. Italians went ahead on two distances as Confortola and Viscardi, have the chance to find a good result overall. And of course on the individual distances.
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Following the program, schedules, and Italians in the race tomorrow (Saturday 24):
Morning & ndash; Races for placings from 11:00
Batteries 1500m women (Viviani) Batteries 1500m men (Viscardi) Preliminaries and Batteries 500m women (Peretti) Preliminaries and Batteries 500m men (Confortola and Dotti)
Afternoon
Hours 14:02 Semifinals 1500m women (Fontana and Peretti) Finals from 14:47 pm 14:17 Semifinals 1500m men (Dotti and Confortola) Finals from 15:02 pm 15:31 Quarter Finals 500m women (Fontana and Viviani) to follow Semifinals and finals (16:36) Hours 15:42 Quarter Finals 500m men (Viscardi) to follow Semifinals and Finals (16:46) 17:12 pm Semifinals Staffette 3000m women (Italy) 17:27 pm Semifinals Staffette 5000m men ( Italy)
From tomorrow, Saturday, January 24, sar & agrave; can follow the European Championships live streaming on & rsquo; ISU Skating Channel: click here to login, by 13:55. To see the full program of the event and the results, click here.
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