Short Track - Europeans in Dordrecht (Netherlands)
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Of course, the conditions and expectations for this second day of competition & ndash; the first & ldquo; & rdquo provided; Finals & ndash; European Championships short track in the Netherlands, were best of reality & agrave ;. Today & egrave; was a day rather bitter ice of Dordrecht, where the blades of the Italian skaters did not shine particularly in the European context. Probably the arrow Arianna Fontana is gi & agrave; cut off for the overall title, unless exceptional events. & nbsp;
Saturday 24 January 2015 25 minutes reading time
The Valtellina pays the fall in the final of the 1500 meters (the Valtellina & egrave; in third place & nbsp; in the cover photo taken during a race), and does not find the ransom - and Finale A & ndash; in the next 500 took advantage his rival number one & ndash; for quality & agrave; and capacity & agrave; - Elise Christie, the head of the provisional standings with two hits.
Among men, the best finish & ndash; first in the B final of 1500 - for a blue & egrave; arrived from Yuri Confortola, the pi & ugrave; fit in the Italian contingent. All eliminated before the semifinals the other Italian, while in the fight for the overall title & egrave; head l & rsquo; Dutch Sjinkie Knegt the champion Victor An (not & egrave; a case if they are the European champions of the last two editions). Tomorrow you Know yourself & agrave; the winner's name & ndash; as well as the winner - a challenge because equilibratissima & eacute; the men & ugrave; includes the 1000 and the Super Final at 3000 meters. In addition to the finals of the relays.
About team competitions. He sweetened definitely a day from the bitter taste, the concluding part of the afternoon dedicated to the semifinals of the relay. Women center for the final medals after a year of fasting, thanks to their second place in the semifinals. The Italians saw debut on the ice and Arianna Federica Tombolato Valcepina. And with the & rsquo; help of Elena Viviani and Arianna Fontana, have qualified safely behind dell & rsquo; acclaimed quartet Dutch (Schulting, Van Ruijven, de Vries, Y. van Kerkhof). The mission-Finals & egrave; cos & Igrave; centered in 4 & rsquo; 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 412, compared with 4 & rsquo; 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 311 of oranje winners. Behind the blue, more than half a second, will square Poland eliminated. Among the Italian will be played 24 hours a medal challenging, over all & rsquo; Holland, also Russia and Hungary.
Well even the men's relay. Yuri Confortola, Nicola Rodigari, Tommaso Dotti and David Viscardi, the four top men of the National ct Kenan Gouadec who have earned the & rsquo; access to Final A tomorrow afternoon, the final round of & rsquo; European. The turning point came after more than half & agrave; race past behind Hungary & ndash; then before the finish and France, and comes when the Blues exploit a novelty & agrave; change in the -18 to skip transalpine & ndash; Orphans of the pi & ugrave; FAUCONNET strong skater, injured the day & ndash; and create a hole difficult to cover. Since that time the second place sufficient for qualification & egrave; sealed. They win the Hungarians with a tenth and a half on Italian: attention to this duel, because & eacute; you can & ograve; repeat & ndash; at least on paper, and not considering the many variables as possible in the race & ndash; likely in the fight for the bronze. The other two finalists Holland and Russia seem decidedly out of reach.
But back to the individual races, c & rsquo; & egrave; to say that the strobe lights of Sportboulevard Dordrecht were not enough to dazzle and surprise the audience. Perch & eacute; the real big bright spark that not & egrave; failed properly to blind an enthusiastic audience & egrave; was Arianna Fontana.
The "bad day" begins with Finale At 1,500 meters. At the start with two Italian (Fontana and Peretti), two British (Christie and Gilmartin), the Russian Prosvirnova & ndash; Surprisingly however Championship - the French Pierron and l & rsquo; Dutch van Ruijven, expected annunciatissimo the duel between the two skaters with more overt & ugrave; class: Arianna Fontana and Elise Christie.
Indeed l & rsquo; blue, Olympic bronze medal on the distance, overlooking front of all 8 laps to go, then the answers Christie, from early & rsquo; excellent Prosvirnova. The idea of ​​the decisive British arrive at -4 and the door in the head. Arianna, view the move of the number one rival, tries to drop back to her. But before groped the mission must overcome the very Russian thing that fails after three rounds. And just after threading Prosvirnova & Outdoors; internal c & rsquo; & egrave; a hitch decisive: l & rsquo; blue, when you return in trajectory, collides with his blade right against the left tail of the blade of the Scottish, & much more ugrave; ahead of her. The inevitable fall of the bearer blue. A contact no inappropriate actions on the part of interested perci & ograve; not punished by the jury.
The title of the 1500 & ndash; and the resulting 32 points for the winner & ndash; easily goes to Elise Christie in 2 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 939, in front of the Russian Sofia Prosvirnova (2 & rsquo; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; & rsquo; 097) and to the surprise French V & eacute; Véronique Pierron (2 & rsquo; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 207). No glory for the Italians. Lucia Peretti closes sixth in 2 & rsquo; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 688 without having the chance & agrave; to remain in the wake of the women on the podium. Arianna Fontana, after the crash, complete his race after more than three minutes and & egrave; only seventh. Placing that earns two points in the standings.
Not a good thing going in the 500 meters. Taken from the quarter-finals, had won in the Fountain 43''923 & rsquo; & rsquo; his trial. Time not cos & Igrave; fast in the lot of qualified, the fact that & rsquo; he then forced an uncomfortable third box starting in the semifinals. Then, not a sprint departing cos & Igrave; lightning has not allowed it to recover immediately Valtellina ground on who preceded her: Agne Sereikaite and the usual Sofia Prosvirnova. The Russian earns the location on the Lithuanian, while Arianna can not overcome it to center the second place, that the qualification in the Final A. Vince Prosvirnova while Fontana is a small space to attack Sereikaite in proximity & agrave; dell & rsquo; arrival. Not the baster & agrave; for 43 cents (43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 679 against 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; s 722 & rsquo; Italian).
The champion of Polaggia & egrave; angry in Final B. Cos & Igrave; A review of the lightning bolt that snaps Fountain in front of all to take the minimum that can & ograve; aspire one & rsquo; athlete in its class: the first position. The quick acceleration can & ndash; on & rsquo; Dutch van Ruijven - and wins in 44 '' & rsquo; 837 of Gilmartin and Pierron. Find cos & Igrave; five points & ldquo; overall & rdquo; that is in addition to the two won in 1500. Too little for her, given the success of Christie little to still be able to aspire to the title of general European and perhaps also to grab the podium. We Will See.
As mentioned, the & rsquo; European gold on the 500 and if the Final A & rsquo; Elise Christie win in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 295. Strenuous resistance of Mary Prosvirnova, silver only after a sprint uncertain (shut & agrave; in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 381). The 24 year old from Livingston (Scotland) focuses cos & Igrave; his second win of the two distances. It touches gi & agrave; & Ldquo; virtually & rdquo; his second European title. Has indeed forfeited 64 total points and & egrave; +26 in the second, the Russian Prosvirnova, even to +61 from the Fountain.
On the distance of 500, not & egrave; went well to the second blue, Elena Viviani. The 22 year old & egrave; forced to say goodbye to dreams of qualifying in the battery won by more and more & ugrave; convincing Prosvirnova on Polish Patrycja Maliszewska. L & rsquo; blue shooting in the fourth and final position and failing to find the cue remains decisive in the final square. Closes the four and a half turns in 44''494, too far from the 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 080 of Polish. Viviani shut & agrave; thirteenth in the overall ranking on the distance.
Difficult day for men, too. & Egrave; unfortunate Tommaso Dotti in the semifinals of 1500. The Milan remains glued to the Olympic champion Victor An. And it does it extremely well until three laps from the end. Then, for ograve ;, & runs into a slide that sends him straight against the guards. Not a serious fall in the consequences, but the 21 year old says goodbye to any chance & agrave; to reach a European final in this year 2015. The choice of & rsquo; blue could pay: in fact, the Russian naturalized & egrave; then managed to win without problems. Second and qualified for the final with him also the & rsquo; Hungarian Liu Shaolin.
It was difficult for density & agrave; protagonists of possible & ndash; see the European champion over the distance Elistratov with fellow Russian Zakharov, l & rsquo; Dutch van der Wart or l & rsquo; Hungarian expert Knoch - good standard, was the semi-final with the second blue qualified: Yuri Confortola. The Bormio & egrave; in the heat of the fight, but finished fourth in 2 & rsquo; 20 & rsquo; & rsquo; 903 only 129 cents by the passage of turn. So nothing last act for the Valtellina, but a deserved Final B, won thanks to & rsquo; decisive extension & ndash; 15 cents of difference & ndash; for which reason has a tough customer as van der Wart photo finish.
In Final B, Confortola d & agrave; demonstration of his class surpassing Jack Whelbourne with great dexterity and decision just before the & rsquo; last corner. A double overtake inside started first with the & rsquo; stuck in straight over Frenchman Sebastien Lepape and concluded with the & rsquo; action on the British. For the 28-year old of Forestry comes a deserved first place & ndash; seventh overall - in 2 & rsquo; 24 & rsquo; & rsquo; 201 and a point that he does get in the general classification in the standings.
The victory and medals in the finals of 1500 are reduced to a duel to the wire around the Russia & ndash; with Elistratov and An & ndash; and Holland & ndash; & Nbsp; with its knights respectively d & rsquo; gold and bronze Knegt and Breeuwsma & ndash; and premier & agrave; full colors oranje. Those expecting the six-time Olympic champion, remains a bit & rsquo; disappointed because & eacute; An remains in the back of the group of & ldquo; & rdquo ;, while magnificent seven in front of them are unleashed Semion Elistratov and Sjinkie Knegt, creating a breathtaking duel. Just quest & rsquo; last is the cue decisive and closes the run on Russian, forcing him behind all & rsquo; s mouth & rsquo; last corner. Behind them Liu Shaolin strikes Thibaut Fauconnet and spear behind them the volantissima between Breeuwsma and An: tick l & rsquo; oranje and complete the jubilation of the public Sportboulevard with a double podium male for pennies & ndash; 31 between gold and silver and bronze between 14 and fourth place.
In the second and final race of men's individual, the 500 meters, there was only one Italian qualified. And when the rivals are An, van der Wart and Knoch there & rsquo; & egrave; much to expect. This competition was certainly prohibitive for the & rsquo; single patrol Italian who qualified for the quarter-finals: David Viscardi. L & rsquo; blue pay right now the departure of furious Russian rider. Detaches gi & agrave; the first corner and does not go beyond the third place & ndash; l & rsquo; Hungarian Knoch had fallen in half & agrave; Race & ndash; behind the qualified An and van der Wart. To forget the 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 477 of Milan.
In the same race, just Victor An then found his first success in this European Championship, setting a race d & rsquo; & agrave authorities; from the very first meters. The Korean birth triumphs in 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 780, against 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; s 834 & rsquo; Dutch provisional leader of the general classification, Sjinkie Knegt. The applicant fight Russia-Holland this time is resolved in favor of the nation & ldquo; hosted & rdquo ;. And check Semion Elistratov, mocking for bronze l & rsquo; oranje Freek van der Wart.
Click here to follow the live streaming via Eurovision dell & rsquo; last day of competition at the Sportboulevard of Dordrecht. If you want to know the program, schedule and complete results of the event, go to the official page riservatagli dall & rsquo; ISU.
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OVERALL FEMALE AFTER TWO TESTS (top positions and Italian):
1. Elise Christie (GBR) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 68 points 2. PROSVIRNOVA Sofia (RUS) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 42 3. V & eacute; ronique PIERRON (FRA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 15 4. Maliszewska Patrycja (POL) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 135. Lara VAN Ruijven (OLA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 9 6. Charlotte GILMARTIN (GBR) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 8 7. Agne Sereikaite (LIT) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 8 8. Arianna FONTANA (ITA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 7 9. Lucia PERETTI (ITA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 3 10. Ekaterina Konstantinova & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 1 & hellip; & hellip ;. 20. Elena VIVIANI (ITA)
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STANDINGS MEN AFTER TWO TESTS (top positions and Italian):
1. Sjinkie Knegt (OLA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 55 points 2. AN Victor (RUS) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 42 3. Semion Elistratov (RUS) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 34 4. Daan BREUWSMA (OLA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 15 5. Freek VAN DER WART (OLA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 8 6. Shaolin Sandor LIU (UNG) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 6 7. Viktor KNOCH (UNG) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 5 8. FAUCONNET Thibaut (FRA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 3 9. Vladislav BYKANOV (ISR) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 3 10. Yuri CONFORTOLA (ITA) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 1 & hellip; & hellip; .. 17. David VISCARDI (ITA) 20. Thomas DOTTI (ITA)
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