Short Track - Europeans in Dordrecht (Netherlands)
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A final undertone for the & rsquo; European & nbsp; & nbsp; short track & nbsp; of & rsquo; Italy. A & nbsp; & nbsp Dordrecht; reaches a culmination of the event in which the number of missed opportunities clearly exceeds that of the opportunities & agrave; collected during the three days of skating in the spectacular and warm frame of the & nbsp; Sportboulevard. The & nbsp; samples d & rsquo; Europe 2015 & nbsp; are & nbsp; Elise Christie & nbsp; (Great Britain), and & nbsp; Sjinkie Knegt & nbsp; (Netherlands).
Sunday 25 January 2015 29 minutes reading time
The British & egrave; to his first title after two silvers consecutive, while the & rsquo; Dutch (in the cover photo with the red bob leader) & nbsp; rejoices for the second time after the success in 2012, l & rsquo; silver in 2013 and bronze in 2011. The successes of runners (male and female) are both to Russia.
Edition unfortunate for the & rsquo; awaited and candidate sixth seal European Arianna Fontana. The lightning blonde Valtellina ends off the podium overall. That did not happen from & rsquo; 2007 edition where he was seventh. Later they arrived five gold, one silver and one bronze. Her companions Lucia Peretti and Elena Viviani finish eleventh and twelfth in & ldquo; General & rdquo ;, while the first men & egrave; Yuri Confortola (tenth). Definitely pi & ugrave; back Davide Viscardi (16th) and Tommaso Dotti (24th). Moreover, no relay Italian, another rarity & agrave ;, manages to get on the podium.
Certainly stands out the failure to award ceremony for concluding a habitu & eacute; and like Arianna Fontana. Although after the & rsquo; last day of competition at & rsquo; European Dordrecht had given hope to his recovery operation, after a start & ndash; the first two distances of 500 and 1500 have affected the rest & ndash; by double misstep. L & rsquo; blue fails to & ograve; to implement it fully, this comeback, because & eacute; stops in fourth place overall. L & rsquo; only satisfaction Italian, comes just from her and from her silver on the distance of 1000 meters, which does not leave a box & ldquo; zero podiums & rdquo; in the event of & rsquo; Italy led by ct Kenan Gouadec. Surely the blazon Italian, accompanied by athletes of great value in a European context, could and should give more & ugrave; satisfactions to shipping in the Netherlands. In 18 previous editions, it had never happened to not find representatives blues on podiums allround, between male and female. Probably had to happen sooner or later. Gi & agrave ;, because & eacute; Also relays Italian fail to hit a medal. Both qualified for their respective finals, you have to settle for fourth place. This non & egrave; a novelty & agrave ;, because & eacute; gi & agrave; in 2005 and then in 2013 and 2014 editions, neither team had touched Italian medal.
Starting right from the relay, the female quartet Fontana, Peretti, Valcepina and Viviani & ndash; excluding Arianna Valcepina & ndash; for three quarters of the bronze medalists at the Olympics and 2014 World Cup, had to settle for a bitter fourth place. Yet the challenge seemed open with the holders of & rsquo; Holland, the young but pi & ugrave; surprising that Russia, and l & rsquo; omnipresent Hungary, European bronze in 2014. The girls all valtellinesi not put front and follow the Dutch for almost half & agrave; race. AFTER THAT & eacute; c & rsquo; & egrave; overtaking Russian sub & Igrave; to the Valcepina. Then give way even to the Magyar. It takes the class of the Fountain to mend the gap with the Netherlands and Russia on the run (from -8 to term). Wriggle room because & eacute; after 400 meters, back before even the & rsquo; Hungary, exploiting their anticipated change. Will fail & agrave; recovery to the Italian, despite the recovery of desperate Arianna Fontana on & rsquo; last fractionist Hungarian Bernadett Heidum. Cos & Igrave; the women's relay finishes off the podium again after the European well-trod stage pi & ugrave; a prestigious Championship d & rsquo; Europe. L & rsquo; gold goes, with the thrill, the prerogative of Russia (Malagich, Strelkova, Prosvirnova and Konstantinova). The leadership is decided after the cue of Konstantinova on & rsquo; Dutch van Ruijven to -4 laps from the end. What sar & agrave; the decisive pass for a title & ndash; the third in the history of the Europeans for russe- team, which was missing from the distant 2005.
Race also similar in many aspects to the National male. First, the quartet composed of blue Confortola, Dotti, Viscardi and Rodigari concludes in fourth place in the Final A, cos & Igrave; as happened to colleagues. True, perhaps battleships Russia and Holland were too superior, cos & Igrave; as the average level of the individual skaters Hungarians (two of the top eight) shows that the Hungarian National & egrave; well pi & ugrave; who in good condition in Dordrecht. But l & rsquo; Italy & nbsp; not d & agrave; l & rsquo; impression of how it could fight. The Azzurri stood now in fourth place, waiting, still to & ograve; in contact with the top three teams led by & rsquo; Holland. Then, the race s & rsquo; fire with the Russians that pass overhead and l & rsquo; Italy undergoes a change decided to march to the summit, losing ground. Servir & agrave; some back and a couple of changes to the blue team to riagguantare the trio ahead. But the effort is felt and will not allow & agrave; to be protagonists in the last meters. Meters in which the strong Russia (Elistratov, Migunov, Grigorev, An) puts the turbo and above, surprise, l & rsquo; Hungary. The Magyars give a & rsquo; last disappointment in Dordrecht outpacing the Dutch favorites, you & ldquo; stop & rdquo; bronze.
As for the women's individual title, c & rsquo; & egrave ;, as mentioned, to celebrate the first triumph & ndash; after two consecutive silvers and a bronze in 2010- & nbsp; the British Elise Christie. The twenty-four born in Scotland seals cos & Igrave; the title, not without chills earlier, after the Super Final, on the podium ahead of the surprises of the event huge Dutch: the Sofia Prosvirnova Russian and Polish Patrycja Maliszewska. Only fourth Arianna Fontana, who fails to keep the bronze won in Dresden in 2014.
Yet the day had seen the first hurr & agrave; d & rsquo; silver for the Valtellina. A joy came from 1000 meters, where in Final A was committed against Gilmartin, just the Prosvirnova and Sereikaite. Game, from outside, the blue star is not & egrave; made surprise. Gilmartin to do with l & rsquo; gait, menaced by skirmishes and contacts with Sereikaite that flies overhead to -4. The plurimedagliata Sochi 2014 & ograve; has the blow of all star players & rsquo; external to jump in one shot the other two. Not enough, because & eacute; the Prosvirnova moves when Arianna & egrave; all & rsquo; outside. The Russian & egrave; skilful and follows the & rsquo; Italian as a & rsquo; shadow to thread then all three competitors in one fell swoop: a shrewd maneuver supported by courage and speed & agrave ;. The Fontana try again soon & Outdoors; internal, but in & rsquo; last round can not ensnare. 1 & rsquo; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 395 the time of the winner, with a little more & ugrave; a tenth and a half of the 24-year old Polaggia, second and first podium and only podium finish in the event. A result that Replace battery & agrave; fighting with Sereikaite & ndash; also third in 1000 - for the bronze & ldquo; & rdquo ;, overall thanks to 21 points won.
In all this, the future champion d & rsquo; dov Europe & rsquo; it was? She stood watching the finalists because & eacute ;, a few minutes before, the semifinals in five had given sparks, contacts and prohibited free. What could be the & rsquo; appetizer for a duel to medal only seen in the unfortunate & ndash; for l & rsquo; Italian - end of 1500, & egrave; race was thrilling. With the Valtellina c & rsquo; it was in fact the Christie. Arianna knew he could not pi & ugrave; wrong and & egrave; attentive to the start, lightning to tag along in Windisch and Sereikaite. Between the fifth and penultimate lap the plunge, surpasses them both and took the lead. Behind her, sized, also moves the number one rival. The following in second position, but not enough, wants to send a message of superiority & agrave ;. Christie tries to overtake, but & egrave; too impetuous in the attempt on & rsquo; blue and with a clear help came from his shoulder, hitting the & rsquo; blue head, & ldquo; making their way & rdquo; incorrectly. Arianna slows down and suffers the Lithuanian. Finishes third at the finish line, but l & rsquo; inevitable penalty payment agrave; imposed on the Christie ensures the passage in the Final A and l & rsquo; ouster for the British (zero points on 1000). L & rsquo; latest chapter & ndash; after the 500m in Sochi in 2014 - spotted from & rsquo; vehemence of British, good skater, but sometimes too much beyond the limits and tremendously naive.
He decides everything in the Super Final with the top eight of the & ldquo; General & rdquo; and the Fountain in third place to defend. A final, therefore the dual track: one for the European title, with the battle between the young & ndash; Class 1997 & ndash; Sofia Prosvirnova and Elise Christie, playing the advantage of the Russian +8. And from & rsquo; on the other hand with the & lsquo; attack the other to third blue. In this sense the Maliszewska & ndash; -Earn suffered a sixth round on the other, starting on the second lap and 5 extra points for transit in the lead in the sprint to 1000. Arianna sniffs the danger and the plunge to -14. Say hello to the company, trying to pull all to play for the position with the Polish, without & ograve; earn the tour group.
At that point, the Christie attacks Prosvirnova, in a challenge with no holds barred. The fight & egrave; hard and the young Russian flaw in the climax yielding to forcing the pi & ugrave; experienced half. Green light to the Scot, who took second place in the Superfinal, and title in his pocket. Maliszewska wins the Super Final. Third comes the V & eacute; Véronique Pierron, while Arianna Fontana finished fourth, shooting and off the podium allround because the rush and surprise winner of 26, of Bialystok. Not the baster & agrave; to defend themselves from & rsquo; attack in the Polish general, that leaps cos & Igrave; in third place overall erasing the 15-point lead on the eve and finding its result pi & ugrave; prestigious career.
All smooth for Sjinkie Knegt which gives an enormous joy to an audience of Sportboulevard delirious. Second European title & ndash; the first in 2012 & ndash; for the 25 year old oranje this time we take the satisfaction of beating rated one of the pi & ugrave; great skaters in the history of short track, as well as & eacute; sample gi & agrave; 2014: Victor An. Quest & rsquo; s last satisfied & rsquo; European silver ahead of compatriot Semion Elistratov.
The turning point came in the 1000 meters. Dordrecht with & nbsp; waiting for the duel An-Knegt, backed by squires in Final A-countrymen Elistratov and van der Wart. A duel that for & ograve; not & egrave; consumed all the way, because & eacute; l & rsquo; Asian by birth, but Russian passport, excludes itself with an error at & rsquo; last round, although in the longer race & ugrave; quoted Dutch skater takes his head doing the & rsquo; gait of a An apparently in control. On the penultimate lap, behind Sjinkie Knegt, just the six-time Olympic champion & ndash; Titles equally divided between Korea and Russia & ndash; loses pace in full scrimmage, remains with the blade left planted in the ice and is also slipped by Freek van der Wart (silver in 1 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 936) and compatriot Semion Elistratov (bronze in 1 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 245 ). An had to settle cos & Igrave; the fourth. While Knegt Sportboulevard inflames him with his second victory, after the success in 1500 yesterday, putting a boulder with almost mathematical proof d & rsquo; advance & ndash; the Superfinal & ndash; on his second gold in the European allround career.
Previously it had stopped in the quarter-final races of the Italians. Busy with the leader of Sjinkie Knegt and three more within his reach, the Italian champion Yuri Confortola not pass. L & rsquo; blue part in last place right from the start and can not find any space to attack rivals. Shut & agrave; fourth in battery & ndash; overtaking ranking French Jean, penalized & ndash; and eliminated. With this result, the Bormio fails cos & Igrave; to center & ndash; cos & Igrave; as he had done in 2014, when it was excellent sixth in & ldquo; General & rdquo; - Qualifying for the Super Final at 3000 meters.
Scenario starters similar to the second blue qualifier for the quarter: David Viscardi. & Ldquo; Special Guest & rdquo; in his race & egrave; Russian Victor An, a span of pure class above others. The Milan side as the last, fifth in the box at the start and remains so even on the line d & rsquo; arrival after 9 rounds. Find a cue to exceed PUĶĪTIS Latvian, only to suffer an immediate controsorpasso and finish fifth in 1 & rsquo; 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 539, four tenths from qualifying. Shut & agrave; 16th, pi & ugrave; back two positions compared Confortola, in the overall ranking of the 1000 meters.
The following Super Final male & egrave; monopolized by the Netherlands (three athletes), Russia (two) Hungary (two) and the only Israeli Bykanov. And spunter & agrave; the lone skater. Just quest & rsquo; ultimate benefits of a lap to 1000 meters and conquer & agrave ;. Behind him is a winning team play with Russian Victor An Elistratov second and third at the finish line. The moves of Russia will not be enough to change the overall leader. Perch & eacute; one Sjinkie Knegt pi & ugrave; that in control finished fourth, winning cos & Igrave; the title.
Click here to see the full results and rankings of the European Championship in 2015.
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FINAL FEMALE (top positions and Italian):
1. Elise CHRISTIE (GBR) 89 points 2. Sofia PROSVIRNOVA (RUS) 79 3. Maliszewska Patrycja (POL) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 52 4. Arianna FONTANA (ITA) 36 5. V & eacute; ronique PIERRON (FRA) 28 6. Agne Sereikaite (LIT) 23 7. Charlotte GILMARTIN (GBR) 17 8. Lara VAN Ruijven (OLA) 14 9. Evgeniya Zakharova (RUS) 5 10. Anna SEIDEL (GER) 3 11. Lucia PERETTI (ITA) 3 & hellip; & hellip; 20. Elena VIVIANI (ITA)
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OVERALL MALE (top positions and Italian):
1. Sjinkie Knegt (OLA) 97 2. AN Victor (RUS) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 71 3. Semion Elistratov (RUS) 60 4. Vladislav BYKANOV (ISR) 45 5. Freek van der Waart (OLA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 32 6. Daan BREUWSMA (OLA) 21 7. Viktor KNOCH (UNG) 12 8. LIU Shaolin Sandor (UNG) 9 9. Thibaut FAUCONNET (FRA) 3 10. Yuri CONFORTOLA (ITA) 1 & hellip; & hellip; 16. David VISCARDI (ITA) 24. Thomas DOTTI (ITA)
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