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A Friday & igrave; of joys and disappointments for the & nbsp; short Italian track, committed to & nbsp; Dresden & nbsp; & nbsp; on the ice of the & nbsp; EnergieVerbund Arena & nbsp; for the first preliminary round of & nbsp; World Cup. The day d & rsquo; debut in the & nbsp; fifth stage & nbsp; of Cup & egrave seasonal; finished with a contrasting budget for the National led by c.t. blue & nbsp; Kenan Gouadec, but not without capital notes. First, c & rsquo; & egrave; to report back to the unfortunate & rsquo; agonism of & rsquo; & nbsp awaited; Arianna Fontana. The Financial Valtellina & egrave; He stumbled into a & nbsp; & nbsp disqualification; for a false start in & rsquo; only race in which was inscribed, the 500 meters, although it rifar & agrave; in the late afternoon in the team competition.
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Among the positive notes particularly shine tests and Yuri Confortola & ndash; forward in the two series of 1500 m & ndash; and relay events. The quartets of women and men (Quest & rsquo; last with the new Italian record, improving it in two steps up to 5 seconds!) Fly both together the semifinals, an event that has not been seen for some time. A change in the individual round also comes to Lucia Peretti, Elena Viviani (1000m), Nicola Rodigari (1500, first series) and Davide Viscardi (1000).
touched qualifying for Lucia Peretti. L & rsquo; athlete under the Army Sports Centre go out in the first round of the women's 1500 meters (first series). The Bormina finished third in the battery won by Korean Noh Hee-Do in 2 & rsquo; 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 617, in front of the Canadian Kasandra Bradette. L & rsquo; Italian reaches only 158 cents from the North American, l & rsquo; last qualified for the semifinals scheduled for tomorrow. similar fate for the young South Tyrolean Federica Tombolato, fifth in the battery won by Kim Alang on Russian Konstantinova and Poutsma French.
Well instead both Italians at the start of the first 1500 meters of the weekend. Both Yuri Confortola (chrono 2 & rsquo; 18 & rsquo; & rsquo; 779) that Nicola Rodigari (2 & rsquo; 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 199) come second in their batteries & ndash; respectively, behind the Canadian Fran & ccedil; ois Hamelin and South Korean Park Jiwon - and provide direct pass for Saturday's semifinals. For Rodigari this is the best result of the season, waiting for the chance to play the final in just under 24 hours.
The 1000 meters women smiling at one Elena Viviani. The 23 year old comes Isolaccia second battery in the back of the Chinese Guo Yihan (1 & rsquo; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 253) to 14 cents from the first position. L & rsquo; blue excludes a & rsquo; attacking listed as the & rsquo; Dutch Lara van Ruijven, ranked fourth overall in the last European Championships. They will have to pass by repechage tomorrow & ndash; to win one of the two boxes & ldquo; & rdquo recoverable; to enter the main draw by quarters, Cecilia Maffei and Arianna Valcepina. The veteran Maffei comes third in the battery won by Ayuko Ito (Japan) on Aur & eacute; lie Monvoisin (France). The Valcepina instead & egrave; fourth, but only three tenths away from the next round obtained by Marianne St-Gelais (one of the favorites for victory) and the British Kathryn Thomson.
On kilometer male advances to the quarterfinals only Davide Viscardi. The skater of & rsquo; Agor & agrave; Skating Team of Milan competes in a very fast drums and gets a good third place (1 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 472) after the star Canadian Charles Hamelin (1 & rsquo; 25 & rsquo; & rsquo; 823) and the 17 year old Russian Alexander Shulginov. Nothing to do for Andrew Cassinelli and Thomas Dotti. Despite the brilliant passage of the preliminary round for both, they do not go beyond the fourth place in their batteries for the qualification in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
In the second series of the 1500 meter & ndash; whose finals will take place on Sunday & ndash; advances in the semifinals only Lucia Peretti. After the unfortunate test first series, the Lombardy is redeemed promptly finding the repechage as one of the two best third-level lap (2 & rsquo; 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 051). L & rsquo; blue runs in 2 & rsquo; 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 051 in the battery won by reigning world champion Choi Minjeong (2 & rsquo; 25 & rsquo; & rsquo; 878) in front of the French Veronique Pierron. Out Cecilia Maffei, fourth and eliminated in the battery which boosted in & rsquo; & eacute Val order; rie Maltais, Yin Qi and l & rsquo; Hungarian Bernadette Heidum. Out of action & ndash; with a final appeal in the repechage on Sunday & ndash; Also Federica Tombolato, fourth in the battery won by Namasthee Harris-Gauthier (Canada).
Unlucky return to racing after almost a year of inactivity & agrave; Arianna Fontana. The 25 year-old of Berbenno Valtellina is disqualified in his heat of the 500 meters. L & rsquo; blue five-time medalist at the Olympics stumbles in the second false start of its battery, then won by & rsquo; Hungarian Andrea Keszler. Inevitable disqualification by the jury. A & rsquo; ouster that precludes even the 25 year old to the Financial & rsquo; access to the board of the repechage on Sunday morning, in which he could try to re-enter the main phase. The short distance on the 4 rounds and a half does not smile at all the Italian girls also Valcepina Arianna and Elena Viviani are eliminated in the first round. No disqualification in their cases because & eacute; both end up in third place in stages won respectively by the Chinese champion Lin Yue and d & rsquo; Europe & ndash; confermatasi in excellent condition & ndash; Elise Christie.
The 500 meters are indigestible to the blues too masculine. Andrea Cassinelli, l & rsquo; unique blue at the start of Preparation & ndash; Nicola Rodigari got under way & ndash; He has not found the right opportunity to get back on top in the race won by the champion of specialty & agrave; 2014-2015 Dmitry Migunov (Russia). Finishing fourth is 235 cents from the second place. ripartir & agrave; by repechage.
In closing of the individual races shines Yuri Confortola. The 29 year-old under the Forestry qualifies for the semifinals of the 1,500 meters (second serious) going to win with certainty its own battery. The Bormio closes 2 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 790 in front of the & rsquo; Brujan Hungarian. Out instead Davide Viscardi and Thomas Dotti, all two-thirds in trials that only the first two were promoting. Especially Dotti does not go away & ndash; 289 cents - from qualifying, finishing third behind Yoon-Gy Kwak (Korea) and Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev (Kazakhstan).
Relays smile at blue quartets. Women & ndash; Valcepina, Maffei, Fontana, Viviani - are the semi-final after easily past the first round and have been fished in the difficult quarter-final finished third behind the superpowers Canada and Korea. Fountain & ndash; Quest & rsquo; last regular in the team and decisive after the disappointment of the 500 meters & ndash; and companions close the 3000 meters in 4 & rsquo; 11 & rsquo; & rsquo; 871, dueling with listed rival teams. Tomorrow will be played l & rsquo; access to the A Final against China, Russia and Germany. The possibilities & agrave; to qualify are high.
In the semifinals even flying men. At first Confortola, Dotti, Viscardi and Cassinelli take the luxury of anticipating the Canada of Hamelin brothers in Battery & ndash; won in 6 & rsquo; 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 454 with the new national record - qualification. In the following quarter-finals, the Blues (with Rodigari instead of Viscardi) come third behind Korea and Kazakhstan, anticipating an edited China because of the absence of his most & ugrave skaters; strong. A placing which, combined with the time which further improves the Italian record up to 6 & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 618, allowing them to be admitted to the semi-finals with the best lap time between the third repechage. Tomorrow contend for one of the two seats for the Grand Final in France, Canada and Russia.
Click here to see the full official results and the detailed program and the start lists for Saturday, February 6. Recall also that the & rsquo; event sar & agrave; streamed live on & rsquo; ISU Skating Channel, accessing from 14:00 at this link: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/.
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