Short Track
Francesco A. Armillotta
From Russia get two medals for the heavy blue short track, thanks to the thunderbolt blonde Berbenno and the four bad boys of the relay. The festival is complete with males off the pass in the Olympic relay.
Sunday 17 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
Arianna Fontana is ready for the Olympics in Sochi. Today's victory in the 1000 meters it is the perfect witness: in less than three months, the Valtellina champion can fight for medals at any race.
Never before has the wonderful showdown in the final stage of Kolomna, the Fountain was able to get on the podium of the race that lasts for 9 laps. "It's my weakness," he said several times over the years. Not this season though and the statement in the B final of seven days ago in Turin gave him perhaps that shot of confidence that was missing. The incredible acceleration in the last lap and a half to sow Korea's Kim Alang and Britain's Elise Christie is perhaps the most beautiful picture to date vintage lightning bolt blonde Berbenno.
And to think that the weekend was not started in the best possible way, with the influence that had weakened, with subsequent elimination unusual in the preliminary rounds of the 500. With the Russian victory, the Fountain closes in third place in the final standings of the 1000, which is dominated by the incredible as that of the 1,500 Korean Shim Suk-Hee.
No time to celebrate gold in the distance less waiting, and it's already time to get back on track for the relay. Like clockwork, the girls jet Italy win the bronze, the third in four races of the World Cup 2013/2014: a portent. And for the record, the only time he missed the podium, however, has come an excellent fourth place. The medal is signed by Arianna Fontana, Martina Valcepina, Lucia Peretti and Cecilia Maffei, which took place in the final of Elena Viviani, who was also rightly recognized for the excellent work done in previous rounds.
The good news in the blue house are not, however, end here. The output in the semifinals of Hungary and Kazakhstan have in fact given the ticket in five circles for Sochi also the Italian men's relay team, which goes well to keep company with women.
The other hero of the day is the Canadian Charles Hamelin. Recovering from an injury that had prevented the continuation of the races in the 1500 and 500 yesterday, the quebecois champion triumphed over 1000 men, thus winning the ranking of specialty, which is on a par with that of the 1,500 won yesterday. And if there had not been the middle of that unfortunate unexpected, we would be here talking about a sci-fi hat-trick. The Frenchman Thibaut FAUCONNET and statuniad Hamelin on the podium Russian
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