Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Nagoya
Getty Images
Get in on the weekend of & nbsp; World Cup in Nagoya & nbsp; (Japan), with the & nbsp; first session of the final & nbsp; valid for the third round of this season's & nbsp; short track. The leitmotif seen in Montr & eacute; and the Toronto & ndash; the first two rounds of & rsquo; year & ndash; is not serious; substantially changed much even on the ice of the & nbsp; Nippon Gaishi Arena. Cheering on top of the podium on Saturday the protagonists pi & ugrave; expected.
Saturday 5 December 2015 14 minutes reading time
In the first series of the 500 meters world record holder won the Chinese Fan Kexin, while the male comes the second consecutive champion of Canadian Charles Hamelin who gets on the podium with his brother Fran & ccedil; ois (cover photo). The 1500m female teenager terrible reward of Korea Choi Minjeong (fourth individual victory of the season), while among men exult for the first time in World Cup l & rsquo; Dutch, gi & agrave; European champion and world & ldquo; & rdquo overall; last season, Sjinkie Knegt. Breaking cos & Igrave; a curse that seemed endless successes in the World Cup.
The best performance for the children of Italian coach Kenan Gouadec arrive by Davide Viscardi, excellent tenth & ndash; & Egrave; come down to the Final B & ndash; in 1500, while the female Lucia Peretti gets a good 13th place always in the distance pi & ugrave; long program. The two relay events, both for the first time this season accessed the semifinals, they fail to qualify for the Finals A.
Therefore, the beginning of the story Saturday in Nagoya from important team competitions, no Final A for the women's relay formed by Elena Viviani, Cecilia Maffei, Lucia Peretti and Arianna Valcepina. The girls try the surprise semi-final of the 3000 meters of their team, leading the group up to 13 laps, until & eacute; not reaching the & rsquo; acceleration of China & ndash; with the & rsquo; attack Zang Yize & ndash ;. Then it creates the hole: Russia flows immediately & Outdoors; pursuit of Asian, while France and Italy are in the rear. The distances will be reduced to just two laps from the end, when it & egrave; too late for groped l & rsquo; second attack that would have meant Final A. The blue close fourth in 4 & rsquo; 21 & rsquo; & rsquo; 558. Pass the turn l & rsquo; impregnable China (4 & rsquo; 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 740) and Russia (4 & rsquo; 20 & rsquo; & rsquo; 881). For the four girls we will be giving away important points in the Final B: tomorrow will face still against the transalpine, l & rsquo; Holland Jorien ter Mors and host Japan.
Tactic similar to that of her companions in blue for men's relay team, who yesterday won a semifinal important to hope in the World Cup qualifying 2016. ritrovatisi against the world champions in 2015 and China's strong team of Canada and the United States, the Blues try to make the & rsquo; gait with the US in the early stages. Then attack the phenomena that break through the inertia on lap 18. Shi Jingnan and Charles Hamelin take first and second position and at that point the die is cast. The quartet blue constantly fourth behind the US. Four laps from the end the gap from the first two teams in head becomes unbridgeable. L & rsquo; & rsquo Italy closes at 7; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; 081. This a time of Confortola Rodigari, Dotti and Cassinelli to almost 5/2 of a difficult qualifying. Tomorrow, in the Final B gather US, Kazakhstan and Russia to hunt the best position possible to accumulate basic points.
In the individual events of Saturday, the & rsquo; Asia conquers total female. The first round of the 500 meters, who inaugurated the day of Nagoya, recognized the personality & agrave; and speed & agrave; Total Fan Kexin. The Chinese got his first win of the season anticipating 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 078 the British Elise Christie and Canada's Marianne St-Gelais, that the winners of the first two tests seasonal. In the ranking of specialty & agrave; leads the North American, in front of Fan and Christie. Waiting for & ldquo; a & rdquo; the distance that will happen & agrave; tomorrow with the second series. 17th in the final rankings and the first Italian & egrave; Federica Tombolato, fifth in the quarter-final won by Christie in front of the Canadian Phaneuf. For the 21 year old South Tyrolean it is still the best result in individual career. The second blue at the start, Elena Viviani, ends at 18 & deg; place in the rankings on the distance and nearly promotion in the morning repechage Japanese.
The 1,500 meters are the prerogative of the Korean Choi Minjeong, who wins the duel between fellow countrymen & ndash; which could become a constant in this super season for both & ndash; Shim Suk-hee. But the podium & egrave; a total monopoly of South Korea, because & eacute; third s & rsquo; fits Noh Hee-Do, who leaves behind enemy Val & eacute; rie Maltais (Canada), Anna Seidel (Germany) and the Chinese Tao. The race is resolved in favor of the 17 year old Choi & ndash; which celebrates the tenth in career individual victory in the Cup, the fourth this season & ndash; Shim with a decisive pass on the third last lap. In the overall standings of specialty & agrave; Shim Suk-hee resists the command, but turned in a race in more & ugrave; than the baby teammate, climb into second place. He had left the scene in the semifinals & ndash; which he had qualified directly in preliminaries Friday & Igrave; - The Bormina Lucia Peretti. Quest & rsquo; last still gets one of his best placings in career & ndash; to be precise his third best & ndash; with a 13th place overall. Pi & ugrave; back other blue: Arianna Valcepina & egrave; twentieth, while Cecilia Maffei closes at 24 & deg; place.
The celebration on the podium of the men's 500 meters & egrave; all reserved for family pi & ugrave; famous short track: that of brothers Hamelin. Charles halls on the first step, which tracks the success immediately won in Toronto in & rsquo; last test on the 4 and a half turns. For bicampione world (2007 and 2009) and Olympic (2010) on the distance comes cos & Igrave; the third victory of the season in 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 897. C & rsquo; & egrave; little to do for victory for Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy, (the fourth podium this season) that you should settle for second place. In third place c & rsquo; & egrave; l & rsquo; & ccedil exploits Fran; ois Hamelin. The younger brother of Charles anticipates Final A holder of the cup of specialty & agrave; Dmitry Migunov (Russia). Italians Thomas and Andrea Dotti Cassinelli in the rear end and are respectively 27 & deg; and 29 & deg; in the final ranking.
Far better for the Azzurri in the 1500 meters men's fate. Again David Viscardi is placed very well in the distance pi & ugrave; long program. Milan under the skater & Outdoors; Agor & agrave; Skating Team & ndash; gi & agrave; eighth in the 1500 Toronto & ndash; It gets a new placement also important in Japan. The 24 year old Lombard ranks tenth after being advanced until the Final B of specialty & agrave ;, closed in third place in 2 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 299 behind Park Se-Yeong and Charle Cournoyer. Previously Yuri Confortola & ndash; he gi & agrave; who qualified for the semi-finals after today's batteries Friday & Igrave; & Ndash; He had not gone beyond the fifth place in the test won by Russian Semen Elistratov. The Bormio registered with the Forestry & trover agrave; a 16th place in the final ranking. Less well the third blue writing distance, Nicola Rodigari, 27 & deg; and eliminated in the repechage morning.
The Final A saw the first, coveted, triumph Sjinkie Knegt. L & rsquo; Dutch in 2015 had won the World and European title overall, is the first success in the World Cup that sensationally in his career he had never obtained. Cos & Igrave; It won the first individual race Cup after as many as 15 individual podiums. In second place, this time, you must append the Russian Elistratov, before the Korean Park Jiwon. For the 26 year old skater oranje c & rsquo; & egrave; also the leap into the lead in the specialty & agrave ;, result of two second places united in this success.
Click here & nbsp; to review the & nbsp; results & nbsp; official & nbsp; and the full program of the Cup weekend in Nagoya. Recall also that it will & agrave; You can follow the & nbsp; & nbsp live streaming; Finals tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 6, by accessing the following & nbsp; Link: & nbsp; http: //www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Social media engagement
Isu World Cup Short Track Speed Skating - Nagoya, Japan
Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Nagoya
Asians do not miss a beat. First success for Francois Hamelin. Tommaso Dotti ninth in the 1000
Sunday 6 December 2015
Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Nagoya
Saturday 5 December 2015
Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Nagoya
Relays Italian awaken to Nagoya are in the semifinals. Next five blue in the individual events
Friday 4 December 2015Ultimi in Sport invernali
Ricco week-end in Cechia: Nicole Mastalli vince in super-g, Michael Bertagno in slalom dopo il dominio di Ales Knor
Sci d'erba: sulla pista di Obri Sud Javornik, triplo appuntamento FIS (e per la Junior Cup) partendo dalle gare veloci col timbro della lombarda, mentre in gigante comincia il dominio della nazionale di casa, con la chiusura odierna in slalom che parla azzurro in ambito maschile. Nel prossimo week-end le finali di Coppa del Mondo a Predaia, nel cuore del Trentino.
2