Short Track
Francesco A. Armillotta
The pair technique that has led to very high levels the & nbsp; short track & nbsp; & egrave Italian is; now dissolved. Ma & nbsp; Kenan Gouadec, since last June appointed new & nbsp; coach & nbsp; & nbsp; skating & nbsp; into short runway Italian, look forward with confidence, experience and many athletes to aim for the new Olympic cycle that porter & agrave; 2018 Young & nbsp; technical & nbsp; Canadian & nbsp; born in 1978 sar & agrave; on the track for the & rsquo; official start of the season to KSNB Invitation Cup, which kicks off tomorrow in & nbsp; Heerenveen & nbsp; (Netherlands). So sar & agrave; he l & rsquo; single coach, after the past three years alongside compatriot & nbsp; & eacute; ric B & eacute; Standard & nbsp; (by that & rsquo; year at the helm of France), at the helm shared the Italian national team. & nbsp; Years culminated with the & nbsp, three Olympic medals & nbsp; 2014, won by & nbsp; Arianna Fontana & nbsp; (two in the individual events and one with the companions of the relay women) and closed with the & nbsp; bronze & nbsp; World & nbsp; just from the female quartet, in Montr & eacute; al.
Friday 17 October 2014 26 minutes reading time
Gouadec & egrave; gi & agrave; shared with the first two rallies on the track of Courmayeur, between the months of September and October, and the preparation for the new season & egrave; reached its climax. We have collected his impressions about the future of its cycle just started and that porter & agrave; the new Olympic assault in 2018 Four years in order to build a competitive team to the & rsquo; appointment that everyone dreams, now archived joys of Sochi 2014: Pyeongchang 2018 Road & egrave; long, but the work & egrave; started and you & egrave; already started & agrave; 360 & deg ;. Obviously & ograve ;, the 2014-2015 season has already agrave &; brought some certainties. First, Gouadec potr & agrave; be lucky enough to work with most of the members of the groups to the Blues & rsquo; latest Winter Olympics, but plans already & agrave; to include some young people between the pi & ugrave; promising that visioner & agrave; closely with great frequency. Then, he made it clear that 2015 will & agrave; for top-notch blue Arianna Fontana (which at the end Olympiad had not ruled out a possible withdrawal from the scene) a & rsquo; vintage less demanding, as a function of a targeted preparation 2018 holds open the door to Martina Valcepina, Olympic bronze medalist in the relay, and now committed to grow its twins (Camilla and Rebecca) born in the month of September. And then, of course, we asked about the future confrontation with his former colleague B & eacute; dard, who had arrived in Italy in 2010-2011, and had brought with s & eacute; Gouadec own.
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Gouadec, therefore the official debut in the race & egrave; the doors & hellip; Here we go.
& Laquo, S & igrave ;, we are ready for the first race of the season comes this weekend explains Gouadec & ndash; let's start from Heerenveen in a race that usually always marks the & rsquo; season debut. I am very pleased that we will be in quest Holland & rsquo; year perch & eacute; There are almost all National & ugrave pi; heavy d & rsquo; Europe, with l & rsquo; except France and Russia, but egrave &; practice in a mini European Championship. Participate, will allow us ;, & ograve & agrave; on the one hand to see the level of our team and from & rsquo; else also that of the other team. A good race for sure & raquo ;.
Going back a bit & rsquo; the last few months, from the end of last season to now, as you & egrave; developed l & rsquo; hypothesis to become new coach Italian, an official news came four months ago? C & rsquo; was a little & rsquo; d & rsquo; uncertainty on the eve of the expiry of the contract and the new signature?
& Laquo, I think it was a & rsquo; uncertainty normal. The work of & rsquo; coach at these levels impute a certain level d & rsquo; indecision. It often happens that, at the end of an Olympic cycle, there are contracts that are expiring. The past four years. & Egrave; the normal cycle in these types of work: even in football there are the same dynamics for technicians. C & rsquo; & egrave; parts for several reasons. Cos & igrave; & Egrave; was also for short track and we put everything into account technical. With regard to the process that led to my appointment & ndash; clarifies the technical Canadian - I would say that you & egrave; done everything for the better. Only the concurrent election to the presidency of the Federation of Ice (held May 31, 2014, which saw the appointment of Andrea Gios succeeded Giancarlo Bolognini, ed) has stretched a bit & rsquo; times. Con & eacute; ric B & eacute; dard had submitted a plan to the end of the season that included the possibility & agrave; to remain together, given the & rsquo; experience leading technology and automation that had been created in the course of & rsquo; past three years in two. We then talked with the Federation presenting our plan. Unfortunately, the time waiting for a definite answer has lengthened. In the meantime he received a & rsquo; important offer from France and, with the situation still stuck at home Italy, decided to accept the proposal, which favored him even at the family level. But I had the chance & agrave; wait yet a definite answer and l & rsquo; agreement & egrave; come, of course, arranging the details and having a technical project to point to the & rsquo; highest level. Of course, today, after a season cos & igrave; intense and winning, you always want to share the best & raquo ;.
His new role as c.t. Unique & egrave; another step forward for her. New commitments of liability agrave; renewed and a new challenge. What is going to change on a practical level, working alone?
& Laquo; certainly lacks the sharing of work. & Egrave; a bit & rsquo; pi & ugrave; challenging. But at the end of the day you are alone to make an assessment of your decisions and your method. In this sense & egrave; pi & ugrave; easy and take decisions independently. Then there & rsquo; & egrave; to say that aid ce l & rsquo; although I have not yet fixed aid. In this first part of the season, in fact, I have supported both Ermanno Ioratti is Matteo Anesi. Quest & rsquo; will last us & agrave; and in the first races are the two that I have personally chosen to come and give me a hand. So they are not l & rsquo; single to manage everything & raquo ;.
Currently sar & agrave; a fixed collaboration. C & rsquo; & egrave; plan to stabilize things?
& Laquo; C & rsquo; & egrave quest for ;, & rsquo; year, an aspect that will be the bottom & agrave; resolved. In June, they had both gi & agrave; programmed the season in terms of their cooperation with the National long track. This gi & agrave; before my signature as a new c.t. And then the commitments that had already & agrave; programmed remained so. Ci & ograve; does not guarantee their safe presence throughout the & rsquo; year. But l & rsquo; positive & egrave; I have managed so far to have or one or the & rsquo; another at different times, but always by my side & raquo ;.
The fact that they are both from the long track, has led to novelty & agrave; also from the point of view of preparation?
& Laquo; & egrave The nice thing; that led to a different way of seeing things, which is not only from the world of Italian short track. Coming from the long track, there are other visions, pi & ugrave; large. Having their feedback to me behind closed doors d & agrave; new elements to train at best. All this can not & ograve; that help. At a technical level, the base of the thrust between short track and long, & egrave; always the same. S & igrave ;, there are small details in different movements, but basically does not change anything or almost dry between preparation and technical exercises on the ice. In & ldquo; Long & rdquo; matters much more & ugrave; slippage: and confront this issue with their d & agrave; definitely new elements for better Some small aspects of technique are gi & agrave; been addressed. But we have pi & ugrave; opportunities and time to try & raquo ;.
Inevitable talk of individual and especially Arianna Fontana: at the end of last season was undecided about retiring from racing. It has no hidden between the spring and the & rsquo; summer (in the middle with the marriage with the 'former colleague Anthony Lobello), the need & agrave; to take the time to also decide on the basis of & rsquo; any confirmation of technical guides. She spoke with Arianna before and after his signature as the only coach? And in what way has also affected his role in the continuation of his career at the Olympic Games 2018?
& Laquo, I would say that & egrave; was a very natural thing. I am always of the & rsquo; idea that we should not & ldquo; convince & rdquo; no athlete ever in these cases. If you come down & agrave; from a premise like that, for me to say that quell & rsquo; athlete has gi & agrave; stopped. You can not & ograve; force anyone. It all depends on them, it's their life and if you have stimuli in the skate, in & rsquo; train, in being often away from home and often away from home, making sacrifices, it's okay. C & rsquo; & egrave; to say that that of the skater & egrave; a good life, but egrave &; equally difficult. Arianna has evaluated these factors & egrave; decided to continue. There & rsquo; & egrave; wanted no intervention. Of course I had contact with each other during this period & raquo ;.
We speak of the first gatherings. In the past two months has called many guys in the National Junior first team. It is part of the & ldquo; mission & rdquo; to carry forward the short track at high levels in a country that does not have great numbers?
& Laquo, I worked three years in Italy and will stay & ograve; here certainly for the other four. L & rsquo; goal remains the same: to bring even more & ugrave; at the top level of the sport. Now, until the next Winter Olympics, there will be & agrave; pi & ugrave; time to work with tranquility & agrave; especially with young people. In this period you can & ograve; give technical support to the company if agrave; and to insert the pi & ugrave; promising in the first team. I'm already & agrave; doing, with a meeting a month with five males and as many females of the Junior category and who come to train with the team & ldquo, & rdquo A ;. Once assessed and met, I also pi & ugrave; time to call the pi & ugrave; promising with continuity & agrave ;. Seeing the level of pi & ugrave; strong, you can prepare for a possible inclusion in the senior national team. It will not be agrave &; immediately, but I think part of the Olympic team of 2018 will see & agrave; patt & rsquo; another l & rsquo; inserting new ones. In Italy, the practitioners are few, you & egrave; often failed to cure and develop talents that are then confirmed at the highest level but must be maintained and developed in the future. However, there are some good signs for the first trial of the Italian Cup, there are 170 members in numbers large increase in c & rsquo; & egrave; also the possibility & agrave; have pi & ugrave; people who come to this discipline, pi & ugrave; visibility & agrave; and maybe even a chance & agrave; some form of sample in pi & ugrave; in the future. Also because of the & rsquo; Olympic effect & raquo ;.
After last season, there have been major defections: Cecilia Maffei Martina Valcepina, became a mother of twin girls a month ago. Com & rsquo; & egrave; the situation with regard to the relay women, of which were integral parts of the successes of these years?
& Laquo, S & igrave ;, several things have happened since then in Sochi. To & ograve; I rely on the comparison with the other teams, because & eacute; on the track and in the relay, you should always look at that. And I have seen that among the Olympic quartets are the ones that we have confirmed pi & ugrave; components. We, in the end, this & rsquo; year we will have three out of four (Fontana, Peretti and Viviani) that have won a medal at the Olympics and World Cup 2014 in Canada only has two, cos & igrave; as the United States, while the & rsquo; Holland now only one. C & rsquo; & egrave; to understand what levels we are in this new context and what c & rsquo; & egrave; to do. Surely the relay & egrave; gi & agrave; well established. The level of the four ice pi & ugrave; the other two who will be members, & egrave; fairly homogeneous. Of course, c & rsquo; & egrave; today in a post to be filled in before training. And see the internal competition for those looking to enter & can not ograve; that encourage them even more & ugrave ;. Even a masculine level we are lucky, because & eacute; the quartet of Sochi Olympic & egrave; yet in all activities & agrave ;. Then we can start gi & agrave; from a base pi & ugrave; high to try to get closer to relay that on paper are more & ugrave; stronger than us, but that we do not have the problems that we must solve. The Dutch, who won l & rsquo; last World Cup and reached the final in Sochi, were together for eight years! This means that you have to work a long time to reach high goals: you need to do a lot of laps on the ice & raquo ;.
As for Martina Valcepina, the fourth medalist in the relay of Sochi, there will agrave &; always a place for her in the team?
& Laquo; Every time I spoke with her, I have to say that I have always said he wanted to return to the races. But these are decisions that belong exclusively to athletes. I certainly do not ever would close the door to a & rsquo; class athlete who has made two Olympic Games, won medals in the Games, the World Championships and World Cup. Of course, now, he and avr & agrave; need time to be with family and daughters baby. When decider & agrave; & that will agrave; time to go back, the door will stay & agrave; always open & raquo ;.
& Egrave; difficult and a bit & rsquo; dared to talk about goals for the season that is about to begin. Of course, we understand that Arianna Fontana finalizzer & agrave; preparation for the second half of the season and will agrave &; pi & ugrave; & Ldquo; lightweight & rdquo ;? Sar & agrave; cos & igrave ;?
& Laquo; Punter & agrave; only a few races and will not be agrave &; to all appointments as previously, at least for quests & rsquo; year. It will not be agrave &; l & rsquo; athlete who aimed to win all distances. We have already & agrave; planned a commitment of this kind between us. We do this because & eacute; we believe we can bring it to an even more & ugrave; higher than the current one, just leaving a year that focuses on different things. Last but not least, he played the inline marathon in Berlin in September. Must always train, obviously on the ice, but work on other things to be more & ugrave; strong on the ice & raquo ;.
And as for the relay?
& Laquo; Surely the relay will see & agrave; in the first row. Then the 500, which she likes very much, so we'll see all the & rsquo; work on this distance. Then we will see all & rsquo; European assessments to be done on the basis of whether or not to form. The speech, however, concerns the peculiarities & agrave; of & rsquo; post-Olympic year. There are several values ​​to re-establish hierarchies of short track and then make predictions before the & rsquo; beginning of the season, for the rest of the team, not egrave &; Discounted & raquo ;.
A curiosity & agrave ;: thought & Outdoors; effect of & rsquo; unprecedented challenge with B & eacute; dard against his France. How do you see the run?
& Laquo; honestly do not change cos & igrave; so much. Sar & agrave; patt & rsquo; else interesting to have a direct comparison after so many years together. And see how he worked with the French team which was in crisis for many years before he arrived. But I honestly do not egrave &; a source of stress pi & ugrave; high and I can not say that I would finish ahead at all costs. If there & rsquo; & egrave; a wish for our upcoming challenges, & egrave; not only to contend for a place in Italy and France for the qualification in Pyeongchang 2018 would be a difficult situation: on the contrary (laughs) we hope that qualify both of our teams. And the Olympics will end up in front of us! & Raquo ;.
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