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'' With the onset of short track in Sochi in 2014 came the first great emotions, but there are also disappointments. Therefore, the program of the Olympic skating short track left this morning. It arrived the first verdicts dall'Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi. Now we point out the important confirmations from the highly anticipated girls women's relay Italian and incredibly talented Arianna Fontana. The quartet blue gets access to the final 18 on Tuesday, while the bimedagliata at the Winter Olympics is the only representative of the blue to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 500 meters. Out in the batteries Valcepina and Viviani. While in the men's field is assigned the unique title of today: he won gold in the 1500 meters, the Canadian Charles Hamelin, in front of the Chinese Han Tianyu and the highly anticipated (and equally disappointed) Russian Victor An. The blues Confortola and Dotti were eliminated in the semifinals and drums respectively.
Monday 10 February 2014 7 minutes reading time
The women's 3000m relay reserve high hopes Italian, does not disappoint and finds a final that was missing from Turin 2006. The quartet formed by Arianna Fontana, Lucia Peretti, Martina Valcepina and Elena Viviani earn a deserved final act and will be able to play for a medal on Tuesday 18 at 11:54. A semifinal for the orderly blue, which follow the shape of China and meanwhile rintuzzano aggressive attacks of the Dutch athletes (the orange Sanne van Kerkhof falls and the team will suffer the disqualification). After that controls Japan, finishing in second place in their test (4'11'' '282). Before China in 4'09'' 255, in front of all from the beginning. In the final challenge in China, South Korea and Canada: the top teams in the women's short track they are. The prediction is fulfilled.
Event of the day, though, is the great gold medal by Charles Hamelin. The 29 year-old Canadian won the title in 1500 after literally dominated the only final today. For the champion of Quebec, brings us the third Olympic gold medalist (2010, consecrated in Vancouver with titles in the 500 and in the relay). Silver at 17 year old Chinese Han Tianyu, which resists the attempts of the 2006 champion, Russian Victor An (bronze). Down from the podium and medal of wood, the only medalist "Survivor" by the end of 2010, the American Celski.
Big disappointment for Yuri Confortola that achieves a well-deserved semi-final in the 1500 after having battled with great authority and experience. The Valtellina, you have to "surrender" to the bad luck that has seen "to be flown" on the ground, while he was in the tussle for a place among the best. Too bad, because the semi-final was theoretically balanced for him. The 29 year-old Bormio, however, must say goodbye to the possibility of qualification and closes its effort on the fifth and last place. Placing weights on her, however, the contact caused by the American Eduardo Alvarez, who cuts the path from the outside and center in the middle of the blue. It was two laps at the end and Confortola was fifth, but in the running for a qualification. Yuri said goodbye to the possibility that equal the result of 2010, when he came in the final B.
The second race in blue Tommaso Dotti. The young blue wise for the first time in his young career, the Olympic ice. But it must be said that his battery was not one of the easier and is forced to surrender. Closes fifth and is immediately deleted. But the Milanese takes the initiative, aware of the difficulties due to the high value of the opponents. Fight with the listed Korean Han-Bin Lee for over half of the race, only to be overtaken by the other skaters after the seventh round, in which a comment. Fight, but it is also overtaken by Canadian and Chinese Chen Gilday.
No problem, however, for the bronze in 2010 Arianna Fontana, who won with speed, concentration, safety and right look, its battery. Behind her, the expert Chinese Li Jianrou. The blue original Polaggia closes the batteries with the third fastest time overall: 43'' 568. Only Chinese Fan and Liu realize a shorter time. That bodes well for the rest of the Games. Arianna is, however, unfortunately, the only Italian to qualify for the quarter-finals on Thursday.
Martina Valcepina, the first individual race in the Winter Games, comes immediately from the scene of 500m, the tip of his race (although disputed 1000 and 1500). The 21 year old Valtellina Cepina finds himself in a battery potentially within reach. With her, the fearful Dutch Jorien ter Mors and more affordable Sakurai and Gilmartin. Ends in third place (time of 44'' 493) after leading the race for a total of five of the six rounds and after suffering a double overtake at the last minute by ter Mors and Gilmartin.
Same fate for the rookie Elena Viviani, to premiere in five circles. The skater Isolaccia concludes his battery on the fourth and last place (in '623 44''), which was eliminated from the longstanding Canadian Maltais and the now new phenomenon of short track world, the 16ene Korean Shim Suk Hee.
The appointment with the short track Thursday, 13. It will award the medals of the 500 women, with Arianna Fontana at the start of the quarter-finals. On the track, then go down even men, for batteries of 1000m and the relay with the quartet away from the blue to the semi-finals.
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