Junior Short Track World Cup in Sofia
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The 23rd edition of the & nbsp; World Junior Championships & nbsp; & nbsp; Short Track & nbsp; awards for the first time & nbsp; China, true nation dominating the show which took place at & nbsp; Sofia, Bulgaria, between 29 and 31 January. After three days of matches between 193 skaters from 39 different nations, the & nbsp; new World Champions & nbsp; are & nbsp; & nbsp Qu Chunyu, female and & nbsp; & nbsp Ren Ziwei; masculine. The two happen respectively of the South Koreans' gold in 2015 & nbsp; Kong Sang-Jeong & nbsp; and & nbsp; Kim Da-Gyeom.
Sunday 31 January 2016 14 minutes reading time
This is the verdict of the overall standings, which rewarded the two Asian skaters at the end of the four individual races & ndash; 500, 1000, 1500 and Super Final 1500 meters & ndash; that they have shaped the points classification for the open competition. Never any young Chinese athlete had imposed on youth in the overall World Cup competition, although in & rsquo; register d & rsquo; gold boasted & ndash; before today & ndash; three medals d & rsquo; silver and seven bronze. In addition, China & egrave; also won the relay to male and female. The strong presence of the new champions of the world, the Asian quartets were easily imposed.
But the ice of the Winter Sports Palace of the Bulgarian capital also gave a rain of world records. Three at the individual level and one in the relay. Female, champion Qu Chunyu has sealed his championship running the semifinals of the 500 meters in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 596, improving by one thousandth the primacy gi & agrave; obtained in the quarter (previous juvenile record belonged to Sofia Prosvirnova with 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 704). Male two new youth records were established: the first 500 meters & ndash; l & rsquo; Hungarian Liu Shaoang has them courses in 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 892 in the semi-finals, coming to memorize options only second in pi & ugrave; A slow Finale & ndash; and the super semi-final of the 1000 meters Lim Yong-Jin won in 1 & rsquo; 24 & rsquo; & rsquo; 959. The young man then coreano- silver in the Final A - has deleted the & rsquo; 1 & rsquo; 25 & rsquo; & rsquo; 304 JR Celski resisting the US since 2009.
Rejoice then, Ren Ziwei (exultant on the cover, behind comrade Ma Wei), the Beijing native class in 1998, this is the first success in the overall standings after the fifth place last year got to Osaka. L & rsquo; Chinese athlete was among the favorites of the festival Bulgarian baby, especially after his success in the Senior World Cup in 1500 in Shanghai, last December. Ren Ziwei dominated the scene finishing with 90 total points in front of Lim Yong-Jin (South Korea), standing at an altitude of 68 and bronze But Wei, anch & rsquo; he Chinese, who finished with 47 lengths. Ren has recovered points and positions after the two eighth obtained in 1500 and 500 meters & ndash; won respectively by the Korean Lim Yongjin and by compatriot Xu Hongzhi - going to establish itself in the Sunday races of the 1000 meters and in the decisive win Super Final in front of Ma Wei. Race that saw materialize in the Overall standings decisive pass partly because of the penalty imposed on Xu.
None of the three bluish in the race for the individual competition has collected points & ndash; reserved for the top eight in the rankings on the different distances & ndash; for the overall. The best of Italian patrol & egrave; was l & rsquo; Australian birth - naturalized Italian - Mark Chong, who finished 19 & deg; place. Behind him were placed Marco Giordano, 38th, and Matthew Pedranz, 44th.
Among women Qu Chunyu, athlete born in 1996 - with honors gi & agrave; a bronze in World Cup Senior on the 500-meter Shanghai 2015 -, had the best on & rsquo; Dutch back from the bronze at European Championships in Sochi, Suzanne Schulting. L & rsquo; Asian triumphed totaling 86 points against the 79 of the & rsquo; oranje and 55 of the Korean Lee Yubin. Qu has secured the overall seal finishing third in Final At 1500 meters & ndash; behind the main antagonist Schulting before - and won the two victories in successive distances of 500 and 1000. At that point, the & egrave; sufficed to control the enemy in the Super Final of 1500 meters, which was attended by the best six in the rankings after the first three rounds.
Nicole Gomez Botter, 26th, & egrave; It was the best of the three bluish in the final ranking points. Pi & ugrave; behind the two skaters & ldquo; d & rsquo; art & rdquo; & Ndash; both daughters of former blue long-track - Gloria Ioriatti, 32nd, and Arianna Sighel, who finished at 35 & deg; place. Just the Sighel achieved the best individual placement among all blue in the race in Bulgaria. The 19 year-old Sporting Club Pergine, 20th last year in Osaka, & egrave; until advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1000 meters then placing 14th in the final rankings. Previously, to memorize options ;, had compromised his overall standings coming ousted in batteries in 1500 because of a penalty that & rsquo; he made out of the rankings.
As for the relays, however, the male China (Xu, Ren, Ma and Yu), could not help but clearly cemented its dominance in the individual competition on 3000 meters. Everything easy for Asians who tamed a tiratissima the Final A ahead of Korea and Russia. In addition, the quartet has won with 3 time & rsquo; 59 & rsquo; & rsquo; 809, new junior world record. L & rsquo; Italy you & egrave; ranked ninth overall. after passing the first heat, & egrave; He was forced to interrupt his journey in the following & ndash; extremely difficult, given the presence of Canada - the quarterfinals. Mark Giordano, Pedranz Matthew, Mark Chong Grugni and Milan were eliminated by Korea and Russia, silver and bronze behind Chinese phenomenal.
The race in the women's team has followed a monologue even more & ugrave; Net in China's favor. L & rsquo; gold & egrave; It was won by Qu, Zhang, Li and Yu in 4 & rsquo; 15 & rsquo; & rsquo; 124, detaching of almost 4/10 Korea and more than 2 seconds l & rsquo; Netherlands. The bluish, however, are ranked tenth in the final ranking. They have sub & igrave; to the & rsquo; elimination in the first round of Friday & igrave ;. Arianna Sighel, Nicole Botter Gomez, Gloria and Gloria Confortola Ioriatti have not gone beyond the third place & ndash; They qualify in the semifinals only the first two & ndash; just behind the & rsquo; Schulting the Netherlands and Germany, captained by Seidel.
Click here to see the full results and rankings of Sofia in 2016.
ALL THE PODIUM AND OVERALL STANDINGS CHAMPIONSHIPS
OVERALL STANDINGS 1. FEMALE Chunyu QU (CHN) 86 points 2. Suzanne Schulting (NED) 79 3. Yubin LEE (KOR) 55 4. Suyoun LEE (KOR) 43 5. ZANG Yize (CHN) 30 6. Anna SEIDEL (GER ) 20 7. Jászapáti Petra (HUN) 11 8. Junghyun PARK (KOR) 8 & hellip ;. 26. Nicole BOTTER GOMEZ (ITA) 32. Gloria Ioriatti (ITA) 35. Sighel Arianna (ITA)
OVERALL OVERALL MALE 1. REN Ziwei (CHN) 90 2. LIM Yong-Jin (KOR) 68 3. 47 4. MA Wei LIU Shaoang (HUN) 36 5. Hongzhi XU (CHN) 6. Steven DUBOIS 26 7. KIM It A (KOR) 13 8. Maxime Laoun (CAN) 8 & hellip ;. 19. Mark CHONG (ITA) 38. Marco GIORDANO (ITA) 44. PEDRANZ Matteo (ITA)
ALL PODI And I PLACINGS OF ITALIAN
1500 female meters 1. Suzanne Schulting (NED) 2. Suyoun LEE (KOR) 3. Chunyu QU (CHN) & hellip ;. 30. Nicole BOTTER GOMEZ (ITA) 33. Gloria Ioriatti (ITA) CN. Sighel Arianna (ITA)
Women's 500 meters 1. Chunyu QU (CHN) 2. Yubin LEE (KOR) 3. ZANG Yize (CHN) & hellip ;. 22. Nicole BOTTER GOMEZ (ITA) 31. Gloria Ioriatti (ITA) 32. Sighel Arianna (ITA)
1000 female meters 1. Chunyu QU (CHN) 2. Suyoun LEE (KOR) 3. Yubin LEE (KOR) & hellip ;. 14. Sighel Arianna (ITA) 31. Nicole BOTTER GOMEZ (ITA) 37. Ioriatti Gloria (ITA)
Super Final 1500 meters 1. Suzanne Schulting (NED) 2. Yubin LEE (KOR) 3. ZANG Yize (CHN) 4. Anna SEIDEL (GER) 5. Chunyu QU (CHN) NC. Suyoun Lee (KOR)
3000 meters women's relay 1. 2. CHINA SOUTH KOREA 3. HOLLAND & hellip ;. 10. ITALY
1500 meters male 1. LIM Yongjin (KOR) 2. REN Ziwei (CHN) 3. It KIM A (KOR) & hellip ;. 16. Mark Giordano (ITA) 25. Mark CHONG (ITA) 53. PEDRANZ Matteo (ITA)
Men's 500 meters 1. Hongzhi XU (CHN) 2. LIU Shaoang (HUN) 3. Steve DUBOIS (CAN) & hellip ;. 16. Mark CHONG (ITA) 52. Matteo PEDRANZ (ITA) CN. GIORDANO Matteo (ITA)
1000 meters male 1. REN Ziwei (CHN) 2. LIM Yongjin (KOR) 3. Ma Wei (CHN) & hellip ;. 19. Mark CHONG (ITA) 22. Marco GIORDANO (ITA) 39. PEDRANZ Matteo (ITA)
Super Final 1500 meters 1. REN Ziwei (CHN) 2. MA Wei (CHN) 3. LIM Yong-Jin (KOR) 4. Steven DUBOIS (CAN) 5. LIU Shaoang (HUN) CN. Hongzhi XU (CHN)
3000 meters men's relay 1. 2. CHINA SOUTH KOREA 3. RUSSIA & hellip ;. 9. ITALY
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