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Two wins for their part in Asia. & Nbsp; China & nbsp; and & nbsp; & nbsp Japan; divide the successes in the first day of finals at the World Cup of & nbsp; short track. Not & egrave; certainly a novelty & agrave; for the two powers of the short track skating, which dominate the scene in an almost absolute right in the first stage & ndash; the third in total - the & nbsp; ISU World Cup 2014-2015. & nbsp;
Saturday 13 December 2014 14 minutes reading time
In the first series of 500 meters (above, the photo of the podium) wins the world record holder over the distance & nbsp; Fan Kexin, while in 1500 the check & nbsp; Han Yutong. Male, triumph & nbsp; Kwak Yoon-Gy & nbsp; (500) and & nbsp; From Sin Woon. & Nbsp; L & rsquo; Italy led by ct Kenan Gouadec ends in the rear. The best results of the day are Yuri Confortola (tenth in 1500) and Elena Viviani (14th in the sprint). L & rsquo; absence in Asia Arianna Fontana will definitely feel in relay race, where l & rsquo; Italy was eliminated in the semifinals.
The Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy is all very well & rsquo; Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai. Right on the same track got the victory pi & ugrave; prestigious career, the world title in 2012. Today & egrave; was experienced and lucky not to get involved in the frantic final of the 500 meters men. And the 25 year old Korean won in 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 439, snapping sl Chinese Wu Dajing & ndash; then disqualified & ndash; and doing the run on him. Behind him, celebrates the & rsquo; silver, l & rsquo; Hungarian mother's side, Liu Shaolin: it's his first podium in the World Cup in 19 years. Behind them come back the Russian Cup leader in specialty & agrave ;, Dmitry Migunov. Despite losing the & rsquo; & agrave opportunities; to fight for the stage victory, stretching the lead in the standings specialty & agrave; right on Wu.
Not intimidated by anything or anyone, one of the skaters pi & ugrave; strong of the moment: Fan Kexin. The Chinese won with disarming ease & agrave; the first set of the weekend of the 500 women. For the 21 year old Qitaihe, today's victory & egrave; was a formality & agrave; or little pi & ugrave ;. The Fan has won all his batteries not leaving even an inch of advantage to the opponent. A total domination, that & rsquo; led to a natural consequence: l & rsquo; gold in final A. In second place square Canada's Marianne St-Gelais, while on the third step of the podium will review the Korean Kim Alang, the first season on distance pi & ugrave; short. He had never finished in the top three at this distance, she & egrave; specializes in the 1000 and 1500. Out of the podium the Scottish Elise Christie, fourth in the final A.
The Italian close pi & ugrave; below. The first in the standings, as well as & eacute; l & rsquo; only skater to our house, automatically qualified to the quarterfinals, & egrave; Elena was Viviani: closes in fourteenth place. The Valtellina, for & ograve; l & Igrave ends; his race, coming fourth in the qualification test won by Kim Alang, in front of the Chinese Lin Yue and all & rsquo; American Smith. L & rsquo; s & Blue Igrave; & Egrave; played his cards without fear, starting well and immediately finding the second position & ndash; that would be worth the qualification - behind the strong Korean. Then, for & ograve ;, & egrave; surpassed by Lin and Smith, who relegate all & rsquo; last place. Previously, Arianna Valcepina had stopped the semi-finals repechage to return to the main draw. L & rsquo; blue arrives at & rsquo; last act, but can not defeat on Patrycja Maliszewska, victorious right outside Valcepina and cos & Igrave; readmitted to the quarterfinals. Arianna concluder & agrave; in eighteenth place overall.
The 1500 saw the contest a Final A surprising with the fall of the two big favorites: the Korean Shim Suk-hee and Choi Minjeong, who had carved up the victories in the first two stages of Salt Lake City and Montr & eacute; al. The check for & ograve; the hostess Han Yutong, the first individual podium & ndash; opened with a win! - In World Cup ISU. The 20 year-old Chinese & egrave; adept at overtake the Shim & Outdoors; last round, after the fighting in Korea had already home & agrave; cut out of contention for the podium that the Choi finir & agrave; sixth and final despite having given overtaking and spectacle in the early rounds. Took the opportunity to get on the podium, the Chinese less expected: l & rsquo; Cup debutant Li Hongshuang.
Two blue had taken part in the repechage of the morning Chinese: Federica Tombolato and Lucia Peretti. The young do not bolzanina & egrave; managed to win its battery, which is dominated by the American Frederick. The Bormio, however, comes from a few cents to the quarterfinals repechage, stopping in second place in the race won by Canadian Joanie Gervais.
The 1,500 meters masculine reward once again Korea, dominating the day among men. This time, for the medal & ograve ;, d & rsquo; gold & egrave; pi & ugrave; predictable and rewards the favorite & ndash; and current leader on the distance & ndash; Sin Da-Woon. The world champion in 2013 centers the second victory of the season over the distance, giving the show in the early laps and preceding another champion the likes of Charles Hamelin. Cos & Igrave; com & rsquo; had occurred in 1500 in Salt Lake City. This time behind them square the name of the new and young American short track, John-Henry Krueger. The podium today & egrave; Also the provisional podium of the general classification of specialty & agrave ;.
Hardly Yuri Confortola not d & agrave; the best in the distance pi & ugrave; long program: closing in tenth place (Italian best finish of the weekend so far) equaling the result of Salt Lake City. The 28-year old dispute Bormio a & rsquo; excellent semifinal, in which fails to finish in the top two & ndash; Bykanov and Han & ndash; but succeeds in placing in fourth place, to enter the Final B. In the spectacular glides, then, ends up in fourth place overall behind the Canadian and Korean Lee Jung-Su Thomas Duffy and Girard. Dotti and Nicola Rodigari & ndash; respectively 24th and 25th in the overall ranking - have both passed the first round of repechage, but were forced to surrender to the semifinals.
Nothing Final A for the relay women. The girls blue, have qualified for the semifinals yesterday with no problems, are forced to surrender to the formidable tandem Korea - Canada who earns l & rsquo; the final. The Italian quartet (Peretti, Viviani, and Valcepina Tombolato) loses ground in mid & agrave; race, due to constant acceleration impressed by mid & agrave; competition from Korean. Asians are worn with s & eacute; the Canadians, while the blue & ndash; behind with l & rsquo; Hungary & ndash; remain spaced apart, first one, then two and finally six seconds until the conclusion of the 26 total revolutions. L & rsquo; Italy closes fourth behind the & rsquo; Hungary in 4 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; & rsquo; 764, far removed from the time of winning Korean (4 & rsquo; 11 & rsquo; & rsquo; 154), frankly appeared in outstanding form. Now, in the Final B if they will see again with the Hungarians and with Japan and the United States.
The men's relay sees qualify for the final at first l & rsquo; Holland and Korea and then the couple formed by Canada and the United States, after a semi-final with some controversy for the fall of the Chinese Shi Jingnan, & ldquo; knocked down & rdquo ;, and remained on the track sore, from a Hungarian competitor. At first, the judges seemed to formalize the disqualification of & rsquo; Hungary and the repetition of the race. A particular decision of the arbitrators, after Canada and the United States went on to win the semi-final, with no interruption of the race. In fact, after a few minutes, you & egrave; decided not qualify even China. Next & ndash; no official time & ndash; Canada and the US.
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Tomorrow the latest evidence that will award medals in Shanghai. Nell & rsquo; order will be played the 500 meters (second series) Women & ndash; Quest & rsquo; last with the & rsquo; Viviani unique blue gi & agrave; qualified for the quarter-finals - and men, women and men 1000 meters and relay, with the blue of some play in the Final B.
Visit our official ISU for the complete results and the program on Sunday. To follow the live stream from the quarter-final to final A, click here.
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