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At & nbsp; & nbsp Sportboulevard of Dordrecht; closes to great for & nbsp; & nbsp blue colors; the season of & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. On the Dutch Ice & nbsp; & nbsp women's relay; you grant a magnificent & nbsp; a d & rsquo; gold & nbsp; after & nbsp; success & nbsp; a week ago in Dresden. Fountain and companions win their & nbsp; second race in a row teams & nbsp; (event never happened before d & rsquo; now), taking advantage of the & nbsp; disqualification of Korea & nbsp; in a Final A heart-pounding and decided only after the decisions of the & nbsp; Judges & nbsp; after the end of his & nbsp; 3000 meters.
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Arianna Fontana, Lucia Peretti, Elena Viviani and Arianna Valcepina & nbsp; (to which also must be added Cecilia Maffei, engaged in the semifinals) are therefore new d & rsquo; gold in 4 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 466. This time before Russia (4 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 571) and France (4 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 861) in a final by strong emotions. The Italians try to escape since the very first laps, but the Korean gi & agrave; champion of specialty & agrave; returns the rest of the group under the leader. The first overtaking & egrave; sub & igrave; to -20 by Asian & ndash; in a change not without shivering with Choi -, even after China takes the placement to Italian. -13 To pass them before Russia with Korea and China to do the & rsquo; gait. After five rounds they shuffle the cards with the fall of the Chinese factional Lin Yue as he tried to overtake the & rsquo; aggressive Korean Noh Hee-Do. The Italians took advantage right away and regain control following change & ldquo; moved & rdquo; which saw the Valcepina be overcome by Noh, to -3 from the end. It all comes down to & rsquo; decisive action of factional & ldquo; top & rdquo; Choi, good to fly in front of the & rsquo; Italy despite the attempt of the Fountain recovery. But the Italians are there, do not give up and do not lose your cool. While the Korean quartet flies to the likely success, Fontana and traveling companions safe to the second consecutive podium. Everything evolves after the jury's decision leading to the penalty for the South Korean. The blue cheering again after the & rsquo; gold medal win in Dresden. Then success had come after a Final A orphan of China and especially Korea. Thus comes a new victory from the very important specific weight. L & rsquo; Italy c & rsquo; & egrave; and & egrave; recovery stage.
Not only the & rsquo; gold women relay team made the most of the positive & rsquo; last stage of World Cup 2015-16 for the patrol led by technical Kenan Gouadec. Back at the top for the most & ugrave; strong Italian skater ever Short Track: Arianna Fontana. Only a week after returning to racing after nearly a year of stop, the five-time Olympic medalist champion close to the podium in the 500 meters, finishing fourth in the Final A against three of the pi & ugrave opponents; strongest of the lot. well Yuri Confortola, eighth in the second round of the 1000 meters. The same finish of the men's relay after running the Final B.
In Finale At 500 meters, the Fountain officially back among the great and the fight against rivals quotatissime the likes of South Korea's Choi Minjeong & ndash; defending overall champion rainbow & ndash; British Queen d & rsquo; Europe 2016 Elise Christie and the Canadian Marianne St-Gelais, who graduated quest & rsquo; now champion in the specialty & agrave cup ;. Arianna clicks into second place at the start, behind the lightning Christie, that sets a quick race. The turning point came in two laps from the end when the Valtellina undergoes before the & rsquo; very decisive of St-Gelais attack and soon after that of Choi that passeth all & rsquo; interior. It slowed down by sustained overtaking, l & rsquo; blue remains in the back of the pack, finishing in fourth place and returning cos & igrave; the return of an individual to the podium next season Cup. Vince Christie & ndash; the fourth victory of the season - thanks to a race of great personality & agrave; closed 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 651 of Choi (42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 686) and St-Gelais (42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 909). Fountain finishes his trial in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 320, but this good performance is strengthened: despite the recovery occurred only of workouts in January, & egrave; gi & agrave; capable of fighting for the top with the best interpreters of the international short track. A very positive signal ahead of the Seoul World Cup in March. It was gi & agrave; understood from previous turns, finally found Arianna Fontana, that the quarter-finals of the 500 meters today & egrave; returned to confront opponents of considerable caliber & ndash; with very exciting results - in an individual race. The 25-year old first Valtellina dominates the quarter-finals, won with her usual personality & agrave; in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 419 before the Selma Poutsma French. Then, in the subsequent semi-final, he gets the first place & ndash; which earned the & rsquo; had qualified for a World Cup Final in A after a year & ndash; passing very easily & agrave; all & rsquo; outside the strong Canadian Marianne St-Gelais. A closed test with the & rsquo; excellent time of 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 192 versus 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 317 of the US.
Over the same distance Elena Viviani, 23 year-old figure skater originally from Isolaccia, & egrave; was eliminated in the quarterfinals of not finding the pace to follow a & rsquo; possessed Elise Christie (43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 226) followed to the next round by & rsquo; Dutch Lara van Ruijven. 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 940 for the & rsquo; blue, which earned a good 13 & deg; place in the rankings over the distance. The tournament of the repechage in the morning was in fact awarded a positive Elena Viviani. The 23 year old has passed & ndash; winning them & ndash; all three recovery shifts. All & rsquo; last act has won in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 805 anticipating the Japanese Yui Sakai and her teammate Arianna Valcepina, eliminated. Piazzer & agrave; 19th in the general standings over the distance.
In the men's 500 meters, it makes double celebration Russian Dmitry Migunov. The 23 year-old native of Ufa sprinter confirms champion over the distance Cup triumph after overcoming last season in ranking the & rsquo; absent luxury in Dordrecht Charles Hamelin. And it does it all with sealing the success in the Final A at 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 707, since & eacute; the victory was l & rsquo; only way to overcome the Canadian ranking in specialty & agrave ;. Migunov it takes everything and above all & rsquo; arrival on the British 32 year-old Paul Stanley, which gives the second individual career podium & ndash; the first dating back to the distant 2011 - reaching all & rsquo; silver in 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 841 in a frantic final six competitors. In the final confusion & ndash; go to ground and Lepape Grigorev & ndash; podium even the multi-titled South Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy (40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 859).
In the morning, Matthew Jordan is disqualified by the judges in the first round of recovery. The penalty does slip back in the rankings over the distance, where & egrave; 51 & deg ;. No promotion in the main draw for Andrea Cassinelli. The 22 year old dell & rsquo; Ice Team Torino & egrave; third & ndash; They passed the first two & ndash; in batteries won by Mackenzie Blackburn and Rafal Anikiej and & egrave; 31 & deg ;.
L & rsquo; Italy you & egrave; presented to the quarterfinals of the 1000 meters with two female athletes: Arianna Sighel and Lucia Peretti. The first ends out finishing fourth (1 & rsquo; 32 & rsquo; & rsquo; 680 his lap time) in the test won by the Chinese Guo Yihan in 1 & rsquo; 32 & rsquo; & rsquo; 026 in front of the & rsquo; other promoted Aoi Watanabe. & Egrave; 14th in the overall ranking on the distance, her best individual result in the cup. The Peretti, however, says goodbye to qualifying dreams while remaining attached to the first group in the fourth won by the Korean Noh Hee-Do in one & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 041 in front of the Canadian Audrey Phaneuf. The Valtellina closes the 9-lap race in 1 & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 642, the partial fourth and classificher & agrave; 18 ^ square. The second series of the 1000 meters women had seen Cecilia Maffei rising in the morning until the decisive semifinal repechage. Thirty of the Blue Flames suffers a penalty that excludes possible in the main draw entry. It classificher & agrave; 23rd.
The success in the second set on the kilometer & ndash; and in & rsquo; last individual competition at the women of this World Cup & ndash; & Egrave; went to the Korean Noh Do-hee, good to climb positions in the last laps and mocked their own on the line d & rsquo; incoming Canadian Val & eacute; rie Maltais, tired and slower to & rsquo; of & rsquo output; final corner after leading the & rsquo; gait for most of the race. L & rsquo; Asian wins in 1 & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 947, 4 thousandths ahead of the North American forced cos & igrave; to postpone his third individual success in the cup. For Noh, 20 years old in December, he comes the first gold in a race & ldquo; single & rdquo; after five victories in the relay. Third & egrave; Chinese Tao Jiaying (1 & rsquo; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 106). The title of specialty & agrave ;, however, was gi & agrave; He was mathematically assigned to the Korean Choi Minjeong, winner of the first series of yesterday.
Everything easy for the European champion semion elistratov. The Russian is in Finale To secure the title of specialty & agrave; & Ndash; gi & agrave; mathematically achieved for the second consecutive year, after the & rsquo; access to & rsquo; last act -. However try to conclude the season with a victory, but does not deal with the young Canadian Charle Cournoyer & ndash; second career win after the first hurr & agrave; in Toronto, in November last year -, bravo to unseat him with a magnificent overtaking all & rsquo; internal and victorious in 1 & rsquo; 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 921. Elistratov also lose the & rsquo; silver at the Korean damage Jiwon Park (1 & rsquo; 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 015), but festegger & agrave; bronze and 1,000 meters title on the season.
A great Yuri Confortola closes all & rsquo; eighth place overall the second series of the 1000 meters men. The four-time European champion in the relay and bronze in 2007 overall struggle since the quarter-finals and leads a race all & rsquo; dueling attack Sandor Liu Shaolin and get an effective second behind all & rsquo; Chinese Hungarian origins. The Bormio of Forestry is queued to Magyar around half & agrave; race and defends its position by the Japanese attacks Sakazume and strong Korean Seo Yi Ra, eliminated. Closes well in 1 & rsquo; 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 303 behind Liu. In the next semi-final, l & rsquo; blue expert comes in fourth place behind the champion semion elistratov Cup and Lee Jung-Su. Confortola waste time at & rsquo; last round seriously risking ending up on the ground, hindered by chance by Liu fell before him. In Final B will not find & agrave; then the cue decisive in the final laps & ndash; also because & eacute; It slowed sharply from the strenuous defense but correct French European bronze in 2016 Vincent Jeanne and had to settle for fourth and final place behind Cole Krueger, Vladislav Bykanov and their transalpine.
In fact, the repechage of the men's 1000m were decidedly more & ugrave; fortunate than batteries of the Fridays & igrave ;. Three blue enrolled, was in fact placed among the best Confortola own. The 29 year-old Bormio exceeds three recovery shifts going to win the decisive semi-final at home after a duel with Thomas Dotti. Confortola you take the pass to the quarter-finals in 1 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 917, while Dotti & egrave; trailing by 58 cents and & ndash; Unfortunately & ndash; can not memorize options celebrate readmission with her boyfriend. Unlike the fate of David Viscardi, now out in its battery repechage due to a penalty remedied in the battery from won & rsquo; Varnyu Hungarian. Cos & igrave; Italians in the rankings on the distance: Dotti & egrave; 22 & deg ;, while Viscardi ends 45 & deg ;.
strong emotions even in the Final A of the men's relay, which boosted & ndash; After an arrival or nearly impossible to decipher even the photo finish & ndash; Russia to Elistratov and companions. The Russians won the & rsquo; last race of the season mocking Korea & ndash; then disqualified for a previous incorrect entry on & rsquo; Netherlands. On the podium climb cos & igrave; Dutch & ndash; second & ndash; mentr Koreans do not get the bronze because & eacute; penalized. Canada, anch & rsquo; he punished with a penalty during the Final A, however, gets the decisive points to win the cup of specialty & agrave; & Ndash; they lacked in 2012 - in front of the & rsquo; Netherlands. L & rsquo; Italy of Rodigari, Viscardi, Dotti and Cassinelli closes the B final in 7 & rsquo; 08 & rsquo; & rsquo; 968, behind Hungary, USA and Belgium. The Azzurri are eighth in the final ranking. We will review the blue quartet at the upcoming World Championships scheduled from & rsquo; 11 to 13 March.
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