Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Heerenveen
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Pu & ograve; a sporting career turn in a week or so pi & ugrave ;? Ask & nbsp; Fabio Francolini, four-time champion in career & nbsp; & nbsp roller skating; which & egrave; protagonist over a decade, which has now taken the & rsquo; while and his attitude elbowing through the group to go on & nbsp; the podium & nbsp; the & nbsp; Mass Start & nbsp; in the temple Ice & nbsp; Thialf. & Egrave; the 28-year old native of & nbsp; & Cant ugrave ;, the novelty & agrave; absolute in the & nbsp; & nbsp speed skating; in Italian & nbsp; Heerenveen. Perch & eacute; l & rsquo; blue & Outdoors; total debut in & nbsp; World Cup, fails to astound everyone, hitting an incredible & nbsp; third place & nbsp; in & nbsp; & nbsp points race, men.
Sunday 14 December 2014 19 minutes reading time
The 'blue reaches behind an Olympic champion of the caliber of & nbsp; Jorrit Bergsma & nbsp; (foreground in the picture, while celebrating with the group including Francolini behind him) and the leader of specialty & agrave ;, the Korean Lee Seung-Hoon . With this successful race for the Italian colors, closes the fourth stage of the World Cup in Heerenveen.
The Mass Start Men surprised everyone. For both protagonists unexpected that have emerged in the 16 rounds total, both for the development of the race. L & rsquo; Italy had two athletes: Andrea Giovannini, gi & agrave; winner in Seoul and its Fabio Francolini, in the midst of a brilliant period on ovals d & rsquo; Netherlands (KPN Marathon Cup), where a week ago won the proof of Tilburg & nbsp; and was the first Italian to succeed in & rsquo; enterprise. Then, just yesterday finished second in that of Breda. The Lombard few seasons you & egrave; concentrated on the ice and & egrave; today in the prestigious Dutch circuit of marathons, with the team & nbsp; Schaatsteam Bouw & amp; Techniek.
After the start of the Mass Start & egrave; a whole separate story, new. Cos & Igrave ;, as soon as the race started, l & rsquo; blue Giovannini & egrave; one of the first to break through the inertia immediately to launch the first intermediate sprint. The Trentino is anticipated by Derraugh (Canada) on the opposite side of the track, and & egrave; in accordance with the Latvian Silovs third. One lap later, takes the & rsquo; & agrave action that will ensue; decisive. It attacks the & rsquo; Dutch Jorrit Bergsma to 11 laps from the end. The intermediate sprint of -8 & egrave; for his detachment, with Sun and Weber placed. The advantage of & rsquo; Dutch reaches almost half a lap because & eacute; pushes a lot and there seems to be a & rsquo; effective organization behind him and even gets to have eight seconds ahead. Giovannini launches with German Beckert & ndash; the sprint of -4 & ndash; but do not make it to rejoin, content of the points of the sprint. Another great rotellista as French Alexis Contin, the plunge to minus 2, but even he, despite the decline of Bergsma, there riuscir & agrave ;. Jorrit Bergsma wins by posting his third Mass Start in Business. Behind him c & rsquo; & egrave; only time for the final sprint and bonus points & ndash; 60 to the first gi & agrave; decreed, 40 the second and 20 in the third.
At this point emerges Fabio Francolini, remained before then safe in the chase group. L & rsquo; blue finished third in the sprint behind the fearsome Korean Lee Seung-Hoon, and & egrave; third with 20 points. L & rsquo; blue follows Lee as soon quest & rsquo; last decides to throw all & rsquo; tracking Contin. Ed & egrave; a & rsquo; shadow for Korean, not mollandolo an inch. While Bergsma wins solo, the two are reported under French and exceeding it. The Korean does just before the line, while the & rsquo; blue to a handful of inches before the finish line. A move from stubborn rotellista still a bit & rsquo; unconscious but fast at the right point. And the party is complete with blue Andrea Giovannini that ends in fifth place.
In addition to the victory of Bergsma and dell & rsquo; unexpected podium Francolini, the absolute stars of the afternoon the two women pi & ugrave; strong American team: Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe. Nothing victory Dutch female, because & eacute; Also l & rsquo; last hope of the Mass Start goes to Canadian Ivanie Blondin. They find a brace & ndash; in the order of arrival & ndash; in 1500 and then in the second series of 500 meters. Pavel Kulizhnikov keeps winning strabiliando & ndash; in the 500 & ndash; and reaches the & rsquo; eighth win of the season. While in the 1500 men still wins the Polish Jan Szymanski.
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So no stops his walk winning opened yesterday. Heather Richardson repeats and also won the 1,500 meters. L & rsquo; American wins in one & rsquo; 53 & rsquo; & rsquo; 87. Early as in 1000 compatriot Brittany Bowe, second in 1 & rsquo; 54 & rsquo; & rsquo; 70. Nothing to be done for the Dutch, who had carved up the achievements so far on the distance. Nell & rsquo; last battery, the Thialf, ready to celebrate a victory by its darlings, are disappointed. Not & egrave; decisive for the & rsquo; gold duel between Ireen Wü; st against Marrit Leenstra: l & rsquo; last battery of 1500 assigns to women only made the bronze. And check the Leenstra in one & rsquo; 55 & rsquo; & rsquo; & rsquo; 95 against the & rsquo; 1 & rsquo; 56 & rsquo; & rsquo; s 01 & rsquo; Olympic. The Richardson s & rsquo; inserts in the fight for the general classification of the 1500 and & egrave; fourth. At the top, it resists the Wü; st, but Leenstra recovers 10 lengths & ndash; 340 against 320 - the companion.
Francesca Lollobrigida, the only Italian who raced the distance, & egrave; took to the track in the morning in group B. The Roman had obtained an encouraging 2 & rsquo; 04 & rsquo; & rsquo; 05 that & rsquo; saw her stand in the eighth. & Egrave; went quite far from winning Ivanie Blondin, although not far & ndash; 3/2 about & ndash; the other two podium positions. Francesca wins the first two points of specialty & agrave; on the distance.
On the same distance to the male, it gives a wonderful bis Polish Jan Szymanski. The 25 year old won his second consecutive race, this time with a time of 1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 92. Rewards him a big final push that makes the difference on placed. Among them, c & rsquo; & egrave; l & rsquo; oranje Wouter Olde Heuvel, on the podium again & ndash; in second place for the third time in the 1500 & ndash; in one & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 22. Behind him, he sees Shani Davis. The bicampione Olympic in 1000, reappeared on the podium in 1 & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 33. Do not spit on the podium of the 1500 since last November, and generally from March 13 when vied Cup finals, just in Heerenveen. Davis are placed behind the fearsome Bart Swings and Kjeld Nuis (fourth and second in the Grand World Cup). Seventh Sven Kramer.
In Division B, the three blue took to the track: Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, Luca Stefani and Andrea Giovannini. None of the three manage to get into the points. Nenzi (1 & rsquo; 49 & rsquo; & rsquo; 94) came in at tenth place, falling for the first time this season under the barrier of & rsquo; 1 & rsquo; 50 & rsquo; & rsquo ;. Not enough to enter the top 24 in the world selected for the World Single Distance up. Stefani, however, & egrave; 17th in 1 & rsquo; 50 & rsquo; & rsquo; 63, while Giovannini (1 & rsquo; 51 & rsquo; & rsquo; 79) & egrave; 23rd. The race if l & rsquo; s won & rsquo; American Joey Mantia in one & rsquo; 47 & rsquo; & rsquo; 95.
In the second series of 500 meters women, falls the queen Lee. About the US duo in a weekend state of grace and in sharp crescendo after the first exit in the Cup of Berlin. The parade stars and stripes repeats cos & Igrave; as in 1500 they had opened the afternoon of Division A: Heather Richardson again in front of Brittany Bowe and Olympic champion, world record holder and leader on the distance & ndash; six wins out of seven up to today & ndash; Lee Sang-Hwa. The & ldquo; check & rdquo; gradually comes during the race. The first avvisagli had given the Bowe in its battery. L & rsquo; former rotellista had proved big sweep with its 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 05. Only one & rsquo; inkling of vengeance US, because & eacute; after a little while ago a lot better & nbsp; the Richardson in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 71: seasonal staff and better performance of the world & rsquo; year over the distance. Nell & rsquo; last battery, the Korean must bow. Lee finishes in third place in the 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 07. Behind him ends Nao Kodaira, spaced 9 cents. The placement of Lee, allows her to stretch rated specialty & agrave; & Ndash; that seems pretty Armoured & ndash; right on the Japanese. A curiosity & agrave; that could move the hierarchies of the velocity & agrave ;: Richardson, the third career victory on the 500, had never touched the & rsquo; gold surpassing the Korean in a direct comparison. Hierarchies are scrambling? We'll see it in 2015.
Yvonne Daldossi had faced his test & ndash; in Division B & ndash; with a final time of 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 63. For l & rsquo; & egrave South Tyrol; came ninth place & ndash; with a point gained for the ranking, which came in 30th place & ndash; and a small improvement of four cents as compared with Friday & Igrave; in the first series.
A small step back in the second series of 500 meters by Mirko Giacomo Nenzi. The 25 year old, & egrave; was l & rsquo; only known blue in Division A, where he was competing for the third time this season. Raffled in battery with Canadian Gilmore Junio, the financier part in the start & ndash; in the inside lane - with a 9 & rsquo; 83 to the first 100 meters, to close in seventeenth place with a time of 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 37.
As for the victory speech, is scary 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 58 with which Pavel Kulizhnikov triumphs. Further enhances that obtained Friday & Igrave; & Ndash; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 63 & ndash; and confirms the pi & ugrave; fastest in the world this season, finally ousting the 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 77 Jamie Gregg got to Calgary to Can-Am International. Does not miss anything in Heerenveen and the Russian comes cos & Igrave; at an altitude of eight seasonal successes. But much impresses the ease & agrave; which has systematically demolished & ndash; today & egrave; happened with the rival pi & ugrave; Was close & ndash; all opponents pi & ugrave; quoted. That his condition can stand for European and World Championships that will crowd the & rsquo; beginning of the new year? Jan Smeekens 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 09, seems to trump evidence & ndash; really fast - Artur Was. The polish is exceeded and hits a very good 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 87, proves to be in good condition after the two Berlin and second place yesterday.
Division B: David Bosa (36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 02) and Luke Zanghellini (36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 31) are respectively the sixteenth and twentieth. It is not enough to be within the first 24 in the world ahead of the World Single Distance on.
The Mass Start women if l & rsquo; won the Canadian Ivanie Blondin, the second win of the season in the specialty & agrave; group. Unlike the men's race, & egrave; the decisive final sprint to assign the winner. Sprint, which unfortunately has not seen the Italian Daldossi Lollobrigida and protagonists. Especially quest & rsquo; last, inserted among the favorites of the day before, and very active in the middle phase & ndash; when brand close Pechstein and S & aacute; blikov & aacute; -rimane back and probably run out of energy. The final classification reads the same script of & rsquo; last sprint: namely Blondin, Kim Bo-Reum (Korea), Irene Shouten (Netherlands). Sprint is exposed before the Korean, but the Canadian retrieves a center track to overcome the rival with the thrill of & rsquo; last breath. Francesca Lollobrigida came in at tenth place. While Daldossi & egrave; 24th.
The World Cup greets momentarily and takes a break until the end of January. Ripartir & agrave; Hamar (Norway) 31-1 & deg; February. Meanwhile, for & ograve ;, the international speed skating does not stop. On 10 and 11 January, l & rsquo; & egrave appointment; of those very important: the European Championships Allround Chelyabinsk (Russia).
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