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First day of the final in Seoul, the weekend starring the ISU Short Track Speed ​​Skating World Cup. Once again, the Asian powers build a monologue. Korea and China share the stakes, winning two races each, equally divided between men and women. Ma & egrave; their overwhelming superiority & agrave ;, if you think about the monopoly on podiums conclusive. Nine out of twelve occupants of the podium come from the eastern continent.
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The day of the Italian expedition sees two finalists & ldquo; B & rdquo; in the 1500 meters men. Yuri Confortola and Thomas Dotti are thirteenth and fourteenth in the final standings. Note still negative by couriers. After l & rsquo; early elimination of men, women fail to center the final A.
In the 1000 meters, had started well athletes Kenan Gouadec. Arianna Valcepina, Federica Tombolato and Elena Viviani managed to overcome all the first round of repechage. The emulate Viscardi and Gurini, both with the second part. Both, for & ograve ;, will subsequently eliminated in the quarterfinals, the prelude to a final turn to enter the main draw of the semi-final. Same fate for the three girls, but all & rsquo; last round available. Eliminate Elena Viviani and Federica Tombolato & ndash; third and fourth in the semi-final which saw readmit Kasandra Bradette the board & ndash; and Arianna Valcepina, out with the third time in the battery won by Li Hongshuang, surprisingly out (temporarily in the preliminaries of Friday & Igrave;).
Nothing repechage for Ylenia Tota, in the 3000 meters. The Turin, engaged in the second semi-final recovery, arrives in the sixth and final race that saw promote Canadian Phaneuf and Russian Shishkina. While Lucia Peretti, only qualified to the semifinals & ldquo; & rdquo ;, not directly passes the turn ahead of the final 8 for the medals. Arrives eighth out of nine competitors in 6 & rsquo; 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 832.
The pi & ugrave; great satisfaction in key Italian arrive therefore with the 1500 meters men. The two Italians qualified to the semifinals of law, they can not get into the Final A. But Yuri Confortola and Thomas Dotti, are fifth and sixth in the Final B after being ousted in their semi-finals where they had come both quarters. In the ranking is thirteenth (Confortola) and fourteenth (Dotti).
Fatal repechage, the same distance, for Nicola Rodigari, which passes the first test, but can not find the paw readmission in subsequent semifinals. L & rsquo; expert blue stops at third place behind the promoted Honchao Zhang (China) and the American Keith Carroll, in 2 & rsquo; 24 & rsquo; & rsquo; 448.
The victory goes to the Final A Korean Sin Da Woon Chen Dequan (China) and Park Se Yeong (countryman winner). Another total domination of & rsquo; Asia. With this success, Sin, is confirmed with stability & agrave; the head of the list in the distance, becoming almost infallible in 2014-15, with three wins and a second place in four participations on 1500.
Bad news, in a race affordable because of the competitors for the relay women (Peretti, Viviani, Valcepina, Tombolato) fails to qualify for the Final A scheduled tomorrow. In the semifinals, the blue close to the fourth and last place in 4 & rsquo; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 965, behind China, Hungary and Japan. The final access Korea and, surprisingly, Russia. L & rsquo; Italy is beign & agrave; in the & ldquo; & rdquo glides; with Japanese, US and Canadian.
In the men, with the blues unfortunately gi & agrave; ousted in batteries yesterday, you will play for a place on the podium of the relay Netherlands, Canada, Korea and China.
As for the other A Finals of the day, continuing the usual domain Asian gi & agrave; highlighted in Shanghai last week. The 1000 women go to the Chinese Han Yutong, in front of the Canadian Marianne St-Gelais and the British & ndash; the first podium of the season & ndash; Elise Christie. No medal for the current leader of the Cup away, the Korean Shim Suk-hee, only the fourth all & rsquo; arrival. A performance that nevertheless guarantees the head on top of the list.
The 3000-meter distance rookie in the Cup, ending the Korean Choi talentino Minjeong (5 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 733), which became one of the skaters of the moment. Asian podium in the race, with Tao Jiaying behind him and Lee Eun-Byul third.
The 1000 men saw a blue law qualified to the quarterfinals: Andrea Cassinelli. His race & egrave; over for & ograve; immediately after & egrave; finished fifth in & rsquo; last battery, which boosted before him, Sjinkie Knegt and Chen Guang. Finir & agrave; seventeenth in the final ranking. The Finale A & egrave; went to the Chinese Wu Dajing, skilled in taking l & rsquo; gold in the race very eventful with Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy (second) in front of the & rsquo; oranje Knegt. Charles Hamelin, after the success of Shanghai, finished fourth.
Click here to see the official results by the ISU website. Tomorrow l & rsquo; last day of competition, with four individual finals and two relay.
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