It & egrave; ended in Nagoya (Japan) The third stage of World Cup ISU & nbsp; short track. On the ice of the & nbsp; Nippon Gaishi Arena & nbsp; are they outlined the latest podiums in & nbsp; & nbsp six finals; this Sunday. Girls, l & rsquo; Asia continues to dominate with its fast interpreters: one is the & nbsp; Fan Kexin & nbsp; (China) and l & rsquo; impregnable Korean & nbsp; Choi Minjeong (on the cover), winner of the 1000 meters and enthralling of the relay.
Sunday 6 December 2015 13 minutes reading time
Male win Fran & ccedil; ois Hamelin (first individual success for & ldquo; & rdquo brother; Charles) and Semen Elistratov. The relay & egrave; s & rsquo; Holland.
L & rsquo; Italy coach Kenan Gouadec is a positive signal finally found Tommaso Dotti, excellent ninth in the 1000 meters upon emerging from the repechage, while the relay back on its feet & ndash; albeit not strabiliando & ndash; after a very bad start to the season. Girls are seventh, while males are placed & Outdoors; eighth place finish.
Encouragingly, in the key qualification for the World Cup 2016, the fourth in the Final B obtained from the men's relay made up of Tommaso Dotti, Andrea Cassinelli, Yuri Confortola and Davide Viscardi. The Blues close in time of 7 & rsquo; 04 & rsquo; & rsquo; 022 behind Russia, Kazakhstan and the United States in the Final B. In the final classification, Italians are eighth, earning 2,097 points that allow the rise in the rankings to 13th place. Servir & agrave; improve to be among the top eight that will get the champion pass. In the Final A, back to win the & rsquo; Holland dragged by a Sjinkie Knegt galvanized after the first individual success in the Cup. The quartet oranje (Visser, van der Wart, Breeuwsma and Knegt) finds himself a success that was missing since last December 21 in Seoul. He beats the championship in charge of China with a time of 6 & rsquo; 59 & rsquo; & rsquo; 079, before the Asians for just 86 cents after a thrilling finish. The third step of the podium salt Canada led by brothers Hamelin. But in the Cup standings to teams, China resists the first set before the Dutch.
Team competition female race on 3000 meters total, Arianna Valcepina, Cecilia Maffei, Lucia Peretti and Federica Tombolato are third in the B Final won by & rsquo; Holland Jorien ter Mors in 4 & rsquo; 15 & rsquo; & rsquo; 367 ahead of France. The blue close the test in 4 & rsquo; 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 045 winning the duel with Japan for the penultimate square. With this placement, the & rsquo; Italy added 2,621 points in the overall Cup, hooking l & rsquo; eighth and last place useful for the qualification to the World Championships in March 2016, in Seoul. Their minimal advantage of Poland and the United States will have & agrave; be defended with nails in the next leg of Shanghai. In the Final A, comes the third consecutive victory for the & rsquo; irresistible Korea Choi Minjeong, Shim Suk-hee and Kim Alang. For Asian & egrave; a total domination, along the 27-lap courses always in the lead ahead of China and Canada.
In the individual events played in this final Sunday in Nagoya, the second race of the sprint-distance rewards again - for the second consecutive time in Nagoya & ndash; Fan Kexin. The thunderbolt Chinese made no mistake and won in 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 211 A of the Final 500 meters (second series) before the young German Anna Seidel and Canadian Audrey Phaneuf. Disqualified by the judges, the & rsquo; other big favorites on the distance, the Korean Shim Suk-hee. The two blue have qualified for the quarter-finals after the preliminaries of Friday & Igrave ;, are quickly ousted. Arianna Valcepina & egrave; the best and came in at 14th place finish after having fought for the passage of the Phaneuf won in the fourth round, then bronze. Lucia Peretti, also her out in the quarter-finals, ended with good 16 & deg; place overall. In the overall standings on 500 meters, the Fan square a new decisive extension out clearly in the lead and the second & ndash; Marianne St-Gelais & ndash; It is now nearly 9000 points from the undisputed leader.
The 1000 meters reward once the & rsquo; irrepressible 17-year old Choi Minjeong. South Korea is well & Igrave; his fifth win of the season & ndash; the second on kilometer - a & rsquo; vintage hitherto almost infallible. Choi & egrave; first in 1 & rsquo; 32 & rsquo; & rsquo; 466, relegating a Marianne St-Gelais (Canada) in good condition while in second place, separated by 74 cents. In third place c & rsquo; & egrave; a & rsquo; another rider of Korea, Kim Alang, his first podium of the season on an individual distance. Positive feelings from the best of Italian, Federica Tombolato. L & rsquo; Tyrolean & Outdoors; debut in this World Cup recovers the place in the main draw after the repechage in the morning and came in at 17 & deg; place finish. It is eliminated in the subsequent quarter-finals where he comes fifth behind Zang, Monvoisin, Sakai and Goetz. Out Elena Viviani & ndash; gi & agrave; qualified directly to the quarterfinals after Preliminaries: sar & agrave; 21th in the standings over the distance. Cecilia Maffei, however, was over immediately out of contention in the batteries of repechage, then finishing in 30th place in the final ranking. The situation in the overall specialty & agrave; Minjeong Choi sees a vacuum pulling and surpassing 8000 points Shim Suk-hee, that Japan has over 1000.
The pi & ugrave; surprise arrives Sunday in the second series of 500 meters men. The competition rewards & ccedil Fran; ois Hamelin superb and unassailable in the final A. The 28-year old younger brother of & rsquo; Olympian Charles, scored his first victory in an individual race Cup. Hamelin goes head right from & rsquo; start and does not give a millimeter to rivals. We test the surprise Japanese Satoshi Sakashita & ndash; flashing forums Nippon Gaishi Arena - but this & rsquo; last slips against the guards & Outdoors; last corner. And d & agrave; green light to the 18 year-old Russian Artem Kozlov. Third Chen Guang (China), before compatriot pi & ugrave; quoted Han Tianyu. Further back the blues. Yuri Confortola & egrave; 26 & deg ;, while Davide Viscardi you square 28 & deg; in the final ranking. The general classification of specialty & agrave ;, sees withstand head Charles Hamelin, spurred now by his younger brother.
Just Charles Hamelin & egrave; hero & ndash; this time in negative & ndash; In the final of the 1000 meters. Victory goes to the world champion of 1500, Semen Elistratov. The Russian won easily in 1 & rsquo; 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 486 front & Outdoors; and Hungarian Liu Shaolin Sandor van der Wart. But on & rsquo; economy of the race weighs a & rsquo; aggressive entry of Hamelin & Outdoors; internal against dell & rsquo; Dutch Freek van der Wart, when the & rsquo; oranje was second. Kozlov cos & Igrave; It takes the edge you need to close in the head, while Hamelin is inevitably disqualified by the judges. The 1000 mark for & ograve; l & rsquo; & agrave awaited return to competitiveness; & Ndash; She had been affected by an injury in the early stages Cup - for the talented blue Tommaso Dotti, excellent ninth in the final standings. The 22 year old Milan is climbing winning overcoming three rounds of the repechage in the morning, qualifies passing prudently and speed & agrave; the quarterfinals behind van der Wart, only to stop in the next semi-finals. The Lombard comes fifth (1 & rsquo; 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 649) in the test won by the Hungarian-born Chinese Liu Shaolin. Anyway Dotti gets his second mile placement in individual career, after the & rsquo; apex of fourth place & ndash; always on the 1000 & ndash; obtained in Erzurum, in the last season. Pi & ugrave; back are placed other Italians: Andrea Cassinelli & egrave; 23 & deg ;, while Nicola Rodigari & egrave; 35 & deg ;.
Click here to read the full results and the official rankings updated after the third stage of World Cup.
L & rsquo; appointment with the World Cup short track & egrave; set for next weekend, when from & rsquo; December 11 to 13 will go & agrave; staged the & rsquo; last test of 2016 & Outdoors; Oriental Sports Centre in Shanghai, China.
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