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The blues are serious in South Korea in the first two days of qualifications of the second stage of the World Cup on the ice of Seoul, the Italian athletes have strung together a convincing proof after the other and present themselves to the final weekend with excellent prospects , more than ready to get back on the podium, after the bronze won last week by the women's relay in Shanghai.
Friday 4 October 2013 4 minutes reading time
Especially among women, where Arianna Fontana and Martina Valcepina are en plein in the individual events, qualifying for the quarter-finals of all three distances. In the 500, the Fountain was even faster in the elimination rounds (43 "398), while the Valcepina is expected by the test of fire already from the start: the expected battery with three customers uncomfortable as the incredible Korean Shim Suk Hee, the winner of Shanghai Fan Kexin and Canada's Jessica Gregg. In the heats had been eliminated, however, Elena Viviani.
The route to the final will not be easy even in other distances, even if the 1500 Italy will consist of three arrows. Together with Fontana and Valcepina, in fact, has also qualified for the quarter Lucia Peretti, which unfortunately is not able to repeat in the 1000 today.
The 1,500 make you smile even the male component blue. Nicola Rodigari, Yuri Confortola and Tommaso Dotti are ready to do battle to earn a place among the first. There is still work, however, over 1000 when only Confortola has secured a place in the quarter-finals (out in the heats and Lobello Rodigari) and the 500 (nothing to do for Confortola, Dotti and Lobello).
Once again, however, the more positive news of the day comes at the close of the program: both relays, in fact, have qualified for the semifinals. A confirmation that the general condition is already very good and a very positive signal in view of the two European legs of Turin (7-10 November) and Kolomna (14-17 November), which will mean being among the top eight qualify automatically for the Olympics in Sochi (7 to 23 February 2014).
Tomorrow you assign medals with the finals of the 500 and 1,500 meters, while Sunday will be the time of the 1000 and the relay. You can follow the live streaming of the event, offered by Isu'' through its official channel: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/site/index.html. '' From this year, also, the feed is also available for smartphones and tablets, by downloading the free app Live +''. The link is scheduled for 15:10 am local time (8:10 in Italy), with the finals of the 1500 from 16:19 local time (9:19 in Italy) and those of 500 from 18:08 (11:08 in Italy).
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