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For the first time in its history the CITY & nbsp; & nbsp Toronto, will host & agrave; & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; short track. In CITY capital of & rsquo; & agrave take Ontario; off tomorrow the & nbsp; second stage & nbsp; of the ISU World Cup, after the & rsquo; season debut took place a week ago always in Canada, in Montr & eacute; al.
Thursday 5 November 2015 13 minutes reading time
The blades of the short track will animate three days & ndash; from 6 to & rsquo; November 8 & ndash; performance assured the MasterCard Centre, plant opened in 2009 and home to many of the workouts hockey franchise entered the NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs.
In the building which is located on the shores of Lake Ontario will touch & agrave; So the best interpreters in the world take the stage, on the hunt for glory after & ldquo; & rdquo tested; Ice Cup in Montr & eacute; al. The program of the three days of ice & rsquo; & agrave Ontario will follow; Quest & rsquo; order. Fridays & Igrave; sar & agrave; dedicated to the Preliminary rounds of 500 and 1500 meters in the morning (from 15:45 Italian), then we will resume & agrave; at 19:15 with the first shift of the second series of 500 and 1000, followed by the couriers. Saturday, November 7 is proseguir & agrave; with repechage 500 (first series) and 1500, followed by its final and the semi-finals of the team event. Sunday, again at the end of the morning repechage, they will assign the final placements of 500 (second series) and 1000 meters with the grand finale dedicated as ever to the finals of the relay.
This time, the distance that is & ldquo; & sdoppier agrave; & rdquo; in the Toronto & ndash; the previous weekend touched & ograve; 1000 -, will & agrave; the pi & ugrave; short of 500 meters. And just in the sprint distance & egrave; came the best performance for the Azzurri in the first leg, thanks to Arianna Valcepina, eighth in the final standings of the first stage. A placement that you & egrave; also revealed the second & nbsp; best career & ndash; at the individual level & ndash; for the 21 year old from Valtellina, which will & agrave; at the start of the first set of 500 and 1,000 meters. Also the first positive responses seasonal Lucia Peretti and Elena Viviani, respectively veterans of a 12th and a 14th place which best positions in Montr & eacute; al. The Peretti cimenter & agrave; the 1500 and the second series of 500 meters, while Viviani will & agrave; at the start of 500 and 1000. Cecilia Maffei, however, will return & agrave; competing after some physical problems that & rsquo; have had to stop after the & rsquo; & Igrave debut Friday; last. & Egrave; registered to the batteries 1500 and 500 (second series).
Among men Yuri Confortola remains the spearhead of blue ice. The Bormio by a 11th and 12th place on the 1500 and 1000 meters played in Qu & eacute; bec. & Egrave; the state & rsquo; disimpegnatosi best Italian in the first leg of the World Cup and aims to further improve on both distances. Firstly he expects that continuity & agrave; to the target key from c.t. Italian Kenan Gouadec. Besides Confortola, l & rsquo; & Italy will agrave; Ice with Nicola Rodigari (& Outdoors; work on 1500 and 1000 meters), Tommaso Dotti (correr & agrave; 500 and 1000), Davide Viscardi (1500 and second series of 500) Andrea Cassinelli (disputer & agrave; both races of 500 meters) and the young rookie this season & ndash; He has collected a good 27th place in the 500 & ndash; Mark Giordano. Correr & agrave; anch & rsquo; he, twice, 500.
The stage will be in Toronto & agrave; a crucial to outline the hierarchy of the relay. From Montr & eacute; to have come out victorious teams iridescent in office, Korea and China to the male-female, and the other big will try to break their dominance. Unlike & egrave; speech for the & rsquo; Italy, fresh from tests Montr & eacute; to by two miserable loot: tenth and penultimate place for women, where has certainly been the & rsquo; absence of Arianna Fontana, and a heavy zero in the standings for men because disqualification suffered in batteries. For both quartets becomes cos & Igrave; least important to qualify for the semifinals and earn important points in key qualification for the next World Championships in Seoul, which will access only the best eight teams in the overall World Cup.
Tracing instead an overview of other prominent athletes, c & rsquo; & egrave; to mention a return important. Among the female members is the large return of Jorien ter Mors. L & rsquo; Dutch & egrave; officially returned to compete in the short track only last October after a stop by & rsquo; competitive spirit on the ice lasted over a year, immediately qualifying for the World Cup. L & rsquo; last year the 25-year old Enschede had temporarily left the competition after competing and stunned the world in both the short track that in long track & ndash; complete with a gold in the 1500 meters and in & rsquo; Pursuit squadre- the Olympics in Sochi in February 2014. At the end of that season the ter Mors had said enough. From tomorrow & ndash; & Egrave; recorded in 1500 and 1000m - will & agrave; l & rsquo; specially observed the MasterCard Centre.
Obviously l & rsquo; & egrave oranje not; l & rsquo; only big & ndash; or would-be & ndash; at the start. A week ago the Korean Shim Suk-hee and Choi Minjeong have proven to be among the most skaters & ugrave; of the moment, winning three of the four individual victories, which was added in the relay success. Shim has made its 1500 and 1000 (second series) meters, while Choi & egrave; sets in the first round of the 1000, reaching accodandosi Shim in the second test. Both are enrolled in the 1,500 meters and it is expected a new duel between them after what & ndash; won by Shim & ndash; in 1000 to Maurice Richard Arena. Canada, national hostess, responds with Marianne St-Gelais combative: & egrave; she was the & rsquo; athlete able to break the monopoly of Korean success by winning the 500 meters. In addition to her, to signal the desire for redemption of Val & eacute; rie Maltais & ndash; only a tenth place as the best performance in Qu & eacute; bec - and confirmed on the podium for Kim Boutin (2nd in 1500). The fearsome Chinese skaters will take the first look hurr & agrave; winner of the season, since & eacute; in the 2014-15 Cup they have triumphed 10 times & ndash; 8 individually and in the relay 2 & ndash; winning the points classification for the final nations before the battleship Korea. L & rsquo; & egrave suspect number one; senz & rsquo; the other & rsquo; rainbow in office on 500 & ndash; 10 successes in career World Cup - Fan Kexin. They c & rsquo; & egrave; curiosity & agrave; in reviewing & Outdoors; operates the surprises sprung in Montr & eacute; al: from German to Russian Anna Seidel Sofia Prosvirnova.
Masculine values ​​after the stage of Montr & eacute; al appear to be more & ugrave; balanced. Ci & ograve; appears certain & egrave; that the Canadian Charles Hamelin seems to have returned to excellent levels after 11 months without victories. The 31 year old qu & eacute; b & eacute; cois three times Olympic champion & egrave; fresh from great success in the second round of the 1000 meters in Montr & eacute; al. Prover & agrave; at least give a new delight of the home crowd. Three other favorites come from China: Wu Dajing on all first Sunday in the 500 meters disputed. Then there are Han Tianyu and Shi Jingnan, leading to the Maurice Richard Arena with the winning relay team. It is expected to more & ugrave; by the Dutch & ndash; World Champion overall Sjinkie Knegt on all & ndash; and the Russians. Among the latter, Semen Elistratov and Dmitry Migunov & ndash; 2014-15 respectively samples on distances of 1,000 meters and 500 & ndash; They will point to the first mark on the season.
Click here to read the full program, the details of the contracts and recorded in the second stage of the Cup.
We recall also that it will & agrave; You can follow & ndash; Live streaming - the afternoon sessions of the races on Saturdays 7th and Sunday 8th November, from 20 hours in Italy. Click here to access the channel of skating & rsquo; ISU dedicated to direct.
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