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So far command the & nbsp; surprises. A & nbsp; met & agrave; Program & nbsp; & nbsp champion; that incoroner & agrave; champion and overall world champion 2016, leading the world rankings & nbsp; & nbsp two outsiders; probably inserted in lot of eligible candidates for the podium, but certainly not among the absolute favorites. On the one hand c & rsquo; & egrave; & nbsp; Marianne St-Gelais & nbsp; (Canada) capable of surprising the Korean favorites, while the & nbsp; male & nbsp; & ndash; and perhaps & egrave; this is the most & ugrave surprise; great & ndash; Driving l & rsquo; Hungarian Sandor Liu Shaolin. These signs come after the second day of competition at the & nbsp; Mokdong Ice Rink & nbsp; & nbsp; Seoul, where tomorrow will close the & nbsp; World Cup short track.
Saturday 12 March 2016 16 minutes reading time
But on Saturday he also got the first four world titles on individual distances, which will make up the final classification in general points, in addition to the Super Final tomorrow. Today they partied d & rsquo; own gold the St-Gelais and Chinese Fan Kexin & ndash; gold, respectively in 1500 and 500 meters - while the men celebrated the world title the Chinese Han Tianyu (1500) and its Liu Shaolin, King of 500. For both it is the first world gold medal of his career.
L & rsquo; Italy of c.t. Kenan Gouadec, after a good start & ndash; five steps of individual round - in Friday & igrave; dedicated to the qualifying rounds, is licking its wounds for double early elimination for its couriers. There are many regrets especially for women, where Arianna Fontana and her companions have said goodbye to dreams of the podium because of a slipped early in the race which compromised the & rsquo; tracking the final. The best day standings, however, came from Martina Valcepina & ndash; 12th in the final ranking of the 500 female & ndash; and Lucia Peretti, 13th in 1500.
Starting to memorize options from the story of the amazing far the Seoul World, c & rsquo; & egrave; senz & rsquo; else to report the metaphorical fall of 2015 overall champion Choi Minjeong. Young Asian gives the scepter of 15000 meters away where it bluntly l & rsquo; in charge to finish ahead of all. Is not serious; went to Moscow as 2015, because & eacute; Korean 18 year old you & egrave; due to bow to a sumptuous Marianne St-Gelais. The Canadian made his the Final drive with a resolved showdown to 12 & deg; of the 14 scheduled rounds. Gold won with the 2 & rsquo time; 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 844 against 2 & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 073 the terrible teenager South Korean and 2 & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 123 British Elise Christie, the first world championship medal in the 1500. With this success the St-Gelais reaches its third world championship medal in his career and returns to the podium in three years: l & rsquo; last time was in Debrecen in 2013, when it was bronze in 1500, preceded by another third place dated for memorize options 2010.
Very good evidence of Lucia Peretti, third in his semi-final just 66 cents from qualifying for the final. The Bormina tesserata for the & rsquo; army must be queued in the semifinals only to the future World Championships St-Gelais and Sakai Japanese. In the next Final B won by & rsquo; Dutch Schulting, l & rsquo; blue shut & agrave; in sixth and last place. Sar & agrave; 13th in the final ranking on the distance. The second Italian Arianna Valcepina yesterday eliminated in the qualifying heats, stands at 24 & deg; place after the races for morning placings.
The women's 500 meters confirm previous sensations. That & rsquo; expert 26, of Saint-F & eacute; licien in Qu & eacute; bec would fit you & egrave; He intuited from his super-race in the distance d & rsquo; openness, more & ugrave; long and definitely the least accustomed to the characteristics of & rsquo; Olympic silver in the 500 meters in Vancouver 2010. And just like in the games, again Marianne St-Gelais stops in second place. Again & egrave; preceded by one of the best specialists in the sprint races, again from China. If six years ago was Wang Meng to anticipate it, this time it's up to Fan Kexin. Quest & rsquo; last wins his fourth & ndash; after those in 2011, 2012 and 2015 - world title over the distance with confidence and ease & agrave; in 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 258, leaving 59 cents a St-Gelais gi & agrave; version & ldquo; calculator without too much risk & rdquo; for the title speech overall. The third step of the podium salt a & rsquo; other Chinese, the 19 year old world champion Junior Qu Chunyu. Korean Choi Minjeong & ndash; however qualifiers for the finals & ndash; He can not find the podium inspired stopping at 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 577: sar & agrave; Fourth. But it remains in the running to counter the leadership in & ldquo; General & rdquo; Canadian.
Arianna Valcepina, l & rsquo; blue who qualified for the quarter-finals of the 500, stop immediately in the very difficult series in which you & egrave; measured with defending champion Choi overall Minjeong and the & rsquo; Dutch Suzanne Schulting. The Valtellina & egrave; finished third & ndash; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 953 & ndash; behind them. Objectively & ndash; you qualificavano the first two - not & egrave; It was cos & igrave; lucky in pairs. Anyway Arianna closed at 12 & deg; place in the final ranking on the distance. Lucia Peretti & egrave; Instead ranked 23rd.
Male, however, the most & ugrave surprise; largest is called Sandor Liu Shaolin. The 20 year-old Budapest & ndash; Hungarian mother and pap & agrave; Chinese - & egrave; leading the overall ranking after the first two tests. He racked up 39 points so far, 5 in more & ugrave; compared to his brother Liu Shaoang and the Chinese Han Tianyu. pi & ugrave sharply; back one of the big favorites on the eve: Charles Hamelin. The multi-titled & ndash; never to memorize options in a general standings - Canadian & egrave; still only at 1 and in serious danger of not qualifying to the Super Final which will see & agrave; at the start of the top eight after the Finals of the 1000 contest, scheduled for tomorrow.
But in the individual men's distances we are to report two new samples. In 1500 he had triumphed precisely Han Tianyu, certainly not an inexperienced athlete (was silver in 2014), but had never won a gold. The 19 year-old Olympic silver medalist over the distance wins cos & igrave; the grand final in 2 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; s & rsquo anticipating 355; Hungarian Liu Shaoang & ndash; first world podium absolute & ndash; and Korean Park Se-Yeong. Fifth & egrave; Sandor Liu Shaolin, while Charles Hamelin runs into a penalty & agrave; which will weigh & agrave; senz & rsquo; another on the rest of his World.
L & rsquo; Italy, presented itself in the semifinals thanks to a perky Davide Viscardi in the day Friday & igrave ;, comes immediately to the scene in 1500. The 25 year-old Milan does not go beyond the sixth place in the test won by Canadian Samuel Girard Hamelin in front of his countryman. David shut & agrave; in the ranking to 16 & deg; place. Pi & ugrave; back c & rsquo; & egrave; Thomas Dotti, 28 & deg ;.
At the Final of the men's 500 meters, however, they marked the & ndash; far & ndash; greatest moment of glory in the Sandor Liu Shaolin career. Magyar engaged to fellow Elise Christie takes revenge of 2015 overcoming 41 & rsquo; & rsquo; 485 Chinese champion Wu Dajing. Also complete his race to be framed bronze won by his younger brother Li Shaoang. Only the fourth & rsquo; home idol Seo Yi Ra. Blue Davide Viscardi and Thomas Dotti closed respectively at 22 & deg; and 37 & deg; place.
The women's relay back from two straight wins in the World Cup in Dresden and in Dordrecht no potr & agrave; aspire to the podium and to defend the bronze won 12 months ago in Russia. The Italian quartet says goodbye to hopes of qualifying for the Final A due to bad luck. The blue start off well all & rsquo; tracking of & ldquo; & rdquo hare; Japan, remaining in contact of the qualifying positions in the course of subsequent rounds. It all comes down to 12 & deg; lap, when comes the unfortunate and accidental slip of Cecilia Maffei when quest & rsquo; last was in third place behind Japan and Korea and in the running for the transition from the semi-finals. At that point, the games for the possible qualification of the Italian were definitely compromised. Lucia Peretti, Arianna Fontana, Cecilia Maffei and Elena Viviani have then finished in fourth and last place in 4 & rsquo; 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 866 behind Korea (4 & rsquo; 15 & rsquo; & rsquo; 231), Russia (4 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 227) and Nipponese. A & rsquo; lost opportunity for Fontana & ndash; all & rsquo; debut in this World right in the team competition - and companions, who legitimately aspired to the dangerous outsider role for a possible speech medals. The & ldquo; magnificent four & rdquo; teams able to earn the & rsquo; access to the final for the title is & ndash; besides the gi & agrave; cited Korean and Russian & ndash; Also Chinese and Canadian. In short, the elite of the women's short track there will be & agrave ;. Too bad there are not the blue.
Same thing & ndash; with some regret in less difficult for the semi-finals where they were included & ndash; also for men. Andrea Cassinelli, Thomas Dotti, Nicola Rodigari and Davide Viscardi fight on par with the defending champions China and the Korean fearsome. The four Italian skaters close the 5000-meter race in third place after trying to force the & rsquo; gait in the lead for over half & agrave; race. Then came the decisive overtaking the Asian superpower. The semi-final & egrave; It was won by Korea (6 & rsquo; 51 & rsquo; & rsquo; 796) photo finish on the Chinese for just 20 cents. The relay of & rsquo; Italy has stopped the clock at 6 & rsquo; 52 & rsquo; & rsquo; 447 ahead quite clearly l & rsquo; Netherlands outgoing Bronze & ndash; even without his star Sjinkie Knegt. The Azzurri will come down on the ice tomorrow, cos & igrave; as the girls, for the Final B. In addition to China and Korea, they will be played in the Final tomorrow also Canada and Hungary. It promises to show.
Click here to view the program, full results and standings updated after the second day of competition in Seoul 2016.
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