Short Track - World Championships in Moscow
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Begins to the big & nbsp; 2015 World Short Track: with a & nbsp; & nbsp gold; and a bronze and, especially with the & nbsp; leadership & nbsp; in & nbsp provisional; overall standings. The merit, needless to say, & egrave; & nbsp; Arianna Fontana. A & nbsp; Moscow, l & rsquo; blue takes first the first maximum satisfaction rainbow and then closes with a third place despite a fall on the ice of heart-pounding & rsquo; Krylatskoe Arena. But after a chase all & rsquo; gold champion lasted nearly a decade now pu & ograve; celebrate: & egrave; the new & nbsp; world champion in the 1500 meters.
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A & rsquo; enterprise never managed to gi & agrave; plurititolata arrow Valtellina. That in the second final of his amazing day, the 500 meters, you take a very precious and deserved bronze medal.
The star of the national team of c.t. Kenan Gouadec guide cos & Igrave; the women's overall standings after two individual tests & ndash; Tomorrow will run the 1000 and the Super Final of 3000 meters & ndash; with 47 points. The follow the Chinese Fan Kexin with 34 lengths and & ndash; level on points with 21 & ndash; a trio formed by Korean Shim Suk-hee and Choi Minjeong and British Elise Christie. Even the target & ldquo; big & rdquo; the overall classification & egrave; full flow to the middle & agrave; of the program.
So if we try to describe the first test d & rsquo; gold we can say that Arianna was superb and impregnable, in short, a true master. The final distance in the pi & ugrave; long program had all the ingredients to make it enter the history of the ice. With l & rsquo; in fact Italian c & rsquo; were the dominant distance Cup 2014-15, the 16 year old Korean Choi Minjeong, along with their favorite fountain and the other two Asian Shim and Kim in the front row for the medals.
Do not you worry Arianna, Olympic bronze medalist in office on the distance, putting ice on his speed & agrave ;, the competitive nastiness and the usual authorities & agrave; combined with a bold incredible condition. The Final A race with eight competitors & ndash; two have been proposed by the jury & ndash; & Egrave; a winning ride. Sees immediately between pi & ugrave; active together with Kim Alang, Olympic champion in the relay of Korea. A conduct of the race practically perfect for the & rsquo; Italian, passing in front of the Canadian Kim Boutin, meanwhile portatasi to lead. Then accelerates, leaving only its wake to the opponent. & Egrave; an arrival d & rsquo; gold for the first time in a World Championship. A victory that was missing in the gi & agrave; extraordinary collection of 24 year old Valtellina. The Fontana wins in 2 & rsquo; 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 392 before the temibilissime Korean Shim Suk-Hee & ndash; after that & rsquo; gold of 2014 must be content of & rsquo; silver in 2 & rsquo; 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 472- and Choi Minjeong, bronze in 2 & rsquo; 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 502.
Arianna Fontana salt also for the first time on the podium in 1500, a distance in which it was never finished in the top three: his best result was a seventh place dated 2012. With this success, l & rsquo; Blue also won the first 34 points valid for the general classification. An important encouragement for groped l & rsquo; assault on the list & ldquo; & rdquo ;, overall great and ambitious goal of the arrow Italian.
Over the next 500 meters Fountain Trover & agrave; the second podium & ndash; on two attempts available - in the World Championships in Moscow. After a semi-final ended in second place in the 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 953 behind the British Elise Christie, comes the second joy, not without a great thrill and a hint of regret. The Lombard, started from the fourth row starting, challenge even the Chinese & ndash; bronze over the distance in 2014 and holder of the World Cup of specialty & agrave; - Fan Kexin and Korean Choi Minjeong.
At the start, l & rsquo; blue does everything well and immediately recover a position on Choi. During the four and a half laps of the race, Arianna seems to have the right gear to dare. He does, and the penultimate lap exceeds Christie and & ndash; is defended by the return of that & rsquo; last & ndash; and s & rsquo; paste the Chinese fans, since the & Igrave; always in the lead. All & rsquo; last corner, comes the fall of & rsquo; Italian, and could seek a glimmer on the Chinese. In the slide ends on the ground also the Korean Choi and escaped to the & rsquo; s gold and & rsquo; silver Fan Kexin (43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 866) and Christie (44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 139). Arianna gets up and manages to cross the finish line before the rival over the ground. & Egrave; a bronze worth much anyway. The fourth medal on the short distance after three silvers championship.
Even the women's relay flies in Final A to defend the bronze Montr & eacute; 2014. The quartet formed by Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti, Elena Viviani and Arianna Valcepina wins the first of two semifinals in 4 & rsquo; 20 & rsquo; & rsquo; 996 in front of the Hungarian . Race relatively difficult for the Italian, in third place for most of 3000 meters, behind Korea and Russia. Until the turning point came three laps. Inadequate contact the Russian factional drops l & rsquo; Asian. L & rsquo; Italy, remained in contact, s & rsquo; flies towards a qualification easy and the Korean Olympic champions are advanced in Final A tomorrow with five teams. With them also Italy, Hungary, China and Japan.
It & egrave; stopped at the second semi-final of the 1500 journey of & rsquo; other blue qualifiers after the batteries yesterday, Elena Viviani. Examination prohibitive for the 21 year old of yellow flame, struggling with three Chinese skaters and the European vice-champion Sofia Prosvirnova, who raced into the house. Vincer & agrave; Han Yutong & ndash; then penalized and put off the charts. A pass in the final compatriot Tao Jiaying, the Japanese Moemi Kikuchi and Prosvirnova. The Viviani closes in fifth place in 2 & rsquo; 32 & rsquo; & rsquo; 399, losing contact with the first in the last few laps. A benefit that will be worth & agrave; The fifteenth place finish on the distance.
In the men, leading the provisional ranking Russian Semion Elistratov with 36 points. Behind him hunts & ndash; & Egrave; just two points of detachment & ndash; Chinese Wu Dajing. Then the European champion overall Sjinkie Knegt, at an altitude of 29. Pi & ugrave; back the two great rivals Charles Hamelin and Victor An.
It was decided with a clash of the titans in the 1500 male. The Finale A rewards a bit & rsquo; surprise home favorite Semion Elistratov and, consequently, Russia. In an incredible race that saw a thrilling duel between the infinite and the new world champion and l & rsquo; now former world champion over the distance, the Canadian Charles Hamelin, won first. Decisive overtaking end all & rsquo; last lap and a lucky arrival and incertissimo photo finish. Besides Elistratov (gold in 2 & rsquo; 18 & rsquo; & rsquo; 096) and Hamelin (bronze), s & rsquo; s also fits with timing & rsquo; Dutch Sjinkie Knegt, silver with a paw in the last meters. Among the & rsquo; gold and bronze there will be only 20 cents of difference.
The contacts were prohibited conditioned the semifinals with the & rsquo; blue Yuri Confortola with Seo Yi Ra ends on the ground and involves Shi Jingnan. Both leave the scene and launch their Semion Elistratov. L & rsquo; athlete of Forestry, initially in the rear, to avoid & ograve; to be involved in contacts and l & rsquo; & agrave opportunities; to qualify for the final in the last laps. Will not find & agrave; for & ograve; space and the cue and finished fourth in 2 & rsquo; 22 & rsquo; & rsquo; 237, a little more & ugrave; two tenths from the second ranking Daan Breeuwsma. Position, however, sufficient to enter the Final B. In the & ldquo; & rdquo ;, the 28-year old glides Bormio closes sixth in 2 & rsquo; 18 & rsquo; & rsquo; 08 in the race won by & rsquo; Hungarian Sandor Liu Shaolin. L & rsquo; & agrave Italian shut; to 12th place overall on the distance.
The next men's 500m had gradually lost the street several protagonists announced. In the semifinals stop Charles Hamelin & ndash; Fallen & ndash; and Semion Elistratov. The winner of the 1500 gets mocked photo finish from & rsquo; Hungarian Liu Shaolin. Earlier in the quarter finals, had left the scene even Victor An, champion, and Korean Sin Da Woon.
The Finale A is the prerogative of Wu Dajing, authoritative winner of its first gold in 41 world & rsquo; & rsquo; 032. According to the surprising Hungarian-born Chinese Liu Shaolin Sandor, terminating in front of the & rsquo; another representative of China, Han Tianyu. Fourth runner-up in the overall standings promissory Sjinkie Knegt.
Click here to see the full results of the second day, and to know the program schedule of races scheduled for Sunday, March 15.
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