Short Track World Championships in Moscow
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In the viewfinder Italian c '' & egrave; something great and of 'important. And, because & eacute; hide too, medal possibly metal pi & ugrave; precious. The 40esimi & nbsp; World Championships short track & nbsp; will drop the curtain on the international season 2014-2015. In Moscow, from tomorrow to Sunday, March 15, is staged l & rsquo; last act of a & rsquo; vintage sports gi & agrave; positive for the & rsquo; Italian ice. Especially about the phenomenon & nbsp; Arianna Fontana, who lived one of his best seasons of & nbsp; the World Cup.
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The star of the Italian team present in Russia & egrave; her. And maybe it could be the right time for an assault groped & ndash; riuscitole ever World Cup & ndash; a medal & rsquo; gold. Competition & egrave; agguerritissima, but the arrow of the Italian national team has shown, perhaps as never before in recent months, to be able to compete against any opponent at par. And something very important, over any distance.
In addition to the five-time Olympic medalist, the team's coach Kenan Gouadec potr & agrave; count on Elena Viviani & ndash; competing in the individual with the Fountain & ndash; Lucia Peretti, Arianna Valcepina and Federica Tombolato. These will compete in the relay, call to the difficult task of confirming the podium in 2014, when the Italians were bronze. Two men in the race and only in & rsquo; individual - since & eacute; the relay has failed the qualification -: veteran Yuri Confortola and pi & ugrave; young Tommaso Dotti. The reserve convened by technical Gouadec & egrave; David Viscardi.
Arianna Fontana festegger & agrave; his tenth participation at the World Championships. For the champions of short track Italian presents a daunting but prestigious task, to search after a season that & rsquo; he saw on the podium of the World Cup seven times out of eight individual events & ndash; pi & ugrave; two silver with the relay - in which he took part. The 24 year old has Polaggia between the & rsquo; another won four victories in late 2014 and l & rsquo; beginning of 2015: two on the 500 and one each in 1000 and 1500 meters. A grand slam success on all distances that had never succeeded in a & rsquo; only season.
For this hope to see her again on at least a podium in Moscow, are tutt & rsquo; nothing but utopian. In addition, Ariadne must also avenge the & rsquo; only drawback to a nearly perfect season so far: the fourth place & ldquo; overall & rdquo; the last European Dordrecht. All & rsquo; blue, also, there is still a world title in the prize list. The Valtellina boasts s & Igrave; two bronzes in the overall standings & ndash; conquered in Sheffield in 2011 and Shanghai 2012 & ndash; and not & egrave; never managed to triumph in a single distance. His best result & egrave; was a silver & ndash; medal won four times, three on one and 500 on 1000.
The second blue paper feminine & egrave; Elena Viviani. The 22 year old Isolaccia (Sondrio) sar & agrave; at the start of his third World Cup. He had previously taken part in all & rsquo; 2011 edition (when he ran in the relay) and to that of last year in Montr & eacute; al, where torn & ograve; at home with the bronze team and a good 27th place in the individual classification. She too & egrave; fresh from a good twelfth place in & rsquo; last leg of the Cup, the 1000 meters.
In the men, the standard bearers are two blues: Yuri Confortola and Thomas Dotti. The first & egrave; the pi & ugrave; expert in the event, being gi & agrave; was eighth in the standings in 2007 & ndash; His best finish in career & ndash; and single distance & egrave; was fifth in the 1000 meters, always in the same vintage. Sar & agrave; l & rsquo; eighth participation in the World Championships in Bormio 28 year old. It could be his last effort in the short track, as it might decide to retire after the World Cup.
Tommaso Dotti, instead, & egrave; just back from a great end to the season, in which he earned the best finish in his career in the World Cup (fourth in the 1000 meters in Erzurum). The 21 year old Milan sar & agrave; the fourth consecutive appearance at a World Senior. His best results date back to 2013 & ndash; thirtieth ranking & ldquo; & rdquo ;, while overall the same year he achieved his best finish in a single race: always on the 12th in 1000.
So the ISU Short Track World Championships will take place in & rsquo; unpublished & ldquo; location & rdquo; Moscow. Although Russia has hosted several stages of the World Cup, this will & agrave; the first time & ndash; except a Team Championship, held for & ograve; in St. Petersburg in 2004. On the ice of & rsquo; Arena "Krylatskoe" located in & rsquo; eponymous district of the metropolis Moscow, will tread the ice 126 skaters from 29 countries. 44 women will compete for the three individual titles on the individual distances, for the general and for the relay. The same goes for men: at the start of the individual events will instead be in 42.
The competition starts tomorrow, Friday & Igrave; With 13 races qualificazione- preliminary and batteries & ndash; the three individual distances: 500, 1000 and 1500 meters for both men and for women. Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 is partir & agrave; with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, with the closing of the Super Final at 3000 meters with the best & ndash; and the best & ndash; eight, engaged in & rsquo; last round. Obviously, the relay will close the program on Saturday and Sunday.
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But who are the protagonists of this 40th edition announced? In the women, the reigning Shim Suk-Hee (Korea) has dominated the championship last year by winning all that there & rsquo; was to win at the level of securities: 500, 1500 and 1000 meters. Quest & rsquo; year & ograve; has in front of s & eacute; a & rsquo; very formidable opponent: the teammate Choi Minjeong. Quest & rsquo; last, all & rsquo; debut iridescent & ndash; young, born in 1998 & ndash; & Egrave; fresh from a first season in Cup phenomenal. He won five races, winning among the & rsquo; else the general title on 1500. In addition to her, the always formidable countrymen Kim Alang, silver a year ago on 1500. Not concorrer & agrave; for titles singular bronze medal overall in charge, the Canadian Val & eacute; rie Maltais: garegger & agrave; only in the relay. The North American, l & rsquo; gold missing from well 10 years.
The other contenders for the title are the gi & agrave; cited five times European champion, the 500 silver and bronze medal in the 1500 meters in Sochi 2014, Arianna Fontana, and Chinese. Among them Fan Kexin, world record holder of the 500, and the medal 'gold Olympic 1500m Yang Zhou. Do not underestimate the champion d & rsquo; Europe Elise Christie (Britain) and the tip of the National Canadian Marianne St-Gelais, in search of his first medal & ldquo; General & rdquo; in career.
As for the fight for the relay, the holders of China will have to deal with Canada and the 'Italy, which are respectively silver and bronze in office. But of course, Korea has all it takes to step onto pi & ugrave; high. The blue will be at the start of the first semi-final, combined with Korea, Hungary and Russia. L & rsquo; & egrave appointment for them; Italian fixed at 16:11 on Saturday. Up for grabs c & rsquo; & egrave; a place in the Final A, where they will spend the first two teams to the finish line.
Male, the defending champion in the overall & ndash; and bicampione Olympic Sochi 2014 & ndash; & Egrave; Victor An. The bearer of Russia born, and for & ograve; in South Korea, there terr & agrave; surely continue, to give joy to the public in Moscow and redeem a very disappointing season so far. Obviously, the 29 year-old will have acrobatic & agrave; l & rsquo; aim of improving the overall record of titles he held: six.
After a season equilibratissima men, among the favorites & egrave; impossible not to mention the bronze medal and world champion over the distance of 1 500 in 2014, the Canadian Charles Hamelin. In his extraordinary career & egrave; still looking for a gold general.
The couple's main challenger An-Hamelin & egrave; undoubtedly the Korean Sin Da Woon, true ruler of the world championship tournament in 2013 & ndash; He found where & ograve; the three world titles in total. His teammates Park Se-Yeong & ndash; two bronze 2014 1000 1500 - and Seo Yi Ra are all potentially able to compete for medals heavy. Then in & rsquo; very balanced group of rivals, there are the reigning European champion Sjinkie Knegt (Netherlands), the Chinese Wu Dajing & ndash; world gold in office on 500 - and Han Tianyu & ndash; victorious in & rsquo; last Cup race male, 1500 in Erzurum & ndash; and Chen Dequan & ndash; second just behind Han, Turkey. Besides them, the true stellar team & egrave; Russia. With the multi-world champion Victor An, will be at the start of the competition also individual Semion Elistratov, fresh sample of 1,000 meters in the Cup and the young Dmitry Migunov who has lived an incredible season, in which & egrave; brought home the & ldquo; cup & rdquo; specialty & agrave; of 500 meters.
As for the men's relay title, sar & agrave; lasts for the & rsquo; Netherlands confirm the title 2014. But oranje are still formidable and reliable, given the victory in the final standings in the World Cup. They will try to & ldquo; & rdquo revenge; especially battleships China, Korea and Russia.
Click here to see the complete calendar, the start list and the schedule of competitions. Off tomorrow at 13:15 Italian. Recall also that sar & agrave; You can follow the live stream of & rsquo; event on Saturday and Sunday (always 13:00) by accessing the following link: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/index.html
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