Short Track - World Junior in Osaka
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The numbers speak unequivocally: the & nbsp; & nbsp Korea; most likely will & agrave; still the world reference of the & nbsp; & nbsp short track; for the future. The super-Asian team scoops victories to & nbsp; Junior World Championships, which ended today in & nbsp; Osaka, Japan. After three days of competition were crowned the new world champions youth: the 18 year old & nbsp; & nbsp Sangjeong Kong; and the men triumphed & nbsp; Kim Dagyeom.
Sunday 1 March 2015 13 minutes reading time
Ma & egrave; total party, because & eacute; all & rsquo; Osaka Pool Ice Rink & nbsp; the national youth of Korea will take almost anything. Of the six occupants of the podiums Overall, five are Korean. In total they have won all eight victories in the individual events (including Super Final) and inevitable as icing on the cake, they dominated both relays. In a word could sum up the Korean youth movement on the ice: unapproachable. Cos & Igrave; tradition favorable in manifestation Junior continues: fourteenth general title consecutive female (about 23 editions), while males, in the history of the youth competition, lengthen the strip rainbow to 16 victories: no exception to a Korean athlete from 1999 onwards. Then we thought & ograve; the American Apolo Anton Ohno.
The eight bluish guided by technical experts of youth Silvano Bertoldi and Mara Zini in Japan, did not shine. Especially in men, l & rsquo; Italy has never seen an athlete overcome his batteries. Notes & much more ugrave; positive come from the girls. Arianna Sighel & ndash; a semi-final and quarter-final reached all & rsquo; debut iridescent & ndash; finished in twentieth place in the overall standings. Shortly pi & ugrave; behind her l & rsquo; other debutant & ndash; and equally promising & ndash; Nicole Gomez Botter.
L & rsquo; last round which saw action on the ice of Osaka all 48 skaters, & egrave; was one of the 1,000 meters for women. The race on the mile was also interesting for the Italian national team, since & eacute; saw the & rsquo; blue sole representative in action in the afternoon the Japanese, the l & agrave; morning of the races for the placings. Arianna Sighel had in fact qualified & ndash; and well & ndash; for the quarter-finals. Engaged in & rsquo; last quarter in chronological order, the pinetana does not go beyond the fourth place & ndash; six competitors at the start & ndash; in the test won by the Korean Kim Jiyoo front of the Chinese Zang Yize. 1 & rsquo; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 967 the time of the 16 year old bluish, far more & ugrave; a second from second place that would mean qualification in the semifinals.
The Sighel closes cos & Igrave; his last race at the World Cup 2015 final in 14th place. Improves cos & Igrave; the place obtained in 1500 yesterday where he was seventeenth. Pi & ugrave; behind the other two blue, committed in the morning in the batteries to define the placings. Gloria Malfatti & egrave; 31st, while Nicole Botter Gomez stops at number 38.
The victory and the points standings heavy key & ldquo; overall & rdquo; if l & rsquo; & egrave; won just one who had eliminated Sighel: Kim Jiyoo. The Korean team suits & ograve; PI & ugrave; square and a trio of female athletes on the podium. After the Km & ndash; the first success in a World Junior & ndash; 1000 sees the future in second place overall champion Kong Sangjeong & ndash; who has forfeited cos & Igrave; other precious 21 points ahead of the Super Final. Third Instead, Son Hakyung, triumphant yesterday about 500 meters. Therefore, Korea is three wins on the three distances, with each of his arrows at the start of the competition individually. A demonstration of incredible strength.
In the next Super Final, who admitted to & rsquo; very last act of 1500 meters the first six of the rankings after the first three tests, & egrave; came the new triplet Korean. Kim wins again Jiyoo, real star of Sunday, the first in 2 & rsquo; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 162. Behind it controls the Kong & ndash; which needed just a second to make sure the general title & ndash; while in third place is the Son. Exactly the same podium of the 1000 disputatisi few minutes before.
The final ranking rewards l & rsquo; Olympic gold in Sochi 2014 & ndash; where he ran the semi-final in the relay which then won - Sangjeong Kong, won the title in 2015 with a total of 78 points. But of course & egrave; hat-trick on the podium for the South Korea. Behind Kong stop Kim Jiyoo & ndash; second and awarded for the best individual placings - Hakyung and Son, both still to 68. The first of the non-Korean & egrave; the Chinese Zang, staccatissima to 36 points. The first of the European skaters & egrave; Ekaterina Strelkova (Russia), still in fifth place with 34 points. Disappoint Canadians protagonists quest & rsquo; year in the World Cup Senior: Audrey Phaneuf & egrave; sixth with 24 points, while Geneve B & eacute; langer ninth. Pi & ugrave; behind the Italian. Although girls have given the best feedback. Arianna Sighel closes twentieth, while Nicole and Gloria Gomez Botter Malfatti are respectively 24th and 26th.
In the men's tournament Korea commands, even if not in tone cos & Igrave; net as among girls. In the first race distance, the 1000 meters, & egrave; came the success of Kim Dagyeom, who has started up where he finished Saturday with 500: ie from & rsquo; gold. In a Final A reinforced since the third round by Kim, were placed two Chinese: in & rsquo; Ziwei order Ren and Ma Wei.
In the Super Final, in this case 1500 meters long, Kim Dagyeom & ndash; gi & agrave; head & ndash; you & egrave; limited control in the final 14 laps. He won the Korean Park Jiwon & ndash; gi & agrave; gold in the 1500 d & rsquo; opening. According to the & rsquo; Hungarian Sandor Liu Shaolin, just before the new world champion Kim.
The best of bluish & egrave; Mattia Antonioli, which closed after the batteries for placings at 32nd place. Leonardo Balls & ndash; 47th & ndash; and Mark Giordano & ndash; Are decidedly more 51st & ugrave; back, also because & eacute; immediately eliminated in the first qualifying round.
The final general classification, in fact, has seen close Kim Dagyeom dominate with 81 points, against 69 of teammate Korean Park Jiwon. Not & egrave; arrived l & rsquo; en plein on the podium, cos & Igrave; as happened with the females, because & eacute; Liu Shaolin & ndash; passed the Japanese Dan Iwasa thanks to the Super Final - gave all & rsquo; Hungary's second podium & ldquo; overall & rdquo; Junior in the history of short track. For him & egrave; arrived fact confirmation of bronze, since a year ago had the same result, behind & ndash; even to say & ndash; two other Koreans as Lee Mun-Hyeon and Lee Hyo-Been.
You have to scroll through the list to find plenty of Italians, placed in half & agrave; group. Leonardo Ball wins the challenge with all internal Mattia Antonioli. And, respectively, close to the World Cup positions number 37 and 38. The third bluish, Marco Giordano finishes in 50th position overall, worsening of a position the result obtained at & rsquo; World Championship debut in 2014 in Erzurum.
Are natural consequences of the results come from the individual relays, races that have closed their 2015 World Junior Korea & egrave; the absolute master is to be female to male. Females confirm the title in 2014, even after the quartet completely renovated. Sanjeong Kong, Son Hakyung, Lee and Kim Suyoun Jiyoo tame Russia in 4 & rsquo; 18 & rsquo; & rsquo; 210. Third quartet of Japan, which leaves off the podium the quoted Canada. L & rsquo; Italy, out with great regret in the batteries of Friday & Igrave ;, you place ninth.
Males, however, have to fight until the & rsquo; last lap & ndash; complete with a decisive pass & ndash; to get the better of China. Korea shooting a world title that was missing from the 2013 & ndash; a year ago won its China & ndash; thank Jiwon Park, Dagyeom Kim, and Yoon Lim Yongjin Sumin that run the 3000 meters race in 4 & rsquo; 01 & rsquo; & rsquo; 909, anticipating a little less than 3/10 the quartet Chinese. The bronze goes to Russia.
Click here to see the full results and rankings of the 2015 Junior World Championships.
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