Short Track - Cabinet meeting in Dresden
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The & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp short track; lands, for the last two decisive evidence, in & nbsp; Europe. After the four meetings between North America and Asia, we depart from Germany after a month and a half break. Sar & agrave; the 'Energy Verbund Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp Dresden; (capital of Saxony) whisking the theater where the champions of the short runway. Up for grabs are important points in view of & rsquo; last round of the Cup, the next weekend in Turkey. Perci & ograve; Dresden & egrave; an important crossroads.
Thursday 5 February 2015 17 minutes reading time
L & rsquo; Arena will see German & agrave; get back in the race even blues. The Italian expedition non & egrave; Output from the best & rsquo; last international engagement & ndash; Europeans two weeks ago in Dordrecht & ndash; where the star Arianna Fontana not & egrave; gone beyond the fourth place overall and Yuri Confortola concluded tenth, got worse as the year before, when he was sixth. Expects a gear change at the individual level and also by the two relay events & ndash; anch & rsquo; them off the podium d & rsquo; Europe.
C & rsquo; & egrave; a & rsquo; & agrave important novelty; in the pink of the twelve summoned & ndash; six men and as many women & ndash; from c.t. Kenan Gouadec for the double header in the old continent (in the Cup next weekend closes with a stop in Turkey Erzurum) .This is the 18 year-old Arianna thirty Sighel that correr & agrave; instead of Ylenia Tota. The daughter of & rsquo; former champion in long track, Roberto Sighel, esordir & agrave; cos & Igrave; Senior Cup in the two races of 1500 meters.
The numbers of this stage are important and count at the start 94 women and 117 men from 28 different nations, including Indian team. The circuit of the short runway finds all its main protagonists, including fresh European champions Sjinkie Knegt and Elise Christie.
In addition to their highly anticipated are the Asian champions. Among these esordir & agrave; this season the bicampionessa Olympic 1500, the Chinese Zhou Yang, outside international contexts from Sochi 2014. So, in a sense, Dresden & egrave; a crucial time to close the season at best. Firstly there are the hopes of winning the World Cup titles in the various distances and secondly, Dresden and Erzurum will be the last two occasions when the elite of the best is beign & agrave; on the ice before the crucial event in the closing of the season: the World Championships in Moscow (13-15 March 2015).
The men & ugrave; Germany offers the classic distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, divided between Friday & Igrave; 6 & ndash; devoted to preliminary and batteries & ndash; until Saturday and Sunday Finals. 1500 will be played two series, cos & Igrave; as happened in Seoul, in & rsquo; last Cup race last December. Obviously, in addition to routine tests, will not miss the couriers. Tests important because & eacute; they're going to outline a decisive eight national qualified & ndash; based on ranking final 2014-15 - for the next World Championship in Russia.
As for the Italian places individual, there will be two men and two women gi & agrave; established by the ISU shares by country. As for the team competition, however, women do not seem to have problems in key pass & ndash; the advantage on the ninth in the standings, France, & egrave; quite reassuring & ndash; and will try to defend the bronze medal won in 2014 in Montr & eacute; al. Pi & ugrave; complex of qualifying for males. Currently the Blues are ninth in the ranking and will & ndash; at the same time & ndash; groped to recover in the next two races just over & ugrave; 300 points on Japan eighth and guard against attacks by Britain, France and Germany. These three nations, in fact, are currently behind the & rsquo; Italy. L & rsquo; last confrontation & ndash; the European Championships in Dordrecht & ndash; saw the Blues finish ahead of rivals.
What and who will be waiting & agrave; in the three days of short track in Dresden? Probably great things from Shim Suk-Hee (who won the title 2013-14), and the Canadian Marianne St-Gelais: the title in the 1000 premier & agrave; most likely one of the two, since Choi, second on the list, you & egrave; entered the race in Germany. The colors will see in action Italian Arianna Valcepina, Lucia Peretti and Federica Tombolato.
In any case, Korea pu & ograve; stock up on satisfaction. Perch & eacute; as another top athlete c & rsquo; & egrave; always terrible baby Choi Minjeong, great favorite with dowry three victories out of four races run over a distance of 1500 which concentrated just on this race weekend. Han Yutong (the only notable absentee in Dresden) and compatriot Shim Suk-Hee follow her at a distance in the standings, but quest & rsquo; last will & agrave; via only the second series, without the points leader. While Arianna Fontana, thanks to a third and a second place in the US and Canada do not & egrave; far away from the podium on the distance: he would challenge & agrave; Choi just the first in a series containing them both. With them we will be at the Elena Viviani and Arianna Sighel. While in the second Test & ndash; finals scheduled for Sunday & ndash; participate Peretti, Sighel and Tombolato.
The 500 meters is & ndash; Fountain permitting - the kingdom of Fan Kexin. The holder of the world record of China has nearly 10 thousand points ahead of the second on the list & ndash; Korea's Jeon Ji-Soo & ndash; fruit of his four wins (100% on races run) in season. Also in this case, not the Fountain & egrave; away from the podium rated specialty & agrave ;, & ugrave little more distant; 7 thousand points (remember that for a win if they earn 10 thousand). With her, the other two members are blue Elena Viviani and Arianna Valcepina. & Egrave; Perhaps this is the race where you can & ograve; wait for the best team result.
Chapter men. The distance of 1000 meters & egrave; a & rsquo; incognita. For now driving Sjinkie Knegt, fresh European champion allround, but l & rsquo; you will have Dutch & agrave; well watch in & rsquo; assault of defending champion Charles Hamelin 2014, by Koreans Sin Da Woon & ndash; not for writing & ograve; the race tedesca- and Seo Yi Ra, the Chinese Wu Dajing and Russian Semion Elistratov. Obviously, the loose cannon & egrave; Olympic champion Victor An, not in dance for the title but the ability & agrave; superfine. Italian at the start: Massimo Gurini, Nicola and Andrea Rodigari Cassinelli.
The two rounds of the 1500 men will most likely to put their hands on the cup of Sin Da Woon away. The Korean & egrave; almost mathematically champion and probably potr & agrave; gi & agrave; celebrate after the conclusion of the first series. Only Lee Jung-Su and Charles Hamelin can still (on paper) contesting the title in 21 years, from Busan, gi & agrave; world champion in 2013. Both of his challengers will compete in the second race on the distance program in Dresden. Italians are enrolled cos & Igrave; divided into two series Yuri Confortola, David and Thomas Viscardi Dotti in the first, while Nicola Rodigari, still Dotti and Massimo Gurini enliven the second.
Similar situation, but still open regarding the speech title, in the 500 meters. A ruler, or practically that, the season c & rsquo; & egrave ;: & egrave; Russian Dmitry Migunov, who leads the sprint distance with almost 10 thousand points ahead on & rsquo; silver Olympic and world gold in office Wu Dajing. The Chinese want to play for the title is on 1000, is on the 500, even if it serves almost a miracle in quest & rsquo; last specialty & agrave ;. While a possible outsider & egrave; l & rsquo; timeless Korean Kwak Yoon-Gy. Not partir & agrave; Instead John-Henry Krueger, only the US can win a race & ndash; just 500 in Salt Lake City - Cup. L & rsquo; Italy conter & agrave; the presence of Viscardi, Cassinelli and Confortola.
Italians will be the protagonists of the first order on the ice German? C & rsquo; & egrave; to say that & rsquo; waiting and the desire for revenge of Arianna Fontana after a European undertone finished fourth, could add to the reasons Valtellina arrow, the tip of the National. L & rsquo; blue five-time Olympic medalist in the & rsquo; other & egrave; absent in the World Cup last November. And in his last individual race has astounded going to win a super success & ndash; record with Italian & ndash; in the 500 meters. These races will also be used to refine the condition in view of & rsquo; pi & ugrave appointment; important of the season: the World.
In the men, we expect good performances by Yuri Confortola. The 28 year old registered with the Forest Service has not shone particularly the recent European Championship in the Netherlands, but he got his best result on its 1500 meters. Distance that will see & agrave; all & rsquo; operates between Friday & Igrave; and (hopefully) the Finals on Saturday. Something similar to the & rsquo; another blue & ndash; that correr & agrave; both 1500 & ndash; Tommaso Dotti.
As mentioned, for & ograve ;, the spotlight will be focused above all on the relay. Men can not make mistakes and have to attack to get back on top. In this sense, in addition to the Th & agrave; quoted Confortola, sar & agrave; interesting to see the conditions and the contribution of Dotti, Rodigari and Viscardi, veterans from the fourth place in the final A, but at European level. Conquer a good placement becomes fundamental. In the battery of tomorrow, the guys will be busy Gouadec against prohibitive Canadian quartet and much more & ugrave; affordable Germans & ndash; rivals for a pass world & ndash; and Belgium.
The girls, however, are veterans s & Igrave; from fourth place, but much more & ugrave; disappointing compared to the wooden medal male colleagues. L & rsquo; potential target in Cup & egrave; always one: the Final A, cos & Igrave; as gi & agrave; happened & ndash; with third place adjoining & ndash; in the stage of Montr & eacute; to last November. And the first test battery will see & agrave; the blue challenge l & rsquo; Hungary & ndash; bronze in Dordrecht just in front of the & rsquo; Italy & ndash; France and Ukraine.
Click here to see the full program of races. Saturday at 14:00 sar & agrave; also activates the live streaming of & rsquo; event.
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