Speed ​​Skating - 2014 Sochi
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Almost no one believes Zbigniew Bródka. Surely he will not even try to quantify how many are 3 milliseconds. It would be useless, because the upper hand is his joy, exploding uncontrollable. His gold medal in the men's 1,500 meters is very heavy and maybe not so unexpected. The Polish smiles, almost without realizing that the firm was able to accomplish. He is the only man who has defeated (so far) the super-powered team of Dutch speed skating. In Sochi will no longer be a clean sweep of titles oranje. Behind him, needless to say, you square a representative of the national hitherto dominated arena of the Adler Sochi: Koen Verweij. He is the loser of the day. Bronze at Canadian Denny Morrison. The blue Mirko Nenzi finally finds encouraging evidence and ends 17th (eguagliatto the best placement in Italian Sochi 2014 by Andrea Giovannini in 5000). His teammate Matteo Anesi, instead closes in the 39th and penultimate square.
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The new Olympic champion Bródka won the test in 1'45'' 006, a pittance when you consider the 1'45'', 009 a wretched states Verweij. Trifle that is also the first historic Olympic gold for Poland. His country had never won a title in ice skating. And thank you even a little 'luck. Perhaps only with a blend of power on the track, a great second half of the race and a bit of luck, the Netherlands could "leave" an important place on the podium. The Pole took advantage of these conditions. And above all the experience right. It is perhaps no coincidence that the title should be a very experienced athlete, 29 years old, who has not won a lot in his career. The greatest satisfactions have been the Olympic gold in 2013 in the 1500 Cup of specialties in the last season, and a bronze in the team pursuit at the World Cup 2013. That were played, and perhaps it is no coincidence to understand the feeling with ice, just in Sochi.
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