Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Berlin
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Next stop: & nbsp; Berlin. Finally the & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp skating, long track & nbsp; arrives tomorrow in & nbsp; Europe. & Nbsp; And from the Old Continent not will move & agrave; pi & ugrave; for the next four stages, including the Finals of the end of March. So sar & agrave; the & nbsp; Sportforum Hohensch & ouml; nhausen & nbsp; to usher in the European tour of the & nbsp; World Cup ISU. & nbsp; L & rsquo; oval of the German capital & egrave; now a fixed stage of the competition ice skating. From 2008 onwards, in fact, the track is not the Sportforum & egrave; was the tender only in the 2012-13 season.
Thursday 4 December 2014 9 minutes reading time
In Germany, the elite of the speed skating world needs to & ograve; give up a protagonist. Has given package, in fact, Sven Kramer, who took advantage of the two-week break after the two Asian stages, to train with the Norwegian H & aring; vard B & oslash; kko & ndash; to return after a stop due to injury and his sparring partner for the & rsquo; occasion - in Italy, in Collalbo. The Dutch star will return & agrave; next weekend, in & rsquo; appointment homemade Heerenveen on the historic Oval Thialf. Its BACKGROUND ;, for now, & egrave; finalize a preparation that will take him to the top in the second half of the season, as he himself has confirmed in recent days. The National d & rsquo; to Holland & agrave; unless in Berlin also Wouter Olde Heuvel, third overall Cup, behind the Russian Kulizhnikov and compatriot Kjeld Nuis.
One of the main themes raises concerns an important question. About contraster & agrave; the domain of Pavel Kulizhnikov & ndash; five wins out of six races run between 500 and 1000 - in the distances faster? A rival in pi & ugrave; to break the monologue of the young Russian, there would be: it is Michel Mulder. The Olympic champion of the 500 & egrave; back after the & rsquo; experience in Rosario (Argentina) in the World inline. Now & egrave; ready to groped l & rsquo; assault toward the cup of specialty & agrave ;. Much is expected from & rsquo; Dutch Koen Verweij & ndash; high representative to pi & ugrave; significant medium-distance for the team oranje, view the & rsquo; absence of Kramer & ndash; and Shani Davis, back from a run-up just in the Netherlands (with competitions) pending the & rsquo; commitment to Berlin and the best condition.
In the women, however, the Cup leader Ireen Wü; st & agrave will blink; in 1500 and 3000 meters, & ldquo; & rdquo leaving; 1000 after a disappointing sixth-place finish in Seoul. Green light on this distance Marrit Leenstra, compatriot of Wü; st appeared among the pi & ugrave; in the form in this first part of the season, tant & rsquo; & egrave; which is l & rsquo; immediate pursuer of the five-time Olympic medalist in Sochi in 2014.
Always among women, are expected (given the official return Cup Team Usa) & nbsp; women rush Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe. Both, cos & Igrave; as the whole team, and most American women than among men, had not taken part in the first two races in Asia. As regards the long distances & egrave; awaited l & rsquo; yet another duel between Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; and l & rsquo; idol Claudia Pechstein & ndash; 42-year old -, back to success two weeks ago in Korea. An upcoming challenge, since & eacute; 3000m women are scheduled for tomorrow (Friday & Igrave;) afternoon.
Italians in Germany can (and should) have high aspirations. Over all, impossible not to give precedence to the & rsquo; last king of the Mass Start. Andrea Giovannini, after l & rsquo; winning exploits & ndash; first gold in career Cup Senior & ndash; in South Korea, prover & agrave; to repeat itself. Not sar & agrave; senz & rsquo; another easy because & eacute; opponents will mark it very tight in the test Berlin. This does not seem difficult to predict. In any case, the Trentino will try & agrave; also valuable points for the cup of specialty & agrave ;, which sees him currently second behind Korean Lee Seung-Hoon. The same financier Baselga di Pin & eacute; sar & agrave; also involved in the 5000 meters on Saturday. The great novelty & agrave; for him & egrave; that disputer & agrave; the series with the rest of the group A. For Mirko Giacomo Nenzi remains l & rsquo; s definitely aim to grab & rsquo; input in Division A in the 500 meters & ndash; distance in which he obtained the best results in Asia & ndash; and chasing good placings in 1000 and 1500.
Women blue captained by Francesca Lollobrigida. She, like the aforementioned Mulder, took part in the World Championships in roller skating in South America, only to return for the Cup on the ice in Seoul. A little rest and acclimatization rushed l & rsquo; forced it to tenth place in the Mass Start & ndash; discipline in which & egrave; among the best in the world. Germany will try & agrave; senz & rsquo; another important revenge.
In addition to the individual events, also returns l & rsquo; s Team Pursuit from which we expect steady growth. A test, the second season for the men's team, which tenter & agrave; to improve the seventh place finish in the first race of the season in Japan.
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The races in the afternoon will be visible in the live streaming link Skating Channel dell & rsquo; ISU: click here.
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Below, the program of the first day (Friday & Igrave; December 5):
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12:15 500m Men First Series Division B Division B 3000m women 500m women second Division Serie B 16:00 3000m Women Division A 17:00 500m Men First Division Serie A 17:30 500m Women Division A second series 18 Hours : 15 Team Pursuit men
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