Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Obihiro (Japan)
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L & rsquo; Holland to raise its voice in the day when he expected the power of his team. So igrave ;, & on & rsquo; oval Obihiro (Japan) in the second session of races in the World Cup speed skating, the Dutch team did not miss out on victories in the specialty & agrave; where excel unopposed for several seasons. The quality & agrave; of oranje & egrave; came strongly to light in the Team Pursuit. The team event saw trios dominate both men and women. In the only individual events planned & ndash; those of 1000 feet & ndash; have consumed some two wins & rsquo; surprise. Among women, won again by beating Marrit Leenstra Ireen W & uuml; st (photo & nbsp; the podium of the race). While in the men triumphed l & rsquo; Russian newcomer Pavel Kulizhnikov. In the blue key, the day & egrave; much to forget, with Mirko James Nenzi in 18th place in the 1000 meters and the men's Team Pursuit concluded his evidence in seventh place out of ten teams at the start.
Saturday 15 November 2014 10 minutes reading time
The individual events, as anticipated, have seen the consumption of two major surprises. The most & ugrave; big & egrave; was patt & rsquo; s more than men. He won a very young rookie first-hand experience of the senior World Cup ISU Pavel Kulizhnikov. The Russian born in 1994 had already & agrave; demonstrated his skills as a great performer in the distance faster. Yesterday, in fact, it was surprisingly rose to the podium & ndash; second behind the multi-titled Jan Smeekens - the first series of the 500 meters. Today we did a lot more ugrave ;, & andandosi to take the win in the 1000 meters. On two races in the World Cup is so & igrave; a gold and a silver, reflecting the new advances in home Russia, especially in men. Kulizhnikov wins 1 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 23 and is also his personal best in his career, taking advantage of a very fast start without dropping the & rsquo; s pace in the last 600 meters. Unfortunately for the & rsquo; s very expert and fierce competition. L & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis & ndash; fresh out of the national title away & ndash; you & egrave; had to settle for second place (1 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 27 his time trial), cos & igrave; as the 31 year old German Samuel Schwarz (third in 1 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 77). Not even the podium for the American star & ndash; and defending champion over the distance & ndash; Shani Davis, fifth at 0.67 seconds behind the winner. In the immediate rear the other big favorites Koen Verweij and Denny Morrison, sixth and seventh.
Race to forget for the & rsquo; blue Mirko James Nenzi. In the distance he had reported the podium of the World Cup with the Italian colors & ndash; second in Astana last season & ndash; the financier does not go beyond the 18th and tert & rsquo; s last place. With a time & ndash; 1 & rsquo; 11 & rsquo; & rsquo; 80 - well above its possibilities & agrave ;.
Disappointment by the same Nenzi, which is expected to more & ugrave; to this day decidedly subdued for the Italian clan. Both for the individual and for the race team. & Laquo; There '' & egrave; much to say & ndash; said the skater Veneto-even we did not expect a start cos & igrave ;. The reason should be just tiredness. We are aware that there & egrave; This is our goal, but a bell & rsquo; s start there would be sorry & raquo ;.
The ice of the women's 1000m saw the success of a & rsquo; s other main character, partly because Kulizhnikov but not surprising. Without the US Richardson and Bowe (but without the pretense that it is a & rsquo; mitigating thick), triumphs Marrit Leenstra fixed point of & rsquo; Dutch team pursuit. There & egrave; a newcomer to the podium in the cup, since & eacute; the same distance l & rsquo; s had reached four other times in his career. But the 25-year old & ndash; by that & rsquo; s summer became Mrs. Anesi for her marriage to Matthew, a former blue track longest period did ugrave & pi ;. In one fell swoop he found a gold (the third individual in the Cup after two hurr & agrave; in 1500) and again beat her teammate and Olympic silver medalist Ireen Sochi W & uuml; st. The Leenstra wins his first test in & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 23, ahead of the 11 cents plurititolata rival-friend. The young 21 year old Chinese Li Quishi rooms on the third step of the podium, finishing in 1 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 54. Also in this case the first wins a duel with the well-pi & ugrave; titled & ndash; Sochi 2014 Olympic champion - teammate Zhang Hong (fourth in 1 & rsquo; 16 & rsquo; & rsquo; 78).
The second and penultimate day of competition also saw the & rsquo; s debut & rsquo; s team pursuit. The first of the three stages that will see & agrave; the specialty & agrave; Team Cup, saw achieve two goals expected of & rsquo; Holland. In the men's Sven Kramer, Wouter Olde Heuvel and Douwe de Vries ruled without much trouble, the trio of Korea. 3 time winner of & rsquo; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo; 68, better than three seconds compared to Asians. In short, they can also change the interpreters, but the Oranje are never wrong. They are unbeaten in two and half years in the Team Pursuit. In third place & egrave; placed Russia & ndash; proof of & rsquo; s excellent start to the season for men & ndash; with a time of 3 & rsquo; 48 & rsquo; & rsquo; 22. We expected something more & ugrave; Also the & ldquo; first & rdquo; the Italian trio, which sits in seventh place in the 3 & rsquo; 52 & rsquo; & rsquo; 68. The blues they leave behind only Germany, Canada and China.
L & rsquo; s team pursuit women see the new triumph sees Dutch Ireen W & uuml; st Marrit Leenstra and Marije Joling (the first two Olympic champions in Sochi). The three girls d & rsquo; Holland won 3 & rsquo; 02 & rsquo; & rsquo; 54. Second the landlord of Japan disconnected for more than two seconds from the head. While in third place is the one led by Germany & rsquo; stainless Claudia Pechstein.
As for the performance of other blues in the race today, there & rsquo; & egrave; to say that we received some disappointments. Yvonne Daldossi, competing in Division B of the 1000 meters, finished in 16th and last place in the race with a time of very high 1 & rsquo; 22 & rsquo; & rsquo; 50. David Bosa, however, & egrave; fell and & egrave; was forced to retire in the 1000 men, more and Division B.
The full program of & rsquo; s final day, which kicks off in Italy in the early hours of Sunday, November 16th. Incidentally, the Blues entered their races. Live streaming on the ISU Skating channel between 6:30 Italian. Click here.
Hours 2:35 1500m Division B Women & nbsp; (L. Stefani, Giovannini, Nenzi) 3:28 pm Men 1500m Division B 4:30 pm women's 500m second round Division B (Y Daldossi)) 4:29 pm second set 500m Men Division B (Bosa and Zanghellini) 06 Hours 30 Women Division A 1500m 1500m 7:23 pm 8:13 pm Men Division A second round women's 500m Division A second series 8:40 pm Men 500m Division A (Nenzi) 9:25 pm 98:45 pm Mass Start Women Mass Start men (Giovannini and Tumolero)
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