Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Berlin
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It & egrave; closed the third weekend dedicated to the & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; of speed skating, hosted by the German capital & nbsp; Berlin. A weekend that has lived continuously in & rsquo; bizzoso balance between tradition of winners and predictable revelations total. L & rsquo; last day of competition offers a great & nbsp; & nbsp Poland; in the men's races against the clock. They win the revelations Total & nbsp; & nbsp Was Artur; (pictured), and & nbsp; Jan Szymanski. While in the women's events, the classic and the champions stand up, taking the stage with some contentions uncertain.
Sunday 7 December 2014 14 minutes reading time
Ireen Wü; st & egrave and no mistake; lucky to take the victory in 1500, while in the 500 Lee Sang-Hwa has no rival. Still Netherlands and Korea in Mass Start, which rewards the best interpreters of & rsquo; year, ranking specialty & agrave; hand. Among men won the Korean Lee, while Ireen Shouten & egrave; Queen female. Italians show themselves above all in quest & rsquo; last discipline, even without finding the ideas crucial to fight for the podium. Tumolero Giovannini and is ranked seventh and all & rsquo; eighth place finish. While Francesca Lollobrigida finishes seventh.
Starting from the Mass Start female, finally with two blue at the start: the pure sprinter Yvonne Daldossi and pi & ugrave; Full & ndash; and world champion in the Cup - Francesca Lollobrigida. It soon becomes clear that the Roman is serious and is a close second to first sprint partial - gaining 3 points & ndash; in the intermediate sprint won by Canadian Kali Christ. The second sprint (around 8) awards Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; in front of the Japanese Nana Takagi: l & rsquo; s blue & rsquo; Air Force & egrave; for & ograve; always present, very ready to follow the moves of & rsquo; expert Czech champion. The following and mends the rift with the Japanese, who had tried to escape from the group. L & rsquo; last sprint move sees the big guns that have divided the first two stages in Obihiro and Seoul. The check always Takagi, but behind her are done under Ivanie Blondin and Irene Schouten. Everything is decided, as often happens, in the final sprint. Just Schouten precedes the Canadian Blondin before the Korean Jun. This will & agrave; Also the final standings. Francesca Lollobrigida can not get out in time & ndash; also because of a contact in the final excited - look for the cue faster. Shut & agrave; sixth. His run towards a title in & egrave; tutt & rsquo; nothing but closed.
The Mass Start men, had a blue, Andrea Giovannini, & ldquo; & rdquo special observed; after his triumph in Seoul. Just the Trentino runs well, staying in front early with his companion Nicola Tumolero: will be settled either in points in the first sprint. With Tumolero behind the Canadian Robert Watson and Giovannini third. L & rsquo; Holland seems to be clear and starts to show his team tactics. Tactic that brings Swings (Belgium), Bergsma and Smallenbroek (Austria) to divide the sprint to the less 8. The same Jorrit Bergsma not give in and rule all in & rsquo; last intermediate sprint. Olympic champion Dutch d & agrave; all in the last four rounds and breaks the group. Work aimed at a & rsquo; s possible paw & rsquo; an expert compatriot Arjen Stroetinga, seven times on the podium in nine Mass Start played in his career. Ticking the pi & ugrave; quick: the usual Korean Lee Seung-Hoon. L & rsquo; Asia & ndash; the second center in the season & ndash; & Egrave; bravo to launch the sprint, increasing the frequency of skating with his very quick levers. According concludes Stroetinga, while Bart Swings & egrave; third. This will & agrave; Also l & rsquo; d & rsquo order; arrival. Andrea Giovannini, remained closed stops all & rsquo; eighth place overall. Precedes Nicola Tumolero, the best finish in career Cup: seventh. Ranked specialty & agrave ;, Giovannini remains in second place with 176 points overall, while driving with Lee 270 lengths.
The ice Berlin united all & rsquo; air breathed by the return to Division A, is good for the sprinter blue with the best credentials. 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 35 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi improves its primacy seasonal & ndash; gi & agrave; touched down yesterday & ndash; him to get a pi & ugrave; that good twelfth place. This is his best finish of the season, with which defends his stay among the & ldquo; big & rdquo; Friday & Igrave conquered; with victory in Group B. The success, however, goes back to Artur Was. The Polish centers the second win in two days & ndash; Friday & Igrave; had won the first set of 500 with great surprise. & Egrave; in his third career podium & ndash; including two golds. The 28 year old Warsaw makes it even more & ugrave; uncertain struggle for supremacy of 500, after the domain of Kulizhnikov, absent today. But a surprise for & ldquo; & rdquo ;, confirmed comes a sensational podium for the little-known Espen Aarnes Hvammen. Norwegian, 26, & egrave; permanently joined in Group A only from this season. Third Laurent Dubreuil (35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 09), the second and third consecutive podium in Berlin in 500, after the bronze in & rsquo; last test in Seoul. The favorites and pi & ugrave; experts & ndash; Mo Tae-Bum, Smeekens, Mulder and Ihle & ndash; all are placed between the fifth and l & rsquo; eighth.
In Division B & egrave; convincing evidence of David Bosa, seventh in 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 83. The Trent gets his personal best and earn valuable points in four Cup of specialty & agrave ;. Pi & ugrave; Back l & rsquo; another blue Luca Zanghellini, twentieth in 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 39, which is also his personal best ever.
1500 luxury women, with all the favorites in Group A in the first positions. Best not disappoint and give life to an exciting race for the win. L & rsquo; gold goes all & rsquo; Dutch Ireen Wü; st in 1 & rsquo; 55 & rsquo; & rsquo; 89. The 28 year old Goirle shooting - in Seoul had been defeated by Leenstra & ndash; the scepter on the & ldquo; his & rdquo; distance and leaps at the top specialty & agrave ;. Decisive the last meters of the race, in which the champion oranje made the difference on the second, Heather Richardson. For the talent of the US, however, comes a strong second place after yesterday's victory in 1000. They decide the contest only 2 cents difference. While Marrit Leenstra & ndash; third all & rsquo; arrival & ndash; must give up for just 4 cents to the first position. A really exciting race in the sign of & rsquo; balance total. The Wü; st gets his fourth win of the season and consolidates its leadership in the overall World Cup. L & rsquo; only committed on Italian Distance & ndash; but in Division B & ndash; Francesca was Lollobrigida. L & rsquo; blue finished in twelfth place.
In the same distance, but the men, back to success Jan Szymanski: and & egrave; Great Poland in Germany. The Olympic bronze in Sochi with l & rsquo; s Team Pursuit Polish, finds his first individual victory in the World Cup. 1 & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 80 his winning time trial, 33 cents lower than that achieved by the Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen & ndash; winner of the 1500 Seoul and at the top of specialty & agrave ;. I quoted Dutch Kjeld Nuis and Koen Verweij end up only eighth and ninth. While arrives the first podium of the young oranje Thomas Krol, 22 years old and just seven races & ndash; all the 1500 & ndash; played in the World Cup.
Three Blues who played in 1500 in the second group: Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (14eimo), Luca Stefani (16th) and Andrea Giovannini (22nd). All below their previous personal seasonal.
The second series of 500 women rewards still champion Lee Sang-Hwa, finding the fifth win in six races of the season on the distance. L & rsquo; Asian wins in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 96. But is & ndash; for the second consecutive time in Berlin - a rival in pi & ugrave; in his way. This is Heather Richardson, who imposes his presence at the World Cup after the flat-rate American in Asia. The champion of the Cup last season & egrave; second in 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 07, in front for 4 cents to Nao Kodaira. Even the Japanese confirms & rsquo; excellent level of competition centering the third place. In short, from the second series of Berlin, on the podium went up the three best specialists on the distance. After l & rsquo; strong second place in the first series of Friday Igrave ;, & Yvonne Daldossi can not be repeated. The 22 year old Lana (Bolzano) will square 12th in Division B final with a time of 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 95.
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Archived the amazing, in many ways, the Berlin stage, the World Cup starts now. From December 12 to 14, the speed skating world makes a stop in the Netherlands. On the legendary track-Temple & ldquo; Thialf & rdquo; Heerenveen.
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