Speed ​​Skating - European Allround in Chelyabinsk
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For the fifth time in their long history, the & nbsp; European Championships Allround & nbsp; & nbsp; ice skating in long track & nbsp; will be hosted by the & nbsp; Russia. From tomorrow to Sunday 11 will touch & agrave; the CITY Ural & nbsp; & nbsp Chelyabinsk, have this privilege. And partir & agrave; the challenge to the two big favorites Dutch: & nbsp; Ireen Wü; st & nbsp; and & nbsp female; Sven Kramer & nbsp; among men. The real leitmotiv of this European 2015 seems this: who riuscir & agrave; to counter their strength?
Friday 9 January 2015 16 minutes reading time
But back to the historical preamble of the tender, c & rsquo; & egrave; to say that & ldquo; the first & rdquo; Continental Championships in Russia, dating back over 100 years ago - pi & ugrave; precisely in 1913 - in St. Petersburg. Then, after the war came three editions only to women: the first ever in Petersburg & ndash; then Leningrad - in 1971 and then twice, in 1974 and 1984 in Almaty & ndash; today CITY dell & rsquo; independent Kazakhstan. Definitely pi & ugrave; Recently l & rsquo; last, which occurred in & rsquo; today the Russian Federation, arrived in 2008 in Kolomna. European events held when male and female were gi & agrave; united (1990) in the same venue. However, for & ograve Chelyabinsk ;, & egrave; all & rsquo; absolute debut as CITY host. Centre by the passion towards the ice skating.
In a few hours the track will host Uralskaya Molniya & agrave; the best of speed skating d & rsquo; Europe. The size & egrave; Also in the classic & rsquo; order: four individual distances for the 18 women & ndash; 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000m - and the 22 men & ndash; played the second as 5 thousand and 10 thousand as last distance, only differences from colleagues - working on the ice of the track bearing the name in honor of skating champion Lidiya Skoblikova & ndash; six-time Olympic champion and undefeated in the Games of 1960 and 1964. L & rsquo; plant & egrave; was built in 2005 and has hosted a stage of the World Cup in 2011. & Egrave; So the first time in Chelyabinsk as a venue for an international event. 4000 people who will fill the & rsquo; arena CITY Urals and is expected to sell out for the two days of competition.
But that 2015 will & agrave; a & rsquo; edition characterized by numerous problems that have influenced Eve. A & egrave; senz & rsquo; another represented by the crash of the meteorite, which occurred in the vicinity of the city & agrave ;, February 15, 2013. L & rsquo; explosion resulting provoc & ograve; the collapse of the roof of & rsquo; plant, sub & Igrave; of major damage, then repaired. Besides this, also other types of explosions and much more & ugrave; serious, triggered the wake of the controversy. Controversy born after the tragedy that caus & ograve; 297 dead & ndash; including 197 Dutch - in heaven Ukrainians for the & rsquo; felling of an airliner from Amsterdam and directed in Malaysia. Political tensions converged in sports. It is propagated in the relations between the Netherlands and Russia, threatening to provoke a boycott of & rsquo; event, partial or not, by athletes oranje in Chelyabinsk. Alarm then & ldquo; back & rdquo; thanks to the & rsquo; intervention of the Federation Dutch that left FREEDOM; conscientious athletes and staff. In fact, the only coach Verweij and Leenstra & ndash; no qualifiers -, Jan van Veen has exercised this possibility & agrave; as announced in the last month.
Speaking of sports not impossible from Sven Kramer, seeking his seventh European title. The sample of Heerenveen & egrave; arrived in Russia conscious and ready to play his chance & agrave; to conquer the & rsquo; yet another continental title. His latest success, achieved at the National Championships d & rsquo; Holland & ndash; in late December & ndash; testifies to his fitness after growing up in a part-time commitment in the World Cup & ndash; package in Berlin and Heerenveen you & egrave; seen in action only in 1500, leaving 5000m and Team Pursuit. Kramer & egrave; Dedicated on all distances and 2015 will see the & agrave; in the front row in & rsquo; Allround.
The challengers arrive, and not & egrave; a great novelty & agrave; in the European speed skating, by his own country. Wouter Olde Heuvel & ndash; bronze in 2009 - and Koen Verweij are the main suspects to give life to the challenge for the & rsquo; gold. The first of the two, the 28-year old native of & rsquo; Overijssel, not dispute a European Allround since 2011. Then came fourth behind just Verweij.
Quest & rsquo; last fact was bronze. But in 2015 the & rsquo; ambition to finally seek a victory that is missing in his palmares. Hamar 2014 surrendered to Jan Blokhuijsen & ndash; not at the top also because of the change of material early in the season and absent in Russia because & eacute; only ninth to recent Dutch Leagues & ndash; and quest & rsquo; & agrave year prover; to seek l & rsquo; only metal European but lost so far: l & rsquo; gold. For the 24 year old Olympic silver in 1500 sar & agrave; very difficult because & eacute; back from a difficult competitive shooting that has delayed the development of the optimal condition.
Other players & ldquo; over the & rsquo; & rdquo ;? oranje There are none. In pole position the Norwegian H & aring; vard B & oslash; kko, certainly one of the pi & ugrave; quoted. Third consecutively from & rsquo; Edition 2012-2014, which can & ograve; add two more silvers obtained in 2008-2009. Besides him, there & rsquo; & egrave; great attention to Bart Swings. The talented 23-year old Belgian & egrave; never able to get on the podium European Allround & ndash; despite a world championship bronze in 2013 & ndash; and has a great opportunity & agrave; in Russia. From Norway comes Sverre Lunde Pedersen also, among the leaders this season and won a Cup race in 1500. For him c & rsquo; & egrave; the dream of the first medal & ldquo; allround & rdquo; Continental, touched in 2013. The Russians qualified for them Europeans are homemade Denis Yuskov, world bronze in office in the & ldquo; complete & rdquo ;, and & ldquo; l & rsquo; enfant du pays & rdquo; & Ndash; & Egrave; native of CITY host - Daniel Sinitsin.
Italians are aggressive and we believe that will fit to fight among the first, although a podium seems unattainable. Anyway will be two blues in the race in the men's, Andrea Giovannini and the new champions Allround Italian Luca Stefani. Sar & agrave; the same duo who 12 months ago ended respectively 14th and 15th place finish. L & rsquo; minimum target for both & egrave; to improve that result. Giovannini, 21, in his second career in Europe, & egrave; back from a really positive start to the season. After the first victory in the World Cup, in the Mass Start in Seoul, has demonstrated to be able to enter permanently in the elite of the speed skating world. A witness to us & ograve ;, his entry in Group A in the long distances & ndash; 5 and 10 thousand meters & ndash; not & egrave; that the signal of its growth. The Trentino has in the viewfinder, also seen its recent gains in the distances pi & ugrave; short, a possible placement in the top 10. Luca Stefani instead disputer & agrave; his sixth European career. L & rsquo; Asiago 27 years prover & agrave; to do better than the best result obtained in career in Hamar (Norway) in January 2014.
Women d & rsquo; for the Netherlands & rsquo; Europe seems to be the slogan almost certainly pi & ugrave; in vogue in Chelyabinsk. L & rsquo; had said during National Heerenveen: & ldquo; the level of the Dutch trials & egrave; pi & ugrave; high compared to the Europeans & rdquo ;. All wrongs do not seemed to have the words of Ireen Wü; st, the favorite d & rsquo; obligation for the win. It would have been obvious to the European champion in 2008, 2013 and 2014. For the pluricampionessa Olympic Goirle, title, also view the & rsquo; absence of one of the opposing pi & ugrave; credited as Marrit Leenstra, seems in sight. Also because of the absence from the scene & ndash; and qualified oranje & ndash; the Leenstra, due to a disqualification proved decisive in the 500 meters. The countrymen to compete Wü; st will Jorien Voorhuis and Linda de Vries. Quest & rsquo; last & egrave; l & rsquo; only the Dutch to win (silver) medals European allround. In this sense, it makes sense to see that the 2014 European silver medalist Yvonne Nauta is & ldquo; & rdquo relegated; a reserve role in Chelyabinsk.
L & rsquo; absence of Claudia Pechstein (ultraquarantenne legend of the long track and three-time Queen d & rsquo; Europe) further impoverishes the fight extra-Dutch for the women's title. Objectively, in the duel for supremacy could be included with his credentials alone Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. L & rsquo; athlete of the Czech Republic does not win the & rsquo; European gold in 2012 and pu & ograve; reach the fifth success & ndash; Wü; st and Dutch allowing & ndash; in career. Pi & ugrave; defilate ideal of the favorites in the rankings, there are Russian. Yuliya Skokova Apparently the pi & ugrave; Full among skaters home. But it & egrave; underestimate the Muscovite Olga Graf veteran from & rsquo; silver at World Allround last year. L & rsquo; other athlete of a certain level & egrave; the Norwegian Ida Nj & aring; tun. For the first time in Budapest in 2012, no Italian sar & agrave; at the start of the competition.
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Below is the complete schedule of the two days of competitions in Russia, with links and information to be able to follow the & rsquo; event. To see the program and registered, click here.
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First day
Saturday, January 10 (live streaming on the channel to link Isu http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/site/index.html and recorded TV on Eurosport 2 from 17:45)
12:00 500m Women
12:29 hours 500m men
Hours 13:24 3000m women
Hours 14:58 5000m men
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Second day
Sunday, January 11 (indirect stream of skating on the canal & rsquo; Isu to link http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/site/index.html and always delayed on Eurosport 2 from 17:00)
12:00 1500m women
Hours 12:59 1500m women
14:00 5000m women
14:52 10000m men
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