Speed ​​Skating - European Allround in Minsk
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The & nbsp; & nbsp skating long track; again this weekend by & nbsp; European Allround Championships. From tomorrow until Sunday, January 10 will go & agrave; staged the first major international event that & nbsp; & inaugurer agrave; 2016 & nbsp; on the ice. For the first time the & nbsp; Belarus & nbsp; & agrave will host; a great event Sr., in & rsquo; oval & nbsp; Minsk-Arena (on the cover). L & rsquo; facility in the capital, opened in 2010, has a capacity & agrave; over & nbsp; & nbsp 3000 spectators; for races & nbsp; speed skating.
Friday 8 January 2016 10 minutes reading time
Sar & agrave; a European sure to remember even before it starts. Perch & eacute; it s & rsquo; last year with the classic format of the tournament All-round: that the four distances & ndash; 500, 1500, 3000/5000 and 5/10 thousand meters individual - and a ranking that rewards the overall score pi & ugrave; down converted on the basis of performance timekeeping. In Zakopane (Poland) in 2017, following a decision of & rsquo; ISU, it will be included in the program of 1000 meters (instead of 5 thousand women and 10 thousand men), Mass Start and Team Pursuit. Thereby, the so-called Mini Combination, as approved by the International Federation of the ice at the conference held in Dublin in June 2014.
For this, the winners of Minsk in 2016 will be the last with the classic format in one of the events more & ugrave; ancient history. Not only in terms of skating long track, but for all the world sports scene. The first edition dates back to 1891. Today the titles of Champion and Champion were awarded on the classic Great combination for men and for women Small & ndash; namely 500, 1500, 5000 and 10000 (3000 and 5000 female) meters & ndash; almost continuously since 1896. Since then, and until today (except from 1970 to 1982 for women and 1,936 to 1,947 for men), the tradition & egrave; maintained.
At the start there will be 17 women and 24 men from 16 nations in total. As usual, the Dutch will go to & rsquo; assault by big favorites, and hunting reappointment. On the one hand c & rsquo; & egrave; Sven Kramer, who champion with victory in Chelyabinsk last season has already & agrave; reached a record of seven golds in men's allround. No man has done likewise in the history of the European speed skating. The star players of Heerenveen has targeted a new record: reach the record of securities held by Gunda Niemann, who between 1992 and 2001 Trionf & ograve; for 8 times. L & rsquo; oranje undermines German and could also eguagliarne & rsquo; time span between the first and l & rsquo; s last victory: the first title of Kramer Collalbo dates back to 2007, nine years ago. They will try to counter it compatriot Jan Blokhuijsen champion in 2014, the fearsome Norwegian duo consisting of Havard B ø kko & ndash; 5 podiums allround career - and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Russian Denis Yuskov, bronze in 2015 and silver outgoing champion, and Belgian Bart Swings, fifth in the 2015 Europeans.
Among women, there & rsquo; & egrave; great expectation for the return of Ireen Wü; st. The original Dutch skater of Goirle, Olympic four times in his career, as well as European champion in office & eacute; gold in the last three editions, will try & agrave; at least the seventh consecutive podium allround. The 29 year-old's Orange & egrave; back from a troubled season so far, that is not the & rsquo; he saw at the start of the World Cup because of some physical problems that have prevented the qualification for the first four stages of the World Cup. However Ireen has proved its worth at the National Championships in late December, from which & egrave; out with the loot of a gold, a silver and a bronze respectively in 3000, 1500 and 1000 meters. With the return of Wü; st potr & agrave; cos & Igrave; renew one of the most dualisms & ugrave; exciting in recent seasons long-track, or the one with the Czech Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, the & rsquo; one true antagonist & rsquo; Dutch who did not spare compliments to the rival. S & aacute; blikov & aacute; in 2015 it was d & rsquo; silver in the final standings for a few basis points and palmares boasts four European titles and three world medals Allround, including that of Calgary in 2015 won right on Wü; st. Pi & ugrave; back & ndash; at least in the hierarchies pre-race & ndash; There are other contenders. Among these the most & ugrave; credited to the final podium seem to be Olga Graf (Russia), Ida Nj & aring; tun (Norway), and the other Dutch Marije Joling and Antoinette de Jong.
There will be three blues at the start. L & rsquo; the Italian speed skating potr & agrave; count on Francesca Lollobrigida, to return to a European Allround after missing the & rsquo; edition of 2015 in Russia, that prover & agrave; to improve his 14 & deg; instead of 2013. In men, the blues of c.t. Maurizio Marchetto will play a double paper with Andrea Giovannini and Nicola Tumolero. The Pinetano Giovannini, back from a season so far in sharp crescendo, will participate & agrave; while the third European in its young & ndash; & Egrave; a class of 1993 & ndash; career. A year ago, the financier was 11th in the final standings: Quest & rsquo; & agrave potr year; definitely groped the & rsquo; assault fit into the top 10 of the best European. Tumolero instead esordir & agrave; in the continental event. The 21 year old of Roana (Vicenza) has shown, especially in & rsquo; last stage of World Cup in Heerenveen, to be in excellent condition to form.
Below the content, timing and Italians competing in the event which will be held & agrave; the next two days the Minsk Arena. Recall that will & agrave; You can follow the live streaming of & rsquo; event by accessing the following link: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/. Click here to start lists and to review the results in real time.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
13:03 hours 500m women (Lollobrigida) Hours 13:31 500m men (Giovannini and Tumolero) Hours 14:22 3000m women (Lollobrigida) Hours 15:39 5000m men (Giovannini and Tumolero)
Sunday, January 10, 2016 (from 13:00)
Female male 10000m 1500m 1500m 5000m male female
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