Speed ​​Skating - Final CdM in Heerenveen
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Double joy for incredible Francesca Lollobrigida. The Mass Start is finally his. The Roman conquest victory in the first World Cup speed skating and at the same time brings a specialty in Italian Cup after seven long years. A historic success in the distance inserted two seasons in the world circuit. After a year of waiting, Gina Lollobrigida takes what he had only touched a year ago (when he found his first podium, but it was silver in Erfurt). This time you take the glory in the Finals that have opened today in the temple of the Thialf ice arena in Heerenveen.
Friday 14 March 2014 9 minutes reading time
So he starts off in the best way the sixth and final stage of the World for the Italian colors. The athlete Italian Frascati happens only woman capable of doing likewise in the history of the sport: Chiara Simionato (in 2005 and 2007 victorious in the final of the 1000 meters).
A thrilling race of the Mass Start Women, decided at the last corner before the decisive final sprint and heavy. Among the nine skaters at the start, Lollobrigida had soon see his insights. In control from the first sprint, albeit anticipated dall'allungo Dutchman Huisman and Pechstein. -8 Laps of the sprint, Francesca moves and closes the second time, but unable to overcome the Dutch, who had just launched. Conquer 3 points that put it in the running for the podium.
Will be closed for traffic in the sprint lap numero12, but after flying christens the wake of Pechstein, a choice that will prove to be excellent. Exceeds the last lap and it is good to get rid of the American Lamb who in the meantime had jumped on his head. Overtaking within dell'azzurra is a masterpiece. The 23 year-old Lazio has great intuition to leave away from the final scrimmage behind her. Behind the contacts abound (such as Schouten on Pechstein), but will not be penalized any skater despite the fury of the German arrival. It matters little azure, and flies away without realizing what happened behind him. The victory is his, well deserved. With 35 points against 16 of Iren Schouten and 12 of the Canadian Ivanie Blondin. A success that makes the leap to head with 200 points specialties. Preceded the oranje Schouten for only 10 points. And it is a big party. The Italian ice skating back on top after difficult years.
In the Mass Start Men, Andrea Giovannini is unable to emulate his colleague. But the young Trentino fight with the best view to at least the lowest rung of the podium, except close to conclude his evidence in eighth place in the race is dominated by winning Escape Dutchman Bob de Vries and the Belgian Maarten Swings. The victory went all'oranje, as well as the cup of specialty.
The 1000-meter men see the victory of the Canadian Denny Morrison, the first victory of the season. The silver at the 2014 Sochi dry leaves of the joys of public Heerenveen who expected a triumph by their heroes. The time of 1'08'' 91 is really much in terms prestativi. Shani Davis, former champion over the distance for a week, settles for second place (at +0.22 seconds behind the winner). Behind him, the whole team Dutch. Of the five oranje, he won the "domestic league" for the podium Kjeld Nuis (1'09'' 25). Off the podium for only 7 cents the 34 year old Mark Tuitert. The veteran had opened the ball with the leg immediately opened by Mark Tuitert. The veteran Dutchman, who qualified at the last minute winning in Division B in Inzell, places a time of high level (1'09'' 33). Then, you simply place the order oranje Groothuis, Michel Mulder and the American Hansen.
Behind these eight phenomena is the ninth Italian Mirko Nenzi James, credited with a podium of the season in Astana, is located in the battery with the Norwegian Lorentzen. At the start does not seem as responsive, but the progression is on the side of the blue by placing a part of 25.5 600m. Shut down the last 400 meters 27.5 with a total time of 1'09'' 61. A time trial 7/10 from what earned him the Silver Cup in December, not far from his best performance in the last year.
Netherlands-USA was the recurring theme of women in the last 1500 Cup season, thanks to Wüst ended decidedly orange tint. During the race, the oranje Marrit Leenstra puts pressure on rivals by finding a time from the podium, before the best ranking in the fall on the ice: 1'56'' 22. A provisional undermine his leadership we think soon compatriot Lotte van Beek, Olympic bronze medalist in Sochi, 1'54'' 97 and 1'56'' 14 Russian Yuliya Skokova. But the "race in the race" is staged last battery with the two real contenders for the cup of specialty: Ireen Wüst and Brittany Bowe. The woman of the records at the Winter Olympics (five medals in the neck), outperforms the U.S., winning in 1'53'' 68 time among the fastest vintage. The Bowe had to settle for half the race on par with the Dutch, but is forced to give a crash after the halfway point. It will be the fifth in the race, forced to see Wüst celebrate twice a hurray for the success of the last event of the ISU World Cup (four out of five in season) and ensured Cup 1500m (after the first triumph in 2007) in front of van Beek and Bowe.
CUP FINAL STANDINGS IN THE SINGLE LOCATION
1500m Women
1. Ireen WÃœST (Ola) 530 punti2. Lotte van Beek (Ola) 4303. Brittany BOWE (USA) 3894. Yuliya SKOKOVA (Ola) 3435. Marrit Leenstra (Ola) 242
1000m men
1. Shani Davis (USA) 590 punti2. Denny Morrison (CAN) 3443. Kjeld NUIS (Ola) 3054. Michel MULDER (Ola) 3005. Koen Verweij (Ola) 253
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11. Mirko James Nenzi 169
Mass Start Women
1. Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA 200 punti2. Iren SCHOUTEN (Ola) 1903. Janneke Ensing (Ola) 1554. Ivanie BLONDIN (Can) 1505. Mariska HUISMAN (Ola) 150
Mass Start Men
1. Bob de Vries (Ola) 220 punti2. Arjan STROETINGA (Ola) 1903. Bart SWINGS (Bel) 1854. Marteen SWINGS (Bel) 1485. Patrick MEEK (USA) 125
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Andrea GIOVANNINI , 72
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