Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Heerenveen
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From & rsquo; Holland & nbsp; get a new extraordinary result for the & rsquo; Italy & nbsp; & nbsp; skating long track. Once again the great satisfaction in & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; come by & ldquo; expert & rdquo; & nbsp; Fabio Francolini, which gives the National Technical & nbsp; Maurizio Marchetto & nbsp; another incredible podium in & nbsp; Mass Start Men. L & rsquo; d & agrave blue this time; Ice show in the temple of & nbsp; & nbsp Heerenveen, and ends at the fourth round of this season great, l & rsquo; last for 2015.
Sunday 13 December 2015 20 minutes reading time
Gi & agrave ;, because & eacute; among the 24 best specialists of the Mass Start, the name of Francolini & egrave; now and indispensable fixture in the top of the list. The skater canturino does not stop more & ugrave; and he won his third podium of the season & ndash; four races -, finishing second just 37 cents from possible hurr & agrave; winning from & rsquo; Dutch world champion in office Arjan Stroetinga (on the cover, with Francolini, during the final sprint). L & rsquo; blue is the second medal pi & ugrave; fine after one of his sprints imperious and time goes by & Outdoors; enterprise from gold, but s & rsquo; bows only to the class of & rsquo; Dutch victory on his home track in Heerenveen.
Just the Thialf Ice Arena is a real talisman for the 29 year old former multi-world champion in inline skating. Since it competes regularly in long-track speed skating, ice temple here in Dutch & egrave; finished on the podium three times: the first just a year ago when he came third in his first Mass Start in career, then was silver at the World Single Distances of March to today & egrave; came his last pearl d & rsquo; silver & ldquo; Made in Thialf & rdquo ;. Mass Start played in six career & ndash; Including world & ndash; Francolins averages podiums impressive: there & egrave; it rose to 5 times (three silvers and two bronzes for him).
Even in the road race held over 16 laps today, & egrave; state or almost as & eacute; perfect l & rsquo; blue. An exciting race in which the group arrives at the first sprint goes to the American KC Boutiette & ndash; then disqualified - before the Belgian voste and Korean Kim. In the next sprint after four more laps, excels Bart Swings & ndash; winner of the first race of the season - in front of the dangerous duo of Dutch champions made up Stroetinga and Bergsma. To -6 from & rsquo; arrival we test the winner of the race in Inzell, French Alexis Contin. Quest & rsquo; last earn up to 4 seconds on the group behind him and won the & rsquo; last sprint (5 points and consequential) before Belchos and Lunde Pedersen. The transalpine & ndash; perhaps mindful of the women's race decided by one & rsquo; similar action a few minutes before & ndash; He insists in his action with stubbornness & agrave ;. But all & rsquo; & egrave last lap; taken from & rsquo; action team branded Netherlands, thanks to the collaboration of Stroetinga and Bergsma. It moves then Francolini, you sling in the wake of the first test and overtaking & Outdoors; last curve on & rsquo; Dutch. The Lombard walks by for a while, but the speed & agrave; and stability & agrave; cornering of & rsquo; oranje allow him to jump better in the final straight. Francolins closes according anticipating much the rest of the group led by Korea's Lee Seung-Hoon. Cos & Igrave; the final ranking: 63 Stroetinga, Francolini 40, Lee 40.
Francolins salt cos & Igrave; in second place in the seasonal specialty & agrave ;, with 258 points. For now resists an infallible Stroetinga in the lead with 300 points the result of two wins in four stages. In third place loses a position & ndash; Today & egrave; finished eighth - Jorrit Bergsma (232) in front of Bart Swings (230).
As happened in previous stages, the blues at the start were two. Besides Francolini, he has also competed Nicola Tumolero, in its second & ldquo; Mass Start A & rdquo; career. Quest & rsquo; last he had earned promotion & ndash; & Egrave; & Ldquo; demoted & rdquo; Andrea Giovannini - after the third place in Division B in & rsquo; last race last week in Germany. And he not at all disfigured among the big, earning the best finish in career: eleventh and 24 points for the ranking of specialty & agrave ;.
Is not serious; I was so lucky the women's race. The 16 laps of the women's Mass Start saw two blue at the start. Besides the veteran of specialty & agrave; champion in the 2013-2014 season - Francesca Lollobrigida, c & rsquo; & egrave; Francesca Bettrone, the second race with the departure of the group in the first division.
Just the Venetian Bettrone & egrave; among the most & ugrave; active in the first half and won the sprint number 1 (to -12) in front of Miho Takagi (Japan) and Josie Spence (Canada). Then, after four more rounds falls Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; and leaving the green light to the intermediate sprint to Bittner, Zlotkowska and Schouten. The race took place at minus 5 from the end, when Oshigiri Kleibeuker and promote a & rsquo; action that will prove & agrave; decisive. Misaki Oshigiri wins the sprint on Carien Kleibeuker and Chinese Hao, first among the pursuers spaced several seconds. The advantage of the first two & egrave; for & ograve; consistent cos & Igrave; the fugitive does not pray and do try the & rsquo; action after the intermediate sprint with the second Japanese Takagi, good at by stopper. In group c & rsquo; & egrave; Francesca Lollobrigida, but there & rsquo; & egrave; the space to be found on the first two. & Egrave; sprint double, with Oshigiri stretching in the duel with the & rsquo; oranje and easily won his first individual race in the World Cup in front of the & rsquo; Dutch. The group arrives after a few seconds led by Ivanie Blondin. The Canadian earns the 20 points reserved for the third at the finish line and wins the bronze medal. Cos & Igrave; the final ranking: Oshigiri 65 points, 43 Kleibeuker, Blondin 20. Behind them there & rsquo; & egrave; l & rsquo; Austrian Vanessa Bittner, in front of Francesca Bettrone. The Venetian & egrave; fifth thanks to 5 points earned by winning the first intermediate sprint. For Her & egrave; the best result in career & ndash; previously he was eighth in 2012 in Kolomna - never got in Division A. The Lollobrigida instead closes in 15th position.
Also in key blue, still positive signals coming from Andrea Giovannini. The 22 year old engaged in early afternoon in the 1500 meters available for the Division A (promoted to the first in & ldquo; A & rdquo; thanks to a second place finish last week in Inzell) ranks the 13 & deg; place finish. Matched battery Zealander Peter Michael, l & rsquo; blue continued their improvement, also on the kilometer and a half: this his passes 24 & rsquo; & rsquo; 38 to 300 meters, and 26 & rsquo; & rsquo; 6, 27 & rsquo; & rsquo; 6, 28 & rsquo; & rsquo ; 7 for a total of 1 & rsquo; 47 & rsquo; & rsquo; 36, lap top to less than a second compared to his own record achieved on November 20 on & rsquo; oval well pi & ugrave; Fast Salt Lake City. Victory & egrave; He went to Joey Mantia in 1 & rsquo; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 26. L & rsquo; American back to success after two years. Second, in 1 & rsquo; 44 & rsquo; & rsquo; 38, Russian Denis Yuskov before the & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis (1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 33).
In the women's 1,500 meters, the world record holder over the distance, the American Heather Richardson-Bergsma, this time wins the challenge at home with his compatriot Brittany Bowe. In & rsquo; last and decisive battery for success prevails in the first 1 & rsquo; 55 & rsquo; & rsquo; 29, ahead of the 15 cents teammate. On the podium also salt & rsquo; Holland, thanks Marrit Leenstra that captures her second bronze of a stop in Heerenveen, running 1 & rsquo; 56 & rsquo; & rsquo; 12. Fourth Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, & more ugrave; away & ndash; 1.43 seconds & ndash; the winner Richardson. For quest & rsquo; last is the second success of the season in 1500, to which must be added the two second places in Calgary and Inzell. Same identical placings of Bowe. In fact, in the ranking of specialty & agrave; the two Americans are both first with 360 points followed by Leenstra and S & aacute; blikov & aacute; 250.
In Division B, however, the & rsquo; blue Francesca Bettrone is disqualified. Victory goes to Poland's Natalia Czerwonka, first in 1 & rsquo; 59 & rsquo; & rsquo; 48, the only skater to fall below the barrier of 2 & rsquo; in the race for the second merit group.
Sprints of 500 meters (second series) valid for the Division A were awarded two winners difficult to predict the eve of this stage of the World Cup: the Russian Ruslan Murashow and the Chinese Yu Jing.
Male, they expected all the rest of the spectacular-row winning the world record on the distance Pavel Kulizhnikov. The 21 year old sprinter Russian gi & agrave; winner of the first series & ndash; Friday & Igrave; & Ndash; and 1000 yesterday, he had l & rsquo; mandatory target to hit a set. Cos & Igrave; is not serious; was because & eacute; Sprinter & egrave; It fell because of a mistake in a corner and said goodbye to the victory to the amazement of the audience of the Thialf Arena. He took advantage cos & Igrave; compatriot Murashow, first in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 67. The 22 year old sprinter made his debut in the Cup last season getting his first win in his career in Cup Finals 2014-2015 Erfurt. In second place & egrave; joint Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (Canada), to 9 cents from the winner. The third step of the podium & egrave; Espen rose Aarnes Hvammen (34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 86), the fresh promotion from Group B and its second podium ever gotten in Division A.
Good news in key Italian 500 meters from the B group, which recorded a solid fifth place finish from Trentino David Bosa. Quest & rsquo; last confirmed sprinter pi & ugrave; in the form of time available to the c.t. Italian Maurizio Marchetto. Bosa & egrave; still in the top 5 after running 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 33. The Italian record holder in the half kilometer close to 16 cents by the winner Denis Koval (Russia), 13 from Polish Piotr Michalski and 10 from Mo Tae-Bum (South Korea). The policeman Novaledo also gains another 8 points in the standings specialty & agrave ;, share touching 73. Mirko Giacomo Nenzi & egrave; instead 11 & deg; 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 47.
The woman of today's 500, Yu Jing, not & egrave; not a novice of victories. But the 30 year old Chinese not triumphed in the World Cup since March 2012. That was his year of grace when he also won the World Championship Sprint and ranking specialty & agrave; in the 500 meters in the Cup. This time back strongly in vogue triumphing in Heerenveen after returning to Cup & ndash; occurred early in the season & ndash; after almost two years of absence. L & rsquo; Asian wins in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 84, forcing Heather Richardson-Bergsma in second place. The American reigning world champion on 500 meters & egrave; forced to postpone the & rsquo; meeting with success on the distance to the & rsquo; trifle of 3 cents. In third place comes the Chinese & ndash; favored the run, definitely more & ugrave; the Yu & ndash; Zhang Hong (37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 09). The Cup leader Lee Sang-Hwa & ndash; gi & agrave; winner in the first set of Friday & Igrave; & Ndash; He finished fourth in the 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 98. It does better than 4 milliseconds compared to & rsquo; Dutch Jorien ter Mors, surprisingly fifth.
Yvonne Daldossi, the only representative of the Italian national team competing in the 500 meters women's & ndash; in Division B & ndash; Square is ninth with final time of 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 58. China's Li wins Huawei in 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 23. But the race is resolved on the edge of cents because & eacute; behind her are placed, in & rsquo; order, l & rsquo; Dutch Janine Smit (39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 248), the Russian Nadezhda Aseyeva (29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 249) and the Korean Kim Hyun-Yung (39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 25). L & rsquo; South Tyrolean Forest earns a spot in the season standings over the distance.
Click here to read the full results and rankings of the World Cup to date after the fourth round of Heerenveen. The World Cup will come back & agrave; January 29, 2016 with the stage of Stavanger (Norway). Three weeks before, the skaters will compete for the European Continental Championships in Minsk.
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