Speed ​​Skating Cabinet meeting in Salt Lake City
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The show seems just begun. A & nbsp; & nbsp Salt Lake City, get the & nbsp; & nbsp first world record, in the first of three days over the weekend of the World Cup ISU. About & nbsp; Pavel Kulizhnikov, Russian sprinter who fighting for the second time in a few days the limit in the world & nbsp; 500 meters, taking it from & nbsp; 34/2 net 33 '' '' 98. & Egrave; the skater that he deserves the cover on the fast ice of the & nbsp; Utah Olympic Oval.
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The other three winners of the day are the Chinese Zhang Hong (500 meters) and l & rsquo; stainless Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, queen of 5000. In the second distance to male c & rsquo; & egrave; glory for the & rsquo; only acute Dutch & ndash; at least in the group A - the Friday & Igrave ;, to Kjeld Nuis, first in 1500 before the US duo consisting of Joey Mantia and a newfound competitive and Shani Davis. L & rsquo; unique Italian engaged in evening US, Andrea Giovannini, you & egrave; performed well in the 1500 meters in the group B, I closed & Outdoors; eighth place with a lot of personal best.
L & rsquo; waiting melts at the crucial moment around the middle & agrave; Program races, as expected by all. Grandstand complete silence for the & rsquo; observed special Salt Lake City: the Russian Pavel Kulizhnikov. All expectations are pinned on him and on his assault on the world record of 500 meters. Assault succeeded because & eacute; built with a start & ndash; improvable - 9 & rsquo; & rsquo; 67 in the first 100 meters, and especially by a progression incredible in the next lap 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 4: all for a great final time of 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 98 to file further his world record established only five days earlier on & rsquo; oval Canadian Calgary. The 21 year old improves himself of 2 cents, confirming the skater more & ugrave; fastest in the history of the long runway, as well as & eacute; the first and only able to go below 34 seconds on a half kilometer. Away, but worth noting, 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 19 obtained by the American Mitchell Whitmore, who also reached the US record. & Egrave; followed on the podium by the Canadian William Dutton, author of a good 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 35. Dutton insult twice the feisty Dutch and, for a penny, you leave behind Kai Verbij for two and Ronald Mulder. L & rsquo; Holland & Igrave ends well; off the podium for the third consecutive time in quest & rsquo; start to the season. Obviously, after the third victory of many races, the overall standings on 500 & egrave; led by Kulizhnikov with 300 points. Behind him he resists Dutton to share 220 followed by Mika Poutala to 152.
It can not hit twice in Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. The champion of the Czech Republic could point to the big target in the 5000 meters: victory and world record improved. A remarkable record, dated 2013 2011, and secured by herself to 6 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 66. The 28-year old native of & # 271; & aacute; r nad S & aacute; zavou, twice Olympic gold over the distance, easily wins the race of Division A but stopped the clock at 6 & rsquo; 47 & rsquo; & rsquo; 42. A time of the highest level but not enough to improve the world limit and above what was done by Carien Kleibeuker that four hours before & ndash; in a match valid for the second group & ndash; had over 2 & rsquo; & rsquo; 32 pi & ugrave; quickly. Ci & ograve; does not detract from the merits of the S & aacute; blikov & aacute; excellent interpreter of the long track with continuity & agrave; ten years. As reflected in its 38 individual victories in the World Cup.
No danger to its success, given the performance of the other. In second place, that is 5.74 seconds comes the 21 year old Russian Natalya Voronina, which raises the level & ndash; complete with a national record in 6 & rsquo; 53 & rsquo; & rsquo; 16 - after his third place in the 3000 last week. Third & egrave; the Canadian, specializing in Mass Start, Ivanie Blondin 8 & rsquo; & rsquo; 46 from the S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. The Blondin denies the podium for a second and a half to Evergreen Claudia Pechstein. Fifth, but well more & ugrave; detached & egrave; one of the favorites after winning today, l & rsquo; Dutch Irene Schouten. L & rsquo; oranje & egrave; third in the standings in 3000 and 5000 meters, because & eacute; overcome by Voronina. Head c & rsquo; & egrave; Firmly S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, with 200 points on 200 available after two tests.
Utah Olympic Oval also awaited a & rsquo; other supersfida made in the USA in the second and penultimate battery of 500 meters for women. One next to & rsquo; other Brittany Bowe and Heather Richardson that create an exciting race where the 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 03 of the first (with personal best) overrides the 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 13 of Richardson. They fit both on top of the provisional ranking awaiting superspecialistiche Asian & ndash; that they have divided the two series in the first leg of Calgary & ndash; Lee Sang-Hwa and Hong Zhang. The Korean Lee, in the outside lane, he ran first in a false start. Then the Chinese Zhang unleashes its power in top-darting to over 56 km per hour. His progression allows it to overtake the US duo and close & ndash; for his second win of the season on away & ndash; in 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 56, a performance that is the second fastest time ever. A time trial really impressive than the competition to 20 cents from world record of Lee. Quest & rsquo; last had to settle for fourth place after the 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 19 away 23 cents from its record season. In the ranking of specialty & agrave ;, Zhang takes the first place alone to share 280, follows the -40 to Lee, before Bowe and Richardson.
In the 1500 meters men valid for Division A, the world record holder and idol of the home crowd Shani Davis is finally convincing performance after an early season not so & Igrave; brilliant. The 33-year bicampione Olympic & ndash; 2006, 2010 & ndash; about 1,000 complete the 3 lap race and 300 meters in 1 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 90. A time that is on the third place and allows him to regain a podium in the World Cup expected by December 2014. They do better than him only the winner & ndash; 1 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 14 -, l & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis, who improves to 14 cents the national record of Koen Verweij and compatriot Davis Joey Mantia, second in 1 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 45. Nuis won his fifth race in the World Cup, the second on 1500. Disqualified, however, the Russian winner of the 1500 Calgary, Denis Yuskov which initially closed in 1 & rsquo; 42 & rsquo; & rsquo; 40, time trial that would be worth the second place before the & rsquo; courts intervene. With today's victory, combined with fourth place last week, Nuis flies at the top season of 1500 & ndash; a year ago closed the third & ndash; front of Joey Mantia and Belgian Bart Swings, only fifth quest & rsquo; today. The three are separated by just 30 points.
During the night Italian & egrave; on track Andrea Giovannini, entered in Division B of the men's 1500 meters. The 22 year old registered with the Financial Police has closed its test in 1 & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 43. Time which allowed him to improve to 4 cents his personal best achieved last Sunday in Canada. By this time, the skater Baselga di Pin & eacute; You place it in eighth place, getting his career best finish in the distance. Certification of its growth also in the race less accustomed to its characteristics of long-distance runner. The leader of the race in the second group of about & egrave ;, surprisingly, the Japanese Takuro Oda (1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 11), which is the best race of his career among the Senior. He leaves behind athletes like Jan Blokhuijsen and Sergey Gryaztsov, spaced respectively 26 and 48 cents.
Click here for the complete results of the second stage of the World Cup and the program of the race weekend. Recall also that it will & agrave; You can follow the live streaming of the races of Division A, connecting & ndash; from 21:00 in Italy & ndash; at the following link: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/index.html.
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