Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Heerenveen
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Still and always pi & ugrave; in the sign of a wild & nbsp; Heather Richardson. On the ice of the & nbsp; & nbsp Thialf Arena, Heerenveen, the US & egrave; absolute protagonist in the first day of & nbsp; the World Cup. The skater native of North Carolina confirms woman of the moment, and inaugurates the sixth stage of the World Cup hitting an open-top level: double success first in & nbsp; 500 & nbsp; and then in the & nbsp; 1000 meters & nbsp; of Divison A.
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Among men, however, the Russian Pavel Kulizhnikov centers his first victory in 2015, putting all in a row in the 500 meters. In the following 1000, for & ograve ;, must bow to the & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis, which gives the home crowd l & rsquo; only success on Saturday.
But the star & egrave; definitely her. Heather Richardson, the woman he hardly misses Cup, holder of the Grand World Cup 2014, located at a distance of a few hours his sixth consecutive win & ndash; the 19th in his career - in the world circuit ISU. At this time & egrave; absolutely unstoppable. His winning time trial in the 500 & egrave; 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 82. Unfortunately for her runner, Japan's Nao Kodaira that follows at a distance with his 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 14. For Japanese & egrave; arrived, however, the seventh podium of the season, always on the distance pi & ugrave; short program competition. In third place completed the & rsquo; now customary festival of speed & agrave; & Ldquo; made in the USA & rdquo ;, Brittany Bowe (38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 21), good to bring forward by 5 cents the young Austrian Vanessa Bittner. Only the fifth Korean Lee Sang-Hwa, who resists, however, topped the list of specialty & agrave; (800 points against the 690 of Kodaira). The Olympic champion in charge drops from Cup podium in sprint distance after 29 races well, ie from December 2011.
The feast of Richardson & egrave; continued with the new success in the first series & ndash; you replicher & agrave; Tomorrow & ndash; 1000 meters. L & rsquo; American did not leave a chance & agrave; Replication to rivals, triumphing in one & rsquo; 14 & rsquo; & rsquo; 87. Again, the champion in 2013 at the World Sprint, has dominated. The pi & ugrave; near the opponent & egrave; Brittany Bowe, according to 51 cents from the winner. It comes a new double win in 1000 & ndash; the second in a row after the double always got in Heerenveen, in December & ndash; all-American. In short, both the Richardson both Bowe are candidates to the role women to beat the next World Cup Sprint in Astana, scheduled at the end of this month and those on Single Distance of next week. Behind the US duo, c & rsquo; & egrave; a chasm of time & ndash; a second and two cents & ndash; that is still the third place at the Chinese Li Quishi, points leader in the distance with 380 lengths. At the foot of the podium today will square the Czech Karolina Erbanov & aacute; (+ 1 & rsquo; & rsquo; 08 from Richardson). Back and dashed the two tips Dutch Ireen Wü; st and Marrit Leenstra, fifth and sixth respectively.
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In the men, the ice in Heerenveen officially crowned the Grand World Cup points leader this season, which puts another brick to clinch the overall title. Pavel Kulizhnikov confirms, on at least 500 meters. The 20 year old star of Russia is the ninth win of the season (the sixth on 500: has & ldquo; lost & rdquo; only the first seasonal). This time he won with a time of 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 93. Did not dominate the other sprinter as often & egrave; happened, thanks to the good performance of the Polish Artur Wa & # 347 ;, excellent runner in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 97. He, not surprisingly, & egrave; was l & rsquo; only sprinter to prevail on Kulizhnikov, in the first 500 in Obihiro.
Completed the podium Nico Ihle (Germany), third in 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 11, relegating the foot of the podium l & rsquo; idol, as well as & eacute; Olympic champion, Michel Mulder. 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 15 time of & rsquo; oranje.
& Ldquo; L & rsquo; & rdquo unexpected; & Egrave; joint with the 1000 meters, where Kjeld Nuis has literally ripped the & rsquo; gold Kulizhnikov. The 25 year-old Leiden gave cos & Igrave; a joy & ndash; and incredibly l & rsquo; unique Dutch podium Saturday & ndash; the public to Heerenveen. For Nuis & egrave; arrived cos & Igrave; the second career victory (the first was dated 2011 always on Thialf) 1000. Good on his time trial winner of one & rsquo; 08 & rsquo; & rsquo; 76. Kulizhnikov stops 1 & rsquo; 08 & rsquo; & rsquo; 97 and precedes a Nico Ihle in excellent condition, only 9 cents from Russian. Followed by German in & rsquo; d & rsquo order; arrival, l & rsquo; Dutch Hein Hotterspeer, Canadian Denny Morrison and l & rsquo; oranje Stefan Groothuis. In seventh place he sees Shani Davis.
Tomorrow will close & agrave; The two-day Cup dedicated to the distances fast. It will outline the final lists that will make up the roses of 32 men and as many women qualified for the World Sprint 2015. Up for grabs are still 19 places for sex. And Italians & ndash; five and all engaged in Division B in the morning & ndash; will be affected.
To see the complete results of Saturday and Sunday schedule, click here. To follow the live streaming of the races of Division A, attached to this link from 15 hours.
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