Speed ​​Skating - Cabinet meeting in Heerenveen
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For & nbsp; skating long track & nbsp; are arriving the latest labors International dell & rsquo; calendar year, before appointments dense planned for 2015. And perhaps there & rsquo; was best place to see & ldquo; l & rsquo; last & rdquo; dell & rsquo; year for the & nbsp; speed skating. The show is staged on the legendary & nbsp; Thialf & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp Heerenveen; to delight audiences orange affectionate to the ice as in no other country in the world.
Thursday 11 December 2014 10 minutes reading time
The capital of Friesland & ndash; region to the north of the Netherlands & ndash; & Egrave; eager to see whiz the best specialists of the ovals. It will treat & agrave; only the first of three stages seasonal on the same track, the true focus of the long track for this season. Heerenveen & egrave; in fact ready to host even the World Single Distance of February (12-15), only after the sixth stage of the Cup (7 and 8 of the same month). A full immersion that will begin & agrave; soon.
What is going to starting tomorrow (Friday & Igrave;) & egrave; a stage, the fourth, crucial in & rsquo; economy of the World Cup ISU. With so many issues to be consolidated with a & rsquo; look for surprises. The trend, for now, has seen women keep faith with the existing hierarchies & ndash; see Ireen Wü; st true dominatrix, for now, the & ldquo; General & rdquo; while among men c & rsquo; & egrave; a & rsquo; uncertainty that can not make predictions.
The speed & agrave; male nor & egrave; an example. The specialty & agrave; awaits the response of the ruler in Asia & ndash; and current leader Cup General & ndash; Pavel Kulizhnikov. The Russian & egrave; came out with a & ldquo; zero & rdquo; box of points won in Berlin and wants to resume driving in the 500 and 1000 meters. Waiting for & ograve ;, as well as seasoned specialists house & ndash; Jan Smeekens Michel Mulder and Hein Otterspeer of all -, c & rsquo; & egrave; the big surprise Berlin: Polish Artur Was, able to get a phenomenal two out of two in the sprint distance. Attention to Canadian Laurent Dubreuil, finished on the podium of the 500 in the last three races. For 1000, however, you will have Kulizhnikov & agrave; watching the Germans & ndash; on the podium in Berlin & ndash; Ihle and Schwarz, as well as & eacute; from & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis.
Among the blues garegger & agrave; gi & agrave; Tomorrow, in Division A, Mirko Giacomo Nenzi. The Venetian & egrave; back in the top group of 500 meters, after the victory in Division B last week and aims to improve the placement & ndash; 12th & ndash; obtained in the race & ldquo; A & rdquo; immediately following. In Division B are expecting new progress by Luca Zanghellini and David Bosa, both veterans of the improvement of their personal seasonal. L & rsquo; another Italian expected in Division A & egrave; Andrea Giovannini. We will see it all & rsquo; operates in the 5000 meters on Saturday afternoon, ready to try to improve the & rsquo; eleventh place finish in Berlin.
Capitana symbolic of women & ldquo; fast & rdquo ;, Lee Sang-Hwa expects rivals that could unseat & ndash; Quest & rsquo; year c & rsquo; & egrave; Nao Kodaira succeeded only in a & rsquo; occasion. Then the lights are turned on American Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe, all & rsquo; debut in the World Cup in Berlin and have proved immediately hyper-competitive. The Dutch obviously have their ace in the hole (and podium) named Margot Boer.
In key leadership in overall World Cup, Ireen Wü; st seems to have no rivals. The phenomenal skater Goirle, always beloved by the public and by the Thialf & rsquo; Holland Length, stretched their lead in the second, compatriot Marrit Leenstra. The result of the two victories at Sportforum on 1500 and 3000 meters. Obviously & egrave; the number one favorite of both distances also in Heerenveen. The challengers? Besides Leenstra, l & rsquo; other candidate number one & egrave; Richardson & ndash; in the distance pi & ugrave; short - and Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; about 3 km.
Fall, after the & rsquo; voluntary absence in German stage, l & rsquo; absolute idol of Thialf, as well as & eacute; landlord: Sven Kramer: sar & agrave; expected in 1500 and 5000 meters. In addition to the Team Pursuit oranje & ldquo; & rdquo unfortunate; Berlin & ndash; only one third - even partly because of his absence, has sub & Igrave; to defeat a really unexpected. C & rsquo; & egrave ;, between the hosts, the forfeit important Koen Verweij. With a preparation not yet in full, had already & agrave; two podiums quest & rsquo; year, but the world champion Allround 2014 (right on track Heerenveen) will not be & agrave; the way to retrieve the best.
Ice also & ndash; for the third time this season & ndash; national teams of & rsquo; Pursuit Teams. L & rsquo; Italy Schierer & agrave; only the male trio. But there & rsquo; & egrave; great confidence in the possibilities & agrave; blue. Last week, in fact, Giovannini, Stefani and Tumolero seized an excellent fifth place. As in any case, a team assembled by little improves with the races. For now, the rule applies and the potentialities & agrave; will only grow on Thialf.
In closing weekend, on Sunday afternoon, the Blues will play their chance & agrave; in the Mass Start. Again will be Andrea Giovannini and Nicola Tumolero & ndash; seventh and sixth in Germany & ndash; Italians who have all it takes to fit the table of victory with other specialists. Among women, however, Francesca Lollobrigida & ndash; that right on Thialf got his first, and so far only, victory in the World Cup. At what distance? In the Mass Start, obviously.
Here is the program of the first day & ndash; three - of races, with schedules and blues engaged in the race. The races of group A will be visible in live streaming, clicking on this link.
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12:00 First series 500m Women Division B (Y. Daldossi) 12:40 First Series 500m men Division B (Zanghellini and Bosa) Hours 13:34 3000m Women Division B (Lollobrigida) 16:00 3000m Women Division A Hours 16:59 First Series 500m Women Division A Hours 17:22 First Series 500m Men Division A (Nenzi) Hours 18:12 Team Pursuit men (Italy)
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