Speed ​​Skating - CdM Final in Heerenveen
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The & nbsp; of speed skating & agrave; & nbsp; back in its historical temple of & nbsp; Thialf Arena & nbsp; to give the & rsquo; last act of a long and troubled international season. After five months of challenges in five different locations to race between North America and Europe, the & nbsp; World Cup ISU & nbsp; give & agrave; his & nbsp; recent verdicts & nbsp; from & rsquo; Dutch oval indoor pi & ugrave; famous, their com & rsquo; had happened in the past season. & Nbsp; & nbsp Finals, the World Cup of & nbsp; speed skating & nbsp; will animate next weekend and the warm audience & nbsp; Dutch & nbsp; for the next three days of intense competition.
Thursday 10 March 2016 9 minutes reading time
A Heerenveen will be awarded the winners and the winners of titles seasonal specialty & agrave; for 10 individual distances to male and female. In addition to these you will also be crowned the teams that will be awarded the & ldquo; cups & rdquo; valid for the Team Pursuit and the Team Sprint. Also they assign male and female World Cup Grand Cup laurels awarded to skaters who have scored the most points at the global level in all specialty & agrave ;.
First, to memorize options ;, & egrave; should remember the & rsquo; event marking and shocked the sports world and also the skating long track. As announced by him a few days ago, there will be no & agrave; Pavel Kulizhnikov, at the center of the storm in Russia, after his federation and his coach Dmitry Dorofeev have admitted that the absolute ruler of the last two seasons in the speed & agrave; has made use of the substance & ndash; prohibited earlier this year by WADA, l & rsquo; World Anti-Doping Agency & ndash; meldonium. For the 21 year old Vorkuta, quest & rsquo; year winner of 11 races in the Cup & ndash; 7 on the 500 and 4 on 1000 -, as well as & eacute; world champion of 500 and 1000 meters and fresh world title & ldquo; Sprint & rdquo; the risks of heavy decisions about his career are amplified, since he had already & agrave; sub & igrave; to a two-year ban & ndash; 2012-2014 & ndash; It was found to be positive all & rsquo; Doping Agency (Methylhexamine). The rankings of 500 and 1000 meters in the Cup & ndash; but not only - they could be revolutionized.
Because of & rsquo; no & ldquo; & rdquo forced; the world record holder sprinter on the sprint distance of 500, in the men's field, you can reopen the games for several scenarios. First, l & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis & ndash; gi & agrave; current leader of the standings of the Grand World Cup with 20 points ahead of Russia & ndash; can memorize options find themselves smoothed the way to winning the title. Concretely, l & rsquo; only challenger able to insidiarne leadership, & egrave; Belgian Bart Swings (at an altitude of 750 against 850 points of & rsquo; oranje). Quest & rsquo; last potr & agrave; play his cards especially of, 1500, 5000 meters and Mass Start. The women will be in two to play for the skater crown of the season: in strict order of ranking are Brittany Bowe & nbsp; and Heather Richardson-Bergsma, & nbsp; only separated by 165 points. Since & eacute; Finals in each victory will be worth & agrave; 150 lengths, the scenario seems wide open, despite Bowe seems can maintain the primacy playing defense. The Czech world champion "Allround" & nbsp; Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, currently second in the overall ranking - but gi & agrave; mathematically before the specialty & agrave; of 3000/5000 meters - he has given up at the Finals because of a thigh injury. & nbsp;
L & rsquo; Italy & nbsp; led by c.t. & nbsp; Maurizio Marchetto & nbsp; will be & agrave; at the start of the Finals & ndash; that qualified only athletes who have ended the season in Division A, which is among the top 12 in time trials and in the first 14 in the Mass Start - with a patrol six skaters: & nbsp; Fabio Francolini & nbsp; (H20 Varese), & nbsp; Andrea Giovannini & nbsp; (GS Fiamme Gialle), Michele Malfatti & nbsp; (Sporting Club Pergine), & nbsp; Nicola Tumolero & nbsp; (GS Fiamme Oro Moena), & nbsp; Francesca Lollobrigida & nbsp; (CS Air Force) and & nbsp; Francesca Bettrone & nbsp; (Group Cosmo Noale Ice) .
The Azzurri will be immediately on the ice in the afternoon of Friday & igrave; with the & rsquo; Men's Team Pursuit. In the focus of the trio Blue & ndash; third in the stage of Calgary in November - c & rsquo; & egrave; a place on the podium of the classification of specialty & agrave ;. Giovannini, Tumolero and Malfatti try to overtake Poland & ndash; third in the season rankings behind the teams in Holland and head Korea- looking a historian possible placement among the top three in the world. Saturday, however, will touch & agrave; Andrea Giovannini, committed & ndash; One Italian qualifier at the Finals in an individual race against the clock - in the 5000 meters within an emerging an exciting duel between the Dutch Jorrit Bergsma and Sven Kramer, remained in the running for the title of specialty & agrave; to 5 and 10 thousand meters. The Piné torner & agrave; the track on Sunday in the 1500 meters, distance over which has made remarkable improvements despite being disinclined to its characteristics of long-distance runner.
Sunday sar & agrave; the pi & ugrave day; expectation and more & ugrave; crowded with tricolor suits on Thialf. Happening, just at the close of three days of finals, the specialists of the Mass Start. Here the Azzurri play l & rsquo; ace Fabio Francolini. The skater Cant & ugrave; & Ndash; two seconds and a third place in the season & ndash; & Egrave; currently second to -42 points from & rsquo; Dutch Arjan Stroetinga, leader Cup. It has every chance & agrave; to play for the success in the final ranking and potr & agrave; be accompanied by a teammate who will & agrave; chosen from Giovannini and Tumolero. Will be two Italian women engaged in the race with mass start: this is Francesca Lollobrigida and Francesca Bettrone. Both will have the opportunity & agrave; to look for the first podium of the season.
Click here to read the full program, rankings and valid start lists for the Finals of the World Cup in Heerenveen.
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