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The international season of & nbsp; ice skating long-track & nbsp; has officially opened its doors quest & rsquo; today, a & nbsp; Calgary & nbsp; on & rsquo; oval that was Olympic in 1988. In the first of six stages of the World Cup ISU, the values ​​have brought to top rulers and the domination of the latest seasons. Male, celebrate & ldquo; Giant & rdquo; & nbsp; Sven Kramer & nbsp; (cover) in the 5000 meters and the Russian & nbsp; Pavel Kulizhnikov & nbsp; (first series of 500, with world record touched).
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Female, won the sprint race the world record holder Lee Sang-Hwa (Korea) while the & rsquo; steel Czech Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; espouse the 3000. The Azzurri's new commissioner of the National Maurizio Marchetto get, as best result, an excellent tenth place with Andrea Giovannini, engaged in the first division of the men's 5000 meters.
Just 5000 meters have enabled true in action and admire Andrea Giovannini, l & rsquo; only Italian guadagnatosi year ago the right to run in Division A (l & rsquo; unique blue around the Friday & Igrave; Cup). The Trentino runs in battery paired with Korean Lee Seung-Hoon, his bitter rival in the specialty & agrave; the Mass Start. Find a steady race and fast enough to compete with the very first, so that you piazzer & agrave; in tenth position. The 22 year old Pinetano, fresh Italian record made in last week's test at 3000 meters, confirms the & rsquo; excellent form united with their progress already & agrave; shown in the last season. These steps his lap: 29’’8-29’’8-29’’8-29’’9-30’’1-30’’3-30’’4-30’’6-30’’8-30’’5 to finish with a 6 & rsquo; 21 & rsquo; & rsquo; 27, time that overthrows his old personal best of 6 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 62 obtained in March during the World Championships Allround, disputatisi on this same oval. This is his final time allowing him to equal the best result in career & ndash; cos & Igrave; as in Erfurt - about 5 thousand Cup.
The victory, the number 48 in his career (between individual and team), & egrave; He went to Sven Kramer. L & rsquo; Dutch resumes cos & Igrave; from where he had finished, he took first prize in the World Cup for the ninth consecutive time on 5000. The 29 year-old champion of Heerenveen won easily in 6 & rsquo; 08 & rsquo; & rsquo; 61 in 5.31 seconds of his world record. Kramer precedes the final ranking compatriot Jorrit Bergsma (6 & rsquo; 10 & rsquo; & rsquo; 44) and another Dutchman by birth, but Canadian passport last season Ted-Jan Bloemen (personal best in 6 & rsquo; 12 & rsquo; & rsquo; 72). For quest & rsquo; last comes the first individual podium of his career.
Without the main & ndash; at least on paper & ndash; His antagonist Ireen Wü; st, which decided not to take part in the & ldquo; First & rdquo; seasonal & egrave; important success in the women's 3000 meters Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; that in the last laps d & agrave; bottom of his energy and his incredible progression when the distances start to become impressive. Czech champion, who less than a couple of months ago you disimpegnava in the World Road Cycling, gets an excellent 3 & rsquo; 57 & rsquo; & rsquo; 21 that is the 37th Gold Cup. The Dutch, even without their main interpreter Wü; st, occupy the podium with Irene Schouten (3 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 39). In third place, however, comes a surprise pi & ugrave; great day of d & rsquo; debut: it is the Russian Natalya Voronina, who sits on the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium in 3 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 78. For the 21 year old is the best result in the cup after the & rsquo; debut took place a year ago. L & rsquo; another Dutch favorite to win, Jorien Voorhuis, & egrave; fourth, while Germany's Claudia Pechstein & ndash; today at the start of his 24th season in the World Cup & ndash; & egrave; eighth.
In the morning the Canadian had over the two Italian members on the distance of 3 thousand, involved & ograve; the second largest group worldwide. In the race won by Japan's Misaki Oshigiri in 4 & rsquo; 03 & rsquo; & rsquo; 97, the best & egrave; Francesca found to be Bettrone. The 24-year old Venetian, rejoined the circuit after a year's absence, it is square in 13th place after 4 & rsquo; 10 & rsquo; & rsquo; 24. It improves his personal best & ndash; Previous 4 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 02 obtained in Inzell in & rsquo; October & ndash; and equaled his best finish of his career. In the rear Francesca Lollobrigida, only twentieth, covering the 7 and a half laps in 4 & rsquo; 14 & rsquo; & rsquo; 65, far from his best performance.
The first round of the 500 meters women in this weekend's World Cup if the & rsquo; won the world record holder Lee Sang-hwa. The South Korean specialist, now in its 34th Cup victory, complete the tour and 100-meter race in 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 96. Second in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 18 & egrave; the falling Chinese Zhang Hong, who competed in the Cup from November 2014. L & rsquo; gold in the 1,000 & Outdoors; Sochi 2014 Olympics and silver medalist at the World Cup sprint of the following month, also takes his first podium in the 500 meters. Brittany Bowe (USA) hits the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, running in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 22 and in fourth place, relegating compatriot & ndash; and third-ranked defending the cup of specialty & agrave; as well as & eacute; winner of the Grand World Cup 2014-15 - Heather Richardson (37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 29), became Ms. Bergsma after marriage with Dutch colleague took place last May.
In Division B had committed the & rsquo; unique Italian enrolled in the first round of the sprint race on a half kilometer. Yvonne Daldossi closes his performance in 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 70 by touching a single penny for his personal best. L & rsquo; & egrave South Tyrol; tenth, that is 84 cents from the winner, the Canadian Marsha Hudei.
Celebrate inevitably Pavel Kulizhnikov, the phenomenal Russian eight victories & ndash; out of 14 races in total & ndash; World Cup in 2014-2015, was looking for a successful start to the season and also the world record distance of Jeremy Wotherspoon & ndash; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 03 & ndash; that resists since 2007. Avr & agrave; a second chance on Sunday. On the fast ice of & rsquo; Olympic Oval in the state of & rsquo; Alberta, the 21 year old native of Vorkoeta releases all of its power, and ended his test in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 11, breaking down however, his personal best of 16 cents. Obviously the victory & egrave; his business, exclusive. Behind him are placed the Finn Mika Poutala and Canadian William Dutton, but their gaps are considerable. The Scandinavian, who takes the Cup podium after 5 years and 9 months d & rsquo; absence, pays 17 cents of duty and the North American 35. Quest & rsquo; & ograve last for; and anticipates the podium a partially disappointed & ndash; Since & eacute; He fell after the break of & rsquo; last year - Ronald Mulder for just two cents.
In Division B, they were two blues entered the race pi & ugrave; fast program. Mirko Giacomo Nenzi & egrave; the best and ranks ninth overall, gaining cos & Igrave; its first Cup in the current season. 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 05 time of the almost 26-year old, who tomorrow festegger & agrave; his birthday. David Bosa, however, ended his test in 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 14 to 14 cents improving his personal best & ndash; of November 2013 - and & egrave; 12th. The victory for the second group of about & egrave; went to the Canadian Alex Boisvert-Lacroix in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 39, that the trial would be earned third place in the first group of about.
Click here to read the full results and the competition program of the first weekend of seasonal Cup.
Recall also that & egrave; You can follow the live streaming of the races of Calgary 20:30 Italian. To access & egrave; Just go to the link channel skating dell & rsquo; ISU: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/index.html
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