Speed ​​Skating - CDM to Hamar
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After two years without competition in long track & ndash; & Ldquo; sandwiched & rdquo ;, & egrave; good to say, from a World Cup and a European Allround & ndash; & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp ISU; back on one of the oval with pi & ugrave; tradition in the circuit: the & nbsp; Vikingskipet & nbsp; & nbsp; Hamar. In CITY & nbsp; & nbsp Norwegian; s & rsquo; plant called & ldquo; Viking Ship & rdquo; over 10 thousand spectators, the Cup back after more than a month and a half break.
Friday 30 January 2015 14 minutes reading time
A very important stage in & rsquo; treasurer of the entire season, the one that will start & agrave; tomorrow. Between Saturday and Sunday there will be giving away only six races & ldquo; traditional & rdquo; of the circuit and its key points in Cup. C & rsquo; & egrave; dell & rsquo; another. The two-day Norwegian completer & agrave; the framework of the quotas for qualified by country at the upcoming World Championships Allround Calgary, 7-8 March. In Canada are gi & agrave; safe to race eight women and eleven men, according to the World Cup qualifiers 2014. These & ndash; to complete the final list of 24 participants by gender & ndash; it will add another 29 in total & ndash; 16 skaters and 13 skaters.
L & rsquo; ISU Stiler & agrave; a ranking based on the race of the weekend & ndash; 1500 and 3000 for women and 1500 for men and 5000 & ndash; reserving seats not according to individual competitors, but the share for the Federation. Potentially, therefore, the skaters at the start are all in the running: blue included. That's why & eacute; this fifth stage of the World Cup, becomes special. What are the blues candidates for a post for the World Allround? Obviously Andrea Giovannini men and Francesca Lollobrigida female. At least one place to head & egrave; l & rsquo; minimum target to hit. But the Italian patrol includes four other athletes & ndash; Stefani brothers, Nicola Tumolero and Mirko Giacomo Nenzi as a reserve, ready to assert himself.
Special and fierce sar & agrave; senz & rsquo; another in fighting the Dutch team, by far the most & ugrave; competitive on the world stage. Among men, the only two qualified for Calgary 2015 Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij. In fact, both have decided to give to the races this weekend, to add a bit & rsquo; off to the dense season in the making. Remains a place where at least three skaters oranje would end in the top 24 classified & ndash; same rule for women - in the two races against time to Hamar. And that if they contend champions such Jorrit Bergsma, Douwe de Vries and Wouter Olde Heuvel. Will see some good. In the women are three athletes competing for a place, in addition to qualified & ldquo; & rdquo ;, by Europeans Ireen Wü; st and Linda de Vries. The third will come & agrave; out of a & ldquo; pink & rdquo; including Carlijn Achtereekte, Diane Valkenburg and Marije Joling and Jorien Voorhuis. Given their quality & agrave ;, it seems inevitable that one of them will fly to Calgary.
Pausing in optical exquisitely on the World Cup 2014-15, you should take a look at the overall situation. As regards the contention of Great World Cup, there will be & agrave; the possibility & agrave; for specialists in the medium to long distances to recover & ndash; sar & agrave; absent in Norway - ground on the leader of the general classification men: Pavel Kulizhnikov. The phenomenal sprinter Russian, thanks to its incredible winning streak between 500 and 1000 meters, has accumulated a considerable capital of 640 total points. His pursuers are remote due. First of all Kjeld Nuis, gi & agrave; victorious once the 1500, which is 190 points behind the leader. Then, follow pi & ugrave; spaced the Belgian Bart Swings - to -250 & ndash; l & rsquo; oranje Wouter Olde Heuvel & ndash; at -260 & ndash; and then at close range among them the Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen, the leader of the Mass Start, the Korean Lee Seung-Hoon and the sample in 10 thousand in Sochi 2014, Jorrit Bergsma. These last skaters will all race in Hamar.
In the women, however, the Cup Norwegian could mark the seal in the escape decided to Ireen Wü; st regarding the victory of the Great World Cup. The 28-year old oranje guide with 760 points, with a great advantage against Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ; second at 590. Behind her c & rsquo; & egrave; Marrit Leenstra, fellow of the leader, but no match for the trip to the North. With its technical van Veen decided to focus primarily on the World Single Distance of Heerenveen (February 12 to 15 next). Attention to Canadian Ivanie Blondin, points leader in specialty & agrave; Mass Start, where & egrave; always went to the podium & ndash; two wins, a second and a third place - in the four previous stages.
Are the distances that will be raced at Vikingskipet between Saturday and Sunday. It will begin & agrave; tomorrow, with the men's 5000 meters, followed by 1500 for women. In the first race, Bob de Jong leads the specialty & agrave; and pu & ograve; further extend the Russian Rumyantsev and the landlord Lunde Pedersen. Definitely will earn & agrave; Sven Kramer, who gave up a run. The blue hopes are pinned in Andrea Giovannini, the financier of Baselga di Pin & eacute; pu & ograve; and should definitely aim at improving his best result on the distance, in group A: l & rsquo; eleventh place finish in Heerenveen last December. Besides him, also room for the Italian champion Luca Stefani Allround.
The 1500 women are a & rsquo; opportunity to Ireen Wü; st to find confirmation & ndash; and tris career - in the Cup specialty & agrave ;. L & rsquo; olympic not festegger & agrave; mathematics victory, but it could give a decisive blow & ndash; besides Hamar, the distance is striving & agrave; only pi & ugrave; Finals March -for speech & ldquo; & rdquo ;, cup also because the flat rate of Leenstra, its direct competitor. For the partial victory of stage, attention to the US unleashed Heather Richardson, in great recovery after a start to the season and the Norwegian controlled Ida Nj & aring; tun, brilliant at the European Allround Chelyabinsk, where he finished sixth. For the colors blue, c & rsquo; & egrave; Francesca Lollobrigida. The Roman could go back to the 1500 points, as happened in Heerenveen on December 14, in Division B.
Interesting speech Cup victory and specialty & agrave ;, the 1500 men. & Egrave; This is perhaps the most competition & ugrave; uncertain this season that led to four different winners in as many tests seasonal. In pole c & rsquo; & egrave; Jan Szymanski, followed by Nuis, Lunde Pedersen, Olde Heuvel and Davis: all covered by less than 50 points of difference. In the race, entered in Division B, there will be four Italians: besides Andrea Giovannini, the brothers Luca and Andrea Stefani and Nicola Tumolero.
Open his & agrave; on Sunday, however, the challenge over 3000 meters women. As predictable, the winner could be one of Wü; st and S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. L & rsquo; outsider in the main battle is always and only one: Germany's Claudia Pechstein. Again, l & rsquo; blue in the race & egrave; one: Francesca Lollobrigida.
Still Mass Start sar & agrave; special race for the Italian colors. The blues, gi & agrave; protagonists in recent races of the season, can play an important role in the development of the race in Hamar. Over all, Andrea Giovannini & egrave; senz & rsquo; another one of the eligible candidates favorites. The Trentino must defend - at his side there will & agrave; teammate Nicola Tumolero - second place in the standings & nbsp; & agrave specialty; from attacks especially Arjen Stroetinga, besides the gi & agrave; cited Bergsma and Swings. And why & eacute; no, groped to mend the breach by the leader, the Korean Lee.
Mass Start special for Francesca Lollobrigida, who won the cup of specialty & agrave; female in 2014, no potr & agrave; pi & ugrave; mathematically groped to win her back, missing two races at the close. L & rsquo; Italian, for ograve ;, & pu & ograve; search placings important and prestigious, improving the seventh place in Berlin. For the speech title, the challenge seems enclosed in the three head: Blondin, Shouten and S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;.
From tomorrow sar & agrave; can follow the races live streaming, starting at 13:50, via the Eurovision platform. Click here to login.
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The program of the first day with schedules and Italian in the race:
09:30 1500m Women Division B (Lollobrigida) Hours 10:44 5000m men Division B 14:00 1500m Women Division A Hours 14:50 5000m Men Division A
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