Speed ​​Skating - 2014 Sochi
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The women's 500m speed skating speak Korean. Sang-Hwa Lee is confirmed as the fastest woman in the speed skating race for the sprinters as well. The Olympic champion does not give the scepter won four years ago in Vancouver, and the Adler Arena in Sochi, breaks Dutch rule that characterized the early days of the Russian Olympic ice. The phenomenal athlete coached by Canadian Kevin Crockett wins gold with a total time of 74'' 70 (crowned 37'' 28 that applies a new Olympic record.) To Russian Silver ; Fatkulina (75'' 06), while the bronze goes Dutch Margot Boer (75'' 48), after a great recovery in the second series on Chinese Zheng (75'' 58 ). The Italian Yvonne Daldossi, yet another newcomer to the Olympic Games of the blue team, finishes 30th at 3'' 94 from the winner.
Tuesday 11 February 2014 6 minutes reading time
The motto of the 500 women could pray something like this: "all against Lee Sang-Hwa." The 24-year old Korean has not only won, but there has been a woman of the records. A skater who has trimmed in the current season, on average, at least half a second distance race, to all the others. One of the absolute level sprinter, Olympic champion in 2010 and unbeaten all season, where he peaked in Salt Lake City in the Cup: 36'' 36 his crazy world record. She, too, nurtured in the club of those who have renounced the World Cup Sprint (along with Bowe and Wang) to better prepare for the competitions in Sochi. Mission largely accomplished, given the competition less dense because of the absence of world champion sprint in Nagano 2014: China's Yu Jing, forced to forfeit to a hip injury.
From the first series, the future winner had put the record straight. Opening with a disarming 37 42'' (track record. Namely habit of his season, as in 2013 he had made one for each official race running around half the world). A trial carried out with disarming ease, he allowed Lee to hoist himself immediately at the head of the provisional standings. Well spaced, up from 15 cents, the other rivals for gold. We had tried strenuously hostess Olga Fatkulina, good to ignite the Adler Arena with its 37'' 57. Just a penny better than the Chinese Zhang Hong, who had stopped at 37'' 58. Despite its cool silver sprint world champion, she was the real surprise of the first run. Far from the summit and disappointing, however, the other eligible candidates at the podium: Fourth Heather Richardson (+0' '31), sixth Beixing Wang (+0' '40). Among them, the oranje Margot Boer (37'' 77). Out well in advance of the fight for the medals, the veteran and silver at the 2010 Games Jenny Wolf (+ 0'' 51).
The Lee bites and buries the competition in the second series. The Asian gives almost a walkway to the public, putting a seal of quality to his already mortgaged gold. How? Of course down in one shot only two Olympic records with apparent ease disarming. Primacy excellent, the partial (in 37'' 28, the previous record of Catriona Le May Doan, 37'' 30 in 2002) and on the sum of the two times (74'' 70'' 75 74 against the old, always held by the Canadian). No hopes of victory for the excellent Fatkulina, although the 24-year old confirmed dispenser of emotions for Russia. Creating a large, between the "human", 37'' 69: second fastest time of the second series. The Dutch Boer completed his comeback thanks to its 37'' 71 and take advantage of the run much slower than Hong Zhang. Of note, the Wolf got a jolt of pride (fifth fastest time in the heats in 37'' 73). The German will close in sixth place overall, surpassing the order the disappointing Wang and Richardson: the two are the real failures of today's race.
Realistically had little hope of glory to the only blue at the start, Yvonne Daldossi. So it was. The South Tyrol leads a performance anyway around his usual standards. In the first series fails to take full advantage of a good response to the start (10'' 78 to 100), and then give ground in the final. Thus ends the first run in 39'' 30. Over the next 500 meters, the young native of Lana (Bolzano) does not confirm the first plate and its proof slightly worse (39'' 34). The total of 78'' 64 applies to the 22 year old's 30th place.
Here the overall standings complete.
Tomorrow back on the ice men. Largo specialists in the 1,000 meters. And in this race Italy to play the best card available: Mirko James Nenzi. Favorited must the American champion Shani Davis, seeking confirmation of the third Olympic distance.
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