Speed ​​Skating - CDM in Obihiro (Japan)
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Even the Cup season & nbsp; ice skating in long track & nbsp; & egrave; now departing. In a few hours, the theater of the & ldquo; first & rdquo; This new season of speed skating will & agrave; the & nbsp; Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval. The stage d & rsquo; s debut of the seven commitments of the & nbsp; ISU World Cup & nbsp; part dall''Estremo and East & Outdoors, far north of & nbsp; Japan & rsquo on the island of Hokkaido and will last & agrave; until Sunday, November 16th. The town of & nbsp; Obihiro & nbsp; & returns so igrave; to host the Cup in long track. Previously the capital of the prefecture of & nbsp; Tokachi & nbsp; & agrave had already; hosted the circuit. The first time in 1994 and again in December 2010. In the same season, after the & rsquo; s opening dell''attuale impainto indoor, had also played the World Cup Sprint.
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For the long trip to Asia in November & ndash; in addition to Obihiro, the circus will & agrave; also involved in the World Cup in Seoul 21-23 of this month & ndash; will be eight blues of the expedition led by technicians Giorgio Baroni and Stefano Donagrandi. The patrol Italian & egrave; therefore ready for the & rsquo; s Cup season debut after spending the & rsquo; s last run-up in Germany, in Inzell, indoor track on which they train regularly during non winter blues.
What are the main expectations of the Italian long track? Hopes best in the men do qualify & rsquo; other answers Mirko James Nenzi. The Venetian has hit a 2013-2014 season certainly one of the most & ugrave; positive of his career. Sealed with the first podium of his career played in the 1000 meters in Astana in November last year. Furthermore, both in the 500 in both 1000 & egrave; managed to climb the hierarchy world earning a permanent presence in the first group of about. L & rsquo; s athlete of the Guardia di Finanza & ndash; that Compir & agrave; 25 years just tomorrow & ndash; hopes to give yourself a gift this weekend d & rsquo; s debut.
In the women, the & rsquo; can & ograve Italy; boast the reigning champion, Francesca Lollobrigida. The skater Frascati & egrave; 2014 was the victor in the specialty & agrave; the Mass Start. L & rsquo; tesserata for the athlete & rsquo; Air Force, do not take & agrave; part in the first round of this season, but aggregher & agrave; to patrol the blue just from Seoul. & Egrave; the centerpiece of the World of Inline Skating in Argentina, where between the & rsquo; another won a silver medal in the 15,000-elimination.
Apart from them, for sure will & agrave; to be followed with interest the growth of Andrea Giovannini. The Trent specializes in long distances (5000 and 10000 meters) & egrave; was also ranked the best & ndash; as Nenzi in 15000 & ndash; the Olympic Games in Sochi. In Russia, in fact, came 17th in the 5 thousand meters. In addition garegger & agrave; Also in the Mass Start Men. But the & rsquo; & egrave objective as possible; to access the Division A of 5000 meters.
The other Italian squad see un''altra knowledge Sochi Olympic, David Bosa (specialized in the 500 and 1000) came last year in Division A of the distance pi & ugrave; Short program: tenter & agrave; to recover that place in the first group. With the same features as sprinters, there & rsquo; & egrave; Luca Zanghellini, & Outdoors, absolute debut in the World Cup Senior. The 20 year old will & agrave; 500. The team engaged in potr & agrave; count on more & ugrave; expert Luca Stefani & ndash; 27 years and since 2007 cornerstone of the National World Cupa & ndash; Tumolero and Nicola, who was also the first appearance in the World Cup. Both will be part of the new men's Team Pursuit, since the re-launch after the resounding failure to qualify for the Olympics.
L & rsquo; s only other woman on the ice in Asia & ndash; But for both legs & ndash; sar & agrave; Yvonne Daldossi. L & rsquo; Alto Adige (also returning from the Winter Games in Sochi), garegger & agrave; on shorter distances of the program.
Very important will & agrave; l & rsquo; s Team Pursuit Obihiro. They are in fact provided only two games all season in which the race & egrave; programmed. Right next weekend and on 12-14 December in Heerenveen (Netherlands). Then will & agrave; decreed the champion cup. What's New & agrave; regulation: the Mass Start, for women, for men, preveder & agrave; a total of 16 laps instead of 20 planned until last year. While disputer & agrave; also evidence Team Sprint. Distance, for now, only demonstrative and consumer & agrave; in three laps and provides for the & rsquo; s use of three skaters per team.
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Glancing & more ugrave; overall there & ograve; you expect from the World Cup 2014-2015, c & rsquo; & egrave; waiting to know the season of the Americans, who hold the title of General Grand World Cup as both male and female. Last season's Cup are not at all disfigured in this event, but they paid a final undertone, which led them to an & ldquo; zero & rdquo; resounding voice in the medals & ndash; not happened in Sarajevo in 1984 -in long track to the last Winter Olympics. Of course the star of the US team will & agrave; the defending champion Shani Davis Cup. The 32 year-old & egrave; chasing the record of wins in the event of the Canadian Jeremy Whoterspoon (& egrave; at an altitude of 58 against 67 of the record holder). In the women, Heather Richardson will try & agrave; to confirm the queen of the general classification. And one of its main rivals can & ograve; be compatriot Brittany Bowe.
Needless to say, the nation's number one candidate to challenge the two keepers season starts tomorrow will & agrave; l & rsquo; Holland. The mission will & agrave; one for many of the other battleships of the world speed skating: Break the Dutch rule. A & rsquo; s hegemony, one of the skaters oranje, overwhelming and exploded above in 2014: the year that led them to win as many as 23 on 36 total Olympic medals. Two gold medals at the World Allround (Ireen W & uuml; st and Koen Verweij) over to celebrate a man first World Cup Sprint (Michel Mulder). The only titles more & ugrave; escaped the squadron most prestigious & ugrave; Strong all-time d & rsquo; Holland, were the female of & rsquo; iris Sprint (went to the Chinese Yu Jing) and, of course, the World Cup overall.
In the front row of the absolute stars of the team & rsquo; Holland, Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij and Ireen W & uuml; st. They are the most talented of a team that has 36 elements called up for the first race of the season. All potentially in a position to get on the podium of the individual and team competitions. Of note is the excellent condition of Marrit Leenstra (who married the & rsquo; Olympic and former Blue Matteo Anesi, last summer) turned out to be in top form by beating the & ldquo; & rdquo cannibal; W & uuml; st in the 1500 & ndash; certainly not as an event & igrave; frequent - Dutch Championships ten days ago. But the team oranje not Schierer & agrave; some athletes in specific gravity huge. Absent will be important in the first twins Mulder. The two sprinters will not be in Obihiro and Seoul for several reasons: to solve a problem to Ronald & rsquo; s crotch, pointed out two weeks ago in the national tests. While Michel's brother, on the other hand, & egrave; Rosario, Argentina, where & egrave; engaged in the World Inline, such as & rsquo; blue Lollobrigida. There will be & agrave ;, among women, Antoinette de Jong, qualifiers, he decided to give the Asian stages. Cos & igrave; as the Olympic champion of 10 thousand, Jorrit Bergsma.
Taking stock of the other teams & egrave; striking how dark the package of one of the most skaters & ugrave; strong in circulation, as well as & eacute; bronze at the World Championships Allround 2014: Russian Denis Yuskov. The specialist in the 1500m & ndash; second in specialty & agrave; after last season, the result of two wins in season & ndash; not take & agrave; part for postings Obihiro and Seoul. Rientrer & agrave; (Apparently) in the European leg in December. The cause of the & rsquo; s absence would first psychological than physical. The President of the Russian Federation, Ice, told the press that & rsquo; athlete suffers from a mental and emotional exhaustion. However garegger & agrave; this month. There will be & agrave; even the & rsquo; an expert Ivan Skobrev. The 31-year-medaled in his career, one & rsquo; s another highlight of the team coached by Maurizio Marchetto, shut down & ndash; temporarily - l & rsquo; activities & agrave; after the Olympics. Causes: severe back problems unresolved. Not rientrer & agrave; throughout the international season.
What's New & agrave; curious at home Canada: the & rsquo; born in Holland Ted Jan Bloemen garegger & agrave; by that & rsquo; s year with the colors of the national North American team in a deeply rejuvenated, in which the only Denny Morrison appears in the top skaters in Asia.
What's New & agrave; Also in the formidable team of Korea. The sprinter gold in Sochi 2014 and World record holder at 500, Lee Sang-hwa will & agrave; still the woman to beat in the sprint races? After the rule last year, it seems to S & igrave ;. But attention to the newcomer from the short runway Park Seung-Hi, which has been shown in the first national test of the selection, you can run the same lofty levels of & rsquo; Olympic in short distance. Sar & agrave; a bargain all Korean, that of speed & agrave; women. They expect challengers: the first will & agrave; patt & rsquo; another Olga Fatkulina. But the young Russian & ndash; Cup winner specialty & agrave; 2014 on 500 & ndash; non & egrave; appeared in the form of races & rsquo; s debut played in Russia. Among others, the & rsquo; eternal sprinter winning the German Jenny Wolf & egrave; withdrawn after the Olympics.
Boys on the eternal. & Egrave; impossible not to mention Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, & more ugrave; than ready for the new challenge. The Czech champion, just a month ago participated for the third time at the World Road Cycling & ndash; where he finished 12th individual time trial & ndash; and points decided the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016. But this month its priorities & agrave; back to speed skating, where he wants to fight for the Cup title, after the many back problems that have influenced & ndash; not without winning the 5000m in Sochi & ndash; l & rsquo; Olympic year. She will meet with the 42-year old German Claudia Pechstein: still in business & agrave; and willing to do battle & ndash; Ireen with W & uuml; st and the Dutch patrol - right at the Czech long-distance travel.
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This is the complete schedule of the 2014-2015 season of speed skating.
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The program of the first day of competition in Obihiro, with times Italians and the Italians involved. Recall also, that & egrave; You can follow the live streaming of the races of Division A of the channel speed skating & rsquo; ISU. Click here to enter.
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Hours 2:54 5000m Men Division B (Tumolero and Giovannini)
Hours 3:54 500m women (first series), Division B (Y Daldossi)
Hours 4:13 500m men (second series), Division B (Zanghellini and Bosa)
Hours 5:02 3000m Women Division B
07:00 5000m Men Division A
Hours 8:22 500m women (first series) Division A
Hours 8:47 500m men (second series) Division A (Nenzi)
Hours 9:32 3000m Women Division A
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