Speed ​​Skating Cabinet meeting in Heerenveen
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For the first time this season the temple of & nbsp; & nbsp Thialf Arena, finds the & nbsp; speed skating. In the historic facility & nbsp; & nbsp Heerenveen; you return to racing - dall''11 13 dicemebre - for & nbsp; the fourth stage of the World Cup ISU. The building and the track & more ugrave; Famous & rsquo; the Netherlands are in the middle of some & nbsp; work restructuring & nbsp; which will continue until the end of 2016, but the conditions to compete in the & rsquo; yet another spectacular and exciting weekend of World Cup there, cos & Igrave; as we are the best interpreters of & nbsp; long track.
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Therefore & ograve; the many skating fans oranje can watch closely the exploits of their idols. And the show promises to be juicy in all the 12 individual distances & ndash; equally divided between group A and B for men and women & ndash; which will award as many victories and team competitions Team Pursuit and Team Sprint.
On the one hand the & rsquo; waiting partially condensed for the return of the ice & rsquo; undisputed idol of CITY and nation, and its many fans: Sven Kramer. The star players born on the CITY Frisian will try & agrave; his 28th Cup victory in & ldquo; his & rdquo; 5 thousand meters after winning the first race of & rsquo; year in Calgary. Kramer also will & agrave; at the start with teammates Blokhuijsen and Bergsma in & rsquo; s long-awaited proof & rsquo; s Team Pursuit.
It should be in action on Thialf, barring unforeseen circumstances of & rsquo; last time, even the most sprinter & ugrave; fast dell & rsquo; last year: Pavel Kulizhnikov. The 21 year old Russian had not competed in any of the competitions last weekend in Inzell. A & rsquo; s & rsquo influence; he at first did desist from standing to 500 meters, then on Saturday declined to play in 1000 only a few minutes before the start. Kulizhnikov, first man to dip under 34 seconds on a half kilometer, will try & agrave; to continue his winning streak that has lasted 9 races & ndash; 5 of which are in this season & ndash; won consecutively in 500. An impressive sequence. The presence of Kulizhnikov sar & agrave; a decisive test for the & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis, fresh from success on the 1000 meters and second in the 1,500 last week. Placings that & rsquo; they did pounce on top of the overall standings Cup (the Grand World Cup) before Bergsma, Swings and precisely to the Russian fasting points in the stage of Inzell.
More women & ugrave; expectations of all are always the two American & ndash; first and second in the World Cup Grand separated by only 25 points - Heather Richardson-Bergsma and Brittany Bowe. The first races for the first time in the Netherlands after the wedding with Jorrit Bergsma, another idol of the fans and oranje outstanding interpreter over long distances and in the Mass Start. To give the & rsquo; idea of ​​unchallenged domination of the duo Richardson-Bowe, enough to say that of the 15 races against time in preseason, if the well 6 have divided among themselves, or all those of 1000 and 1500 meters. Among other performers spotlight is on Lee Sang-Hwa and Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, respectively leaders of the overall standings Cup of 3000/5000 and 500 meters.
L & rsquo; Italy comes in Heerenveen from galvanized & rsquo; excellent form of many of its protagonists of the long runway. The Azzurri coached by c.t. Maurizio Marchetto are among the eligible candidates candidates for the podium in the men's mass start race on Sunday and in which the & rsquo; excellent Fabio Francolini & egrave; fresh from precious third place finish last Sunday in Inzell. Far & agrave; His partner will be there & agrave; Andrea Giovannini, also competing in the 5 thousand meters of fresh Division B of the podium in the 1500 Division B and the tenth place in the 5 thousand in Group A. To be taken into consideration also the sprinter Trentino David Bosa, that in Heerenveen & egrave; in full swing & nbsp; & ndash; fruit of points gained by the victory in B and A in the tenth place in Germany & ndash; to enter the 500 meters with the first group of merit. Gi & agrave; tomorrow will & agrave; engaged in the first series. Spotlight also on the Team Pursuit men. The Azzurri, gi & agrave; step on the podium in Calgary with Francolini, Giovannini and Stefani, they are currently in third place in the overall standings of specialty & agrave; and they were matched & Outdoors; Holland in their battery of tomorrow will hunt for a podium. Among women, however, there & rsquo; & egrave; Waiting for the Mass Start in which & ndash; for the second consecutive time & ndash; will compete two blue: Francesca Lollobrigida and Francesca Bettrone. The same Lollobrigida & egrave; engaged tomorrow in the 3000 meters in Division A, promoted after a brilliant third place finish in Inzell. Yvonne also Daldossi garegger & agrave; with the 20 best performers of Division A, the 500 meters. L & rsquo; Tyrolean & ndash; second in the second series & ldquo; B & rdquo; Inzell - open his & agrave; the afternoon of races, at 17, in its battery paired with the Korean Kim Hyun-Yung.
Click here to view the program and members of the three days of competition the Dutch and the complete results of World Cup. Recall that & rsquo; & event will agrave; broadcast live streaming & ndash; tomorrow from 17:00 - skating on the canal of & rsquo; ISU. To access the link click here.
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