Speed ​​Skating - Italian Mass Start Championships
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It & egrave; closed today, on the ice of & rsquo; Ice Rink in & nbsp; Baselga di Pin & eacute ;, the three days of & nbsp; skating long track & nbsp; for & nbsp; leagues Italian. After & nbsp; the & rsquo; assignment & nbsp; & nbsp allround titles; yesterday, the picture & egrave; completed with the running of the races valid for announcing the & nbsp; & nbsp national champions; the new & nbsp; & specialty agrave; Olympic & nbsp; & ndash; esordir & agrave; Games in 2018 & ndash; the & nbsp; Mass Start. The race starting group and awarding points on 16 total laps & ndash; three intermediate sprints - has awarded the & rsquo; gold & ldquo; Senior & rdquo; & nbsp; big & nbsp; the & specialty agrave;: & nbsp; Fabio Francolini & nbsp; and & nbsp; Francesca Lollobrigida.
Monday 28 December 2015 8 minutes reading time
For the first time the Mass Start saw rewarded their national champions at the Italian. And as proof of & rsquo; & agrave rise of this specialty; Also the numbers of participants have been high: 16 women and 36 men which led to 8 samples and Italian champions: from Senior to Junior A, B and C.
Excellent feedback for the specialists of the highest quality & agrave; Italian, gi & agrave; players for several seasons in the international race starting the 24 year old Francesca Lollobrigida, gi & agrave; winner of a World Cup of specialty & agrave; in the 2013-2014 season, got the better after 10 & rsquo; 33 & rsquo; & rsquo; 86 - and the decisive sprint winning the 16 & deg; ride - on Francesca Bettrone and younger sister Giulia Lollobrigida. The driver of the sports center Air Force seals cos & Igrave; its national leadership in speed skating after the overall title won yesterday accompanied by four successes & ndash; four distances & ndash; which I earned her second consecutive gold Italian. This time Francesca accompanies the triumph Championships & ldquo; classic & rdquo; with the seal in the Mass Start, specialty & agrave; where the World Cup Senior & egrave; stably in the first merit group and in which boasts three podiums & ndash; a first, a second and a third place & ndash; career. The skater Lazio, who lives and trains regularly on the slopes Dutch won the final standings with 71 points: fruit of 60 won in the final sprint and won the 11 & ndash; on up to 15 - the intermediate regions. Argent, vice-champion allround Bettrone. The Venetian, yesterday second & ldquo; allround & rdquo; He ended with 42 points ahead of 16 points to the neocampionessa Italian sister, Julia. The lower & ndash; Class 1995 - the Lollobrigida anticipates for only 8 cents in the final sprint & ndash; finishing third and winning cos & Igrave; the heavy 20 points to be won for the third & Outdoors; arrival & ndash; the Junior A Deborah Grisenti, fourth among the senior, but Italian champion in its class in front of Gloria Malfatti and Arianna Sighel.
The male comes first hurr & agrave; flag for the big surprise of the speed skating Italian & ndash; and not only of our house & ndash; in & rsquo; last year: Fabio Francolini (pictured on the cover). The skater canturino bearer of & rsquo; H2O Varese complete 16 laps in 9 & rsquo; 01 & rsquo; & rsquo; 25. The crucial of & rsquo; allocation of endpoints, his imperious final sprint where he won 60 points that sealed the victory speech. Francolins closed cos & Igrave; 63 lengths, in 23 more & ugrave; compared to Nicola Tumolero, its main rival in the race flag. Third & ndash; and bronze Italian & ndash; the national champion allround Andrea Giovannini, l & rsquo; another skater stayed with the top two to play for points & ndash; and consequently the & rsquo; order on the podium & ndash; decisive in the final sprint. The fresh sample Italian, as well as & eacute; so far l & rsquo; only man capable of winning a blue Mass Start World Cup, finished the race today with 20 points.
He continues cos & Igrave; the exceptional moment of Fabio Francolini. The former world champion skater Lombard Road, you & egrave; dedicated full time to the ice skating last season, he gets his first title on the Italian ice. A bay which adds to their impressive performances obtained & ndash; between December 2014 and 2015 & ndash; in World Cup and World Championships of Single Distances. The 29 year-old canturino fact & egrave; the runner-up world of specialty & agrave; online and in five Mass Start played in Cup & egrave; It was almost infallible, hitting 4 podiums & ndash; two second places and two third places & ndash; and & egrave; currently second in the overall standings.
Click here to see the full results of the Mass Start flag.
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Following is a summary of the podium for all categories:
WOMEN
SENIOR Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA 1. 2. 3. Giulia Francesca BETTRONE LOLLOBRIGIDA
JUNIOR 1. Deborah GRISENTI 2. Gloria MALFATTI 3. Arianna Sighel
JUNIOR B Edda Paluzzi 1. 2. 3. Magdalene TRENTIN Giulia MORELLI
JUNIOR C 1. Laura Peveri 2. Federica MAFFEI 3. Chiara BETTI
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MEN
SENIOR 1. Fabio francolins 2. Nicola TUMOLERO 3. Andrea GIOVANNINI
JUNIOR 1. Daniel NIERO 2. Francesco Tescari 3. Fabio ALARIO
Gianluca MEADOWS JUNIOR B 1. 2. 3. James Henry SALINE DALSASS
JUNIOR C 1. Nicola NADALINI 2. Riccardo Pontalti 3. Thomas NADALINI
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