Speed ​​Skating - World Allround in Calgary
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It is expected to show much & rsquo; Olympic Oval & nbsp; & nbsp; Calgary, where tomorrow will begin the & nbsp; World Allround Championships. Hardly the ice that was Olympic in 1988 does not give the records to the & nbsp; long track & nbsp; & pi ugrave; famous Canadian. With its altitude, just above the 1100 meters above sea level, l & rsquo; plant & nbsp; American & nbsp; & egrave; l & rsquo; ideal for those & egrave; hunting of primates, which are these personal, national or global.
Friday 6 March 2015 15 minutes reading time
& Nbsp; There are plans & ndash; Saturday and Sunday & ndash; four distances from running, which will form the final standings. It partir & agrave; with 500 meters to go, at the close of the first session with the 3000 & ndash; for women & ndash; and the men's 5,000 meters. Then, on Sunday sar & agrave; grand finale with the 1500 and 5000 women (10 thousand only for men).
& Egrave; The fifth edition of the World Allround for CITY and l & rsquo; Oval in Calgary. The first two editions were "divided" in 1990 competed women, while in 1992 it was the turn of the men. Then, with l & rsquo; unification of the two tournaments since 1996, competed in Canada in 2006 and finally in 2011.
Among the record-lived c & rsquo; & egrave; to assault the best performance in the world pi & ugrave; at least elderly women: the one made by Canadian Cindy Klassen on 3000 meters & ndash; 3 & rsquo; 53 & rsquo; & rsquo; 34 - in March 2006, on the occasion of the World Allround. But the first indoor track 400 meters built in North America, built all & rsquo; inside the campus of the & rsquo; Universit & agrave; the CITY pi & ugrave; populous of & rsquo; Alberta, also includes another time trial & ldquo; World & rdquo; in his town: to Sven Kramer in the 5000 meters (6 & rsquo; 03 & rsquo; & rsquo; 32). Even this could be wrought by the holder announced in perfect shape at the start.
With the gi & agrave; quoted Sven Kramer, perhaps the most star & ugrave; fold speed skating world, 24 men and 24 women compete for the title of champion and world champion allround 2015. Nell & rsquo; edition 2014, which took place in Heerenveen (Netherlands) triumphed just two Dutch: Koen Verweij and compatriot Ireen Wü; st in Championship literally dominated by the team oranje, just back from a & rsquo; 2014 Winter Olympics record of medals ever in the history of speed skating & agrave ;.
Today the values ​​do not seem cos & Igrave; clearly unbalanced in favor of & rsquo; Netherlands, on both sides. Although at the male list of the favorites for the & rsquo; gold seems limited to two samples & ldquo; Orange & rdquo ;. On the one hand, and by its Koen Verweij & rsquo; other Sven Kramer, missing l & rsquo; last year & ndash; but with six titles on the bulletin board & ndash; and gi & agrave; winner quest & rsquo; year of two tests of great importance in the challenge with his companion Allround pi & ugrave; young: the Europeans in 2015 in Chelyabinsk and Dutch Championships last December.
Among them for & ograve; would fit the third & ldquo; & rdquo inconvenience; Denis Yuskov. The 25 year-old Russian & egrave; looking for a world gold & ldquo; complete & rdquo; that give away the final leap of quality & agrave; to his career after the two world titles & ndash; Single Distances Championships of 2013, 2015 & ndash; in the 1500 meters & ndash; by the way, the Russian seems willing to throw the challenge for the world record held by & rsquo; absent Shani Davis - and the bronze at the World Allround a year ago. The Muscovite & egrave; in very good condition in this season finale and & egrave; a serious candidate for the final podium. A step below Yuskov there seem to be other skaters pi & ugrave; strong batch champion. Among them are those who are always fearful gi & agrave; on the podium in his career. Especially the Belgian Bart Swings & ndash; bronze in & rsquo; edition 2013 & ndash; and Norway's Havard B & oslash; kko, gi & agrave; silver four times between 2008 and 2013 and bronze in 2010. Also Spotlight on French Alexis Contin and third Dutch Douwe de Vries.
Separate chapter deserve men bearer of Canada. I see a red and white protagonists Denny Morrison back to a World Allround after six years. And the Canadian flagship & ndash; coached by Dutch guru Schouten & ndash; & Egrave; among the eligible candidates for the final podium. In addition to Morrison, for & ograve ;, & egrave; to be considered as one of the favorites also the & rsquo; born in Holland & ndash; but the Canadian passport from & rsquo; start this season - Ted-Jan Bloemen.
A curiosity & agrave; very relevant. For the first time since 1964 the US will no skater & egrave; qualified for the World Allround. A recurrence of nearly catastrophic, saved in part by the presence of female Heather Richardson, good to conquer the pass in the stage of qualification & ndash; precisely in this World Cup & ndash; held in Hamar at the World Cup. The Richardson & egrave; still in good shape after the World Cup Sprint & ndash; where & egrave; Silver was behind the extraordinary compatriot Brittany Bowe - last weekend in Astana. For l & rsquo; only US representative in Calgary, c & rsquo; & egrave; the possibility & agrave; to do well despite the podium seems out of reach because of the characteristics of pure sprinter.
About the women's podium l & rsquo; has good viewfinder & egrave; certainly Ireen Wü; st. The European champion of 2015 seeking his fifth consecutive world title, cos & Igrave; to equal the record of legendary shoes Gunda Niemann & ndash; five hits between 1995 and 1999. A & rsquo; enterprise possible for the 28 year old gi Goirle & agrave; widely in the history of his sport. A counter velleit & agrave; the Wü; st there penser & agrave; Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. & Egrave; she l & rsquo; only athlete in the way that can & ograve; boast l & rsquo; iris allround shouts, gi & agrave; won twice in 2009-2010, ie before & ldquo; of & rsquo; & rdquo ;. It was Ireen The rider of the Czech Republic & egrave; in an excellent form and showed it & ndash; beating its rival number one & ndash; at the World Single Distances of about 3000 meters. Dall & rsquo; s other hand & rsquo; oranje prefers tracks do indoor skating. All clues that make the fight really very balanced. Just behind the duo & ndash; gi & agrave; booked for the speech title, or nearly & ndash; Wü; st-S & aacute; blikov & aacute; (Both & nbsp; in the cover photo, during one of the many duels seasonal), c & rsquo; & egrave; space for the other. Ireen Wü; st not & egrave; said in a sparkling form in quest & rsquo; last part of the season. The results in its latest releases do not say otherwise. The star oranje would not only point to the podium of Calgary. The icing on the cake in a deluxe career would be a world record to be carried right on fast ice of & rsquo; Olympic Oval in the capital of the State of & rsquo; Alberta. Its shape, apparently not excellent, does not seem to take it peaks cos & Igrave; ambitious.
Competition & egrave; represented mainly by the team of Russia. In an ideal starting grid there are medal & rsquo; silver in 2014, the Russian Olga Graf and companion pi & ugrave; expert, fourth a year ago, Yuliya Skokova. Then the Norwegian emerging Ida Nj & aring; tun and always competitive Dutch Linda de Vries (European bronze disputatisi in January) and Marije Joling. Special mention deserves the & ldquo; totem Ice & rdquo; Claudia Pechstein. The 43-year old German has any ambition to hit his 12th podium eventual world & ndash; & Egrave; gi & agrave; woman records, to clarify & ndash; although previously & egrave; Allround champion was & ldquo; only & rdquo; in & rsquo; occasion, in 2000. In a moment of glory & egrave; the Czech Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. The star & ndash; equal to the duet formed by the Yankees sprinters Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe & ndash; at the World Single Distances of Heerenveen.
Two Italians whisking on Canadian ice. Andrea Giovannini, the second experience in a World Allround after 17th place in Heerenveen. Together with the Trentino and the technician driving the blue team Stefano Donagrandi, c & rsquo; & egrave; even the Roman Francesca Lollobrigida, absolute rookie in the event. If compared to the & rsquo; edition 2014 there will be two men, but only one, l & rsquo; Italy gains while the presence of a woman after two years.
For Giovannini expect good performance & ndash; and since & eacute; it runs in Calgary, optionally at least a new personal best - in the 5000 meters. The 10 thousand, ultimate test in the program, would see all & rsquo; operates only in the case were to place themselves into the top eight after the first three rounds of the program: namely 500, 5000 and 1500 meters. A & rsquo; a difficult task for the 21 year old from Trentino. But by groped. Lollobrigida, instead, & egrave; appeared in great condition in its two latest releases in the Dutch circuit of marathons ice & ndash; with a win and a second place in Deventer in Amsterdam last weekend. The 24 year old pu & ograve; then try to improve especially in the 3000 meters, a distance in which he holds the Italian record in 4 & rsquo; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; 35.
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Below the full program, with timetables Italian competitions:
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Saturday, March 7 (4:00 pm the night Italian)
Women 500m 500m 3000m 5000m women men men
Sunday, March 8, 2015 (3:00 pm on a Sunday night in Italy)
Women 1500m 1500m 5000m Men Women 10000m men
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