Speed ​​Skating - World Allround in Calgary
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Immediately a & rsquo; inauguration with such quality & agrave; and with a resounding & nbsp; twist & nbsp; to & nbsp; World Allround & nbsp; & nbsp; Calgary. L & rsquo; official edition number 109 of the Championships iridescent & ldquo; complete & rdquo; & nbsp; long track, he knew he could get in Serbia several emotions. And the ice of & rsquo; Olympic Oval & nbsp; in Canada, among the pi & ugrave; fast the globe, did not disappoint. The quick & egrave; was for many of the characters & ndash; without any world records beaten.
Sunday 8 March 2015 24 minutes reading time
But in addition to being fast, the Canadian track & egrave; was also a traitor against the defending champion Koen Verweij. L & rsquo; Dutch said goodbye to dreams of glory after just a few meters from his official debut. A fall ousted him from games for groped to repeat the title 2014. All clear therefore compatriot Sven Kramer in search of the seventh career title. For now & egrave; in the head in front of the bronze in charge Denis Yuskov in a hitherto very open general list. All waiting for the 1500 and 10000 meters & ndash; 5000 for women - tomorrow.
As for the fight against women, the provisional leader & egrave; a skater & ndash; for context allround, we clarify, certainly not for its class -, surprisingly. This is Heather Richardson (in the cover photo), one of the most sprinters & ugrave; in the form of the moment, very good in defending the primacy even after 3000 meters & ndash; where & egrave; came ninth & ndash; after a & rsquo; easy victory in the 500 meters. The Duellists announced Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; & Ndash; appeared really on the ball & ndash; and Ireen Wü; st must chase for now l & rsquo; American. But probably (Richardson permitting) will be the new world champion & agrave; one of the two, with the Czech advantage in direct confrontation.
Really positive responses from the Italian & ndash; two qualifiers for the World Cup & ndash; who are competing in Canada under the technical guidance of Stefano Donagrandi. Well, very well indeed, Andrea Giovannini. The 21 year old Baselga di Pin & eacute; closed its first two tests iridescent finding as many personal records: fall its best performance in the 500 both in 5000, his specialty & agrave; preferred against the clock. For now occupies the 12th position overall. L & rsquo; only Italian, Francesca Lollobrigida, had started very well in the sprint distance & ndash; for her & egrave; came the personal best & ndash; but then turn a bit & rsquo; below expectations in the 3000 meters, distance to her pi & ugrave; favorable. After the first two races today is in 17th place in the overall standings.
The news pi & ugrave; relevance of the Sabbath, therefore, concern the & ldquo; & rdquo victim excellent; Championships. The male competition opens immediately with a sensational twist. He wanted to confirm Koen Verweij, but his dream is broken after a few seconds from & rsquo; startup. The 500 meter mark in fact its sensational elimination from the World Cup 2015. L & rsquo; Dutch, arrived in Calgary with the title of champion, & egrave; victim of a crash after just 10 meters of the race and very few skate after a good start. The 24 year old to make a mistake Koedijk trivial and serious, in fact, it sends out the standings immediately. Not terminer & agrave; even his trial. And shortly after confirming his decision not to take part in all & rsquo; other fatigue of the day, 5000, because of the resulting blow to the knee. Obviously, not having completed the first of the four distances Championships, would still be penalized irredeemably for possible placement in the top.
Go ahead then, all & rsquo; main antagonist of Verweij. Not any, but & ldquo; Her Majesty & agrave; & rdquo; Sven Kramer. The original sample of Heerenveen and six-time world champion in the history of the competition allround starts well and ends his run of 500 in tenth place in the 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 20.
The victory in the 500 meters goes to the specialist Denny Morrison, the first significant result on the absolute world away pi & ugrave; short. The 29 year-old Canadian of British Columbia, gi & agrave; Olympic silver and bronze in office in 1000 and 1500 meters is a great game on home ice, closing in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 98. A time not very fast, but that earned him a place in the top 16 of the season. Second comes the rival & ndash; at this point pi & ugrave; near Kramer after l & rsquo; departure of Verweij & ndash; Denis Yuskov. The Russian is the personal best on the sprint distance in 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 64, dropping by more than half a second his best performance of his career. Third Olympic champion of 1500 Zbigniew Br & oacute; dka (Poland), 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 78. Just off the podium the Norwegian duo & ndash; that is a candidate for a medal in the final standings & ndash; Sverre Lunde Pedersen consists of (35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 87) and Havard B & oslash; kko (35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 91). The sixth winner of the 500 & rsquo; last year, the Polish Konrad Nied & # 378; wiedzki.
The good news comes in the house Italy, thanks to a new personal best of Andrea Giovannini. The young Trentino of yellow flame concludes his test d & rsquo; onset & ndash; the pi & ugrave; tricky for its cross-country skier & ndash; with an honorable 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 57. The previous & ldquo; best & rdquo; l & rsquo; he got to the Europeans in 2014 and today Hamar l & rsquo; lowered to 29 cents. A time trial that will be worth & agrave; an excellent 15th place on the distance.
The next 5000 meters are confirmed then the undisputed reign of Sven Kramer. The 28 year old bicampione Olympic distance wins the test in 6 & rsquo; 07 & rsquo; & rsquo; 49: once monstrous, far little more & ugrave; four seconds off his world record. The formidable athlete oranje laying a brick important for winning his seventh World and with this success took the lead of the overall standings ahead of Yuskov and Pedersen, not far from him in terms of points. All waiting to see him to the test in 1500 and above the 10 thousand conclusive Sunday.
Behind him in 5000, distant but not too wide lap, there are just the Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen (6 & rsquo; 11 & rsquo; & rsquo; 77) and Denis Yuskov (6 & rsquo; 13 & rsquo; & rsquo; 64). But again, the joy & egrave; even blue. About Andrea Giovannini, who with her 6 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 62 clears his old personal best - 6 & rsquo; 25 & rsquo; & rsquo; 64 got in the World Cup 2013-14 in Salt Lake City & ndash; and you go to take a prestigious ninth place on the distance. L & rsquo; blue is confirmed in a phase of rapid growth of his still young career.
Female, victory, quite obvious, in the 500 meters goes to Heather Richardson. The US of fresh & rsquo; gold iridescent on the 500 at the World Single Distances on, adjusts the rest of the skaters in 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 90. And as expected, given the speed & agrave; Extreme Canadian ice, also produces the world's fastest time of the season, improving the 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 24 obtained on 9 January in Milwaukee.
Surprising Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; candidatasi immediately and authoritatively for the win in the final standings. And the & lsquo; has done in the best way possible, by centering its new & ndash; the previous was 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 49 dated 2011 - personal best in 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 23, the tenth time among 24 participants. The 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 73 the number one rival for the & rsquo; gold Ireen Wü; st that is to quest & rsquo; last third. Ahead of her s & rsquo; insert the surprise of Canada Kali Christ. Fourth one & rsquo; other Canadian & ndash; but this time surprising because & egrave; specialized on medium and long distances -, Ivanie Blondin (38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 93).
Francesca Lollobrigida buries his previous staff in the sprint distance, certainly not his favorite for its technical characteristics. The Roman closes the round and 100 meters in 40 seconds flat and lowered his best time in the career of a second well and two cents & ndash; course in Heerenveen in January 2013, during the European Allround two years ago. L & rsquo; unique blue in the race opens its World Cup with a good seventeenth place.
In 3000 meters do not end up far away from the world record - dated 2006 and built on the same oval - Cindy Klassen (3 & rsquo; 53 & rsquo; & rsquo; 34). But l & rsquo; assault Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; stops too late in time, 3 & rsquo; 55 & rsquo; & rsquo; 10. The 27 year-old three-time Olympic rider of the Czech Republic tried & ndash; without hiding too absolute primacy. Find s & Igrave; a great performance timekeeping, which puts it in pole position for the & rsquo; gold.
The reigning champion & ldquo; allround & rdquo; Ireen Wü; st stops fact 4 & rsquo; 00 & rsquo; & rsquo; 34 and suffers defeat in direct confrontation with the & rsquo; World Championships in 2009 and 2010. Between the two a gap of more than five seconds that could be decisive in the final points. A third positive Linda de Vries (Netherlands), in 4 & rsquo; 02 & rsquo; & rsquo; 41. End immediately behind the podium l & rsquo; other Dutch Marije Joling and the 43-year old German Claudia Pechstein that & ndash; thanks a 500 course subdued & ndash; & Egrave; away from a possible placement of the final podium.
The big positive surprise & egrave; formed from & rsquo; excellent test of the sprinter race Heather Richardson, able to pull off his best performance chronometric career in 3000. The American High Point, confirms its stratospheric condition finishing in ninth place ahead of many specialists in the distance. L & rsquo; only American & ndash; between men and women & ndash; at the start of the World Cup in 2015 covers the seven and a half turns in 4 & rsquo; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; net. A trial that also allows you to close in the first position the inaugural session of races, awaiting the 1500 and 5000 & ndash; distance in which will have & agrave; defend strenuously & ndash; Sunday. Anyway surprised everyone this Saturday's grace all & rsquo; Canadian Olympic Oval.
After l & rsquo; excellent race in the 500 meters, l & rsquo; blue Francesca Lollobrigida ends pi & ugrave; far from his best performance & ndash; record or Italian & ndash; the distance to her pi & ugrave; accustomed expected in the first day of competition. The 3000 meters of the Roman end after 4 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 50, time away from his Italian record set last season in Salt Lake City in 4 & rsquo; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; 35. Ed & egrave; 15th.
Click here to see the results and the complete results after the first day of competition of the 2015 World Allround.
The program of Sunday, March 8, 2015 (Italian times)
19:00 pm 19:57 1500m 1500m women 5000m women men Hours 20:58 Hours 21:50 10000m men & nbsp;
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STANDINGS AFTER FIRST FEMALE PART TWO TESTS:
1. Heather RICHARDSON (Usa) 77 943 points 2. Martina S & aacute; BLIKOV & aacute; (Cec) 78 413 3. Ireen Wü; ST (Ola) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 78 786 4. Ivanie BLONDIN (Can) 79 601 5. Linda DE VRIES (Ola) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 79 661 6. Marije Joling (Ola) 79 715 7. Ida NJ & Aring; TUN (Nor) 79 825 8. Kali CHRIST (Can) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 79,835 9. Miho TAKAGI (Jpn) 80 425 10. Nana TAKAGI (Jpn) & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 80 446 & hellip ;. 17. Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA (Ita) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 81 583
OVERALL MALE AFTER FIRST TWO TESTS (top positions) 1. Sven KRAMER (Ola) 72 949 points 2. Denis YUSKOV (Rus) 73 004 3. Sverre Lunde Pedersen (Nor) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 73 047 4. Denny MORRISON (Can) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 73 481 5. Alexis CONTIN (Fra) 74 072 6. Bart SWINGS (Bel) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 74 242 7. Douwe DE VRIES (Ola) 74 411 8. Konrad Niedźwiedzki (Pol) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 74,439 9. H & aring; vard B & Ø KKO (Nor) & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; 74 489 10. Zbigniew Bródka (Pol) 74 559 & hellip ;. 12. Andrea GIOVANNINI (Ita) 74 932
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