Speed ​​Skating - World Sprint in Seoul
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Now it's up to & nbsp; sprinter. From tomorrow until Sunday, February 28, & nbsp; 32 men and 30 women & nbsp; are ready to challenge the & nbsp; & nbsp World Sprint Championship; & nbsp; speed skating. On the track of the & nbsp; Taereung International Skating Rink & nbsp; & nbsp of the South Korean capital, Seoul & nbsp; will go & agrave; stage a & nbsp; & nbsp two days; long-track dedicated to all speed & agrave ;. On the Asian ice disputer & agrave; the & nbsp; 47th & nbsp; World Championship that Prime Minister & agrave; with the & rsquo; gold the winner and the winner of the & nbsp; & nbsp points classification, drafted according to the performance obtained in two series of races equally divided between & nbsp; 500 and 1000 meters.
Friday 26 February 2016 10 minutes reading time
The leitmotiv seems to follow the same direction: ie unseat the defending champions Pavel Kulizhnikov (Russia) and Brittany Bowe (United States), who were awarded the & rsquo; iris in 2015 (both winners in the photo on the cover) in Kazakhstan. They are the favorites for the & rsquo; current edition, given their excellent results obtained in the course of the season has now reached its final stages. L & rsquo; Italy deploys three athletes among the best sprinter in the world: two for the men, David Bosa and Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, and l & rsquo; unique blue qualifiers, Yvonne Daldossi.
Bosa & egrave; the third experience in the event and his best result dates back to 2014, when he was 21th in the overall standings. For the 23 year old policeman in Novaledo (Trento), l & rsquo; goal & egrave; dramatically improve its previous performance, considering also a season since very positive here. Nenzi, instead, & egrave; the pi & ugrave; Three blue expert in Korea even if not in this vintage & egrave; He managed to find relevant results. The 26 year old registered with the Guardia di Finanza & egrave; its fifth consecutive appearance at the World Cup Sprint and & egrave; a veteran of the good performance of 2015, when it closed 12 & deg ;. His best performance remains l & rsquo; 11th place & ndash; complete with a third place on the first series of 500 meters & ndash; obtained in Nagano 2014. In women, however, l & rsquo; Tyrolean specialist on 500 meters Yvonne Daldossi. Also the bearer of Forestry will & agrave; at the start of his fifth World Cup and will try & agrave; to improve his best ranking & ndash; 21th place & ndash; caught in & rsquo; 2015 competition.
Speaking of the stars expected in Seoul, c & rsquo; & egrave; to mention the female the driver of the USA Brittany Bowe team, pointing to the reappointment rainbow after the success of 2015 in Astana, where he won all four distances the size & ldquo; Sprint & rdquo ;, becoming the seventh skater able to find double-row is on the 500 than on 1000 meters. If Bowe were to again win the title could dispel a tab & ugrave; in & ldquo; & rdquo rose; that resists since 2001. Then the German Monique Garbrecht was l & rsquo; last athlete able to reconfirm queen of sprinter after the & rsquo; gold the previous season. Over the last 14 years no & rsquo; & egrave other skater; He was able to stay on top of the world after 12 months.
The Bowe will have & agrave; defend against attacks of & rsquo; other American Heather Richardson-Bergsma. The 26-year old North Carolina & egrave; always on the podium in the last three editions & ndash; gold in 2013, silver in 2015 and bronze in 2014 & ndash; and & egrave; the vice-champion in office on 1000 meter course at the World Single Distances of Kolomna. But the number one danger for the defending champion seems to come from Jorien ter Mors. L & rsquo; & egrave Dutch born in 1989; back at very high levels in 2016 after two troubled seasons for various physical problems. The Enschede talent has indeed proved his class even in long track winning the Rowing World Cup in Stavanger (Norway) about 1,000 meters and & ndash; over the same distance & ndash; graduating world champion in Kolomna, on 12 February. Attention also to the three Chinese at the start: Qishi Li, Zhang Hong and Yu Jing, quest & rsquo; last victorious in 2012 and 2014.
Obviously stands out the & rsquo; absence of the darling of the house in Seoul, Lee Sang-Hwa, gi & agrave; absent in 2015 due to injury. This time, to memorize options ;, two-time Olympic champion in the 500 as well & eacute; Gold & ldquo; & rdquo sprint; in 2010 will not be & agrave; Because part of the contest & eacute; & Egrave; He was disqualified by her national federation because of its failure to participate in the Korean National Championships held last December. An internal rule required the competitors l & rsquo; obligation to play the & ldquo; & rdquo Nationals; to enter the qualifying stage for the World Cup 2016, namely that of Stavanger at the end of January.
Among men, however, it really seems very likely confirmation of & rsquo; gold of 2015 Pavel Kulizhnikov. The 21 year old Russian & egrave; fresh from a resounding series of successes in the 2015-16 season. The original sprinter Vorkuta you & egrave; He graduated only two weeks ago the world champion of 500 and 1000 meters & ndash; no man had ever gotten the shotgun - at the World Single Distances of World Cup and scored as many as 11 victories & ndash; of 13 races in which he took away & ndash; on the same specialty & agrave ;. In short, it seems unstoppable. Quest & rsquo; year Kulizhnikov punter & agrave; four victories & ldquo; & rdquo individual; in the same issue, it undertaking only managed to Eric Heiden (in 1979) and Igor Zhelezovski (in 1992).
The main antagonists of the defending champion from Russia. In the front row for medals we are in fact Ruslan Murashow and Aleksey Yesin, bronze in Astana a year ago. For a place on the podium will also participate with Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (Canada) and the Dutch Kai Verbij, Ronald Mulder and Kjeld Nuis.
Click here for the results and l & rsquo; full list of members. In addition, by using this link (http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/) sar & agrave; You can follow the live streaming of & rsquo; event on & rsquo; ISU Skating Channel.
The program, Italians times and blues in the race at the World Sprint 2016:
Saturday, February 27 9:02 pm First Series 500 female meters Hours 9:52 First Series 500 male meters Hours 9:44 Before 1000 Series female meters Hours 10:34 Before 1000 Series female meters
Sunday, February 28 Second Series men's 500 meters women's 500 meters Second Second Series 1000 Series 1000 Series male meters Second female meters
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