Speed ​​Skating - World Single Distances of Kolomna
Getty Images
& Egrave; now on the launching pad the & nbsp; 17th edition & nbsp; of & nbsp; World Championships Single Distances. The World Championship event which is held annually & ndash; It is played every season since 1996, with a & rsquo; only & ldquo; pause & rdquo; Olympic years & ndash; take & agrave; start from & nbsp; Kolomna, city & agrave; a little more & ugrave; 100 km from the Russian capital Moscow. The elite of the & nbsp; & nbsp speed skating, long-track animer & agrave; therefore, a & nbsp; & nbsp four days; intense competition to & nbsp; Kolomna Speed ​​Skating Center, a facility that just in 2016 celebrates 10 years since its inauguration. & nbsp;
Wednesday 10 February 2016 22 minutes reading time
The city & agrave; in & rsquo; Oblast of the capital will be & agrave; the second home race in Russia & ndash; Sochi was the first, in 2013 - the championship that will assign & agrave; well & nbsp; 14 world championships & nbsp; evenly divided between men and women. & nbsp; involved Distances are 500, 1000, 1500, 3000/5000, 5000/10000 meters and the men's and women's events of the Mass Start. In addition to these individual competitions, also they award the team titles of pursuits.
L & rsquo; Italy led by c.t. Maurizio Marchetto, thus far positively protagonist during the first half & agrave; the season especially in the World Cup, will be & agrave; This in Kolomna with a contingent of eight skaters, six men and two women. Here are their names: Francesca Lollobrigida (Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare), Yvonne Daldossi (CS State Forest), David Bosa (GS Fiamme Oro Moena), Fabio Francolini (ASD H20 Varese), Andrea Giovannini (Guardia di Finanza), Michele Malfatti ( Sporting Club Pergine), Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (Skiers Group Fiamme Gialle) and Nicola Tumolero (Fiamme Oro Moena). Hopes more for the Italian team are pinned in the Mass Start Men & ndash; with Fabio Francolini now & ldquo; & rdquo subscriber; to the podium in the World Cup & ndash; and in & rsquo; Team Pursuit. In quest & rsquo; last specialty & agrave; the Blues are back on the podium in the World Cup in Calgary last November: not happened in nearly six years.
Below we analyze the possible protagonists in the fight for the various titles, listed in order of development according to the program over the next four days.
Male 10 thousand meters. Between 12 & ldquo; faticatori & rdquo; Ice, the number one favorite can not memorize options that being the & rsquo; Dutch Sven Kramer. The champion oranje holds the record for gold medals in the event: for him as many as 15 wins and two second places in the prize list. The 29 year-old in Heerenveen, to memorize options ;, does not win the title on the 10 km from Vancouver 2009. Andr & agrave; in search of revenge. His main challengers are compatriot Erik Jan Kooiman (according to Heerenveen 2015), the Belgian Bart Swings and especially the Canadian & ndash; Dutch by birth & ndash; world record holder over the distance since last November Ted-Jan Bloemen. Quest & rsquo; year & egrave; I had to stop due to injury, but & egrave; back brilliantly to race two weeks ago in Stavanger. No sar & agrave; Instead, Jorrit Bergsma, current leader of the World Cup on the medium-long distances. Is not serious; writing no Italian race.
Women's 3000 meters. Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; It seems destined to an inevitable encore after the success of 2015 and, above all, after four wins & ndash; four & ndash; obtained about 3 km in the 2015-2016 Cup. The champion of the Czech Republic has also targeted a historic achievement: meet the quota-record of 12 gold medals in the women's World Championships Single Distances. For now & egrave; stops 10, but in the viewfinder first Gunda Niemann (11) and then Anni Friesinger (12). A & rsquo; business that will have & agrave; definitely it is built with 3000 and then with 5000 meters. To counter it we penser & agrave; obviously the & ldquo; & rdquo usual; Ireen W & uuml; st (Netherlands), silver a year ago, but champion in 2013 and 2011 in front of their own to the S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. Quest & rsquo; last & egrave; just back from second place in the specialty & agrave; in & rsquo; last stage of World Cup. Also watch the Russian skaters headed by Natalya Voronina and from & rsquo; timeless Olga Graf. And of course, all & rsquo; eternal Claudia Pechstein. German & ndash; that compir & agrave; 43 years next February 22 & ndash; & Egrave; in search of the 40th world championship medal in his career. For the color blue Francesca Lollobrigida sar & agrave; at the start in the fourth race couple, combined with the Belarusian Zuyeva. & Egrave; she officially the first skater of & rsquo; entire Italian expedition to scale the ice of Kolomna.
1000 female meters. It promises to be a fight to two, throughout the US, for the title 2016. A year ago he won Brittany Bowe, ahead of compatriot Heather Richardson & ndash; since last May married to the & rsquo; Olympic Bergsma. The same Bowe, world record holder over the distance & ndash; 1 & rsquo; 12 & rsquo; & rsquo; 18 & ndash; since last November prover & agrave; to assert his status amazing that & rsquo; took her to triumph on four occasions during the quest & rsquo; year Cup. Attention to memorize options the Dutch, who could take advantage of a time not so & igrave; excellent for the American duo. Of all c & rsquo; & egrave; Jorien ter Mors, a veteran of the surprising victory in the first round of the 1000 held in Stavanger. In that & rsquo; occasion, among the general surprise, batt & eacute; just the Bowe. In addition to her l & rsquo; Netherlands terraced Marrit Leenstra and Ireen W & uuml; st.
1500 male meters. Russian Denis Yuskov, gold in the last two seasons and won three World Cup races in 2015-16, will try & agrave; the trio in front of the home crowd, company never succeeded in any other athlete on the kilometer and a half. They'll try to deny him the joy of & rsquo; gold the American Joey Mantia & ndash; third Cup in specialty & agrave; & Ndash; and the Dutch Kjeld Nuis and Stefan Groothuis.
Women's 5000 meters. Also in this case & ndash; cos & igrave; as for 3 thousand & ndash; Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; & Egrave; in pole position for the final victory. Nell & rsquo; only previous & ldquo; dry & rdquo; (Salt Lake City) over the distance this season, the 28-year old Olympic three times clearly won. The other competitors & ndash; both Dutch - Carien Kleibeuker and Irene Schouten, will try to deny the & rsquo; eighth consecutive title. A & rsquo; business that could bring the Czech even more & ugrave; in the history of the sport. Outsider for the podium are Natalya Voronina (Russia) and Ivanie Blondin (Canada).
Men's Team Pursuit. Traditionally the event standings & ndash; He has won seven out of eight titles & ndash; and class of its interpreters (Jan Blokhuijsen, Arjan Stroetinga and Douwe de Vries), l & rsquo; Holland & egrave; call to confirm again on top of the world in the team race. Faced with s & eacute ;, the trio oranje will have & agrave; beat the competition in the increasingly competitive Norway (two consecutive silver in the Cup), the outgoing vice Canada Bloemen and of & rsquo; Italy Francolini, Giovannini and Tumolero. For blue c & rsquo; & egrave; the concrete possibility & agrave; to bring back the flag on the podium of the Team Pursuit at a distance of eight years from & rsquo; silver in Nagano.
Men's 5000 meters. Arriver & agrave; Saturday the expected duel between the absolute specialists 5 km Sven Kramer and Jorrit Bergsma. The two Dutch seem the only ones able to fight on equal terms for the title. Kramer, six golds in his career on the distance prover & agrave; to reject the & rsquo; yet another attack of the compatriot, silver in the last two editions. Behind them c & rsquo; & egrave; a patrol ready to get excited to get on the rest of the podium: by Sverre Lunde Pedersen (Norway) to the German Patrick Beckert, to the Canadian Bloemen, through the Belgian Swings talented. L & rsquo; Italy will see & agrave; to start the financier Piné Andrea Giovannini. Quest & rsquo; last & egrave; now she entered permanently in Group A at the World Cup and & egrave; fresh from ninth place in Stavanger, his best result in the Cup away.
Women's 500 meters. & Egrave; Perhaps one of the most & ugrave races; uncertain on the eve of Kolomna 2016. There will be & agrave; the defending 2012 titles and 2013, South Korea's Lee Sang-Hwa. Quest & rsquo; last, because of a disqualification imposed by his federation, no potr & agrave; participate in the Seoul World Cup Sprint. The world record holder over the distance, giving & agrave; everything to try l & rsquo; gold. To counter it, there will be & agrave; ringside Heather Richardson-Bergsma, winner in Heerenveen 2015. But not & egrave; underestimate the Chinese duo in top shape composed of Yu Jing and Zhang Hong, respectively two four successes so far in the season. The title of the 500 serious danger of return to China after 19 years.
Male 1000 meters. Among the 24 participants, two seem to have much better credentials for the title. On the one hand c & rsquo; & egrave; the phenomenon of speed & agrave; Pavel Kulizhnikov, silver in 2015 and ready to give Russia the first male gold over the distance in the history of the World Championships of Single Distances. The 21 year old Vorkuta has won the last three Championship test in the Cup and seems unstoppable. Prover & agrave; to counteract the & rsquo; Dutch Kjeld Nuis & ndash; one win, three second and two third places in the Cup & ndash; and in search of his first career world championship gold after two silver and one bronze & ndash; in 2015 & ndash; on kilometer. Besides them, the podium seems within reach of the 2014 Olympic champion Stefan Groothuis (Netherlands) and Russian Denis Yuskov. Special attention to the American Shani Davis, champion over the distance & ndash; surprise & ndash; in & rsquo; last edition. 12 months ago the 33-year old multi-titled Chicago stup & igrave; the world going to win his fourth World on distance. Today, after a season with more & ugrave; shadows than lights, prover & agrave; to retry the surprise.
Team Pursuit women. L & rsquo; Holland, gold in 2008, 2012 and 2013, do not part with the underdogs despite deploy a trio of the highest level formed by Ireen W & uuml; st, Marrit Leenstra and Antoinette de Jong. The Oranje will have to unseat Japan, national champion and back from two straight wins in the World Cup. The struggle between the other teams seem to be reserved for the Bronze conquest: in the front line for the podium there are Russia, Poland and Canada. L & rsquo; Italy does not have their own team among the eight qualified.
1500 female meters. On the three laps and 300 meters it is expected to renew the entire US challenge between Heather Richardson-Bergsma & ndash; world record holder over the distance & ndash; and Brittany Bowe & ndash; leader and current Cup defending champion. Spotlight, for memorize options ;, even on Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, which in Stavanger won for the first time in his career 1500, and Marrit Leenstra, the best Dutch specialist in this distance. These four athletes have divided the podiums in the five stages of the World Cup season. But attention to possible exploits of the other two oranje Jorien ter Mors and Ireen W & uuml; st. That champion and silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Men's 500 meters. & Ldquo; The competition & rdquo; Waiting by the public of Kolomna. Two series in which Pavel Kulizhnikov can not memorize options afford to fail. reigning champion & ndash; both at the level of World Single Distance Sprint & ndash; and world record holder over the distance, sprinter Russian has won 15 races on the 500 from November 2015 to the present. Unstoppable. All others & ndash; except surprise & ndash; They will fight for second place. The Azzurri will have a representative at the start: it is the Italian record holder David Bosa, all & rsquo; debut ever in the World Championship competition despite gi & agrave; played a & rsquo; Olympics and two World Sprint.
The closure of four Russian days could give great emotions for the Italian national team due to favorable Mass Start. To the male the canturino Fabio Francolini prover & agrave; to defend the extraordinary silver won in Heerenveen 2015. Strong of its three seasonal podium finishes in the Cup & ndash; two silvers and one bronze & ndash; the 29 year old former multi-titled rotellista prover & agrave; to break the monopoly of & rsquo; Dutch Arjan Stroetinga. Besides Francolini, l & rsquo; Italy potr & agrave; also play a & rsquo; other important paper because among the first 24 athletes in the pre-World ranking there are also Andrea Giovannini and Nicola Tumolero. One of them affiancher & agrave; the runner 2015. Other likely candidates are the favorites to win the French Alexis Contin and Belgian Bart Swings.
In the race with Mass Start, there will be & agrave; Francesca Lollobrigida, ready to grab a prestigious championship podium is still lacking to his palmares. Roman will have & agrave; senz & rsquo; another mark the super-specialist in Mass Start Irene Schouten (Netherlands) and the Canadian Ivanie Blondin, gold and silver respectively in the & rsquo; last edition.
Click here to learn about the program, the official results and start lists.
& Nbsp;
Thursday & igrave; February 11 Ore 14:54 male female 3000m 10000m Hours 17:00
Friday & igrave; Feb. 12 15:10 pm 16:06 pm 1000m women 1500m men's women's 5000m Hours 17:11 18:30 Team Men's Pursuit
Saturday, February 13 Ore male 5000m 13:00 15:01 First and Second Series women's 500m Men's 1000m 15:45 hours 17:32 Women's Team Pursuit
Sunday, February 14 12:30 am First round men's 500m women 1500m Hours 13:14 hours 14:20 Second series male 500m Hours 15:12 Mass Start Men's Mass Start 15:37 pm Female
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Social media engagement
Più letti in Sport invernali
L'Italia dello skiroll saluta Madona e un Mondiale da 4 medaglie, l'ultima è di Boccardi nella Mass Start
La roveretana è di bronzo nella partenza in linea a skating, firmata dalla solita Ragnhild Aarenkol, con la gara maschile vinta dal padrone di casa Vigants (amaro 4° Dellagiacoma). Titoli juniores alla norvegese Lia e allo svedese Blomberg Gerle.
2