Speed ​​Skating - World Single Distances of Heerenveen
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Everything & egrave; ready for the start of the & nbsp; 16th edition & nbsp; of & nbsp; World on individual distances & nbsp; skating long track. Again & ndash; after two stages of the World Cup, the first in December and then last week & ndash; sar & agrave; the & nbsp; & nbsp Dutch ice; the & nbsp; & nbsp Thialf; Arena & nbsp; to be the ideal setting for the challenges of the best players in the & nbsp; speed skating. The World that for completeness of the program and length & egrave; l & rsquo; & pi event ugrave; similar to the & nbsp; & nbsp Olympics; (is held every year, except Olympic) will be held & agrave; for & nbsp; first & nbsp; in the month of & nbsp; February.
Wednesday 11 February 2015 21 minutes reading time
The International Skating Union (ISU) has indeed shifted the & rsquo; usual location in March to highlight the parallels with the Games. So for the third time will host Heerenveen & agrave; Leagues championship, after 1999 and 2012 Championships that will award twelve individual titles & ndash; 500, 1000, 1500, 3000/5000, 5000/10000 and Mass Start - divided between men and women pi & ugrave; two other team with l & rsquo; Pursuit. Below we will try to take stock of the possible protagonists of the show world. Taking into account the possibility & agrave; and commitments of the blue, seven elements of the National will be busy on the ice Dutch.
Speaking of favorites, the 500 meters men may reserve the consecration of Pavel Kulizhnikov. The twenty year old Russian, mostratasi total revelation to the world with the absolute record of victories & ndash; ten & ndash; ever obtained by a rookie in the World Cup, & egrave; sprinter most favored competition. They will try to counter it especially the Polish Artur Wa & # 347; and the Olympic champion, l & rsquo; Dutchman Michel Mulder. L & rsquo; reigning world champion, Mo Tae-Bum difficult & ndash; although last weekend of Cup & egrave; back on the podium after months of absence & ndash; conserver & agrave; the title.
The 1000 meters might reshape the wonderful challenge gi & agrave; staged on & rsquo; oval in Heerenveen on Saturday and Sunday. Once again, the second distance pi & ugrave; short of the program will see & agrave; Kulizhnikov in the front row for the win. But to counter it will be there & agrave; a oranje among the less victorious in his phenomenal team: Kjeld Nuis. The 25 year old has a best result of Leiden l & rsquo; silver in & rsquo; edition 2012 & ndash; you disput & ograve; coincidentally just on Thialf & ndash; and & egrave; in one of his best moments in the form of career.
1500 meters. & Egrave; the race pi & ugrave; balanced program. On paper the Poles Zbigniew Br & oacute; dka & ndash; Olympic champion in 2014 & ndash; and Jan Szymanski & ndash; Cup winner 2013-2014 on the distance, are among the favorites. This season, for & ograve ;, did not shine. At the same time, bounced back strongly quotes Denis Yuskov, the Russian who won his first race of the season last Sunday on the track world and also world champion. Besides him s & rsquo; fit together in the fight for the medals, the Dutch Nuis & ndash; yet he & ndash; and Wouter Olde Heuvel. Their mate Koen Verweij, Olympic silver, is not going through an easy season. But it should not be deleted from the list of favorites.
The 5 thousand men will live on probably challenge throughout oranje between Sven Kramer & ndash; only individual race in which will participate & agrave; two-time Olympic champion & ndash; and the same Jorrit Bergsma, silver in 2013, with a & rsquo; particular attention to the third Dutch Douwe de Vries. With him, the third step of the podium, there appear to be in pole position the Russian Aleksandr Rumyantsev and the Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen.
10 thousand men. Is & ldquo; & rdquo breaks; the triptych of wonders, the same one that has monopolized the world and Olympic podiums in the last two years. In alphabetical order: Jorrit Bergsma, Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong. In practice, the last seven championships if they are their scores: three to Kramer and the same number in de Jong & ndash; that in his long career he has won five on the distance & ndash; and one, l & rsquo; last, in Bergsma. Quest & rsquo; last biss & ograve; Also in the Games 2014. Surely the race that could excite PI & ugrave; the Thialf, will have & agrave; help but Kramer, who announced not to take part in the 10 thousand tomorrow, focusing exclusively on 5 thousand and Team Pursuit. Preserver & agrave; energy for the World Allround in Canada. Absent de Jong instead.
The Mass Start, to debut in the Championships on individual distances & nbsp; & ndash; in expectations of & rsquo; ok by the IOC for the & rsquo; inclusion in the Olympic program & ndash; has a real ruler that appears almost incontestable: the Korean Lee Seung-Hoon. The skater Seoul has won three of the five races of the season in the Cup and & egrave; always on the podium. Who could worry it? L & rsquo; blue Andrea Giovannini, the Belgian Bart Swings and l & rsquo; Dutch Jorrit Bergsma.
In the women's section, the sprint races seem to really be an advertisement for the premium pi & ugrave; scope for the United States. Two names all seem to dominate the 500 meters. Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe. The two were literally carved up the last podium finishes in the World Cup. Especially Richardson, appeared in great shape & ndash; two wins in the last two 500 & ndash; & Egrave; the main candidate to & rsquo; gold. Bisogner & agrave; to see the availability & agrave; to abdicate, at all obvious, the Korean Lee Sang-Hwa. The Olympic bicampionessa, twice world and world record holder over the distance does not seem at its best because & eacute; does not win in the World Cup three races (a fasting rare for her), but hardly wrong in the important moments. Unlike the US that have very vivid memories disappointing and no podiums Sochi 2014.
The 1000 meters will live along the lines of 500. Two favorite & ndash; Richardson and Bowe, with the first step of a pi & ugrave; forward & ndash; and some pretenders dangerous, but not in their best seasonal phases. Over all, the Cup leader Quishi Li (China), followed by the Dutch mantenutesi hidden in quest & rsquo; early 2015. Two of the first order as oranje Ireen Wü; st and Marrit Leenstra. Difficult for ograve ;, & world champion in office Olga Fatkulina you will confirm & agrave ;: his best result of the season & egrave; third place. But back in November.
1500 meters. It promises again a challenge of fire between the United States and the Netherlands. On the one hand the American Richardson and Bowe & ndash; first and second in the last two stages of Cup & ndash; and from & rsquo; other Wü; st and Leenstra, monopolizzatrici true in the first part of the season. & Egrave; senz & rsquo; another one of the races more & ugrave; uncertain Eve.
The 3000 meters. The victory? Sar & agrave; with many odds & agrave; a deal between all Ireen Wü; st and Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; & Ndash; champion and vice-champion in office & ndash; ready to give life to an exciting duel as usual. Focus & ograve; the pi & ugrave; young compatriot of Wü; st, Carlijn Achtereekte, who qualified with the first trial in stages Cup in November and December 2014. Attention is focused also on & rsquo; ultraquarantenne German Claudia Pechstein, who could join the fight for the medals. The skater Berlin holds the record for most podium finishes in the event, well 25. Among these, for & ograve ;, only on five occasions & egrave; climb on the step pi & ugrave; high.
The 5000 meters herald un''altra previous episode of dualism. Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, gi & agrave; in the history of the Championships on individual distances, prover & agrave; to drop the settebello of consecutive victories. On the distance pi & ugrave; long program of women, in fact, the Czech Olympic champion in office is not defeated by & rsquo; Edition 2007. When you consider, in the middle, even victory in Vancouver in 2010, in the 5000 & ldquo; & rdquo single race; are his feud unchallenged. To ruin the party I'll try & agrave ;, as usual, Ireen Wü; st. L & rsquo; Dutch, silver in 2013, & egrave; awaited by the home crowd. Wü; st-S & aacute; blikov & aacute; & Egrave; also a challenge in the challenge: eight individual golds for Ireen and nine for the Czech. They are the third and fourth pi & ugrave; Winning ever after Anni Friesinger and Gunda Niemann (12 hits in 11). Reachable from both gi & agrave; in & rsquo; 2015 edition.
In the Mass Start, instead, Ivanie Blondin tenter & agrave; to confirm the specialist pi & ugrave; in the form of the moment in the race group. The Canadian & egrave; Cup leader and & egrave; always on the podium. To counter it, the dreaded Dutch duo Shouten-Huisman and l & rsquo; omnipresent S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;. But besides them, also l & rsquo; blue Francesca Lollobrigida could tell her.
The expedition blue Holland & egrave; composed of three Italian (all rookies in the event rainbow) have qualified for Heerenveen. Among these, Linda Bortolotti & egrave; This in quality & agrave; reserve for 500 yards and Mass Start. Surely one of the stars & ldquo; active & rdquo; there will & agrave; Yvonne Daldossi, in great shape after winning & ndash; the first in career & ndash; in 500 of Division B last Saturday and l & rsquo; debut in Group A. Sar & agrave; competing in the 500 meters, thanks to the position number 22 in the ranking of qualification based on the first four stages of Cup 2014-15.
As said, the medal hopes are pinned in Italian Francesca Lollobrigida, strong second lowest d & rsquo; valid entry in 3000. The Roman sar & agrave; at the start of the Mass Start specialty & agrave; which has already & agrave; got two seventh places in the World Cup in Berlin and Hamar, his best result of the season. At his side will be there & agrave; also Daldossi, & ldquo; & rdquo promoted; from first among the reserves and returned to the & rsquo; absence of Danish M & oslash; ller-Rigas. Cos & Igrave potr ;, & agrave; compete as the second Italian.
Instead you have the blues in the Netherlands. Among them will be David Bosa & agrave; one of the reserves ready to take over both the 500 and in the 1000 meters. Sure of his place in the 500 & egrave; Instead one of the pi & ugrave; Experts from the National c.t. Baroni and Donagrandi: namely Mirko Giacomo Nenzi. The 25 year-old skater, in 2013 was 16th in the World Championship race held on the Olympic ice then dell & rsquo; Adler Arena in Sochi. The Venetian & egrave; writing also the 1000 and 1500 meters. Just about 1000, two years ago has achieved its best result: a & rsquo; excellent sixth position.
Absolutely sure of a place among the 20 competitors at the start of 5000, & egrave; the Pinetano Andrea Giovannini. Has l & rsquo; eleventh / share d & rsquo; input, determined by its location at the end of the year in the World Cup. & Egrave; precisely in this distance one in which are stored the best expectations. The 21 year old financier will not be & agrave; instead among the 12 that will compete for the title in the 10,000 meters.
The Mass Start Men, however, will & agrave; l & rsquo; only race where we could follow two blue at the same time. Besides Giovannini, in the group of favorites & ndash; & Egrave; second in specialty & agrave; Quest & rsquo; year & ndash; there will & agrave; Fabio Francolini third surprise, right on the Thialf in the first Mass Start Cup of his career. Anyway sar & agrave; a precious help (but also a card to play for a place) to Giovannini.
Always male, c & rsquo; & egrave; expectation and curiosity & agrave; for the Team Pursuit. The blue team (Andrea Giovannini, Luca Stefani and Nicola Tumolero) is & egrave; renewed after the failure of the non-Olympic qualifier, and & egrave; in a good reconstruction phase. Gi & agrave; in recent commitments & egrave; well behaved, entering firmly among the top five world powers in the cup. The step to the podium & egrave; still far away, especially in & rsquo; immediate. But placing a prestige & egrave; the reach of the Italian trio. Obviously the Team Pursuit has only one team among the favorites for the & rsquo; gold: l & rsquo; Holland. Both among men but also among women, the team's Orange & ndash; for variety & agrave; and value of the interpreters - can not possibly fail l & rsquo; assault on the medal pi & ugrave; coveted.
Click here for the full program of the event. Recall also that sar & agrave; You can watch live streaming l & rsquo; entire event: just connect to this link: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/index.html
The program of the World Championships in Heerenveen four days with the schedule of races
& Nbsp;
Thursday on Igrave; February 12, 2015
18:00 3000m women (in the race l & rsquo; blue Francesca Lollobrigida) 19:30 10000m men
Friday & Igrave; February 13
18:00 pm 18:53 1500m 1000m women 5000m women men Hours 19:53 Hours 21:29 Team Pursuit men
Saturday, February 14
13:00 5000m men Hours 14:57 15:41 hours 500m women 1000m men Hours 17:24 Team Pursuit Women
Sunday, February 15
13:15 500m men 14:00 1500m women Hours 15:54 Mass Start Men Hours 16:19 Mass Start Women
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