Speed ​​Skating - CdM in Salt Lake City
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It closed the second stage of the World Cup Isu in Salt Lake City. In the third and final day of competition on the fast track at the Utah Olympic Oval, comes a great result for Italy Speed ​​Skating: Women's Team Pursuit center the new Italian record. To put in evidence also won the world record by the American Brittany Bowe, new queen of the 1000 women with a time of 1.12,58.
Monday 18 November 2013 8 minutes reading time
So the girls in the Team Pursuit blue we take taste and lowered the record again in Italian within a week. Bettrone Francesca, Francesca and Paola Lollobrigida increased from Simionato 3.03,26 3.00,83 of Calgary today. The young Italian trio continues to combine individual progress and improvements in the difficult mechanisms of the race in pursuit. The games for the Olympic qualification are far precluded, although currently, to get to Sochi, will have to shave at least three seconds of the current time. Only in this way will fall into the magnificent eight teams in five circles (are tithes). Victory in the race to chase still goes to Holland (Wüst, de Vries, de Jong), which ends the proof in 2.56,02. On the podium Canada and the United States, while Italy closes tithing.
The best result for the girls is the 21th place in the individual Italian Francesca Bettrone. The blind can not find the best finish in the 1000 Division B Cup but, more importantly, focuses his personal best, stopping the clock at 1.17,12. Lowered by 16 cents the results of their best, obtained last week. With this good performance, however, the Bettrone loses his position in the top 36 for qualifying in Sochi. For the Olympic dream will still have to improve and surpass at least one of the enemy: so far, in fact, it would be the first of the excluded. In the same competition, improve what has been going on in this season, Paola Simionato (1.18,18) and Yvonne Daldossi (1.18,87). Rounding respectively the 27th and 31st place. Times that they can not aspire to the quota for the Olympic pass. For them there will be two new opportunities in the World Cup.
In the men very well Andrea Giovannini. The blue is her personal best in the 5000 Division B. Excellent performance of the twenties debut stable in the World Cup: his 6.25,24 him the 12th place in the second group and consequently collects three points counting towards the ranking of specialties. Even in the Trentino earns Olympic ranking important positions. The other blue busy on 5000, Marco Cignini, does not go beyond the 26th place. The result of the time of 6.29,79. He went still faster than the test of Calgary. An improvement is not yet sufficient to guarantee him a place among the top 28 in the 5000 Sochi 2014.
In the 500, Mirko James Nenzi closes a weekend uninspiring for him. The Venetian does not go beyond the 17th place in the second series of shorter race, Division B. A time of 35.35 is also reflected in his worst first four shorter races Cup. In ranking precedes the partner David Bosa (35,31), close to his staff got 35.28 last Friday. A time that puts forwards his candidacy for the next Winter Games.
Among the big names, we think Brittany Bowe send into raptures the Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, still orphan of world records in the U.S. this weekend's races. The twenty-five of Florida releases the new world record in 1500 with the fantastic time of 1.12,58. Archived on previous record, dated January 2012, a large skating as Christine Nesbitt (1.12,68). Once again, Heather Richardson must be content to follow the fellow on the podium, although a race run below the levels of the previous record: he finished the test in 1.12,61. Be comforted with the primacy strengthened in the overall World Cup. Bronze, but more detached from the summit, Ireen Wüst (1.13,33).
In races of Division A men was scheduled the second series of 500 men. The distance is still the most uncertain of the entire panorama of the long runway and gives the fifth winner (including ex aequo on Saturday) in four different races from the start of the Cup. This time the check reviving the Japanese Keiichiro Nagashima, moved up to Division A after his fine performances in Calgary. The Olympic bronze medalist at the 2010 Vancouver wins surprise and is the author of an excellent 34.24. Preceded by a penny the Dutchman Ronald Mulder and four Korean Tae-Bum Mo. Nothing podium "in the family" for the twin of Ronald, Michel Mulder, fourth at the end of the race.
In 5000, usually show the monumental Sven Kramer and his teammates. The Dutchman wins the race of Division A season with the second best time: 6.04,59. Podium weblog Netherlands, thanks to veteran Bob de Jong and Jorrit Bergsma: both, however, at a distance of about from the original champion of Heerenveen.
The ISU World Cup will take a week off after the long trip to North America. The third stage is planned in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 29 November to 1 December. Even at that, as in the next one in Berlin, the races will be also valid for determining the qualifications Olympics.
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