Speed ​​Skating - CdM Final in Heerenveen
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The second round of & nbsp; the World Cup Finals & nbsp; HDI & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp speed skating; you & egrave; concluded in celebration in the house of the skating & nbsp; Thialf Arena & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp Heerenveen; (Netherlands). The program of the & rsquo; last chapter of this season & egrave; continued so dense in this Saturday that has seen the cr & eacute; me the speed skating & agrave; & nbsp; & nbsp long track; measure & nbsp; six distances & nbsp; & ndash; three male and three female & ndash; Did you make & nbsp; many & nbsp; cups of specialty & agrave ;. First of c & rsquo; & egrave; to report the & igrave; & rsquo; yet another massive show of force of the home favorite & nbsp; Sven Kramer, victorious in the & ldquo; his & rdquo; 5000 meters to conclude the great one of his best seasons.
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Then came the protagonists that have cemented their leadership in the Grand World Cup starting with the American Brittany Bowe & ndash; Today two wins out of 500 and 1500 & ndash; and of & rsquo; another star oranje Kjeld Nuis, winner of the 1000 men. The last team competitions have awarded Japan & ndash; Team Pursuit women & ndash; and Holland & ndash; Men's Team Sprint. L & rsquo; only blue in the race quest & rsquo; today, Andrea Giovannini you & egrave; placed 11th in the 5 km won by Kramer.
Brittany Bowe wins again. After the first hurr & agrave; Yesterday l & rsquo; former rotellista you & egrave; demonstrated hyper-competitive even in the second round of the 500 meters. The race & egrave; His in 37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 64, time that allows you to space the Richardson-Bergsma 24 cents countryman, with the same time trial of the first victory of Bowe in the day Friday & igrave ;. Third comes the Canadian Heather McLean (38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 07) who completes a podium in the North American speed & agrave; pure. L & rsquo; Dutch Jorien ter Mors ends at 3 cents from bronze. But the placement of the & rsquo; oranje does not allow the Chinese Zhang Hong & ndash; only fifth in 38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 24 - to maintain leadership in the cup on the 500 meters.
The final classification of specialty & agrave; on the sprint distance is for the first time in his career & ndash; previously had triumphed three times in 1000 - Heather Richardson-Bergsma who performs overtaking own all & rsquo; last available opportunity. Zhang is mocked by 6 lengths from the US terminating in first place with 848 points against the 842 of the & rsquo; Asian. In third place, thanks to two consecutive wins on Thialf, salt Brittany Bowe, who gets an extra satisfaction after the double success between yesterday and today, in a distance where he had never won before d & rsquo; now.
The extraordinary Bowe, in excellent condition despite a long season, most recently doubles & ugrave; later also won the 1,500 meters. The queen of the Finals weekend, and at this point also the Grand World Cup, get the fourth win in a row in 2015/16 demolishing the Cup competition with a time of 1 & rsquo; 54 & rsquo; & rsquo; 34. The US back off compatriot and world record holder over the distance Heather Richardson-Bergsma, who has to content of & rsquo; d & rsquo yet another square; honor with 1 & rsquo; 54 & rsquo; & rsquo; 90. On the podium with two formidable US theaters also fresh from the bronze at the World Allround Antoinette de Jong. The young Dutchman takes another third place finishing in 1 & rsquo; 56 & rsquo; & rsquo; 32 in front of the Norwegian Ida Nj & aring; tun. Bowe also takes the title of queen in specialty & agrave cup; the 1500 & ndash; his only statement was arrived at that the 1000 a year ago & ndash; flying at an altitude of 590 against 501 and 396 of the Richardson & rsquo; Dutch Marrit Leenstra, defending champion in the special list.
In the first race the men in & rsquo; adrenaline and daily schedule chock Saturday afternoon, Kjeld Nuis had given her the first individual joy & ndash; yesterday the men's Team Pursuit had gi & agrave; won & ndash; the large audience thronged the stands of the Thialf Arena. The 26 year old from Leiden you & egrave; imposed in & rsquo; last effort seasonal & ndash; buying up cos & igrave; also reserved 150 points to the winner of the Finals & ndash; with a time of 1 & rsquo; 08 & rsquo; & rsquo; 94. Nuis not triumphed in the Cup on kilometer from February last year in the stage of Heerenveen. With this gold rises cos & igrave; at an altitude of seven wins & ndash; 5 in 1000 and 2 in 1500 - in career and strengthens its leadership in the Grand World Cup. But l & rsquo; Netherlands celebrates not only him, because & eacute; in second place (in 1 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 08) flies bronze at the recent World Sprint Seoul Kai Verbij. The 21 year old gets cos & igrave; his best result in the World Cup. Third & egrave; Instead the Russian Denis Yuskov, which is the & rsquo; yet another podium in an extremely competitive season, running in 1 & rsquo; 09 & rsquo; & rsquo; 22. The Moscow denies the triplet to the home team because & eacute; Gerben Jorritsma & egrave; fourth, that is 18 cents from bronze.
The final classification of specialty & agrave; suffers irreparably dell & rsquo; absence of Pavel Kulizhnikov. The 21 year old at the center of doping storm that involved many Russian athletes has therefore lost the chance & agrave; to win the cup after sub & igrave; to overtake decisive by Nuis. L & rsquo; Dutch closed cos & igrave; in first place with 630 points against Kulizhnikov & ndash; 4 hits in the season 1000 - stood still hopelessly at an altitude of 480 (they were paired before today). For the & rsquo; oranje & ndash; ever tender towards chatted rival sprinter - this is the second claim of specialty & agrave; Career after conquered Cup in 2012-2013.
The men's 5000 meters have seen committed the & rsquo; one blue in the race this Saturday afternoon: Andrea Giovannini. On the ice against the & rsquo; Dutch Arjan Stroetinga, in the second of the six pairs qualificatesi for Heerenveen Finals, the financier Piné closed 11 & deg; with a finish time of 6 & rsquo; 28 & rsquo; & rsquo; 90, one of its worst seasonal timekeeping in a & rsquo; year & ndash; & Egrave; Mandatory stress & ndash; where & egrave; entered last among the majors also on 5 km. These are the details of his passes during the 12 laps and a half: 19 & rsquo; & rsquo; 02 at the start, 29 & rsquo; & rsquo; 3, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 3, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 6, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 6, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 8, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 7, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 9, 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 1, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 9, 30 & rsquo; & rsquo; 9, 31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 3:31 & rsquo; & rsquo; 9.
How predictable success & ndash; in & rsquo; last year in the ranking race and specialty & agrave; 5000/10000 meters of & ndash; if they have played the two champions d & rsquo; the Netherlands over long distances: Sven Kramer and Jorrit Bergsma. Kramer won, sealing cos & igrave; an outstanding season that & rsquo; he also saw the triumph Allround World Championships, the European Championships and the World Championships of Single Distances of 5:10 thousand. All seasoned with five victories in the Cup and the consequent title of specialty & agrave; Quest won & rsquo; today. The superstar prophet at home to Heerenveen ended his season with a performance of 6 clockwork & rsquo; 11 & rsquo; & rsquo; 44 pulling Bergsma of 1.3 seconds and Sverre Lunde Pedersen (Norway) of 4.92. Kramer & egrave; arrived cos & igrave; Also l & rsquo; statement in the ranking of specialty & agrave ;: the 29 year-old three-time Olympian has obtained the maximum available, reaching a height of 530 points compatriot Bergsma, taking the & rsquo; laurels because the best finish in the Finals (first discriminant in case d '' arrival in equality & agrave;). With today's placement, however, Andrea Giovannini & egrave; rose to a respectable tenth place with 160 points overall.
In team races, which closed on Saturday afternoon on the ice, Team Pursuit of women & rsquo; Holland & egrave; He was beaten twice by the Japanese. The oranje Antoinette de Jong, Marrit Leenstra and Ireen W & uuml; st immediately forced l & rsquo; gait and remained in the lead up to & rsquo; last lap ahead of a foretaste of victory by the public Thialf. But in the last few meters they have to memorize options lost firmness, suffering overtaken by Misaki Oshigiri, Miho and Nana Takagi. Time Japanese 2 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 06 against 2 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 20 of the Dutch. With this win & ndash; The third of four seasonal phases & ndash; Japan won the cup of specialty & agrave; before the oranje, victorious in the last three seasons. & Egrave; The second statement for Asian, the first dating back to 2004-2005.
The Dutch rifaranno suffered from disappointment with the men's team sprint, this option is selected for a penny on Canada. The trio of home & egrave; first in 1 & rsquo; 20 & rsquo; & rsquo; 40 due to evidence of Kai Verbij, Ronald Mulder and Stefan Groothuis & ndash; Quest & rsquo; last raised the & rsquo; ovation of the public in the space d & rsquo; honor with her two children & ndash; and it ensures cos & igrave; also the first Cup in the new specialty & agrave; inserted by quest & rsquo; year in the official program of the & rsquo; ISU. Russia comes third in 1 & rsquo; 20 & rsquo; & rsquo; 86.
To note the touching award ceremony for the & rsquo; farewell to the races of a myth of skating as Bob de Jong, athlete leaves the & rsquo; agonism at 39 years after winning a gold & ndash; 10 thousand in Turin in 2006 & ndash; one silver and three Olympic bronze medals and as many as 20 world medals, including 7 d & rsquo; gold between 1997 and 2013.
Tomorrow will close & agrave; officially the 2015/16 World Cup. Five more distances that will choose the latest victories and Cups specialty & agrave ;. It begins with the second series of 500 male meters, to continue in & rsquo; order in the 1000m women, 1,500 men and the two Mass Start. In both races starting line there will be two Italians: male Francolini Fabio and Andrea Giovannini, and the women will be part Francesca Lollobrigida and Francesca Bettrone. The opportunities for the National coach Maurizio Marchetto closing the & rsquo; year with a bang there.
Click here to see the full results of the second day of finals and the latest World Cup rankings. We recall also that sar & agrave; allows direct streaming of & rsquo; event by using this link: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/.
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