Speed ​​Skating - World Cup in Seoul
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The specialists of the skating & nbsp; & nbsp long track; they begin immediately from & nbsp; Taeneung International Skating Rink & nbsp; Seoul. L & rsquo; plant in & nbsp; the capital of the Republic of Korea & nbsp; will host & agrave ;, from tomorrow until Sunday 23, the & nbsp; second stage & nbsp; World Cup 2014-15 on an indoor track for the & nbsp; ice skating & nbsp; since 1984. Cos & Igrave ;, after Seoul 14 years back to accommodate a Cup race. & nbsp; A path not cos & Igrave; & Ldquo; & rdquo in vogue; from competitions & nbsp; & nbsp speed skating; international, despite CITY had already & agrave; hosted two World ugrave & pi; a decade ago, one of & nbsp; Single Distance & nbsp; in 2004 and another & nbsp; & nbsp Sprint, in 2000. The stage of this weekend also, sar & agrave; a test ahead of 2016, when sar & agrave; the home of the & nbsp; iridescent Sprint Championships. In any case, it seems that has a rather fast ice.
Thursday 20 November 2014 11 minutes reading time
After l & rsquo; debut last week in Obihiro, there are many ideas that emerged in view of the second & ldquo; round & rdquo; of the competition. First, c & rsquo; & egrave; fervor for speed & agrave; female sees the headlights trained on the hostess and undisputed queen of the 500 meters, Lee Sang-Hwa. The 25 year-old native of Seoul right & ndash; twice Olympic gold in the distance pi & ugrave; short of the speed skating & ndash; started well his season by triumphing in the two races held in Obihiro. To counter it, in the first row c & rsquo; & egrave; Japan's Nao Kodaira, followed by the Russian Olga Fatkulina. The US sprinters Richardson and Bowe, among the main candidates against the excessive power of Lee did not take part in the double header in Asia. The meet again in December in Europe.
In the other distances female is shaping a new chapter of the duel all oranje seen in Japan a week ago. In 1000 and 1500, respectively, had triumphed Marrit Leenstra and Ireen Wü; st, alternating positions on the podium in both races. In addition, the four times between 2006 and 2014 Olympic Wü; st & egrave; Also l & rsquo; current Cup leader after the first stage. In this sense, even the salt & rsquo; interest on 5000 meters & ndash; distance sar & agrave; addressed for the first and only time in the Cup season, as an alternative to 3000 - where his antagonist number one sar & agrave; senz & rsquo; the other chickpea Martina S & aacute; bl & iacute; kov & aacute ;.
Among men, there & rsquo; & egrave; waiting for the super challenge in the first series of 500. It will address the fact & rsquo; Dutch Jan Smeekens and surprising Cup leader General Pavel Kulizhnikov. Quest & rsquo; last 20 years, & egrave; erected a great protagonist to Obihiro winning all & rsquo; Cup debut two races: the 1000 and the second series & ndash; the first had been the preserve of right & rsquo; oranje - 500. But the attention to all the men's team of Russia. After the Dutch, have proven to be the second force of quest & rsquo; d start & rsquo; vintage, with an interesting mix of new entries & ndash; see Kulizhnikov but also the & rsquo; other & ldquo; deb & rdquo; Murashow & ndash; and experts as the distance runner Rumyantsev or the pi & ugrave; Yesin sprinters and Kuznetsov.
The hugely popular in Korea & ndash; even more & ugrave; after passing the technical sponsor of the house - Sven Kramer has decided not to run the 10 thousand meters. Will not try & agrave; cos & Igrave; to redeem himself in the distance in his last performances suffered many bitter defeats by compatriot Jorrit Bergsma, today remained in the Netherlands. Sven and & ograve; ko in Sochi in 2014 and a few days ago at the national trials. The Dutch Wouter Olde Heuvel and Bob de Jong, but also attention to the German Patrick Beckert, appeared in good form in Japan. Become cos & Igrave; them the favorites of the race pi & ugrave; grueling program.
The plurimedagliato d & rsquo; Holland & Kramer punter agrave; all about 1500 meters: sar & agrave; also his only commitment of the trip. A distance over which the champion of Heerenveen seeks redemption after l & rsquo; eighth Obihiro, that did not make him happy at all. Beign & agrave; an equally disappointed Shani Davis. The American star tip bluntly to the record of victories in the World Cup. The 32 year-old Chicago started on the wrong foot, for & ograve ;: his best & egrave; was the fifth-place finish in 1000 and 1500. It is expected to pi & ugrave; even by him.
L & rsquo; oval Korean will see & agrave; a precious debut for the Italian national team coached by Stefano Donagrandi. In Seoul is rivedr & agrave; Francesca Lollobrigida, landed only a few hours in the Asian country after a trip to the World Cup inline in Argentina, where he finished winning a silver in & rsquo; American teams. The Roman will participate & agrave; gi & agrave; tomorrow at 5000 meters, then finished his Cup weekend in his beloved Mass Start. Discipline in which will have & agrave; defend the title won last season. So will have & agrave; chasing competitors rated specialty & agrave ;, as they have in the legs & ndash; and above all on the scoresheet in scores - & nbsp; a race pi & ugrave ;.
Good news for Andrea Giovannini, which for the first time in his career potr & agrave; compete in Division A. The Pinetano disputer & agrave; the 10,000 meters in the top group, thanks to the brilliant second place Friday & Igrave; last in 5000. The 21 year old bearer of yellow flame take & agrave; again part in the Mass Start & ndash; with teammate Nicola Tumolero - after the good seventh place on Sunday, and 1500.
One of the best blue arrows, Mirko Giacomo Nenzi partir & agrave; in the second group of about 500 in the (first series scheduled in the night). In the same group & ldquo; B & rdquo; we will see it & ndash; than that in the distance pi & ugrave; short & ndash; even in 1500. However, it remains firmly in Division A in the 1000 meters. Especially in quest & rsquo; last race hopes are pinned on the Venetian. Expected to a change of gear after the disappointing results of all & rsquo; debut. The leap in quality & agrave; & Egrave; in his ropes.
Curiosities & agrave; instead for the & rsquo; team pursuit sprint. Race for the moment demo introduced from & rsquo; ISU: Yes disputer & agrave; in the second day of competition, Saturday 22. And l & rsquo; Italy Schierer & agrave; only the Team Pursuit men. In the race we will see just Mirko Nenzi with classmates specialize in speed & agrave; David Bosa and Luca Zanghellini, the latter competing in Division B of 500 and 1000 individuals.
As for the other blue & ndash; eight in total - present in South Korea, there are Luca Stefani and Yvonne Daldossi, engaged in fast races of Division B women.
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The program of the first day of competition with times Italian and blues in the race, which partir & agrave; in Seoul in what sar & agrave; the Italian night. As always, the evidence of Division A will be broadcast live streaming on the channel ISU. Click here to enter.
Hours 02:45 5000m Women Division B (Lollobrigida) Hours 3:50 500m Women Division B (Y. Daldossi) Hours 4:09 500m men Division B (Zanghellini, Bosa, Nenzi) Hours 4:51 1500m Men Division B (Tumolero, Giovannini, L. Stefani) Hours 7:00 5000m Women Division A Women Division A 500m Hours 8:10 pm 8:35 pm 9:20 500m Men Division A Division A 1500m men
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