Speed ​​skating - men's 5000 meters
Dutch rule in the 5,000-meter long track speed skating, the opening round of the specialty plant dall'avveniristico hosted at the Adler Arena Skating Center, with tulips monopolize the entire podium, as predicted Eve.
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The gold medal went to Sven Kramer, who with a smooth conduct of the race on the pace of 29.2 - 29.6 seconds per lap improved his Olympic record, established in Vancouver in 2010, no less than four seconds bringing it to 6'' 10'' 76''.
The podium was completed by his countrymen Jorrit Bergsma and Jan Blokhuijsen that, with aggressive conduct of the race, they tried to break the hegemony of the king of the discipline, but both have fallen dramatically in the last 2000 meters of the race where Kramer, who started in a regular basis, has trimmed heavy chipping at all. The duo ended the winner detached orange respectively 5 "and 6".
He stops at the foot of the podium, the young Belgian Bart Swings, the new name of the discipline, finally exploded this season after years spent in the roller skating. The Belgian, who started as lightning, he saw the light go off in the last 4 rounds, being overtaken by Blokhuijsen, battery-mate and losing the bronze with a comparison to the last lap deficit.
Fifth Norwegian Sverre Lunde Pedersen, which preceded the Russian tandem composed by Denis Yuscov and Ivan Skobrev that has monopolized the first part of the race marking interesting times in the first batteries before giving way to the big names of the discipline.
Kramer is the second Olympic gold medal in his career, both obtained in 5000, and the fifth medal in five circles.
Italy deployed on the ice Andrea Giovannini, who finished the test in seventeenth place in over twenty seconds behind the winner.
Tomorrow Adler Arena Skating Center will stage the 3000 meters with a female protagonist hunting Martina Sablikova waiting for the third gold of his career.
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