Speed ​​Skating - CDM in Obihiro (Japan)
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A protagonist who just was not expected. It is & nbsp; & nbsp Pavel Kulizhnikov; that doubles in & nbsp; 500 meters. & Egrave; him the real surprise of this & nbsp; first stage of the World Cup & nbsp; & nbsp; speed skating. The 20 year old Russian, all & rsquo; onset between Senior amazes the world of & nbsp; & nbsp long track; and flies overhead to the overall standings. From the & nbsp; women, however, & nbsp; Ireen Wü; st & nbsp; puts hierarchies in order, taking a new victory in & nbsp; Obihiro & nbsp; before a & nbsp; Marrit Leenstra & nbsp; which promises battle in key general classification. Just you & egrave; l & rsquo; pursuer pi & ugrave; the five-time Olympic medalist fierce. Smile at the & nbsp; & nbsp Koreans; (500 meters women and Mass Start Men) and the Canadian & nbsp; Blondin, the first individual success in the cup, just in the points race. Not good l & rsquo; Italy.
Sunday 16 November 2014 13 minutes reading time
The team led by engineers Giorgio Baroni and Stefano Donagrandi concludes the three-day Japanese with the best result, once again, by Andrea Giovannini. The Trentino, after the great second place in Group B in 5000, dispute the Mass Start and finished seventh. In the same race, Nicola Tumolero & egrave; ninth.
Starting from the Mass Start Men, the fact of having two Italians, among the 24 competitors at the start, facilitates the automation of a very difficult race and tactics. Tumolero Nicola and Andrea Giovannini behave well during the test, going to check the & rsquo; gait when needed and disputing all the intermediate sprints. In the first, Tumolero, comes third. While in the other two up to Giovannini search points in the sprints: once it finds 3 & ndash; second & ndash; and in & rsquo; the other grasps one, finishing third. Unfortunately for them, in the final sprint & ndash; that assigns 60, 40 and 20 points to the first & ndash; they can not get to the heart, also because of the German team game that blocks a dangerous attempt to lengthen the Trentino. They win the Koreans, quick in & rsquo; come out after work on the Dutch team (the big loser of this test). Exults the rapid Lee Seung-Hoon, first in front of compatriot Kim Cheol Min. Only third & ndash; cos & Igrave; as in the ranking of specialty & agrave; last year - the talented Belgian Bart Swings.
But the real star in Japan & egrave; undoubtedly Pavel Kulizhnikov. The young Russian centra l & rsquo; yet another podium of his incredible weekend d & rsquo; debut in the World Cup. After l & rsquo; gold in the 1000 meters yesterday and l & rsquo; silver in the 500 Friday & Igrave ;, further corrects the shot in the sprint race with his second victory of the season. It also takes the track record in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 96. This time Jan Smeekens fails sopravanzarlo in & rsquo; last battery of 500 meters, cos & Igrave; com & rsquo; had happened in the first series. L & rsquo; Dutch stops at 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 09. In third place c & rsquo; & egrave; a novelty & agrave; compared to & rsquo; last test. We do not find pi & ugrave; the second Russian Murashow (for & ograve; fourth), but c & rsquo; & egrave; l & rsquo; inclusion of Japanese Ryohei Haga (35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 17). Also this a big surprise for reviving the Japanese, who at age 26 won his first career podium in Division A.
L & rsquo; unique blue in the race, of law entered in the races of the first groups on Sunday, was Mirko Giacomo Nenzi. The Venetian for & ograve; does not find the convincing performance that was hoped from him and ends in sixteenth place. Cos & Igrave ;, the bearer of yellow flame confirmation that he had made his debut in the best way in Japan. Even if he can improve what has been done in the first race & ndash; ie 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 82. On the second attempt in 500, ending in 35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 65. & Egrave; its primacy seasonal, but to compete with the leaders need a leap of quality & agrave ;. Hopefully can find it in a week in Seoul.
Always on the 500 meters, but in Division B, were engaged David Bosa and Luca Zanghellini. The first & egrave; ranked twelfth with a time of 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 12. While teammate finished in 16th place, the result of 36 & rsquo; & rsquo; 48 employed by Zanghellini to take a ride and a hundred meters of & rsquo; oval Obihiro. Compared to the first series racing two days ago, for both arrived improvements both chronometric both final position & ndash; although not enough to score points ISU - in the ranking.
In the women's sprint race, the second of the weekend again, the Korean Lee Sang-Hwa (37 & rsquo; & rsquo; 92) does not & egrave; made victory slip. Cos & Igrave ;, after the success of two days ago, the Olympic champion and doubles & egrave; gi & agrave; topped the list of specialty & agrave ;. Second place went to the square of the new Japanese Nao Kodaira (38 & rsquo; & rsquo; 06) to 14 cents from the winner. In third place s & rsquo; inserted directly after promotion from Division B of Friday & Igrave ;, the 19 year old Austrian Vanessa Bittner. To her satisfaction comes first podium between the & ldquo; big & rdquo ;.
In the second group in the world, Yvonne Daldossi, unique Italian engaged always in the race of 500 meters, flap again below expectations & ndash; while improving his final time trial - and closes a stage undertone Cup to forget in a hurry. L & rsquo; Tyrolean finished tenth with a time of 39 & rsquo; & rsquo; 95. The race & ldquo; B & rdquo; & Egrave; was won by Korean & ndash; former short-tracker and two-time Olympic gold in Sochi & ndash; Park Seung-Hi. Soon we will see in the group of the best.
Few surprises in the second race of the day: 1500 meters. Male, l & rsquo; Holland hits a trio of medals incredible. L & rsquo; gold goes to Kjeld Nuis in one & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 97. Behind him, hits a new podium & ndash; after three years of absence in the Cup and the return with the third place in the 5000 - Wouter Olde Heuvel, trailing by 55 cents from the winner. Koen Verweij finished third in 1 & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 90, despite some physical problem that & rsquo; forced him to give up the Team Pursuit yesterday. The Dutch again let off the podium the North American champions Denny Morrison and Shani Davis, fourth and fifth respectively. Disappoint the Olympic champion & ndash; l & rsquo; only able to snatch a title to oranje, Sochi - Zbigniew Brodka. Polish ends only 14th.
Three Italians have raced in Division B. It failed to impress. Mirko Giacomo Nenzi could aspire to an assault towards the promotion in the first group. But l & rsquo; blue does not go beyond the 22nd place (1 & rsquo; 53 & rsquo; & rsquo; 53): one of its worst performance on the distance. At least in & rsquo; last period. Precedes a position Andrea Giovannini (1 & rsquo; 52 & rsquo; & rsquo; 52). While the best Blues & egrave; Luca Stefani, sixteenth in 1 & rsquo; 51 & rsquo; & rsquo; 14.
Still a party all the Dutch in time trials female. You can & ograve; say that the speed skating & agrave; against time, was of & rsquo; Holland and Lee Sang-Hwa (victorious in the 500, twice). The 1500 saw the & ldquo; & rdquo revenge; of Ireen Wü; st of Marrit Leenstra. The two countrymen exchange l & rsquo; d & rsquo order; arrival of 1000 yesterday. But rejoice the same. Rejoices the campionissima of Goirle Cup winners specialty & agrave; 2013-14, able to unleash his progression during his trial. The Wü; st is cos & Igrave; his second win of the season in one & rsquo; 56 & rsquo; & rsquo; 93. Behind him a & rsquo; excellent Leenstra in one & rsquo; 57 & rsquo; & rsquo; 76. While the duo behind pi & ugrave; in the form of the moment, he sees the Russian Yuliya Skokova (1 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 10), which picks up where he ended last season: a bronze in 1500.
In the Mass Start female tick, always exploiting the 60 points of the final sprint, the Canadian Ivanie Blondin. The 24 year old of Ottawa is also his first individual victory in the World Cup. In points, before the Japanese Nana Takagi and l & rsquo; Dutch Shouten Irene. The Meiji Hokkaido Tokachi Oval-there & rsquo; was no blue enrolled in the race. L & rsquo; Italy will know & agrave; for & ograve; gamble excellent chance & agrave; with Francesca Lollobrigida, reigning champion absent in Japan. Torner & agrave; in a week. Gi & agrave; because & eacute; from Friday & Igrave; 21 to Sunday, November 23, the elite of speed skating & agrave; sar & agrave; re-engaged for the second leg of the World Cup. It always remains in Asia, but in the capital of South Korea. Another few days and l & rsquo; attention sposter & agrave; on Taereung International Ice Rink in Seoul.
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