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Day #4 Recap

 

The first final competition in the afternoon was the 20.000 Elimination Junior Women: a long distance race in which the team strategy and the endurance can make the difference. At 8 laps to go Colombia, France, and Italy has two athletes in the race. Edda Paluzzi cannot help her teammate anymore and Anais Pedroni was left alone to push against the Colombians. It was then the turn of the Mexican girls to leave. Honorine Barrault, the France girl who crashed at the beginning of the race, is still in the run at the last lap when her teammate Marie Dupuy has been eliminated. The Colombians started the final rush: Nathalia Bermudez crossed first, Corinne Stoddard - USA, second and Gabriela Rueda Rueda third.

 

Gold - Nathalia Bermudez - COLOMBIA
Silver - Corinne Stoddard - USA
Bronze - Gabriela Rueda Rueda - COLOMBIA

 

It was then the turn of the Junior men on the long distance competition. North Koreans and Colombians lead the first part of the race: usually Colombia is not so strong in endurance competitions, but in the sunny and hot Arnhem they really spent all their energies. After 10 km the pack is still quite solid. There was a bad crash in the middle of the pack but it involved only Mathieu Belloir from France.
At 6 laps to go, Jason Sutteles - Belgium, tried to come back but he felt down in a crash involving Inho Choi - South Korea, and slowed down the other athletes in the middle of the pack. Andres Bello Quemba - Colombia, tried to go ahead but Jordy Van Workum - Netherlands, came back with all his energy and became 2018 World Champion in 20.000 Elimination:

 

Gold - Jordy Van Workum - NETHERLANDS
Silver - Andres Bello Quemba - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Joel Guacho Zamora - ECUADOR

 

The Senior competitions started with the 10.000mt points. In the women race, there was a head-to-head between Francesca Lollobrigida and Johana Viveros: once again in these worlds, Lollobrigida was not able to get the Gold, lost for just one point. Mareika Thu, got the bronze thanks to better time over Yang, Arias and Halbout. Head-to-Head also in the men race between the Colombian Daniel Martinez and Diogo Marreiros from Portugal both with 12 points: the colombian won for the better time; bronze for Bart Swings with 11 points. Nothing to do for Daniel Niero - Italy.

 

10.000mt points Senior Women
Gold - Johana Viveros - COLOMBIA
Silver - Francesca Lollobrigida - ITALY
Bronze - Mareike Thum - GERMANY

 

10.000mt points Senior Men
Gold - Daniel Zapata Martinez - COLOMBIA
Silver - Diogo Marreiros - PORTUGAL
Bronze - Bart Swings - BELGIUM

 

The 1 Lap sprint of the Senior Categories closed the first day in Arnhem for the road Circuit: a very quick competition in which a good start can define the final results.
On the starting line for Senior Women: the two Colombians Andrea Canon and Yesenia Escobar, the Italian Giulia Bongiorno and Erin Jackson from USA.

In the Men race we had on the starting line: Simon Albrecht from Germany, Michel Mulder - Netherlands and the two Colombians Pedro Causil and Edwin Estrada.

 

One Lap Sprint Senior Women
Gold - Andrea Canon - COLOMBIA
Silver - Yesenia Escobar - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Erin Jackson - USA

 

One Lap Sprint Senior Men
Gold - Edwin Estrada - COLOMBIA
Silver - Simon Albrecht - GERMANY
Bronze - Pedro Causil - COLOMBIA

[phelps 7,685]

Day #5 Recap

 

and finally a Gold medal for the worst Italian World Championship ever...

 

10.000 points Junior Women
It has been a strategic race in which the athletes moved back and forward in the pack to gain points and preserve the stamina. The Colombians lead the first part of the competitions, then moved back to the middle of the "peloton". Dupuy from France took advantage of the situation and gained points that put her at the top of the rank. At 7 laps to go, the Colombians got back to the lead of the pack and easily got points after points. In the run for the bronze it was all about Stoddard (USA) and Dupuy that, by winning the final rush, got the third position.

 

Gold - Maria Renteria Rodriguez - COLOMBIA
Silver -Valentina Moreno Pinzon- COLOMBIA
Bronze - Marie Dupuy - FRANCE

 

In the 10.000 points Junior Men the strategy was an easy one: try to get the more points you can. The Ecuadorian David Moscoso Sarmiento had 18 points at nine laps to go, followed by Adrion Workman - USA at 15. Said Vidal, Chile, had only 6 points and was defending the bronze against Ewen Foussadier, France and Jordi Van Workum, who was wishing to win another medal for the Hosting country. The Orange came back and, warmly supported by the crowd, got the Bronze.

 

Gold - David Moscoso Sarmiento - ECUADOR
Silver - Adrion Workman - USA
Bronze - Jordi Van Workum - NETHERLANDS

 

20.000mt Elimination Senior Women
This is that a kind of race in which the team strategy is really important: you have to cooperate with your team mate to preserve the position in the "peloton". In the start there was quite nervosism in the pack. South Korean Lee Seul started in an attack surprising the other athletes as it was at the very beginning of the race. Soon Francesca Lollobrigida, supported by her sister and team mate Giulia, started to lead the pack, followed by the two Colombians, Viveros and Arias, in a long lasting duel. Francesca Lollobrigida was looking for thee Gold medal that, till now, didn't arrive in these worlds. Mareika Thum, from Germany, and Sandrine Tas - Belgium, tried to find their place in this battle. The six athletes interchanged in the leading whilst there were many fights in the middle of the peloton. Dan Guo, the Chinese champion, got eliminated at 38 laps to go. A crash soon after the following elimination involved Hyosook Woo - South Korea and she had to leave the circuit. The Lollobrigida sisters took the lead of the peloton lighting a fire under the group. Mannon Kamminga, the Orange Champion back to activity after a sabbatical, got eliminated: she seemed to be in a good shape but it was to early to be competitive in this kind of competition. At 12 laps to go Giulia Lollobrigida has been eliminated: she was supporting hard her sister and for Francesca the race became more complicated since then. On next elimination, Sandrine Tas left the circuit. Three laps to go and Francesca started an attack followed by the two girls from Colombia. At two laps to go, Francesca is between the two colombians. Fabriana Arias started the sprint but Francesca did not give up and in the last rush got the gold. "I really wanted to win and, together with my sister, we worked very well. This Medal goes to my mother who is in the hospital"

 

Gold - Francesca Lollobrigida - ITALY
Silver - Johana Viveros - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Fabriana Arias - COLOMBIA

 

20.000 elimination Senior Men
Since the beginning Colombia, Italy, Usa, France, Spain, Portugal really fought hard in a nervous race. Giuseppe Bramante - Italy was always protecting the back of his team mate Daniel Niero, whilst the Colombians had to take care of the two guys from Netherlands leading the pack. Bart Swings was in the middle of the two teams. Bramante tried to avoid the elimination with a rush and fighting hard, but he was eliminated by fault. Daniel Niero was left alone leading the group with the Orange guys, the two Colombians and Bart Swings. Crispijin Arien - Netherlands and his team mate Gry Hekman were in the lead poushing hard to keep the position. The speed increased at 6 laps to go with six skaters close each other: the two Colombians, Daniel Niero, Bart Swings, the defending champion Nolan Beddiaf from France and David Morell - Spain. In the last lap Swings, Nolan and Niero start a breathtaking final rush.

 

Gold - Bart Swings - BELGIUM
Silver - Daniel Niero - ITALY
Bronze - Nolan Beddiaf - FRANCE

 

One lap Junior Ladies
On the starting line: Anais Pedroni -Italy, Valeria Rodriguez Lopez - Colombia, Yue Chi Peng - Chinese Taipei and Mathilde Pedronno.
Bad start for the Colombian but she gained the Gold Medal without any esitation. Anais Pedroni had a very good start that allowed her to get the Silver Medal; Bronze for Mathilde Pedronno.

 

Gold - Valeria Rodriguez Lopez - COLOMBIA
Silver - Anais Pedroni - ITALIA
Bronze - Mathilde Pedronno - FRANCE

 

One Lap Junior Men
Alejandro Huertas Vergara - Colombia, Baptiste Allain - France, Vincenzo Maiorca - Italy and Sabien Tinson - USA on the starting line. Vergara leaded the race and Tinson really struggled to come back but, due to a bad start, he had to be happy with the silver; bronze for the Italian Vincenzo Maiorca.

 

Gold - Alejandro Huerta Vergara - COLOMBIA
Silver - Sabien Tinson - USA
Bronze - Vincenzo Maiorca - ITALY

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2018 Freestyle Skating World Championships (Arnhem, NED)

 

Day #1

 

In the opening day the athletes competed in the Slide and Freejump competitions.

The Women Slide seemed to be all about Russia, with Natalia Krykova and Olga Fokina in a head-to-head but some imperfections costed, once again, the podium to Fokina. Hotsko Bohdana - Ukraina got the Silver medal and Nichakan Chinupun, the defending Champion, got the bronze.

 

Gold - Natalia Krykova - RUSSIA
Silver Hotsko Bohdana - UKRAINA
Bronze - Nichakan Chinupun - THAINLAND

 

In the Slide Men, the Gold Medal released Enrique Rubio Mesa - Spain, from the third place in Nanjing in 2017: Silver went to Denis Shirobokov - Russia and Bronze to Puhri Senarat - Thainland.

 

Gold - Enrique Rubio Mesa - SPAIN
Silver - Denis Shirobokov - RUSSIA
Bronze - Puhri Senarat - THAINLAND

 

The Jump competitions closed the first day.

Three European countries on the ladies podium. With 8 attempts and 122 cm, Marina Oliveras got the
Gold Medal; followed at 120 cm by Conan Maeliss from France. Elisa Poli, from Italy, got the Bronze as she stopped at 100cm.

 

Gold - Marina Oliveras Argibay - SPAIN
Silver - Maeliss Conan - FRANCE
Bronze - Elisa Poli - ITALY

 

The guys flied high and Florian Petitcollin reached the 155cm. Alessio Bianzale and Matteo Pallazzi stopped at 140 cmt.

 

Gold - Florian Petitcollin - FRANCE
Silver - Alessio Bianzale - ITALY
Bronze - Matteo Pallazzi - ITALY

 

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[heywoodu 15,162]

Iranian lady in the 1/8 finals of the women's 100m competition (where she lost, but rather closely), that surprised me 

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/36517/161-qualified_for_the_1_4_final_senior_ladies___100_m_sprint_tournament_1.pdf

 

@MHSN Is roller speed skating somewhat of a 'thing' in Iran or is she entirely unique? It'd be so awesome if one day one makes a move to the ice  

 

Edit: Wow, also an Iranian guy who lost in the 1/8 finals AND an Iranian guy who won and will be in tonight's quarter finals!

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/36518/162-qualified_for_the_1_4_final_senior_men___100_m_sprint_tournament_1.pdf

Edited July 7, 2018 by heywoodu

[MHSN 3,625]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Iranian lady in the 1/8 finals of the women's 100m competition (where she lost, but rather closely), that surprised me 

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/36517/161-qualified_for_the_1_4_final_senior_ladies___100_m_sprint_tournament_1.pdf

 

@MHSN Is roller speed skating somewhat of a 'thing' in Iran or is she entirely unique? It'd be so awesome if one day one makes a move to the ice  

 

Edit: Wow, also an Iranian guy who lost in the 1/8 finals AND an Iranian guy who won and will be in tonight's quarter finals!

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/36518/162-qualified_for_the_1_4_final_senior_men___100_m_sprint_tournament_1.pdf

 

not a "thing" . just another sport people don't really care about and never makes the headlines.

 

but at least they have a separate federation called "Skating Federation" makes them a bigger "thing" than likes of Baseball at least !

 

there is no Ice Rink here. and nobody really cares about the "Winter Olympics" to think seriously about moving the whole sport to the ice !

[heywoodu 15,162]

7 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

not a "thing" . just another sport people don't really care about and never makes the headlines.

 

but at least they have a separate federation called "Skating Federation" makes them a bigger "thing" than likes of Baseball at least !

 

there is no Ice Rink here. and nobody really cares about the "Winter Olympics" to think seriously about moving the whole sport to the ice !

 

Well neither did Colombians, until a foreign coach went there and started convincing inline skaters to give it a try on that strange icy thing  

 

Ok, I know Colombia and Iran are rather different in terms of quality in inline speed skating, since Colombia is the dominant force, but still. It'd just be cool if someone gives it a try or something, be that by somehow stumbling upon a foreigner with ties to the speed skating or whatever, one might hope  

[MHSN 3,625]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Well neither did Colombians, until a foreign coach went there and started convincing inline skaters to give it a try on that strange icy thing  

 

Ok, I know Colombia and Iran are rather different in terms of quality in inline speed skating, since Colombia is the dominant force, but still. It'd just be cool if someone gives it a try or something, be that by somehow stumbling upon a foreigner with ties to the speed skating or whatever, one might hope  

 

You still need Ice Rink for that. don't you ? either in your country or you need someone to sponsors you having long term camps outside the country .none of them are possible for now in current situations. sports not in Olympics or Asian Games program won't get money from the government.

 

PS: Roller sport is in this year AG program but only with two events and that's just a one time thing. and the Skating federation here couldn't even convince the NOC to send them to Jakarta.

[heywoodu 15,162]

6 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

You still need Ice Rink for that. don't you ? either in your country or you need someone to sponsors you having long term camps outside the country .none of them are possible for now in current situations. sports not in Olympics or Asian Games program won't get money from the government.

 

PS: Roller sport is in this year AG program but only with two events and that's just a one time thing. and the Skating federation here couldn't even convince the NOC to send them to Jakarta.

Well yeah you need an ice rink, which is why I'm mostly hoping for the tiny chance (yet unrealistic, I know, that's why it's tiny ) of for example someone with Iranian roots competing for Iran while based in another country. That's what happens with Brazil for example and because of that, very very very slowly one or two or three people actually in Brazil are getting a little interested.

 

I know, it's all not that realistic, but like I said, it's not wrong to hope  

[MHSN 3,625]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Well yeah you need an ice rink, which is why I'm mostly hoping for the tiny chance (yet unrealistic, I know, that's why it's tiny ) of for example someone with Iranian roots competing for Iran while based in another country. That's what happens with Brazil for example and because of that, very very very slowly one or two or three people actually in Brazil are getting a little interested.

 

I know, it's all not that realistic, but like I said, it's not wrong to hope  

 

I really don't think that's possible. just not Iranian thing to rely much on the Iranian diaspora , only very few athletes born/raised outside of Iran managed to have success. or inspire the rest for something new. I think the only way is someone makes Ice rinks here.

 

btw I just took a look at their website and they are a member of ISU and also IIHF alongside with FIRS. quite busy as a single federation

[phelps 7,685]

Speedskating Day #6 Recap

 

During the day the 100mt races took place: qualification in the morning and quarter, semifinals and finals in the afternoon.

 

100mt sprint Junior Women
Two colombians in the final for the Gold: Andrea Plaza Bolaño, who passed against Peng from Chinese Taipei, and Valeria Rodriguez Lopez, winning over Mathilde Pedronno - France who got the Bronze Medal. Bolaño was in the front since the gun shot till the finish line.

 

Gold - Andrea Plaza Bolaño - COLOMBIA
Silver - Valeria Rodriguez Lopez - COLOMBIA
Bronza - Mathilde Pedronno - FRANCE

 

100mt Sprint Junior Men
Alejandro Huertas Vergara, from Colombia, passed against Chang - Chinese Taipei and run in the final against the American Tinson Sabien who won against Ivan Galar - Spain. Galar got the Bronze Medal. Sabien Tinsen passed both the quarter and semifinal at the fotofinish and got the Gold.

 

Gold - Sabien Tinsen - USA
Silver - Alejandro Huertas Vergara - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Ivan Galar - SPAIN

 

100mt sprint Senior Women
Also in the Senior Women the duel was a "Colombian affair": Yesenia Escobar won the semifinal against Chen, from Cinese Taipei. Erin Jackson could do nothing against Geiny Pajaro who got the second place in the final. Chen got the Bronze Medal.

 

Gold - Geiny Pajaro - COLOMBIA
Silver - Yesenia Escobar - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Chen Ying-Chu - CHINESE TAIPEI

 

100mt sprint Senior Men
The Spanish Ioseba Fernandez won the semifinal against Simon Albrecht, who started badly, and got the chance to defend the title. Edwin Estrada went to the final by beating the South Korean Kim Jinyoung. Simon Albrecht was injuried and Kim Jinyoung got the Bronze Medal by running alone the race. Estrada and Fernandez were so close but Fernandez crossed the line an handful hundredth of seconds before the Colombian and got the Gold. Fernandez dedicated this victory to his friend Nil now in the hospital.

 

Gold - Ioseba Fernandez - SPAIN
Silver - Edwin Estrada - COLOMBIA
Bronze - Kim Jinyoung - SOUTH KOREA

 

Tomorrow the Marathon will be run downtown on the traditional 42.195mt: The Senior and Junior Women will start first at 10.30: at 12.00 the road will be all for the Men, both Junior and Senior.

Edited July 7, 2018 by phelps