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this week we had a totally different outcome than the Nagoya WC stage...

 

if in Japan :KOR dominated the field, this time we had an extreme balance final medal table, with 5 Nations (:CAN Canada, :CHN China, :HUN Hungary, :NED Netherlands and :KOR South Korea) winning 2 Gold Medals each, meanwhile :RUS Russia took the 11th and last one...

 

with Arianna fontana back home, this time :ITA Italy won "only" a bronze medal...pretty disappointing performance in any case, as there were 2 500m races, where Martina Valcepina should have done a lot better...

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1 hour ago, phelps said:

this week we had a totally different outcome than the Nagoya WC stage...

 

if in Japan :KOR dominated the field, this time we had an extreme balance final medal table, with 5 Nations (:CAN Canada, :CHN China, :HUN Hungary, :NED Netherlands and :KOR South Korea) winning 2 Gold Medals each, meanwhile :RUS Russia took the 11th and last one...

 

with Arianna fontana back home, this time :ITA Italy won "only" a bronze medal...pretty disappointing performance in any case, as there were 2 500m races, where Martina Valcepina should have done a lot better...

In at least one of them Valcepina was launched into the barriers 100% outside of her own fault (she would have gotten at least bronze, most likely).

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55 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

In at least one of them Valcepina was launched into the barriers 100% outside of her own fault (she would have gotten at least bronze, most likely).

 

it happened yesterday...in the semifinals...

 

and in fact she was advanced to the A final by the jury panel and then she won bronze...:p

 

today she made a mistake by her own and ended up "only" 4th...:(

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Ren Ziwei took the 1500m win in Dresden by launching an all-out attack in the first lap, nearly lapping everyone and holding on for dear life until the finish :d :bowdown:

 

That was rather epic, I've rarely seen someone in short track skating where you could almost visibly see his legs burn as much as Ren's legs in the last laps.

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51 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Ren Ziwei took the 1500m win in Dresden by launching an all-out attack in the first lap, nearly lapping everyone and holding on for dear life until the finish :d :bowdown:

 

That was rather epic, I've rarely seen someone in short track skating where you could almost visibly see his legs burn as much as Ren's legs in the last laps.


Have seen that done before! An Israeli (well, probably Russian) guy - can’t remember his name - did the same thing a couple of years ago.  Lapped  the field in the first 2-3 laps, but crucially settled into the back of the peleton and then hung on easily in the final of a World Cup 1500m race.

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yeah, in the 3000m superfinal of the all-round global championships it happens once every while...

 

it's way more uncommon instead in the shorter individual distances...

 

it was nice to watch the race, in any case...something unusual is always welcome! :lol:

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