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01.08.09: In the second day of races the World Wide Record of 500 meters Sprint was broken twice

# Italy got the three medals in the test of Elimination of Cadet Ladies

El francés Kevin Gauclin bajó la marca del 500 en las semifinales y en la final fue cuarto © MundoPatin.Com

Today the competitions began at h. with the heat of 500 meters sprint for the three categories. In these races only the two first skaters would be in the next round.

In one of the heats of ¼ final of Senior Men, the French Alexis Contin made an impressive test breaking the World Wide Record of 500 meters (made by the Italian Giuseppe de Persio in 1980) with a time of 40,853.

After a pause of the lunch the races came back at 16.00 to the track of Zandvoorde. The first races celebrated were the heat of 5.000 meters Elimination for Cadet Ladies and Men, where only the nine first skaters would be later in the final.

The test of half-final of 500 meters Sprint began at 17.30 hours with a total of two heats by category, where only the two first who would cross the goal would be in the big final of four skaters of this afternoon.

Like in ¼ final, in this occasion was the French Kevin Gauclin who broke the World Wide Record made by his team-mate Alexis Contin, with a time of 40,848. 5.000 meters, where the

Some later, at 20.30 h. began the test of elimination for the 18 best skaters of Cadet Ladies and Men ran an exciting final. In Ladies Italy knew how to make a good race and when they only lacked two laps to go, the three skaters of the Italian selection escaped and got the three medals. Arianna Piazza got the gold, Giulia Lollobrigida got the silver and Carlotta Faverio got the bronze medal.

In Men, Italy tried to make the same strategy but it couldn’t because the German and Netherlander skaters made a good work too. Finally Italy obtained the gold medal with Stefano Mareschi and the bronze medal with Alberto Putignano. The silver medal was for the Belgian skater Matthias Voste.

Later was the turn for the finals of 500 meters Sprint, where four skaters of each final would fight for the medals.

In Cadet Ladies Alemania dominated and got the gold and the bronze medal with Alissa Gutermuth and Tamara Schmitt. The silver medal was for the Spanish Nerea Nuño. In Men, Italy got the first place with Mattia Diamanti, meanwhile Swiss was second and got the silver medal with Yannick Friedli. The podium was completed by the French Mauro Corselli who got the bronze medal.

In Junior Ladies Germany made the same that in Cadet and got the first and the third position wiwth Laethisia Schimek and Madeleine Graupner. The silver was for Giulia Bongiorno (Italy). In the test of Men, France added its first gold medal with Antione Belzanne who surprised us after won in the sprint with the Belgian Jore van den Bergue who was second and the Italian Mauro Corselli who got the bronze medal.

Finally was the moment for the Senior category. In Ladies Italy got the gold and the silver medal with Erika Zanetti and Nicoletta Falcone. The third position was for the German Sabine Berg.

In Men Italy continued being in the podium, but in this occasion with the gold and the bronze medals with its skaters Andrea Peruzzo and Andrea Angeletti. Meanwhile, the silver medal was for the Netherlander, Ronald Mulder.

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Sonia González # MundoPatin.Com

 

 

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