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05.08.09: The competitions of 500 meters Sprint and 10.000 meters Elimination were celebrated today in the road of Zandvoorde

# Portugal and Spain continued getting medals in this second day of competitions on road

Italy got the three positions of the podium in 500 meters Sprint for Senior Ladies © MundoPatin.Com

In a day with fantastic climatic conditions the races began at 09.30 h. in the morning with the heat and ¼ finals of 500 meters Sprint for Junior and Senior Men, where only the two first of each heat would pass to the next round.

These competitions finished around 12.00 h. and the skaters had a long pause until 16.00 h. when the competitions came back.

In the afternoon we could see a bit of rain, but it wasn’t any problem and the competitions could continue with the half-final of Junior and Senior Ladies and Men, where like in the morning only the two first would be in the final.

After these half-final was the moment for the Cadet category. The skaters of this category only had to run a test of elimination today. Because the number of skaters, they must to make heat of 5.000 meters Elimination, where the 13 first in arrive would run the final.

After these heats was the turn for the first finals of the day: 500 meters Sprint.

In Junior Ladies the final was composed by two Italians and two Germans. In this exciting test Germany was the best and got the gold and the silver medal with Laethisia Schmek and Madeleine Graupner. The bronze was for Chiara Vio (Italy).

In Men two Italians, a Belgian and a Portuguese ran an exciting final where Italy was on the head during the entire race. Finally Michael Locci got the gold medal; meanwhile Jore van den Berghe arrived in second position. Martyn Dias got the bronze after the disqualification of the Italian Mauro Corselli.

In Senior Ladies the final was really amazing. The three skaters from Italy were the leaders and got the three first positions. In first position arrived Desiree Contenti, followed by Nicoletta Falcone and Erika Zanetti. The German Sabine Berg was too in the final but couldn’t surpass the strong team from Italy.

In Men, Italy got one more gold medal for its medal table with Claudio Naselly, meanwhile the silver was for The Neatherlander Michael Mulder and the bronze for the French Thomas Boucher.

After this test we had a pause until 20.00 h. for continue with the competitions of 10.000 meters Elimination for Cadet Ladies and Men.

In the category of Cadet Ladies only six skaters were in the final lap. Three skaters from Italy, one from Spain, one from Germany and a Belgian made a great sprint fighting for the European medals. Finally Italy became the first and second position with Carlotta Faverio and Giuliana Lollobrigida. The bronze was for the Spanish Nerea Nuño. In fourth and fifth positions arrived the German and the Belgian Tamara Felbinger and Sandrine Tas. The final was completed by the Italian Arianna Piazza.

In order to finish this second day of road was the moment for the competition of Cadet Men, where 26 skaters ran this long test.

Like in Ladies only six skaters would be in the final lap, where the Belgian Matthias Vosté became the triumph and got the gold medal. The silver medal was for the Italian Alberto Putignano and the bronze medal was for the German Philipp forstner.

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Sonia González # MundoPatin.Com

 

 

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