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: Wednesday, 10th of September 2008
- The Italian team got the gold in Senior men with an impresionant sprint

On Friday will be the day of the marathon in "Paseo del Muro". Will be repeay the same that the last year and Mantia will win? © MundoPatin.Com

Today, the road of  "Las Mestas" eas the place for the competitions of this third and last day of this World Championship of Gijón 2008 on road.

During this morning, they were celebrated the heats of 500meters Sprint for Senior ladies and men, where only the two first skaters of each heat would past to the next round, for then go to the final, where only would run four skaters.

Furthermore they were celebrated too the heats of 5.000 Relays for Junior and Senior, where all the teams wanted a place in the final.

In the afternoon, was already the moment for the so waited finals. For begin, the skaters of Senior ladies ran the 500meters Sprint, where the Colombians dominated the race and got the gold and the silver with Jercy Puello and Jennifer Caicedo. The bronze was for the Korean, Mi Young Kim, meanwhile Brittany Bowe (United States) was the fourth.

In Senior men, the skater of United States, Joey Mantia was the best and with a clear advantage got the gold medal. The silver was for the Colombian, Juan Nayib Tobon followed by Ezequiel Capellano, from Argentina.

After these test of sprint, was the turn for the Junior ladies category in the competition of 5.000meters Relays, where the team of Colombia obtained the gold. The team from United States was second, meanwhile the bronze was for Italy.

In Junior men, for the same test, the team from Italy was the fastest and obtained the gold medal. The second place and silver medal was for Belgium and the bronze was for Colombia.

The team from United States was the best in Senior ladies and took the gold, meanwhile the silver was for Colombia and the bronze was for South Korea.

For finish the day of competitions, it was celebrated the final of 5.000meters Relays for the Senior men category, where the Italian team took the gold with a strong sprint, meanwhile the silver was for United States and the bronze from Colombia.

Tomorrow it will be a rest-day, meanwhile on Friday it will be the turn for the marathon in the "Paseo del Muro".

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