(ANSA) – HEERENVEEN, 07 JAN – In anticipation of the Olympic competitions in Beijing, speed skating proposes the European Championships in Heerenven, and 2022 of the Italian long track starts with a bang.
On the first day of competitions of the continental competition, on the legendary Dutch ice of Thialf, the blue team won two medals, the bronze medals of the men’s Team Pursuit and of Francesca Lollobrigida on the 3000 meters.
Thus, despite the heavy workloads of recent weeks, the Italian season led by coach Maurizio Marchetto, by sprint coach Matteo Anesi and by medium-long distance coach Enrico Fabris, Turin 2006 Olympian, is confirmed to be of high profile. and come the first after the excellent performances in the World Cup.
The Italian Team Pursuit takes the first blue podium of the competition with a nice bronze conquered with a time of 3’43 “416 by the three financiers Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini and Michele Malfatti, already third in the World Cup in Salt Lake City.
Having gone down on the ice paired with Norway (silver at the end of the race), they were good at keeping the pace necessary to win the final third place. The success went to the hostess Holland.
Well done also Francesca Lollobrigida who, on 3000 meters, finishes third and continues in the streak of podiums over a distance in which last December, in the Calgary World Cup stage, she had won the victory with an Italian record. Today’s time trial stops at 4’00 ″ 615, behind only the Dutch Schouten – first – and De Jong – second -. Another satisfaction for a so far perfect season that gives Lollobrigida the fifth continental medal in his career. Sixteenth the other Italian Laura Peveri. (HANDLE).
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