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Post by Laura (Lori) on Aug 3, 2009 0:02:00 GMT -8
Please post news, photos and other info about Italian short-track skaters here!
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Oct 22, 2009 12:35:18 GMT -8
Posting this in both 'The Italians' and 'Our Canadian Friends': Will there be an Orléans athlete in Vancouver? by Dan Plouffe - Oct 22, 2009 See the complete article at: www.eastottawa.ca/article-391854-Will-there-be-an-Orleans-athlete-in-Vancouver.html... The Orléans athlete who actually stands the best chance at competing in Vancouver is short-track speedskater Nicolas Bean – but he won’t be sporting red and white. Instead, the 22-year-old former Gloucester Concordes star would wearing a deep blue skinsuit for Team Italy.
Bean was able to find a solution to the problem of being just one of many talented athletes in Canada. He took advantage of his ancestry and acquired dual Canadian-Italian citizenship a couple years ago.
After the first two World Cup races of the year, Bean is tied with the other top Italian skater for 13th in the world rankings for the 1,500 metres. The Italian relay team is also ranked fourth, with eight spots available for the Olympics.
Should Bean replicate those results in the next two World Cups – the only ones that count towards Olympic qualifying – he’ll be on his way to Vancouver.
Of course, that’s when Bean would run into the other Canadians that were higher than him on the depth chart, but there’s no doubt he’s already proven he’s one of the best in the world. |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 16, 2010 15:45:55 GMT -8
Some great pictures from the Canadian World Cups – photo credit goes to Elena Viviani, Italian World Cup team member, with many thanks for permission to post them!  Ladies’ 500M podium, World Cup 1 in Montreal (L to R): Arianna Fontana, ITA, Silver; Marianne St. Gelais, CAN, Gold; Valerie Lambert, CAN, Bronze The following photos are all from World Cup 2 in Quebec – these are podium pics of the Italian men’s team, who won the bronze medal! They competed in the Final without veteran Olympian Yuri Confortola, who broke his leg badly in the previous day’s 1000M. (Hope you’re healing well, Yuri!)  L to R: Davide Viscardi; Nicola Rodigari; Edoardo Reggiani; Matteo Compagnoni; Tommaso Dotti  Davide Viscardi & Nicola Rodigari  L to R: Nicola Rodigari; Davide Viscardi; Matteo Compagnoni  Tommaso Dotti (on a personal note, our family hosted Tommy over the summer while he trained in Southern California – we’re so proud that he won a medal in his first World Cup tour!) Tags: Elena Viviani / Arianna Fontana / Marianne St-Gelais / Valerie Lambert / Davide Viscardi / Nicola Rodigari / Edoardo Reggiani / Matteo Compagnoni / Tommaso Dotti / Yuri Confortola / Short Track Speedskating |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Dec 16, 2010 0:04:52 GMT -8
Very cool!  First it was the Italian men in World Cup 2 earning the Bronze medal in the relay, and now in World Cup 4 the Italian ladies made the podium! Earning the Bronze medal in the Ladies' Relay in Shanghai were: Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani Elena Viviani gave us such wonderful podium photos from World Cups 1 & 2 - I'm hoping that someone took some good ones of HER on the podium!  |
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Post by dose on Oct 8, 2011 4:16:52 GMT -8
Speed Skating Italy names short track teams for first two World Cups
ISU World Cup 1 – Salt Lake City (USA) – 16-24.10.2011
ISU World Cup 2 – Saguenay (Canada) – 24-31.10.2011
Men:
Matteo Compagnoni
Tommaso Dotti
Edoardo Reggiani
Davide Viscardi
Women:
Arianna Valcepina
Elena Viviani
Cecilia Maffei
Arianna Fontana
Martina Valcepina
Ylenia Tota
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Oct 21, 2011 5:59:01 GMT -8
Speed Skating Italy names short track teams for first two World Cups ISU World Cup 1 – Salt Lake City (USA) – 16-24.10.2011 ISU World Cup 2 – Saguenay (Canada) – 24-31.10.2011 Men: Matteo Compagnoni Tommaso Dotti Edoardo Reggiani Davide Viscardi Women: Arianna Valcepina Elena Viviani Cecilia Maffei Arianna Fontana Martina Valcepina Ylenia Tota no rodigari?! *sadface* |
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Post by dose on Dec 6, 2011 0:41:33 GMT -8
2011-2012 World Cup 3 - Nagoya, Japan (Dec 2-4, 2011) Ladies 500m final:  L to R: Sakai Yui (JPN-silver); Arianna Fontana (ITA-gold); Martina Valcepina (ITA-bronze)  Arianna Fontana and Martina Valcepina. Ladies 3000 m Relay final:   Italy won the relay champion.  Italy team got the gold medal, Japan team got silver medal and China team got the bronze medal.  Arianna Fontana got three gold medals on the World Cup 3! |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Dec 6, 2011 20:24:50 GMT -8
Here are some of my screen grabs from ISU's WC3 (Nagoya, 2011) broadcast... I'm gonna start with a nice photo of Elena Viviani at her ladies' relay gold medal flower ceremony. Elena is an excellent photographer, and has been very generous to our forum with her photos - it's only fair to capture some of HER 'golden moments' with her team!  Elena Viviani wins ladies' relay gold with Team Italy!  L to R: Arianna Valcepina; Martina Valcepina; Elena Viviani; Cecilia Maffei  L to R: Elena Viviani; Cecilia Maffei; Arianna Fontana  Cecilia Maffei (left) and Ariana Fontana at the ladies' relay flower ceremony. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2012 12:55:19 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Mar 7, 2013 13:25:40 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jun 29, 2013 16:26:19 GMT -8
A wedding across the pond! Arianna Fontana is now engaged to USA Olympian Anthony Lobello - congrats!
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 3, 2013 12:38:37 GMT -8
Team Italia had their Olympic Trials this past weekend, and here are the Top 6. I don't know if there are 'discretionary selections' - but if not, these are the Top 6 who will compete in the Fall World Cups to qualify their country's skaters for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. I'm also assuming that if they qualify a full team, it'll be the Top 5 that will go to Sochi, with #6 as an alternate(?) Of note are: Arianna Fontana - the only ST woman to medal in Vancouver 2010 from any country OTHER than China, Korea, Canada and USA Elena Viviani - the gracious source of some really great photos we've posted here at BB Yuri Confortola - came back from a devastating and possibly career-ending broken leg a few years ago (ala Baver/Ahn) Anthony Lobello - USA Olympian (2006 Torino) with dual citizenship who returned to 'The Motherland' for this Olympic cycle Tommaso Dotti - fantastic young man who lived with our family in summer 2010 as he trained in SoCal (before he got 'famous'!) Edoardo Reggiani - in addition to excellent skating, I can vouch for his driving skills LADIES: 1) Arianna Fontana 2) Martina Valcepina 3) Elena Viviani 4) Lucia Peretti 5) Cecilia Maffei 6) Ylenia Tota MEN: 1) Yuri Confortola 2) Anthony Lobello 3) Tommaso Dotti 4) Nicola Rodigari 5) Davide Viscardi 6) Edoardo Reggiani Here's the link to a photo of the Top 3 Ladies (L to R: Viviani; Fontana; Valcepina) www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201188909076655&set=a.10201188890716196.1073741858.1588355487&type=3&theaterHere's the link to a photo of the Top 3 Men (L to R: Dotti; Confortola; Lobello) www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201188909356662&set=a.10201188890716196.1073741858.1588355487&type=3&theaterThe entire album (from Roberto Sighel) is public, but you may have to log into Facebook to see it. |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 13, 2013 21:22:11 GMT -8
The Italian Men's team had a tough weekend in Torino - Nicola Rodigari broke his ankle and Tommy Dotti got a bad cut and needed medical attention on the ice. Every parent's nightmare, as Tommy's dad was announcing the races at the time it happened.
Happily, Tommy is back in the lineup this week in Kolomna, Russia - Nicola, not so lucky.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Dec 9, 2013 14:37:12 GMT -8
Skating in Torino was more than special for Arianna Fontana
Published on Nov 27, 2013
Italian skater Arianna Fontana shares with us her goals, and we get a special inside look at her skating in Italy in front of her home crowd...and family.
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