"Davis Cup"

In Salt Lake City, the World Cup in the skating sport was held in the world's elite of skater sports distributed the season trophies-the World Cup final was held in Salt Lake City. The balance of power, which has developed before the start of the final ninth tournament, has not changed at all. The only unexpected event was the two world records of the owner of the rink of Shani Davis. The American confirmed the Renoma of the Home Arena of Records and updated the achievement schedule at 1000 and 1500 m, despite the fact that these two cups were in his hands.

“I am very happy to regain these achievements for myself,” said a contented record holder. “Although there was no particular need for overwhelming, but for me every race is like the last.”

To assign a 1500 m record for Davis is a matter of honor. Two years ago, he already owned them, but after that the Dutchman Erben Vennemars, and then the Canadian Danny Maurisson rewritten him. In order to make his surname to this list, Davis needed to run 0.21 distance faster than the Canadian - 1.41.80.

The American had to make even more efforts to develop a record speed of 1000 m. 0.58 He threw off the finn of the bee of the cosquel and stopped the stopwatch at 1.06.42. A worthy “revenge” of Finn, who two years ago took away from Davis an achievement. Now in the record list of the International Union of Hibational Capers Shani Davis, a dark -skinned two -meter giant is a two -time world record holder.

And the fast ice Salt Lake City was in this huge help. Surprisingly, the local tournament ended with only two world records. However, this is surprising only at first glance. A week later, the World Cup at separate distances will begin in the Canadian Richmond. So is it worth spending strength?

In addition, the superiority of the leaders was undeniable. At any of the distances, subordination was not broken. In the sprint of the World Cup, the Japanese Yuya Oikawa and German Jenny Wolf, who won the test of 500 m, became the Japanese Cup. For men, the title of the strongest this season was received by Chinese Fengton Yu. Canadian Kristin Nesbitt and Christina Grovs received the world and 1500 m, respectively. Czech Martin Sablikova and Dutchman Swan Kramer - the best in the offs of 3000/5000 m and 5000/10 000 m. Canadians dominated the pursuit of the pursuit of the pursuit of men, and the Czech women.

According to the results of the season, Russian skaters fell into dozens of best at the following distances: 100 m (Svetlana Kaikan, 7th place), 500 m (Dmitry Lobkov, 8th), 1000 m (Evgeny Lalenkov, 8th), persecution race (men, 10th; women, 7th).

03/09/2009 / Tatyana Milevskaya