News

17 Jan 2010

Also this year the Russians dominated the speed competiton Pavel Batushev and Viktoria Shabalina imposed on the competitions

Also this year the speed competition is marked by Russians. Among men, Pavel Batushev won, beating at the end the compatriot Pavel Gulayev, who in the previous round was faster than the other one. It was fatal in the first round a failure in a “missed grip”. Igor Lysenko placed third and in the final competition prevailed on Igor Fyzullin. The result was surprising also because Pavel Gulayev, world record holder of the 15 meters speed ( it took 8 sec!!), keeping this record until the end.

Batushev bat the compatriot Alexei Tomilov and then Lysenko in the semi – final. Instead Gulayev started passing the Slovak Juraj Svingal and going on with a record semi – final ( 6’’52 and 6’’54 ) where Fyzullin lost against him.

As usual the public was there for the competitions and after that it could get warmer in the tent, where it could take some refreshment. The women’s speed competition was balanced and very excited until the end. Also here the Russians dominated the competition.

They came in Daone Valley in a large number ( they were more than the half of the entered female athletes ) and they dominated the quarter finals, the semi – finals and the finals, confirmed the high quality of the east athletes.

Viktoria Shabalina, starting number 6, won the competition which took place at about 12 am and it was broadcasted live on Rai Sport Più.

The final between Shabalina ( total time 24’’02 ) and the compatriot nadezda Shubina was very challenging in both of rounds. At the end the two Russians were separated only by 69’’.

In the semi – finals Shubina bat the other Russian Ludmilla Badalyan, while the winner Shabalina imposed from the heats a nearly untenable rhythm, leaving behind in the first semi – final the Bulgarian Redka Petkova, the only non Russian athlete placed among the first four placed athletes.

In the final for the third and fourth place, Badalyan was passed by Petkova, because of a “missed grip”.