Junior World Championships in Klobenstein: Japanese Takagi wins first title

Tagaki won the 1500 m in 2.01,56:1,24 minutes. Second-placed McGregor was exactly half a second behind at the finish, while bronze medalist de Jong was even XNUMX seconds behind. Vanessa Bittner from Innsbruck had to make do with sixth place, while host Italy had no athlete at the start at all.

Japanese double success in the first race over 500 m Takagi had previously also held his own over 500 m. The first of two 500 m races took place on the sprint course in the morning. The second follows on Saturday (men) and Sunday (women). The winner is whoever achieves the best number of points from the two runs. Tagaki won in 39,88 seconds, just a hundredth of a second ahead of Korea's Hyun-Yung Kim. Vanessa Bittner came third. The 18-year-old Austrian won the 500 m World Cup in Klobenstein just last week.

Among the boys, Tsubasa Hasegawa, another Japanese man, also ran the best time in the 500 m. Hasegawa won in a very good 35,76 seconds. Behind him were the Koreans Joon Hong Im (35,89 seconds) and Jun-Ho Kim (36,35) in second and third place. Both achieved a new personal record today. The Kazakh Darsil Essamambo, who won the World Cup classification, had to be content with seventh place. The best “Azzurro” was Andrea Giovannini, one of the top favorites in the all-around, who ran 2th in 3 seconds.

Andrea Giovannini impresses over 3000 m The 19-year-old from Baselga di Pinè then showed his class in the final 3000 m race. Giovannini won in 3.52,84:11 minutes and was three hundredths ahead of the Korean Jeong-Su Seo at the finish and a tenth of a second ahead of the American Emery Lehman. His strongest competitors for the overall victory in the all-around, the Norwegian Nilsen and the Dutch Jorritsma, were already three and five seconds behind, respectively. Giovannini is third in the points standings after the first two races, but based on today's performance he is the absolute favorite to win the title. Tomorrow, Saturday, the competitions in Klobenstein start at XNUMX a.m.

Results Junior World Championship Arena Ritten, February 22, 2013 1500m women 1. Miho Takagi (JPN) 2.01,56:XNUMX 2. Kaitlyn McGregor (SVI) 2.02,06 3. Antoinette de Jong (NED 2.02,80 4. Cho-Won Park (KOR) 2.03,97 5. Ayano Sato (JPN) 2.05,13 6. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 2.05,36 7. Reina Anema (NED) 2.05,64 8. Ji-Eun Na, (KOR) 2.06,20 9. Jade van de Molen (NED) 2.06,56 10. Alaksandra Stshelkonogova (RUS) 2.07,38

500 m women (1st race) 1. Miho Takagi (JPN) 39,88:XNUMX 2. Hyun-Yung Kim (KOR) 39,89 3. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 40,15 4. XiaoxuaN Shi (CHN) 40,40 5. Kako Yamane (JPN) 40,57 5. Kaitlyn McGregor (SVI) 40,57 7. Antoinette de Jong (NED) 40,75 8. Yelizaveta Kazelina (RUS) 40,89 9. Sarah Warren (USA) 40,91 10. Doreen Lamb (GER) 40,96

500 m men (1st race) 1. Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) 35,76 2. Joon Hong Im (KOR) 35,89 3. Jun-Ho Kim (KOR) 36,35 4. Lennart Valema (NED) 36,48 5. Kostantin Nikitin (RUS) 36,55 6. Yuto Fujino (JPN) 36,58 7. Darsil Essamambo (KAZ) 36,61 8. Andrew Astalos (USA) 36,69 9. Kai Verbij (NED) 36,71 10. Shota Nakamura (JPN) 36,78 27. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) 37,64 43. Andrea Stefani (ITA) 38,53 44. Alessio Trentini (ITA) 38,62 56. Michele Malfatti (ITA) 40,06

3000 m men (valid for all-around competition) 1. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) 3.52,84 2. Jeong-Su Seo (KOR) 3.52,87 3. Emery Lehman (USA) 3.53,94 4. Simen player Nilsen (NOR) 3.55,11 5. Thijs Roozen (NED) 3.57,25 6. Gerben Jorritsma (NED) 3.57,61 7. Viktor Hald Thorup (DEN) 3.58,35 8. Fan Yang (CHN) 3.58,51 9. Shota Nakamura (JPN) 3.59,13 10. Andrea Stefani (ITA) 3.59,18 20. Michele Malfatti (ITA) 4.02,67

The competition program for the Junior World Championships 2013 in Klobenstein:

Saturday, February 23 From 11.00 a.m.: 500 m men, 1000 women, 1500 men, 3000 m women, 5000 m men

Sunday February 24th From 11.00 a.m.: 500 m women, 1000 m men, team pursuit race, closing ceremony

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