of MOSCOW, 30 Oct – R-sports, Anatoly Samokhvalov . The season in world short track begins with a series of stages the World Cup which at the same time give the chance to athletes and to carry out dress rehearsals before the World Cup, and to satisfy medal ambitions both at distances, and in personal offset. Russians for the first time in recent years will begin a season without sixfold Olympic champion Victor Ana , but with the new leader of the national team - the world champion of 2015 at a distance of 1500 meters Semyon Elistratov .
In the night from Friday to Saturday in Montreal the Go to the start team first in a season-2015/16 will sound. The last such, by the way, sounds on the last in a season a banquet when the official part comes to an end and short-trekistov allow to hot appetizers. From Montreal athletes will move to Toronto, in December they will be accepted by Nagoya (Japan) and Shanghai, in January Europeans will argue for a rank of the best in the European championship in Sochi, in February the World Cup will proceed a stage in Dresden and will come to the end in Dordrecht (Netherlands), and in March will pass the World Cup in Seoul.
KM-2015/16
– for the strongest
before a season in national team two pronounced leaders, and at all three individual distances – the best following the results of the overall ranking of the World Cup-2014/15 at a distance of 1000 m Elistratov, and the double champion of Europe Sofya Prosvirnova. "The truth that Semyon professionally grows quicker than others, he worked year after year over equipment and improved it, it became more self-assured, it gained internal ability to win", - the head coach of a national team Sebastian Kros .
the Understanding of growth for the national team is more important than medal plans, to remember about them in team – a bad form. The trainer's staff does not set tournament tasks on the World Cup and this year though Kros excludes possibility of the admission of stages the strongest athletes." The matter is that on KM selection in relay in the World Cup is made. In last season of a WC was at us, and we were allowed to relay automatically therefore we exempted children from Asian stages. In it we should gather qualification points", - he told.
the Athlete of Russian national team on short track Semyon Elistratov during training in the educational and training Center "Novogorsk".
thus Kros prepares for p team which then will not need sharp rejuvenation. "Our main strategic task at stages still consists in providing practice to young children, but in that plan that they got experience together with the main athletes", - the trainer emphasizes and includes in the demand of the junior Daniil Eyboga. And here, a women's team, according to Kros, "so young that at this stage is inexpedient to connect to it absolutely new sportswomen".
Elistratov and Migunov count on sprint
the Best sprinter of last season of the World Cup Dmitry Migunov again wants to win "five-hundred part"." And in other disciplines to be at least in the finals. For a start", - declared the most emotional short-trekist teams.
"Dima needs a bigger tactical variety, in bigger ability it is correct to give all the best on ice and in other aspects. 500 meters he runs well, and here at other distances difficulties in tactics" are shown, - noticed Kros.
Athletes of Russian national team on short track Ruslan Zakharov and Dmitry Migunov (on the right) during training in the educational and training Center "Novogorsk".
Elistratov trying on tooth the European and world gold at a distance of 1500 m and gold of the World Cup on 1000 m, too dreams of a victory in sprint, including at series stages. Earlier Vladimir Grigoryev who by results already concedes to younger partners was the main competitor Ana on 500 m." We count on it at distances of 500 and 1000 meters … Perhaps to some extent it will concede because of age aspect, but it well makes use of experience", - told about the 33-year-old athlete Kros.
toat the World Cup stages to Russians will be competed by a number of South Koreans: Xing Da Un will try to subdue again a distance of 1500 meters where Dutch Shinki Knegt and Canadian Charles Amlen are also strong. Approximately the same company will "master" "one thousand". And here in sprint of the competition and without Russians Elistratov and Migunov suffices: Chinese At Dajing and Han Tianyu, South Koreans Pak Xie Yong, But Jin Kyo, Kwak Jun Gui plus ubiquitous Amlen.
Prosvirnov's
Borodulina's form "yet that"
© RIA Novosti news agency gained strength. Grigory Sysoyev
the Sportswoman of Russian national team on short track Sofya Prosvirnova during training in the educational and training Center "Novogorsk".
the Leader of the women's national team Prosvirnova , according to the trainer, in the summer "added in force"." Now it should work over start, and its increasing force has to help it at the very beginning of runnings", - the Frenchman according to whom, process of a growing 17-year-old short-trekistki "can affect stability of performances, but it is in the order of things" noted.
Tatyana Borodulina Returned to team after a year break because of an injury of a knee . "I want on the Olympic Games of 2018. And I have time to be restored and come to that level of a form which I had earlier, in anticipation of Sochi. I aspire but while my form not that that in the Olympic season", - shared thoughts the quadruple champion of Europe.
It intends to participate in the World Cup and the double Olympic champion of 2014 in speed skating Yorin ter Mors from the Netherlands, passed the post-Olympic season. At distances of 1500 and 1000 meters will set the tone of the Korean for Chjva Min Chzhon and Sim Suk Hee, their compatriot Kim A Lang is still ambitious. Chinese woman Fan Kexin will try to keep superiority in sprint, the European answer of Asia is expected mainly from Italian Arianna Fontana and British Alice Cristi.