I kept meaning to post these, but every time I got online my monitor kept messing up, so I had to get a new one - now I can see! LOL.
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www.ckwstv.com/news/sports-news/20081129-Sports-News---8271.htmlNews > Sports NewsSports NewsNovember 29, 2008Here are the sports results from Saturday:
BEIJING - It was a good day at the rink for the Canadian men competing at the Beijing World Cup on Saturday, the third stop of the short-track speedskating circuit.
Charles Hamelin, of Ste. Julie, Que., won gold and Montreal's Francois-Louis Tremblay picked up the silver in the 500-metre race. Olivier Jean, of Lachenaie, Que., added a silver to the tally in the 1,500 metre.
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/01/content_10437551.htmChina breaks women's 3,000m relay short-track speed skating world recordwww.chinaview.cn 2008-12-01 09:09:40
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese short-track speed skaters broke the world record in women's 3,000m relay with a time of 4:07.804 at an ISU World Cup event here on Sunday.
The Chinese team led throughout the final to clinch the fourth gold for the hosts at the three-day event. South Korea took the silver in 4:08.230, and Italy finished third in 4:13.666.
In the men's 5,000m relay, the United States clinched the gold in 6:47.432, followed by Canada in 6:47.484 and China in 6:47.676.
The season's third stop of the six-leg World Cup series raised its curtain in the Capital Gymnasium on Friday. It attracted 179 skaters from 28 countries and regions, featuring five men and five women's events.
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Players of China celebrate the victory after the final of women's 3000m relay during the ISU World Cup Short Track 2008/2009 in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 30, 2008. The team of China won the champion with 4 minutes and 07.804 seconds. (Xinhua/Liu Lihang)
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/30/content_10434420.htmChina's Liu takes women's 500m at ISU World Cup short-trackwww.chinaview.cn 2008-11-30 16:50:02
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Liu Qiuhong gifted the host a second gold here on Sunday as the world number two led a podium sweep for China in the 500 meters in a short-track speed skating event of the ISU World Cup.
The 20-year-old Liu, who was the runner-up in the world championships, got off to a fast start and clinched the gold medal in 43.590 seconds. Fu Tianyu and Zhao Nannan touched the line at Liu's heels in 43.617 and 43.749 respectively.
It was the second championship in the 500-meter race after China's ace skater Wang Meng claimed title on Friday night as each stop could produce two golds in the same event under the International Skating Union's (ISU) regulations.
On the men's side, Canada's Jean Olivier grabbed the gold in 41.482 seconds. Sung Si-Bak of South Korea, the winner in 1500 meters on Friday, finished second in 41.673.
China's Sui Baoku, who lost an edge and tumbled during a turn, staged a strong comeback shortly and raced to the line in third on41.727.
The season's third stop of the six-leg World Cup series raised its curtain in the Capital Gymnasium on Friday. It attracted 179 skaters from 28 countries and regions, featuring five men and five women's events.
The World Cup series will continue in Japan next week before stops later in Bulgaria and Germany.
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/29/content_10430616.htmSung Si-Bak takes men's 1,500m at ISU World Cup short-trackwww.chinaview.cn 2008-11-29 16:57:19
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Sung Si-Bak edged past Canadian Olivier Jean by .005 seconds to take the men's 1,500meters in a short-track speed skating event of the ISU World Cup in Beijing on Saturday.
Skating to a thunderous crowd in the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, Sung took the gold with a time of two minutes, 27.075 seconds in the event which was taken right down to the wire.
Jean, who had led the race midway but was outpaced by Sung at the finish line, should feel content as two more South Koreans were close behind at third and fourth.
China's Sui Baoku finished fifth.
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/29/content_10430495.htmHamelin grabs men's 500m victory at ISU World Cup short-trackwww.chinaview.cn 2008-11-29 16:27:46
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canadian skater Charles Hamelin produced a memorable performance to win the men's 500 meters in a short-track speed skating event of the ISU World Cup in Beijing on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Canadian, who has just won the 1,000 meters in the Canada stop days ago, posted an impressive 41.118 seconds victory, 0.155 seconds ahead of his compatriot Francois-Louis Tremblay, the silver winner of the event in the Canada stop.
China's Wang Hongyang finished third in a time of 42.176.
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/29/content_10430910.htmSouth Korean Jung takes women's 1500m title at ISU World Cup short-trackwww.chinaview.cn 2008-11-29 19:16:25
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Jung Eun-Ju beat China's promising star Zhou Yang to win the women's 1500 meters in a short-track speed skating event of the ISU World Cup here on Saturday.
The 20-year-old South Korean took the advantaged starting position and cooperated well with her two teammates to touch the line first in 2 minutes 25.001 seconds.
Zhou Yang, who won the event in this season's previous stops in Salt Lake City and Vancouver, tried to break the Korean's block with desperate race at the outer track and cheered the home crowds with a strong comeback to grab the silver in 2:25.280.
American Allison Baver wrapped up the bronze in 2:26.670 due to the Korean Shin Sae-Bom's illegal crosstrack.
The season's third stop of the six-leg World Cup series raised its curtain in the Capital Gymnasium on Friday. It attracted 179 skaters from 28 countries and regions, featuring five men and five women's events.
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ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081130/sports/sktg_speed_short_wcup_1Canadian Olivier Jean wins gold at World Cup short track speed skating eventSun Nov 30, 12:43 PM
By The Canadian Press
BEIJING - Canadian Olivier Jean won a gold medal in the 500 metres at a World Cup short track speedskating event on Sunday.
Charles Hamelin of Ste-Julie, Que., added a bronze in the 1000 metres and the two Canadians were part of the relay squad that added a silver.
Jean, from Lachenaie, Que., started first and managed to make good use of his speed and energy throughout the race, accelerating in each lap to cruise to the finish line in 41.482 seconds.
Koreans Sung Si-Bak and Sui Bao Ku won silver and bronze.
"It feels good to get the gold, to be back on top of the podium after my injury last year," Jean said. "I've been waiting for this gold medal since the first World Cup, but it didn't come. I'm not focusing so much on results now, but I did it.
"It shows that all the hard work and efforts I've been putting in were worth it, and I will just continue doing what I'm doing now, I'm on the right track. It was a great reward to stand up there."
Michael Gilday of Yellowknife and Richard Shoebridge of Cambridge, Ont., took ninth and 11th places respectively. Gilday was disqualified in the semifinal and Shoebridge finished third in his quarter-final heat.
In the 1000m, both Hamelin and Tremblay made their way to the final along with Koreans Lee Ho-Suk and Kwak Yoon-Gy.
Lee took the gold, Kwak the silver, with Hamelin third and Tremblay fourth.
"It was a really close race," Hamelin said. "I was first for the first six laps, but with two laps to go, a Korean tried to pass me and our blades touched. I had a bit of trouble in the corners after that and I lost some speed, as my blade lost its adjustment.
"With only one lap in the race, the Korean managed to pass me and then in the last corner the other Korean and I were fighting for position, and I fell just before the finish line."
The men's relay team - Hamelin, his brother Francois Hamelin, Jean and Gilday - then went on to win the silver medal, just behind the Americans.
"It was a good relay, the Koreans fell and were out of the way, but with a few laps to go, we had two bad exchanges and the Americans passed us, then the Chinese," Hamelin said. "I was the last skater, so I had to prepare a pass, which worked on the Chinese skater, but it was too late for the Americans."
On the women's side, China's Wang Meng took gold in the 1000m 1:30.028, with compatriot Zhou Yang second and South Korea's Shin Sae-bom third.
Kalyna Roberge of St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que., came in sixth in the 1000m after placing second in the B final.
Quebec's Anne Maltais and Jessica Hewitt of Kamloops, B.C. were eliminated in the quarter-finals for 11th and 16th place finishes respectively.
In the 500m, China's Liu Qiuhong, Fu Tian Yu and Zhao Nannan won gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Edmonton's Jessica Gregg was disqualified in the semifinal to finish eighth, while Valerie Lambert of Sherbrooke, Que., was ninth.
Annik Plamondon of Longueuil, Que., was not able to successfully come out of the repechage and was 22nd.
The women's relay team of Gregg, Hewitt, Maltais and Lambert had a little bit of bad luck. With three laps to go, Gregg fell, Hewitt went on to continue, but they did not make the relay properly and failed to complete the race, finishing fourth behind China, Korea and Italy.
The Canadians earned a total of six medals on the weekend stop - two gold, three silver and one bronze.
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english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6543127.htmlChina's Wang shatters world record, South Koreans in dominant form at World Cup short-track11:00, November 30, 2008
World champion Wang Meng of China won her favorite 500 meters race with a new world record here on Saturday while skaters from South Korea showed their supremacy on the short-track ice with two golds in a speed skating event of the ISU World Cup.
Skating to a thunderous crowd in the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, Wang, the Turin Olympic gold medalist, got off to a fast start and clinched the gold medal in 42.609 seconds, chopping 0.516 seconds off her world mark set at the season's opener in Salt Lake City.
"As I started in the first line, it was normal for me to take the lead. In the race, I just skated to the pace as the coach required me but not considered too much about the speed and record," said the 24-year-old Wang, who swept the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters at the world championships last spring.
"Since 2005, I have never lost in my pet event. In these days, my training level was good and steady, so my efforts deserved the result. I hope I could skate better in the following stops." she added.
Wang's compatriot Liu Qiuhong grabbed the silver in 43.042 and Tatiana Borodulina of Australia beat host skater Fu Tianyu in 43.595 to wrap up the bronze.
The later 1500-meter race became the South Korean's solo show. In men's contest, Sung Si-Bak edged past Canadian Olivier Jean by .005 seconds to take the gold with a time of 2 minutes, 27.075 seconds in the final, which was taken right down to the wire.
Jean, who had led the race midway but was outpaced by Sung at the finish line, should feel satisfied as two more South Koreans were close behind at third and fourth. China's Sui Baoku finally finished fifth.
The same story happened on the women's side. Sung's compatriot Jung Eun-Ju took the advantaged starting position and cooperated well with her two teammates to touch the line first in 2 minutes 25.001 seconds.
China's promising skater Zhou Yang, who won the event in the season's previous stops in Salt Lake City and Vancouver, tried to break the Korean's block with desperate race at the outer track and cheered the home crowds with a strong comeback to grab the silver in 2:25.280.
American Allison Baver wrapped up the bronze in 2:26.670 due to the Korean Shin Sae-Bom's illegal cross track.
Another gold of the day came in men's 500 meters. Canadian skater Charles Hamelin, who has just won the 1,000 meters in the Canada stop days ago, posted an impressive 41.118 seconds victory,0.155 seconds ahead of his compatriot Francois-Louis Tremblay, the silver winner of the event in the Canada stop. China's Wang Hongyang finished third in a time of 42.176.
The season's third stop of the six-leg World Cup series raised its curtain in the Capital Gymnasium on Friday. It attracted 179 skaters from 28 countries and regions, featuring five men and five women's events.
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english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6542952.htmlAll Chinese women skate to nest stage of ISU World Cup11:00, November 29, 2008
China's Wang Meng went into the quarterfinal of women's 500m group one here at the 2008-2009 Short Track World Cup on Friday while most host athletes advanced.
The Capatial Stadium witnessed no golds in the opening day of the three-day tournament. Wang Meng ranked first both in preliminaries and heats, while her teammates Liu Qiuhong, Fu Tianyu both easily qualified. The three athletes will run for the gold in Saturday's final.
Zhou Yang, winner of women's 1500m at World Cups in United States and Canada, qualified to the semifinal with Zhao Nannan and Zhang Hui.
Chinese male athletes found obstacles on their way to the qualifications of 1000m and 1500m race while Li Ye, Guo Jialiang and Wang Hongyang qualified to the semifinal of men's 500m group one.
Host teams made to semifinals in men's 5000m relay and women's 3000m relay.
Four gold medal will be awarded in Saturday's races, which are men and women's 500m Group One and men and women's 1500m races.
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www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=39407Jean nets gold for Canada at Beijing World CupTSN.ca Staff
11/30/2008 11:43:52 AM
The Canadian men's short-track speed skating team continued a successful weekend on Sunday with three more medals.
Olivier Jean skated to gold in the men's 500m on the final day of the World Cup event in Beijing.
"It feels good to get the gold, to be back on top of the podium after my injury last year," said Jean who missed last season after a suffering a cut and severed tendon in his ankle while training in the summer of 2007.
"I've been waiting for this gold medal since the first World Cup, but it didn't come," explained Jean. "I'm not focusing so much on results now, but I did it. It shows that all the hard work and efforts I've been putting in were worth it, and I will just continue doing what I'm doing now, I'm on the right track. It was a great reward to stand up there."
Tow Korean skaters, Sung Si-Bak and Sui Bao Ku, took silver and bronze in the 500m.
Charles Hamelin took the bronze in the men's 1,000m, finishing behind gold medalist Lee Ho-Suk and silver medalist Kwak Yoon-Gy, both of Korea.
The men's relay team of Jean, Hamelin, his brother Francois Hamelin, and Michael Gilday won the silver in the 5,000m relay. The United States won gold and China took the bronze.
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www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/136_35330.html11-30-2008 19:53
South Korea Claims Two Golds at Short Track World CupBy Yoon Chul
Staff Reporter
South Korea finished with three gold medals at the third-leg of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup.
In the men's 1,000-meter final, Lee Ho-suk won South Korea's third gold medal of the competition in Beijing, China Sunday
The 22-year-old skater crossed the finish line in a time of 1 minute 29.710 seconds, 0.075 seconds faster than compatriot Kwak Yoon-gy.
Sung Si-bak finished second in the men's 500 meters in 41.673 seconds behind Canada's Jean Oliver, while Shin Sae-bom claimed a bronze medal in the women's 1,000 meters.
However, the men's relay team failed to earn a podium finish in the 5,000-meter race, while the women came in second in the 3,000 meters.
On Saturday, Sung Si-bak and Jung Eun-ju won in the men's and women's 1,500-meter events.
For Sung, who earned gold in the first and silver in the second ISU World Cups in the same event, the victory marked a return to the top of the podium.
In the final, the 21-year-old crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 2:27.075, only .005 seconds faster than Canadian Jean Olivier.
Elsewhere, Park Jin-hwan earned a bronze medal, recording a time of 2:27.184, while Lee Jung-su, who took gold in the second event, finished fourth.
In the women's 1,500-meter final, Jung Eun-ju won her first gold medal of the season, holding off Zhou Yang of China who finished in first place in the first and second events.
Jung, who took silver in the second event at Vancouver, Canada by losing to Zhou, claimed some revenge with her win.
But Kim Min-jung and Shin Sae-bom, who also reached the final, finished fifth and were disqualified.
The fourth-leg World Cup will be held in Nagano, Japan on Dec. 5.
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www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1012158Canuck men rule short trackBy SUN WIRE SERVICES
Last Updated: 30th November 2008, 3:24am
Charles Hamelin led a three-medal night for Canada at a World Cup short track speedskating event in Beijing.
Hamelin, of Ste-Julie, Que., won the men's 500-metre race, just ahead of teammate Francois-Louis Tremblay of Alma, Que., and China's Wang Hong Yang.
Oliver Jean of Lachenaie, Que., took silver in the men's 1,500, behind Sung Si-bak of South Korea. Park Jin-hwan of South Korea was third.
None of Canada's women placed in the 500- or 1,500-metre events.
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www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1012158Short-track skaters capture three medalsCanwest NewsService
Published: Saturday, November 29, 2008
Canadian short-track speedskaters claimed three medals Saturday at the Beijing World Cup, the third stop of the 2008-09 World Cup circuit.
Charles Hamelin of Ste-Julie, Que., and Francois Tremblay of Montreal won gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men's 500 metres, while Oliver Jean of Lachenaie, Que., added a silver medal in the 1,500 metres.
Tremblay led most of the race before Hamelin was able to overtake him.
"He was up front for four laps," said Hamelin of Tremblay. "It was a fast race, but I was able to pass him near the finish to take the gold.
"Francois-Louis and I really dominated throughout the day, going into the final, we knew the gold medal would be for one of us."
Tremblay agreed.
"Sure, it would have been nice to get the gold, but it's not the colour of the medal that matters, but the quality of our skating," he said. "Charles and I, today, we dominated, we were quite ahead in the final, and it was really fast times, so I'm definitely satisfied."
The bronze medal went to Wang Hong Yang of China.
Jean, who had a breakthrough season in 2006-07 but missed all of last season due to injuries, finishes five one-undredths of a second behind gold medallist Sung Si-Bak of South Korea.
"I'm extremely happy with my silver medal," Jean said. "I had a great race, I was leading for the last six laps in front of three Koreans, I was going quite fast so they were not able to pass me. I made a small mistake in the end and was passed at the finish, but I'm still satisfied.
"The 1,500 metres is my favourite distance, I really want to win one. I was nervous for the first two World Cups of the season, and I focused too much on results, and things didn't go all that well. Here, I really focused on skating well, so I was a lot more relaxed today on the ice, and it worked well."
Michael Gilday of Yellowknife, N.W.T., finished sixth. Rookie Richard Shoebridge of Cambridge, Ont., skated in the B final and finished 11th place overall.
No Canadian women advanced to 500-metre final on Saturday. Jessica Gregg of Edmonton was disqualified in her heat and finished 16th, while Valerie Lambert of Sherbrooke, Que., fell and finished 15th and Anne Maltais of Quebec City missed advancing 0.07 seconds and finished 11th.
In the women's 1,500 metres, Annik Plamondon of Longueuil, Que., and Kalyna Roberge of Quebec City finished 13th and 14th, respectively.
Canada's men's and women's relay team skate in finals Sunday.
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www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2008/11/29/speedskating-canada.htmlHamelin's gold sets standard for short track skating teamThree medals for the men in Beijing, while women shut outLast Updated: Saturday, November 29, 2008 | 8:37 PM ET
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Charles Hamelin led a three-medal night for Canada at a World Cup speedskating event Saturday in Beijing.
Hamelin, of Ste-Julie, Que., won the men's 500 metres, just ahead of teammate Francois-Louis Tremblay of Alma, Que., and China's Wang Hong Yang.
"Francois-Louis and I really dominated throughout the day. Going into the final, we knew the gold medal would be for one of us," Hamelin said.
Oliver Jean of Lachenaie, Que., took silver in the men's 1,500 metres, behind Sung Si-bak of South Korea. Park Jin-hwan of South Korea was third.
"I had a great race. I was leading for the last six laps in front of three Koreans, I was going quite fast so they were not able to pass me. I made a small mistake in the end and was passed at the finish, but I'm still satisfied," said Jean.
Michael Gilday, of Yellowknife, N.W.T., finished sixth in the men's 1,500 and rookie Richard Shoebridge, of Cambridge, Ont., finished 11th.
None of Canada's women placed in the 500- or 1,500-metre events, the former won by Wang Meng of China and the latter by Jung Eun-ju of South Korea.
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www.tsn.ca/winter_sports/story/?id=257729&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_mainHamelin, Tremblay, Jean Win Medals At Short Track WCTSN.CA STAFF11/29/2008 2:19:55 PM
It was a fine day for Canada's men in short-track speed skating at the Beijing World Cup.
The Canadian's took three medals on Saturday as Charles Hamelin won the gold and Francois-Louis Tremblay captured the silver in the 500m while Olivier Jean skated to silver in the 1,500m.
''Francois-Louis and I really dominated throughout the day. Going into the final, we knew the gold medal would be for one of us,'' Hamelin told The Canadian Press.
The Canadian women did not have as successful a day and none of the skaters made it to the semi-finals. Anne Maltais was 11th, Valerie Lambert was 15th and Jessica Gregg ended up in 16th.
In the women's 1,500m, Annik Plamondon finished in 13th and Kalyna Roberge took 14th place.
Both the men's and women's relay team qualified for the finals on Sunday.
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www.cctv.com/program/sportsscene/20081129/102333.shtmlChinese skaters advance at ISU Speed Skating World CupSource: CCTV.com
11-29-2008 12:57
The China stop of the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup began in Beijing on Friday. In the women's 1000 meter competition, China's Wang Meng and her teammate cruised to the quarter final with ease. But on the men's side in the same event, Li Ye was the only one out of three to make it to the next round.
In the women's 1000 meter competition, Zhang Hui of China finished with the best result of the day in the event at 1 minute 32.632 seconds. In the same event on the men's side, Li Ye made it to the next round with a top spot in the group, while Han Jialiang and Song Weilong followed in third and fourth. China made it to the quarter finals in the women's 3000m and the men's 5000m relay. Liu Qiuhong, Wang Meng and Fu Tianyu will also compete in the quarter finals of the women's 500 meter speed skating event.
Team coach said, "We hope that our athletes will go all out and take each competition seriously right from the start. From what we saw of their initial competitions, they fared normally."
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