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Post by A.O.Freak on Mar 7, 2009 11:18:18 GMT -5
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Post by aaosmts19 on Mar 7, 2009 11:18:45 GMT -5
And what's with KOREA having not been able to get passed 3rd?
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Post by susie on Mar 7, 2009 11:19:40 GMT -5
YAY, USA men! Five teams in the final, but no Canada or Korea. That's different!
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Post by aaosmts19 on Mar 7, 2009 11:20:33 GMT -5
So the men's relay final will be
US, CHina, Italy, Japan, GER
Are there points awarded to indivdiuals based on final relay results?
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Post by aaosmts19 on Mar 7, 2009 11:22:52 GMT -5
After a foot of snow last SUnday in Boston, it's now 54 and I'm out of here to the beach with the dog. See ya'll tomorrow.
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Post by mtnme on Mar 7, 2009 11:23:02 GMT -5
WOOHOO!!!!Men's semi final relay Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual. 1 4 CHINA CHN 6:47.936 Q 2 1 ITALY ITA 6:51.080 Q 3 2 GERMANY GER 7:00.377 ADV DQ 3 CANADA CAN DQ Heat 2 [Splits] Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual. 1 4 UNITED STATES USA 6:52.086 Q   2 3 JAPAN JPN 6:52.821 Q 3 2 KOREA KOR 6:53.704 4 1 GREAT BRITAIN GBR 6:53.868 Way to Go, Guys!!!  Well now it's a 2am start time for the west coast tomorrow AND it's daylight savings... Geez, I might as well just stay up...  Well, it's a gorgeious day out, so gotta run... see ya (and hopefully more live feed) tomorrow! 
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Post by susie on Mar 7, 2009 11:23:05 GMT -5
Don't forget Germany -- they got advanced. Five teams in the final! It's going to be wild out there. I have faith in our guys, though. I'm pretty sure that relays don't count toward individual results. We still have the 1000 and the 3000, though. LOL, Mtnme! I love your emotie -- that was me this morning, too! We have beautiful weather in Maryland this weekend, so I'm going to try to enjoy some of it as well. Enjoy your day! |
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Post by mtnme on Mar 7, 2009 11:35:12 GMT -5
The heat is on: Meng and Ohno want to get revenge07/03/2009 - The second day of the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in the Ferry-Dusika-Stadion in Vienna will bring the decision over 500 meters for ladies and men. Especially two skaters want to get their revenge: Defending champions Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) and Wang Meng (China) got nothing yesterday with Apolo finishing fourth over 1.500 meters and Meng winning the race but being disqualified afterwards. Also last year's men Silber medallist, Charles Hamelin (Canada), was stopped by a disqualification in yesterday's semi final. Before the competitions of the second day, 1.500 meter World champion Min-Jung Kim (Korea) leads in the ladies' overall classification, compatriot Ho-Suk Lee in the men's clasification. The competition will start at 12:00 o'clock (GMT+1) today with the ladies' preliminaries. In the first men's preliminary at 12:50, Austrian local hero Andre Pulec has to beat US-american athlete J.R. Celski, who won the Bronze medal yesterday if he wants to advance to the Quarter Finals. This all ensures a thrilling second competition day in the Ferry-Dusika-Stadium. ____________________________________________________________________________ Other than the relay, Apolo didn't get any revenge today.  It's all yours tomorrow big guy!!!
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Post by A.O.Freak on Mar 7, 2009 11:57:51 GMT -5
 Short-track speedskating Celski is 3rd, one place ahead of Ohno, in 1,500-meter final at world championships: J.R. Celski of Federal Way placed third in the 1,500-meter final Friday at the world short-track speedskating championships in Vienna, Austria. Five-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno, 26, of Seattle was fourth in the final, won by Lee Ho-suk of South Korea in 2 minutes, 20.967 seconds. Kwak Yoon-gy of South Korea was second in 2:21.078 and the 18-year-old Celski's time was 2:21.133. |
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Post by Lori on Mar 7, 2009 12:18:30 GMT -5
You're right, Susie, the relay doesn't count toward the Individual Championship. Some things to look for tomorrow: 1) Only the top 8 skaters (in points) at the end of the 1000M have the opportunity to gain more overall points by skating the 3000M Superfinal. 5 of our 6 skaters are now sitting in the Top 8 - hopefully Jessica Smith will have a BIG 1000M tomorrow and have the chance to compete in the 3000 as well. 2) At the end of the day, we want to see at least 2 men and 2 ladies in the top 16, so that we can qualify to enter three individual skaters in next year's World Championships (most countries only get 2). J.R. and Katherine have already met the second requirement - one of those Top 16 men and one of those Top 16 ladies must have earned Final Points. What an awesome pic, aofreak! |
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Post by Lori on Mar 7, 2009 13:03:33 GMT -5
I JUST MISSED A CALL FROM WAGS!  She did leave a message, though - I had been concerned about why Blake Skjellerup (NZL) dropped off the map in the 500M prelims and his DNS in the heats despite being advanced, and she had news about him. He had to be taken away by ambulance, but it appeared to be something like a collarbone and he was going to be okay, but the competition is probably over for him. She also said that Eun-Ju Jung (KOR) was apparently quite seriously injured in the 500M Heats. She didn't give any details, but said that it looked pretty bad. |
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Post by aaosmts19 on Mar 7, 2009 15:38:55 GMT -5
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/03/07/winter.roundup.ap/Hamelin, Wang win 500 titles at short track worlds VIENNA (AP) -- Canada's Charles Hamelin won the 500-meter title Saturday at the short track speedskating world championships, while defending champion Apolo Anton Ohno failed to make the final at Ferry Dusika Stadium.Hamelin was timed in 41.218 seconds to beat Yoon-Gy Kwak of South Korea, who was second in 41.739. Canada's Olivier Jean was third. Ohno, the American Olympic star, finished third in the semifinals behind Hamlin and Jean.Defending champion Meng Wang of China took the women's 500-meter title in 43.182, beating teammate Liu Qiuhong's 43.358. Jessica Gregg of Canada took the bronze in 43.437.
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Post by tdav on Mar 7, 2009 15:47:07 GMT -5
I don't know the exact math (I'm too lazy to calculate. LOL) but I'm guessing that Apolo has to at least win either the 1000 or 3000 and finish second in the other. But he really needs to win both. Actually, he has to win both. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by number1fan on Mar 7, 2009 15:53:04 GMT -5
CONGRATS to the men's relay team!!! 
GOLD is yours for the taking with both korea and canada out!
congrats to canadian men and chinese women teams in the 500m event! excellent showing!
apolo...you got robbed again 
jeff...i hope you're alright 
here's hoping (and praying) the US team can make it to the finals in the 1000m event and take GOLD in the relays!
GOOD LUCK TEAM U.S.A.!!! 
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Post by dove on Mar 7, 2009 17:34:19 GMT -5
Kwak is leading in points (42). If Apolo wins both races he will have 76 points (8+34+34); if Kwak is second in both races he will have 84(42+21+21) points. 1st = 34pts 2nd=21pts 3rd=13pts 4th=8pts this is the simplest way to work out combinations.... looking forward to a bright day of great racing on Sunday ;D Hey mntme see everyone in the morning........my inner clock is still on french time, this spring ahead is helpful for a change  |
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