World Cup #3**- Nov. 5-8, 2009 - Montreal, Canada

[Apolo_USA]

Will jordan be at the Olympics....

Who is in line to take his spot? Jeff?

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Nov 5, 2009 21:00:12 GMT -5 Apolo_USA said:

Will jordan be at the Olympics....

Who is in line to take his spot? Jeff?

Depends how many skaters we're allowed to have at the Olys. And I do believe Jeff is the sub.

[dopeyrn]

Nov 5, 2009 20:18:41 GMT -5 bubblebuttsbabe said:

I'd say this is VERY good news...

Jordan just posted on his FB: "SOMEBODY just got cleared to put skates on after his fourth day of rehab!!! Long way to go... but thats a start"

CONGRATS JORDAN! :]

Great news! Couldn't be a torn ACL.

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Last tuneup on home soil
Canadians must secure high rankings to earn chance to skate in Vancouver
CANWEST NEWS SERVICENOVEMBER 5, 2009

Canada's Olympic short-track speed-skating team will be in action this week at the Maurice Richard Arena in its last competition on home soil before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

The ISU Short Track World Cup Montreal 2009 begins today and runs through Sunday, bringing together the best skaters from around the world hoping to secure the maximum quotas in each distance for the winter Games.

Skaters finishing in the top 32 (top 36 for the 1,500 metres) rankings combined from the Montreal and Marquette World Cups (to be held the following weekend) will earn a spot for their country to skate in Vancouver in February.

Canada's Own the Podium program has set a goal of Canada finishing atop the medal standings in Vancouver and the short-track team will be counted on to bring home a good chunk of that medal haul.

"We have big goals, I understand that, but to be honest I don't feel any more pressure than I usually would, because we've all done it before," Montreal's François-Louis Tremblay, a silver medallist at the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy, said when the winter Olympic team was announced this summer.

"If we win one medal at the Olympics, we can't say we'll be satisfied, because it won't be true. The way I look at goals is that you can choose to set safe, reachable ones, but why wouldn't you choose to set extraordinary ones? If you can get there, why not shoot for that?" Only one member of the Canadian team isn't from Quebec: Edmonton's Jessica Gregg.

The rest of the women's team is made up of Marianne St-Gelais of St. Félicien, Kalyna Roberge of St. Étienne de Lauzon, Valérie Maltais of La Baie and Tania Vicent of Laval.

The Canadian men's team consists of Montreal's Tremblay, Olivier Jean of Lache-naie, Charles and François Hamelin of Ste. Julie, and Guillaume Bastille of Rivière du Loup.

At the first two World Cup stops of the season, in Beijing and Seoul, Canada won nine medals (one gold, three silver and five bronze). The main focus in Montreal and Marquette will be qualifying a maximum number of athletes for the Vancouver Games.

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Not all of you have, Flou. Only half?!

[tdav]

About Kwak not making the 500m: the 500m is BY FAR the Korean's worst distance.

Poor Lee. Get well, Lee-kun~!

And, yeah. I don't think Apolo announced he was retiring, ne? Oooo, this is sooo nerve-racking; I've got butterflies already!

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Source: www.teamusa.org/news/article/28823

World Cup events begin for Short and Long Track Speedskating
US Speedskating - US Speed Skating November 05, 2009

U.S. speedskating athletes are traveling the globe to earn qualifying spots on the 2010 U.S. Olympic team. Under the direction of National Head Coach Jae Su Chun, the U.S. Short Track World Cup team arrived in Montreal, Quebec for World Cup 3 which begins today with qualifying rounds in the Men's and Ladies' 1500m and 500m events. This event (and the final World Cup in Marquette, MI next weekend) will determine how many short track speedskating athletes US Speedskating will take to Vancouver in February.

"It is finally starting to feel like the racing season has truly started," said Olympic gold-medalist Apolo Anton Ohno. "With the first set of World Cups being so close to our Olympic Trials I wasn't in the correct mindset or physical condition to compete internationally but now things are slowly coming back into place."

Injuries have plagued the U.S. National Short Track Team with Allison Baver (Sinking Spring, PA) recovering from a broken leg, J.R. Celski (Federal Way, WA) recuperating from a slashed thigh and Jordan Malone (Denton, TX) out of the remaining World Cup events with an injured knee. All three athletes are expected to be at peak performance once they hit the ice in Vancouver.

"Although Zhou Yang from China has been my biggest competition in the 1500m and Meng Wang from China in the 1000m, right now my biggest competition has been time," Baver said. "It is hard competing in the World Cups leading up to the Olympics knowing you are not at your best yet."

The U.S. athletes participating in the Short Track World Cup are:

Men

Olympic gold-medalist Apolo Anton Ohno (Seattle, WA)

Olympian Anthony Lobello (Tallahassee, FL)

Olympian Charles Ryan Leveille (Atlanta, GA)

Travis Jayner (Midland, MI)

Simon Cho (Laurel, MD)

Jeff Simon (Las Vegas, NV)

Ladies

Three-time U.S. Champion Katherine Reutter (Champaign, IL)

Olympian Allison Baver (Sinking Spring, PA)

Olympian Kimberly Derrick (Memphis, TN)

Alyson Dudek (Hales Corners, WI)

Lana Gehring (Glenview, IL)

Jessica Smith (Melvindale, MI)

In Europe, the Long Track World Cup runs from November 6-8 in Berlin, Germany. The first of five LT World Cup events, this is the first international competition of the season and a proving ground for U.S. athletes. Olympic gold-medalist and U.S. National Head Coach Derek Parra is working with Olympians Chad Hedrick (Spring, TX) and Catherine Raney (Elm Grove, WI), preparing them for competition on the world stage.

"I want to use the World Cups as a springboard for high level competition but we're still in training," Parra said. "These World Cups are like a dress rehearsal. We have to build ourselves to have a great performance at the Games."

The U.S. athletes competing at the Long Track World Cup are:

Men

Olympian Shani Davis (Chicago, IL)

Olympian Chad Hedrick (Spring, TX)

Olympian Tucker Fredricks (Janesville, WI)

Olympian Nick Pearson (West Allis, WI)

Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY)

Brent Aussprung (Madison, WI)

Matt Plummer (St. Louis, MO)

Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, IL)

Brian Hansen (Glenview, IL)

Ryan Bedford (Midland, MI)

Ladies

Olympian Jen Rodriguez (Miami, FL)

Olympian Elli Ochowicz (Palo Alto, CA)

Olympian Catherine Raney (Elm Grove, WI)

Olympian Maria Lamb (River Falls, WI)

2009 U.S. Sprint Champion Heather Richardson (High Point, NC)

2009 U.S. Allround Champion Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr. (Glenview, IL)

Lauren Cholewinski (York, SC)

Rebekah Bradford (Apple Valley, MN)

Jilleanne Rookard (Woodhaven, MI)

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Men - 1000M - Races - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 FAUCONNET Thibaut FRA 1:30.764 Q
2 3 TAKAMIDO Yuzo JPN 1:30.801 Q
3 4 BYKANOV Vladislav ISR 1:31.179 q
DNS 2 PATUTKIN Artsiom BLR DNS

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 HEUNG Tyson GER 1:31.450 Q
2 1 BEKZHANOV Aidar KAZ 1:31.693 Q
3 2 STUTHRIDGE Benjamin RSA 1:40.748
DQ 3 JEAN Olivier CAN DQ

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 CHATAIGNIER Maxime FRA 1:31.505 Q
2 3 PRAUS Sebastian GER 1:31.610 Q
3 1 SKJELLERUP Blake NZL 1:31.729 q
4 4 BATSUURI Bazarsad MGL 1:40.565

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 LEE Jung-Su KOR 1:29.205 Q
2 2 BEAN Nicolas ITA 1:29.353 Q
3 3 KOSHELENKO Oleksiy UKR 1:31.474 q

Heat 5 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 JAYNER Travis USA 1:28.829 Q
2 2 GYSEL Pieter BEL 1:29.140 Q
3 4 ESSAGHIR Noah AUS 1:30.991 q
4 1 BRANKOVIC Edin BIH 1:31.232

Heat 6 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 RODIGARI Nicola ITA 1:32.208 Q
2 1 KERSTHOLT Niels NED 1:32.456 Q
3 2 YAKUSHKOU Siarhei BLR 1:34.761 q
4 4 GANTUMUR Munkhdori MGL 1:37.483

Heat 7 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 OHNO Apolo Anton USA 1:34.822 Q
2 3 SUNG Si-Bak KOR 1:34.970 Q
3 4 VALACH Andrej SVK 1:35.688 q
4 2 SAULITIS Jekabs LAT 1:36.194

Heat 8 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 1:29.630 Q
2 1 MATTEI Jean Charles FRA 1:31.306 Q
3 4 PULEC Andre AUT 1:33.498 q
4 2 DOLINIC Ivan CRO 1:36.240

Heat 9 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 SILOVS Haralds LAT 1:30.998 Q
2 4 BECK Jeremy AUS 1:31.940 Q
3 3 FULLER Matthew NZL 1:33.231 q
DNS 2 PATIL Subodh IND DNS

Heat 10 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 KNEGT Sjinkie NED 1:38.586 Q
2 4 HAY Lachlan AUS 1:39.161 Q
3 3 BLACKBURN Mackenzie TPE 1:39.335
4 2 LUI Pan To Barton HKG 1:40.112

Heat 11 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 KAKUBARI Fumihiko JPN 1:31.633 Q
2 4 GALAMBOS Gabor HUN 1:31.774 Q
3 1 ANTANENKA Aliaksandr BLR 1:33.298 q
4 3 STELZMUELLER Matthias AUT 1:33.512

Heat 12 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 HAN Jialiang CHN 1:31.594 Q
2 2 KULESZA Dariusz POL 1:32.568 Q
3 1 POLTAVETS Dmytro UKR 1:33.036 q
DNS 3 RAGHAUENDRA V. Gundmi IND DNS

Heat 13 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 CONFORTOLA Yuri ITA 1:29.380 Q
2 4 JACKSON Mark NZL 1:30.071 Q
3 2 SMETANIN Andrey KAZ 1:31.898 q
4 1 ZUNAC Boren CRO 1:37.355

Heat 14 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 ELISTRATOV Semion RUS 1:29.333 Q
2 1 LOBELLO Anthony USA 1:29.347 Q
3 4 PANDOV Assen BUL 1:29.717 q
4 3 ROBS Ansis LAT 1:30.314

Heat 15 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 HAMELIN Francois CAN 1:28.995 Q
2 2 GUTENOV Ievgen UKR 1:30.796 Q
3 3 PANDOV Kiril BUL 1:31.616 q

Heat 16 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 HAMELIN Charles CAN 1:30.630 Q
2 2 SUI Bao Ku CHN 1:30.884 Q
3 3 WORTH Paul GBR 1:33.177 q

Heat 17 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 SONG Weilong CHN 1:33.268 Q
2 3 DOUGLAS Anthony GBR 1:33.400 Q
3 4 SULTANGALIYEV Artur KAZ 1:33.695 q
4 1 SELEZNOV Alexander ISR 1:37.116

Heat 18 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 HERRMANN Paul GER 1:31.008 Q
2 1 IVESON Tom GBR 1:31.044 Q
3 2 VIGAS Milos SVK 1:31.141 q
4 4 VOJTECH Loudin CZE 1:31.181

Heat 19 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 KONOPKO Bartosz POL 1:30.241 Q
2 2 VAN DER WART Freek NED 1:30.397 Q
3 1 TSAI Ping-Yuan TPE 1:33.685 q
DQ 3 KURGINYAN Vyacheslav RUS DQ

Heat 20 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 DARAZS Peter HUN 1:31.279 Q
2 3 FUJIMOTO Takahiro JPN 1:31.336 Q
3 2 JAWORSKI Jakub POL 1:31.388 q
4 4 JELEN Peter SVK 1:32.208

Heat 21 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 KNOCH Viktor HUN 1:31.833 Q
2 3 ZAKHAROV Ruslan RUS 1:32.063 Q
3 4 SUCHY Ondrej CZE 1:51.200 ADV
DQ 1 YORDANOV Asen BUL DQ

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So Day 2 is over already...but I'll catch us up...

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Women - 1000M - Pre-Preliminaries - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 PARK Seung-Hi KOR 1:34.893 Q
2 1 SAKURAI Biba JPN 1:35.022 Q
3 4 SIMONOVA Inna KAZ 1:36.539 q
DNS 2 TALAYEVA Volha BLR DNS

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 HEIDUM Bernadett HUN 1:38.153 Q
2 3 POTEMKINA Valeriya RUS 1:38.260 Q
3 1 LINDSAY Sarah GBR 1:38.467
4 4 VOLOKITINA Dariya KAZ 1:38.531

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 CHO Ha-Ri KOR 1:34.962 Q
2 2 DERRICK Kimberly USA 1:35.362 Q
3 3 CHRISTIE Elise GBR 1:35.501 q
4 4 LIN Wei TPE 1:37.703

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 RADANOVA Evgenia BUL 1:34.723 Q
2 1 KLEIN Aika GER 1:34.808 Q
3 3 JACKSON Francesca NZL 1:39.017
4 2 YELSAKOVA Yulyia BLR 1:40.152

Heat 5 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 FONTANA Arianna ITA 1:35.936 Q
2 1 BZURA Paula POL 1:36.025 Q
3 3 HUSZAR Erika HUN 1:36.227 q
4 4 EZZI Ranya SWE 1:37.144

Heat 6 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 REUTTER Katherine USA 1:36.489 Q
2 1 TER MORS Jorien NED 1:36.704 Q
3 2 KRISTO Katalin ROU 1:38.355 q

Heat 7 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 ITO Ayuko JPN 1:37.291 Q
2 3 VAN DOORN Annita NED 1:37.354 Q
3 2 GILMARTIN Charlotte GBR 1:38.913
4 1 BELLA Aida POL 1:39.575

Heat 8 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 ZHOU Yang CHN 1:42.244 Q
2 3 DARAZS Rozsa HUN 1:42.551 Q
3 4 HAN Yue Shueng HKG 1:43.528
4 2 VLASOVA Safiya UKR 1:43.907

Heat 9 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 EVTEEVA Nina RUS 1:35.099 Q
2 3 BOUVIER Stephanie FRA 1:35.160 Q
3 2 RIEDEL Julia GER 1:35.318 q
4 4 PATSOVA Gergana BUL 1:36.016

Heat 10 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 VICENT Tania CAN 1:35.319 Q
2 4 BORODULINA Tatiana AUS 1:35.403 Q
3 3 GEORGIEVA-NIKOLOVA Marina BUL 1:35.406 q
4 2 KRIEVANE Evita LAT 1:37.033

Heat 11 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 NOVOTNA Katerina CZE 1:37.840 Q
2 2 PIERRON Veronique FRA 1:37.985 Q
3 4 MALISZEWSKA Patrycja POL 1:38.142 q
4 3 MOTOVA Xeniya KAZ 1:38.365

Heat 12 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 WANG Meng CHN 1:35.115 Q
2 2 MAU ASAM Liesbeth NED 1:35.776 Q
3 3 BELYAKOVA Olga RUS 1:35.843 q

Heat 13 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 LIU Qiuhong CHN 1:37.254 Q
2 4 WANG Xinyue HKG 1:37.374 Q
3 1 DAVREUX Anne-Sophie BEL 1:37.688 q
4 2 ANDERSON Alix-Myra AUS 1:37.900

Heat 14 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 OZAWA Mika JPN 1:35.407 Q
2 2 PRIEBST Christin GER 1:36.035 Q
3 3 ZINI Katia ITA 1:36.096 q
4 1 ANTANENKA Vera BLR 1:36.225

Heat 15 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 ST-GELAIS Marianne CAN 1:33.065 Q
2 4 BAVER Allison USA 1:33.623 Q
3 3 MAFFEI Cecilia ITA 1:33.645 q
4 2 STUTHRIDGE Sherry RSA 1:50.160

Heat 16 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 LEE Eun-Byul KOR 1:34.430 Q
2 3 ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 1:34.609 Q
3 2 WINDISCH Veronika AUT 1:36.032 q
4 4 PASHCHENKO Olena UKR 1:38.104

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Men - 1000M - Pre-Preliminaries - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 SILOVS Haralds LAT 1:32.048 Q
2 4 KNEGT Sjinkie NED 1:32.104 Q
3 3 DOUGLAS Anthony GBR 1:32.492 q
4 2 SMETANIN Andrey KAZ 1:34.204

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 SUNG Si-Bak KOR 1:29.222 Q
2 3 OHNO Apolo Anton USA 1:29.425 Q
3 1 HERRMANN Paul GER 1:30.784 q
4 2 SKJELLERUP Blake NZL 1:30.887

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 CONFORTOLA Yuri ITA 1:29.075 Q
2 2 VAN DER WART Freek NED 1:29.164 Q
3 3 GALAMBOS Gabor HUN 1:29.344 q
4 4 PULEC Andre AUT 1:31.325

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 SONG Weilong CHN 1:31.101 Q
2 1 DARAZS Peter HUN 1:31.294 Q
3 4 HAY Lachlan AUS 1:31.346 q
4 2 PANDOV Kiril BUL 1:31.651

Heat 5 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 HAN Jialiang CHN 1:30.672 Q
2 4 KAKUBARI Fumihiko JPN 1:30.720 Q
3 2 BYKANOV Vladislav ISR 1:31.132 q
DQ 1 VIGAS Milos SVK DQ

Heat 6 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 HAMELIN Charles CAN 1:31.501 Q
2 1 LOBELLO Anthony USA 1:31.610 Q
3 3 KERSTHOLT Niels NED 1:31.710 q
4 4 WORTH Paul GBR 1:32.322

Heat 7 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 HEUNG Tyson GER 1:32.184 Q
2 4 RODIGARI Nicola ITA 1:32.233 Q
3 1 PANDOV Assen BUL 1:32.440 q
4 3 KOSHELENKO Oleksiy UKR 1:33.025

Heat 8 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 CHATAIGNIER Maxime FRA 1:30.316 Q
2 4 KNOCH Viktor HUN 1:30.513 Q
3 2 JAWORSKI Jakub POL 1:30.751 q
4 1 ESSAGHIR Noah AUS 1:32.067

Heat 9 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 FAUCONNET Thibaut FRA 1:31.709 Q
2 1 GYSEL Pieter BEL 1:31.942 Q
3 4 POLTAVETS Dmytro UKR 1:32.849 q
4 3 KULESZA Dariusz POL 1:32.924

Heat 10 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 JAYNER Travis USA 1:29.428 Q
2 3 MATTEI Jean Charles FRA 1:29.871 Q
3 2 IVESON Tom GBR 1:30.024 q
4 4 VALACH Andrej SVK 1:31.227
5 5 SUCHY Ondrej CZE 1:32.049

Heat 11 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 ELISTRATOV Semion RUS 1:34.930 Q
2 3 BEKZHANOV Aidar KAZ 1:35.155 Q
3 2 GUTENOV Ievgen UKR 1:35.161
4 4 TSAI Ping-Yuan TPE 1:35.999

Heat 12 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 1:31.288 Q
2 2 JACKSON Mark NZL 1:31.866 Q
3 3 BECK Jeremy AUS 1:32.050 q
4 4 ANTANENKA Aliaksandr BLR 1:32.662

Heat 13 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 HAMELIN Francois CAN 1:28.453 Q
2 3 FUJIMOTO Takahiro JPN 1:28.607 Q
3 2 SUI Bao Ku CHN 1:28.664 q
4 4 YAKUSHKOU Siarhei BLR 1:33.752

Heat 14 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 BEAN Nicolas ITA 1:30.211 Q
2 3 ZAKHAROV Ruslan RUS 1:30.272 Q
3 2 KONOPKO Bartosz POL 1:30.573 q
4 4 FULLER Matthew NZL 1:30.939

Heat 15 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 LEE Jung-Su KOR 1:28.546 Q
2 3 PRAUS Sebastian GER 1:29.039 Q
3 2 TAKAMIDO Yuzo JPN 1:29.054 q
4 4 SULTANGALIYEV Artur KAZ 1:29.818

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Women - 1000M - Preliminaries - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 FONTANA Arianna ITA 1:40.529 Q
2 3 ITO Ayuko JPN 1:40.635 Q
3 4 DARAZS Rozsa HUN 1:40.693
4 1 GEORGIEVA-NIKOLOVA Marina BUL 1:40.727

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 OZAWA Mika JPN 1:36.352 Q
2 3 NOVOTNA Katerina CZE 1:36.469 Q
3 2 CHRISTIE Elise GBR 1:36.641
4 4 POTEMKINA Valeriya RUS 1:36.796

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 BZURA Paula POL 1:38.769 Q
2 2 SAKURAI Biba JPN 1:39.079 Q
3 4 DAVREUX Anne-Sophie BEL 1:39.122
4 1 RADANOVA Evgenia BUL 2:07.111

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 LIU Qiuhong CHN 1:32.824 Q
2 3 REUTTER Katherine USA 1:32.936 Q
3 1 MAFFEI Cecilia ITA 1:34.092 q
4 2 RIEDEL Julia GER 1:34.184

Heat 5 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 ZHOU Yang CHN 1:33.850 Q
2 3 VAN DOORN Annita NED 1:34.067 Q
3 1 EVTEEVA Nina RUS 1:34.387 q
4 2 ZINI Katia ITA 1:35.372

Heat 6 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 HEIDUM Bernadett HUN 1:37.476 Q
2 1 VICENT Tania CAN 1:37.596 Q
3 3 PIERRON Veronique FRA 1:37.616
4 2 BELYAKOVA Olga RUS 1:45.096

Heat 7 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 1:33.457 Q
2 3 PRIEBST Christin GER 1:33.549 Q
3 4 HUSZAR Erika HUN 1:38.097 ADV
DQ 2 CHO Ha-Ri KOR DQ

Heat 8 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 DERRICK Kimberly USA 1:35.653 Q
2 3 BORODULINA Tatiana AUS 1:35.711 Q
3 1 ST-GELAIS Marianne CAN 1:35.761 q
4 4 KRISTO Katalin ROU 1:38.841

Heat 9 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 LEE Eun-Byul KOR 1:35.329 Q
2 2 BOUVIER Stephanie FRA 1:35.575 Q
3 3 MAU ASAM Liesbeth NED 1:35.746 q
4 4 MALISZEWSKA Patrycja POL 1:37.260

Heat 10 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 WANG Meng CHN 1:32.770 Q
2 4 WANG Xinyue HKG 1:32.898 Q
3 3 WINDISCH Veronika AUT 1:33.129 q
4 1 BAVER Allison USA 1:33.200

Heat 11 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 PARK Seung-Hi KOR 1:33.864 Q
2 1 KLEIN Aika GER 1:34.345 Q
3 4 TER MORS Jorien NED 1:34.347 q
4 3 SIMONOVA Inna KAZ 1:38.138

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Men - 1000M - Preliminaries - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 HAMELIN Francois CAN 1:29.842 Q
2 2 FUJIMOTO Takahiro JPN 1:30.113 Q
3 3 PRAUS Sebastian GER 1:30.276
4 4 POLTAVETS Dmytro UKR 1:31.581

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 LOBELLO Anthony USA 1:28.762 Q
2 4 ELISTRATOV Semion RUS 1:29.125 Q
3 3 DOUGLAS Anthony GBR 1:29.909
DNF 1 KAKUBARI Fumihiko JPN DNF

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 FAUCONNET Thibaut FRA 1:27.577 Q
2 4 HEUNG Tyson GER 1:27.777 Q
3 1 SUI Bao Ku CHN 1:27.815 q
4 2 GALAMBOS Gabor HUN 1:27.919

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 JAYNER Travis USA 1:29.561 Q
2 4 KNEGT Sjinkie NED 1:29.767 Q
3 3 JAWORSKI Jakub POL 1:31.268
4 2 MATTEI Jean Charles FRA 1:42.700

Heat 5 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 CONFORTOLA Yuri ITA 1:29.572 Q
2 2 VAN DER WART Freek NED 1:29.728 Q
3 4 PANDOV Assen BUL 1:29.788
DQ 3 DARAZS Peter HUN DQ

Heat 6 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 SILOVS Haralds LAT 1:28.835 Q
2 3 SONG Weilong CHN 1:28.902 Q
3 1 TAKAMIDO Yuzo JPN 1:28.982 q
4 2 HERRMANN Paul GER 1:28.997

Heat 7 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 OHNO Apolo Anton USA 1:29.092 Q
2 3 CHATAIGNIER Maxime FRA 1:29.207 Q
3 2 ZAKHAROV Ruslan RUS 1:29.481 q
4 4 KERSTHOLT Niels NED 1:29.639

Heat 8 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 SUNG Si-Bak KOR 1:28.811 Q
2 4 HAN Jialiang CHN 1:29.019 Q
3 2 IVESON Tom GBR 1:29.617 q
4 3 KONOPKO Bartosz POL 1:29.950

Heat 9 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 1:31.623 Q
2 1 KNOCH Viktor HUN 1:31.770 Q
3 4 BECK Jeremy AUS 1:32.002
4 3 JACKSON Mark NZL 1:32.164

Heat 10 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 LEE Jung-Su KOR 1:27.524 Q
2 4 RODIGARI Nicola ITA 1:27.747 Q
3 3 GYSEL Pieter BEL 1:27.784 q
4 2 BYKANOV Vladislav ISR 1:29.462

Heat 11 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 HAMELIN Charles CAN 1:28.570 Q
2 1 BEAN Nicolas ITA 1:28.685 Q
3 2 HAY Lachlan AUS 1:29.185 q
4 4 BEKZHANOV Aidar KAZ 1:30.168

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Women - 3000M Relay - Quarterfinals - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 CHINA [WANG Meng, ZHOU Yang, LIU Qiuhong, SUN LinLin] CHN 4:18.056 Q
2 1 NETHERLANDS [VAN DOORN Annita, MAU ASAM Liesbeth, VOS Maaike, VAN KERKHOF Sanne] NED 4:21.512 Q
3 2 BULGARIA [VUTEVA Kristina, PATSOVA Gergana, GEORGIEVA-NIKOLOVA Marina, RADANOVA Evgenia] BUL 4:23.781

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 CANADA [GREGG Jessica, ST-GELAIS Marianne, VICENT Tania, MALTAIS Valerie] CAN 4:19.220 Q
2 4 ITALY [FONTANA Arianna, MAFFEI Cecilia, VALCEPINA Martina, VIVIANI Elena] ITA 4:23.849 Q
3 1 RUSSIA [BELYAKOVA Olga, EVTEEVA Nina, POTEMKINA Valeriya, BELOVA Ekaterina] RUS 4:28.534
4 3 POLAND [MALISZEWSKA Patrycja, BZURA Paula, ROMANOWICZ Anna, BELLA Aida] POL 4:29.803

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 JAPAN [SAKAI Yui, OZAWA Mika, SAKURAI Biba, SADAKANE Hiroko] JPN 4:22.165 Q
2 2 KOREA [CHO Ha-Ri, PARK Seung-Hi, LEE Eun-Byul, KIM Min-Jung] KOR 4:23.415 Q
DQ 1 GERMANY [KLEIN Aika, PRIEBST Christin, RIEDEL Julia, WALTER Bianca] GER DQ

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 UNITED STATES [REUTTER Katherine, BAVER Allison, DERRICK Kimberly, SMITH Jessica] USA 4:24.822 Q
2 3 HUNGARY [HUSZAR Erika, DARAZS Rozsa, HEIDUM Bernadett, LAJTOS Szandra] HUN 4:42.632 Q
DQ 1 GREAT BRITAIN [LINDSAY Sarah, CHRISTIE Elise, WHELBOURNE Alex, GILMARTIN Charlotte] GBR DQ

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Men - 1000M - Quarterfinals - Results

Heat 1 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 ITALY [BEAN Nicolas, CONFORTOLA Yuri, RINALDI Claudio, RODIGARI Nicola] ITA 6:59.491 Q
2 4 CHINA [HAN Jialiang, SONG Weilong, LIU Xianwei, SUI Bao Ku] CHN 6:59.737 Q
3 1 HUNGARY [DARAZS Peter, GALAMBOS Gabor, KNOCH Viktor, BERES Bence] HUN 7:02.163
4 3 UKRAINE [POLTAVETS Dmytro, GUTENOV Ievgen, KOSHELENKO Oleksiy, SIMON Anton] UKR 7:34.557

Heat 2 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 KOREA [SUNG Si-Bak, LEE Jung-Su, KIM Seoung Il, KWAK Yoon-Gy] KOR 6:59.905 Q
2 3 RUSSIA [PRANKEVITCH Sergei, KOZULIN Evgeny, ELISTRATOV Semion, KURGINYAN Vyacheslav] RUS 7:00.426 Q
3 1 JAPAN [YOSHIZAWA Jumpei, SAKAcrapA Satoshi, FUJIMOTO Takahiro, TERAO Satoru] JPN 7:00.645
4 4 AUSTRALIA [BECK Jeremy, HAY Lachlan, ESSAGHIR Noah, BODA Pierre] AUS 7:28.826

Heat 3 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 4 UNITED STATES [OHNO Apolo Anton, JAYNER Travis, CHO Simon, SIMON Jeff] USA 6:56.736 Q
2 2 GERMANY [HERRMANN Paul, HEUNG Tyson, PRAUS Sebastian, SEIFERT Robert] GER 6:56.855 Q
3 3 FRANCE [FAUCONNET Thibaut, MATTEI Jean Charles, CHATAIGNIER Maxime, MACE Benjamin] FRA 6:57.437
4 1 KAZAKHSTAN [SULTANGALIYEV Artur, BEKZHANOV Aidar, AZHGALIYEV Abzal, NURMAGAMBETOV Azamat] KAZ 7:07.688

Heat 4 [Splits]
Place Start Pos. Relay Team ISU Member Results Qual.
1 1 CANADA [JEAN Olivier, HAMELIN Francois, TREMBLAY Francois-Louis, BASTILLE Guillaume] CAN 6:58.609 Q
2 2 GREAT BRITAIN [ELEY Jon, DOUGLAS Anthony, STANLEY Paul, WHELBOURNE Jack] GBR 7:01.895 Q
3 3 NETHERLANDS [KNEGT Sjinkie, KERSTHOLT Niels, BREEUWSMA Daan, VAN DER WART Freek] NED 7:05.421
4 4 POLAND [KULESZA Dariusz, JAWORSKI Jakub, FILIPOWICZ Adam, KONOPKO Bartosz] POL 7:22.912

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MEDIA ROUND-UP:

Source: www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h2rd_Iq4dl7cxIUf3We-e8PDlxvg

Short-trackers carefully checking out international competition at World Cup
By Jennifer Ditchburn (CP) – 2 hours ago

MONTREAL — Montreal is notorious for people shamelessly checking each other out, and it's no different on the ice at the Maurice Richard Arena this week.

Short-track speedskaters competing in the second-last World Cup before the 2010 Vancouver Games are focused on their rankings, but they're also taking notes on how their competitors are performing, what equipment they're wearing and any new strategies they're putting into the mix.

"I came here to see where everybody was at, and kind of judge where I have to be in three months," said American threat J.R. Celski, who is still recovering from a serious self-inflicted cut to his leg two months ago.

The Canadian team is conscious of all the intelligence gathering - they're doing the same - so keeping a little air of mystery around their skaters is part of the strategy.

National team program director Yves Hamelin says that includes technical information about their equipment.

"Everything is hidden in an appropriate environment, and at game-time we have the opportunity to get a dedicated changing room, so our athletes will have their own recipe in various areas," said Hamelin, father of Canadian team members Charles and Francois. "It's nothing super big, but it's something that's giving them a little edge in every race."

Medal-favourite Kalyna Roberge, 23, said she is trying out different techniques and strategies at this World Cup, so she can know what works and what doesn't before Vancouver.

Still, "there's a few cards we still have yet to play," Roberge said.

The same goes for 1,000 metre world record holder Charles Hamelin. He said he tried a few things out the ice Friday, such as working on his outside pass, but he still wants to keep the competition guessing in Vancouver.

"I'll say that we don't want to show everything right now because if they know everything we'll be easier to beat," said Hamelin. "So if we have some secret things, then it will be harder to read us in the race."

The finals this weekend of the International Skating Union short-track speedskating World Cup will help shape the roster of athletes who will compete in Vancouver. The rankings from Montreal will be combined with the rankings from another World Cup next weekend in Marquette, Michigan.

Canada had a major disappoinment Friday morning when Olivier Jean was disqualified for blocking another skater during a 1,000 metre preliminary race.

Canada automatically gets one spot in each distance, and in the relay races, but would like to score the maximum of three skaters in each Olympic race.

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Source: www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jid0mIHAFaSwUdM4WGKjeyj3ef4Q

Speedskater Olivier Jean disqualified in short-track World Cup qualifier
By Jennifer Ditchburn (CP) – 1 hour ago

MONTREAL — Canadian short-track speedskater Olivier Jean stormed angrily off the ice Friday after being disqualified from a World Cup 1,000-metre competition.

Jean blocked German skater Tyson Heung, a dual citizen from Brampton, Ont., as he tried to improve his position rounding a corner during a preliminary race at the Maurice Richard Arena.

This week's World Cup will help determine which athletes secure spots at the Vancouver Olympics in February.

The normally upbeat Jean, visibly upset by the disappointment, said he was too ambitious.

"I made a tactical error," said the 25-year-old from Lachenaie, Que. "The German was a bit wide at the start of the curve and I thought I had enough speed to pass him and I jumped into the inside.

"I misread the situation. I should have been happy with second place."

Jean is one of Canada's stronger competitors and placed first in the initial rounds Thursday afternoon. He'll have the opportunity to make up some ground next weekend in Marquette, Mich., for the final pre-Olympic races.

The disqualification is proof of how unpredictable short-track speedskating races can be, where skaters round corners with only a few inches separating them.

"It does really put more pressure on next week," said the quirky Jean, who sports a wild mop of long blond hair. "I'm responsible for this extra pressure and I'm going to do everything possible to get back the points I lost this week. But it's not the end of the world."

On Thursday, Guillaume Bastille and Tania Vicent failed to advance past the quarter-finals in the 1,500-metre races, but the rest of the team went forward as expected in the various distances.

National team program director Yves Hamelin said the focus will be on keeping the skaters in the top ten at Marquette.

"We know they're able to reach those positions. It's not a worry ... but we can't allow any more errors and I think the three guys understand," said Hamelin, father to brothers Charles and Francois on the Olympic team.

The men's 5,000-metre relay team skated to an easy first-place finish in its heat ahead of Great Britain. Charles and Francois Hamelin also placed first in their heats in preliminaries for the 1,000 metres.

Vicent, Kalyna Roberge and Marianne St-Gelais all advanced in the women's 1,000 metres.

The 32 top-ranked athletes in the 500 and 1,000 metres will go on to the Olympic competition while the top 36 in the 1,500 will advance. Canada, as the host country, also receives an automatic spot in each distance, and in the 3,000 and 5,000 metres.

The number of boisterous Canadian fans brandishing noisemakers and handmade banners increased steadily at the arena as the skaters got closer to the semifinals and finals on the weekend.

Canada's men's Olympic squad also includes Francois-Louis Tremblay of Alma, Que.
The women's team also features Valerie Maltais of La Baie, Que. and Jessica Gregg of Edmonton.

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Source: www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2009/11/136_55032.html

11-06-2009 19:11
More Medals Expected for Korea at World Cup
By Matt Flemming
Staff Reporter

The Korean short track speedskating team looks poised for yet another medal haul at the third World Cup event of the season in Montreal, Canada.

Through Day 1 on Thursday, Lee Jung-su, Sung Si-bak and Kim Seoung-il are ranked first, second and third in the men's 1,500 meters entering the quarterfinals.

Korea won all six medals that have been awarded in the men's 1,500 in the first two events but were without Lee Ho-suk, who is out with an injury.

Sung has also positioned himself well in the 500 meters through the preliminaries, ranking fourth behind Francois-Louis Tremblay and Charles Hamelin of Canada and Han Jialiang of China.

On the women's side, Cho Ha-ri and Kim Min-jung are ranked third and fourth entering the quarterfinals while Lee Eun-byul is 13th. Through the preliminaries in the 500 meters, Park Seung-hi is fifth while Lee is ninth and Cho is 14th.

The results of the Montreal tournament along with those from the fourth World Cup competition next week in Marquette, Mich. will determine how many athletes each country can send to each event at the Olympics next February in Vancouver.
Each country can have a maximum of three skaters in each of the individual events. One skater can compete in as many as two races in addition to the relay.

The results from the two events will be combined and the top 32 skaters in the 1000 and 500 meters, the top 36 in the 1,500 meters and the top eight relay teams will qualify. The results will establish a quota for each nation, so as long as Korea has at least three top-32 finishers in the 500 meters, they can send any three skaters they choose.

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I will be in transit when Day 3 starts, so unless someone else posts results before me, I'll catch us up when I get where I'm going (I'm going to take my laptop with me just so I don't miss today's racing). :]