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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Sept 16, 2009 17:32:32 GMT -5
World Cup #4** is taking place Nov. 12-15, 2009 in Marquette, Michigan, USA.**As a reminder, this is one (1) of two (2) Olympic Qualifying Events. The first being World Cup #3 in Montreal, Canada. This Olympic Qualifying Event will determine how many individual skating spots our team will have (up to 3) and whether or not we will have a relay team as well (which will bring our total up to 5 skaters of men and 5 skaters of women, if we do qualify). TEAM USAMENApolo Ohno J.R. Celski (Jeff Simon is taking his place) Jordan Malone (Ryan Leveille is taking his place since Jordan is out with an ACL injury) Travis Jayner Simon Cho Anthony Lobello Jr. (He rounds out the team as the sixth skater that we can take to WC's) WOMENKatherine Reutter Alyson Dudek Kimberly Derrick Allison Baver Lana Gehring Jessica Smith (She rounds out the team as the sixth skater that we can take to WC's) - - - - - - The Announcement: I don't think one has been made yet. The Venue: Berry Events Center Website: www.goldrushskate.com/GoldRushSkate/WorldCup/index.shtml- - - - - - I don't think we really need a look at the Center. Many of you probably have it engrained in your heads by now. ;]
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Post by justsayin on Oct 9, 2009 19:45:40 GMT -5
USSSA has finally posted some information on WC4. there is a start time for Saturday and Sunday but Thursday/Friday is yet to be determined depending on the number of skaters who register. And they haven't yet posted what events will be skated on which day. webpoint.usspeedskating.org/files/Event_PDFs/1116_Event_Info.pdf |
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 5, 2009 17:25:10 GMT -5
Speedskating final qualifiers
Athletes will be coming to Marquette next week.
By Natalie Jovonovich
Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 10:01 a.m.
MARQUETTE -- If you missed the short-track speedskating trials in September, you're in luck.
Three-hundred-fifty athletes from 34 countries will be coming to Marquette next week for the final World Cup qualifier before the Winter Olympics in February.
Trials will be held Thursday through Sunday at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. Tickets are still available and organizers want to pack the place.
"It is such a big and important competition for USA speedskating, for the worldwide speedskating community, leading up to the Olympics in Vancouver," said U.S.O.E.C. Director Jeff Kleinschmidt. "Personally I'm very excited, I'm honored, I think it's a tremendous event for our community. It'll have a very significant economic impact on Marquette County."
To order tickets you can go here or call (906) 227-1032.
This is the third time the city of Marquette is hosting the international speedskating trials.
There will be two different highlight shows shown on the VS Network Saturday and Sunday.
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 10, 2009 12:14:59 GMT -5
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 10, 2009 19:54:10 GMT -5
19, the dude right behind Apolo's head in the second picture was in your Montreal shots...do you know who that is?! I don't recognize him at an angle. Lol. :]
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 10, 2009 20:17:20 GMT -5
19, the dude right behind Apolo's head in the second picture was in your Montreal shots...do you know who that is?! I don't recognize him at an angle. Lol. :] No idea. There were several skaters in masks, all from different countries. |
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 10, 2009 21:25:11 GMT -5
Radio station to broadcast World Cup
ESPN 970 will cover the World Cup on the radio and Internet.
By Natalie Jovonovich
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:11 a.m.
MARQUETTE -- The ISU World Cup Short-Track of Speedskating will be in Marquette at the end of the week.
Tickets are still available for the trials Thursday through Sunday at the Berry Events Center, but if you can't make it to the big races this weekend, you can listen to them.
WMQT and ESPN will be broadcasting the finals on the radio and streaming coverage live on the Internet.
"Just to be a part of the festivities and the great athletes that are here and competing from all over the world and be a part of that," says radio station president Tom Mogush. "We've been involved with the USOEC for many, many years, dating back to the very beginning of the organization, and we're just happy to be a part of it and share this with the community."
The coverage starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and noon Sunday.
You can hear the broadcast on ESPN 970 AM, Charter Cable channel 19, and on their website (http://www.espn970.com/).
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Yayy!! :]
Oh and 19, I thought he was part of USS or something. Thanks!
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 10, 2009 21:28:05 GMT -5
Here's the caption for the two photos 19 posted from the Mining Journal:
The International Skating Union's World Cup short track speedskating competition will take place at Northern Michigan University's Berry Events Center Thursday-Sunday. Apolo Anton Ohno, one of the best-known athletes taking part, arrived at Sawyer International Airport Monday night. Above, Ohno looks at the airport's welcome banners made by school kids. At right, Ohno and his father, Yuki, make their way through the airport. Ohno and the rest of the U.S. team will be skating against athletes from more than 30 other countries in the last big competition before the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, in February. (Camilla Mingay photos)
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 10, 2009 21:50:36 GMT -5
19, I think I found our guy...at least if that is the same guy from your pictures. Anybody could be wearing a beanie. He just looked like that other guy...and now I'm rambling...anyway...it's: SILOVS, Haralds. I checked his helmet number. Lol. :]
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 11, 2009 11:29:13 GMT -5
World Cup Broadcast
Finally! Some US coverage!
The Versus cable sports channel will broadcast a highlight show from the ISU Short Track World Cup event in Marquette, Michigan this weekend. The show will be aired at 10:30 pm (ET) on Saturday, November 14 and 10:00 pm (ET) on Sunday, November 15.
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Post by Apolo_USA on Nov 11, 2009 14:27:10 GMT -5
Does anyone know why, the last two seasons, there hasn't been any live coverage online?
I remember being able to watch Nationals abot 3 years ago from the Webcam. Then, for that same season, we got to view the World Cup at SLC LIVE on our computers, and we even got to see the World Championships in Korea (when Apolo won) that year.
Does anyone know why that all the sudden stopped, to the point where we now have NO live coverage? It's a bummer and it certainly makes it harder to follow when all we can do is look at the numbers on screen. Technology has gotten better, so I would figure coverage would get better, not worse!
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Post by gasp on Nov 11, 2009 15:30:08 GMT -5
Funding, as always.
I inquired with one of the staffers at the Oval, why all of the USA WC events were held in SLC where the pads are safe. Response: We barely break even on those events.
So, we need more Stephen Colbert types to take up the mantle of supporting US athletes.
ISU actually governs and controls the WC video, web-feeds etc. I guess we take are argument to them. I think it's very discriminating that all of the Asian/European countries show the event live or semi-delayed, yet no US station will support these kids in their efforts. Without some type of video media outlet showing this sport, it will have a difficult time developing a fanbase that would then warrant continued media coverage of events.
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Post by geri on Nov 11, 2009 16:18:11 GMT -5
I usually keep quite but this "no coverage" is a real soar point with me. The sports that get all the coverage are the ones with athletes who have their own swinging door in and out of rehab or other criminal matters. Take a sport where there is no scandal and it is not worth the time to cover them. The media only wants what sells and bad publicity seems to be the big seller. These skaters and the figure skaters are clean as far as things like that go and that does not sell for the media. It really drives me up a wall. If anyone of these skates got caught with drugs or something else it would make the news. But, let them just skate and do a good job and the media will never notice them. It is SO unfair. In order to get TV coverage you have to be another Michael Vicks. This makes me so mad my mind actually goes blank. These skaters are the REAL athletes.They are doing it for the love of the sport. It is just so unfair that these skaters work and train so hard and athletes with a criminal history and drug history are getting the big money and all the media coverage.
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Nov 11, 2009 17:28:49 GMT -5
In order to get TV coverage you have to be another Michael Vicks. This makes me so mad my mind actually goes blank. These skaters are the REAL athletes. They are doing it for the love of the sport. It is just so unfair that these skaters work and train so hard and athletes with a criminal history and drug history are getting the big money and all the media coverage. There are people who still lump these elite/amateur athletes (not just ours but from other sports as well) with the pros as in they do this for the money too. Obviously they don't the difference between elite/amateur and pro. I mean, yes, the amateur part is less of what it was in the era of Jansen/Heiden, but its still there. Cynics all around. Not all athletes are stupid enough to dope up. |
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Post by epiphaniii on Nov 11, 2009 18:26:37 GMT -5
Thank you for the info on the upcoming coverage, Bubblebuttsbabe and Aaosmts19.
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