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November 27, 2004

Apolo Ohno congratulates Mathieu Turcotte on his 500m win

Moments like this make me happy. :)

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Apolo wins silver in the 500m!

Congratulations to Apolo Ohno, who won silver in tonight's men's 500m final in Madison in what looked to be a thrilling race!

Ohno started from the dreaded lane 4 but got off to a good start, falling back to 3rd with 3 laps to go. With 2 laps to go he was in 1st but was overtaken by Mathieu Turcotte on the final lap.

Turcotte got the win he's been looking for. Nagano 500m Olympic gold medalist Takafumi Nishitani of Japan edged Charles Hamelin for the bronze. This is his first podium finish since earning 500m bronze at World Cup #4 last season in China.

In the women's 500m final, China took the top 2 spots. Yang Yang A is back to her winning ways as she earns her 2nd consecutive victory since resuming competition, with protege Meng Wang taking silver and Italy's Marta Capurso bronze.

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Relay semifinals
The U.S. women's relay team were eliminated after finishing third behind Canada and Germany in tonight's semifinal. This race was exceptionally close as the Americans missed second place by just three heartbreaking one-thousandths of a second in a real photo finish!

Rumor has it that this effort earned the team a new American record in the 3000m relay, and that the Canadian team's time is a record for a relay skated at an American venue (not sure what you call that exactly - I'm also not sure how to verify that).

From SusanG: "Hero the day award goes to Hyo Jung Kim who absolutely threw herself toward the line in the women's semifinal relay and lost as you know by .003 of a point holding 2nd place."

The Italian men skated most of their relay semifinal with just 3 men after Nicola Rodigari went down with 35 laps to go. Apparently he got up and hopped over the pads, disappearing for treatment as his teammates soldiered on to a 4th-place finish.

Complete results are available at Cyberscoreboard.

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World Cup Madison Day 2 - 500m quarters and semis

Ohno advances to 500m semifinal

Shani Davis was eliminated after finishing 3rd in his 500m quarterfinal race. Hyo-jung Kim finished 2nd in her quarterfinal to move on to the semis, where she was unable to move up in a talent-packed field. She's such a youngster still and no doubt will gain valuable experience from these World Cups!

Apolo Ohno advanced through the rounds, coming from behind and from lane 4 to win his semifinal, while posting a blistering third lap time of 8.159 seconds. In the final, Apolo faces Canadians Charles Hamelin and Mathieu Turcotte, plus Japan's Takafumi Nishitani, while the women's final pits two Chinese (Yang Yang A and Meng Wang) against two Italians (Mara Zini and Marta Capurso).

Definitely seeing some wild cards emerge with the absence of Korea!

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World Cup Madison Day 2 - 500m qualifying heats

Davis, Kim and Ohno advance to 500m quarterfinals

Encouraging news from Madison: attendance was noticeably up during this afternoon's 500m qualifying, raising hopes for a packed house this evening and for the rest of the weekend!

As expected, Alex Izykowski substituted for an injured Rusty Smith in today's 500m races in Madison. Izy is slated to skate in tomorrow's 1000m as well.

Apolo Ohno and Shani Davis have advanced through two rounds of qualifying in the men's 500m races. Izykowski was eliminated in his 2nd-round heat.

Ohno reportedly got off to a bad start in his 2nd-round heat when he either slipped or swung wide at the first turn. He then put in an 8.3-something second lap to move into 3rd. He made an outside pass to take over 2nd with 2 to go before gaining the lead in the final lap.

Mathieu Turcotte gave spectators some excitement when he fell at the start of one of his qualifying heats. There was no contact with other skaters so the race wasn't restarted. Still, Turcotte managed to hustle his way back in to win the race. (This performance brought out the inner patriot in our faithful correspondent Bernadette, who added: 'I was so excited I started singing O Canada in my head!')

Hyo-jung Kim is the only American woman to advance to the quarterfinals. She moves on after finishing second behind her heroine, Yang Yang A. Evgenia Radanova finished last in the same heat and is already out.

Jade Wheeler stayed mired in last place throughout her opening heat and won't move on. Allison Baver was attempting to pass on the inside with 2 to go, but fell, taking Yuka Kamino with her. She finished last and was subsequently disqualified for impeding.

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Men's 1500m medalists

Mathieu Turcotte (silver), Apolo Anton Ohno (gold) and Charles Hamelin (bronze) on the podium (click to enlarge)

Used by permission of Pablo Galvez and American Short Track, LLC.

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Women's 1500m medalists

Allison Baver (silver), Yang Yang A (gold) and Yuka Kamino (bronze) on the podium (click image to enlarge)

Used by permission of Pablo Galvez and American Short Track, LLC.

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World Cup Madison Day 1 - press roundup

"This is an American sport and Americans love this stuff." Apolo Anton Ohno

NBC15.com | World Cup Draws Small Crowd, Concerns Fans

Madison's local NBC news has more video coverage of the World Cup. SusanG was interviewed, and she takes the good people of Madison to task for not packing the house in Madison. Audience estimates were of 500-600 in the stands yesterday; event organizers had hoped for 2,500.

Wisconsin, you don't know what you're missing! Watch the clip here.

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US Speedskating | Ohno, Baver Win Gold and Silver

In the 1500-meters heat, Rusty Smith crashed into the boards when his skates got tangled with those of another skater while attempting to make a pass. As a result of his injury, the U.S. men’s 5000-meters relay team was unable to skate because they did not have enough skaters.

MESSAGE TO USS: PLEASE, bring alternates from now on, starting with Saguenay. Lightning does strick twice. That's why we keep harping on this topic! It's frustrating to see our team losing medals because there aren't enough skaters at the competitions.

Wisconsin State Journal | Ohno makes short work on way to 1,500 win

Even with all the talent on the ice, one skater stood out above the rest. American Apolo Anton Ohno was the recipient of large cheers, and he used that support to his advantage.

Ohno was not the only American to take home a medal. Allison Baver, a 2002 Olympian, took the silver in the 1,500. "This is the first medal I've got in the U.S., so this is really special to me," Baver said.

Capital Times | Ohno rallies to win 1,500

Apolo Anton Ohno spent his Thanksgiving holiday in Madison, chowing down on a turkey leg the size of a football. Then, the speedskating star spent Friday feasting on the competition at the ISU World Cup Short-Track event that began its three-day run at the Coliseum.

CBC Sports | Turcotte wins short-track silver

Canada recorded the third fastest time ever in the men's 5,000 relay, winning its heat in 6:44.092 to advance to the semifinals.

Xinhuanet | Yang (A), Ohno win golds in short track speedskating

"I love the feeling on ice," Yang, who won two gold medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics, was quoted say saying. "I don't like some of it because it's tough, but I like the feeling on the ice."

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November 26, 2004

Madison World Cup news photos

Apolo brings it home in the 1500m final

Yang Yang A and Allison Baver in the 1500m final. (Thanks Steph!)

More shots of Apolo (click to enlarge) via AP and Getty Images. (His hair is looking as long as it ever has!):

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Ohno and Baver bring home gold and silver in 1500m finals!

Congratulations to Apolo Ohno and Allison Baver for winning gold and silver medals in today's 1500m finals. This win is Apolo's 2nd victory at this distance this season. With her silver medal, Allison has now earned her second individual medal in ISU competition. Way to go, you two!

Apolo came from behind to win in familiar fashion. In mid-pack for much of the race, Apolo gradually made his way up. With 3 to go he was in 3rd behind Canadians Mathieu Turcotte and Charles Hamelin and moved up a spot in the next-to-last lap. It appeared that he might settle for the silver behind Turcotte till the results flashed up showing Apolo delighted the hometown crowd, making a lot of fans I know happy tonight!

Shani Davis, in strong position for most of the race, faded to 4th with 3 laps to go and finished the race in 5th place.

Allison Baver had the race of her life tonight! She kept herself up front throughout the race, moving into 1st with 9 laps to go. For the rest of the race she stayed in 2nd or 3rd place behind Chinese skaters Meng Wang and Yang Yang A. Allison assured herself of a medal with a strong third place finish. Wang was subsequently disqualified, allowing Allison to upgrade her medal to silver.

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Congratulations to the U.S. women's relay team which beat both Russia and Canada to win their heat! For more details and a firsthand account of today's action read SusanG's report from Madison.

Complete results are available at Cyberscoreboard.

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World Cup Madison Day 1 - 1500m semifinals

Three Americans advance to 1500m finals; Rusty Smith okay

Apolo Anton Ohno, Shani Davis and Allison Baver all advanced to the 1500m finals tonight in Madison.

Great news! The Associated Press reports that Rusty Smith was able to walk out of the hospital after being checked over. Despite conflicting reports out of Madison, it appears that Rusty fortunately suffered bruises but no broken bones. TBD whether he will skate tomorrow but the U.S. men are officially out of their relay heat tonight and thus for the weekend. (C'mon US Speedskating -- bring an alternate to Canada!)

Baver continues to come on strong after breakout performances at the first 2 World Cups in China last month. She reaches today's final after finishing 2nd behind Yang Yang A in their semifinal race and edging Alanna Kraus for the second qualifying position.

The men's 1500m final will offer 2 Canadians, 2 Chinese and that rarest of sights, 2 Americans! Davis finished 3rd in his semi, but moved up to 2nd and therefore advances to the final with the disqualification of Cees Juffermans. Joining him there is Ohno, who won his semi.

Narrowly missing the opportunity to make it three Canadians in the final was Steve Robillard, who crossed the line 2nd behind Ohno but was subsequently disqualified, giving the last berth in the final to Jiajun Li.

Jade Wheeler finished 5th in her semifinal race, and Hyo-jung Kim was uncharacteristically last and well off the pace. The disqualification of China's Tianyu Fu suggests that Kim may have been impeded, but if she was not in qualifying position at the time she would not have been advanced to the final.

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World Cup Madison Day 1 - 1500m qualifying heats

Rusty Smith hospitalized after crash in opening heat

Disaster struck in the opening rounds of World Cup #3 today as Rusty Smith suffered a hard crash into the boards, apparently injuring his back. Live Cyberscoreboard showed Rusty in 4th place with 4 laps to go, and a lap later it was clear he had fallen.

Eyewitnesses reported that the crash occurred as Rusty and another skater were attempting a pass. The skaters tangled and both slipped, with Rusty falling hard and hitting the boards tailbone-first, with his legs up in a V. Unable to continue, Rusty was taken off the ice on a stretcher to be evaluated at a local hospital. Further information as it is available.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Rusty, with hopes that his injuries prove to be minor!

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All three U.S. women advanced to the 1500m semifinals, with Hyo-jung Kim and Allison Baver winning their respective heats and newcomer Jade Wheeler finishing a very respectable 3rd in hers.

Canadians Amanda Overland and Alanna Kraus also advanced to the semifinals but Chantale Sevigny's time was unaccountably far off the pace as she finished last in her heat.

Among the U.S. men, Apolo Ohno and Shani Davis both move on. As expected, Ohno won his heat in cakewalk. Davis squeaks into the semifinals by virtue of being one of the two fastest third-place finishers in the heats (check out the close photo finish, where Satoru Terao edged him for 2nd by just four one-thousandths).

All 3 Canadian men easily won their heats to move on to the semis. Mathieu Turcotte finished first in heat 2 with Davis. Charles Hamelin prevailed in the rerun of Rusty's heat, which was halted and restarted after his crash, and Steve Robillard handily won heat 7.

As the U.S. team was not expected to bring alternates to Madison, it looks like the U.S. men may be out of the relay competition before it's even begun.

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November 25, 2004

Madison World Cup -- 1500m heats & race schedule

Say, it looks like those lucky dogs in Madison are going to see some pretty interesting matchups on the ladies' side. After testing the ice at the China World Cups, China's Yang Yang A is skating again this weekend, and that's not all -- Evgenia Radanova, the prodigal Bulgarian short track star, is back from her erstwhile foray into cycling at the Summer Games in Athens.

Not only that, but preliminary matchups from Cyberscoreboard have these two legends facing off against one another in their opening 1500m and 500m heats. Sounds pretty nifty!

Nothing too remarkable about the draws for the U.S. skaters in tomorrow's 1500m heats. Apolo Ohno and Hyo-jung Kim have nothing to worry about. Newcomer Jade Wheeler makes her World Cup debut in a tough heat with Canada's Chantale Sevigny and Italy's Mara Zini, among others. Shani Davis takes on Canada's Mathieu Turcotte, while Rusty Smith drew Canuck speed demon Charles Hamelin.

Among the women, the top 3 skaters from each heat advance to the semifinals. The top 2 men from each heat will advance, plus the next two fastest thirds.

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For all 3 of us who won't be in Madison, here is this weekend's race schedule (all times Central Standard):

Friday, November 26, 2004
1PM: 1500M Preliminaries, Heats
7PM: 1500 Semi-finals, Finals, Relay Preliminaries

Saturday, November 27, 2004
1PM: 500m preliminaries, Heats
7PM: 500 Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals, Finals, Relay Semi-Finals

Sunday, November 28, 2004
1PM: 1000M preliminaries, Heats, Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals, Finals, 3000M Finals, Relay Finals

As always, complete results will be available at Cyberscoreboard. Grab a turkey sandwich and watch the races in real time at Live Cyberscoreboard.

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Video clip from NBC15 in Madison

"Home crowd advantage is always awesome. No matter where we go we get some love and support." Apolo Anton Ohno

Madison's local NBC station is providing news coverage of the World Cup this weekend. A 2-minute video clip includes sound bytes from Apolo Ohno, Rusty Smith and Dutch skater Cees Juffermans.

Watch it here: World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Coming to Madison

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Fast ice in Madison; Korean team absent

Expect the skaters to post some fast times in Madison this weekend, reports a Madison newspaper. Charles Hamelin, the Canadian who skated two de facto world record times at last week's Canadian trials in Calgary, says the ice in Madison is as fast as Calgary's and indicates he may try to go for an official WR this weekend. The Dutch relay team reportedly skated a WR time in practice.

The Korean men and women's teams will be absent in both Madison and Saguenay, though it seems the event organizers are soft-pedaling the reason why.

More highlights from this article: Rusty Smith is his usual diplomatic self, genially dissing long track in the Wisconsin press, a state that is a hotbed of the sport (if there is such a thing)! Heh heh.

[WI] Capital Times | Short-track speedskating: 'NASCAR' on ice hits town

His name is Rusty. He competes in a sport in which a good portion of the fans come to see the crashes, where the competitors race in tight packs at high speeds, lap after lap.

No, it's not Rusty Wallace, and he does not drive the No. 2 car or take pit stops. But Rusty Smith doesn't mind the comparison, especially compared to some of the others.

"The big one is, they say 'Roller Derby on Ice,' " Smith said. "We try to correct that and call it at least NASCAR."

Clearing up misperceptions about your sport is at least half the job of being a short-track speedskater. Consider Smith, a bronze medalist at the Salt Lake City Olympics and a top United States medal hopeful for the 2006 Turin Games, a consummate pro in this department.

"Everybody comes to see the crashes, and a NASCAR race breaks out," he continued. "Same thing with us. Everybody comes here for the crashes and then they realize how much they really like the sport."

Article cont'd:

This weekend, the best rubbernecking in the world of short track will be done in Madison. The third International Skating Union World Cup event of the season will be held Friday through Sunday at the Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center, and all of the top skaters will be there - with one giant exception.

Just two weeks ago, the Korean men's and women's teams pulled out of this event and next week's World Cup in Canada, organizer Jeff FitzRandolph said, citing internal rifts in the national speedskating organization that boiled over recently when several board members resigned.

That puts a damper on the competition, as the Koreans are to speedskating what the Yankees are to baseball. Plus, they provide a lot of the spark. Two years ago at the Olympics, for instance, they were up in arms after an apparent victory by Kim Dong-sung in the 1,500 meters was handed to the American posterchild of the sport, Apolo Anton Ohno, after the Korean was disqualified for blocking him on the final lap.

These days, Hyun-Soo Ahn is Korea's top gun. He entered the season as the world record-holder in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters and also skated on Korea's 5,000 relay. Likewise, Korean women own four of the five short-track world marks.

But organizers believe there is an upside to their absence.

"It's huge - it's a devastating blow to short-track speedskating in Korea," said FitzRandolph, a U.S. Speedskating board member and the father of Olympic long-track gold medalist Casey FitzRandolph.

"But the beauty of it is it opens this competition up to a lot of other people. You're going to see some names on the podium and some other people winning that ordinarily wouldn't be there."

People such as Charles Hamelin, a 20-year-old Quebecois who smashed the national records in both the 500 and 1,000 last weekend at the Canadian team trials in Calgary. His times of 41.035 seconds and 1:24.43, respectively, would have been world records had they been posted at an ISU-sanctioned meet.

Hamelin believes the ice at the Coliseum - which was laid just two weeks ago - could produce a legitimate record this weekend. FitzRandolph seconded that belief, noting that the Dutch relay team skated a record time in practice Tuesday.

"The ice was really fast today in the morning. The ice was same as Calgary last week," said Hamelin, a significant compliment given that the Calgary Oval is generally considered the world's fastest track. "Maybe I'll try to set the new world record here, too. I will see how the race goes."

Organizers have their collective fingers crossed that such highlights will help bolster attendance for the event, which was brought to Madison only after a Las Vegas commitment fell through.

The short notice put a damper on both the sponsorship drive, which raised a little more than a quarter of the $40,000 goal, and marketing push. FitzRandolph said the break-even point is 7,500 tickets sold and that currently "we are well short of that."

There is more at stake than just money. FitzRandolph would like to showcase Madison as a potential site for a future world championship.

"The goal was to get through this one, and if we pull this off well - and by that I mean the technical side, just running the meet; the facility that we're offering; and fans in the stands - then we stand good chance of being able to bid for a world championship," he said.

Working in the organizers' favor is the fact that Madison should have something of a built-in audience, as it has long been a hotbed for long-track skating (see the Docter sisters, Eric and Beth Heiden, Casey FitzRandolph, etc.).

Short-track got a tremendous boost from television coverage at the Olympics. Smith, for one, believes that it has a better chance than long-track to reach a mass audience, given the X-Games - or NASCAR-like - nature of the competition, as skaters race around a 111-meter oval at speeds up to 30 mph. He is eager to showcase it in Madison.

"It's an action sport, without a doubt. The problem is, you can't do it out on the street on a normal day. That's the hindrance of the whole thing. It's not like you can just grab a football and go do it with a friend. You actually have to go somewhere and do the sport. So, that limits it," he said.

"Long track's been around forever, and everybody knows what it is, but the excitement is not quite there. I have a lot of friends who do it, and believe me, I make fun of them all the time. And they know it."

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November 24, 2004

Photos from Apolo's 1000m quarterfinal in Sweden

Click thumbnails below to enlarge:

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November 23, 2004

Short track news digest: Apolo on TV, debut of AllisonBaver.com and more!

New web site: Congratulations to Allison Baver on the relaunch this week of her official web site at allisonbaver.com. Props to Susan Blakney (aka Sooz) and April Shirshac on all their hard work in making the site a reality!

American Cup 1 photos: Jerry Search's fabulous photo galleries from American Cup 1 in Saratoga Springs are now online. You can view them here.

Apolo and Allison on TV: For World Cup #3 attendees, Apolo and Allison expect to be interviewed on Madison's morning news program Wednesday morning between 6 and 7am on the local NBC station. (If anyone has the opportunity to tape this and other local tv coverage of the World Cup, please contact me -- we'd be much obliged!)

Two new articles: The USOC has a couple features on two major female figures in U.S. short track:

Hyo Jung Kim taking short track to Italy: "For Kim, reaching her goals is important. And as she looks down the road to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, an even bigger challenge awaits her. The Olympic Games have been sketched in Kim’s mind for several years, but now it’s a more realistic vision for her."

Training Day With Caroline Hallisey: "The 24-year-old, who is a former resident of the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center, describes what it’s like to be an avid horseback rider, student, work part-time and train for the 2006 Torino Games.' (hat tip: Sue)

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Wishing everybody who will be in Madison for World Cup #3 safe travels and have a wonderful time! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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November 22, 2004

Who's in the mood for some short track?

The Madison World Cup is finally here and I'm still stuck in Sweden! Here are the final shots from Apolo's 1000m heat at Worlds.

1000m heat 1 - Apolo skates ahead of Jiajun Li

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1000m heat 2 - Apolo skates ahead of Jiajun Li

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1000m heat 3

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November 21, 2004

Results from Canadian Trials #1
Team for World Cups 3 and 4 decided

The Canadian short track team had their first trials of the season this weekend in Calgary. Congratulations to the top 5 men and women, who will represent Canada at World Cups #3 and 4 in the USA and Canada (pending official confrmation from Speed Skating Canada):

Update: As usual with the Canadian trials, the devil is in the details, but it seems that the world cup slots are decided based on results from the 1500m, 500m and 1000m. In that case, the world cup team is as follows:

World Cup team
Men: Charles Hamelin, Mathieu Turcotte, Francois-Louis Tremblay, Steve Robillard, Jonathan Guilmette
Women: Alanna Kraus, Amanda Overland, Kalyna Roberge, Chantale Sevigny, Melanie Gagnon

Top 5 men overall (including 3000m):
1. Charles Hamelin (2,961 pts)
2. Mathieu Turcotte (2266 pts)
3. Jonathan Guilmette (2264 pts)
4. Francois-Louis Tremblay (2,166 pts)
5. Steve Robillard (2,118 pts)

Top 5 women overall (including 3000m):
1. Alanna Kraus (2,986 pts)
2. Amanda Overland (2,873 pts)
3. Kalyna Roberge (2,237 pts)
4. Anouk Leblanc-Boucher (1,997 pts)
5. Chantale Sevigny (1,993 pts)

So, some shakeups to the composition of the Canadian team. Francois-Louis Tremblay is (back) in, fan favorite Jean-Francois Monette is out. Charles Hamelin asserted his superiority with a commanding 700 point advantage over 2nd place finisher Mathieu Turcotte. For the women, in are juniors (or they were last season) Kalyna Roberge and Anouk Leblanc-Boucher. Out with injuries are perennial contenders Amelie Goulet-Nadon and Tania Vicent.

Leblanc-Boucher broke into the senior ranks last season in World Cups 5 and 6 and at the World Championships. Roberge, from Quebec, has to date competed only at the 2004 World Junior Championships. Veterans Chantale Sevigny and Alanna Kraus, with Amanda Overland, bring a lot of experience to round out this team.

After a difficult first two days (DQ in the 1500m and something like a 13th place finish in the 500m), Jonathan Guilmette came roaring back today to win the 3000m and finished 2nd in the 1000m for 3rd place overall. Jo thus secures a berth on Canada's World Cup team, a spot that had been in danger of slipping away. With everything Jo has been through this year, his comeback this weekend is a huge statement and is an awesome demonstration of what a champion is!

Speed Skating Canada reports that Hamelin set a new Canadian record of 41.035 in the 500m on Saturday, eclipsing Monette's previous mark of 41.184. Normally this would also make Hamelin the new world record holder. For now he'll settle for a Canadian record and Monette remains WR holder at 500m on a technicality: the Canadian trials is not an ISU-sanctioned event and therefore times set there are ineligible as far as world records go.

Last season Hamelin unofficially held the 1000m WR for about 30 minutes at World Cup #6 in Bormio before Jiajun Li turned around and lowered the mark again. Again today in the 1000m, Hamelin lowered the Canadian mark, which apart from this technicality would have given him his 2nd WR of the weekend with a time of 1:24.432.

1500m results
Women: 1. Tania Vicent, 2. Amanda Overland, 3. Chantale Sevigny
Men: 1. Steve Robillard, 2. Mathieu Turcotte, 3. Charles Hamelin

500m results
Women: 1. Alanna Kraus, 2. Chantale Sevigny, 3. Amanda Overland
Men: 1. Charles Hamelin, 2. Mathieu Turcotte, 3. Francois-Louis Tremblay

1000m results
Women: 1. Alanna Kraus, 2. Amanda Overland, 3. Kalyna Roberge
Men: 1. Charles Hamelin, 2. Jonathan Guilmette, 3. Mathieu Turcotte

3000m results
Women: 1. Amanda Overland, 2. Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, 3. Kalyna Roberge
Men: 1. Jonathan Guilmette, 2. Steve Robillard, 3. F-L Tremblay

Complete results available from the Calgary Olympic OVal.

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Press coverage of the trials:

Slam! Sports | More tough luck for skater

[Jonathan Guilmette is] still bitter about what happened in March at the world championships in Sweden, when he was taken out, intentionally according to the Canadians, by South Korea's Seung-Jae Lee in the 1,000m and slid into the boards, injuring his back.

The Koreans are notorious for their dirty skating style and Guilmette is still angry. Read more.

Slam! Sports | Kraus back on track

For Alanna Kraus, the best thing about last season is the fact it's history. The Olympic short track speed skater would rather forget about 2003-04, preferring to look ahead to this year and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy, even though she won her first individual medal at the 2004 world championships in Sweden. Read more.

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