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September 10, 2005
Newsflash: Steven Bradbury 'calls it quits'
This is a bit bizarre, coming as it does years late:
The Australian guy who won an Olympic gold medal at Salt Lake City when all four short-track speedskaters ahead of him crashed is calling it quits.
Steven Bradbury, now 31, won a gold medal in 2002 when favorite Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States and three others tangled and crashed on the final lap of the 1,000-meter final.
San Diego Union Tribune| He already knows Easy Street
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September 9, 2005
Canadian Trials Results - 1500m #3
[Update 1] TSN.ca | Turcotte, Overland earn Olympic spots
[Update 2] Jonathan Guilmette's site has a report about last night's race, in which he disputes his cross-tracking DQ and hopes for a better outing tonight.
Report on 1500m #3
One distance is now complete and two skaters have their tickets punched for Torino by placing 1st overall in the 1500m - Mathieu Turcotte and Amanda Overland. The racing tonight was excellent and with the weekend under way, a larger crowd added significantly to the atmospere.
Women's semis
semi A
1. Leblanc-Boucher 2:24.703
2. Kraus 2:24.733
3. Gagnon 2:25.740
4. Ieropoli 2:42.642
5. Lemieux 3:03.559
Lemieux was in 3rd and likely to qualify when she fell exiting the corner coming up to the bell lap.
semi B
1. Overland 2:24.646
2. Vicent 2:24.911
3. Plamondon 2:25.133
4. Gauthier 2:26.466
5. Gregg 2:28.256
6. Avrith DQ
A Final
1. Overland 2:24.261
2. Vicent 2:24.912
3. Gagnon 2:24.961
4. Plamondon 3:02.446
5. Kraus 3:12.446
6. Leblanc-Boucher DQ impeding
This was an exciting race with a lot of movement within the pack. On the first lap, Overland took the lead ahead of Vicent, Kraus, Leblanc-Boucher, Plamondon and Gagnon. As if on cue, the 3rd place skater would take the lead by the outside on each lap, while the 4th, 5th and 6th place skaters sat at the rear of the pack and watched. With 8 to go Kraus was leading, Overland 2nd and Vicent 3rd. With 6.5 to go, Vicent made a move on the inside to take the lead. At the same time, Leblanc-Boucher started to make her move through the pack taking 3rd ahead of Overland with 5.5 to go. Overland reacted quickly and attacked by the outside.
On the following straight, Leblanc-Boucher tried to move past Kraus into 2nd and there was contact, sending Kraus and Plamondon sliding towards the padding. Overland's outside move paid off as she had already made it around the falling skaters and had settled into 2nd behind Vicent. With 2 to go, Overland attacked again by the outside and grabbed the lead for good. Leblanc-Boucher was showing a lot of speed and also went by Vicent but the earlier contact led to her disqualification. Vicent fought off a late charge at the line by Gagnon to cross the line 3rd.
B Final
1. Lemieux
2. Ieropoli
3. Gregg
4. Gauthier
5. Avrith
Lemieux passed on the outside with 3.5 to go and won going away.
Women's 1500m Final standings (2 best results + 1/2 of the worst result)
1. Overland 2088
2. Vicent 1904
3. Leblanc-Boucher 1847
4. Roberge 1362 (still not recovered from her muscle injury)
5. Gagnon 1126
6. Kraus 1067
7. Plamondon 881
8. Sevigny 666
9. Lemieux 579
10. Gregg 526
11. Ieropoli 517
12. Gauthier 355
13. Avrith 343
14. Maltais 241
15. Lambert 163
16. Truchon 116
Women's overall standing after 7 events
1. Vicent 4543
2. Overland 4406
3. Kraus 3969
4. Leblanc-Boucher 3809
5. Roberge 3374
6. Gagnon 2674
7. Gregg 2002
8. Plamondon 1963
9. Lemieux 1765
10. Avrith 1309
11. Ieropoli 1301
12. Gauthier 881
13. Sevigny 712
14. Maltais 588
15. Lambert 539
16. Truchon 406
Men' semis
semi A
1. Turcotte 2:13.373
2. Jean 2:13.604
3. MA Monette 2:13.697
4. Bedard 2:14.077
5. C. Rasmussen 2:21.438
There were passes virtually every straight until 8 laps to go when the pack settled down for a lap or two. Monette was in the lead, followed by Jean, Turcotte, Bedard and Rasmussen. With 5 to go, Bedard started to move up the outside and Jean reacted by taking the lead by the inside. Bedard managed to get into 2nd with the pass but wound up defending a similar move on the outside by Turcotte. Turcotte was unable to get to the front, however, and after a couple of corners on the outside, managed to slip into 2nd. Jean was looking very strong at the front and avoiding any potential congestion. On the last straight, Turcotte passed him by the inside to take the lead. Monette had gotten around Bedard on the last lap and made a last-ditch attempt at 2nd but couldn't get his skate to the line ahead of Jean.
semi B
1. Robillard 2:13.658
2. Giroux 2:13.827
3. JF Monette 2:14.647
Guilmette DQ
Therrien DNF (fell during and outside pass mid-race)
Monette had the lead with around 6 to go. Robillard had sat at the back most of the early part of the race but had slid up into 2nd behind Monette. Guilmette was 3rd and Giroux 4th. As the laps wound down, Guilmette was protecting his 3rd position from Giroux who was ready to seize any opportunity, as he has done all week. With 1.5 to go, Robillard went around Monette on the outside. Guilmette and Giroux moved into 2nd and 3rd respectively on the bell, with things setting up for an exciting finish. Robillard came through clean for the win, with Guilmette 2nd. Giroux crossed the line on his stomach after scrambling to get his skate to the line ahead of Guilmette. The action had piqued the referee's interest, however, and the video replay was consulted. The end result was a DQ on Guilmette for cross tracking.
Semi C
1. Hamelin 2:17.911
2. Tremblay 2:17.984
3. Beaulieu 2:18.183
4. D. Rasmussen 2:18.526
5. Shoebridge 2:18.827
Tremblay had the lead mid-race. With 4.5 to go, Hamelin made a fast move by the outside to take the lead and the 2 skaters remained 1-2 the rest of the race.
A Final
1. Hamelin 2:11.628
2. Robillard 2:11.698
3. Turcotte 2:11.713
4. Giroux 2:11.793
5. Jean 2:17.973
6. Tremblay DQ
Turcotte led early, followed by Jean. Around 8 to go, Giroux moved from 6th to 1st by the outside. With 7 to go, the race order was Giroux, Jean, Turcotte, Tremblay, Hamelin, Robillard. The pace was very fast but the pack was relatively under control. Turcotte moved ahead of Jean into 2nd around 5 to go. There was a tiny amount of contact, and Tremblay tried to move ahead of Jean on the following straight. At the same time, Hamelin started making one of his patented outside moves. Tremblay and Jean bumped, which dropped them to 5th and 6th respectively. With 3 to go, Hamelin had seized the lead and was not looking back. Turcotte and Robillard both moved past Giroux into 2nd and 3rd shortly thereafter. Heading into the last corner, both Robillard and Giroux were setting up their moves at the finish, but only Robillard could get past Turcotte.
B Final
1. MA Monette 2:17.977
2. Beaulieu 2:18.112
3. Bedard 2:18.161
4. JF Monette 2:18.180
5. D. Rasmussen 2:18.744
Bedard passed Monette at the line to grab valuable points.
C Final
1. Guilmette 2:25.892
2. Shoebridge 2:26.573
3. C. Rasmussen 2:26.774
Therrien DNS
Men's 1500m Final Standings (2 best results + 1/2 of the worst result)
1. Turcotte 2149
2. Guilmette 1719
3. Hamelin 1691
4. Tremblay 1663
5. Robillard 1221
6. Giroux 1207
7. Jean 1034
8. Bedard 674
9. Beaulieu 562
10. MA Monette 544
11. D. Rasmussen 535
12. JF Monette 436
13. C. Rasmussen 229
14. Therrien 205
15. Shoebridge 166
16. Scholten 130
Men's Overall Standing after 7 events
1. Tremblay 5145
2. Turcotte 4497
3. Hamelin 3656
4. Guilmette 3457
5. Bedard 2994
6. Robillard 2589
7. Giroux 2404
8. JF Monette 2036
9. Jean 1725
10. MA Monette 1679
11. D. Rasmussen 1204
12. Shoebridge 1031
13. Beaulieu 965
14. C. Rasmussen 593
15. Therrien 517
16. Scholten 326
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September 8, 2005
Scenes from the men's 3000m in Saguenay
Taking advantage of the rest day at Canadian trials to post up some photos from the 3000m of the Saguenay World Cup last December. For those of you who aren't particularly interested in the Canadian trials, thanks for your patience. Just three more days. :)
Apolo being introduced for the men's 3000m in Saguenay
Going slow
Apolo and Volodymyr Gryhoryev
Mathieu Turcotte ahead of Apolo
Apolo Ohno, Pieter Gysel, Shani Davis
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Canadian Trials Results - 1000m #2
[Update 1] Speed Skating Canada | Veterans take control at Bell Short track Speed Skating Olympic Trials
[Update 2] TSN.ca | Tremblay, Vicent win at short track trials
It was a good night of racing with lots of drama and passion, especially in the men’s semi-finals (where else?). Tania Vicent has virtually qualified for the Cdn. Olympic Team tonight with her 2nd win in the 1000m. She needs only to compete in the 3rd 1000m to guarantee 1st overall in the 1000m standings.
Francois-Louis Tremblay has grabbed 2816 points out of a maximum of 3000 in the last 3 nights.
Women’s 1000m
Heat A
1. Vicent
2. Ieropoli
3. Gauthier
Heat B
1. Overland
2. Gregg
3. Gagnon
Heat C
1. Kraus
2. Plamondon
3. Avrith
Heat D
1. Leblanc-Boucher
2. Lemieux
3. Truchon
Semi A
1. Vicent 1 :32.811
2. Kraus 1 :32.829
3. Gregg 1 :33.067
4. Ieropoli 1 :33.127
Semi B
1. Leblanc-Boucher 1 :33.093
2. Overland 1 :33.101
3. Plamondon 1 :33.197
4. Lemieux 1 :33.240
A Final
1. Vicent 1 :31.371
2. Leblanc-Boucher 1 :31.438
3. Overland 1 :31.485
4. Kraus 1 :31.494
Vicent led the race wire to wire. Kraus was 4th off the line and passed into 3rd early on in the race ahead of Overland. Overland was able to pass her back at the finish line.
B Final
1. Lemieux 1 :35.588
2. Gregg 1 :36.632
3. Plamondon 2 :01.878
4. Ieropoli 2 :29.023
Plamondon and Ieropoli fell exiting a corner with 7.5 to go.
C Final
1. Gagnon 1 :34.617
2. Avrith 1 :34.818
3. Gauthier 1 :37.513
4. Truchon
Women’s overall after 6 events
1. Vicent 3998
2. Kraus 3707
3. Overland 3677
4. Leblanc-Boucher 3628
5. Roberge 3374
6. Gagnon 2106
7. Gregg 1841
8. Plamondon 1530
9. Lemieux 1446
10. Avrith 1232
11. Ieropoli 1140
12. Gauthier 786
13. Sevigny 712
14. Maltais 588
15. Lambert 539
16. Truchon 406
Women’s 1000m standing after 2 events
1. Vicent 2000
2. Overland 1332
3. Leblanc-Boucher 1259
4. Kraus 1086
5. Roberge 816
6. Lemieux 805
7. Plamondon 590
8. Gregg 448
9. Gagnon 437
10. Ieropoli 437
11. Gauthier 290
12. Avrith 230
13. Truchon 163
14. Lambert 130
15. Maltais 106
16. Sevigny 0
Men’s 1000m
Heat A
1. Hamelin
2. JF Monette
3. Jean (fell with 6 or 7 to go)
Heat B
1. Giroux
2. MA Monette
3. Robillard
4. Shoebridge
Heat C
1. Turcotte
2. Tremblay
3. Therrien
4. D. Rasmussen
Tremblay made a close inside pass on Rasmussen on the last straight to move into qualifying position.
Heat D
1. Bedard
2. Guilmette
3. Beaulieu
4. C. Rasmussen
Semi-final A
1. Tremblay 1 :25.639
2. Giroux 1 :25.726
3. Hamelin 1 :25.726
4. JF Monette 1 :26.061
Off the start Hamelin had the lead followed by Tremblay, Monette and Giroux. With 4 to go, Tremblay moved ahead of Hamelin on the inside. The pack was very tightly bunched during the closing laps, with Monette and Giroux looking for a way to move into the top 2 and the coveted A final. Monette entered the last corner very wide in preparation for an attempt at the finish line. In doing so, he left too much space and Giroux dove into the corner, stealing 3rd in the process. Hamelin had a slight slip exiting the final corner, which was enough for Giroux to nip him at the line and grab 2nd.
Semi-final B
1. Turcotte 1 :26.725
2. Guilmette 1 :26.742
3. MA Monette 1 :26.785
4. Bedard 1 :26.799
This was another close race with an exciting finish. Turcotte led most of the race, with Bedard 2nd, Guilmette 3rd and Monette 4th. Bedard was looking strong on the last lap, having benefited from the work Turcotte was doing at the head of the pack. He tried an outside pass on the last straight but bumped with Turcotte and went wide, which opened the door for Guilmette and Monette. The scramble to the finish was wild with only 7 1/100ths separating the four skaters. Bedard was quite upset at the turn of events and there was some discussion by the referees but no call (and no video review).
A Final
1. Tremblay 1 :25.694
2. Giroux 1 :26.618
3. Guilmette 1 :30.252
4. Mathieu DQ
This race turned out to be a little anti-climactic after the excitement of the semi-finals. Tremblay grabbed the lead off the start. Giroux was not content to sit in 4th and took the lead by the outside with 7.5 to go, followed by Tremblay, Guilmette and Turcotte. With 4.5 to go, Turcotte attempted to move up the inside into 3rd but bumped with Guilmette. Turcotte stumbled inside the first blocks of the corner and Guilmette was sent wide, leaving Giroux and Tremblay alone to race for the win. Tremblay made his move with 2-2.5 to go and powered to the line. Any hopes Giroux had of catching him were nixed when he hit a block on the 2nd to last corner.
B Final
1. JF Monette 1:27.521
2. MA Monette 1:27.598
3. Bedard 1:27.720
4. Hamelin 1:28.023
JF Monette led the whole race with lots of action going on behind him. MA Monette was stalking him in 2nd place, Bedard 3rd and Hamelin 4th. On the bell, Hamelin made a move from 4th to 2nd but was unable to hold his position and dropped back to 4th. Bedard tried to hook inside the brothers exiting the last corner but over rotated and wound up crossing the line stretched out on his stomach.
C Final
1. Robillard 1:27.423
2. Jean 1:27.608
3. Beaulieu 1:27.869
4. C. Rasmussen 1:31.887
D Final
1. Therrien 1:31.423
2. Shoebridge 1:31.486
3. D. Rasmussen 1:33.577
Men’s overall after 6 events
1. Tremblay 4964
2. Turcotte 4164
3. Guilmette 3404
4. Bedard 2833
5. Hamelin 2803
6. Giroux 1981
7. JF Monette 1956
8. Robillard 1816
9. MA Monette 1437
10. Jean 1429
11. D. Rasmussen 1117
12. Shoebridge 968
13. Beaulieu 804
14. C. Rasmussen 551
15. Therrien 488
16. Scholten 326
Men’s 1000m standings after 2 events
1. Tremblay 1666
2. Hamelin 1241
3. Giroux 1111
4. Guilmette 1109
5. Robillard 1012
6. Turcotte 905
7. Bedard 838
8. JF Monette 639
9. MA Monette 522
10. Jean 401
11. Beaulieu 216
12. C. Rasmussen 212
13. D. Rasmussen 187
14. Therrien 156
15. Shoebridge 127
16. Scholten 0
[correction] It was previously reported that Tania Vicent set a new Canadian record in winning the 1000m A final on Sept. 7. The record was announced after the race, but it's since been determined that the existing Canadian record of 1:31.1 still stands.
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September 7, 2005
Canadian Trials Results - 500m #2
It was a very stressful night full of emotion and controversy. Francois-Louis Tremblay and Alanna Kraus were the stars while it seemed the referees were the center of attention.
Women' 500m heats
heat 1
1. Roberge 44.969
2. Vicent
3. Lambert
heat 2
1. Kraus 45.393
2. Gagnon
3. Gauthier
heat 3
1. Gregg 46.130
2. Ieropoli
3. Truchon
4. Plamondon fall
heat 4
1. Avrith
2. Lemieux
3. Leblanc-Boucher
4. Overland ADV
Leblanc-Boucher and Overland were out front with Leblanc-Boucher leading. With 2.5 to go, L-B fell exiting the corner and Overland went down with her.
Men's heats
heat 1
1. Turcotte 41.699
2. D. Rasmussen
3. Robillard
heat 2
1. JF Monette 42.336
2. Tremblay
3. Jean
4. C. Rasmussen
heat 3 - this is where the fun really started
1. Bedard 42.458
2. Hamelin ADV
3. Beaulieu
4. Giroux DQ - yellow card?
Bedard led the whole race, skating a tight track. The other four skaters were bunched up behind him, with Hamelin sitting 2nd. On the last straightaway, Giroux came up the inside and there was a heavy collision with Hamelin, sending the two of them and Beaulieu to the ice. After a lengthy delay (but no video review), Giroux was disqualified and shown a yellow card. Except that there was no yellow card to show him apparently. Giroux's night was over.
heat 4
1. MA Monette 42.722
2. Shoebridge
3. Therrien
4. Guilmette - fall
Guilmette was sitting in 3rd coming up on the bell when he went down.
Women's Semi-finals
semi-final A
1. Gagnon 45.412
2. Avrith 45.593
3. Roberge 45.639
4. Lemieux - fall
Roberge immediately grabbed her right hamstring after the race. She did not skate in the B final and her status is unknown for tomorrow's 1000m. The muscle problem apparently started in her heat.
semi-final B
1. Kraus 44.851
2. Overland 44.923
3. Gregg 45.026
4. Vicent 45.229
5. Ieropoli
Overland passed Gregg on the first straight to take 2nd place behind Kraus off the start.
Men's Semi-finals
semi-final A - 1st try
Tremblay, Turcotte, Hamelin and MA Monette. Tremblay took the lead off the start with Turcotte 2nd, Hamelin 3rd and Monette 4th. Midway through the race Turcotte grabbed the lead only to be overtaken right away again by Tremblay. On the bell, Monette passed Hamelin and Hamelin attempted to pass him back on the last straight. They collided entering the last turn and fell. There was contact with Turcotte who was in 2nd and he went down too. As Tremblay exited the final turn, the referee blew the whistle to stop the race. There was a bit of confusion since the race appeared to be over, or at least virtually over. Hamelin was disqualified and the race was restarted almost immediately. The 3 remaining skaters were still huffing and puffing at the start line. Turcotte and Tremblay were also visibly perturbed by the referee's decision to stop the race.
2nd try
1. Tremblay
2. MA Monette
3. Turcotte ADV
Tremblay led this race wire to wire with Turcotte unable to pass Monette. The pace was noticably slower. Several minutes after the end of this race, there was an annoucement that the referee's had used their discretion and advanced Turcotte to the A final.
semi-final B
1. Bedard
2. JF Monette
3. Shoebridge
4. D. Rasmussen DQ
Rasmussen was disqualified for an infraction on the first corner - impeding or off-track. No annoucement was made. There was a lot of bumping as he, Bedard and Monette fought for the lead. On the restart Monette took the lead and was able to qualify 2nd, having been overtaken by Bedard near the end of the race.
Women's finals
A Final
1. Kraus 45.153
2. Gagnon 45.250
3. Avrith 45.353
4. Overland 45.391
Gagnon led the whole way until the last straight when she was passed on the outside by Kraus.
B Final
1. Vicent 45.085
2. Gregg 45.256
3. Lemieux 46.190
4. Ieropoli 46.661
5. Roberge DNS
Vicent passed Gregg on the last straight on the inside.
C Final
1. Leblanc-Boucher 45.112
2. Plamondon 45.181
3. Gauthier 45.564
4. Lambert DQ
This race was also rerun. With 1.5 to go, Lambert, Plamondon and Leblanc-Boucher all went down in the corner. Leblanc-Boucher was passing Plamondon by the outside and Lambert was trying a move by the inside. The race continued for 1 lap before the referees stopped the race. Lambert suffered a laceration to one of her hands.
D Final
1. Truchon
Men's Finals
A Final
1. Tremblay 42.068
2. Bedard 42.164
3. JF Monette 42.264
4. MA Monette 42.311
5. Turcotte DQ
Turcotte was 3rd off the line behind Tremblay and Bedard respectively. There were no moves throughout the race. Exiting the 2nd to last corner, Bedard clicked Tremblay's skates from behind and they both stumbled a little. The finish was very wild with all the skaters trying to get their skates to the line behind Tremblay. Turcotte pulled off an old school finishing move, bringing his back skate almost perpendicular to the ice, and was disqualified. The video review was finally dusted off for this race. Many at the Centre Georges-Vezina were wondering why this did not happen for any of the earlier races.
B Final
1. Hamelin 42.402
2. Shoebridge 42.706
3. D. Rasmussen 42.716
C Final
1. Robillard 41.886
2. Jean
3. Beaulieu
4. C. Rasmussen
D Final
1. Guilmette
2. Therrien
Women's 500m standings after 2 rounds
1. Kraus 1816
2. Roberge 1196
3. Gagnon 1111
4. Gregg 1028
5. Overland 986
6. Avrith 736
7. Leblanc-Boucher 703
8. Vicent 639
9. Plamondon 492
10. Lemieux 381
11. Ieropoli 347
12. Lambert 246
13. Maltais 241
14. Gauthier 236
15. Truchon 127
16. Sevigny 46
Women's Overall
1. Roberge 3374
2. Kraus 3164
3. Overland 3011
4. Vicent 2998
5. Leblanc-Boucher 2812
6. Gagnon 1910
7. Gregg 1479
8. Plamondon 1168
9. Avrith 1072
10. Lemieux 1070
11. Ieropoli 899
12. Sevigny 712
13. Gauthier 656
14. Maltais 588
15. Lambert 539
16. Truchon 300
Men's 500m standing after 2 rounds
1. Tremblay 1816
2. Bedard 1482
3. Turcotte 1443
4. JF Monette 961
5. Shoebridge 738
6. Hamelin 724
7. Guilmette 629
8. MA Monette 613
9. D. Rasmussen 482
10. Robillard 356
11. Jean 290
12. Scholten 196
13. Beaulieu 187
14. Therrien 156
15. C. Rasmussen 152
16. Giroux 86
Men's Overall
1. Tremblay 3964
2. Turcotte 3621
3. Guilmette 2738
4. Hamelin 2562
5. Bedard 2538
6. Robillard 1620
7. JF Monette 1513
8. Jean 1269
9. Giroux 1165
10. MA Monette 1075
11. D. Rasmussen 1060
12. Shoebridge 898
13. Beaulieu 674
14. C. Rasmussen 445
15. Therrien 402
16. Scholten 326
Canada.com | Tremblay, Kraus earn first wins at short track speed skating Olympic trials
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September 5, 2005
Canadian Trials Results - 1500m #2
[Update] Canada.com | Turcotte and Roberge post second wins at short track Olympic trials
Results from tonight's races, 1500m round 2 out of 3:
Women
semi A
1. Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
2. Melanie Gagnon
3. Jessica Gregg ADV
4. Valerie Lambert
5. Annik Plamondon DQ
Plamondon attempted an outside pass on Gregg, who was in 2nd, with 1.5 to go. They bumped, allowing Gagnon to move up the inside and take 2nd.
semi B
1. Alanna Kraus
2. Tania Vicent
3. Raphaele Lemieux
4. Melissa Ieropoli
5. Caroline Truchon
semi C
1. Kalyna Roberge
2. Amanda Overland
3. Nita Avrith
4. Valerie Gauthier
Anne Maltais was also forced to withdraw due to injury. She crashed heavily in the 1000m semi final on Saturday with Valerie Lambert and sustained damage to one of her lungs.
A final
1. Roberge 2:22.899
2. Overland 2:23.029
3. Leblanc-Boucher 2:23.117
4. Vicent 2:23.210
5. Kraus 2:23.387
6. Gagnon 2:23.485
7. Gregg 2:28.670
Overland led during the closing laps, with Roberge 2nd, Leblanc-Boucher 3rd and Vicent 4th. Roberge made one attempt on the inside. She wasn't able to get by but managed to hang on to 2nd place. She then attacked by the outside on the last or 2nd to last lap. The other skaters closed the gap on Overland and Roberge got bumped wide. She carried her speed however and was able to get past Overland and take the lead.
B final
1. Lemieux 2:30.390
2. Ieropoli 2:30.490
3. Avrith 2:30.600
4. Gauthier 2:32.411
5. Lambert 2:36.127
C final
1. Plamondon
2. Truchon
Overall ranking
1. Roberge 3178pts
2. Leblanc-Boucher 2652
3. Vicent 2555
4. Overland 2468
5. Kraus 2164
6. Gregg 1117
7. Gagnon 1094
8. Plamondon 1038
9. Lemieux 775
10. Sevigny 712
11. Ieropoli 658
12. Maltais 588
13. Gauthier 550
14. Lambert 453
15. Avrith 406
16. Truchon 230
1500m ranking after 2 distances
1. Leblanc-Boucher 1666
2. Roberge 1362
3. Vicent 1359
3. Overland 1359
5. Kraus 805
6. Sevigny 666
7. Gagnon 558
8. Plamondon 381
9. Gregg 365
10. Ieropoli 356
11. Lemieux 327
12. Avrith 266
13. Gauthier 260
14. Maltais 241
15. Lambert 163
16. Truchon 116
Tomorrow's 500m heats (unofficial)
Roberge
Vicent
Lambert
Kraus
Gagnon
Gauthier
Gregg
Plamondon
Ieropoli
Truchon
Leblanc-Boucher
Overland
Lemieux
Avrith
Men
semi A
1. Jonathan Guilmette
2. Daryl Rasmussen
3. Nathaniel Therrien
4. Olivier Jean ADV
5. Steve Robillard DQ (had placed 1st)
A pretty harsh call, considering what was permitted in the A final later in the evening.
semi B
1. Mathieu Giroux
2. Mathieu Turcotte
3. Marc-Andre Monette
4. Cory Rasmussen
5. Eric Bedard DQ
semi C
1. Charles Hamelin
2. Francois-Louis Tremblay
3. Remi Beaulieu
4. Jean-Francois Monette
5. Richard Shoebridge
A Final
1. Turcotte 2:13.795
2. Tremblay 2:13.975
3. Guilmette 2:13.986
4. Giroux 2:14.048
5. Jean 2:14.455
6. D. Rasmussen 2:15.310
7. Hamelin 2:30.847
This was a very hectic race with 7 skaters. There was a lot of jostling for position. Guilmette once again showed his willingness to control the race from the front. In the last 5 laps Hamelin attacked by the outside to move into 2nd place ahead of Turcotte, Tremblay and Giroux. On the bell, he set up his corner wide and was really going for it on the outside but stumbled and fell exiting the 2nd to last turn. Turcotte went blazing up the inside to take the lead down the last straight. Tremblay was able to outstretch Guilmette at the line for 3rd.
B final
1. Beaulieu 2:18.775
2. MA Monette 2:18.899
3. JF Monette 2:18.989
4. C. Rasmussen 2:20.075
5. Therrien 2:20.562
C Final
1. Robillard 2:30.415
2. Bedard 2:31.177
3. Shoebridge 2:31.432
Men's overall
1. Turcotte 3178 pts
2. Tremblay 2964
3. Guilmette 2652
4. Hamelin 2200
5. Bedard 1722
6. Robillard 1424
7. Giroux 1165
8. Jean 1109
9. JF Monette 847
10. D. Rasmussen 819
11. Shoebridge 603
12. Beaulieu 544
13. MA Monette 532
14. C. Rasmussen 339
15. Therrien 332
16. Scholten 326
1500m ranking after 2 distances
1. Turcotte 1816
2. Guilmette 1666
3. Tremblay 1482
4. Hamelin 838
5. Giroux 784
6. Jean 738
7. Bedard 513
8. Robillard 448
8. D. Rasmussen 448
10. Beaulieu 401
11. JF Monette 356
12. MA Monette 302
13. C. Rasmussen 187
14. Therrien 176
15. Scholten 130
16. Shoebridge 103
Tomorrow's 500m heats (unofficial)
Turcotte
D. Rasmussen
Robillard
Tremblay
JF Monette
Jean
C. Rasmussen
Bedard
Hamelin
Giroux
Beaulieu
Guilmette
Shoebridge
Therrien
MA Monette
Posted by noelle at 10:51 PM | Comments (5)
September 4, 2005
Canadian trials - overall standings after 3 days
Unofficial overall rankings
Women
1. Kalyna Roberge
2. Tania Vicent
3. Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
4. Alanna Kraus
5. Amanda Overland
6. Annik Plamondon
Men
1. Mathieu Turcotte
2. Francois-Louis Tremblay
3. Jonathan Guilmette
4. Charles Hamelin
5. Eric Bedard
6. Steve Robillard
7. Jean-Francois Monette
Also: TSN.ca | Hamelin, Vicent win at Speed Skating Trials
Posted by noelle at 11:59 AM | Comments (8)