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December 9, 2006
1000m medalists in Montreal
silver - Jordan Malone (USA), gold - Charles Hamelin (CAN), bronze - Denis Bellotti (ITA)
This is Charles' 2nd gold medal in a week and the first individual medal not only for Jordan but also for Denis. Congrats to all!
Also: CBC Sports | Quebec's Hamelin grabs short-track gold
silver - Meng Wang (CHN), gold - Chun-sa Byun (KOR), bronze - Sun-yu Jin (KOR)
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1500m medalists in Montreal
'Our pic is gonna be on ohnozone!' silver - Hyun-kon Kim (KOR), gold - Hyun-soo Ahn (KOR), bronze - Ze Hu (CHN)
I couldn't believe the Koreans were talking about OZ while I was taking pictures of them. These 3 guys were smiling for our cameras, and Kim and Ahn were joking back and forth with a team staff member next to me who was also taking pictures. All I hear is a bunch of Korean I can't understand and then 'ohnozone, ohnozone.' I guess they knew their pic would end up here. So here you go guys! Hee hee.
silver - Min-jung Kim (KOR), Eun-ju Jung (KOR), Tianyu Fu (CHN)
Congratulations all around!
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First individual World Cup medal for Jordan Malone!
Jordan just skated to a silver medal in the men's 1000m final behind Charles Hamelin, to give North America a 1-2 podium finish. Congratulations to Charles and to Jordan on his first individual World Cup medal - surely this is just the beginning!
Here comes Jordan! Making his move in the 1000m final
1000m final - Charles Hamelin and Jordan Malone
Ho-suk Lee uncharacteristically fell on his own. Jordan lacked his powerful finishing kick because he seemed to be having problems with his blades but he hung on for silver all the same. WAY TO GO, JORDAN!
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World Cup #4 - Montreal day 2 - 1000m & 1500m
1000m semi finals Some tough luck for the Canadian skaters this afternoon.
Charles Hamelin and Jordan Malone will both skate in the A final.
- Tremblay crashed in his semi - not too sure what happened there honestly but more surprisingly Ryan Bedford was disqualified for impeding against Australia in the last lap. He had lost ground and swerved to avoid colliding with Flou as he fell so some rough luck there for both skaters.
- Kalyna Roberge ran into trouble in her semi final as well and was disqualified for impeding. It looked like she collided with the Chinese skater and both fell. Korea's Jeon was advanced.
- Jordan Malone had another outstanding race but a close call when Marc-Andre Monette crashed just after a pass by Jordan. Monette was disqualified as well.
- Charles Hamelin came through cleanly, winning his semi final
1500m quarter finals
There were no American women skating in the semis today. Canadian Annik Plamondon slipped in her race and fell out of contention. Ivanie Blondin pupt on a powerful move to take the lead with 3 laps to go, opening up a large gap on the field. Only the Chinese skater could stay with her. There was a false start in Ivanie's race and the starter assessed it to himself which was a refreshing change!
1000m quarter finals
- Kimberly Derrick was the only American woman skating and she didn't make it out of her race
- Kalyna Roberge was 2nd in her quarter final; Amanda Overland was 3rd in hers and will not advance
Amanda Overland leads Sun-yu Jin and Satomi Sakai in their 1000m qtr final
- Jordan Malone scooted from last place to the lead with a nice little inside pass to win his race
1000m qtr final - Jordan Malone leads the pack
- J.P. Kepka had made a very nice move to gain the lead and was skating powerfully when he hit a block and fell with 3 laps to go. What a pity! Marc-Andre Monette won this same heat
J.P. makes his move in his 1000m qtr final
- Jeff Scholten was edged at the line for 3rd in his race and will not advance
- Charles Hamelin won his heat even though Ho-suk Lee turned on the jets and tried hard to find an opportunity to pass him in the final two laps of the race. The 'locomotive from Ste Julie' as Dany Lemay called him was having none of it but that was a kick-ass race to watch.
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World Cup #4 - Montreal day 2 - 1000m & 1500m repechage
So apparently they're skating the 1000m and 1500m #1 today and the 500m will be tomorrow.
Looks like Cyberscoreboard is updating fast this morning so be sure to check there for latest and complete results!
1000m repechage A final men - Top 2 finishers in this race earn the right to compete in this afternoon's World Cup quarter final round of the 1000m.
1. J.P. Kepka
2. Paul Stanley (GBR)
3. Viktor Knock (HUN) ADV
DQ Travis Jayner - impeding with 5 laps to go
J.P. will move on to the World Cup quarter finals in the afternoon. Travis was studying the replay intently after the race so I think he knew something was up. Bummer!
1500m repechage A final men - Top 2 finishers in this race earn the right to compete in this afternoon's World Cup quarter final round of the 1500m #1.
1. Olivier Jean (CAN)
2. Paul Hermann (GER)
4. Michael Gilday (CAN)
5. Alex Izykowski (USA)
Izy was really strong in this race but faded back to 5th in the last couple of laps.
1500m repechage A final women - Top 2 finishers in this race earn the right to compete in this afternoon's World Cup quarter final round of the 1500m #1.
1. Katia Zini (ITA)
2. Erika Huszar (HUN)
3. Sarah Lang (USA)
4. Tina Koenig (USA)
6. Sonia Milan (USA)
Sonia looked like she may have got hit in the mouth by another skater's glove a few laps before the end of the race.
Michael Gilday leads the pack in the 1500m #1 repechage semi final
Earlier rounds below the jump
1500m repechage semi finals men
- Olivier Jean won this race. Charles Ryan Leveille was supposed to skate in the first semi but has apparently hurt his ankle/foot. It's wrapped and he's hobbling around on it but appears to be done skating for a bit.
- Michael Gilday and Alex Izykowski finished 1-2 in the second semi final.
1500m repechage semi finals women
- Tina Koenig skated out in front the last half of the race to win, with Sonia Milan behind her till she was knocked out of the race when a Russian skater made a bad pass. Sonia has been advanced to the repechage A final.
- With about 6 laps to go, Sarah Lang made a sweeping outside pass to take the lead in the 2nd semi final. She was passed again by Katia Zini but held on for 2nd and will join her teammates in the repechage A final.
1000m repechage quarter finals men
- Travis Jayner skated to a win in his race
- J.P. Kepka also won his quarter final
1000m repechage quarter finals women
- Cherise Wilkins was disqualified for impeding and will not move on in the 1000m
- Lezleigh Jaworski was 3rd in her heat and did not qualify to move on
1500m repechage quarter finals men
Alex Izykowski won his heat, with Michael Gilday finishing 2nd in the same race. In quarter final 4, Charles Ryan Leveille was 2nd with Olivier Jean 3rd. All 5 skaters move on to the repechage semi finals.
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December 8, 2006
Look who's here!
Allison's back! She came up to watch the World Cup this weekend and get in some skating while she's at it... Allison joined the Canadian team's ice training session tonight after the World Cup races ended. Here she is getting ready with coach Chae.
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Apolo on Dr Phil
Kimo sent word that Apolo made a quick appearance on the Dr. Phil show to promote LandRollers. He thinks the segment will air on Monday's show, so tune in to see!
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World Cup #4 - Montreal day 1 - 500m &1500m qualifying
Relay heats men - The Americans and Canadians both won their respective relay heats
500m heats men - top 3 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to the semifinals on Sunday
Americans
- Charles Ryan Leveille was 4th on the line with Hamelin 3rd. Without that explosive start, Leveille had no time to catch up and finished last in his heat.
- Alex Izykowski had another strong race and finished 3rd
Charles Hamelin
Canadians
- Francois-Louis Tremblay has some crazy stuff happen in his races. At least I've never seen a skater lose an entire blade before today. Right after the start, the Russian skater Pavel Rybakov flew into the boards in front of me after his left skate blade literally peeled off the sole of his boot. He had to hop over the boards and get off the ice at that point. The race was restarted and Flou won. He's gotten this strategy of ensuring himself lane 1 in all his 500s down to a science.
- Charles Hamelin and Olivier Jean also won their races
Flou Tremblay and Roberto Serra
500m heats women - top 3 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to the semifinals on Sunday
Americans
- Tina Koenig fell at the start and the race was stopped and restarted. She finished 3rd in her heat.
- Cherise Wilkins was also 3rd in her heat.
500m heat: Ji-soo Jeon (KOR), Tina Koenig (USA), Emily Rosemond (AUS), Xiaolei Cheng (CHN)
Canadians
- Kalyna Roberge won her heat
- Jessica Gregg finished 2nd in her race
- Annik Plamondon fell with about 3 laps to go and finished last
1500m #2 heats men - top 3 in each heat plus 2 fastest third-place finishers move on to the semifinals on Sunday
Americans
- Travis Jayner won his heat handily
- Ryan Bedford was 2nd in his heat
- Jordan Malone won his heat with no problem, but he's gonna kill me if he keeps racing from the back Apolo-style like that!
Canadians
- Jeff Scholten was 3rd in his heat
- Michael Gilday finished 4th in his heat
- I believe Marc-Andre Monette was 2nd in his heat M-A Monette has been advanced to the next round
1500m #2 heats women - top 3 in each heat move on to the semifinals on Sunday
Canadians
Americans
- Kimberly Derrick finished 3rd in her heat
- Lezleigh Jaworski finished 5th in her heat
- Sarah Lang finished 5 in her heat. She was skating in 3rd when with 2 laps to go, Evgenia Radanova followed closely by Marta Capurso came from way back in the pack on the outside to cruise to a 1-2 finish.
Canadians
- Amanda Overland was 3rd in her heat
- Ivanie Blondin was 2nd in her heat
- Anne Maltais was 3rd in her heat which was won in powerful fashion by Meng Wang
500m prelim results/photos below the fold...
500m prelims men - top 2 in each heat move on to the heats
Americans
- Charles Ryan Leveille took a bit of time to get up to speed but he finished 2nd in his heat
- J.P. Kepka had a wild heat and was dq'ed for cross-tracking at the finish line. A half-lap before the finish, the Korean skater stumbled badly and was also dq'ed for impeding.
- Alex Izykowski won his race
500m prelim - Charles Ryan Leveille
Canadians
- Oliver Jean, Francois-Louis Tremblay and Charles Hamelin all won their heats. Tremblay won his by miles. I think if he'd applied himself he'd have lapped the others.
it's off center, but I like this pic because you feel like you're *in* the race... Olivier Jean (CAN) leads Elliott Shriane (AUS) and Hu Ze (CHN)
500m prelims women - top 2 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to tomorrow's 500m quarter finals
Americans
- Cherise Wilkins was 3rd in her heat
- Sonia Milan was 4th in her heat
These two will skate in tomorrow's 500m repechage.
- Tina Koenig finished 2nd in her heat to move on to the heats later this afternoon
Canadians
- Annik Plamondon was 2nd in her heat
- Kalyna Roberge won her heat
- Jessica Gregg finished 2nd in her heat
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Two fan favorites
I know a lot of longtime OZers particular in will be happy to see this pair!
Jeff Monette and Fabio Carta have a chat
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World Cup #4 - Montreal day 1 - 1000m & 1500m #1 qualifying
I'm posting latest results at the top
I think all my readers are in Montreal right now, but just in case, OZ was down for a few hours this morning, sorry I haven't been able to post any results till now!
1000m heat: Travis Jayner (USA), Ho-suk Lee (KOR), Jeff Scholten (CAN)
Complete results are now available on the official World Cup web site
1000m heats men - top 2 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to tomorrow's 1000m quarter finals
Americans
- Travis Jayner finished 3rd in a tough heat behind Ho-suk Lee and Jeff Scholten and will skate in the repechage round tomorrow morning
- Jordan Malone breezed to a win in his heat to qualify for tomorrow's quarter finals
- J.P. Kepka was also 3rd in his heat and will skate in the morning's repechage round
1000m heat: Tyson Heung (GER), J.P. Kepka (USA), Niels Kerstholt (NED)
Canadians
- Jeff Scholten finished 2nd in his heat to qualify for the quarter finals tomorrow
- Charles Hamelin won his heat, and also moves on to the quarter finals
- Marc-Andre Monette joins his teammates in the quarter finals after finishing 2nd in his heat
1000m heats women - top 2 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to tomorrow's 1000m quarter finals
Americans
- Kimberly Derrick finished 2nd in her heat to move onto the quarter finals tomorrow
- Cherise Wilkins was 4th in her heat so she'll move on to Sunday's 1000m repechage round
Canadians
- A strong-looking Kalyna Roberge held off Evgenia Radanova to win her heat
- Anne Maltais finished 3rd in her heat but was subsequently advanced when Stephanie Bouvier was disqualified for cross-tracking
- Amanda Overland finished 3rd in her race
1500m #1 heats women - top 2 plus 4 fastest third-place finishers qualify for tomorrow's 1500m quarter finals
Americans
- Sonia Milan was 5th in her heat, will skate in the repechage round tomorrow morning
- Tina Koenig fell with 2-3 laps to go and finished last, will also skate in tomorrow morning's repechage round
- Sarah Lang was 5th in her race, also destined for the repechage
Canadians
- Ivanie Blondin won her race
- Annik Plamondon was 3rd in her heat
- Jessica Gregg was disqualified for impeding
1500m #1 heats men - top 2 plus 2 fastest third-place finishers qualify for tomorrow's 1500m quarter finals
Americans
- Fabio Carta just edged Ryan Bedford at the line for first. Ryan pulled the whole race and he and Fabio had a large gap on the pack
- In a dramatic heat, Charles Ryan Leveille moved to the front midway through the race and looked strong. With 3 laps to go Olivier Jean hit a block and crashed out of the race. The Korean and Chinese skaters passed Ryan who faded a bit and finished 3rd. Not sure if he got a bit caught up in avoiding Jean's accident there.
- Alex Izykowski skated a strong race but got passed by several skaters in the final laps and finished 4th.
Canadians
- Francois-Louis Tremblay waited till the last lap to pass up to 2nd from 3rd
- Olivier Jean hit a block and crashed, finishing last in his race
- Michael Gilday had a tough outing. Most of the race he was going smoothly in 2nd behind a Russian skater. He tried to pass into the lead with 2-3 laps to go and apparently misjudged his distance, nearly clipping the Russian's skate from behind at the first block. Michael finished 3rd but his face intercepted another skater's glove in the race for the finish line and it looked it smarted... he may have been cut a bit. Think he's fine though.
Results from 1000m preliminaries are below the jump...
1000m prelims women - top 2 in each heat plus 4 fastest third-place finishers move on to the 1000m heats
Americans
- Kimberly Derrick 2nd in her race
- Lezleigh Jaworski 3rd in her race- will skate in the 1000m repechage on Sunday morning
- Cherise Wilkins was 3rd in her heat but qualified to move to the heats as one of 4 fastest third-place finishers
Canadians
- Amanda Overland won her heat
- Kalyna Roberge finished 2nd in hers
- Anne Maltais won her heat
1000m prelims men - top 2 in each heat plus 8 fastest third-place finishers move on to the 1000m heats
Americans
- Travis Jayner finished 2nd in his heat
- J.P. Kepka finished 3rd in his but moved onto the heats with one of the 8 fastest third-place times
- Jordan Malone won his race
Canadians
- Marc-Andre Monette 2nd in his heat
- Jeff Scholten was also 2nd in his heat
- Charles Hamelin won his heat
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December 7, 2006
Photos from Thursday training
New USA team dog! France (wife of coach Laurent 'Larry' Daignault) with their 7 month old giant schnauzer Suki. Btw, that's Larry in the background on the ice!
a pair of Canadian badasses
Lezleigh and Charles Ryan Leveille on the rollers
Cherise and Sonia make friends with Suki
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December 6, 2006
Happy 21st birthday, Lezleigh Jaworski!
She and her teammates dressed up for the occasion during their ice training this afternoon. From the reaction they got, I'm guessing it's not every day you see panties on parade at the Maurice-Richard!
Sonia, Kimberly, Sarah, Lezleigh the birthday girl, Cherise, Tina
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More photos from Wednesday training
Can-Am #1: Frank Hamelin (Charles' bro), Travis Jayner, Ryan Bedford
Cherise Wilkins and Sonia Milan
Can-Am #2: Sarah Lang, Amanda Overland, Lezleigh Jaworski, Tina Koenig
Cherise, Kimberly and Sonia
a very come-hither stretch from Cherise
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December 5, 2006
Even more photos from Saguenay
Charles Hamelin and Jeff Scholten with their 500m #2 medals
Jeff Scholten and Robert Seifert skate in their 500m #1 quarter finals
Skater takes part in opening ceremonies on Saturday at Centre Georges-Vezina
The Chinese, Korean and U.S relay teams on the medal stand
Canadian team watches medal ceremonies (l-r: Steve Robillard, Olivier Jean, Ivanie Blondin, Jessica Gregg, Amanda Overland, Marc-Andre Monette)
Steve and Olivier profess their undying love for Ahn during the men's 1000m medal ceremony
Kalyna Roberge and Marina Georgieva-Nikolova skate in their 500m #1 quarter final
Olivier Jean - 500m #1 quarter final
500m #1 quarter final: Francois-Louis Tremblay, Haonan Li, J.P. Kepka
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Jiajun Li to coach in Canada
The recently retired short track great is heading to British Columbia where he'll coach the Prince George Blizzards speedskating club while earning coaching credentials from Speed Skating Canada and studying English. In fact, he's already there, apparently having arrived in time for the Canadian Junior Nationals which his new club hosted this past weekend.
Prince George Free Press | Chinese Olympian to coach Blizzards
Opinion 250 | PG Blizzard Welcome Speed Skating Coach
and then there's the naysayer...
Opinion 250 | Skates vs Soccer: One Man's Opinion
'cause it's not a real sport if no ball is involved
[update - new link]
Prince George Free Press | New coach hits town
Li jiajun has been in Prince George for less than a week but already he likes what he sees. The four-time Olympian will be in Prince George for at least two years while he studies English and recieve his Canadian coaching credentials
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December 4, 2006
Team USA at the banquet on Sunday night
Jordan's mom brought Santa hats to the banquet and all the U.S. skaters put them on for a team photo (which proved irresistible to the Japanese girls)!
l-r: France (coach Larry's better half), J.P. Kepka, Sarah Lang, Larry Daignault, coach Chae, Kimberly Derrick, Cherise Wilkins, Ryan Bedford, Sonia Milan, Travis Jayner, Lezleigh Jaworski, trainer John, Tina Koenig - and of course, Jordan Malone in front!
Teams USA and Japan's female half
At the banquet, a phenomenal video was presented that local college students put together with highlights from the World Cup weekend in Saguenay. Each team received a DVD so I'm trying to convince someone to get it on YouTube so we can share it here!
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December 3, 2006
Relay finals - bronze for Team USA
Teams Korea and USA mugging on the relay awards podium
Men A final
1. Korea
2. China
3. USA
4. Italy
The guys worked really well together and Jordan came thisclose at the end to overtaking China for 2nd. Man, that was a great race and shows how competitive our guys are getting! Solid race, team USA!!
A tightly bunched exchange during the men's relay final
Men B final
1. Germany
2. Japan
DQ France
This is one of the more exciting 3-team B finals you could imagine. Germany had the lead when they had fall with about 27 laps to go. They busted ass to make up the huge gap that opened up with Japan and France, and with 14 to go they were back in 2nd place. After that, France and Germany traded the lead a couple of times but France made a bad pass and although they crossed the line in front, they were later disqualified for impeding.
Bronze medal winning Canadian women's relay team
ccw from bottom left: Kalyna Roberge, Amanda Overland, Anne Maltais, Jessica Gregg, Annik Plamondon, Ivanie Blondin
Ladies' A final
1. China
2. Korea
3. Canada
4. Italy
Wow, that was quite a race between China and Korea. China seems to have really come on strong this season! They led pretty much the whole race with Korea breathing down their necks. China and Korea opened up about a 1/3 of a lap over Canada and by the end about 3/4 of a lap over Italy.
Ladies' B final
1. Japan
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. USA
Early in the race, the U.S. was leading when Cherise exchanged to Tina - I don't know if it was an uneven push, but Tina literally spun around 180 degrees and then fell right after the exchange. Her fall also took out a German skater.
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1000m finals - gold for Kalyna Roberge!
women's A final
1. Kalyna Roberge (CAN) 1:33.569
2. Chun-sa Byun (KOR) - 1:33.578
3. Sun-yu Jin (KOR) -1:33.644
4. Eun-ju Jung (KOR) - 1:34.225
Women's 1000m medalists: Byun (silver), Roberge (gold), Jin (bronze)
This was a tough race for Kalyna but she looked headed for a bronze medal.... the battle for gold was between the Koreans Jin and Jung. Just a couple feet from the finish line, Jin fell on her own and slid into Jung. They both went down, leaving the race to a photo finish between Kalyna and Byun. Kalyna just got the tip of her skate blade over the line ahead of Byun's.
One of the Korean girls was pretty badly shaken up but was able to stand up and was escorted off the ice under her own power.
Men's A final - Ahn gets his win!
1. Hyun-soo Ahn (KOR)
2. Ho-suk Lee (KOR)
3. B. Kim (KOR)
DQ Nicola Rodigari (ITA)
Men's 1000m medalists: Lee (silver), Ahn (gold), Kim (bronze)
Being the lone non-Korean in this race was sort of a losing proposition, and having skated in the repechage to get this far, Rodigari had a lot of extra laps in his legs by the time he got to this final. One of the Korean skaters did appear to open the door for him and Rodigari moved into 3rd, but he made a poor pass and was dq'ed for impeding on Kim. In the final half-lap as Ahn and Lee were battling it out for the win it looked for a second like they might take each other out as they jockeyed for position.
Marc-Andre Monette was 2nd in the men's B final.
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500m #2 finals - gold and bronze for Canada!
Men's A final
1. Charles Hamelin (CAN) - 41.511 39.975 (yes, we are questioning that time!)
2. Ze Hu (CHN) - 41.599
3. Jeff Scholten (CAN) - 41.612
4. Kyung-taek Song (KOR) - 41.758
5. Junji Ito (JPN) - 41.855
Men's 500m #2 medalists: Hu (silver), Hamelin (gold), Scholten (bronze)
Charles and Jeff skated 1-2 the whole way but Hu just edged Jeff at the line by a few thousandths, it looked like... [update] So the world record wasn't in fact shattered in stunning fashion just now, although it took a long time to get official results/times. (When they flashed the results on the scoreboard here in the arena they initially showed the skaters as having gone under 40 seconds in the final.)
Women's A final
1. Meng Wang (CHN) 43.953
2. Evgenia Radanova (BUL) 44.035
3. Ji-soo Jeon (KOR) 44.162
4. Min-jung Kim (KOR) 44.204
Women's 500m #2 medalists: Radanova (silver), Wang (gold), Jeon (bronze)
This race was practically over as soon as it began! Try getting around Wang and Radanova in the 500m...
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Team USA skater results catchup - day 3
Note: Refresh the page for updates from the afternoon's World Cup session which I'm adding to what I posted from this morning's repechage round. I'm commenting on Canadians' results in the comments as I can also.
Men's 500m #2 - Repechage Final A
1. Haonan Li (CHN)
2. Jordan Malone (USA)
3. Denis Bellotti (ITA)
DQ Satoshi Sakashita (JPN)
Women's 500m #2 - Repechage Final A
1. Anne Maltais (CAN)
2. Mara Zini (ITA)
3. Katerina Novotna (CZE)
DQ Yuka Kamino (JPN)
Cyberscoreboard is up and down but you can find results on the official World Cup #3 web site.
Ryan Bedford - Ryan was disqualified in his 1000m repechage heats this morning.
Kimberly Derrick - Kimberly skated her way through the 1000m repechage rounds to the A final, where she finished 4th. [update] Kimberly finished 3rd in a fast-paced 1000m quarter final behind Kalyna Roberge and Mile Zhu, so she won't move on to the semis.
Sarah Lang and Kimberly Derrick compete in the 1000m repechage A final
Alex Izykowski - Skating in this afternoon's World Cup round of the 1000m. [update] In his 1000m quarter, Alex wasn't really able to get anything going and it was the Lee-Li show with Korea and China getting the top 2 spots.
Lezleigh Jaworski - Will skate in today's World Cup round of 500m #2. [update] Lezleigh made it into the 500m semi finals after two skaters in front of her fell in the quarter final race during the final lap. In her 500m semi, both Lezleigh and the German skater Susanne Rudolph spun out approaching the first turn and the race was restarted. Lezleigh then finished 6th in her semi.
Travis Jayner - Joins Izy in the World Cup 1000m this afternoon. [update] Man, there was a ton of passing in Travis's 1000m quarter final. Travis crossed the line in 2nd but unfortunately was disqualified for impeding on the Netherlands. Crud!
J.P. Kepka - Skating in this afternoon's World Cup round of 500m #2. [update] A bit of a disaster for J.P.- he was dq'ed in his quarter final for skating inside the blocks. He had been in 2nd behind China's Ze Hu and was trying to take the lead with an inside pass on the straightaway. J.P. misjudged his room though and skated inside the blocks. Star announcer Dany Lemay gave him some well-deserved props for sacrificing his chances in order to avoid the contact that would have otherwise resulted from the failed pass.
Sarah Lang - Sarah also skated in the 1000m repechage this morning and placed 3rd in the A final.
Charles Ryan Leveille - He hit a block and fell in his 500m #2 repechage heat this morning so did not move on.
Jordan Malone - Jordan coasted through the repechage rounds of the 500m #2 this morning till running into difficulty into the A final due to interference by a Japanese skater, who was subsequently disqualified. This moved him up to 2nd in the A final, which qualifies Jordan to move on to the World Cup rounds of the 500m #2 later today. [update:] Jordan was in 3rd in his quarter final and looking to try to set up a pass heading into the final lap when he lost his edge and crashed. Earlier in the race, German Robert Seifert had been leading and also crashed, foot-first and head-first in the pads. He's being taken off the ice in a stretcher so let's hope he's not too badly hurt.
Repechage 500m A final - Sakashita's impeding pass on Jordan Malone, with Haonan Li leading
Sonia Milan - Sonia was the 3rd American skating in the ladies' 1000m repechage. She was eliminated after finished 4th in her quarter final.
Cherise Wilkins - Cherise competed in this morning's repechage rounds of 500m #2 where she finished 2nd in the B final.
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