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December 1, 2007
Double-bronze for Team USA in Torino - 1000m finals
Jordan Malone and Katherine Reutter both reached the podium today at World Cup #4, bringing home 1000m bronze against some crazy-tough fields. This weekend is lining up to be another strong outing for our American skaters. Go USA!!! Continue below to find out how the team fared earlier today in the 1500m #1...
1000m A final results - men
1. SONG Kyung-Taek (KOR) 1:27.396
2. AHN Hyun-Soo (KOR) 1:27.469
3. MALONE Jordan (USA) 1:27.729
DQ LEE Ho-Suk (KOR) DQ
1000m B final results - men
1. TREMBLAY Francois-Louis (CAN) 1:31.645
2. SUI Bao Ku (CHN) 1:31.841
3. TERAO Satoru (JPN) 1:31.861
4. FUJIMOTO Takahiro (JPN) 1:32.195
1000m A final results - ladies
1. YANG Shin-Young (KOR) 1:33.764
2. JIN Sun-Yu (KOR) 1:33.865
3. REUTTER Katherine (USA) 1:34.008
4. WANG Meng (CHN) 2:16.384
1000m B final results - ladies
1. ZHOU Yang (CHN) 1:34.984
2. JUNG Eun-Ju (KOR) 1:35.239
3. RADANOVA Evgenia (BUL) 1:35.290
4. SAKURAI Biba (JPN) 1:35.768
... but mixed results in the relay semis. The U.S. ladies skated great and won their semi to advance to tomorrow's A final against Italy, Korea and China. Way to go, ladies! The guys, on the other hand, can't seem to stay on their feet. They should have won their semi, and were well-positioned to do so, but an apparent fall with about 23 laps to go took them out of contention. That's two weekends in a row of rotten luck for the guys! Better luck in World Cups #5 and 6, let's hope!
5000m relay semifinals results
1. ITALY 7:00.813
2. RUSSIA 7:02.682
3. GERMANY 7:06.589
4. UNITED STATES 7:09.050
3000m relay semifinals results
1. UNITED STATES 4:18.419
2. ITALY 4:19.103
3. CANADA 4:24.097
4. BULGARIA 4:24.271
Posted by noelle at 2:29 PM | Comments (9)
Results from World Cup #4 in Torino (day 2) - 1500m #1 finals
1500m #1 A final results - men
1. SUNG Si-Bak (KOR) 2:17.502
2. HAMELIN Charles (CAN) 2:17.811
3. CONFORTOLA Yuri (ITA) 2:17.939
4. GYSEL Pieter (BEL) 2:18.073
5. BEDFORD Ryan (USA) 2:18.352
6. KWAK Yoon-Gy (KOR) 2:19.119
7. LI Ye (CHN) 2:24.657
DQ LEE Seung-Hoon (KOR) DQ
1500m #1 B final results - men
1. SIMON Jeff (USA) 2:37.175
2. CARTA Fabio (ITA) 2:37.198
3. KURGINYAN Vyacheslav (RUS) 2:37.886
4. PULEC Andre (AUT) 2:38.082
Way to go, Ryan and Jeff! It's such a thrill to see Americans skating regularly in all the finals. Nice job by Charles and Yuri getting onto the podium and preventing a Korean sweep.
1500m #1 A final results - ladies
1. SHIN Sae-Bom (KOR) 2:25.420
2. ROBERGE Kalyna (CAN) 2:25.551
3. PARK Seung-Hi (KOR) 2:25.612
4. KYE Min-Jung (KOR) 2:25.650
5. NOVOTNA Katerina (CZE) 2:26.394
6. FU Tian Yu (CHN) 2:26.560
Yeah, Kalyna! Way to go!!
1500m #1 B final results - ladies
1. DERRICK Kimberly USA 2:25.795
2. CAPURSO Marta (ITA) 2:26.029
3. KAMINO Yuka (JPN) 2:26.393
4. HEIDUM Bernadett (HUN) 2:26.737
5. ZOUTENDIJK Anouk (NED) 2:35.115
6. MAFFEI Cecilia (ITA) 2:44.633
Nice job, Kimberly - congratulations!!
Posted by noelle at 2:25 PM | Comments (2)
November 27, 2007
Final update from Heerenveen: Men's relay final
Thanks again to Beth and Phil Bedford for all the great updates and photos from World Cup 3 over the weekend!
Men's 5000m relay - A final results
1. KOREA 6:59.774
2. CHINA 6:59.916
3. JAPAN 7:05.774
4. GERMANY 7:06.965
5. UNITED STATES 7:15.060
The relay started off smooth, with all 5 teams together. Korea then took the lead and the field started to spread. The US was with China and then we fells. We were 1/2 lap behind the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and then Korea then fell. China took the lead and Korea began to chase them down for first place, which happened with 2 laps to go. In the meantime, another team fell and the US\ passed the other team, so we were sitting in 3rd with about 6 laps to go. The US then fell again, and wounds up finishing 5th.
Posted by noelle at 1:13 PM | Comments (24)
November 25, 2007
Day 3 in Heerenveen - 1000m finals
1000m A final - men
1. AHN Hyun-Soo (KOR) 1:24.385
2. LEE Ho-Suk (KOR) 1:24.505
3. HAMELIN Charles (CAN) 1:26.652
4. SONG Kyung-Taek (KOR) 2:13.872
Charles Hamelin
Charles Hamelin has his work cut out for him in preventing a Korean sweep of the medals in the men's 1000m A final Sunday in Heerenveen
1000m B final - men
Yeah - so great to see 2 Americans in the B final! Congrats to Jordan and Travis!
1. MALONE Jordan (USA) 1:30.605
2. RODIGARI Nicola (ITA) 1:30.753
3. SUI Bao Ku (CHN) 1:30.899
4. JAYNER Travis (USA) 1:31.702
Jordan Malone and Travis Jayner skating in the men's 1000m B final Sunday in Heerenveen
1000m A final - ladies
1. JIN Sun-Yu (KOR) 1:30.339
2. WANG Meng (CHN) 1:30.760
3. ZHOU Yang (CHN) 1:30.826
4. YANG Shin-Young (KOR) 1:30.880
5. MENG Xiaoxue (CHN) 1:46.407
Sun-yu Jin, Meng Wang and Yang Zhou battle it out in the women's 1000m A final Sunday in Heerenveen
1000m B final - ladies
1. OVERLAND Amanda (CAN) 1:34.004
2. DERRICK Kimberly (USA) 1:34.224
3. KLEIN Aika (GER) 1:35.430
Way to go, Kimberly and Amanda!!
Kimberly Derrick and Amanda Overland skate in the 1000m B final Sunday in Heerenveen
Posted by noelle at 2:57 PM | Comments (19)
Day 3 in Heerenveen - 500m #2 finals
500m #2 A final - men
Way to go, Jeff Simon, who came thisclose to winning a medal today - better luck next time! It's so exciting to see American skaters regularly making it to the A finals now.
1. SUNG Si-Bak (KOR) 41.974
2. TREMBLAY Francois-Louis (CAN) 42.039
3. KWAK Yoon-Gy (KOR) 42.101
4. SIMON Jeff (USA) 42.146
Jeff skates in the men's 500m A final #2 Sunday in Heerenveen
How other Americans fared: J.P. Kepka finished 4th in the repechage A final. He was advanced to the quarterfinals due to the disqualification of a British skater in that race. J.P. was subsequently disqualified himself in his quarterfinal race. Ryan Bedford was eliminated earlier on after finishing 4th in his repechage quarterfinal race.
500m #2 A final - ladies
1. LIU Qiuhong (CHN) 44.465
2. ZHAO Nannan (CHN) 44.506
3. FU Tian Yu (CHN) 44.558
4. FONTANA Arianna (ITA) 48.578
How the Americans fared: Katherine Reutter was eliminated after finishing 4th in her quarterfinal. Lana Gehring and Cherise Wilkins were eliminated in the repechage rounds.
Posted by noelle at 2:39 PM | Comments (1)