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March 8, 2008
2008 World Championships Day 2 - Apolo wins 500m gold!
Man, these were awesome results to wake up to!
Watch video of the men's 500m final from Korean TV. The commentators got really into it. Thanks to Starangel for the link!
Men's 500m final
1. OHNO Apolo Anton USA 42.568
2. HAMELIN Charles CAN 42.625
3. SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 42.632
4. SIMON Jeff USA 42.906
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
What a great way to bounce back from adversity on day 1 - classic Ohno style! Great to see 2 Americans in the final yet again - looked like Jeff never had a chance to recover from a rocky start. Charles Ryan Leveille in the quarter finals.
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Women's 500m final
1. WANG Meng CHN 43.888
2. LIU Qiuhong CHN 43.973
3. ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 44.018
4. ZHOU Yang CHN 45.324
REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
Katherine Reutter was eliminated in the semis; Allison Baver in the heats. Canada, it's great to see you up on the men's and women's podium too!
The U.S. men finished second in their relay semifinal behind Korea to qualify for tomorrow's final, where they'll face Korea again, as well as Canada and Russia.
Some media coverage:
WCSN.com | Ohno skates with newfound passion for sport
Yonhap News| Ohno grabs gold in 500-meter short track speed skating
AP | Apolo Ohno bounces back from disqualification to take 500 meters gold
AFP | Ohno, Wang take 500m gold at World Short Track Speed Skating Championship
CBC Sports | Canadians Hamelin, Roberge win short-track medals
Posted by noelle at 9:51 AM | Comments (24)
March 7, 2008
2008 World Championships Day 1
This is a strange short track Worlds this year, without 5-time men's champ Hyun-soo Ahn and 3-times women's champ Sun-yu Jin around to defend their crowns (on their home ice no less - best wishes to them both for a complete recovery).
Men's 1500m final
1. SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 2:18.916
2. LEE Ho-Suk KOR 2:18.971
3. LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 2:19.066
4. LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 2:19.127
5. ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 2:19.561
6. MONETTE Marc-Andre CAN 2:19.952
DQ OHNO Apolo Anton USA
Jeff Simon, back from the broken collarbone he sustained a month ago at World Cup 6, was disqualified in his semi.
Women's 1500m final
1. WANG Meng CHN 2:22.819
2. YANG Shin-Young KOR 2:22.904
3. ZHOU Yang CHN 2:23.191
4. REUTTER Katherine USA 2:23212
5 . ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 2:23.960
6. LIU Qiuhong CHN 2:25.928
7. JUNG Eun-Ju KOR 2:33.236
Allison Baver was eliminated in the semis.
The U.S. women were third behind China and Canada in their relay semi and did not qualify to move on to Sunday's final. The men will face Japan, Korea and Italy in their relay semi tomorrow.
Some news:
Loads of photos via Yahoo News This is one of the weirder short track photos I've seen in a while:
South Korea's Song Kyung-taek (L) celebrates his victory as Apolo Anton Ohno (R) of the United States looks at him in the men's 1500m finals at the ISU World Short Track Speedskating Championships in Gangneung March 7, 2008 REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
Can someone please explain what the bandit-on-skates look is all about?
Korea Times | Song Takes 1500M Gold, Ohno Disqualified
AP-Yonhap via Korea Times
So Leveille is actually racing with that thing over his face? How can he breathe?!
TSN.ca | China, Korea dominate short track finals
Canadian Press | Song Kyung-taek takes World Short Track 1,500 gold, Ohno disqualified
Posted by noelle at 6:24 PM | Comments (16)
March 3, 2008
Korean coverage of World Championships
Korea Times | Sung, Ohno Highlights Short Track Worlds
And training photos from the Korean media, with many thanks to Ki Seop for sending them!
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