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March 9, 2008
Videos from 2008 Worlds
Thanks to lick10 for posting these up on YouTube. Lots more available here!
Men's 3000m superfinal
Men's 500m A final
Men's 1500m A final
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Champion!
American Apolo Anton Ohno reacts on the winner's podium after the 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, March 9, 2008. Ohno on Sunday grabbed the silver medal in the 1,000-meter race and the bronze in the 3,000 meters, becoming the overall individual champion in this year's competition. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Congratulations, Apolo Ohno - World Short Track Champion!!
I can't believe how late to the party I am. Yesterday about 4PM during a freak windstorm I watched three electrical transformers explode within a 5-minute span, and we were without power for the next 17+ hours. Could the timing have possibly been worse?! So it's really exciting to get online and see this awesome news! Congratulations Apolo on your long-deserved world title! We've known your time was coming, and it's made even sweeter by another legendary comeback from adversity on day 1, and by being the best Worlds in memory for Team USA as a whole. Is it 2010 yet!?
Men's overall - 3 Americans in the top 8 - unprecedented!
1. OHNO Apolo Anton USA 68 points
2. LEE Ho-Suk KOR 63 pts
3. SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 62
4. LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 42
5. LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 34
6. HAMELIN Charles CAN 34
7. SIMON Jeff USA 11
8. ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 6
9. MONETTE Marc-Andre CAN
10. RODIGARI Nicola ITA
Charles Ryan Leveille has been hovering on the edge of a breakthrough in short track for a couple of seasons now, and it looks like that crazy bandana was his magic bullet. Fifth overall! And we all salue you Jeff Simon for not letting a pesky thing like a broken collarbone hold you back.
Women's overall
1. WANG Meng CHN 107
2. ZHOU Yang CHN 76
3. YANG Shin-Young KOR 37
4. ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 33
5. LIU Qiuhong CHN 27
6. JUNG Eun-Ju KOR 23
7. REUTTER Katherine USA 21
8. BOUVIER Stephanie FRA
9. RADANOVA Evgenia BUL
10. FONTANA Arianna ITA
12. BAVER Allison USA
All I can say is, way to go, Katherine Reutter! What a year you've had - Allison Baver too, congrats on your strong comeback. I guess these ladies have assured the U.S. of entering 3 women in the individual distances at next year's Worlds to go with the men's 3. And I think everyone knew this would finally be Meng Wang's turn to climb to the top of the podium.
Press roundup - to be updated as more comes in (results would have come in too late for U.S. newspaper deadlines)
Man, I just LOVE this headline (Apolo, you are such a class act!):
Yonhap News | Ohno turns crowd around with performance, affectionate comments
Korea Times | Lee Ho-suk Wins 1,000-Meter Short-Track Event
Korea.net | Korea dominates final day of the world short track championships
Canadian Press | Canada finishes short track worlds with more medals
WCSN.com | Ohno collects first overall world title
WCSN.com | Baver: "I was afraid that my career was over."
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2008 Worlds day 3 - Best of the rest of the races
Men's 3000m super final
1. LEE Seung-Hoon KOR 4:53.620
2. LEVEILLE Charles Ryan USA 4:54.732
3. OHNO Apolo Anton USA 5:00.838
4. LEE Ho-Suk KOR 5:00.939
5. HAMELIN Charles CAN 5:01.867
6. SIMON Jeff USA 5:03.634
7. SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 5:04.307
8. ZHANG Zhiqiang CHN 5:13.181
Apolo hugs Jimmy Jang, knowing he's sewn up the world title! And just look at this photo - a hall of fame of U.S. coaches past and present.
Apolo Anton Ohno hugs his coach after the men's 3,000m super final at the ISU World Short Track Speedskating Championships in Gangneung March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)
God how I'd have loved to see this race, just for the spectacle of seeing 3 USA skinsuits mixing it up.
American Apolo Anton Ohno skates with his competitors during the men's 3,000-meter super final at the 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, March 9. 2008. Ohno on Sunday grabbed the silver medal in the 1,000-meter race and the bronze in the 3,000 meters, becoming the overall individual champion in this year's competition. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Women's 3000m super final
1. ZHOU Yang CHN 5:46.063
2. JUNG Eun-Ju KOR 5:46.465
3. REUTTER Katherine USA 5:46.518
4. YANG Shin-Young KOR 5:46.719
5. WANG Meng CHN 5:47.106
6. LIU Qiuhong CHN 5:53.138
7. ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 6:57.248
Men's 1000m final
1. LEE Ho-Suk KOR 1:26.462
2. OHNO Apolo Anton USA 1:26.528
3. SONG Kyung-Taek KOR 1:26.615
4. HAMELIN Charles CAN 1:26.833
Jeff Simon was eliminated in his semifinal and Charles Ryan Leveille must have had a fall as he finished behind the pack in his 1000m heat.
Women's 1000m final
1. WANG Meng CHN 1:32.527
2. ZHOU Yang CHN 1:32.595
3. ROBERGE Kalyna CAN 1:32.636
4. YANG Shin-Young KOR 1:32.666
Allison Baver and Katherine Reutter were both eliminated in the quarter finals (Reutter DQ'ed).
China's Zhou Yang, Katherine Reutter of the United States and Canada's Tania Vicent compete during the women's 1,000m quarter-final at the ISU World Short Track Speedskating Championships in Gangneung March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)
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