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December 13, 2003
Need a Short Track Fix? Here's Video from Calgary
This clip is from Apolo's 1000m semifinal at World Cup #1 in Calgary. The skaters involved are AAO, Monette, Seung-Jae Lee (KOR), and Jean-Charles Mattei (FRA). Download it here. Thanks again to Sonia and Maggie for making this clip possible! in Calgary Sunday Update (12/14/03): "The U.S. men's team of [Casey] FitzRandolph, [Kip] Carpenter and Nick Pearson won the 1500-meter relay demonstration race, while the U.S. ladies' squad of [Julie] Glass, Becky Lang and Sarah Elliott finished third." via US Speedskating Debut of LT Relay KEARNS, Utah -- If you thought those short-track speedskating relays were wild, you might want to check out the world's first World Cup long-track relay this evening at the Utah Olympic Oval. The demonstration event is so new that organizers were still working out race details this week, including the number of skaters who would compete on a team. To reduce congestion, it was decided that only three teams with three skaters each will be allowed on the track for each heat of the 1,500-meter event. Relay Event Debuts Tonight What a hoot! And only 1500 meters? Surely that's a misprint... Posted by noelle | 09:43 AM | Comments [0]December 12, 2003 Thanks to April for passing along this update of the latest Zoutou tally. Way to go, everyone!
December 11, 2003 Event Web Sites & Planning Groups (1) World Cup #5 (Mlada Boleslav, CZE), 6-8 Feb 2004 (2) World Cup #6 (Bormio, ITA), 12-14 Feb 2004* (3) U.S. National Short Track Championships+ (Cleveland, OH) (4) World Short Track Championships (Gothenburg, SWE) December 09, 2003 Apolo names his Top 3 Sexiest Women (May 2003)
You know you wanna see this one. Go download it! brought to you once more by Janet, Maggie and Sonia Posted by noelle | 08:53 PM | Comments [0]December 08, 2003 Another shot from the Beijing World Cup
Larger size and more photos from Beijing available at Another shot of the 3000 from Beijing December 07, 2003 Apolo on KING5 (May 2003)
This is clip of Apolo's interview with Seattle's KING5 TV when he was home last May for the opening of the Bremerton Ice Arena. Video courtesy Janet and Sonia; hosting courtesy of Maggie. Posted by noelle | 09:04 PM | Comments [0]This from USS fills in the gaps from the concluding day of the Beijing World Cup: Ohno Shatters U.S. Record in 3000-Meters, Places 4th Overall at World Cup Competition The 3000-meter men's final also saw the world record crushed by more than five seconds as Hyun-Soo Ahn of Korea led a Korean sweep of the event with a winning time of 4:32.646. "All three Korean skaters took the lead off the start and just hammered the whole race," said U.S. Coach Scott Koons. "Ohno made a pass with two laps to go but Kim was able to get him at the line." In the men's 1000-meters on Sunday, Ohno was eliminated in his semifinal race and placed sixth overall. Facing Ahn, Suk-woo Song and Canadian Jeff Scholten in his semifinal heat, Ohno was the aggressor in the race, leading the field until one lap remained when he was passed by the two Korean skaters and finished third. "I was happy with Apolo's racing today," said U.S. Coach Tony Goskowicz. "He tried leading the entire way against the best skaters in the world. He showed a lot of heart in that semi." Ahn of Korea fell midway through the [men's 5000m relay final], leaving the U.S., China and Canada to duke it out. But then Mike Kooreman fell in the same corner as Ahn a few laps later, leaving the American team behind for good. "The guys were looking great in the first couple of exchanges," Koons said. "I think when Ahn fell he created a big rut with his skates and Mike got stuck in it and fell." Posted by noelle | 03:50 PM | Comments [0]Battling it out in yesterday's 3000 in Beijing World Cup #4 Day 3: 1000, 3000 and Relay Finals 1000: The ladies faced stiff competition from the get-go in their 1000 heats. Maria Garcia skated a strong race but ultimately failed to advance, while Caroline Hallisey and Allison Baver both made it to the quarterfinals where they found themselves in killer heats. Neither skater advanced to the semis. The 1000 final was won by Korean Byun Chun-sa, with teammate Choi Eun-kyung in 2nd and Wang Meng (CHN) 3rd. Rusty Smith's tradition of bad luck draws continued with a tough 1000 heat. Unfortunately, he was just edged out for 2nd place and qualifying position by Eric Bedard (CAN). J.P. Kepka met a similar fate in his heat, leaving Apolo as the only American on the men's side to continue to the quarterfinals, where he once more faced down Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) to finish first. The semifinal may as well have been a final, with Apolo, Ahn, Song Suk-woo (KOR) and Jeff Scholten (CAN) all vying for the top 2 spots. This is where Live CSB croaked, so all we know is that Apolo finished 3rd on the wrong side of the Korean wall, and thus didn't advance to the 1000 final. The usual suspects (3 Koreans, 2 Canadians) made up the final, with Koreans Kim Hyun-kon and Ahn taking 1st and 2nd respectively, and Eric Bedard finishing third. Jonathan Guilmette (CAN) was 4th, once again just missing a spot on the podium, while Korean Song Suk-woo was DQ'ed. 3000: The same lineup of ladies who took medals in the 1000 also won the 3000m, but this time Choi took 1st, with teammate Byun 2nd, and China's Wang Meng 3rd. Those whose Live Cyberscoreboards were functioning reported that Apolo was in 3rd or 4th place throughout most of the 3000, but ultimately the impregnable Korean wall prevailed, as Ahn, Song, and Kim took the top 3 spots, with Apolo finishing a very solid 4th. The 3 Canucks in the race (Guilmette, Bedard and Scholten) finished 5th, 6th, 7th respectively, and Japan's Takafumi Nishitani brought up the rear. Relays: I don't really know what happened with the ladies due to technical problems, but Korea took gold, China silver, and the Canadian squad won bronze. The men's relay final was an exciting contest, with the U.S. men in great medal position for much of the race, seemingly poised for bronze, and possibly silver. When the Korean squad was reported to be in 4th place, there wasn't a wet eye in the house. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter the Americans appeared to suffer a fall with 14 laps to go and did not regain their medal position. Hometown favorites China got gold, Canada silver, and Korea bronze. Overall classification for World Cup #4: Ladies (with points) Men (with points) Overall classification after 4 World Cups (with points) More info: |
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