INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
NO 38 MAY 2009
INSIDE • ISU NEWS • SEASON REVIEW • RESULTS
ISU COUNCIL After a busy schedule in the ice skating season, I have at last found the time to look at other sports and my attention fell on a recent world record set by a French champion in the 100m men freestyle swimming.
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As a sportsman I immediately felt admiration for such a performance, but at the same time I realized that other great names in that sport are going step by step in the lower part of the world standing. One might object that this is the highest principle in sport, as the famous motto “citius, altius, fortius” summarizes. But I could not forget that I am the President of the International Skating Union, where the same situation is related to a sport discipline, Speed Skating, in which stop watch, electronic photocells and photo finish have treated the speed skaters in the same way as it is with the above mentioned reference to swimming. On the one hand this precision in the determination of the time performed is linked to the contribution that advanced technology brings to our sports, without of course forgetting that an integral part of progress must also be attributed to training system, nutrition, new techniques and probably the result of specific sport activity to select the best athletes. In a few words, we have to honour the improvements which are strongly linked to progress. If I am now allowed to focus a bit more on water below zero, of course we have Speed Skating which is in the category of the sport I spoke of in the first part of this message, but our international federation also governs sport disciplines where subjectivity is still playing a decisive role. Although we are dedicated to using what the progress can provide, that means video replay system, computers and other tools that can help, a person, the judge, is still responsible to determine the size of the performance of the competitor. There is however an advantage in this area. Contrary to what happens using times that indeed are considered giving the absolute level of the performance, the results in Figure Skating, even though today remarkably more consistent and suitable to permit to understand the standard of skating, cannot be accepted as an absolute response, as would be the case with a timing measurement, since the marks in any case contain a certain part of subjectivity. I mentioned that due to this evident difference in the determination of the result, in Figure Skating the champions of the past are not ranked down in the list. It is true that we could, using tapes, make a comparison of performances by different champions from different periods. But this is something the ISU is unwilling to do, in order to continue honouring all those having formed the history of ISU Figure Skating. If subjectivity exists, not only in sport but in other activities of mankind, subjectivity is to be accepted. Of course in sport, since we are acting in this area, it is wise that new proper procedures and verified advanced technology are adopted. An international federation can count on experts and their availability to serve; also the advice of consultants is given the highest consideration, but at the end of the day an international federation has to follow what is considered to be the most suitable way to proceed, understanding that somebody might have different opinions but if ideas and points of view are not adequately supported by acceptable evidence, then an international federation has to remain with what the debate and the evaluation among experts has produced. Ottavio Cinquanta President, International Skating Union
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The ISU Council met in Los Angeles on March 28-30, 2009. At this meeting the ISU Council approved a test of new competition formats for Ice Dance which will be held in Milan/ Italy, on May 15-16, 2009. The ISU Council also decided that the possibility of a new shape of the track for Short Track Speed Skating could be evaluated and has mandated the ISU Sports Directorate and Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee to work out a specific proposal and organize a test event to be held in Salt Lake City/USA on May 14-17, 2009. More information and additional decisions can be found in ISU Communication 1561 – Decisions of the ISU Council. The next Council meeting will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 3-6, 2009.
ISU SPORTS DIRECTORATE Two significant seminars for Novices/Juniors in Pair Skating and in Ice Dance brought the pre-Olympic season to a close. 5 highly qualified international coaches/moderators worked with participants from more than 13 different Members within the framework of the seminar in an effort to further develop these disciplines nationally and internationally. April also saw the inauguration the World Team Trophy in Figure Skating which generated high public interest/media ratings and something of a «new» spirit among the participating teams, tiding well for this form of Figure Skating event in the future. In Speed Skating the Sports Directorate reported that the first edition of the Junior World Cup series has been a resounding success. A Mass Start demonstration event was also successfully held in February in collaboration with the KNSB. Both marathon and world cup skaters took part, skating over 25 laps. The event presented an exciting tactical race to 6000 spectators. In Short Track evaluation of a new track shape mid May remains a priority for the period.
ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Single & Pair Skating The Technical Committee met in March to evaluate Referee and Technical Controller reports for the 2008-2009 season as well as to prepare for the Olympic year. ISU Communication 1557 outlines Single and Pair Skating updates, there were some changes in Levels and GOE Charts for 2009-2010, although following many requests of skaters and coaches there were only minor changes in the requirements. Committee members have
ISU NEWS served as Referees and Technical Controllers at various ISU Events (Four Continents, Junior World and World Championships and World Team Trophy) and acted as Moderators in two Judges Seminars. The Committee meets next in Italy in May to prepare various Lists of Officials for the season 2009-2010 and to discuss possible changes to the ISU Regulations for presentation to the ISU Congress 2010.
Ice Dance The Committee is planning to evaluate new Ice Dance formats at a test event mid-May in Milan, Italy, in line with resolutions passed at the 2008 Congress. The Technical Committee also successfully held its annual meeting with 53 Coaches and Skaters, as well as Officials and Media representatives in March. A 12-day ISU Development Seminar for Novice Dance has been conducted in Oberstdorf (GER). It is hoped that such initiatives will increase dance participation particularly among developing federations. ISU Communication 1567 for the 2009/2010 season has been published. Changes have been kept to a minimum although the number of elements in the Original Dance and Free Dance has been reviewed and the guidelines enable coaches and skaters to present more original choreography in their programs. The Committee is currently now preparing a Judges’ Seminar which will be held in Buda-
pest, Hungary, 26-30 August at the same time as the Junior Grand Prix competition.
Synchronized Skating This year’s Synchronized Skating ISU Judges’ Examination was held during the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Zagreb Croatia in April. Two Judges, from Finland and New Zealand took the examination, both of whom successfully passed. A record number of 10 trial judges also attended this Championship event, coming from CRO, CZE, FRA, NED and RUS. This season has also seen work continue in the area of development with a Development Seminar taking place in Cape Town (RSA) in April. The camp moderated by Cathy Dalton and Susan Petts from Canada, and Christopher Buchanan from Great Britain covered Team Training, Coach Education and Judges Education. The Synchronized Skating Technical Committee will have its first meeting of the new season on May 15th 2009.
Speed Skating The Speed Skating Committee met on the occasion of the World Single Distances at the new Richmond Olympic Oval in Canada. The Championships constituted the main speed skating test event ahead of the OWG 2010. Various technical and venue operation functions were reviewed and the Committee reported very positively on the state of overall preparations. The details will be followed
up by ISU Technical Delegates and VANOC. The annual season evaluation meeting with coaches was held in March and addressed the use of the 2008 Technical Rules and protection measures at ISU Events, as well as key principles and details of the new Qualification system for the OWG 2010.(For more details and the World Cup schedule 2009-10 see www.isu.org). At Junior level the new World Junior Championships format and new ISU Junior World Cup series were successfully inaugurated.
Short Track The Committee is currently working on looking at different ways to improve the sport in terms of safety and race strategy. A test event in Salt Lake City in May will use a newly designed track and will be the basis for discussions moving towards the next Congress. The growth of Short Track, due to the new World Cup format, and the exciting nature of the sport, is leading to challenges which will be addressed this year by the ISU. The Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee is hosting a Referee’s seminar this summer to increase the level and knowledge of the Referee’s. At this meeting, the Speed Skating Technical Committee will also gather. It will be the first time the two Technical Committees convene together outside of a Congress, a cooperation which can be expected to generate many synergies.
WORLD FIGURE SKATING HALL OF FAME The ISU congratulates ISU Honorary Member Joyce Hisey (CAN) for her induction into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in the category of outstanding contributors making a significant impact on the sport in a nonskating role.
MR. JÜRG CHRISTIAN WILHELM Mr. Jürg Christian Wilhelm died in Geneva, Switzerland on March 24rd, 2009 at the age of 78. At the time of his passing he was ISU Honorary Member, a role to which he was elected in 1998. He began his distinguished career as an athlete and went on to officiate as an ISU Judge then ISU Referee. He served as a Figure Skating Technical Committee member from 1984 to 1992 and was elected as a Council Member in 1992, a position which he held for six years. Mr. Wilhelm played an important role in skating internationally and in his home country, Switzerland. The ISU pays tribute to Jürg Christian Wilhelm’s devoted service to the ISU and asks Members to remember him with affection.
Anti-doping outreach post in Vancouver (CAN) this season - organized in cooperation with ISU, VANOC and WADA
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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS The European Championships in Helsinki (FIN) January 20-25 marked the 102nd edition of the event. The European Championships returned to Helsinki for the third time after 1977 and 1993. Three of the reigning Champions in the four disciplines had come back to defend their titles, but only pair skaters Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy did so successfully. Laura Lepistö (FIN) became the first Finnish figure skater in history to claim a singles title when she won the Ladies event with 167.32 points. She edged out two-time and defending Champion Carolina Kostner (ITA), who scored 165.72 points. The bronze medal went to another Finnish skater, to Susanna Pöykiö. Newcomer Alena Leonova (RUS) placed fourth in her debut at the European Championships and 2007 European bronze medallist Kiira Korpi (FIN) completed a strong showing for the Finnish Ladies coming in fifth like last year.
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Aliona Savchenko/ Robin Szolkowy (GER) claimed their third consecutive title with Russia’s Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov and Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov finishing second and third. The Germans earned 199.07 points. The two Russian teams were separated by just 0.70 points at 182.77 and 182.07 points. Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov (UKR) were fourth ahead of Lubov Iliushechkina/ Nodari Maisuradze (RUS). Brian Joubert (FRA) continued his impressive record at the European Championships. He competes in the event since 2002 and has medalled each time, this year he took his third European title at 232.01 points. Samuel Contesti (ITA) made history by winning the first medal for an Italian man at European Championships in 55 years with the silver. Carlo Fassi had won the gold in 1954. Kevin van der Perren (BEL) returned to the podium and earned his second bronze medal after 2007. Yannick Ponsero (FRA) won the Free Skating and moved up from 9th to 4th and with Alban Préaubert a third Frenchman made the top five. Laura Lepistö (FIN)
In the Ice Dance competition, Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski (RUS) danced to
FIGURE SKATING their first European title. Federica Faiella/ Massimo Scali (ITA) claimed the silver medal and the bronze went to Sinead Kerr/John Kerr (GBR). For both couples it was their first medal at the European Championships, and Kerr/Kerr won the first medal at an ISU Championships for Great Britain in 15 years. Nathalie Pechalat/ Fabian Bourzat (FRA) were ranked fourth ahead of Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA).
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FOUR CONTINENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS The 11th edition of the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships took place in Vancouver (CAN) from February 4 to 8 in the Pacific Coliseum, the venue for the figure skating competition at the Olympic Winter Games 2010. Yu-Na Kim (KOR) skated off with the gold medal with 189.07 points, beating Joannie Rochette (CAN) who scored 183.91 points and 2008 World Champion Mao Asada (JPN) who had 176.52 points. Patrick Chan (CAN) earned his first ISU Championships title and established a new personal best of 249.19 points, the highest score any man achieved this season. Evan Lysacek (USA) claimed his fifth Four Continents medal, the silver this time, with 237.15 points. Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) clinched the bronze, edging out compatriot Nobunari Oda by just 1.50 points. Jeremy Abbott (USA) was fifth like last year. Meryl Davis/ Charlie White (USA) claimed victory in the dance event with 192.39 points and overtook 2008 World silver medallists Tessa Virtue/ Scott Moir (CAN), who accumulated 191.81 points. It was the first ISU Championships title for Davis/White. Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates (USA) won the bronze medal in their debut at ISU senior level Championships. Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier (CAN) and Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) came in fourth and fifth. Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN) defended their Four Continents title clearly with 194.94 points ahead of Jessica DubĂŠ/Bryce Davison (CAN) and teammates Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang (CHN) in the Pairs event. Meagan Duhmael/Craig Buntin (CAN) were ranked fourth ahead of Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker (USA).
Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin (RUS)
her Free Skating last year citing injury, celebrated a comeback with the bronze medal. Defending Champion Asada nailed a triple Axel-double toeloop combination but missed another triple Axel to come in fourth this time. Rachael Flatt (USA) finished fifth in her debut at World Championships. Lysacek won the first Men’s World title for the USA in 13 years in front of an enthusiastic home town crowd with flawless performances and a personal best score of 242.23. Chan capped off a successful season by earning the silver medal with 237.58 points. Joubert settled for the bronze, which was his fifth medal at the World Championships. Tomas Verner (CZE) was ranked fourth followed by Contesti.
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Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS) who were forced to withdraw from the European Championships after the Compulsory Dance as he hurt his knee, came back strong to claim the gold which was also their first medal at the World Championships. Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto (USA) danced to the silver medal, their fourth medal at the World level. Virtue/Moir clinched the bronze medal, edging out Davis/White by just 0.04 points. The Americans were ranked third in the Free Dance. Pechalat/Bourzat cracked the top five at the World Championships for the first time in their career.
ISU WORLD STANDING BONUS Patrick Chan (CAN)
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 99th edition of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships was a big success with a new record number of 214 skaters from 52 ISU Members participating. More than 81.200 spectators followed the highlevel competition on March 24-29 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles hosted the World Championships for the first time. The twelve medals went to eight different ISU Members. Savchenko/Szolkowy repeated as World Champions and posted a new personal
best of 203.48 points on their way to the gold. Zhang/Zhang earned the silver again with 186.52 points and Kavaguti/Smirnov captured the bronze medal. Pang/Tong finished fifth ahead of Mukhortova/Trankov. Kim followed up on her win from Four Continents and became the first World figure skating champion from Korea. The 18-year-old also is the first woman to crack the magical 200 points barrier as she racked up 207.71 points. In her seventh appearance at the ISU World Championships, Rochette took the silver with 191.29 points. Miki Ando (JPN), who withdrew from Worlds in the middle of
The ISU awarded the ISU World Standing Bonus for the 2008/2009 season to the three skaters/couples having earned the most World Standing points during the season. Kim earned the World standing bonus of 45,000 US$. Asada came in second (27,000 US $) like last year and Rochette was third in this season’s bonus race (18,000 US$). Verner pocketed the top prize in the Men’s category. Chan was second ahead of Lysacek. Savchenko/ Szolkowy took the bonus for the Pairs (67,500 US$) like they had last year ahead of Zhang/Zhang (40,500 US$) while Kavaguti/Smirnov were third (27,000 US$). Domnina/Shabalin picked up the top prize in the ice dance category. Davis/White came in second ahead of Belbin/Agosto.
FIGURE SKATING WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS The Junior 2008/2009 season cumulated with the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia (BUL) February 24 - March 1. Junior Worlds was once again a showcase for the emerging talent from all over the world. 208 skaters from 50 ISU members were entered for the event. Singapore was represented for the first time at ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships and entered one competitor in Ladies singles. Leonova continued her rise in the rankings after strong showing at the European Championships and became the first Russian Lady in 8 years to win Junior Worlds. She collected 157.18 points. Caroline Zhang (USA) rallied back from a faulty Short Program and soared from 10th to 2nd at 154.67 points to earn her third consecutive medal at the event after gold in 2007 and silver in 2008. The bronze medal went to Ashley Wagner (USA), who had 153.57 points and was also a bronze medallist two years ago. Joshi Helgesson (SWE) recorded the best result for a Swedish skater at Junior Worlds by finishing fourth and Katrina Hacker (USA) was fifth.
Free Skating of the night to take the silver with 138.59 points. The bronze went to Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir (USA). Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers came in fourth ahead of Ekaterina Sheremetieva/ Mikhail Kuznetsov (RUS). The Ice Dance event saw three new couples on the podium after last year’s medallists had moved up to the senior level. Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein (USA) had dominated the Junior circuit and now won the gold in their debut at Junior Worlds with 172.55 points. Their young teammates Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani danced to the silver with 162.15 points while Ekaterina Riazanova/Johnathan Guerreiro (RUS) captured the bronze medal, edging out Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell (USA) by less than one point. Kharis Ralph/Asher Hill (CAN) finished fifth.
Adam Rippon (USA) became the first single skater in history to repeat at a World Junior Champion when he defended his title with 222.00 points ahead of Michal Brezina (CZE), who earned the second medal at Junior Worlds for his country. The only other medal dated back to 1978 when Jana Blahova/Ludek Feno had won silver in the Pairs event. Artem Grigoriev (RUS) claimed the bronze in his debut at the event. Up and coming Denis Ten (KAZ) was fourth, the best result for a figure skater from his country in the history of ISU Championships. Curran Oi (USA) came in fifth. 2008 World Junior silver medallists Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze (RUS) this time stepped on to the top of the podium and earned the title with 144.32 points. Their teammates Anastasia Martiusheva/ Alexei Rogonov were only ranked 11th in the Short Program but delivered the best
Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov (RUS)
WORLD SYNCHRONIZED CHAMPIONSHIPS The ISU Championships of the 2008/2009 season concluded with ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships on April 3 and 4 in Zagreb (CRO). 23 teams from 18 countries competed in the tenth edition of the World Synchronized Skating Championships. Team Canada 1 ended the nine-year dominance of Sweden (five titles) and Finland (four titles) to win the first gold medal for their country with 223.58 points. The Canadians stood in second place after the Short Program and overtook the leading team Finland 1 in the Free Skating. Team Sweden 1 settled for the bronze. Team USA 2 was ranked fourth ahead of Team Canada 2.
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MAKING HISTORY SHORT TRACK World Junior Championships
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Team USA
ISU WORLD TEAM TROPHY The inaugural edition of the ISU World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan (April 16 to 19) was a major success with athletes, officials and spectators. The Yoyogi National Stadium was sold out on most days, and host broadcaster TV Asahi reported excellent ratings. ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta termed the event a “success of historical importance which confirms the dedication of the ISU to innovations in ice skating as a major goal of the new management”. He outlined that the ISU “recognized the merit of the Japan Skating Federation, of TV Asahi and of other sponsors”. Mr. Cinquanta congratulated the teams for the quality of their performance, the officials for their work and the Organizing Committee for the impeccable organization. He also spoke highly of the “outstanding support” received from ISU partners, the skating community and fans. For the first time in ISU history, figure skating teams competed against each other. Led by World Champion Evan Lysacek and World Ice Dance silver medallists Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto, team USA won the first edition of this new format. Lysacek and Belbin/ Agosto claimed victory in their respective categories, and Caroline Zhang finished third in the Ladies. The Canadians earned the silver medals for their team with World silver medallist Joannie Rochette and World Ice Dance bronze medallists Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir coming in second in their competition. Pair skaters Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison were ranked third. Team Japan took the bronze
medals thanks to Mao Asada’s win and Nobunari Oda’s third place. European Champion Brian Joubert led the French squad to fourth place. He was ranked second in the Men’s event, while ice dancers Nathalie Pechalat/ Fabian Bourzat finished third. Russia came in fifth with World bronze medallists Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov providing the best result for their team when they placed second in the Pairs. China was ranked sixth. World silver medallists Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang won the Pairs competition. A total prize money of 1.000.000 US$ was awarded, the highest in ISU history. The winning team pocketed 200.000 US$, the Chinese in sixth place still got 130.000 US$. Evan Lysacek, who also served as team captain for the USA said “I think this is going to be a very memorable competition for everyone who participated, because it was the first of hopefully many… it was very successful, above and beyond any team’s or any person’s performance here. I think we are all proud and all impressed with the level of competition that was brought here to Tokyo. It was a great test event to the importance of this competition and obviously we thank the ISU and Japan for hosting it. The ISU World Team Trophy featured the six best figure skating teams of the 2008/09 season. They qualified primarily according to the results of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Final plus possibly the ISU European, ISU Four Continents, ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Each team consisted of two Men, two Ladies, one Pair and one Ice Dance couple. The next ISU World Team Trophy will be held in 2011 in Japan.
The World’s best junior short trackers representing 26 countries participated in the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2009 in Sherbrooke, Canada in January. Both the ladies and men’s World Junior Champion titles went to Korea with Ah-Reum Noh finishing on top of the overall classification in the ladies competition and Cheon-Ho Um taking the men’s title. The Korean team had a good event taking five of the six overall classification podium places. AhReum Noh (KOR) had been unbeatable in the 1500 and 1000 meter events and topped the podium before taking a third place in the 1500 Super Final. Cheon-Ho Um (KOR) had won both the 1500 meters and 1500 Super Final. In the 3000 meters relay events first place went to Italy in the Ladies event, to the team from the United States in the men’s event.
European Championships
ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships went to Torino, Italy in the third week of January. Europe’s best short track speed skaters, representing 23 countries took to the ice. It was a victorious event for Italy which saw two of their athletes Arianna Fontana, in the ladies, and Nicola Rodigari, for the men, crowned European Short Track Speed Skating Champions. Fontana finished on top of the overall classification in the ladies competition, ahead of Katerina Novotna (CZE) and Stephanie Bouvier (FRA). Fontana had placed third in the 1500 meters and first in both the 500 and 1000 meter events. On the men’s side, Rodigari finished first overall ahead of Haralds Silovs (LAT) and Viktor Knoch (HUN). Rodigari had placed a narrow second in the 1500 meter event before winning the 500 meter and taking second place in the 3000m Super Final. The weekend’s racing concluded with relay events, with both the ladies 3000m and men’s 5000m events. In the ladies event, first place went to Hungary, while Germany finished second. The team from the Netherlands finished third. The team from the Netherlands also had a strong performance in the men’s event, by taking second place. However, it was the Italians to win, and Hungary taking third.
World Championships
Over 120 athletes, representing 32 countries, participated at the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2009 in Vienna, Austria at the Ferry Dusika Hallenstadion ice rink. For a second consecutive year, Meng Wang of China was crowned World Short Track Speed Skating Champion for the ladies.
SPEED SKATING Ho-Suk Lee of Korea took the men’s title. The ladies 1500m final was a tightly contested race, with the top three finishers within a six tenth of each other. Korean skater MinJung Kim took the win, to become the Lady World Short Track Speed Skating Champion 1500m for 2009. Meng Wang began her winning streak the next day by taking gold in the ladies 500m final and in the ladies 1000m final, Meng Wang controlled the race by leading every single lap, to finish first. In the last individual ladies event of the weekend, the 3000 meters Super Final excitement was high. With Meng Wang leading the overall standings after three events, there was a mathematical chance for both Min-Jung Kim and Yang Zhou to become world champions, especially with the five extra points on hand, for the skater who crosses the line first after 1000 meters during the Super Final race. In the end, Yang Zhou finished first ahead of Min-Jung Kim and Sae-Bom Shin respectively. Meng Wang managed to earn the five extra points, and with a fourth place finish, earned her second consecutive overall world championship title On the Men’s side in the 1500m event Ho-Suk Lee (KOR) became the World Short Track Speed Skating Champion 1500 meters for 2009 in a tight race which saw the top five skaters separated by less than four tenths
of a second. In the men’s 500 meters event it was Charles Hamelin (CAN) who took the win, dominating the race from start to finish. While Ho-Suk Lee took his second gold in the men 1000 meters event. The 3000 meters Super Final event was won by J.R. Celski, which allowed him to move up into second place from third in the overall classification. With a second place finish in the race, Lee confirmed his crowning as the World Short Track Speed Skating Champion for 2009. Charles Hamelin managed to stay on the podium, with a third place finish in the Super Final. The weekend concluded with the relay events, where the Chinese team dominated the ladies race to take the win. For the men’s 5000m relay final United States narrowly edged out the Chinese team to take the win.
Team Championships
Heerenveen, the Netherlands was the venue for the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships 2009. China and Korea won the ladies’ and men’s competitions respectively. The ladies from China showed why they have dominated the world circuit this past season, taking the win in seven of the ten races in the finals, to finish first overall. On the men’s side, the racing was a lot closer: Canada, Korea and the United States were separated by only two points prior to the final
Meng Wang (CHN), Qiuhong Liu (CHN), Kalyna Roberge (CAN) and Kimberly Derrick (USA)
race of the weekend. The winner of the 5000 meters relay would ultimately finish first in the overall ranking. It took the team from Korea a mere two-tenth of a second to win the overall team title, by finishing first in the relay event, just ahead of Canada.
World Cup Short Track
The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series finished on a high note in Dresden Germany after six events across Europe, Asia and North America. It was China, Korea and Canada who confirmed their competitive excellence with Meng Wang (CHN) topping again this year the ladies 500m World Cup Short Track classification and leading the 1000m with team mate Yang Zhou ahead in the 1500m standings. China also topped the ladies Relay and ladies Team classification. Canada had a successful World Cup with Francois-Louis Tremblay leading the men’s 500m overall and Canada topping the men’s Team Relay. Korean Ho-Suk Lee finished in first place overall in the men’s 1000m and team mate Si-Bak Sung topped the 1500m. Korea took the top spot in the Men’s Team classification. Information on the World Cup Short Track Speed Skating season 2009-2010 and Qualification procedure for the Olympic Winter Games 2010 has recently been published and can be found in ISU Communication 1558 on www.isu.org.
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saw Kristina Groves take the distance as she did already last year. Christine Nesbitt was leading the World Cup rankings, but had to withdraw for the final race due to physical problems. Last year, it was a groin injury, this year she took a bad fall in training. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) took second place ahead of Nesbitt who retained a podium spot on this distance in this place.
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3000m/5000m Ladies For the third year in a row, Martina Sáblíková (CZE) secured the long distance World Cup. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms finished in second place, Kristina Groves finished in third. Sephanie Beckert (GER), a new talent in this discipline, made her breakthrough and finished fourth. She showed particular strength in the 5000m 100m and 500m Men In the men’s World Cup 500m, Fengtong Yu was the first Chinese man in history to take a World Cup in any of the Olympic Distances. Until now, he had won the 100m in the first two years, but this year worked on his endura nce, which proved effective. Last year’s winner Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) fell at the first World Cup this season and could not compete after that. Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) took second and Tucker Fredricks (USA) beat Mika Poutala (FIN) to the bronze. In the 100m, Yuya Oikawa (JPN) won all races and the World Cup, ahead of Fengtong Yu. Last year’s winner Kang-Seok Lee (KOR) got the bronze while Mika Poutala again finished in fourth.
Trevor Marsicano (USA)
SPEED SKATING World Cup Speed Skating 100m and 500m Ladies
Jenny Wolf (GER) dominated the 500 and 100m for the fourth year in a row. Margot Boer (NED) beat Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) to the silver with only a 7 points difference. Beixing Wang from China won a few times but focussed on the championships. Annette Gerritsen (NED) had been in the top-3 until the last race, where she fell and lost an overall medal. On the 100m, Jenny Wolf was followed by Dutch debutant Thijsje Oenema and Aihua Xing.
1000m Ladies In the past years the 1000m distance had been taken in alternance by Anni Friesinger (GER) and Chiara Simionato (ITA), both of whom had physical problems which kept them away for the first part of the season. Canadian ladies were to dominate the distance this year and Christine Nesbitt became the first Canadian winner on the 1000m since Catriona LeMay-Doan in 1998. Fellow-Canadian Kristina Groves took silver and Dutch Laurine van Riessen kept last year’s third Shannon Rempel (CAN) in fourth place. 1500m Ladies The 1500m ladies competition this year again
1000m Men Like last year, Shani Davis (USA) won the 1000m World Cup, with Denny Morrison (CAN) in second place. Stefan Groothuis (NED) received the bronze. In the last race of the season, 19-year-old Trevor Marsicano (USA) wrote history by being the first man below 1:07.00, with a time of 1:06.88. However, he lost his world record a little later to Shani Davis who made a mark of 1:06.42 1500m Men For the third year in a row, the winner of the 1000m men also took the 1500m. So Shani Davis won again. Trevor Marsicano took second place. Håvard Bøkko (NOR) managed to take the bronze on this distance. Shani Davis took his victory with a world record, bringing the 1500m mark below the border of 1:42 with 1:41.80.
SPEED SKATING 5000/10000m Men Sven Kramer (NED) prevented Norwegian Håvard Bøkko from keeping on to his long distance World Cup title from last year. Kramer did not lose a race and missed only one 10,000. That race was scoped up by Olympic champion Bob de Jong (NED) who reached the bronze in the World Cup. Bøkko finished in second place, after a row of second places and only one weaker race. In the World Cup Team Pursuit, every year there has been a different winner with the ladies, and this year the Czech ladies were the winners, ahead of the USA and the Netherlands. The Canadian men took the World Cup, followed by Italy and Japan. Junior World Cup The ISU Junior World Cup circuit was successfully inaugurated this season and included events in Inzell (GER), Asker (NOR) and Collalbo (ITA) before the Final in Groningen (NED). Skaters also earned points at the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships 2009 in Zakopane (POL) in February. In the 500m ladies, Olga Fatkulina (RUS) was the strongest. While Dutch World Junior Champion Roxanne van Hemert took the 1000m distance and the 1500m; team mate Yvonne Nauta lead the 3000m and the Dutch ladies took the Team Pursuit. In the Men’s event Italian Jan Daldossi dominated both the 500 and the 1000m. Dutch skaters were also strong in the men’s event with Pim Cazemier winning overall in the both the 1500m and the combined 3000/5000 distance. Germany topped the men’s Team Pursuit. European Championships The Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2009 took place in Thialf in Heerenveen. Claudia Pechstein won the 3000m and finished second in the other three races and took the title. Daniela AnschützThoms (GER) won the 1500m and came very close to Pechstein but settled for silver, the best result in her career. Martina Sáblíková took the bronze with a new championships record in the 5000m of 6:53.19. Sven Kramer took the men’s title for the third time in a row. This year, he won three distances again, including the 1500m but not the 500m. He set a Championships record on the 10k, 13:00.16. His main rival Håvard Bøkko made a misstroke on the 500m and lost over a second there. Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) took bronze, after Enrico Fabris (ITA) got disqualified for taking a narrow first turn in the 5000m.
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships There were two first-time World Sprint Champions this year in Moscow (RUS), Shani Davis (USA) for the men and Beixing Wang (CHN) for the ladies. Beixing Wang was made every podium with three second places and a bronze. Jenny Wolf finished second, winning the 500m races. The bronze went to Chinese skater Jing Yu who became known to the wider public this season. Shani Davis was the second man, after Eric Heiden from 1977 to 1979, to win both the World Allround and World Sprint titles. All track records were broken at this fast event, including on the 1000m by Davis. Defending champion Kyou-Hyuk Lee won the first 500m race but lost a sure podium place by a fall on the final distance. Also Keiichiro Nagashima, who won the second 500, gave his chances for the title away in the last race and he finished second. Dutchman Simon Kuipers won the bronze World Allround Speed Skating Championships Sven Kramer was again invincible at the Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar (NOR). Martina Sáblíková won the ladies’ competition after setting a Czech record on the 500m and showing her full strength in the long distances. She was leading after the first day, which made her nervous, but in spite of a weak 1500m, she made it, as her main rival Groves, who won the 1500m, lost too much in the longer distances and finished in second place. Ireen Wüst, who won the title before, took the bronze. In the men’s event Sven Kramer won the two longest distances ahead of Håvard Bøkko from Norway, who won the 1500m and took a second at the 500m. Compared to last year, Bøkko had less than half the gap behind Kramer. Last year’s bronze medallist Shani Davis trained more for sprint than for allround this year and did not participate. Italian Enrico Fabris took third place Junior World Championships Dutch skaters Roxanne van Hemert and Koen Verweij won the overall Junior titles. For the first time, there were also single distance titles to win; Olga Fatkulina (RUS) won the 500m, Roxanne van Hemert the 1500m and the 1000m, Yvonne Nauta the 3000m. The
Dutch ladies and men also won the team pursuit. In the men’s event Mitchell Whitmore (USA) is 500m champion, Jan Daldossi (ITA) 1000m, Pim Cazemier 1500m, Koen Verweij 5000m. World Single Distances Championships The Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2009 were held in the future Olympic ice rink of Richmond/Vancouver (CAN) in March. Kang-Seok Lee from Korea won the 500m and set a track record of 34.80. His older team mate Kyou-Hyuk Lee was runner-up as he was last year. World Cup winner Fengtong Yu took the bronze. Jenny Wolf successfully defended her title although Beixing Wang won the first race with a large margin. But in the next race, Jenny brought the track record to 37.72 and Wang was again second, Sang-Hwa Lee completed the podium. Trevor Marsicano dethroned Shani Davis as 1000m-champion. Denny Morrison also managed to stay ahead of Shani Davis, be it by little. A day earlier, the same men stood on the podium. Davis had taken the 1500m title, while Marsicano took silver and Morrison bronze. Christine Nesbitt won the 1000m, dethroning Anni Friesinger, who won the 1500m and took silver in the 1000m ladies. Margot Boer finished as the third lady on the 1000m, Ireen Wüst had silver in the 1500m, while Nesbitt got bronze. Renate Groenewold (NED) won the 3000m, the distance in which she specializes, just ahead of Martina Sábliková and Kristina Groves. On the 5000m we saw the same podium as last year. Sáblíková prolonged the 5000m title with another sub-7 race. Clara Hughes (CAN) beat Groves to the silver. Sven Kramer won both the 5000m and the 10,000m men’s gold, while Håvard Bøkko took silver both times. Trevor Marsicano, who had just won the 1000m title, finished third in the 5000m, Olympic champion Bob de Jong took bronze in the 10,000m. The Canadian ladies and Dutch men won the Team Pursuit. The Dutch and Japanese ladies followed. In the men’s field Sweden took their first medal at the Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships with silver. The American men, received bronze.
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FIGURE SKATING ISU EUROPEAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 19 - 25 January 2009, Helsinki (FIN) Pairs Men Ladies
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Laura Lepistö Carolina Kostner Susanna Pöykiö Alena Leonova Kiira Korpi Katarina Gerboldt Annette Dytrt Julia Sebestyen Jenna McCorkell Tugba Karademir
FIN ITA FIN RUS FIN RUS GER HUN GBR TUR
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brian Joubert Samuel Contesti Kevin Van der Perren Yannick Ponsero Alban Preaubert Tomas Verner Andrei Lutai Kristoffer Berntsson Sergei Voronov Michal Brezina
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
FRA ITA BEL FRA FRA CZE RUS SWE RUS CZE
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur
GER RUS RUS UKR RUS ITA GBR GER FRA FRA
ISU FOUR CONTINENTS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2 - 8 February 2009, Vancouver (CAN) Ladies Men Pairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yu-Na Kim Joannie Rochette Mao Asada Caroline Zhang Cynthia Phaneuf Fumie Suguri Rachael Flatt Akiko Suzuki Alissa Czisny Amelie Lacoste
KOR CAN JPN USA CAN JPN USA JPN USA CAN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Patrick Chan Evan Lysacek Takahiko Kozuka Nobunari Oda Jeremy Abbott Vaughn Chipeur Jeremy Ten Brandon Mroz Denis Ten Jialiang Wu
CAN USA JPN JPN USA CAN CAN USA KAZ CHN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Qing Pang / Jian Tong Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Mylene Brodeur / John Mattatall Huibo Dong / Yiming Wu A Sunyoto-Yang / D Sulindro-Yang
CHN CAN CHN CAN USA USA USA CAN CHN TPE
ISU WORLD JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 23 February - 1 March 2008, Sofia (BUL) Ladies Men Pairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alena Leonova Caroline Zhang Ashley Wagner Joshi Helgesson Katrina Hacker Elene Gedevanishvili Sarah Hecken Ivana Reitmayerova Oksana Gozeva Isabel Drescher
RUS USA USA SWE USA GEO GER SVK RUS GER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Adam Rippon Michal Brezina Artem Grigoriev Denis Ten Curran Oi Chao Yang Nan Song Elladj Balde Kevin Reynolds Ross Miner
USA CZE RUS KAZ USA CHN CHN CAN CAN USA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov Maddison Bird / Raymond Schultz Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Yue Zhang / Lei Wang Brynn Carman / Chris Knierim Anais Morand / Antoine Dorsaz
RUS RUS USA CAN RUS CAN JPN CHN USA SUI
ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 23 - 29 MARCH 2009, Los Angeles (USA) Ladies Men Pairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yu-Na Kim Joannie Rochette Miki Ando Mao Asada Rachael Flatt Laura Lepistö Alena Leonova Fumie Suguri Sarah Meier Elene Gedevanishvili
KOR CAN JPN JPN USA FIN RUS JPN SUI GEO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Evan Lysacek Patrick Chan Brian Joubert Tomas Verner Samuel Contesti Takahiko Kozuka Nobunari Oda Denis Ten Brandon Mroz Andrei Lutai
USA CAN FRA CZE ITA JPN JPN KAZ USA RUS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ISU WORLD STANDINGS BONUS 2008/2009 Ladies Men 1 2 3
Yu-Na Kim Mao Asada Joannie Rochette
KOR JPN CAN
1 2 3
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Qing Pang / Jian Tong Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Mylene Brodeur / John Mattatall
GER CHN RUS CHN RUS UKR CAN CAN USA CAN
Pairs
Tomas Verner Patrick Chan Evan Lysacek
CZE CAN USA
1 2 3
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
GER CHN RUS
SYNCHRONIZED SKATING ISU WORLD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 3 - 4 April 2009, Zagreb (CRO) Teams 1 2 3
Team Canada 1 Team Finland 2 Team Sweden 1
4 5 6
Team USA 2 Team Canada 2 Team Finland 1
7 8 9
Team USA 1 Team Germany 1 Team Sweden 2
10 11 12
Team Russia Team Italy Team Japan
13 14 15
Team Germany 2 Team Czech Republic Team France
SPEED SKATING ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – FINAL STANDINGS Ladies 100m
Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniunas
RUS ITA GBR FRA ITA FRA UKR RUS AZE LTU
Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang Jiayue Wang / Chongbo Gao Danielle O’Brien / Gregory Merriman
USA CAN USA CAN CAN USA CHN CHN CHN AUS
Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle Lucie Mysliveckova / Matej Novak Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Terra Findlay / Benoit Richaud
USA USA RUS USA CAN RUS CAN CZE ITA FRA
Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Meryl Davis / Charlie White Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
RUS USA CAN USA FRA RUS GBR ITA FRA ITA
Ice Dance 1 2 3
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
ISU WORLD TEAM TROPHY, 16 - 19 April 2009, Tokyo (JPN) Team standing 1 2 3 4 5 6
USA Canada Japan France Russia China
RUS USA USA
1 2 3 4 5
Jenny Wolf Thijsje Oenema Aihua Xing Sayuri Osuga Jing Yu
GER NED CHN JPN CHN
Ladies 500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jenny Wolf Margot Boer Sang-Hwa Lee Annette Gerritsen Jing Yu Sayuri Yoshii Beixing Wang Tomomi Okazaki Sayuri Osuga Hui Ren
Christine Nesbitt Kristina Groves Laurine Van Riessen Shannon Rempel Margot Boer Monique Angermüller Sayuri Yoshii Anni Friesinger Jing Yu Peiyu Jin
CAN CAN NED CAN NED GER JPN GER CHN CHN
Ladies 1500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kristina Groves Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler Shannon Rempel Ireen Wüst Maki Tabata Laurine Van Riessen Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein
CAN GER CAN CAN CAN NED JPN NED GER GER
Ladies 3000 / 5000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Martina Sáblíková Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Kristina Groves Stephanie Beckert Renate Groenewold Claudia Pechstein Masako Hozumi Jorien Voorhuis Maren Haugli Diane Valkenburg
450 236 230 220 210 Points
GER 1205 NED 642 KOR 635 NED 630 CHN 605 JPN 517 CHN 490 JPN 425 JPN 423 CHN 382
Ladies 1000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points
CZE GER CAN GER NED GER JPN NED NOR NED
Points 646 507 468 452 423 404 390 375 370 311 Points 526 355 335 328 253 230 218 205 200 200 Points 610 375 375 340 305 255 238 225 195 189
Men 100m 1 2 3 4 5
Yuya Oikawa Fengtong Yu Kang-Seok Lee Mika Poutala Zhongqi Zhang
JPN CHN KOR FIN CHN
Men 500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fengtong Yu Keiichiro Nagashima Tucker Fredricks Mika Poutala Kyou-Hyuk Lee Joji Kato Yuya Oikawa Dmitry Lobkov Pekka Koskela Zhongqi Zhang
Shani Davis Denny Morrison Stefan Groothuis Simon Kuipers Kyou-Hyuk Lee Keiichiro Nagashima Mark Tuitert Yevgeny Lalenkov Jong-Woo Lee Tae-Bum Mo
USA CAN NED NED KOR JPN NED RUS KOR KOR
Men 1500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Shani Davis Trevor Marsicano Håvard Bøkko Enrico Fabris Mark Tuitert Chad Hedrick Denny Morrison Sven Kramer Stefan Groothuis Erben Wennemars
USA USA NOR ITA NED USA CAN NED NED NED
Men 5000 / 10000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Enrico Fabris Ted-Jan Bloemen Øystein Grødum Trevor Marsicano Wouter Olde Heuvel Sverre Haugli
NED NOR NED NED ITA NED NOR USA NED NOR
Ladies Team Pursuit
Points
Men Team Pursuit
Points
1 2 3 4 5
235 205 200 190 173
1 2 3 4 5
310 220 210 171 170
Czech Republic USA Netherlands Germany Poland
Canada Italy Japan Germany USA
450 305 270 232 220 Points
CHN 1086 JPN 957 USA 642 FIN 593 KOR 581 JPN 542 JPN 458 RUS 399 FIN 360 CHN 340
Men 1000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points
Points 840 705 590 434 370 315 286 260 245 244 Points 470 374 363 294 292 260 247 229 218 190 Points 550 485 425 390 368 217 191 177 168 140
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SPEED SKATING
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ESSENT ISU EUROPEAN SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 9 - 11 January 2009, Heerenveen (NED) Ladies Men
ISU JUNIOR WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – Final Standings
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3
Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz Thoms Martina Sáblíková Paulien Van Deutekom Renate Groenewold
GER GER CZE NED NED
1 2 3 4 5
Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Wouter Olde Heuvel Ivan Skobrev Carl Verheijen
NED NOR NED RUS NED
ESSENT ISU WORLD SPRINT SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 17 - 18 JANUARY 2009, MOSCOW (RUS) Ladies Men 1 2 3 4 5
Beixing Wang Jenny Wolf Jing Yu Margot Boer Peiyu Jin
CHN GER CHN NED CHN
1 2 3 4 5
Shani Davis Keiichiro Nagashima Simon Kuipers Pekka Koskela Denny Morrison
USA JPN NED FIN CAN
ESSENT ISU WORLD ALLROUND SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 7 - 8 February 2009, Hamar (NOR) Ladies Men 1 2 3 4 5
Martina Sáblíková Kristina Groves Ireen Wüst Masako Hozumi Jorien Voorhuis
CZE CAN NED JPN NED
1 2 3 4 5
Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Enrico Fabris Wouter Olde Heuvel Trevor Marsicano
NED NOR ITA NED USA
1 2 3 4 5
NED NED POL JPN KOR
Ladies 500m combined times 1 2 3 4 5
Olga Fatkulina Jee - Min Ahn Yukana Nishina Marit Dekker Yvonne Daldossi
RUS KOR JPN NED ITA
Roxanne Van Hemet Hege Bøkko Olga Fatkulina Karolina Erbanova Jee-Min Ahn
NED NOR RUS CZE KOR
Roxanne Van Hemet Yvonne Nauta Olga Fatkulina Karolina Erbanova Niho Takagi
NED NED RUS CZE JPN
1:20.55 1:20.63 1:20.73 1:21.24 1:21.91
Yvonne Nauta Do-Yeong Park Roxanne Van Hemet Karolina Erbanová Ivanie Blondin
NED KOR NED CZE CAN
1 2 3 4 5
2:02.91 2:05.28 2:05.54 2:06.79 2:07.00
1 2 3 4 5
Jan Daldossi Jonathan Kuck Roman Krech Mitchell Whitmore Longjiang Sun
Pim Cazemier Roman Krech Jan Daldossi Koen Verweij Jonathan Kuck
1 2 3 4 5
Koen Verweij Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck Pim Cazemier Patrick Beckert
Team Pursuit Ladies
Team Pursuit Men
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Netherlands Japan Republic of Korea Germany
1.13.12 1.13.78 1.13.83 1.13.92 1.14.22
NED RUS NOR
Ladies 1500m 1 2 3
Roxanne Van Hemert Yvonne Nauta Karolina Erbanová
NED NED CZE
Ladies 3000m
Points 480 475 395
Men 1000m
Points
Men 1500m
480 400 400
Points NED 400 CZE 357 GER 260
Yvonne Nauta Andrea Jirku Jennifer Bay
ITA USA KAZ USA CHN
NED KAZ ITA NED USA
Netherlands Germany USA Italy
NED USA USA NED GER
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
Jan Daldossi Roman Krech Aleksey Bondarchuk
Jan Daldossi Aleksey Bondarchuk Fyodor Mezentsev
1 2 3
Points 550 313 282 Points 430 332 332
Points Pim Cazemier NED 450 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 320 Patrick Beckert GER 265
Men Team Pursuit 1 2 3
300 295 265
ITA KAZ KAZ
Points 600 475 470
Men 5000/10000m
1 2 3
Netherlands Germany Russia
ITA KAZ KAZ
Pim Cazemier NED Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR Jan Daldossi ITA
Ladies Team Pursuit Points
1 2 3 4 5
Jenny Wolf Beixing Wang Sang-Hwa Lee Jing Yu Yuliya Nemaya
GER CHN KOR CHN RUS
Germany Netherlands Norway
Points 320 300 265
Men 500m combined times 1.15.75 1.15.87 1.16.39 1.16.60 1.16.98
1 2 3 4 5
Christine Nesbitt Anni Friesinger Margot Boer Natasja Bruintjes Sayuri Yoshii
CAN GER NED NED JPN
1:12.35 1:12.43 1:12.70 1:12.80 1:12.93
1 2 3 4 5
Anni Friesinger Ireen Wüst Christine Nesbitt Daniela Anschütz Thoms Katarzyna Wojcicka
GER NED CAN GER POL
1:52.66 1:53.21 1:53.26 1:53.52 1:53.56
Renate Groenewold NED Martina Sáblíková CZE Kristina Groves CAN Jorien Voorhuis NED Daniela Anschütz Thoms GER
6:47.54 6:51.80 6:52.81 6:53.85 6:55.78
Martina Sáblíková Clara Hughes Kristina Groves Stephanie Beckert Daniela Anschütz Thoms
CZE CAN CAN GER GER
KOR KOR CHN FIN USA
1 2 3 4 5
Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison Shani Davis Stefan Groothuis Jan Bos
USA CAN USA NED NED
1 2 3 4 5
Shani Davis Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison Chad Hedrick Håvard Bøkko
USA USA CAN USA NOR
1 2 3 4 5
Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Trevor Marsicano Enrico Fabris Bob de Jong
NED NOR USA ITA NED
1:08.96 1:09.00 1:09.02 1:09.25 1:09.27
1:46.17 1:46.30 1:47.05 1:47.08 1:47.14
6:16.20 6:18.02 6:20.06 6:20.18 6:25.95
Men 10 000m 6:57.84 7:00.54 7:02.91 7:02.96 7:03.52
1 2 3 4 5
Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Ivan Skobrev
NED 12:55.32 NOR 13:03.95 NED 13:13.16 NED 13:13.30 RUS 13:24.73
Team Pursuit Ladies
Team Pursuit Men
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Canada Netherlands Japan Russia Germany
1.09.73 1.09.92 1.09.97 1.10.09 1.10.12
Men 5000m 4:05.43 4:05.50 4:06.45 4:07.91 4:08.67
Ladies 5000m 1 2 3 4 5
Kang-Seok Lee Kyou-Hyuk Lee Fengtong Yu Mika Poutala Tucker Fredricks
Men 1500m 1:58.66 1:58.83 1:58.88 1:58.91 1:59.06
Ladies 3000m 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Men 1000m 1:16.28 1:16.32 1:16.44 1:16.80 1:16.82
Ladies 1500m
Men 5000m 4:21.54 4:24.82 4:25.98 4:26.98 4:27.44
Roxanne Van Hemert Olga Fatkulina Hege Bøkko
Men 500m
Ladies 1000m
combined times
Mitchell Whitmore USA Richard Maclennan CAN Guillaume Blais-Dufour CAN Roman Krech KAZ Daniel Gwadera POL
Men 1500m
Ladies 3000m 1 2 3 4 5
NED USA USA NED CHN
Men 1000m
Ladies 1500m 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3
Points 980 608 420
Ladies 500m combined times
Koen Verweij Jonathan Kuck Brian Hansen Pirn Cazemier Longjiang Sun
Men 500m 1.20.08 1.20.71 1.21.25 1.21.71 1.21.74
Ladies 1000m 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
RUS KAZ JPN
ESSENT ISU WORLD SINGLE DISTANCES SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 12 - 15 March 2009, Richmond (CAN)
Men
Roxanne Van Hemert Yvonne Nauta Katarzyna Wozniak Miho Takagi Do-Yeoung Park
Olga Fatkulina Yekaterina Aydova Yukana Nishina
Ladies 1000m
1 2 3
ISU WORLD JUNIOR SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 20 - 22 February 2009, Zakopane (POL) Ladies
Ladies 500m
2:58.25 3:02.02 3:04.06 3:04.92 3:05.79
Netherlands Sweden USA Italy Norway
3:41.26 3:45.73 3:46.07 3:46.23 3:46.31
SHORT TRACK ISU WORLD JUNIOR SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 9 - 11 January 2009. Sherbrooke (CAN) Ladies 1 2 3 4 5
Ah-Reum Noh Eun-Byul Lee Mi-Yeon Lee Marianne St-Gelais Arianna Fontana
Ladies 500m
Men KOR KOR KOR CAN ITA
1 2 3 4 5
Ladies Relay 1 2
SAMSUNG ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK , Final Standings
Cheon-Ho Um Dong-Kun You J.R. Celski Antoine Gelinas- Beaulieu Viktor Knoch
KOR KOR USA CAN HUN
Men Relay 1 2
Italy Canada
USA China
ISU EUROPEAN SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 16 - 18 January 2008, Torino (ITA) Ladies Men 1 2 3 4 5
Arianna Fontana Katerina Novotna Stephanie Bouvier Evgenia Radanova Bernadett Heidum
ITA CZE FRA BUL HUN
1 2 3 4 5
Nicola Rodigari Haralds Silovs Viktor Knoch Ruslan Zakharov Wim De Deyne
Ladies Relay
Men Relay
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Hungary Germany Netherlands Russia
Meng Wang Min-Jung Kim Yang Zhou Sae-Bom Shin Qiuhong Liu
CHN KOR CHN KOR CHN
1 2 3 4 5
ITA LAT HUN RUS BEL
Italy Netherlands Hungary France
Ho-Suk Lee J.R. Celski Charles Hamelin Yoon-Gy Kwak Apolo Anton Ohno
Ladies Relay
Men Relay
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
China Republic of Korea Canada USA
1 2 3
Meng Wang Qiuhong Liu Jessica Gregg
CHN CHN CAN
Meng Wang Min-Jung Kim Sae-Bom Shin
CHN KOR KOR
Min-Jung Kim Yang Zhou Sae-Bom Shin
1 2 3
Charles Hamelin Yoon-Gy Kwak Olivier Jean
1 2 3
Ho-Suk Lee Apolo Anton Ohno J.R. Celski
KOR CHN KOR
1 2 3
Ho-Suk Lee Yoon-Gy Kwak J.R. Celski
ISU WORLD SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, 14 - 15 March 2009, Heerenveen (NED) Men Ladies 1 2 3 4
China Republic of Korea USA Canada
CAN KOR CAN
KOR USA USA
Men 1500m
Ladies 1500m 1 2 3
USA China Japan Germany
Men 1000m
Ladies 1000m 1 2 3
KOR USA CAN KOR USA
Men 500m
Ladies 500m
1 2 3 4
Republic of Korea Canada USA China
Meng Wang Qiuhong Liu Tatiana Borodulina Tian Yu Fu Arianna Fontana Jessica Gregg Evgenia Radanova Shin-Young Yang Katerina Novotna Seung-Hi Park
CHN CHN AUS CHN ITA CAN BUL KOR CZE KOR
Ladies 1000m
ISU WORLD SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 6 - 8 a 2009, Vienna (AUT) Men Ladies 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
KOR KOR USA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Meng Wang Qiuhong Liu Kimberly Derrick Sae-Bom Shin Yang Zhou Katherine Reutter Eun-Ju Jung Hui Zhang Shin-Young Yang Min-Jung Kim
CHN CHN USA KOR CHN USA KOR CHN KOR KOR
Ladies 1500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yang Zhou Sae-Bom Shin Min-Jung Kim Eun-Ju Jung Katherine Reutter Allison Baver Kimberly Derrick Mika Ozawa Hui Zhang Linlin Sun
CHN KOR KOR KOR USA USA USA JPN CHN CHN
Points 4410 3810 3808 3776 2798 2463 1876 1777 1432 919 Points 5000 3712 3109 3007 2010 1978 1740 1720 1690 1633 Points 4650 4178 3890 3866 3502 3042 1746 1508 1056 1050
Men 500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Franรงois-Louis Tremblay Si-Bak Sung Jon Eley Yoon-Gy Kwak Ho-Suk Lee Thibaut Fauconnet Anthony Lobello Charles Hamelin Jialiang Han Francois Hamelin
CAN KOR GBR KOR KOR FRA USA CAN CHN CAN
Men 1000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ho-Suk Lee Yoon-Gy Kwak Jung-Su Lee Charles Hamelin Apolo Anton Ohno Anthony Lobello J.R. Celski Franรงois-Louis Tremblay Weilong Song Yuri Confortola
KOR KOR KOR CAN USA USA USA CAN CHN ITA
Men 1500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Si-Bak Sung Jung-Su Lee Ho-Suk Lee Charles Hamelin Jin-Hwan Park J.R. Celski Bao Ku Sui Olivier Jean Yuri Confortola Jeff Simon
KOR KOR KOR CAN KOR USA CHN CAN ITA USA
Ladies Relay
Points
Men Relay
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4000 3200 2920 2664 2650 1460 1364 1342 1234 860
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3600 3210 3112 3080 2120 1624 1500 1292 1110 1062
Ladies Team
Points
Men Team
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5000 4640 4072 3360 2300 1717 1606 1345 1125 1109
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5800 4712 3744 3124 2120 2096 1492 1470 995 891
China Republic of Korea Canada USA Italy Hungary Netherlands Japan Germany Bulgaria
China Republic of Korea USA Canada Italy Bulgaria Japan Russia Germany Netherlands
Canada USA Republic of Korea China Germany Great Britain Japan Italy Russia Netherlands
Republic of Korea Canada USA China Japan Italy Germany Great Britain Russia France
Points 3568 3480 2558 2159 2055 1860 1824 1800 1663 1347 Points 5010 4118 3080 2448 1812 1670 1566 1480 1472 1386 Points 4400 3984 2800 2240 2221 2009 1814 1751 1545 1544
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PAST MASTER YVONNE VAN GENNIP (NED) born 1964 Olympic Winter Games 1500m Gold Medal – 1988 3000m Gold Medal – 1988 5000m Gold Medal – 1988 ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships Bronze Medal – 1987 /1989 Silver Medal – 1988 ISU European Speed Skating Championships Silver Medal – 1985 /1986 / 1987 Bronze Medal – 1988 /1991 ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships Bronze Medal – 1981 Silver Medal – 1982 Triple Olympic gold medallist and ten times ISU championship medallist Yvonne van Gennip remains one of the most emblematic female Dutch speed skaters in the history of skating. After a promising rise through the early eighties, her hopes for an Olympic peak at the 1988 Calgary Olympics seemed far fetched after a foot injury two months out from the competition left her bed ridden for several weeks. The rest in fact did her good. She went on to have a stunning Olympics, capturing three Olympic gold medals - all in Olympic record times - and setting a new World record time in the 5000m.