INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
NO 55 JANUARY 2015
INSIDE • ISU NEWS • GRAND PRIX • WORLD CUP REPORTS • RESULTS
Probably the most embarrassing question for a sport administrator is the following: is it better to stay with tradition which means the past, or to give more consideration to progress i.e. the future? Both considerations deserve respect and a proper approach. To maintain a sport discipline as it was developed during the years is probably safer since the major necessities are known whilst seconding the current trend, that is more devoted to money, can be risky and requires substantial changes without knowing the final outcome.
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Again, staying with the past would probably require just few changes, that however must be voted by an Assembly or Congress which means a sufficient number of votes expressed by the major body of an International Federation must be secured. Therefore it is not sufficient to have an idea, for example to use the past with some changes, it is necessary to obtain the votes! It seems a bit easier to follow the adventure of a new impact. Of course also this case shall be duly authorized, but certain International Federations can obtain the purpose using the power of the existing Council or Executive body, instead trying to convince the Assembly or Congress. Now allow me to better clarify what is actually at the basis of what is indicated above. It is evident that people are currently well aware that money is required to conduct a whatsoever activity. The variety of sport disciplines that might form a package easily sold substantially increased in the last period. It is not our purpose to make confrontation between technical sports of the past and technical sports of the future. But a fact is sure, anything that is maintained (past) or adopted (future) do have a value. We are witnessing that even the major sport events need to give adequate consideration to the importance of finances. On the other hand how can we criticize the ambition of International Sport Federations, which try to develop something new as an alternative to the past? In almost all other areas we have evidence that progress imposes radical changes, even if they happen over many years. We have to pay attention to what happened in the meantime and to what human beings noted as to the result of progress. Digital instead of analog, constant variation of models in the car industry, better treatments in every medical area, a long list of examples could be included, but to be clear: it is without a doubt that the world is changing. The International Federation that I have the privilege to preside is one of the best examples of sport disciplines that need to be assessed. But the problem is big. How can we forget what truly sustained the ISU for years, just to adopt new lines for the reasons that the modern world so requires? I personally believe that to maintain a high reputation it is necessary to deliver what people would like to see (that probably means the future). Of course an essential part of the solution is in the capable hands of those available to exchange points of view. At the end of the day I realize that there is an activity that was valid yesterday and will also be important in the future. The activity has a name: cooperation. Ottavio Cinquanta President, International Skating Union HEATHER RICHARDSON (USA)
Richardson is an American Speed Skater who won the 2013/14 Grand World Cup Speed Skating title and is the 2013 World Sprint champion. She recently moved to the Netherlands to train and has so far had a successful World Cup season by winning two gold medals.
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ISU COUNCIL
The ISU Council met on October 17-19, 2014 in Geneva (SUI) and granted four provisional ISU Memberships; Skating Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Figure Skating Branch, Liechtensteiner Eislauf Verband for the Figure Skating Branch, the Qatar Skating Federation for the Speed Skating Branch and the Figure Skating Federation of the Republic of Moldova. The Council also approved the Qualification Systems for the ISU sports disciplines that will take part in the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016 and the ISU Junior Grand prix of Figure Skating Calendar season 2015/16. A number of provisional allotments for 2016 and 2017 ISU Championships have been decided and the dates of the 2017 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to be held in Gangneung (KOR) as the Olympic Test Event has been changed from February 22 - 26, 2017 to February 15 - 19, 2017. A test consisting of splitting the judging responsibilities, with some Judges evaluating the Grades of Execution and other Judges evaluating the Program Components, took place during the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy (GER). Following these tests and the submission of reports from the Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance Technical Committees, the Council acknowledged that further evaluation is required. The ISU World Development Trophy initiative was approved for a 3rd and 4th season and it was decided that a follow up to the Frankfurt Seminar in Figure Skating – Youth Seminar will take place. The Council also reviewed the conclusions reached by the Forum held at the beginning of the 2014 ISU Congress in Dublin and mandated Council members in order to prepare workshops focusing on selected topics of interest to the Members. The Council agreed to meet again on March 23 - 24, 2015 in Shanghai (CHN), on June 12 - 14, 2015 in Geneva (SUI) and finally on October 15 - 18, 2015 in Lausanne (SUI). For more information on the decisions of the Council see ISU Communication 1913.
DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA On November 20, 2014 the President of the International Skating Union, Mr. Ottavio Cinquanta, was presented with the honorary title Doctor Honoris Causa by the Rector, Associate Professor Pencho Geshev, of the National Sports Academy Vassil Levski in Sofia (BUL). SPORTS DIRECTORS
The first part of the Figure Skating season concluded with the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Barcelona (ESP). Although it was the first time Spain organized an ISU Event on such
ISU NEWS a scale, it was a great success. With the direction of the ISU Figure Skating Vice President, members of the Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance Technical Committees, together with the Figure Skating Sport Directors and Sport Manager Figure Skating, are working on reevaluating and redefining some aspects of the sport with the goal to keep the athlete in the forefront. Continuous improvements are made to further develop tools addressing accountability. In the Speed Skating Branch the Sports Director activities included several meetings and projects. The event attendance and coordination for ISU Short Track and Speed Skating events has successfully started. Regular meetings with the Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committees take place. An important step was reached during the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Event in Seoul (KOR) with the attendance of IOC persons observing the Mass Start Event for potential inclusion in the Olympic Program. Finally preparation for the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016 is ongoing.
will take place in the form of amendments issued in the annual ISU Communication in spring 2015 as well as proposals for the next ISU Congress 2016.
ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Single and Pair Skating
Synchronized Skating
Members of the Single and Pair Skating Technical Committee (SPTC) served as Referees and Technical Controllers in various Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events and at the ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Final. They also moderated the ISU Recognized Judges Seminars in Japan in November and Australia in December. Following the publication of ISU Communication 1893, regarding the Rules of Procedure for Officials Assessment Commission (OAC) - Evaluation of Judging, a lot of time was devoted to the joint work conducted with the OAC on evaluating Judges that attended ISU Events. All SPTC members discussed possible ways to refine the ISU Judging System. The outcome of this work
Ice Dance
Members of the Ice Dance Technical Committee (IDTC) officiated as Referees and Technical Controllers at Junior and Senior ISU Grand Prix competitions in addition to the Challenger Series and other International competitions. Communications for Technical Requirements for next season’s Novice Events and Junior and Senior Short Dance and Free Dance are been under taken which includes an effort to simplify and clarify all Rules so there is more uniformity in the work of Technical Panels and Judges. The IDTC continues to evaluate the work of Judges with additional and more comprehensive criteria included in the Reports of the OAC. Following the sudden and sad death of Technical Committee member Gilles Vandenbroeck, Walter Zuccaro (ITA) joined the IDTC. The IDTC will remember Mr Vandenbroeck with fondness. The Synchronized Skating Technical Committee (SySTC) will be welcoming the IOC representatives to the French Cup in Rouen (FRA) at the end of January in order to assess the possibility to include the sport in the Olympic Program. The SySTC also ran a successful training camp in Vierumaki (FIN) for ISU officials with the on-ice support of Team Unique. A busy season of events will culminate in the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Zagreb (CRO) and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships which will take place in Hamilton (CAN). The SySTC continue to work to enhance the training opportunities for Coaches and will announce a new initiative that will bring the Synchronized Skating seminars more in line with those of Ice Dance and Pair Skating.
Speed Skating
The ISU World Cup Speed Skating Season kicked off for the first time in Asia and the results from the first four competitions have determined the allotment of quota places for the World Single Distances Championships. 23 countries have qualified quota places, and two more countries have been placed on a short list. The Mass Start event gained particular attention in the first part of the World Cup season, since it will be introduced as an ISU Championships event at the 2015 World Single Distances Championships. A slightly revised set of competition rules for the event (16 laps with 3 intermediate sprints, both for Ladies and Men, and with the warm-up lane included as part of the race track) has proven successful. The ISU World Cup circuit will resume at the end of January with qualifying competitions for the World Sprint and World Allround Championships.
Short Track
The Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee (STSSTC) has been working on a number of projects and attended the first four ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Events that took place in 2014. The creation of a DVD for Officials was successfully finalized which includes a presentation which will be available shortly on the ISU website. ISU Communications 1918 ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating 2014/15 – Update; 1919 Short Track Speed Skating Qualifying Tables and 1920 Short Track Speed Skating Ranking Races at ISU Championships have been published to provide clarification on the forthcoming ISU Events. The STSSTC approved a number of seminars which will take place in Australia, Germany and Hungary and an additional regional seminar for Officials will take place in Norway.
WADA RULES
The ISU Anti-Doping Rules (Communication 1922) and the ISU Anti-Doping Procedures (Communication 1923) effective January 1, 2015 are now available on the ISU website. The ISU Anti-Doping Rules and the ISU AntiDoping Procedures are compiled in accordance with the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code.
MR. GILLES VANDENBROECK
ISU President receives a Doctor Honoris Causa
Mr. Gilles Vandenbroeck passed away in France on November 4th, 2014 at the age of 49. At the time of his passing he was a member of the IDTC, a role to which he was elected at the 53rd Ordinary Congress held in Barcelona (ESP) in 2010. The ISU pays tribute to Gilles Vandenbroeck’s devoted service to the ISU and will remember him with affection.
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2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS FIGURE SKATING European Championships Venue : Stockholm (SWE) Dates : January 26 - February 1
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2014 European Champions Ladies : Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) Men : Javier Fernandez (ESP) Pairs : Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (RUS) Ice Dance : Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (ITA) Four Continents Championships Venue : Seoul (KOR) Dates : February 9 - 15 2014 Four Continents Champions Ladies : Kanako Murakami (JPN) Men : Takahito Mura (JPN) Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN) Ice Dance : Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (USA) World Junior Championships Venue : Tallinn (EST) Dates : March 2 - 8 2014 World Junior Champions Ladies : Elena Radionova (RUS) Men : Nam Nguyen (CAN) Pairs : Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin (CHN) Ice Dance : Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (USA) World Championships Venue : Shanghai (CHN) Dates : March 23 - 29
Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov (RUS)
ISU JUNIOR GRAND PRIX The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating entered its 18th season. Overall 333 skaters/ couples (142 Ladies, 105 Men, 22 Pairs, 64 Ice Dance couples) from 57 ISU Members participated in the seven events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The series started in August in Courchevel (FRA) and continued in Ljubljana (SLO), Ostrava (CZE), Aichi (JPN), Tallinn (EST), Dresden (GER) and ended in Zagreb (CRO). Morocco and Indonesia were represented for the first time. Viewers all www.isu.org
over the world were able to follow the performances in the Junior Grand Prix events and the Junior Final via the ISU YouTube Channel. Russia had a strong showing in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Barcelona (ESP) by sweeping the Ice Dance podium and claiming a total of eight medals. Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS), Serafima Sakhanovich (RUS) and Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) were the top qualifiers of the series and went on to take gold, silver and bronze in Barcelona. While the two Russian were
2014 World Champions Ladies : Mao Asada (JPN) Men : Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) Pairs : Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER) Ice Dance : Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (ITA) World Team Trophy Venue : Tokyo (JPN) Dates : April 16 - 19 2013 Champions Canada
FIGURE SKATING bronze and silver medallists in the Junior Final one year ago, Higuchi competed in her first Junior Grand Prix season. Defending Junior Final Champion Maria Sotskova (RUS) settled for fourth place this time. The other qualifiers were Yuka Nagai (JPN) and Miyu Nakashio (JPN). Shoma Uno (JPN) emerged as a new top contender on the Junior circuit and claimed the title in his debut in the Final. He had advanced by taking a gold and a silver in his events. Sota Yamamoto (JPN) made it one-two for the Japanese juniors by earning the silver in the Final. Alexander Petrov (RUS) returned to the Final and this time was on the podium as the bronze medallist. Defending Champion Boyang Jin (CHN) this time finished fourth. Roman Sadovsky (CAN) and June Hyoung Lee (KOR) competed in their first Final and Lee was the first Korean man to make it to the Junior Final. In the Pairs, Russia was able to send four teams to Barcelona, however Canadians Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau won the title in their first Junior Final. Lina Fedorova/ Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) completed set of medals from the Junior Final by taking the silver. They had gold in 2012 and bronze in 2013. Maria Vigalova/Egor Zakroev (RUS) added a third Junior Grand Prix Final medal to their collection as well, this time the bronze. Daria Beklemisheva/Maxim Bobrov (RUS), Kamilla Gainetdinova/Sergei Alexeev (RUS) and Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson (USA) also qualified and came in fourth to sixth in Barcelona.Defending Junior Grand Prix Final Champions Anna Yanovskaya/ Sergey Mozgov led the Russian sweep in the Ice Dance and were joined by Alla Loboda/ Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko on the podium. Mackenzie Bent/Garrett Mackeen (CAN), Madeline Edwards/Zhao Kai Pang (CAN) and Daria Morozova/Mikhail Zhirnov (RUS) had qualified for their first Final and were ranked fourth to sixth.
ISU GRAND PRIX
Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau (CAN)
In the post-Olympic season, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series 2014/15 provided the opportunity to enjoy performances of well-known champions as well as to discover new faces. The series served as a build-up towards the ISU Championships. 40 Men, 38 Ladies, 26 Pairs and 28 Ice Dance couples representing 24 countries from Austria to
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Uzbekistan competed in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 Series. The number of entries for single skaters had been increased to 12 again. The series started in late October with Hilton HHonors Skate America in Hoffmans Estates, IL (USA) followed by Skate Canada in Kelowna (CAN) and Lexus Cup of China in Shanghai (CHN). The circuit then travelled to Europe for Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS) and Trophée Bompard in Bordeaux (FRA), before the last spots for the Final were decided at NHK Trophy in Osaka (JPN). The Grand Prix season ended in December with the combined ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Barcelona (ESP). The top six skaters and couples (senior and junior) advanced to the Final. Spain hosted such a major figure skating event for the first time. Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) had a rough start into the season and was the last one to squeeze into the Final by winning silver at Cup of China and placing fourth at NHK Trophy. However, in Barcelona, Hanyu showed that he is back on track and won his second consecutive title in the Final with a seasons best of 288.16 points. European Champion Javier Fernandez (ESP) recovered from a sub-par Short Program to claim silver in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. Sergei Voronov (RUS) competed in his first Grand Prix Final after earning two silver medals on the circuit and went on to take the bronze medal in Barcelona with consistent performances. Maxim Kovtun (RUS), who was the only skater to win his two GP events Cup of China and Trophée Bompard, came fourth followed by Takahito Mura (JPN) and Tatsuki Machida (JPN). Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) celebrated a triumphant return following a tough Olympic season. The now 18-year-old first returned to the Final with a silver medal from Skate America and a gold medal from Cup of China and then earned the title in Barcelona with a personal best score of 203.58 points. Elena Radionova (RUS) won at Skate America and Trophée Bompard, her first victories in the senior level Grand Prix series and went on to earn the silver medal in the Final. Ashley Wagner (USA) advanced to Barcelona with a silver and a bronze medal from the circuit and repeated as Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. Anna Pogorilaya (RUS) and Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) completed the strong showing of the Russian Ladies in the www.isu.org
Takahito Mura (JPN)
FIGURE SKATING silver medalists then added another gold in Barcelona, posting a personal best of 181.14 on the way to the title. Madison Chock/Evan Bates as well won gold twice on the circuit and returned home with a silver medal from Spain. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) upset the favorites at Cup of China, winning the gold, which also was the first Grand Prix title of their career. The French continued their success with another gold in France and the bronze in the Final. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) returned to the Final and placed fourth while newcomers Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) were fifth while Elena Ilinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) made it to the Final in the first year of their partnership. The ISU Figure Skating season will continue with the ISU Championships in 2015.
SYNCHRONIZED SKATING Synchronized teams will compete in a number of major international events this season, starting in January 2015. The highlights for synchronized teams will be ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Zagreb (CRO) March 13 and 14 and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships April 10 and 11 in Hamilton (CAN).
Ashley Wagner (USA)
Grand Prix Series and placed fourth and fifth in the Final. Rika Hongo (JPN), who won the Rostelecom Cup, came into the Final as a substitute following the withdrawal of Gracie Gold (USA). Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) started a successful Grand Prix season by winning their first gold medals at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy. The World bronze medalists followed up with a win at the Grand Prix Final with a personal best score of 220.72 points. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS) as well won their Grand Prix events for the first time, Rostelecom Cup and Trophée Bompard and took the silver medal in their debut in the Final. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) led a
strong Chinese pairs group to the Final. The 2014 Four Continents Champions collected two silver medals on the circuit and the bronze in Barcelona. Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang (CHN) were ranked fourth in the Final and had won the Cup of China while World Junior Champions Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) qualified for the Final in their first full senior season and came in fifth. Yuko Kavaguti/ Alexander Smirnov (RUS) successfully returned to competition following his knee injury that forced them to sit out the Olympic season. They won Skate America and were ranked sixth in the Final. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) claimed the first Grand Prix gold medals in their career at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy. The World
2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS SYNCHRONIZED SKATING World Junior Championships Venue: Zagreb (CRO) Dates: March 13 - 14 2014 Junior World Challenge Cup Champions Team : Team Finland 1 World Championships Venue : Hamilton (CAN) Dates : April 10 - 11 2014 World Champions Team : Team Finland 1
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The ISU World Cup Speed Skating Series consists of seven events this season. The first four events took place in 2014 and were aimed at both sprinters and allround skaters. A new rule was voted at the last ISU Congress, now the first four ISU World Cup Speed Skating Events are qualifying events for the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating
Artur Was (POL)
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Championships. The Hamar World Cup is a qualification event for the ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships and the second Heerenveen World Cup is the qualifying event for the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. The World Cup circuit skated off in Obihiro (JPN) followed one week later by Seoul (KOR) which included Team Sprint as a demonstration event. Skaters then travelled to Berlin (GER) and Heerenveen (NED) for the
December events. For the fourth season running, a special prize will be awarded to the best female and male skater, called the ‘Grand World Cup winner’, based on a grand total of points earned from World Cup races throughout the season. Ireen Wüst (NED) currently leads the Grand World Cup standings with 790 points followed by Martina Sáblíková (CZE) with 590 points. Marrit Leenstra (NED) is in close third with 560 points. In the Men’s standings Pavel
SPEED SKATING 2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS SPEED SKATING European Championships Venue : Chelyabinsk (RUS) Dates : January 10 - 11 2014 European Champions Ladies : Ireen Wüst (NED) Men : Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) World Single Distances Championships Venue : Heerenveen (NED) Dates : February12 - 15 World Junior Championships Venue : Warsaw (POL) Dates : February 20 - 22 2014 World Junior Champions Ladies : Antoinette de Jong (NED) 500 meters : Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 1000 meters : Antoinette de Jong (NED) 1500 meters : Melissa Wijfje, (NED) 3000 meters : Antoinette de Jong (NED) Team Pursuit Ladies : Netherlands
Kulizhnikov (RUS) is heading the leader board with 640 points, Kjeld Nuis (NED) follows with 450 points and Bart Swings (BEL) is currently third with 390 points. In the Ladies 500 m Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) leads with 750 points winning six of her eight races. Nao Kodaira (JNP) stands second with 610 with six podium finishes. German Judith Hesse is in third place with 363 points and following in close fourth position is Margot Boer (NED) with 354 points. Although Heather Richardson (USA) only competed at two events, she is fifth in the standings with 310 points. Although Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) crashed in the final pair of the 500m in Berlin (GER), he still leads the World Cup with 580 points. With 471 points Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) is second, followed by Dutchman Jan Smeekens (411 points), Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 379 and Artur Was (POL) 360 points. With two gold and one silver medal Ireen Wüst leads the 1500 m World Cup with 340 points, compatriot Marrit Leenstra is second with 320 and Ida Njåtun (NOR) is third with 196. Heather Richardson (USA) is fourth with 180.
Men : Patrick Roest (NED) 500 meters : Kai Verbij (NED) 1000 meters : Kai Verbij (NED) 1500 meters : Fan Yang (CHN) 3000 meters : Patrick Roest (NED) 5000 meters : Nils van der Poel (NED) Team Pursuit Men : Republic of Korea World Sprint Championships Venue : Astana (KAZ) Dates : February 28 - March 1 2014 World Sprint Champions Ladies : Jing Yu (CHN) Men : Michel Mulder (NED) World Allround Championships Venue : Calgary (CAN) Dates : March 7 - 8 2014 World Allround Champions Ladies : Ireen Wüst (NED) Men : Koen Verweij (NED) Ivanie Blondin (CAN)
In the Men’s 1500 m ranking Jan Szymanski (POL) leads after his two back to back wins this season. The Polish skater has 261 points while Kjeld Nuis (NED) is in a very close second with 256 points. Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) is third with 240 points. Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) also has 240 points, but is ranked fourth because Lunde Pedersen won in Seoul. The Dutch ladies win the Team Pursuit World Cup with 350 points. Germany came second with 240 and Poland third with 236 and all qualify for the ISU World Single Distance Championships. The Japanese ladies also qualify for the Championships based on their ranking as well as Russia and Canada, while Korea and China are added based on their time ranking. With their win in the final Team Pursuit Race of the season Korea not only took their first ever gold medal in the Men’s team pursuit, they also won the World Cup with 310 points. The Netherlands ended second with 290 and Poland third with 205. The top six ranked teams and the two fastest time teams qualify for the World Single Distance Championships. Along with the medalists are Russia, Canada
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and Italy who qualify based on ranking. Norway and Germany qualified on time. Qishi Li (CHN) got one gold and three bronze medals so far in the 1000 m and leads the World Cup with 310 points, Marrit Leenstra (NED) is second, with 276 points, and Karolina Erbanová (CZE) is third with 201. Ireen Wüst (NED) is fourth with 185. Winning three out of four 1000 m races, Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) leads the World Cup with 350 points, Kjeld Nuis (NED) is in second place with 251 and Samuel Schwarz (GER) is in very close third with 245. Martina Sáblíková (CZE) leads the Ladies 3000 m World Cup with 330 points. Ireen Wüst, who won two 3000 m races this season, is second with 280 and Claudia Pechstein (GER), who took gold in this season’s only Ladies’ 5000 m, is third with 235. Bob de Jong (NED) retained his lead in the Men’s 5000 m World Cup ranking with 280 points. But Aleksandr Rumyantsev (RUS) is not far with 240, while Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) is third with 225 points. Sven Kramer (NED), who won the only two races he participated in, is ranked fourth with 200 points.
Ivanie Blondin (CAN) grabbed two World Cup Mass Start golds so far this season and leads the ranking with 350 points. Irene Schouten (NED) is second with 320 points and Martina Sáblíková (CZE), who finished fourth in Heerenveen, is third with 255 points. In the final Mass Start of 2014 Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) increased his lead in the World Cup to 350 points. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) is second with 226 points and Bart Swings (BEL) is third with 167 points. Close behind are Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 160 points and Cheol-Min Kim (KOR) with 158. The ISU World Cup Season will continue in Hamar (NOR) on January 31 - February 1, then in Heerenveen on February 7 - 8. The ISU World Cup Final will take place in Erfurt (GER) on March 21 - 22. The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Series started in Calgary (CAN) last November and moved to Minsk (BLR) in December. These events were both Regional ones and the third such event will take place in Changchun (CHN) in the new year. All skaters will then compete at the Global Junior World Cup in Collalbo (ITA) and the Final will take place in Warsaw (POL) on February 14 - 15.
HongShuang Li (CHN), Namasthee Harris-Gauthier (CAN) and Bernadett Heidum (HUN)
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The Speed Skating Championships will start in January 2015 with the ISU European Championships and will end in March with the ISU World Allround Championships.
SHORT TRACK The ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Series consists of six events across North America, Asia and Europe. The circuit started in Salt Lake City (USA) and moved to Montreal (CAN). The Asian stops took place in December, first in Shanghai (CHN) and then Seoul (KOR). The last two events will take place in Europe in the New Year, first in Dresden (GER) and will end in Erzurum (TUR). The format of the Series went back to its original format; one day of qualification instead of two. In the Ladies 500 m Kexin Fan (CHN) leads in the rankings having won four races and accumulated 40000 points. Ji-Soo Seon (KOR) is second with three podium finishes and 30167 points. Yue Lin (CHN) is in third place overall with 25080. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) has 25021 and Arianna Fontana (ITA) who only
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Paul Stanley (GBR) and Nicola Rodigari (ITA)
competed in two races racked up 18000 points. Dmitry Migunov (RUS) collected two gold, one silver and one bronze medal so far this season in the 500 m races which puts him at the top of the leader board with 36518. Dajing Wu (CHN) and John-Henry Krueger (USA) competed in four races and are rather close in the rankings with 26640 and 25742 respectively. Yoon-Gy Kwak (KOR) and Sjinkie Knegt (NED) follow in fourth and fifth place. Suk Hee Shim (KOR) won two 1000 m races and took the silver in another and leads the overall ranking with 33120 points. With one gold and two silver medals teammate Minjeong Choi is second with 26000. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) has three podium finishes, one in each color and stands third (24400). Elise Christie (GBR) and Yutong Han (CHN) have 16475 and 15120 respectively. Sjinkie Knegt (NED) competed in three out of five 1000 m races and although he has so far not got a gold medal, he leads with 20800 points. Charles Hamelin (CAN) is second with 19216 points and one gold medal. Da Woon Sin (KOR) is just a few points ahead (16798) of Dajing Wu (CHN) (16474). Semen Elistratov (RUS) currently is fifth with 16000 points. Minjeong Choi (KOR) won three gold medals
so far in the Ladies 1500 m and has a total of 33277 points. Yutong Han (CHN) has one gold and one silver medal and stands second in the rankings (28240) while Suk Hee Shim (KOR) has one medal of each color and 24438 points. Jiaying Tao (CHN) ranks fourth (17456) and Deanna Lockett (AUS) fifth (17120). Da Woon Sin (KOR) has three gold, one silver and one bronze medal and tops the rankings in the Men’s 1500 m with 44400 points. All the other competitors trail behind, with 19201 comes teammate Jung-Su Lee and Charles Hamelin (CAN) with 18097. Se Yeong Park (KOR) has 16400 points and in fifth is John-Henry Krueger (USA) (14213). Korea dominated the Ladies Relay by winning the first three races and finishing second in Korea. They are in the lead with 38000 points followed by China (30096), Russia (23040), Canada (22016) and Italy (17994). Korea also leads the Men’s Relay table with two gold finishes and 30240 points. Netherlands are second (26397) and Canada third (19838). China and Hungary follow with 18095 and 16290 respectively. The Short Track Speed Skating season will continue in January with the ISU Championships.
2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS SHORT TRACK European Championships Venue : Dordrecht (NED) Dates : January 23 - 25 2014 European Champions Ladies : Jorien Ter Mors (NED) Men : Victor An (RUS) World Junior Championships Venue : Osaka (JPN) Dates : February 27 - March 1 2014 World Junior Champions Ladies : Do Hee Noh (KOR) Men: Munhyeon Lee (KOR) World Championships Venue : Moscow (RUS) Dates : March 13 - 15 2014 World Champions Ladies : Suk Hee Shim (KOR) Men : Victor An (RUS)
FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – overall standings after six of six events
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Hilton HHonors Skate America
Skate Canada International
Lexus Trophée Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total China Cup Bompard Trophy Points
1 Elena Radionova RUS 1st 1st 2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 2nd 1st 3 Anna Pogorilaya RUS 1st 2nd 4 Gracie Gold USA 3rd 1st 5 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 2nd 2nd 6 Ashley Wagner USA 2nd 3rd 7 Rika Hongo JPN 5th 1st 8 Satoko Miyahara JPN 3rd 3rd 9 Kanako Murakami JPN 3rd 4th 10 Alena Leonova RUS 6th 2nd 11 Courtney Hicks USA 4th 4th 12 Alaine Chartrand CAN 7th 3rd 13 Mirai Nagasu USA 6th 4th 14 So Youn Park KOR 5th 5th 15 Samantha Cesario USA 4th 7th 16 Polina Edmunds USA 4th 8th 17 Gabrielle Daleman CAN 5th 6th CHN 6th 7th 18 Zijun Li 19 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 5th 20 Riona Kato JPN 5th 21 Haruka Imai JPN 8th 8th 22 Maria Artemieva RUS 6th 23 Miyabi Oba JPN 6th 24 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 7th 25 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 7th RUS 7th 26 Maria Stavitskaia 27 Brooklee Han AUS 8th 28 Hae Jin Kim KOR 8th 29 Ashley Cain USA 8th
Men
Hilton HHonors Skate America
Skate Canada International
30 28 28 26 26 24 22 22 20 18 18 15 14 14 13 12 12 9 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
Total Final - Ladies Points 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS
203.58
2 Elena Radionova
RUS
198.74
3 Ashley Wagner
USA
189.50
4 Anna Pogorilaya
RUS
180.29
5 Julia Lipnitskaia
RUS
177.79
6 Rika Hongo
JPN
176.13
Total Final - Pair Skating Points 1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
CAN 220.72
2 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
RUS 213.72
3 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
CHN 194.31
4 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang
CHN 191.79
5 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin
CHN 187.79
6 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 184.54
Lexus Trophée Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total China Cup Bompard Trophy Points
1 Maxim Kovtun RUS 1st 1st 30 2 Javier Fernandez ESP 2nd 1st 28 3 Tatsuki Machida JPN 1st 2nd 28 4 Takahito Mura JPN 1st 3rd 26 5 Sergei Voronov RUS 2nd 2nd 26 6 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 2nd 4th 22 7 Jason Brown USA 2nd 5th 20 8 Denis Ten KAZ 4th 3rd 20 9 Nam Nguyen CAN 3rd 4th 20 10 Konstantin Menshov RUS 5th 4th 16 11 Misha Ge UZB 5th 4th 16 Daisuke Murakami JPN 1st 15 12 13 Michal Brezina CZE 7th 3rd 15 14 Richard Dornbush USA 3rd 7th 15 15 Max Aaron USA 3rd 7th 15 16 Jeremy Abbott USA 5th 5th 14 17 Adian Pitkeev RUS 6th 6th 10 18 Stephen Carriere USA 4th 9 19 Han Yan CHN 6th 8th 8 20 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 8th 6th 8 USA 5th 7 21 Adam Rippon 22 Florent Amodio FRA 6th 5 23 Elladj Balde CAN 6th 5 24 Chafik Besseghier FRA 7th 4 25 Alexei Bychenko ISR 7th 4 26 Ross Miner USA 7th 4 27 Jeremy Ten CAN 8th 3 28 Artur Gachinski RUS 8th 3 29 Douglas Razzano USA 8th 3 30 Keiji Tanaka JPN 8th 3
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JUNIOR GRAND PRIX 11 – 14 December,
Total Final - Ladies Points 1 Evgenia Medvedeva
RUS
190.89
2 Serafima Sakhanovich
RUS
186.01
3 Wakaba Higuchi
JPN
178.09
4 Maria Sotskova
RUS
175.99
5 Yuka Nagai
JPN
172.34
6 Miyu Nakashio
JPN
144.44
Total Final - Pair Skating Points 1 Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau CAN 175.57 2 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin
RUS 165.78
3 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev
RUS 161.75
4 Daria Beklemisheva / Maxim Bobrov RUS 131.57 5 Kamilla Gainetdinova / Sergei Alexeev RUS 130.14 6 Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson
USA 124.86
The top six skaters / couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final
Pair Skating
OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL Barcelona, Spain
Hilton HHonors Skate Lexus Trophée Skate Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points
1 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
RUS
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
CAN
1st
1st
30
1st
1st
30
3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 1st
2nd
28
Total Final - Men Points 4 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang
CHN 3rd
1 Yuzuru Hanyu
JPN
288.16
5 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
CHN
2 Javier Fernandez
ESP
253.90
6 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin
CHN
3 Sergei Voronov
RUS
244.53
7 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
RUS
3rd
2nd
24
4 Maxim Kovtun
RUS
242.27
8 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
USA 2nd
4th
22
5 Takahito Mura
JPN
235.37
9 Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang
CHN
3rd
3rd
216.13
10 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
USA 4th
4th
11 Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat
RUS
12 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage
USA 5th
4th
16
13 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres
FRA
5th
5th
14
6th
12 11
6 Tatsuki Machida
JPN
Total Final - Ice Dance Points 14 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
1st
2nd
ITA
2nd
2nd
26 3rd
4th
5th
26
22 18 4th
1 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
CAN 181.14
15 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
RUS
3rd
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates
USA 167.09
16 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu
USA
5th
17 Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave
GER
24
18
7 5th
7
3 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
FRA 162.39
18 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro CAN 6th 5
4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
USA 158.94
19 Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert
GER
5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
CAN 158.16
20 Dee Dee Leng / Simon Shnapir
USA
RUS 156.46
21 Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe
CAN
6th
5
22 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps
CAN 6th
5
6 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
Ice Dance
5 6th
5
Hilton HHonors Skate Lexus Trophée Skate Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points
OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL Barcelona, Spain
6th
1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates
USA 1st
2 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
CAN
1st
1st
30 1st
30
3 Gabriella Papadakis /
Guillaume Cizeron
Total 4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Final - Men Points 1 Shoma Uno
JPN
FRA
1st
USA 2nd
2nd
238.27
5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
CAN
RUS
2nd
26 22
JPN
213.12
3 Alexander Petrov
RUS
207.14
7 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
RUS
4th
201.02
8 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
USA
3rd
9 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
GBR
3rd
10 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
RUS 3rd
5th
11 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
USA
6th
12 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
GER
13 Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Total Final - Ice Dance Points 14 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
CAN
1 Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov RUS 148.58
15 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
ITA
2 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
RUS 136.31
16 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz
ESP
3 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko
RUS 131.88
17 Elisabeth Paradis / Francois-Xavier Ouellette CAN 4th 9
5 Roman Sadovsky
CAN
185.47
6 June Hyoung Lee
KOR
180.39
ITA
26
2nd
2 Sota Yamamoto
CHN
30
2nd
6 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
4 Boyang Jin
4th
1st
2nd 3rd
22 5th
5th
22 18 18
3rd
16
4th
16
5th
6th
12
6th
5th
12
3rd
11
4th
9
4 Mackenzie Bent / Garrett Mackeen CAN 128.61
18 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
RUS
4th
9
5 Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang CAN 122.39
19 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin Mcmanus
USA 5th
7
6 Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov
20 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
USA
21 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
JPN
22 Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu
CHN
RUS 113.26
6th 6th
5 6th
5 5
13
SPEED SKATING
ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events
Total
Ladies 500 m Points
14
Total
Ladies 1000 m Points
Total Points
Mass Start Ladies
1 Sang-Hwa Lee
KOR
750
1 Qishi Li
CHN
310
1 Ivanie Blondin
CAN
350
2 Nao Kodaira
JPN
610
2 Marrit Leenstra
NED
276
2 Irene Schouten
NED
320
3 Judith Hesse
GER
363
3 Karolina Erbanová
CZE
201
3 Martina Sábliková
CZE
255
4 Margot Boer
NED
354
4 Ireen Wüst
NED
185
4 Nana Takagi
JPN
200
5 Heather Richardson
USA
310
5 Heather Richardson
USA
180
5 Bo-Reum Kim
KOR
168
6 Floor van den Brandt
NED
306
6 Brittany Bowe
USA
180
6 Claudia Pechstein
GER
163
7 Karolina Erbanová
CZE
302
7 Nao Kodaira
JPN
124
7 Miho Takagi
JPN
150
8 Olga Fatkulina
RUS
300
8 Olga Fatkulina
RUS
118
8 Ye-Jin Jun
KOR
136
9 Thijsje Oenema
NED
272
9 Ida Njåtun
NOR
108
9 Rixt Meijer
NED
124
10 Vanessa Bittner
AUT
269
10 Ivanie Blondin
CAN
102
10 Kali Christ
CAN
99
Ladies 1500 m
Total Points
Ladies 3000/5000 m
Total Points
Total Points
1 Ireen Wüst
NED
340
1 Martina Sábliková
CZE
330
2 Marrit Leenstra
NED
320
2 Ireen Wüst
NED
280
3 Ida Njåtun
NOR
196
3 Claudia Pechstein
GER
235
4 Heather Richardson
USA
180
4 Ivanie Blondin
CAN
202
1 Netherlands 2 Germany 3 Poland 4 Japan 5 Russia
350 240 236 226 180
5 Olga Graf
RUS
163
5 Jorien Voorhuis
NED
200
6 Martina Sábliková
CZE
162
6 Marije Joling
NED
170
Total
7 Linda de Vries
NED
156
7 Olga Graf
RUS
155
8 Brittany Bowe
USA
140
8 Diane Valkenburg
NED
120
9 Marije Joling
NED
136
9 Bente Kraus
GER
108
10 Yuliya Skokova
RUS
134
10 Carlijn Achtereekte
NED
102
1 2 3 4 4
760 590 560 530 475
Total Points
Men 500 m
Men 1000 m
Total Points
Ladies Team Pursuit
Ladies Grand World Cup ranking Points Ireen Wüst Martina Sábliková Marrit Leenstra Ivanie Blondin Sang-Hwa Lee
NED CZE NED CAN KOR
Total Points
Mass Start Men
1 Pavel Kulizhnikov
RUS
580
1 Pavel Kulizhnikov
RUS
350
1 Seung-Hoon Lee
KOR
350
2 Laurent Dubreuil
CAN
471
2 Kjeld Nuis
NED
251
2 Andrea Giovannini
ITA
226
3 Jan Smeekens
NED
411
3 Samuel Schwarz
GER
245
3 Bart Swings
BEL
167
4 Tae-Bum Mo
KOR
379
4 Nico Ihle
GER
196
4 Jorrit Bergsma
NED
160
5 Artur Waś
POL
360
5 Hein Otterspeer
NED
192
5 Cheol-Min Kim
KOR
158
6 Nico Ihle
GER
292
6 Stefan Groothuis
NED
181
6 Haralds Silovs
LAT
140
7 Espen Aarnes Hvammen
NOR
285
7 Shani Davis
USA
160
7 Shane Williamson
JPN
125
8 Ruslan Murashov
RUS
260
8 Aleksey Yesin
RUS
156
8 Arjan Stroetinga
NED
96
9 Denis Koval
RUS
254
9 Kai Verbij
NED
130
9 Linus Heidegger
AUT
96
10 Ryohei Haga
JPN
250
10 Denny Morrison
CAN
121
10 Patrick Beckert
GER
95
Men 1500 m Points Men 5000/10000 m
Total Points
Total Points
1 Jan Szymanski
POL
261
1 Bob de Jong
NED
280
2 Kjeld Nuis
NED
256
2 Aleksandr Rumyantsev
RUS
240
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen
NOR
240
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen
NOR
225
4 Wouter Olde Heuvel
NED
240
4 Sven Kramer
NED
200
5 Shani Davis
USA
215
1 Republic of Korea 2 Netherlands 3 Poland 4 Italy 5 Russia
310 290 205 166 166
5 Bart Swings
BEL
195
6 Denny Morrison
CAN
189
Total
6 Jorrit Bergsma
NED
180
7 Konrad Niedzwiedzki
POL
166
7 Douwe de Vries
NED
180
8 Bart Swings
BEL
165
8 Patrick Beckert
GER
165
9 Koen Verweij
NED
152
9 Wouter Olde Heuvel
NED
140
10 Thomas Krol
NED
148
10 Seung-Hoon Lee
KOR
121
1 2 3 4 5
640 450 390 380 370
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Men Grand World Cup ranking Points Pavel Kulizhnikov Kjeld Nuis Bart Swings Wouter Olde Heuvel Sverre Lunde Pedersen
RUS NED BEL NED NOR
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events
Ladies 500 m
Total Points
Ladies 1000 m
Total Points
Ladies 1500 m
Total Points
1 Kexin Fan
CHN
30000
1 Suk Hee Shim
KOR
33120
1 Suk Hee Shim
KOR
24400
2 Yue Lin
CHN
23738
2 Minjeong Choi
KOR
26000
2 Minjeong Choi
KOR
23277
3 Marianne St-Gelais
CAN
22400
3 Marianne St-Gelais
CAN
24400
3 Yutong Han
CHN
20240
4 Ji-Soo Jeon
KOR
22167
4 Elise Christie
GBR
16475
4 Arianna Fontana
ITA
14400
5 Arianna Fontana
ITA
18000
5 Yutong Han
CHN
15120
5 Jiaying Tao
CHN
14179
6 Alang Kim
KOR
10496
6 Jessica Smith
USA
11538
6 Deanna Lockett
AUS
13024
7 Kasandra Bradette
CAN
10029
7 Alang Kim
KOR
10621
7 Alang Kim
KOR
8000
8 Hongshuang Li
CHN
10000
8 Kim Boutin
CAN
9338
8 Eun-Byul Lee
KOR
7474
9 Elise Christie
GBR
9216
9 Valérie Maltais
CAN
9021
9 Hongshuang Li
CHN
6400
10 Emina Malagich
RUS
9147
10 Kexin Fan
CHN
8303
10 Moemi Kikuchi
JPN
6193
Men 500 m
Total Points
Men 1000 m
Total Points
Men 1500 m
Total Points
1 Dmitry Migunov
34840
1 Sjinkie Knegt
20800
1 Da Woon Sin
38000
RUS
NED
KOR
2 John-Henry Krueger
USA
24400
2 Charles Hamelin
CAN
19216
2 Charles Hamelin
CAN
18097
3 Yoon-Gy Kwak
KOR
21577
3 Da Woon Sin
KOR
16798
3 Se Yeong Park
KOR
16400
4 Dajing Wu
CHN
21520
4 Dajing Wu
CHN
16474
4 John-Henry Krueger
USA
14213
5 Shaolin Sandor Liu
HUN
13123
5 Semen Elistratov
RUS
16000
5 Dequan Chen
CHN
13373
6 Vladimir Grigorev
RUS
12096
6 Yi Ra Seo
KOR
15798
6 Vladislav Bykanov
ISR
10592
7 Sjinkie Knegt
NED
10097
7 Shaolin Sandor Liu
HUN
14423
7 Jung-Su Lee
KOR
9201
8 Jingnan Shi
CHN
8476
8 Se Yeong Park
KOR
12096
8 Yi Ra Seo
KOR
6861
9 Tianyu Han
CHN
8192
9 Dequan Chen
CHN
11674
9 Ruslan Zakharov
RUS
6798
10 William Preudhomme
CAN
6408
10 Victor An
RUS
10003
10 Sjinkie Knegt
NED
6625
Ladies Relay
Total Points
1 Republic of Korea
38000
2 China
30096
3 Russia
23040
4 Canada
22016
5 Italy
17994
6 Japan
10092
7 Hungary
9216
8 USA
7995
9 France
5898
10 Poland
3775
Total
1 Republic of Korea
30240
2 Netherlands
26397
3 Canada
19838
4 China
18095
5 Hungary
16290
6 USA
15215
7 Russia
14215
8 Japan
9254
9 Italy
8918
10 Kazakhstan
8813
Men Relay Points
Short Track Speed Skating
15
PAST MASTERS MARINA ANISSINA (FRA) : BORN 1975 GWENDAL PEIZERAT (FRA) : BORN 1972 Olympic Winter Games Ice Dance Gold Medal 2002 Ice Dance Bronze Medal 1998 ISU World Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance Gold Medal 2000 Ice Dance Silver Medal 1998, 1999, 2001 ISU European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance Gold Medal 2000, 2002 Ice Dance Silver Medal 1999, 2001 Ice Dance Bronze Medal 1998 Ice Dancers Anissina & Peizerat teamed up in early 1993. Both skaters medaled with other partners at ISU World Junior Championships. Anissina skated with Ilia Averbukh for Russia and Peizerat with Marina Morel for France. When Anissina spilt with her partner she wrote to Peizerat who in turn invited her to his hometown Lyon (FRA). They were a good match and won two European titles and crowned World Champions in 2000. In 2002 they won the first Ice Dance Olympic gold medal for France. The couple retired from competition after the Olympics but continued skating together for many years in shows. Anissina is a coach and choreographer while Peizerat was named a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit in 1998 and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2003.