Sherbrooke Wrap-up

The competition has come to a close! All in all, this was definitely the fastest world juniors yet. With records being slashed and quick times from every country, any race advancements had become difficult. The top 3 skaters for each gender include...

Female-

1	NOH Ah-Reum	KOR	81
2	LEE Eun-Byul	KOR	76
3	LEE Mi-Yeon	KOR	47

NOH Ah-Reum has taken out the world junior title for the second time in a row!

Male-

1	UM Cheon-Ho	KOR	68
2	YOU Dong-Kun	KOR	62
3	CELSKI J.R.	USA	58

Another successful campaign from Korea!.

The overall placing for the Australian skaters are as follows..
Boys-(out of 61)
54 CALDECUTT Ronald
47 BODA Pierre
Girls-(out of 45)
35 COXON-SMITH Emma
39 FOGARTY Sinead

If wanting more info... the following link delves a little deeper. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128613-19728-18965-293024-3963-4771-layout160-129921-news-item,00.html

Sherbrooke Update

The Aussie skaters have collected some great results over the last 2 days.. the results are as follows...
Boys-
Ronnie Caldecutt-
1500m- 5th Place(Heat) 2:30.738
500m- 4th Place(Prelim) 44.846- Good strong 500m time from Ronnie which i'm pretty sure is a PB for him!
Pierre Boda-
1500m- 5th Place(Heat) 2:26.604
500m- 3rd Place(Prelim) 45:084- Another strong time in the 500m which i'm also pretty sure is a PB for Pierre.
Girls-
Emma Coxon-Smith-
1500m- 5th Place(Quarters) 2:48.504
500m- 2nd Place(Prelim) 51.580
3rd Place(Heat) 50.866- Our first advancement of the comp.. Well done!
Sinead Fogarty-
1500m- 4th Place(Quarters) 2:42.754- Strong time from Sinead which could possibly be PB!!
500m- 4th Place(Prelim) 51.636

So far a good performance from Australia, but there is plenty of tuff competition this year..

For the 500m and 1500m.. performances from every country have been incredible especially regarding the 500m times. J.R. Celski had smashed the previous 500m record with his semi-final skate of 41.462, Celski also managed to take out the final with Viktor Knoch taking 2nd place. In the womens, Canada's Marianne ST-GELAIS took a full second off the existing 500m record with her quarter-final skate of 43.922, she also managed to take out the 500m final. Korea's domination can clearly be seen in the 1500m finals with the girls taking out 1st, 2nd and 3rd and the boys taking out 1st and 2nd(remarkable result by any standard). However, this domination isn't evident in the 500m finals, however YOU Dong-Kun managed 3rd in the final.

More updates tomorrow! Sorry if i've made any mistakes!

Sherbrooke Update

The 1500m heat draws have been put up(click the world junior picture and it'll take you there). The races are looking pretty tough this year and the Aussie skaters 1500m draws can show for that. Ronnie is racing Viktor Knoch in his heat(Olympic finalist Torino) and Pierre is against a Korean skater, which pretty much speaks for itself! As for the girls, Emma has been blessed with a skater from the USA and Sinead has drawn another strong skater from CAN.

No matter what the race or skater, I'm sure our skaters will perform their best and hopefully go on to the next round.

The following link is the official site and will provide you with some backround info regarding the competition, http://www.sherbrooke2009.com/en.html

The skating begins in a couple of hours... fingers crossed!

Junior Worlds 2009!

This years junior worlds will be held in a very cold Sherbrooke, Canada(-35 a couple of days back). Australias junior worlds representatives for 2009 are Pierre, Ronnie, Emma and Sinead. The competition will be held from the 9th to the 11th. Apparently the ice is really fast, so there's a good a chance that this years juniors will be just as quick as a very fast 2008.
The current world junior records are..

JUNIOR MEN
500 meters: Han-Bin Lee, KOR Bolzano 12.01.200842,173
1000 meters: Yun-Jae Kim, KOR Bolzano 13.01.2008 1.25,993
1500 meters: Ho-Suk Lee, KOR Belgrade 08.01.2005 2.13,340

JUNIOR LADIES
500 meters: Chun-Sa Byun, KOR Budapest 11.01.2003 44,905
1000 meters: Chun-Sa Byun, KOR Budapest 12.01.2003 1.30,483
1500 meters: Eun-Ju Jung, KOR Beijing 11.01.2004 2.18,861

We would like to wish Richard(team leader) and the skaters a safe, fast and most importantly fun competition.

We will keep you updated on their results!!!

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World Cup 3 Beijing - Day 1 Results

500m(1)
Tatiana Borodulina:
- Quarterfinal Race 4: 2nd Place (44.340).
- Semifinal Race 1: 2nd Place (44.796).
- A Final: 3rd Place (43.595 AOR).
* Winner was Meng Wang in a World Record Time of 42.609
Elliott Shriane:
- Quarterfinal Race 4: 3rd (42.294 AOR).
- Overall: 10th Place.

1500m
Alix-Myra Anderson:
- Repechage Quarterfinals Race 1: DQ.
- Overall: 39th Place.
Lachlan Hay:
- Semifinal Race 1: 5th Place.
- Overall: 13th Place.

Beijing World Cup Day 1 - 500m(1) and 1500m

500m(1) Repechage
nil

1500m Repechage
Alix-Myra Anderson - Rep Heats Race 2.

500m(1) World Cup
Tatiana Borodulina - Quarterfinals.
Elliott Shriane - Quarterfinals.

1500m World Cup
Lachlan Hay - Semifinals.

*Jeremy Beck does not participate due to DQ in 1500m.

LIVE RESULTS