ISU World No49 Jan 2013

INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

INSIDE • ISU NEWS • GRAND PRIX • WORLD CUP REPORTS • RESULTS

NO 49 JANUARY 2013

Like many other colleagues of mine I am immersed in sport and as an European I am not permitted to ignore football, or soccer if we want to use another expression.

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Sportsmen are usually traditional people who hardly succeed in changing rules, but fortunately some of them are willing to accept what progress can provide to innovate. In this area one of the major inputs we received is the computer. It is actually using the PC that I found a sport called “futsal”, that is with brevity football/soccer played by 5 athletes instead of 11, if we want to compare the two most known team compositions, even though the same sport can be played by teams with any number of players between 11 and 5.

I am far from trying to start a deep interpretation of the development of football/soccer, I wish on the contrary to point out that many sports are adopting new rules to produce different types of matches/competitions.

In the area of Winter Sports, constructive examples are delivered by the international ski activities as well as by the other entity conducting biathlon events. The innovations introduced in those sports that use snow for their performances constitute a model on how changes can be adopted to maintain and possibly improve the reputation of the sports, through the appreciation of TV viewers, spectators and media, who demonstrated high interest for the said new approaches.

We are already in a new era and the reaction of sport during an international economic crisis is for sure in line with what has to be done in order to maintain all the essential parameters to govern and hopefully to further develop the sport activity. Better understanding what is happening in the above mentioned sport disciplines, it is not difficult to realize that remarkably reducing the field of play permits to offer good opportunities to spectators to attend the event and in certain cases to host a sport discipline in enclosed facilities, so enabling to achieve a major result: to save money. Furthermore we must not underestimate that sponsors and television have sufficient reasons to welcome the said innovations, since through them it would become easier to form and respect specific schedules.

The same positive reaction will certainly be expressed by sport administrators and organizers, since the global cost of the sport events conducted under the new concepts inspired by progress will certainly render sport much cheaper, thanks to a calculation that anybody can easily make.

Of course the traditional sports have to overcome a handicap that new sport activities do not have to confront. The handicap in question is the problem of how to convert a well known discipline into a new one, while respecting the major concepts that permitted the traditional sport to become popular. However, when a sport administrator is facing the highest dilemma: either to change the conditions or to substantially reduce the activity, there is no choice.

The sport administrator must produce innovative solutions to stay in line with the progress and also to protect the future of the sport disciplines, though they were organized for many years through different systems and probably under very different conditions.

Ottavio Cinquanta President, International Skating Union ISU World is the official newsletter of the International Skating Union Published and produced by ISU, Chemin de Primerose 2, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Telephone : +41 21 612 66 66. Facsimile : +41 21 612 66 77.

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ISU COUNCIL The ISU Council met on October 5 -7, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and acknowledged the change of name and leadership of the ISU Member in Kazakhstan to National Skating Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Council also provisionally allotted the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015 to Tallinn (EST) and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating schedule for 2013/14 has been decided and published. Following a site inspection visit, the ISU Council confirmed that the 55th Ordinary ISU Congress will be held in Dublin on June 9 -13, 2014.

Prof. Michael Geistlinger (AUT) was appointed with immediate effect as ISU Legal Advisor joining the current Legal Advisor Dr. Béatrice Pfister (SUI) in this function.

The ISU Council decided that if it proves necessary, the Minimum Total Technical Scores will be determined and finalized 2 weeks before the entry deadline of each 2013 Figure Skating Championships. The matter of trademarks in Speed Skating was discussed and Members are invited to consult the ISU website in order to familiarize themselves with the IOC Guidelines in time for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and also to refer to Rule 102, paragraph 6.b) (ii) of the ISU General Regulations.

Following the amendments made by Congress 2012, it has been clarified that in Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance competitions, if the country hosting the Olympic Winter Games does not qualify through the normal qualifying procedure, one competitor per discipline of the host Member shall no longer have the right to participate in the Olympic Winter Games. This will enter in effect for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games only.

The ISU Council agreed to proceed with the World Development Trophy initiative which will be held at different venues and dates, tentatively in March 2013 in the Philippines, Poland and Singapore.

Finally the ISU Council agreed to meet again on February 25 - 27, 2013 in Milan (ITA), June 7 - 9, 2013 in Vienna (AUT) and on October 11-13, 2013 in Paris (FRA) .

For more information on the decisions of the Council see ISU Communication 1767.

ISU NEWS SPORTS DIRECTORATE

The Sports Directorate met in Oberstdorf on September 21- 22, 2012 to plan for the season, prepare seminars, international events and especially for the test events for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. With the conclusion of the ISU Junior Grand Prix and Grand Prix Series of Figure Skating, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (combined Junior and Senior) was the backdrop for the first test event. With a new venue, Host Broadcaster and Organizing Committee, the event was a challenge but was successfully conducted with the support of the Russian Figure Skating Federation and Sochi 2014.

A new format for the Synchronized Skating seminar for Judges, Referees and the Technical Panels, planned for the 2013 ISU Championships was launched.

In Speed Skating and Short Track observations of organizational and technical aspects of ISU Events were assessed.

The Sports Directorate has also started to work on the second edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2016 which will take place in Lillehammer (NOR).

ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Single and Pair Skating

Members of the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee (SPTC) acted as Referees and Technical Controllers at ISU Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events as well as at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, the official Figure Skating test event for the Olympic Winter Games 2014.

A lot of attention was paid to the evaluation of Judges which was done in cooperation

with the Officials Assessment Commission.

Numerous Referees and Technical Controllers Reports from Events that took place during the first part of the season were studied and the results will be finalized at the SPTC meeting which will take place during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships.

Plans to provide further education to members of Technical Panels have also been discussed.

Ice Dance

The Ice Dance Technical Committee acted as Officials at various Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events. The Communication which will include rhythms and Key Points for Pattern Dance Elements to be included in the Short Dances for the Olympic Season has been finalized. Two DVDs were created, the first demonstrates the Key Points for the Pattern Dance Elements for this season and the second is an educational tool to show plus and minus features for Twizzles and Step Sequences. An Ice Dance Judges’ Seminar was conducted in Brisbane (AUS) during the Australian National Championships and an ISU International Ice Dance Development Training Seminar for Coaches and their Couples/Skaters in Asia, Oceania, the Pacific Region and South Africa is to take place on April 21- 28, 2013 in Seoul (KOR). The aim of the Seminar is to introduce and develop Ice Dance in these regions.

Synchronized Skating

The Synchronized Skating Technical Committee conducted a number of seminars including the Global Coaches Seminar combined with the Technical and Referee /Judges seminar which took place in Helsinki (FIN), a Coaches Seminar was hosted by the Spanish

Adler Arena in Sochi, Speed Skating venue for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Federation in Madrid and with the assistance of the ISU Development funding, a Development Seminar was held in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne (AUS) with a combination of a Judges seminar in Sydney, a Technical seminar in Melbourne and on-ice training for Australian teams in all three cities.

The Winter Cup, a new Synchronized Skating event, was added to the International Competition Calendar and the first ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships will take place in Helsinki in March, followed by the ISU World Championships in Boston (USA) in April.

Speed Skating

The Speed Skating Technical Committee held its first meeting since the 2012 ISU Congress in conjunction with the bi-annual ISU Referees’ course in Vlaardingen (NED) on September 30 - October 1. The agenda included detailed preparations for over 20 ISU Speed Skating Events of the coming season and planning of the season calendar 2013/14.

The Essent ISU World Cup season kicked off in the middle of November, with the opening event featuring all World Cup distances (including Mass Start and Team Pursuit) held in Heerenveen (NED). The Mass Start event has been further developed with the introduction of one additional intermediate sprint, which produces more action and excitement during the race. A new Team event, Team Sprint pursuit was successfully demonstrated during the last two events of 2012.

In the ISU Junior World Cup circuit three regional events and one global event were completed before the end of 2012.

Short Track

The first four Samsung ISU World Cup events of the season took place with great success.

The Technical Committee has introduced a new event called the Madison Team race, which was tested at two Events. This new format which consists of a two person relay over 32 laps and points are awarded every 5-6 laps, will continue to be tested with the aim to provide an exciting event for athletes and spectators. The level of competition at the development events, the Danubia Cup and Star Class competitions, increases yearly and provides additional experience to participating athletes and officials. The ISU Development Program has been funding these events since 2005.

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ISU Grand Prix of figure skating The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series 2012/13 showcased the world’s best figure skaters. Like last year, viewers all over the world were able to follow the performances in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final via internet.

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35 Men, 34 Ladies, 23 Pairs and 28 Ice Dance couples from 19 ISU Members competed in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2012/13 events. The series opened in October with Hilton HHonors Skate America in Kent/Seattle (USA) followed by Skate Canada International in Windsor (CAN) and the Cup of China in Shanghai (CHN). The series then continued with the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS) and the Trophée Eric Bompard in Paris (FRA) before concluding with NHK Trophy in Miyagi (JPN). The Grand Prix season culminated in December with the combined ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi (RUS). The top six skaters and couples (senior and junior) in each discipline met in the new Olympic ice rink and competed for the Grand Prix titles.

Joshua Farris (USA) silver medalist of Men’s ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) qualified with two silver medals for the Final but came out on top in Sochi to become the first Japanese man to win the Grand Prix Final crown.

Takahashi achieved a seasons best of 269.40 points in Sochi. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) set a new record score in the Short Program first at Skate America with 95.07 points only to surpass it at NHK Trophy with 95.32 points.

He came with a silver and a gold medal to Russia and took silver in the Final one day after his 18th birthday. Reigning World Champion Patrick Chan (CAN) earned silver and gold in his Grand Prix events but had to settle for the bronze in the Final. Javier Fernandez (ESP) became the first Spanish figure skater in history to win a Grand Prix event (Skate Canada). In the Final he finished fourth but landed three quadruple jumps in the best Free Skating of the night. Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) returned to the Final with a gold and a silver medal and finished fifth. The only newcomer in the Final was Tatsuki Machida (JPN) who booked his ticket with a gold and a bronze medal from the circuit. Jeremy Abbott (USA), Florent Amodio (FRA) and Takahito Mura (JPN) were the substitutes.

Mao Asada (JPN) returned to the top of the Grand Prix Final podium for the first time in

FIGURE SKATING 2013 ISU Championships figure skating European Championships Venue : Zagreb (CRO) Dates : January 21- 27

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2012 European Champions Ladies : Carolina Kostner (ITA) Men : Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) Pairs : Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (RUS) Ice Dance : Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat (FRA) Four Continents Championships Venue : Osaka (JPN) Dates : February 6 -11 2012 Four Continents Champions Ladies : Ashley Wagner (USA) Men : Patrick Chan (CAN) Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN) Ice Dance : Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN) World Junior Figure Skating Championships Venue : Milan (ITA) Dates : February 25 - March 3 2012 World Junior Champions Ladies : Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) Men : Han Yan (CHN) Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN) Ice Dance : Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships Venue : Helsinki (FIN) Dates : March 8-9 World Championships Venue : London (Ontario), (CAN) Dates : March 10 -17 2012 World Champions Ladies : Carolina Kostner (ITA) Men : Patrick Chan (CAN) Pairs : Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER) Ice Dance : Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN) World Synchronized Skating Championships Venue : Boston (USA) Dates : April 2 - 6 2012 World Champions Team : Team Sweden 1

Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) winner of the Pair Skating ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

four years and qualified with two gold medals from her events. Asada captured gold in Sochi with a seasons best of 196.80 points. Ashley Wagner (USA) earned her first medal in the Final, the silver after winning her two events.

In her fourth consecutive Grand Prix Final, Akiko Suzuki (JPN) took her third medal, the bronze. She picked up two silver medals on her way to Sochi. Kiira Korpi (FIN) became the first Finnish skater to qualify for the Grand

Prix Final and finished fourth. Youth Olympic Champion Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (RUS) came back to the Final and placed fifth ahead of Christina Gao (USA). Gao was the first substitute and replaced Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) who withdrew due to injury. The remaining substitutes were Mirai Nagasu (USA) and Kanako Murakami (JPN).

Reigning World silver medalists Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) won the Grand

Prix Final for the first time. They had qualified with two gold medals from the circuit and got a seasons best of 207.53 points. Vera Bazarova/ Yuri Larionov (RUS) made the podium in the Final for the first time, claiming the silver. They had collected a silver and their first Grand Prix gold medal in their events. Qing Pang/ Jian Tong (CHN) who had missed the series last year returned in style, taking a silver and a gold medal before earning the bronze in Sochi. They had competed in their eighth Grand Prix Final. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) finished fourth in Sochi following two silver medals on the circuit. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) came in fifth and Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) were ranked sixth in the Final. The substitutes were Caydee Denney/John Coughlin (USA), Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) and Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS).

Four-time World Champions Aliona Savchenko/ Robin Szolkowy (GER) won Skate Canada but then had to withdraw from their second event as Savchenko was ill and subsequently missed the Final.

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Ice Dance World silver medalists Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) danced to their fourth consecutive Grand Prix Final gold medal and bagged the gold as well in their two Grand Prix events. They triumphed in Sochi with a seasons best of 183.39 points.

World Champions Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) celebrated two victories on the way to Russia but had to settle for second place in Sochi. Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) advanced with two gold medals to the Final to claim their fourth consecutive medal, the bronze, in Sochi. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) and Ekaterina Bobrova/ Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) returned to the Final, finishing fourth and fifth. Elena Ilinykh/ Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) debuted in the Final and came sixth. The substitutes were Kaitlyn Weaver/ Andrew Poje (CAN), Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko (RUS) and Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA).

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX of figure skating

Mao Asada (JPN) winner of the Ladies’ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating entered its 16th season in 2012. 152 Junior Ladies, 64 Junior Men, 35 Junior Pairs and 70 Junior Ice Dance couples representing 58 countries from Argentina to Uzbekistan competed in this year’s edition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating with competitions in Courchevel (FRA), Lake Placid

FIGURE SKATING (USA), Linz (AUT), Istanbul (TUR), Bled (SLO), Zagreb (CRO) and Chemnitz (GER).

Russia had a strong showing in the Junior Final by sweeping the Pairs podium and claiming a total of seven medals including all four gold medals.

Maxim Kovtun (RUS) competed in his second Final and rose to the very top in Sochi after winning two gold medals on the circuit. Joshua Farris (USA) had also claimed two gold medals in his events and took home the silver from the Final, one step up from one year ago.

Ryuju Hino (JPN) earned the bronze in the Final. Defending champion Jason Brown (USA) finished fourth this time followed by Boyang Jin (CHN), the only newcomer this year, and Keiji Tanaka (JPN).

13-year-old Elena Radionova struck gold in her two events and in the Final by a large

margin. Hannah Miller (USA) came with two silver medals to Sochi and added another one in the Final. Anna Pogorilaya (RUS) advanced with a gold and a bronze medal to the Final and took the bronze in Sochi as well. Angela Wang (USA), Satoko Miyahara (JPN) and Leah Keiser (USA) were the other qualifiers. All six Junior Ladies debuted in the Junior Final.

Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin led the Russian sweep in the Pairs event followed by World Junior bronze medalists Vasilisa Davankova/Andrei Deputat and Maria Vigalova/ Egor Zakroev. Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro (CAN), World Junior silver medalists, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) and Brittany Jones/ Ian Beharry (CAN) completed the field in the Final.

World Junior silver medalists Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin (RUS) dominated their

Qing Pang / Jian Tong (CHN) bronze medalists of the Pair Skating ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

JGP events and the Final. Gabrielle Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) picked up two gold medals on the circuit and the silver in the Final. World Junior bronze medalists Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (USA) claimed the bronze in the Final following two wins in the series. Last year’s silver medalists in the Final, Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov (RUS), placed fourth this time. The other qualifiers were Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin (RUS) and Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin (RUS).

All performances from the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event and the Final can be seen on the ISU YouTube Channel.

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is available on the ISU Skating Channel in countries where no television right restrictions are in place.

Both links are available on www.isu.org.

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the Mass Start ranking with 170 points and Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) follows with 160 points, both winning one race. Ivanie Blondin (CAN) and Claudia Pechstein follow with 130 points.

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Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR)

SPEED SKATING The Essent ISU World Cup season for 2012/13 consists of nine events of which five took place in 2012. The competition kicked off in Heerenveen (NED) then moved to Kolomna (RUS) for all skaters, the Allrounders met in Astana (KAZ) and finally the Sprinters competed in Nagano (JPN) and Harbin (CHN).

Olympic Champion Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) currently leads in the Ladies 500 m with 600 points. She won all six 500 m races and set new track records in Asia. The battle for second place is between Jenny Wolf (GER), who got two silvers and a bronze medal earning a total of 400 points, and Nao Kodaira (JPN) with 386 points with three third place finishes and one second place. Although Heather Richardson (USA) got off to a good start she missed the Harbin World Cup and dropped down to fourth with 275 points.

The absence of Richardson is also visible in the 1000 m ranking, she won the first two races and got a silver in the third but did not compete in the last two races. Richardson currently has 280 points and ranks second.

Karolina Erbanová (CZE) took advantage of the absence of Richardson and won her first World Cup and took a silver to jump into the lead with 305 points. Hong Zhang (CHN) is currently third

with 260 points, although she missed Nagano, she won the last race and was runner-up twice. Dutch lady Lotte van Beek gathered 210 points with three podium finishes.

Although Christine Nesbitt (CAN) won race number three she did not compete in Harbin and accumulated 208 points.

Christine Nesbitt dominated in the 1500 m accumulating 270 points. She won all her races apart the second one where she finished third, behind winner Marrit Leenstra (NED). Leenstra was second best twice and gathered 260 points. Third ranked is Martina Sábliková (CZE) with 146 points. Completing the podiums are Lotte van Beek finishing third in Heerenveen and currently ranks sixth, Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) was second in Kolomna ranking fourth and Linda de Vries (NED) got bronze in Astana and is seventh.

In the long distances, Martina Sábliková is ahead with 260 points. She won the 5000 m in Astana and finished second in both 3000 m races.

Stephanie Beckert (GER) is slightly behind with 220 points followed by Claudia Pechstein (GER) who has 201 points and was runner-up in the 5000 m. The bronze medals went to Jorien ter Mors (NED), European Short Track Speed Skating silver medalist, Marije Joling (NED) and Olga Graf (RUS).

In the Team Pursuit, Canada leads with 170 points, the Netherlands has 150 and Germany 145. Mariska Huisman (NED) leads

In the six 500 m Men races, ten different skaters got a podium finish. The current leader is Jan Smeekens (NED) with 430 points, who missed the podium only once and won one race. Joji Kato (JPN) got two gold and a silver and is second in the ranking with 386. Third in the ranking is Michel Mulder (NED) with 307 points. Other skaters who were on the podium once were Artur Was (POL) (293 points), Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) (290 points), Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) (275 points) , Gilmore Junio (CAN) (264 points), Ronald Mulder (NED) (210 points) and Tucker Fredricks (USA) (118 points). Although Pekka Koskela (FIN) won two races he also earned 0 and 4 points in other racers and consequently ranks ninth with 204 points.

In the 1000 m, there are 5 winners from 5 races. Denny Morrison leads the ranking with 325 points, who won the first race and was runner-up once. Samuel Schwarz (GER) follows with 314 points, who won the last race and got one medal of each color.

Two Dutch skaters have 310 points, Hein Otterspeer with a win and Kjeld Nuis with two podium finishes. The other wins were for Shani Davis (USA) and Pekka Koskela.

In the 1500 m Håvard Bøkko (NOR) is the most constant skater and after two second places, he leads with 210 points. Maurice Vriend (NED) who won the first race, follows with 181 points, and winning bronze in Astana and currently third in the ranking is Zbigniew Brodka (POL) with 160 points. Koen Verweij, 149 points, won in Kolomna and Shani Davis in Astana.

Other podium finishes were for Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR), Bart Swings (BEL) and Brian Hansen (USA).

The long distance skaters had two 5000 m races and one 10000 m. Four Dutchmen are leading the rankings, Jorrit Bergsma, who was on each podium and set a new track record in Astana totaling 250 points. Sven Kramer did not skate the 10000 m but won the two 5000 m races and is second with 200 points.

Bob de Jong also has 200 points. Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) is fourth with 190 points after two podium places. Olympic Champion Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) won bronze in Astana and ranks fifth.

In the Team Pursuit, the Netherlands won both races and lead with 200 points; Korea follows with 150. Both Russia and Canada have 120 points. Jorrit Bergsma leads the Mass Start with 145 points, in close second is Alexis

SPEED SKATING Contin (FRA) with 140 followed by Christijn Groeneveld (NED) with 132 points.

This season will see a second overall World Cup winner. Points are earned in all individual events (including Mass Start), 10 for a victory, 8 for second place, then 7, 6, 5 and half points for the 500 m. Martina Sábliková, Marrit Leenstra and Claudia Pechstein have 37 points followed by Christine Nesbitt with 36.

In the men’s Overall World Cup ranking, Jorrit Bergsma leads with 35 points, Håvard Bøkko has 27 while Pekka Koskela has 23.

As the Championships season gets underway in 2013 the remaining Essent ISU World Cup races will take place in Calgary (CAN), Inzell and Erfurt (GER) before the series comes back to Heerenveen for the World Cup Final in March.

2013 ISU Championships short track European Short Track Speed Skating Championships Venue : Malmo (SWE) Dates : January 18 - 20

2012 World Junior Champions Ladies : Suk Hee Shim (KOR) Men : Se Yeong Park (KOR)

2012 European Champions Ladies : Arianna Fontana (ITA) Men : Sjinkie Knegt (NED)

World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Venue : Debrecen (HUN) Dates : March 8 -10

World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships Venue : Warsaw (POL) Dates : February 22 - 24

2012 World Champions Ladies : Jianrou Li (CHN) Men : Yoon-Gy Kwak (KOR)

speed skating European Speed Skating Championships Venue : Heerenveen (NED) Dates : January 11 -13 2012 European Champions Ladies : Martina Sábliková (CZE) Men : Sven Kramer (NED) World Sprint Speed Skating Championships Venue : Salt Lake City (USA) Dates : January 26 -27 2012 World Sprint Champions Ladies: Jing Yu (CHN) Men: Stefan Groothuis (NED) World Allround Speed Skating Championships Venue : Hamar (NOR) Dates : February 16 -17 2012 World Allround Champions Ladies : Ireen Wüst (NED) Men : Sven Kramer (NED) World Junior Speed Skating Championships Venue : Collalbo (ITA) Dates : February 22 - 24 2012 World Junior Champions Ladies : Miho Takagi (JPN) 500 meters : Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 1000 meters : Miho Takagi (JPN) 1500 meters : Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 3000 meters : Do-Yeong Park (KOR) Team Pursuit Ladies : Republic of Korea Margot Boer (NED)

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Junior World Cup

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The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating series started in November, in Calgary (CAN) for the American Continent and in Minsk (BLR) for Europe. In the final days of December, the Asian competitions took place in Changchun (CHN). During the regional competitions skaters win half the points and at the Junior World Cup in Inzell (GER) in December, which was open to all skater and where most skaters competed except for the NorthAmericans, skaters earned full points.

In the ladies’ field, Hae-Ri Kwak (KOR) won the 500m race in Inzell and finished second in both races in Changchun (180 points). Vanessa Bittner (AUT) won both races in Minsk and was second in Inzell (180). Kako Yamane (JPN) finished second and first in Calgary and fourth in Inzell and currently ranks third with 140 points.

In the 1000 m Vanessa Bittner (AUT) finished first in Minsk and second in Inzell and leads with 130 points. Yoon-Hee Heo (KOR) won in Changchun and finished fourth in Inzell totaling 110 points. Although Antoinette de Jong finished first in Inzell, she is currently third with 100 points. Kaitlyn McGregor (SUI) brought Switzerland back to the podium in Inzell winning bronze.

Antoinette de Jong wonthe 1500 m race in Inzell (100 points) with almost 4 seconds over Changchun winner Yun-Hee Heo and Minsk

Front Elise Christie (GBR) and back Jessica Hewitt (CAN)

winner Reina Anema (NED) who shared the second place and therefore lead with 130 points each.

In the 3000 m, Reina Anema is the strongest skater with 150 points, setting a Track Record in Minsk and also winning Inzell. Cho-Won Park (KOR), won Changchun and got silver in Inzell, follows with 130 points. Jade van der Molen (NED) has 110 points and is third.

Vanessa Bittner took the gold in the ladies’ Mass Start event in Inzell (100 points) ahead of Dutch lady Ineke Dedden, who also won in Minsk and has 130 points. Natsumi Takayama (JPN), who finished third in Calgary and Inzell, has 105 points. Jianlu Wang (CHN) won the race between 5 Chinese skaters in Changchun (90 points ranks sixth).

The Dutch ladies lead the Team Pursuit ahead of Korea and Japan.

In the men’s 500 m race in Inzell, Konstantin Nikitin (RUS) finished just ahead of Yu Tian (CHN), followed by Tae-Yun Kim (KOR). Nikitin did not compete elsewhere which meant that others could catch up. Tian got 75 points in Changchun, which puts him second place with 155 points. Although Darsil Essamambo (KAZ) finished fourth in Inzell he won both his races in Minsk and currently leads with 160 points.

In Changchun, Qiuming Bai (CHN) won and has 100 points like Nikitin.

B-junior Fan Yang (CHN) beat Tae-Yun Kim in the 1000 m in Inzell, but the opposite happened in Changchun (totaling 140 and

130 points respectively). Kai Verbij (NED) won in Minsk and finished fifth in Inzell, ranking third at the moment.

In the 1500 m, Jeong-Su Seo (KOR) won in Inzell but had a poor race in Changchun finishing last, however he still leads with 118 points. Both Junya Miwa (JPN), who finished third in Inzell and second in Calgary accumulating and Verbij, who won his race in Minsk and finished fourth in Inzell, have 110 points.

Seo also won the 3000m in Inzell and Changchun accumulating maximum points (150).

Andrea Giovannini (ITA) got third place in Inzell and second in Minsk totaling 110 points. Shota Nakamura (JPN) won in Calgary and was 5th in Inzell, meaning 100 points.

Takuro Ogawa (JPN) won the Mass Start ahead but alas, Ogawa fell in Calgary and did not finish. Giovannini finished fourth in Inzell and second in Minsk which makes him and Ogawa equal with 100 points. Fan-Yang has 95 points, winning the race in Asia between five Chinese and a Mongolian who ‘DNS’.

The Dutch men won the Team Pursuit ahead of Italy and Sweden.

The next Regional World Cup will be held in January. For Europe on January 12-13 in Baselga di Pine (ITA), and for Asia and America on January 19 -20 in Astana (KAZ) and Roseville (USA). And later the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Final will be held in Collalbo (ITA) on February 16 -17.

SPEED SKATING Shim also won all her 1500 m races and steams ahead with 4000 points. Compatriot Ha-Ri Cho (KOR) also got four podium finishes (two silver, two bronze) and ranks second with 2880 points. Jianrou Li (CHN) is close third with three medals (one silver, two bronze) and 2080 points. Although Christie and Seung-Hi Park (KOR) got the silver in Nagoya they did not compete elsewhere and rank 12 and 13 respectively.

China won the Relay in Montreal, Nagoya and Shanghai and finished second in Calgary, they lead with 3800 points. Japan is second with 2720 points while Korea ranks third with 2620 points.

In the Men’s 500 m Charles Hamelin (CAN) took the lead with his gold and three silver medals totaling 3400 points. The race for second place is tight between Wenhao Liang (CHN) (1563) and François Hamelin (CAN) (1454 points). Robert Seifert (GER) got gold in Nagoya but only competed in two races so far and ranks fifth and both Guillaume Bastille (CAN) and J.R. Celski (USA) won the only race they competed in and rank tenth and eleventh.

Men’s 1500 m Final

SHORT TRACK The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series kicked off in October. The series is composed of six events, four of which took place in 2012, including Calgary (CAN) October 19 - 21, Montreal (CAN) October 26 28, Nagoya (JPN) November 30 - December 2 and Shanghai (CHN) December 7-9. Single Distance medals at each event and an Overall title per distance are up for grabs. The Overall title is determined by the skater who earns the most points in each distance after all six events.

In the Ladies’ 500 m Meng Wang (CHN) won all her races and currently leads with 4000 points. Quihong Liu (CHN) got two silvers and a bronze (2450 points), Marianne

St-Gelais (CAN) competed at all events but only got two podium finishes (silver and bronze totaling 2372 points), while Jessica Gregg (CAN) clenched the silver and gold in Montreal (2312). Although Kexin Fan (CHN) finished second in Shanghai and competed at all events so far, she currently stands in fifth place with 1828 points.

Elise Christie (GBR) currently leads the Ladies’ 1000 m with one gold, two silver and a bronze finish totaling 3920 points. With only 166 points between the second and fourth place, the scores are tight. Min-Jung Kim (KOR) got two podium finishes (silver and bronze) and is currently second with 2166 points, closely followed by Valérie Maltais (CAN) who won gold in Montreal (2102) and Suk Hee Shim (KOR) who won both races she competed in (2000 points).

In the Men’s 1000 m scores are very close and the rankings can change in the next race.

Indeed Yoon-Gy Kwak won three golds and a silver earning 3968 points while Russian Victor An has two gold and a silver (3128).

Jinkyu Noh (KOR) finished third three times totaling 2432 points and ranks third. Although Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) won in Calgary he currently ranks sixth with 1302 points.

Noh got three gold and a silver medal in the 1500 m and leads with 3800 points. An won in Shanghai and accumulated 2286 points while team mate Semen Elistratov ranks third (2100 points ). Byeong-Jun Kim (KOR) is the other gold medalist so far but only competed in one event and ranks tenth.

Winning all their races, Korea leads the Men’s Relay with maximum points (4000 points) followed by China (2362 points) and Canada (2100 points ).

The Europeans skaters will next compete in Malmö (SWE) at the ISU European Short Track Championships on January 18 - 20. The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series picks up again on February 1- 3 in Sochi (RUS) and will be the official test event for the Olympic Winter Games 2014. The series then ends in Dresden (GER) on February 8 -10. The Junior World Championships will take place in Warsaw (POL) on February 22-24 while the season will end with the World Championships on March 8 -10 in Debrecen (HUN).

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FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER SIX OF SIX EVENTS (The top

Ladies

12

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Lexus Trophée Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK of China Cup Bompard Trophy

Ashley Wagner USA 1st 1st Mao Asada JPN 1st 1st Kiira Korpi FIN 3rd 1st Akiko Suzuki JPN 2nd 2nd Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 2nd 3rd Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 4th 2nd Christina Gao USA 2nd 4th Mirai Nagasu USA 4th 3rd Kanako Murakami JPN 3rd 4th Agnes Zawadzki USA 3rd 5th Adelina Sotnikova RUS 3rd 5th Gracie Gold USA 7th 2nd Zijun Li CHN 5th 4th Kaetlyn Osmond CAN 1st Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 5th 6th Mae Berenice Meite FRA 6th 5th Haruka Imai JPN 5th 8th Valentina Marchei ITA 4th Alena Leonova RUS 7th 6th Ksenia Makarova RUS 6th 7th Polina Korobeynikova RUS 7th 6th Amelie Lacoste CAN 8th 6th Viktoria Helgesson SWE 8th 8th Joshi Helgesson SWE 7th Elena Glebova EST 7th Jenna Mccorkell GBR 8th Ying Zhang CHN 8th

Men

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

2012 Hilton Skate HHonors Skate Canada America International

Patrick Chan Yuzuru Hanyu Takahiko Kozuka Tatsuki Machida Daisuke Takahashi Javier Fernandez Jeremy Abbott Florent Amodio Takahito Mura Nobunari Oda Ross Miner Konstantin Menshov Michal Brezina Sergei Voronov Adam Rippon Richard Dornbush Kevin Reynolds Brian Joubert Jinlin Guan Nan Song Tomas Verner Denis Ten Yi Wang Artur Gachinski Armin Mahbanoozadeh Elladj Balde Chafik Besseghier Zhan Bush

2012 Hilton Skate HHonors Skate Canada America International

Lexus Trophée Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK of China Cup Bompard Trophy

CAN 2nd 1st JPN 2nd 1st JPN 1st 2nd JPN 3rd 1st JPN 2nd 2nd ESP 1st 4th USA 5th 2nd FRA 4th 3rd JPN 8th 1st JPN 3rd 5th USA 5th 3rd RUS 4th 4th CZE 6th 3rd RUS 3rd 7th USA 4th 8th USA 6th 5th CAN 5th 6th FRA 4th CHN 7th 6th CHN 5th CZE 8th 8th KAZ 6th CHN 6th RUS 7th USA 7th CAN 7th FRA 7th RUS 8th

Total Points

30 30 26 26 24 22 22 20 20 18 18 17 16 15 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 8 6 4 4 3 3

GRAND PRIX December 6 - 9,

Ladies 1 2 3 4 5 6

Mao Asada Ashley Wagner Akiko Suzuki Kiira Korpi Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Christina Gao

Men 1 2 3 4 5 6

Daisuke Takahashi Yuzuru Hanyu Patrick Chan Javier Fernandez Takahiko Kozuka Tatsuki Machida

JPN JPN CAN ESP JPN JPN

196.80 181.93 180.77 174.94 173.75 154.54

Total Points

269.40 264.29 258.66 258.62 253.27 198.63

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX December 6 - 9,

Total Points

28 28 28 26 26 24 20 20 18 18 18 18 16 15 12 12 12 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3

JPN USA JPN FIN RUS USA

Total Points

Ladies 1 2 3 4 5 6

Elena Radionova Hannah Miller Anna Pogorilaya Angela Wang Satoko Miyahara Leah Keiser

RUS USA RUS USA JPN USA

Men 1 2 3 4 5 6

Maxim Kovtun Joshua Farris Ryuju Hino Jason Brown Boyang Jin Keiji Tanaka

RUS USA JPN USA CHN JPN

Total Points

179.40 168.41 167.40 162.05 157.74 137.44

Total Points

222.31 211.37 198.92 198.32 187.95 174.55

six skaters/couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final)

Pair Skating

OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL Sochi, Russia

Pair Skating 1 2 3 4 5 6

Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS

Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6

Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov

USA CAN FRA ITA RUS RUS

Total Points

204.55 201.60 192.81 187.09 180.45 178.72

Total Points

183.39 179.83 170.18 165.64 158.09 156.36

Pair Skating 1 2 3 4 5 6

Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin RUS Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat RUS Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev RUS Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro CAN Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry CAN

Ice Dance 1 2 3 4 5 6

Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron FRA Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton USA Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov RUS Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin RUS Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin RUS

161.11 155.96 153.56 149.94 149.20 145.89

Total Points

149.57 139.21 136.19 129.31 124.19 120.05

Total Points

1st

30

2 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov

RUS

2nd

28

3 Qing Pang / Jian Tong

CHN 2nd

4 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

CAN

1st

1st

28

2nd

28

1st

2nd

6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN

4th

26 22

3rd

22

USA 3rd

8 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek

ITA

9 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov

RUS

10 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir

USA 5th

11 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers

CAN

12 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang

CHN

13 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy

GER

14 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres

FRA 4th

3rd 3rd

4th

2nd

2nd

7 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin

3rd

22

5th

18

3rd

4th

5th

18 18

4th

16

1st

15

6th

5th

16 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin

USA

6th

17 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim

USA

18 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot

FRA

19 Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig

USA

20 Wenting Wang / Yan Zhang

CHN

6th

5

21 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff

USA 6th

5

6th

5th

14

15 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov RUS

4th

5th

2012 Hilton Skate Lexus HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom America International of China Cup

Total Points

Trophée Eric NHK Bompard Trophy

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 1st

Ice Dance

OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL Sochi, Russia

2012 Hilton Skate Lexus HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom America International of China Cup

Trophée Eric NHK Bompard Trophy

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White

USA 1st

2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir

CAN

1st

6th

1st

1st

14 10 9 7 5

Total Points

30 30

3 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA

1st

1st

30

4 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 2nd

2nd

26

5 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov

RUS

6 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

ITA

2nd

7 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

CAN 3rd

8 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko

RUS

9 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

USA

4th

10 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin

RUS

3rd

11 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

USA

5th

4th

16

12 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

CAN

4th

6th

14

13 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi

GER 5th

5th

14

14 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov

AZE

15 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams

CAN

16 Madison Chock / Evan Bates

USA

2nd

2nd

26

2nd

26

3rd

22

3rd 6th

6th

3rd 3rd

5th 4th

22 20 16

12 9

4th

9

17 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt USA 4th

9

18 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri

ITA

7

19 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed

JPN

5th

7

20 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland

GBR

6th

5

21 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin

RUS

22 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi

ITA

5th

6th

5

6th

5

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SPEED SKATING

ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after five of eight events

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Ladies 500m

Total Points

Ladies 1000 m

Total Points

Total Points

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

600 400 386 275 245 236 231 230 180 177

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

305 280 260 224 210 208 206 174 160 160

1 2 3 4 5

Sang-Hwa Lee Jenny Wolf Nao Kodaira Heather Richardson Yu Jing Beixing Wang Margot Boer Olga Fatkulina Hong Zhang Karolína Erbanová

KOR GER JPN USA CHN CHN NED RUS CHN CZE

Karolína Erbanová Heather Richardson Hong Zhang Olga Fatkulina Lotte van Beek Christine Nesbitt Laurine van Riessen Margot Boer Marrit Leenstra Nao Kodaira

CZE USA CHN RUS NED CAN NED NED NED JPN

Ladies Team Pursuit Canada Netherlands Germany Republic of Korea Poland

170 150 145 130 120

Ladies Mass Start

Total Points

1 2 3 4 5

170 160 130 130 95

Mariska Huisman Bo-Reum Kim Ivanie Blondin Claudia Pechstein Do-Yeong Park

NED KOR CAN GER KOR

Ladies 3000/5000m

Total Points

Ladies 1500 m

Total Points

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

260 220 201 160 160 155 112 72 71 71

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

270 260 146 130 120 115 95 88 85 85

Men 500m

Total Points

Men 1000 m

Total Points

Total Points

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

430 386 307 293 290 275 264 210 204 157

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

325 314 310 310 240 199 180 179 158 154

1 2 3 4 5

Martina Sáblíková Stephanie Beckert Claudia Pechstein Marije Joling Diane Valkenburg Olga Graf Bo-Reum Kim Ida Njåtun Yevgenia Dmitrieva Ivanie Blondin

Jan Smeekens Joji Kato Michel Mulder Artur Was Keiichiro Nagashima Tae-Bum Mo Gilmore Junio Ronald Mulder Pekka Koskela Kang-Seok Lee

CZE GER GER NED NED RUS KOR NOR RUS CAN

NED JPN NED POL JPN KOR CAN NED FIN KOR

Christine Nesbitt Marrit Leenstra Martina Sáblíková Yekaterina Shikhova Claudia Pechstein Lotte van Beek Linda de Vries Ida Njåtun Kim Bo-Reum Marije Joling

Denny Morrison Samuel Schwarz Hein Otterspeer Kjeld Nuis Shani Davis Aleksey Yesin Pekka Koskela Kyou-Hyuk Lee Pim Schipper Denis Kuzin

CAN NED CZE RUS GER NED NED NOR KOR NED

CAN GER NED NED USA RUS FIN KOR NED KAZ

Men 5000/10000 m

Total Points

Men 1500 m

Points

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

250 200 200 190 152 140 120 91 88 85

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

210 181 160 149 144 142 136 128 120 115

Jorrit Bergsma Sven Kramer Bob de Jong Jan Blokhuijsen Seung-Hoon Lee Håvard Bøkko Sverre Lunde Pedersen Ted-Jan Bloemen Alexis Contin Ivan Skobrev

NED NED NED NED KOR NOR NOR NED FRA RUS

Håvard Bøkko Maurice Vriend Zbigniew Brodka Koen Verweij Konrad Niedzwiedzki Sverre Lunde Pedersen Bart Swings Shani Davis Denis Yuskov Brian Hansen

NOR NED POL NED POL NOR BEL USA RUS USA

Ladies Grand World Cup ranking 1 2 3 4 5

Martina Sáblíková Claudia Pechstein Marrit Leenstra Christine Nesbitt Sang-Hwa Lee

CZE GER NED CAN KOR

Total Points

37 37 37 36 33

Men Team Pursuit Netherlands Republic of Korea Russia Canada Norway

200 150 120 120 115

Men Mass Start

Total Points

1 2 3 4 5

145 140 132 125 100

Jorrit Bergsma Alexis Contin Christijn Groeneveld Arjan Stroetinga Bart Swings

NED FRA NED NED BEL

Men Grand World Cup ranking 1 2 3 4 5

Jorrit Bergsma Håvard Bøkko Pekka Koskela Shani Davis Bob de Jong

NED NOR FIN USA NED

Total Points

35 27 23 22 20

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events

Ladies 500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Meng Wang Qiuhong Liu Marianne ST-Gelais Jessica Gregg Kexin Fan Tatiana Borodulina Caroline Truchon Arianna Fontana Sayuri Shimizu Charlotte Gilmartin

CHN CHN CAN CAN CHN RUS CAN ITA JPN GBR

Men 500 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Charles Hamelin Wenhao Liang Francois Hamelin Vladimir Grigorev Robert Seifert Byeong-Jun Kim Olivier Jean Dajing Wu Liam McFarlane Guillaume Bastille

CAN CHN CAN RUS GER KOR CAN CHN CAN CAN

Total Points

4000 2450 2372 2312 1828 1649 1154 860 802 731

Total Points

3400 1563 1454 1338 1134 1127 1054 1050 1050 1000

Ladies 1000m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Elise Christie Min-Jung Kim Valerie Maltais Suk Hee Shim Qiuhong Liu Soyoun Lee Jianrou Li Yui Sakai Meng Wang Marie-Eve Drolet

Men 500m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Yoon-Gy Kwak Victor An Jinkyu Noh J.R. Celski Michael Gilday Vladimir Grigorev Charles Hamelin Wenhao Liang Byeong-Jun Kim Liam McFarlane

Ladies Relay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

China Japan Republic of Korea Canada Italy Russia Hungary Netherlands United States Germany

Men Relay

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GBR KOR CAN KOR CHN KOR CHN JPN CHN CAN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Republic of Korea China Canada Netherlands Russia Great Britain Japan USA Kazakhstan Hungary

KOR RUS KOR USA CAN RUS CAN CHN KOR CAN

Total Points

3920 2166 2102 2000 1772 1675 1331 1260 1049 1020

Total Points

3968 3128 2432 1952 1420 1302 1210 1118 1024 972

Total Points

3800 2720 2620 2234 1312 1192 973 944 918 302

Total Points

4000 2362 2100 1810 1522 1202 1134 850 706 698

Ladies 1500 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Suk Hee Shim Ha-Ri Cho Jianrou Li Olga Belyakova Jorien Ter Mors Min-Jung Kim Marie-Eve Drolet Bernadett Heidum Xue Kong Valerie Maltais

KOR KOR CHN RUS NED KOR CAN HUN CHN CAN

Men 1500 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Jinkyu Noh Victor An Semen Elistratov Da Woon Sin Guillaume Bastille Charles Hamelin Michael Gilday Yoon-Gy Kwak J.R. Celski Byeong-Jun Kim

Ladies Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Republic of Korea China Canada Japan Russia Italy Netherlands Hungary United Sates Germany

Men Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Republic of Korea Canada Russia China Netherlands USA Great Britain Japan France Hungary

KOR RUS RUS KOR CAN CAN CAN KOR USA KOR

Total Points

4000 2880 2080 1273 1193 1024 1013 914 861 846

Total Points

3800 2286 2100 1928 1346 1280 1265 1128 1062 1000

Total Points

3440 3400 2920 1864 1440 1184 996 897 748 302

Total Points

4000 3040 2135 1972 1285 1079 1055 934 841 615

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PAST MASTERS

Micheline Lannoy BORN 1925 Pierre Baugniet 1925-1981 (BEL) Olympic Winter Games Pair Skating Gold Medal 1948 ISU World Figure Skating Championships Pair Skating Gold Medal 1947, 1948 ISU European Figure Skating Championships Pair Skating Gold Medal 1947 In the 1940s ISU Championships were interrupted for 6 years due to the Second World War. It was in 1947 that the ISU organized its first post war Championships and Pair Skaters Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet dominated in their discipline.

They won the ISU European Figure Skating Championships which took place in Davos (SUI) and were crowned World Champions in Stockholm (SWE) the same year. In 1948 not only did Lannoy and Baugniet keep their world title but they also won the Olympic gold medal in Saint-Moritz (SUI), the first post war Winter Olympic Games and the first Winter Olympic gold medal for Belgium.