WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai, China (March 9-11, 2012)PARTICIPANTS:Individual Events: Lana Gehring, Alyson Dudek, Jessica Smith, Simon Cho, Travis Jayner, Jordan Malone
Relays: All the above, plus Kyle Carr, J.R. Celski, Tamara Frederick, Emily Scott
Complete results can be found at:www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11212100000006-------------------------------------
U.S. MEDAL 'HAUL':Silver: Ladies’ Relay
Bronze : Lana Gehring - 500M
NOTE: Our Ladies’ team’s performance at this World Championships should qualify the USA to enter 3 women (up from the usual number of two) at NEXT year’s World Championships! In order to enter 3 skaters, a country must have at least 2 skaters in the Top 16 overall, with at least 1 of those skaters earning Final points. Both Lana and Jessica were in the Top 16, and both earned Final points. Good job, ladies!
MEDALISTS:
LADIESOverall:
Gold: LI Jianrou, China
Silver: MALTAIS Valerie, Canada
Bronze: FONTANA Arianna, Italy
1500M:
Gold: LI Jianrou, China
Silver: LIU Quigong, China
Bronze: DROLET Marie-Eve, Canada
500M:
Gold: FAN Kexin, China
Silver: FONTANA Arianna, Italy
Bronze:
GEHRING Lana, USA1000M:
Gold: CHO Ha-Ri, Korea
Silver: LI Jianrou, China
Bronze: MALTAIS Valerie, Canada
3000M Superfinal (a non-medal event):
First: MALTAIS Valerie, Canada
Second: FONTANA Arianna, Italy
Third: DROLET Marie-Eve, Canada
3000M Relay:
Gold: CHINA
Silver:
USABronze: KOREA
MENOverall:
Gold: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Silver: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Bronze: JEAN Olivier, Canada
1500M:
Gold: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Silver: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Bronze: SIN Da Woon, Korea
500M:
Gold: JEAN Olivier, Canada
Silver: HAMELIN Charles, Canada
Bronze: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
1000M:
Gold: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Silver: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Bronze: HAMELIN Charles, Canada
3000M Superfinal (a non-medal event):
First: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Second: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Third: SIN Da Woon, Korea
5000M Relay:
Gold: CANADA
Silver: NETHERLANDS
Bronze: KOREA
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:HOW DID OUR USA SKATERS DO?
The list below will tell you how far each of our USA skaters made it in each event.
PEN = Penalty; DNF = Did Not Finish; DNS = Did Not Skate; ADV = Advanced; q = qualified
LADIES:DUDEK, Alyson
1500M - Heats (3rd-q); Semis (5th)
500M - Prelims (PEN)
1000M - Heats (2nd); Quarters (PEN)
3000M - did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – not entered
FREDERICK, Tamara – did not skate individual events in this competition
3000M Relay -
SILVER MEDAL (see below)
GEHRING, Lana
1500M – Heats (2nd); Semis (4th)
500M –
BRONZE MEDAL; Prelims (1st); Heats (2nd); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final (3rd)
1000M – Heats (2nd); Quarters (2nd); Semis (3rd)
3000M – 6th
3000M Relay -
SILVER MEDAL (see below)
SCOTT, Emily – did not skate individual events in this competition
3000M Relay –
SILVER MEDAL (see below)
SMITH, Jessica
1500M -
MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (2nd); Semis (3rd-ADV); Finals (5th)
500M - Prelims (1st); Heats (PEN)
1000M – Heats (2nd); Quarters (2nd); Semis (3rd)
3000M Superfinal – did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay -
SILVER MEDAL (see below)
LADIES RELAY (3000M)
SILVER MEDAL!Semifinals (2nd) - Frederick; Gehring; Scott; Smith
Final (2nd) - Frederick; Gehring; Scott; Smith
MEN:CARR, Kyle - did not skate individual events in this competition
5000M Relay - (see below)
CELSKI, J.R. - did not skate individual events in this competition
5000M Relay - (see below)
CHO, Simon
1500M – Heats (2nd); Semis (5th)
500M – Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (2nd); Semis (PEN)
1000M - Prelims (1st); Heats (2nd); Quarters (4th)
3000M – did not qualify to skate
5000M Relay - (see below)
JAYNER, Travis
1500M - Heats (2nd); Semis (3rd)
500M - Prelims (1st); Heats (4th)
1000M - Prelims (4th)
3000M – did not qualify to skate
5000M Relay - Not Entered
MALONE, Jordan
1500M – Heats (3rd)
500M - Prelims (2nd); Heats (2nd); Quarters (3rd-ADV); Semis (4th)
1000M - Prelims (1st); Heats (PEN)
3000M – did not qualify to skate
5000M Relay – (see below)
MEN'S RELAY (5000M)
Semifinals (PEN) – Carr; Celski; Cho; Malone