World Cup 4 - Shanghai, China (Dec 9-11, 2011)

[Laura (Lori)]

Tough heat coming up, but watch Bykanov from Israel - he could surprise...

[debbief]

The ladies are doing great!

[Laura (Lori)]

Kurginian (RUS) PEN in the previous race; Yuma Sakurai (JPN) ADV

[Laura (Lori)]

Dec 8, 2011 19:09:45 GMT -8 Laura (Lori) said:

Tough heat coming up, but watch Bykanov from Israel - he could surprise...

...but not this time.

[debbief]

Go Kyle!

[Laura (Lori)]

Knegt (NED) first; Kyle second; Zakharov (RUS) third

SINGAPORE'S HERE!!! We have a thread here at BB following the development of their ST program. He didn't set the ice on fire, but CHEW De Xun in the last heat was from Singapore! Is he the first?

[wildfire]

That's cool! IO bet he is the first...

[Laura (Lori)]

Dang - JHK was 4th.

[Laura (Lori)]

Men's 1500M Heats
Heat 1 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 2 153 KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 2:25.156 Q
2 3 123 JEANNE Vincent FRA 2:26.121 Q
3 6 168 GUTENOV Ievgen UKR 2:26.920
4 5 142 STARZHINSKIY Andrey KAZ 2:27.922
5 4 132 SAKURAI Yuma JPN 2:48.979 ADV
PEN 1 160 KURGINIAN Viacheslav RUS PEN

Heat 2 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 3 106 HAMELIN Charles CAN 2:17.507 Q
2 2 117 CHEN Dequan CHN 2:18.063 Q
3 4 128 SHOEBRIDGE Richard GBR 2:18.389 q
4 1 130 BYKANOV Vladislav ISR 2:18.786
5 5 119 CHATAIGNIER Maxime FRA 2:20.072
6 6 140 ANDREYEV Fedor KAZ 2:21.406

Heat 3 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 6 144 KNEGT Sjinkie NED 2:26.129 Q
2 2 171 CARR Kyle USA 2:26.231 Q
3 1 159 ZAKHAROV Ruslan RUS 2:26.460
4 4 102 HAY Lachlan AUS 2:26.905
5 3 122 CROLET Thibault FRA 2:27.407
6 5 164 CHEW De Xun SIN 3:11.933

Heat 4 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 6 131 TAKAMIDO Yuzo JPN 2:18.287 Q
2 5 114 YU Yongjun CHN 2:18.770 Q
3 1 109 BEAULIEU-TINKER Remi CAN 2:19.070 q
4 3 127 UPCOTT Ian GBR 2:21.920
5 2 139 KHAIROV Danabek KAZ 2:27.693
6 4 147 VAN DER WART Freek NED 2:48.422

Heat 5 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 6 154 SIN Da Woon KOR 2:21.632 Q
2 3 113 SONG Weilong CHN 2:21.757 Q
3 2 157 KOZULIN Evgenii RUS 2:22.215 q
4 1 174 KRUEGER John-Henry USA 2:22.520
5 4 149 BOKKERINK Christiaan NED 2:22.681
6 5 150 SKJELLERUP Blake NZL 2:26.159

Heat 6 [Splits]

Place Start Pos. Warn. # Name ISU Member Results Qual.
1 6 152 NOH Jinkyu KOR 2:15.905 Q
2 3 111 COURNOYER Charle CAN 2:17.095 Q
3 5 135 WATANABE Keita JPN 2:18.147 q
4 4 167 POLTAVETS Dmytro UKR 2:19.773
5 2 129 LUI Pan To Barton HKG 2:21.560
6 1 105 LAZENBY Armstrong AUS 2:22.692



Top 2 Athletes from each heat and the next 4 fastest thirds qualify for Semifinals. Remaining skaters will move forward to Rep Heats.

[Laura (Lori)]

Looks like maybe a longer (lunch?) break here - action resumes at :22 past the hour. I'm gonna eat dinner!

[debbief]

Dec 8, 2011 19:29:42 GMT -8 Laura (Lori) said:

Dang - JHK was 4th.

sad

[wildfire]

I';m soriry if this is a lame Q but does nayone know who will be skating the Men's Relay for US? I don;t know who was in the last race so I'm just wondering... anyone?!

[Laura (Lori)]

Okay, we're back for the Men's 500M(2). For the USA, we have:

Heat 2 - Kyle Carr
Heat 3 - Jonathan Garcia
Heat 8 - John-Henry Krueger

Top 2 in each heat, plus 4 fastest thirds advance.

[Laura (Lori)]

Dec 8, 2011 19:40:44 GMT -8 wildfire said:

I';m soriry if this is a lame Q but does nayone know who will be skating the Men's Relay for US? I don;t know who was in the last race so I'm just wondering... anyone?!

The participants in each heat are determined by the coaching staff, sometimes very shortly before the heat - the lineup will show up on the ISU site as soon as they make the decision...

Kyle was second in his heat!!!

[wildfire]

Thanks Lori for expmaining.

I know, Kyle did AWESOME! He was leasding Lee Ho Suk for a bit!! WTG