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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 11:06:25 GMT -8
Our USA Ladies advance!
Ladies 3000M Relay Heats
Heat 1 [Splits]
1 KOREA KOR 4:20.372 Q
2 NETHERLANDS NED 4:20.432 Q
3 UNITED STATES USA 4:20.721 q
Heat 2 [Splits]
1 CANADA CAN 4:21.866 Q
2 JAPAN JPN 4:21.923 Q
3 GERMANY GER 4:32.978
DNS HUNGARY HUN DNS
Heat 3 [Splits]
1 CHINA CHN 4:22.072 Q
2 RUSSIA RUS 4:23.927 Q
3 ITALY ITA 4:24.165 q
Top 2 Relays from each heat and the next 2 fastest thirds qualify for Semifinals.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 11:07:05 GMT -8
Mens 5000M Relay Heats are scheduled to start at :25 past the hour
USA is in Heat 2 against Italy and Canada. Our lineup for this round is:
Kyle Carr
Jordan Malone
Travis Jayner
J.R. Celski
Top 2 Relays from each heat qualify for Semifinals.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 11:09:36 GMT -8
Oh, WOW...  During the last break, I looked at the ISU Entry Regs for World Championships and noted that only the Top 8 teams in the World Cup overall rankings can compete in the relay at World Championships. There are some ‘exceptions’ for the teams with the 3 fastest times during the season, but I couldn’t tell if we qualify for that exception (I just took a quick look) Our USA men are ‘on the bubble’ right now - after the first 5 World Cups, they’re ranked 8th.LET’S CHEER EXTRA LOUD FOR THEM - WE NEED A GOOD SHOWING HERE THIS WEEKEND! |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 11:43:40 GMT -8
 BAM!!! 'Way to 'Git-'er-Done', fella's!!! Unless I'm way off-base, I think that our advancement to tomorrow's Semifinals guarantees that we're among the Top 8 relay teams!Oops, nevermind - in Heat 4, at least one team will advance that could unseat us in the #8 spot! 
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Post by Wildfire unlogged on Feb 10, 2012 11:49:51 GMT -8
Hi Lori! Mind if I join the chat???!!!! I have some time to watch the 'blinkage'... or is it about over? BTW - Atta boys!!!  (delayed reply since I haven't logged in yet LOL) So Ahn isn't competing in this World Cup??  |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 11:59:28 GMT -8
Hi Lori! Mind if I join the chat???!!!! I have some time to watch the 'blinkage'... or is it about over? Of course you can, Wildfire! Yes, there's Ahn - I see his name in the heat that's running now (they spelled his name 'AN') I heard last week that he only qualified for the relay... |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 12:05:31 GMT -8
Men's 5000M Relay Heats
Heat 1 [Splits]
1 NETHERLANDS NED 7:01.713 Q
2 CHINA CHN 7:03.661 Q
3 UKRAINE UKR 7:04.245
4 BELGIUM BEL 7:18.765
Heat 2 [Splits]
1 UNITED STATES USA 7:11.676 Q
2 CANADA CAN 7:12.409 Q
3 ITALY ITA 7:14.437
Heat 3 [Splits]
1 KOREA KOR 7:02.899 Q
2 JAPAN JPN 7:02.919 Q
PEN POLAND POL PEN
Heat 4 [Splits]
1 RUSSIA RUS 7:12.880 Q
2 GERMANY GER 7:13.512 Q
3 FRANCE FRA 7:15.949
4 HUNGARY HUN 7:20.024
Top 2 Relays from each heat qualify for Semifinals.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 12:15:54 GMT -8
Well, it appears that our guys will have to finish ahead of Germany in points for the relay in Dordrecht in order to be where we want to be for World Championships!
If anybody sees a flaw in my calculations, please correct me...
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 12:25:49 GMT -8
We're done with racing for the day - I'm off to get caught up with my 'other' life. Repechages start at about the same time tomorrow as the Prelims did today - use the same ISU link for coverage. The video broadcast will start tomorrow when the Medal Rounds begin. Bye!
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Post by nico on Feb 10, 2012 12:34:46 GMT -8
Hello! Glad to see Team USA doing so well. Really hope the U.S. men will be able to do the relays at Worlds! They haven't been doing so well in the past World Cups.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 17:30:33 GMT -8
Hi, nico - 'nice to see you back!
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 17:30:49 GMT -8
A friend sent me the following link on FB - I'm so sorry that I didn't see it 'till racing was over (when there's blinkage, I 'don't get out much', haha!) From ISU: Send your message of support to your favorite skaters by sending a Tweet with @wcshorttrack or #wcshorttrack and it will appear on the screen in the arena!Here's the link: twitter.com/#!/wcshorttrack What a cool idea - one of our USA skaters has already Tweeted that they're seeing the messages! I've seen 3 comments from our USA skaters that says Dordrecht is putting on an AWESOME World Cup - good show, Netherlands! |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 18:50:31 GMT -8
Just a 'heads up': Tony is unable to do the simulcast with ISU's broadcast this weekend... but he WILL be doing an audio commentary/chat. He says he's testing the audio stream, and he'll be posting the link soon. I may be 'hitting the hay' early tonight so that I can be up for the Repechages (I'm on PST time, so it'll be about 2:45am for me) - so if I crash before he publishes it, would someone be kind enough to post it here? Thanks!  |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 10, 2012 21:56:18 GMT -8
We have only 2 USA skaters in tomorrow's Repechage Rounds: 1000M(1) - Jessica Smith; Travis Jayner We don't have any skaters in the 1500M Rep's... I love my sleep, but since the creation of BB, I don't think I've ever intentionally missed a Rep Round if we have skaters in it - so I'll be here! 5:45am EST; 2:45am PST www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/?evt=11212100000009 |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 11, 2012 2:42:56 GMT -8
The LIVE button is up, so we're about to start the Repechage Rounds!
Up Next - Ladies 1000M(1) Repechage Heats:
Heat 2 - Jessica Smith
Top 2 Athletes from each heat qualify for Rep Semifinals.
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