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Post by stepho on Nov 12, 2009 10:17:03 GMT -8
Anyone else going to Marquette? I'll be there Saturday and Sunday. Taking the camera, so I'll post some pics
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 13, 2009 16:57:32 GMT -8
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 14, 2009 7:58:15 GMT -8
Taking care of business....prepping for the men's relay.
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Post by aaosmts19 on Nov 14, 2009 13:18:04 GMT -8
www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-11-14-96930768_x.htmOhno takes second behind Lee in men's 1,500 MARQUETTE, Wis. (AP) — U.S. star Apolo Anton Ohno has placed second behind Jung-Su Lee of South Korea in the men's 1,500-meter short track World Cup speedskating race. Lee finished in 2 minutes, 13.595 seconds on Saturday and Ohno crossed in 2:13.731. Charles Hamelin of Canada was third. China took the top two spots in the women's 1,500, with Zhou Yang finishing in 2:22.700 to edge Liu Qiuhong. Eun-Byul Lee of South Korea was third. U.S. skaters Katherine Reutter and Allison Baver failed to make the women's finals. Reutter fell in her semifinal heat and Baver finished last in hers. Saturday was the second round of qualifying for athletes to secure spots at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver. Results from Marquette's World Cup will be combined with last week's World Cup results from Montreal.
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Post by floridafan on Nov 15, 2009 7:32:11 GMT -8
Hey everybody! Does anybody know why Simon Cho isn't skating?
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Post by mtnme on Nov 15, 2009 10:28:26 GMT -8
Hey everybody! Does anybody know why Simon Cho isn't skating? OH NO Mr Bill!!! He's got H1N1 along with Jeff.
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Post by stepho on Nov 15, 2009 16:23:45 GMT -8
Simon skated the final of the Men's relay this evening though. And both he and Jeff are back and feeling better. *Lots* of skaters/coaches/etc wearing masks. Lana said she wasn't feeling well. And a few other seem to be dragging a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2009 18:13:30 GMT -8
There are 8 million articles out there to read. I figured this was as good as any. HA HA
Browse > Home / News / Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World Cup Ohno wins 1,000 at short track World Cup (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... November 16, 2009 MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Apolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics. He’s eager for the rest of the skating team to start preparing. Ohno won the 1,000 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, beating South Korea’s Lee Jung-su in the final. It was the final day of qualifying for spots at the Vancouver Games. “I feel great and I’m really excited about the next three months we have to train,” Ohno said. “We all realize now what we need to do and realize the steps we have to take to be at our best at the Games.” The announcement on which skaters will be competing in each distance will not be made until January, according to Peri Kinder of USA Speedskating. American Katherine Reutter finished second in the women’s 1,000 behind Meng Wang of China. Reutter and Ohno each have a second place World Cup ranking in the 1,000. “The (International Skating Union) has to review all the results, and each team’s coaches will have to decide who will be skating where over the next couple of months,” Kinder said. The U.S. team faced a lot of adversity during the final World Cup as a number of team members had to be replaced by alternates because of sickness and injury. “Jessica Smith, Jeff Simon, Anthony Lobello and Charles Leveille all came as the alternates, and they skated very well,” said Simon Cho, a member of the U.S. men’s team who was ill through the first three days of competition. “They helped the team qualify for all the positions.” Cho skated in just one event all week, the men’s 5,000-meter relay on Sunday. The U.S. team finished fourth behind Korea, Canada and China in the overall 5,000-meter World Cup relay standings after its silver medal finish in Sunday’s final. Travis Jayner, Ohno, Cho and Lobello comprised the American team. “We’re getting into the finals, we’re putting people up on the podium, and that’s awesome,” he said. Reutter said Wang has been dominating the 1,000 distance for two years, and that she has a big challenge ahead of her. “The Chinese skaters accelerate so quickly, and I think I skated a little bit too safely, and wish I had been more aggressive,” Reutter said. “It feels fantastic to be second overall in the rankings, and my goal is first place at the Olympics,” Reutter added.
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Post by stepho on Nov 17, 2009 18:27:01 GMT -8
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Post by mtnme on Nov 17, 2009 18:45:05 GMT -8
Stepho, you are a goddess! Thank you for all the great photos, they're wonderful, as always.
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