World Cup 6 - Dresden, Germany (Feb 13-15, 2009)

[Laura (Lori)]

WORLD CUP 6 - Dresden, Germany (February 13-15, 2009)

PARTICIPANTS:
Kimberly Derrick; Maria Garcia; Lana Gehring; Katherine Reutter; Jessica Smith; Ryan Bedford; JR Celski; Travis Jayner; Anthony Lobello; Jordan Malone; Jeff Simon

Complete results can be found at:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000029

SUMMARY OF RESULTS:

U.S. MEDAL 'HAUL':
Gold: J.R. Celski - 1500M; Kimberly Derrick - 1000M; Anthony Lobello - 500M(1); Ladies' Relay Team
Silver: J.R. Celski - 1000M; Katherine Reutter - 1500M

J.R. Celski - Photo Credit: Thomas Eisenhuth


Kimberly Derrick - Photo Credit: Thomas Eisenhuth


Anthony Lobello - Photo Credit: Thomas Eisenhuth


Ladies' Relay Team - Photo Credit: Thomas Eisenhuth


MEDALISTS:

LADIES
500M(1):
Gold: BORODULINA Tatiana, Australia
Silver: FU Tian Yu, China
Bronze: FONTANA, Arianna, Italy

1500M:
Gold: KIM Min-Jung, Korea
Silver: REUTTER Katherine, USA
Bronze: ZHANG Hui, China

500M(2):
Gold: BORODULINA Tatiana, Australia
Silver: FONTANA Arianna, Italy
Bronze: RADANOVA Evgenia, Bulgaria

1000M:
Gold: DERRICK Kimberly, USA
Silver: REUTTER Katherine, USA
Bronze: Not awarded due to multiple DQ's

3000M RELAY:
Gold: USA
Silver: ITALY
Bronze: Not awarded due to multiple DQ's

MEN
500M(1):
Gold: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Silver: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Bronze: RODIGARI Nicola, Italy

1500M:
Gold: CELSKI J.R., USA
Silver: CONFORTOLA Yuri, Italy
Bronze: BEAULIEU-TINKER Remi, Canada

500M(2):
Gold: LOBELLO Anthony, USA
Silver: ELEY, Jon, Great Britain
Bronze: SAKAnutsA Satoshi, Japan

1000M:
Gold: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Silver: CELSKI J.R., USA
Bronze: CONFORTOLA Yuri, Italy

5000M RELAY:
Gold: CHINA
Silver: KOREA
Bronze: GERMANY

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EXPANDED 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.

DQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did Not Finish; DNS = Did Not Skate
Not Entered = In World Cup competiton, only 3 skaters from a country can be entered in each event, and (apparently) no athlete may compete in more than 2 individual events.

LADIES:
DERRICK, Kimberly
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - MADE IT TO FINAL Heats (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (4th)
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M(2) - GOLD MEDAL Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (1st)
3000M Relay - GOLD MEDAL (see below)

GARCIA, Maria
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - Heats (4th); Repechage Rounds (DNS?)
500M(2) - Prelim's (3rd); Heats (3rd - her time indicates a fall - there was a Korean DQ); Rep Heats: either did not skate or did not advance
1000M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - Not Entered

GEHRING, Lana
500M(1) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (2nd); Quarters (4th)
1500M - Not Entered
500M(2) - Prelim's (3rd - qualified); Heats (2nd); Quarterfinals (3rd)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - GOLD MEDAL (see below)

REUTTER, Katherine
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - SILVER MEDAL Heats (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (2nd)
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M(2) - SILVER MEDAL Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (2nd)
3000M Relay - GOLD MEDAL (see below)

SMITH, Jessica
500M(1) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (3rd); Quarters (2nd); Semis (3rd)
1500M - Not Entered
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M(2) - Prelim's (3rd - qualified); Heats (2nd); Final B (1st)
3000M Relay - GOLD MEDAL (see below)

3000M RELAY:
GOLD MEDAL
Heats (2nd) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith
Semifinals (1st) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith
Final A (3rd) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith

MEN:
BEDFORD, Ryan
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - MADE IT TO FINAL Heats (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (4th)
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (DQ)
5000M Relay - Won Final B (see below)

CELSKI, J.R.
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - GOLD MEDAL Heats (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (1st)
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M - SILVER MEDAL Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (2nd)
5000M Relay - Won Final B (see below)

JAYNER, Travis
500M(1) - Not Entered
1500M - Heats (DQ)
500M(2) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (DQ)
1000M - Not entered
5000M Relay - Won Final B (see below)

LOBELLO, Anthony
500M(1) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (2nd); Quarters (DQ)
1500M - Not Entered
500M(2) - GOLD MEDAL Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (1st)
1000M - Not Entered
5000M Relay - Won Final B (see below)

MALONE, Jordan
500M(1) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (DNF)
1500M - Not Entered
500M(2) - Not Entered
1000M - DNS
5000M Relay - Not Entered or DNS

SIMON, Jeff
500M(1) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (4th)
1500M - Not Entered
500M(2) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (DQ)
1000M - Not Entered
5000M Relay - Won Final B (see below)

5000M RELAY:
Heats (1st) - Bedford; Celski; Jayner; Lobello
Semifinals (3rd) - Bedford; Celski; Jayner; Lobello
Final B (3rd) - Bedford; Jayner; Lobello; Simon