INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER NO 49 JANUARY 2013

INSIDE• ISU NEWS• GRAND PRIX • WORLD CUP REPORTS• RESULTS

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ISU World is the official newsletter of the International Skating UnionPublished and produced by ISU, Chemin de Primerose 2, 1007 Lausanne, SwitzerlandTelephone : +41 21 612 66 66. Facsimile : +41 21 612 66 77. Editorial board : Selina Vanier, Rodney Lajoie. Designed by : moserdesignFront cover photograph : Christine Nesbitt (CAN) © Getty Images Photography : ©Getty Images ©AFP ©Robin Ritoss ©Peter Parks

ISU COUNCILThe ISU Council met on October 5 -7, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and acknowledged the change of name and leadership of the ISU Member in Kazakhstan to National Skating Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Council also provisionally allotted the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015 to Tallinn (EST) and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating schedule for 2013/14 has been decided and published. Following a site inspection visit, the ISU Council confir-med that the 55th Ordinary ISU Congress will be held in Dublin on June 9 -13, 2014.

Prof. Michael Geistlinger (AUT) was ap-pointed with immediate effect as ISU Legal Advisor joining the current Legal Advisor Dr. Béatrice Pfister (SUI) in this function.

The ISU Council decided that if it proves neces-sary, the Minimum Total Technical Scores will be determined and finalized 2 weeks before the entry deadline of each 2013 Figure Skating Championships. The matter of trademarks in Speed Skating was discussed and Members are invited to consult the ISU website in order to familiarize themselves with the IOC Guide-lines in time for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and also to refer to Rule 102, paragraph 6.b) (ii) of the ISU General Regulations.

Following the amendments made by Congress 2012, it has been clarified that in Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance competitions, if the country hosting the Olympic Winter Games does not qualify through the normal qualifying procedure, one competitor per discipline of the host Member shall no longer have the right to participate in the Olympic Winter Games. This will enter in effect for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games only.

The ISU Council agreed to proceed with the World Development Trophy initiative which will be held at different venues and dates, tentatively in March 2013 in the Philippines, Poland and Singapore.

Finally the ISU Council agreed to meet again on February 25 - 27, 2013 in Milan (ITA), June 7 - 9, 2013 in Vienna (AUT) and on October 11-13, 2013 in Paris (FRA) .

For more information on the decisions of the Council see ISU Communication 1767.

Like many other colleagues of mine I am immersed in sport and as an European I am not permitted to ignore football, or soccer if we want to use another expression.

Sportsmen are usually traditional people who hardly succeed in changing rules, but fortunately some of them are willing to accept what progress can provide to innovate. In this area one of the major inputs we received is the computer. It is actually using the PC that I found a sport called “futsal”, that is with brevity football/soccer played by 5 athletes instead of 11, if we want to compare the two most known team composi-tions, even though the same sport can be played by teams

with any number of players between 11 and 5.

I am far from trying to start a deep interpretation of the development of football/soccer, I wish on the contrary to point out that many sports are adopting new rules to produce diffe-rent types of matches/competitions.

In the area of Winter Sports, constructive examples are delivered by the international ski ac-tivities as well as by the other entity conducting biathlon events. The innovations introduced in those sports that use snow for their performances constitute a model on how changes can be adopted to maintain and possibly improve the reputation of the sports, through the appreciation of TV viewers, spectators and media, who demonstrated high interest for the said new approaches.

We are already in a new era and the reaction of sport during an international economic crisis is for sure in line with what has to be done in order to maintain all the essential parameters to govern and hopefully to further develop the sport activity. Better understanding what is happening in the above mentioned sport disciplines, it is not difficult to realize that remar-kably reducing the field of play permits to offer good opportunities to spectators to attend the event and in certain cases to host a sport discipline in enclosed facilities, so enabling to achieve a major result: to save money. Furthermore we must not underestimate that spon-sors and television have sufficient reasons to welcome the said innovations, since through them it would become easier to form and respect specific schedules.

The same positive reaction will certainly be expressed by sport administrators and organi-zers, since the global cost of the sport events conducted under the new concepts inspired by progress will certainly render sport much cheaper, thanks to a calculation that anybody can easily make.

Of course the traditional sports have to overcome a handicap that new sport activities do not have to confront. The handicap in question is the problem of how to convert a well known discipline into a new one, while respecting the major concepts that permitted the traditional sport to become popular. However, when a sport administrator is facing the highest dilem-ma: either to change the conditions or to substantially reduce the activity, there is no choice. The sport administrator must produce innovative solutions to stay in line with the progress and also to protect the future of the sport disciplines, though they were organized for many years through different systems and probably under very different conditions.

Ottavio CinquantaPresident, International Skating Union

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ISU NEWSFederation in Madrid and with the assistance of the ISU Development funding, a Develop-ment Seminar was held in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne (AUS) with a combination of a Judges seminar in Sydney, a Technical seminar in Melbourne and on-ice training for Australian teams in all three cities.The Winter Cup, a new Synchronized Skating event, was added to the International Compe-tition Calendar and the first ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships will take place in Helsinki in March, followed by the ISU World Championships in Boston (USA) in April.

Speed SkatingThe Speed Skating Technical Committee held its first meeting since the 2012 ISU Congress in conjunction with the bi-annual ISU Referees’ course in Vlaardingen (NED) on September 30 - October 1. The agenda included detailed preparations for over 20 ISU Speed Skating Events of the coming season and planning of the season calendar 2013/14. The Essent ISU World Cup season kicked off in the middle of November, with the opening event featuring all World Cup distances (in-cluding Mass Start and Team Pursuit) held in Heerenveen (NED). The Mass Start event has been further developed with the introduction of one additional intermediate sprint, which produces more action and excitement during the race. A new Team event, Team Sprint pursuit was successfully demonstrated during the last two events of 2012.In the ISU Junior World Cup circuit three regional events and one global event were completed before the end of 2012.

Short TrackThe first four Samsung ISU World Cup events of the season took place with great success. The Technical Committee has introduced a new event called the Madison Team race, which was tested at two Events. This new format which consists of a two person relay over 32 laps and points are awarded every 5-6 laps, will continue to be tested with the aim to provide an exciting event for athletes and spectators. The level of competition at the development events, the Danubia Cup and Star Class competitions, increases yearly and provides additional experience to participa-ting athletes and officials. The ISU Develop-ment Program has been funding these events since 2005.

Adler Arena in Sochi, Speed Skating venue for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games ISU WEBSITE : WWW.ISU.ORG

SPORTS DIRECTORATEThe Sports Directorate met in Oberstdorf on September 21- 22, 2012 to plan for the sea-son, prepare seminars, international events and especially for the test events for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. With the conclusion of the ISU Junior Grand Prix and Grand Prix Series of Figure Skating, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (combi-ned Junior and Senior) was the backdrop for the first test event. With a new venue, Host Broadcaster and Organizing Committee, the event was a challenge but was successfully conducted with the support of the Russian Figure Skating Federation and Sochi 2014.

A new format for the Synchronized Ska-ting seminar for Judges, Referees and the Technical Panels, planned for the 2013 ISU Championships was launched.

In Speed Skating and Short Track observa-tions of organizational and technical aspects of ISU Events were assessed.The Sports Directorate has also started to work on the second edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2016 which will take place in Lillehammer (NOR).

ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Single and Pair SkatingMembers of the Single & Pair Skating Techni-cal Committee (SPTC) acted as Referees and Technical Controllers at ISU Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events as well as at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, the official Figure Skating test event for the Olympic Winter Games 2014.A lot of attention was paid to the evaluation of Judges which was done in cooperation

with the Officials Assessment Commission. Numerous Referees and Technical Controllers Reports from Events that took place during the first part of the season were studied and the results will be finalized at the SPTC meeting which will take place during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships. Plans to provide further education to members of Technical Panels have also been discussed.

Ice DanceThe Ice Dance Technical Committee acted as Officials at various Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events. The Communication which will include rhythms and Key Points for Pattern Dance Elements to be included in the Short Dances for the Olympic Season has been finalized. Two DVDs were created, the first demonstrates the Key Points for the Pattern Dance Elements for this season and the second is an educational tool to show plus and minus features for Twizzles and Step Sequences. An Ice Dance Judges’ Seminar was conducted in Brisbane (AUS) during the Australian National Championships and an ISU International Ice Dance Development Training Seminar for Coaches and their Couples/Skaters in Asia, Oceania, the Pacific Region and South Africa is to take place on April 21- 28, 2013 in Seoul (KOR). The aim of the Seminar is to introduce and develop Ice Dance in these regions.

Synchronized SkatingThe Synchronized Skating Technical Com-mittee conducted a number of seminars including the Global Coaches Seminar combi-ned with the Technical and Referee /Judges seminar which took place in Helsinki (FIN), a Coaches Seminar was hosted by the Spanish

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ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series 2012/13 showcased the world’s best figure skaters. Like last year, viewers all over the world were able to follow the performances in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events and the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final via internet.

35 Men, 34 Ladies, 23 Pairs and 28 Ice Dance couples from 19 ISU Members competed in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2012/13 events. The series opened in October with Hilton HHonors Skate America in Kent/Seattle (USA) followed by Skate Canada International in Windsor (CAN) and the Cup of China in Shanghai (CHN). The series then continued with the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS) and the Trophée Eric Bompard in Paris (FRA) before concluding with NHK Trophy in Miyagi (JPN). The Grand Prix season culminated in December with the combined ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi (RUS). The top six skaters and couples (senior and junior) in each discipline met in the new Olympic ice rink and competed for the Grand Prix titles.

Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) qualified with two silver medals for the Final but came out on top in Sochi to become the first Japanese man to win the Grand Prix Final crown. Takahashi achieved a seasons best of 269.40 points in Sochi. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) set a new record score in the Short Program first at Skate America with 95.07 points only to surpass it at NHK Trophy with 95.32 points. He came with a silver and a gold medal to Russia and took silver in the Final one day after his 18th birthday. Reigning World Cham-pion Patrick Chan (CAN) earned silver and gold in his Grand Prix events but had to settle for the bronze in the Final. Javier Fernandez (ESP) became the first Spanish figure skater in history to win a Grand Prix event (Skate Canada). In the Final he finished fourth but landed three quadruple jumps in the best Free Skating of the night. Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) returned to the Final with a gold and a silver medal and finished fifth. The only newcomer in the Final was Tatsuki Machida (JPN) who booked his ticket with a gold and a bronze medal from the circuit. Jeremy Abbott (USA), Florent Amodio (FRA) and Takahito Mura (JPN) were the substitutes. Mao Asada (JPN) returned to the top of the Grand Prix Final podium for the first time in Joshua Farris (USA) silver medalist of Men’s ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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Prix Final and finished fourth. Youth Olympic Champion Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (RUS) came back to the Final and placed fifth ahead of Christina Gao (USA). Gao was the first subs-titute and replaced Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) who withdrew due to injury. The remaining substitutes were Mirai Nagasu (USA) and Kanako Murakami (JPN). Reigning World silver medalists Tatiana Volo-sozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) won the Grand

2013 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPSFIGURE SKATINGEuropean ChampionshipsVenue : Zagreb (CRO)Dates : January 21- 27

2012 European ChampionsLadies : Carolina Kostner (ITA)Men : Evgeni Plushenko (RUS)Pairs : Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (RUS)Ice Dance : Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat (FRA)

Four Continents ChampionshipsVenue : Osaka (JPN)Dates : February 6 -11

2012 Four Continents Champions Ladies : Ashley Wagner (USA)Men : Patrick Chan (CAN)Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN)Ice Dance : Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN)

World Junior Figure Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Milan (ITA)Dates : February 25 - March 3

2012 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS)Men : Han Yan (CHN)Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN)Ice Dance : Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS)

World Junior Synchronized Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Helsinki (FIN)Dates : March 8-9

World ChampionshipsVenue : London (Ontario), (CAN)Dates : March 10 -17

2012 World ChampionsLadies : Carolina Kostner (ITA)Men : Patrick Chan (CAN)Pairs : Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER)Ice Dance : Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN)

World Synchronized Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Boston (USA)Dates : April 2 - 6

2012 World ChampionsTeam : Team Sweden 1

four years and qualified with two gold medals from her events. Asada captured gold in Sochi with a seasons best of 196.80 points. Ashley Wagner (USA) earned her first medal in the Final, the silver after winning her two events. In her fourth consecutive Grand Prix Final, Akiko Suzuki (JPN) took her third medal, the bronze. She picked up two silver medals on her way to Sochi. Kiira Korpi (FIN) became the first Finnish skater to qualify for the Grand

Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) winner of the Pair Skating ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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Mao Asada (JPN) winner of the Ladies’ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Prix Final for the first time. They had qualified with two gold medals from the circuit and got a seasons best of 207.53 points. Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov (RUS) made the podium in the Final for the first time, claiming the silver. They had collected a silver and their first Grand Prix gold medal in their events. Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN) who had missed the series last year returned in style, taking a silver and a gold medal before earning the bronze in Sochi. They had competed in their eighth Grand Prix Final. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Rad-ford (CAN) finished fourth in Sochi following two silver medals on the circuit. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) came in fifth and Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) were ranked sixth in the Final. The subs-titutes were Caydee Denney/John Coughlin (USA), Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) and Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS). Four-time World Champions Aliona Savchenko/ Robin Szolkowy (GER) won Skate Canada but then had to withdraw from their second event as Savchenko was ill and subsequently missed the Final.

Ice Dance World silver medalists Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) danced to their fourth consecutive Grand Prix Final gold medal and bagged the gold as well in their two Grand Prix events. They triumphed in Sochi with a seasons best of 183.39 points. World Champions Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) celebrated two victories on the way to Russia but had to settle for second place in Sochi. Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) advanced with two gold medals to the Final to claim their fourth consecutive medal, the bronze, in Sochi. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) and Ekaterina Bobrova/ Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) returned to the Final, finishing fourth and fifth. Elena Ilinykh/ Nikita Katsa-lapov (RUS) debuted in the Final and came sixth. The substitutes were Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN), Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko (RUS) and Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA).

JUNIOR GRAND PRIXOF FIGURE SKATING

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating entered its 16th season in 2012. 152 Junior Ladies, 64 Junior Men, 35 Junior Pairs and 70 Junior Ice Dance couples representing 58 countries from Argentina to Uzbekistan competed in this year’s edition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating with competitions in Courchevel (FRA), Lake Placid

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FIGURE SKATINGmargin. Hannah Miller (USA) came with two silver medals to Sochi and added another one in the Final. Anna Pogorilaya (RUS) advanced with a gold and a bronze medal to the Final and took the bronze in Sochi as well. Angela Wang (USA), Satoko Miyahara (JPN) and Leah Keiser (USA) were the other qualifiers. All six Junior Ladies debuted in the Junior Final. Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin led the Russian sweep in the Pairs event followed by World Junior bronze medalists Vasilisa Da-vankova/Andrei Deputat and Maria Vigalova/Egor Zakroev. Margaret Purdy/Michael Ma-rinaro (CAN), World Junior silver medalists, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) and Brittany Jones/Ian Beharry (CAN) completed the field in the Final. World Junior silver medalists Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin (RUS) dominated their

Qing Pang / Jian Tong (CHN) bronze medalists of the Pair Skating ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

(USA), Linz (AUT), Istanbul (TUR), Bled (SLO), Zagreb (CRO) and Chemnitz (GER). Russia had a strong showing in the Junior Final by sweeping the Pairs podium and claiming a total of seven medals including all four gold medals.

Maxim Kovtun (RUS) competed in his second Final and rose to the very top in Sochi after winning two gold medals on the circuit. Jos-hua Farris (USA) had also claimed two gold medals in his events and took home the silver from the Final, one step up from one year ago. Ryuju Hino (JPN) earned the bronze in the Fi-nal. Defending champion Jason Brown (USA) finished fourth this time followed by Boyang Jin (CHN), the only newcomer this year, and Keiji Tanaka (JPN).13-year-old Elena Radionova struck gold in her two events and in the Final by a large

JGP events and the Final. Gabrielle Papada-kis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) picked up two gold medals on the circuit and the silver in the Final. World Junior bronze medalists Alexan-dra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (USA) claimed the bronze in the Final following two wins in the series. Last year’s silver medalists in the Final, Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov (RUS), placed fourth this time. The other qualifiers were Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin (RUS) and Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin (RUS).

All performances from the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating event and the Final can be seen on the ISU YouTube Channel. The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is available on the ISU Skating Channel in countries where no television right restric-tions are in place. Both links are available on www.isu.org.

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The Essent ISU World Cup season for 2012/13 consists of nine events of which five took place in 2012. The competition kicked off in Heerenveen (NED) then moved to Kolomna (RUS) for all skaters, the Allrounders met in Astana (KAZ) and finally the Sprinters competed in Nagano (JPN) and Harbin (CHN).

Olympic Champion Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) currently leads in the Ladies 500 m with 600 points. She won all six 500 m races and set new track records in Asia. The battle for second place is between Jenny Wolf (GER), who got two silvers and a bronze medal earning a total of 400 points, and Nao Kodaira (JPN) with 386 points with three third place finishes and one second place. Although Heather Richardson (USA) got off to a good start she missed the Harbin World Cup and dropped down to fourth with 275 points.The absence of Richardson is also visible in the 1000 m ranking, she won the first two races and got a silver in the third but did not compete in the last two races. Richardson currently has 280 points and ranks second. Karolina Erbanová (CZE) took advantage of the absence of Richardson and won her first World Cup and took a silver to jump into the lead with 305 points. Hong Zhang (CHN) is currently third

with 260 points, although she missed Nagano, she won the last race and was runner-up twice. Dutch lady Lotte van Beek gathered 210 points with three podium finishes. Although Christine Nesbitt (CAN) won race number three she did not compete in Harbin and accumulated 208 points. Christine Nesbitt dominated in the 1500 m accumulating 270 points. She won all her races apart the second one where she finished third, behind winner Marrit Leenstra (NED). Leenstra was second best twice and gathered 260 points. Third ranked is Martina Sábliková (CZE) with 146 points. Completing the podiums are Lotte van Beek finishing third in Heerenveen and currently ranks sixth, Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) was second in Kolomna ranking fourth and Linda de Vries (NED) got bronze in Astana and is seventh.In the long distances, Martina Sábliková is ahead with 260 points. She won the 5000 m in Astana and finished second in both 3000 m races. Stephanie Beckert (GER) is slightly behind with 220 points followed by Claudia Pechstein (GER) who has 201 points and was runner-up in the 5000 m. The bronze medals went to Jorien ter Mors (NED), European Short Track Speed Skating silver medalist, Marije Joling (NED) and Olga Graf (RUS). In the Team Pursuit, Canada leads with 170 points, the Netherlands has 150 and Germany 145. Mariska Huisman (NED) leads

the Mass Start ranking with 170 points and Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) follows with 160 points, both winning one race. Ivanie Blondin (CAN) and Claudia Pechstein follow with 130 points.

In the six 500 m Men races, ten different skaters got a podium finish. The current leader is Jan Smeekens (NED) with 430 points, who missed the podium only once and won one race. Joji Kato (JPN) got two gold and a silver and is second in the ranking with 386. Third in the ranking is Michel Mulder (NED) with 307 points. Other skaters who were on the podium once were Artur Was (POL) (293 points), Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) (290 points), Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) (275 points) , Gilmore Junio (CAN) (264 points), Ronald Mulder (NED) (210 points) and Tucker Fredricks (USA) (118 points). Although Pekka Koskela (FIN) won two races he also earned 0 and 4 points in other racers and consequently ranks ninth with 204 points. In the 1000 m, there are 5 winners from 5 races. Denny Morrison leads the ranking with 325 points, who won the first race and was runner-up once. Samuel Schwarz (GER) follows with 314 points, who won the last race and got one medal of each color.Two Dutch skaters have 310 points, Hein Otterspeer with a win and Kjeld Nuis with two podium finishes. The other wins were for Shani Davis (USA) and Pekka Koskela.In the 1500 m Håvard Bøkko (NOR) is the most constant skater and after two second places, he leads with 210 points. Maurice Vriend (NED) who won the first race, follows with 181 points, and winning bronze in Astana and currently third in the ranking is Zbigniew Brodka (POL) with 160 points. Koen Verweij, 149 points, won in Kolomna and Shani Davis in Astana. Other podium finishes were for Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR), Bart Swings (BEL) and Brian Hansen (USA).

The long distance skaters had two 5000 m races and one 10000 m. Four Dutchmen are leading the rankings, Jorrit Bergsma, who was on each podium and set a new track record in Astana totaling 250 points. Sven Kramer did not skate the 10000 m but won the two 5000 m races and is second with 200 points. Bob de Jong also has 200 points. Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) is fourth with 190 points after two podium places. Olympic Champion Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) won bronze in Astana and ranks fifth.

In the Team Pursuit, the Netherlands won both races and lead with 200 points; Korea follows with 150. Both Russia and Canada have 120 points. Jorrit Bergsma leads the Mass Start with 145 points, in close second is Alexis

Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR)

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SPEED SKATINGEuropean Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Heerenveen (NED)Dates : January 11 -13

2012 European ChampionsLadies : Martina Sábliková (CZE)Men : Sven Kramer (NED)

World Sprint Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Salt Lake City (USA)Dates : January 26 -27

2012 World Sprint ChampionsLadies: Jing Yu (CHN)Men: Stefan Groothuis (NED)

World Allround Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Hamar (NOR)Dates : February 16 -17

2012 World Allround ChampionsLadies : Ireen Wüst (NED)Men : Sven Kramer (NED)

World Junior Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Collalbo (ITA)Dates : February 22 - 24

2012 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Miho Takagi (JPN)500 meters : Karolina Erbanova (CZE)1000 meters : Miho Takagi (JPN)1500 meters : Karolina Erbanova (CZE)3000 meters : Do-Yeong Park (KOR)Team Pursuit Ladies : Republic of Korea

Contin (FRA) with 140 followed by Christijn Groeneveld (NED) with 132 points.

This season will see a second overall World Cup winner. Points are earned in all individual events (including Mass Start), 10 for a victory, 8 for second place, then 7, 6, 5 and half points for the 500 m. Martina Sábliková, Marrit Leenstra and Claudia Pechstein have 37 points followed by Christine Nesbitt with 36. In the men’s Overall World Cup ranking, Jorrit Bergsma leads with 35 points, Håvard Bøkko has 27 while Pekka Koskela has 23.

As the Championships season gets underway in 2013 the remaining Essent ISU World Cup races will take place in Calgary (CAN), Inzell and Erfurt (GER) before the series comes back to Heerenveen for the World Cup Final in March.

SHORT TRACKEuropean Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Malmo (SWE)Dates : January 18 - 20

2012 European ChampionsLadies : Arianna Fontana (ITA)Men : Sjinkie Knegt (NED)

World Junior Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Warsaw (POL) Dates : February 22 - 24

2013 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS

2012 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Suk Hee Shim (KOR)Men : Se Yeong Park (KOR)

World Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue : Debrecen (HUN) Dates : March 8 -10

2012 World ChampionsLadies : Jianrou Li (CHN)Men : Yoon-Gy Kwak (KOR)

Margot Boer (NED)

130 points respectively). Kai Verbij (NED) won in Minsk and finished fifth in Inzell, ranking third at the moment.In the 1500 m, Jeong-Su Seo (KOR) won in Inzell but had a poor race in Changchun finishing last, however he still leads with 118 points. Both Junya Miwa (JPN), who finished third in Inzell and second in Calgary accumulating and Verbij, who won his race in Minsk and finished fourth in Inzell, have 110 points. Seo also won the 3000m in Inzell and Chan-gchun accumulating maximum points (150). Andrea Giovannini (ITA) got third place in Inzell and second in Minsk totaling 110 points. Shota Nakamura (JPN) won in Cal-gary and was 5th in Inzell, meaning 100 points.Takuro Ogawa (JPN) won the Mass Start ahead but alas, Ogawa fell in Calgary and did not finish. Giovannini finished fourth in Inzell and second in Minsk which makes him and Ogawa equal with 100 points. Fan-Yang has 95 points, winning the race in Asia between five Chinese and a Mongolian who ‘DNS’.The Dutch men won the Team Pursuit ahead of Italy and Sweden.

The next Regional World Cup will be held in January. For Europe on January 12-13 in Baselga di Pine (ITA), and for Asia and America on January 19 -20 in Astana (KAZ) and Roseville (USA). And later the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Final will be held in Collalbo (ITA) on February 16 -17.

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JUNIOR WORLD CUP

The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating series started in November, in Calgary (CAN) for the American Continent and in Minsk (BLR) for Europe. In the final days of December, the Asian competitions took place in Changchun (CHN). During the regional competitions skaters win half the points and at the Junior World Cup in Inzell (GER) in December, which was open to all skater and where most skaters competed except for the North- Americans, skaters earned full points.

In the ladies’ field, Hae-Ri Kwak (KOR) won the 500m race in Inzell and finished second in both races in Changchun (180 points). Va-nessa Bittner (AUT) won both races in Minsk and was second in Inzell (180). Kako Yamane (JPN) finished second and first in Calgary and fourth in Inzell and currently ranks third with 140 points.In the 1000 m Vanessa Bittner (AUT) finished first in Minsk and second in Inzell and leads with 130 points. Yoon-Hee Heo (KOR) won in Changchun and finished fourth in Inzell totaling 110 points. Although Antoinette de Jong finished first in Inzell, she is currently third with 100 points. Kaitlyn McGregor (SUI) brought Switzerland back to the podium in Inzell winning bronze.Antoinette de Jong wonthe 1500 m race in Inzell (100 points) with almost 4 seconds over Changchun winner Yun-Hee Heo and Minsk

winner Reina Anema (NED) who shared the second place and therefore lead with 130 points each.In the 3000 m, Reina Anema is the strongest skater with 150 points, setting a Track Record in Minsk and also winning Inzell. Cho-Won Park (KOR), won Changchun and got silver in Inzell, follows with 130 points. Jade van der Molen (NED) has 110 points and is third.Vanessa Bittner took the gold in the ladies’ Mass Start event in Inzell (100 points) ahead of Dutch lady Ineke Dedden, who also won in Minsk and has 130 points. Natsumi Takayama (JPN), who finished third in Calgary and Inzell, has 105 points. Jianlu Wang (CHN) won the race between 5 Chinese skaters in Changchun (90 points ranks sixth).The Dutch ladies lead the Team Pursuit ahead of Korea and Japan.

In the men’s 500 m race in Inzell, Konstantin Nikitin (RUS) finished just ahead of Yu Tian (CHN), followed by Tae-Yun Kim (KOR). Nikitin did not compete elsewhere which meant that others could catch up. Tian got 75 points in Changchun, which puts him second place with 155 points. Although Darsil Essamambo (KAZ) finished fourth in Inzell he won both his races in Minsk and currently leads with 160 points. In Changchun, Qiuming Bai (CHN) won and has 100 points like Nikitin. B-junior Fan Yang (CHN) beat Tae-Yun Kim in the 1000 m in Inzell, but the opposite happe-ned in Changchun (totaling 140 and

Front Elise Christie (GBR) and back Jessica Hewitt (CAN)

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SHORT TRACK

The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series kicked off in October. The series is composed of six events, four of which took place in 2012, including Calgary (CAN) October 19 - 21, Montreal (CAN) October 26 - 28, Nagoya (JPN) November 30 - December 2 and Shanghai (CHN) December 7-9. Single Distance medals at each event and an Overall title per distance are up for grabs. The Overall title is determined by the skater who earns the most points in each distance after all six events.In the Ladies’ 500 m Meng Wang (CHN) won all her races and currently leads with 4000 points. Quihong Liu (CHN) got two silvers and a bronze (2450 points), Marianne

Men’s 1500 m Final

St-Gelais (CAN) competed at all events but only got two podium finishes (silver and bronze totaling 2372 points), while Jessica Gregg (CAN) clenched the silver and gold in Montreal (2312). Although Kexin Fan (CHN) finished second in Shanghai and competed at all events so far, she currently stands in fifth place with 1828 points.Elise Christie (GBR) currently leads the Ladies’ 1000 m with one gold, two silver and a bronze finish totaling 3920 points. With only 166 points between the second and fourth place, the scores are tight. Min-Jung Kim (KOR) got two podium finishes (silver and bronze) and is currently second with 2166 points, closely followed by Valérie Maltais (CAN) who won gold in Montreal (2102) and Suk Hee Shim (KOR) who won both races she competed in (2000 points).

SPEED SKATINGShim also won all her 1500 m races and steams ahead with 4000 points. Compatriot Ha-Ri Cho (KOR) also got four podium finishes (two silver, two bronze) and ranks second with 2880 points. Jianrou Li (CHN) is close third with three medals (one silver, two bronze) and 2080 points. Although Christie and Seung-Hi Park (KOR) got the silver in Nagoya they did not compete elsewhere and rank 12 and 13 respectively.

China won the Relay in Montreal, Nagoya and Shanghai and finished second in Calgary, they lead with 3800 points. Japan is second with 2720 points while Korea ranks third with 2620 points.

In the Men’s 500 m Charles Hamelin (CAN) took the lead with his gold and three silver medals totaling 3400 points. The race for second place is tight between Wenhao Liang (CHN) (1563) and François Hamelin (CAN) (1454 points). Robert Seifert (GER) got gold in Nagoya but only competed in two races so far and ranks fifth and both Guillaume Bastille (CAN) and J.R. Celski (USA) won the only race they competed in and rank tenth and eleventh.

In the Men’s 1000 m scores are very close and the rankings can change in the next race. Indeed Yoon-Gy Kwak won three golds and a silver earning 3968 points while Russian Victor An has two gold and a silver (3128). Jinkyu Noh (KOR) finished third three times totaling 2432 points and ranks third. Although Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) won in Calgary he currently ranks sixth with 1302 points.Noh got three gold and a silver medal in the 1500 m and leads with 3800 points. An won in Shanghai and accumulated 2286 points while team mate Semen Elistratov ranks third (2100 points ). Byeong-Jun Kim (KOR) is the other gold medalist so far but only competed in one event and ranks tenth.Winning all their races, Korea leads the Men’s Relay with maximum points (4000 points) followed by China (2362 points) and Canada (2100 points ).

The Europeans skaters will next compete in Malmö (SWE) at the ISU European Short Track Championships on January 18 - 20. The Sam-sung ISU World Cup Short Track series picks up again on February 1- 3 in Sochi (RUS) and will be the official test event for the Olympic Winter Games 2014. The series then ends in Dresden (GER) on February 8 -10. The Junior World Championships will take place in War-saw (POL) on February 22-24 while the season will end with the World Championships on March 8 -10 in Debrecen (HUN).

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2012 Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Ladies HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International of China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Ashley Wagner USA 1st 1st 302 Mao Asada JPN 1st 1st 303 Kiira Korpi FIN 3rd 1st 264 Akiko Suzuki JPN 2nd 2nd 265 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 2nd 3rd 246 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 4th 2nd 227 Christina Gao USA 2nd 4th 228 Mirai Nagasu USA 4th 3rd 209 Kanako Murakami JPN 3rd 4th 2010 Agnes Zawadzki USA 3rd 5th 1811 Adelina Sotnikova RUS 3rd 5th 1812 Gracie Gold USA 7th 2nd 1713 Zijun Li CHN 5th 4th 1614 Kaetlyn Osmond CAN 1st 1515 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 5th 6th 1216 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 6th 5th 1217 Haruka Imai JPN 5th 8th 1018 Valentina Marchei ITA 4th 919 Alena Leonova RUS 7th 6th 920 Ksenia Makarova RUS 6th 7th 921 Polina Korobeynikova RUS 7th 6th 922 Amelie Lacoste CAN 8th 6th 823 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 8th 8th 624 Joshi Helgesson SWE 7th 425 Elena Glebova EST 7th 426 Jenna Mccorkell GBR 8th 327 Ying Zhang CHN 8th 3

FIGURE SKATING GRANd PRIx oF FIGURE SKATING – oVERALL STANdINGS AFTER SIx oF SIx EVENTS (The top six skaters/couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final)

GRAND PRIXDecember 6 - 9,

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX December 6 - 9,

2012 Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Men HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International of China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Patrick Chan CAN 2nd 1st 282 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 2nd 1st 283 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 1st 2nd 284 Tatsuki Machida JPN 3rd 1st 265 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 2nd 2nd 266 Javier Fernandez ESP 1st 4th 247 Jeremy Abbott USA 5th 2nd 208 Florent Amodio FRA 4th 3rd 209 Takahito Mura JPN 8th 1st 1810 Nobunari Oda JPN 3rd 5th 1811 Ross Miner USA 5th 3rd 1812 Konstantin Menshov RUS 4th 4th 1813 Michal Brezina CZE 6th 3rd 1614 Sergei Voronov RUS 3rd 7th 1515 Adam Rippon USA 4th 8th 1216 Richard Dornbush USA 6th 5th 1217 Kevin Reynolds CAN 5th 6th 1218 Brian Joubert FRA 4th 919 Jinlin Guan CHN 7th 6th 920 Nan Song CHN 5th 721 Tomas Verner CZE 8th 8th 622 Denis Ten KAZ 6th 523 Yi Wang CHN 6th 524 Artur Gachinski RUS 7th 425 Armin Mahbanoozadeh USA 7th 426 Elladj Balde CAN 7th 427 Chafik Besseghier FRA 7th 428 Zhan Bush RUS 8th 3

Total Ladies Points

1 Mao Asada JPN 196.802 Ashley Wagner USA 181.933 Akiko Suzuki JPN 180.774 Kiira Korpi FIN 174.945 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 173.756 Christina Gao USA 154.54

Total Men Points

1 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 269.402 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 264.293 Patrick Chan CAN 258.664 Javier Fernandez ESP 258.625 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 253.276 Tatsuki Machida JPN 198.63

Total Ladies Points

1 Elena Radionova RUS 179.402 Hannah Miller USA 168.413 Anna Pogorilaya RUS 167.404 Angela Wang USA 162.055 Satoko Miyahara JPN 157.746 Leah Keiser USA 137.44

Total Men Points

1 Maxim Kovtun RUS 222.312 Joshua Farris USA 211.373 Ryuju Hino JPN 198.924 Jason Brown USA 198.325 Boyang Jin CHN 187.956 Keiji Tanaka JPN 174.55

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2012 Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Pair Skating HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International of China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 1st 1st 30

2 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 2nd 1st 28

3 Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN 2nd 1st 28

4 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 2nd 1st 28

5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 2nd 2nd 26

6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 4th 2nd 22

7 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin USA 3rd 3rd 22

8 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 3rd 3rd 22

9 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 3rd 5th 18

10 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir USA 5th 3rd 18

11 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers CAN 4th 4th 18

12 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang CHN 5th 4th 16

13 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 1st 15

14 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres FRA 4th 6th 14

15 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov RUS 5th 5th 14

16 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin USA 6th 6th 10

17 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim USA 4th 9

18 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot FRA 5th 7

19 Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig USA 6th 5

20 Wenting Wang / Yan Zhang CHN 6th 5

21 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff USA 6th 5

FIGURE SKATING GRANd PRIx oF FIGURE SKATING – oVERALL STANdINGS AFTER SIx oF SIx EVENTS (The top six skaters/couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final)

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALSochi, Russia

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALSochi, Russia

2012 Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Ice Dance HHonors Skate Canada Cup Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International of China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 1st 1st 30

2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 1st 1st 30

3 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 1st 1st 30

4 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 2nd 2nd 26

5 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 2nd 2nd 26

6 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 2nd 2nd 26

7 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 3rd 3rd 22

8 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko RUS 3rd 3rd 22

9 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 4th 3rd 20

10 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin RUS 6th 3rd 16

11 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue USA 5th 4th 16

12 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CAN 4th 6th 14

13 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 5th 5th 14

14 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov AZE 6th 5th 12

15 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams CAN 4th 9

16 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 4th 9

17 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt USA 4th 9

18 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri ITA 5th 7

19 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed JPN 5th 7

20 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland GBR 6th 5

21 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin RUS 6th 5

22 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi ITA 6th 5

Total Pair Skating Points

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 204.552 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 201.603 Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN 192.814 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 187.095 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 180.456 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 178.72

Total Ice Dance Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 183.392 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 179.833 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 170.184 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 165.645 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 158.096 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 156.36

Total Pair Skating Points

1 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin RUS 161.112 Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat RUS 155.963 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev RUS 153.564 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro CAN 149.945 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 149.206 Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry CAN 145.89

Total Ice Dance Points

1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS 149.572 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron FRA 139.213 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton USA 136.194 Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov RUS 129.315 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin RUS 124.196 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin RUS 120.05

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SPEEd SKATING

ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after five of eight events

Total Ladies 500m Points

1 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 6002 Jenny Wolf GER 4003 Nao Kodaira JPN 3864 Heather Richardson USA 2755 Yu Jing CHN 2456 Beixing Wang CHN 2367 Margot Boer NED 2318 Olga Fatkulina RUS 2309 Hong Zhang CHN 18010 Karolína Erbanová CZE 177

Total Ladies 1000m Points

1 Karolína Erbanová CZE 3052 Heather Richardson USA 2803 Hong Zhang CHN 2604 Olga Fatkulina RUS 2245 Lotte van Beek NED 2106 Christine Nesbitt CAN 2087 Laurine van Riessen NED 2068 Margot Boer NED 1749 Marrit Leenstra NED 16010 Nao Kodaira JPN 160

Total Ladies 1500m Points

1 Christine Nesbitt CAN 2702 Marrit Leenstra NED 2603 Martina Sáblíková CZE 1464 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 1305 Claudia Pechstein GER 1206 Lotte van Beek NED 1157 Linda de Vries NED 958 Ida Njåtun NOR 889 Kim Bo-Reum KOR 8510 Marije Joling NED 85

Total Ladies 3000/5000m Points

1 Martina Sáblíková CZE 2602 Stephanie Beckert GER 2203 Claudia Pechstein GER 2014 Marije Joling NED 1605 Diane Valkenburg NED 1606 Olga Graf RUS 1557 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 1128 Ida Njåtun NOR 729 Yevgenia Dmitrieva RUS 7110 Ivanie Blondin CAN 71

Total Men 500m Points

1 Jan Smeekens NED 4302 Joji Kato JPN 3863 Michel Mulder NED 3074 Artur Was POL 2935 Keiichiro Nagashima JPN 2906 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 2757 Gilmore Junio CAN 2648 Ronald Mulder NED 2109 Pekka Koskela FIN 20410 Kang-Seok Lee KOR 157

Total Men 1000m Points

1 Denny Morrison CAN 3252 Samuel Schwarz GER 3143 Hein Otterspeer NED 3104 Kjeld Nuis NED 3105 Shani Davis USA 2406 Aleksey Yesin RUS 1997 Pekka Koskela FIN 1808 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KOR 1799 Pim Schipper NED 15810 Denis Kuzin KAZ 154

Men 1500m Points

1 Håvard Bøkko NOR 2102 Maurice Vriend NED 1813 Zbigniew Brodka POL 1604 Koen Verweij NED 1495 Konrad Niedzwiedzki POL 1446 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 1427 Bart Swings BEL 1368 Shani Davis USA 1289 Denis Yuskov RUS 12010 Brian Hansen USA 115

Total Men 5000/10000 m Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 2502 Sven Kramer NED 2003 Bob de Jong NED 2004 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 1905 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 1526 Håvard Bøkko NOR 1407 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 1208 Ted-Jan Bloemen NED 919 Alexis Contin FRA 8810 Ivan Skobrev RUS 85

Total Men Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 2002 Republic of Korea 1503 Russia 1204 Canada 1205 Norway 115

Total Ladies Team Pursuit Points

1 Canada 1702 Netherlands 1503 Germany 1454 Republic of Korea 1305 Poland 120

Total Ladies Mass Start Points

1 Mariska Huisman NED 1702 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 1603 Ivanie Blondin CAN 1304 Claudia Pechstein GER 1305 Do-Yeong Park KOR 95

Total Ladies Grand World Cup ranking Points

1 Martina Sáblíková CZE 372 Claudia Pechstein GER 373 Marrit Leenstra NED 374 Christine Nesbitt CAN 365 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 33

Total Men Mass Start Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 1452 Alexis Contin FRA 1403 Christijn Groeneveld NED 1324 Arjan Stroetinga NED 1255 Bart Swings BEL 100

Total Men Grand World Cup ranking Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 352 Håvard Bøkko NOR 273 Pekka Koskela FIN 234 Shani Davis USA 225 Bob de Jong NED 20

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SHoRT TRACK SPEEd SKATING

ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events

Total Ladies 500m Points

1 Meng Wang CHN 40002 Qiuhong Liu CHN 24503 Marianne ST-Gelais CAN 23724 Jessica Gregg CAN 23125 Kexin Fan CHN 18286 Tatiana Borodulina RUS 16497 Caroline Truchon CAN 11548 Arianna Fontana ITA 8609 Sayuri Shimizu JPN 80210 Charlotte Gilmartin GBR 731

Total Ladies 1000m Points

1 Elise Christie GBR 39202 Min-Jung Kim KOR 21663 Valerie Maltais CAN 21024 Suk Hee Shim KOR 20005 Qiuhong Liu CHN 17726 Soyoun Lee KOR 16757 Jianrou Li CHN 13318 Yui Sakai JPN 12609 Meng Wang CHN 104910 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 1020

Total Ladies 1500m Points

1 Suk Hee Shim KOR 40002 Ha-Ri Cho KOR 28803 Jianrou Li CHN 20804 Olga Belyakova RUS 12735 Jorien Ter Mors NED 11936 Min-Jung Kim KOR 10247 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 10138 Bernadett Heidum HUN 9149 Xue Kong CHN 86110 Valerie Maltais CAN 846

Total Ladies Relay Points

1 China 38002 Japan 27203 Republic of Korea 26204 Canada 22345 Italy 13126 Russia 11927 Hungary 9738 Netherlands 9449 United States 91810 Germany 302

Total Men 500m Points

1 Charles Hamelin CAN 34002 Wenhao Liang CHN 15633 Francois Hamelin CAN 14544 Vladimir Grigorev RUS 13385 Robert Seifert GER 11346 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 11277 Olivier Jean CAN 10548 Dajing Wu CHN 10509 Liam McFarlane CAN 105010 Guillaume Bastille CAN 1000

Total Men 500m Points

1 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 39682 Victor An RUS 31283 Jinkyu Noh KOR 24324 J.R. Celski USA 19525 Michael Gilday CAN 14206 Vladimir Grigorev RUS 13027 Charles Hamelin CAN 12108 Wenhao Liang CHN 11189 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 102410 Liam McFarlane CAN 972

Total Men 1500m Points

1 Jinkyu Noh KOR 38002 Victor An RUS 22863 Semen Elistratov RUS 21004 Da Woon Sin KOR 19285 Guillaume Bastille CAN 13466 Charles Hamelin CAN 12807 Michael Gilday CAN 12658 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 11289 J.R. Celski USA 106210 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 1000

Total Men Relay Points

1 Republic of Korea 40002 China 23623 Canada 21004 Netherlands 18105 Russia 15226 Great Britain 12027 Japan 11348 USA 8509 Kazakhstan 70610 Hungary 698

Total Ladies Team Points

1 Republic of Korea 34402 China 34003 Canada 29204 Japan 18645 Russia 14406 Italy 11847 Netherlands 9968 Hungary 8979 United Sates 74810 Germany 302

Total Men Team Points

1 Republic of Korea 40002 Canada 30403 Russia 21354 China 19725 Netherlands 12856 USA 10797 Great Britain 10558 Japan 9349 France 84110 Hungary 615

Iceberg Skating Palace, Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating venue for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games

PAST MASTERS

MICHELINE LANNOY BORN 1925 PIERRE BAUGNIET 1925-1981 (BEL)

Olympic Winter GamesPair Skating Gold Medal 1948

ISU World Figure Skating ChampionshipsPair Skating Gold Medal 1947, 1948

ISU European Figure Skating ChampionshipsPair Skating Gold Medal 1947

In the 1940s ISU Championships were interrupted for 6 years due to the Second World War. It was in 1947 that the ISU organized its first post war Championships and Pair Skaters Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet dominated in their discipline. They won the ISU European Figure Skating Championships which took place in Davos (SUI) and were crowned World Champions in Stockholm (SWE) the same year. In 1948 not only did Lannoy and Baugniet keep their world title but they also won the Olympic gold medal in Saint-Moritz (SUI), the first post war Winter Olympic Games and the first Winter Olympic gold medal for Belgium.