ISU World No50 May 2013

INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER NO 50 MAY 2013

INSIDE

• ISU NEWS

• SEASON REVIEW

• RESULTS

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ISU COUNCIL The ISU Council met on February 26 - 27, 2013 in Milan (ITA) and made a number of deci-sions. The first was to agree on the dates and locations of the 2013/14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series and on the dates for the 2014/15 series. The ISU Council also provisionally allotted the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating calendar for the season 2013/14. The full details are available in the calendar of the ISU website.

Confirmation was given that the ISU Code of Ethics (ISU Communication No. 1717) will also apply to the Olympic Winter Games and Winter Youth Olympic Games and therefore the ISU Code of Ethics will be updated ac-cordingly. In line with the above, the Council decided that all participants in ISU sport disciplines at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi are obliged to observe the IOC Code of Ethics including the Rules of Application concerning the prohibition on betting linked to the Olympic Winter Games and any form of cheating affecting the results of the Olympic competitions in the context of betting. These Rules can be found on the ISU website under “Sochi 2014”.

Following the reception of several inquiries relating to the interpretation of ISU Gen-eral Regulations, Rule 102, paragraph 4.b) (restricted eligibility of paid employees of Members and remunerated Coaches), the Council clarified the matter by providing a written interpretation of the Rule.

The ISU Council agreed to meet again on 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 1784.

SPORTS DIRECTORATEIn the Figure Skating Branch, Seminars were organized in Oberstdorf (GER) for the Junior and Novice categories, an Ice Dance develop-ment seminar took place in Torun (POL) and a combined Pair and Judges’ Seminar in Berlin (GER). New TV Commentators’ Work-shops were organized during the European and World Figure Skating Championships in Croatia and Canada. The workshops were used as platforms to exchange and discuss

The world of Sport is facing a problem that is often a head-ache for the organizers. I refer to the number of participants in various competitions that can result in financial costs. In fact maintaining a strict separation between the two genders, female and male, frequently results in too many competitions/events with the consequential need to cut i.e. to exclude some competitions and in the worst case some sports.

The question is: why not include women and men together for certain team competitions? This is not yet a proposal but just an idea.

It is clear that if such a procedure/innovation was to be adopted, the number of women and men would probably be reduced and this is for sure not a positive outcome, at least for the global participation. However there are other aspects that deserve to be carefully evaluated. The most important are: (1) competition strategies can be worked out based on the performing order of each member of the team, (2) the possibility to determine the gap between women and men performances and to precisely monitor the development of each gender category, (3) in order to justify the reduction of the competing teams it would be necessary to implement qualification systems. There might be additional reasons or pros and cons that are left to the personal consideration, but one conclusion is probably obvious. The reduction of participants and of the number of competitions would remarkably help reduce the event programs.

Allow me now to add some considerations on the above three items. (1) A Relay or Pursuit Team can be composed similarly (i.e. same number of women and men) but individuals can perform in the order they wish, thus resulting in a more thrilling competition. Further-more, with women and men involved in the same team, it gives the possibility to each participating team to prevail over the others simply because the average level of their team members is higher. This situation contains the important basic concept i.e. to share merits and responsibilities of both genders, without any distinction. (2) The opinion that women are developing faster and more than men exists for a long time. The proposed system would help to determine the exact gap between the two genders, in particular when time measurement applies; it is also known that competing together usually helps the weaker athletes. (3) Here we face a psychological dilemma. Is it more important to permit many athletes and countries to take part in a competition/event, or is it preferable to create a more exciting competition due to the presence of the best athletes that have been admitted through qualification procedures? In this second case, it is possible to imagine the benefits for the organizers, television and the media, especially in a period when Sport must offer attractive programs in order to produce financial benefits. I am conscious that the proposed approach has at the same time theoretical advantages and disadvantages.

As it is frequently the case, a practical trial period should be adopted to properly evalu-ate whether changes have to be introduced. There is a point that becomes indeed of high importance: some will lose whilst others will benefit, which means that eventually a confrontation of opinions or votes would be required.

Ottavio CinquantaPresident, International Skating Union

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Hjamar Andersen (NOR)

ISU NEWSSeminar for first appointment and promotion is underway. These Seminars will be held as part of the training and development program at the Frankfurt Global Seminar next July. An Ice Dance Judges Seminar is due to take place in Beijing (CHN) in September.

Synchronized SkatingThe first ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships took place this year in Helsinki (FIN) and will take place every two years with the second edition to be held in 2015. The Synchronized Skating Technical Committee (SySTC) conducted a number of seminars including an innovative on-ice and lecture based seminar in Vierumaki (FIN) for Judges and Technical Panel members. The SySTC plans to make this a regular feature at Synchronized Skating seminars. With the support of the ISU Development Programa multi-location seminar for Coaches, teams and Officials took place in Australia. A success-ful development seminar was also provided for Coaches in Madrid (ESP). The SySTC also ran seminars for Coaches, Technical Officials, Judges and Referees in Helsinki (FIN). The Committee is now preparing for the 2013/14 season.

Speed SkatingThe Speed Skating Technical Committee (SSTC) covered ISU technical representative functions at five ISU Championships, four Essent ISU World Cup competitions, one regional Junior World Cup competition and at the ISU Junior World Cup final. The annual season review meeting with Coaches took place prior to the World Single Distances Championships in Sochi (RUS), the official Speed Skating test event for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Committee members submitted detailed input to the ISU Technical Delegates for the Games, who met with the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee shortly after. The SSTC has been working actively on the details of the ISU Speed Skating calendar for 2013/14. The Essent ISU World Cup calendar 2013/14 has provisionally been approved by the Council including the four World Cup Competitions that will count as Olympic qualifying competitions.

Short TrackThe Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee (STSSTC) held a successful course for Officials in Dresden (GER) with the purpose

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ideas and find new and innovative ways to present the sport to television audiences. Finally the annual Frankfurt Global Seminar will take place in July.The Speed Skating Branch will review all the Speed Skating and Short Track Events of the season in order to find possible improve-ments. Over the coming months the planning of the new season will start and all requests for development funding for Short Track and Speed Skating training camps and competi-tions will be assessed. Preparation for the Olympic Season is underway with the homolo-gation tests, the Olympic Qualifying Events and the preparation of all the necessary documents for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.

ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Single and Pair SkatingMembers of the Single & Pair Skating Techni-cal Committee (SPTC) acted as Referees and Technical Controllers in ISU Championships, ISU World Development Trophies in Poland and the Philippines and the ISU World Team Trophy. New seminars were held during Figure Skating Championships for the Technical Panel members with the objective to increase the quality of their work. The SPTC met during the World Figure Skating Championships in Canada to discuss the Referees and Technical Controllers Reports of the season and possible changes for 2013/14. At the next meeting scheduled in May 2013, the SPTC will prepare the proposal for the nominations of Officials for the Olympic season. Finally the SPTC will act as Moderators at the annual ISU Frankfurt Seminar and at the recognized seminars in Beijing (CHN) and Vienna (AUT).

Ice DanceMembers of the Ice Dance Technical Committee served as Officials at ISU Championships and the Committee held a meeting in London (CAN) for Coaches, Skaters and Officials to present the technical requirements for the Olympic Season. A DVD demonstrating Key Points for the 2013/14 season will shortly be avail-able. Educational DVDs are being prepared to increase assignment knowledge of GOE values to Lifts and Dance Spins. An ISU Jun-ior Ice Dance Development Training Seminar was held in Oberstdorf (GER) followed by a Novice Seminar. Planning for the first New International Judges Seminar and Referees

to train the Referees, Starters and Competition Stewards regarding the 2012 Rule changes. The STSSTC was also heavily involved in the official test event for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games last February. Both the European and World Junior Championships had a record number of competing countries, thus proving that Short Track Speed Skating continues its growth and popularity. The Star Class and Danubia series, both financed by the ISU Development Program, continue to gain impor-tance and contribute to the successful develop-ment and participation in the sport. A Referees’ course will be conducted in Frankfurt (GER) next July to start preparing for the forthcoming Olympic Winter Games.

ISU WORLD DEVELOPMENT TROPHYThe inaugural ISU World Development Trophy took place in Cieszyn (POL) for Figure Skating, in Singapore (SIN) for Short Track and ended in Manila (PHI) for Figure Skating. This is the first edition of the new events funded by the ISU which combines both seminars and competitions. The goal of this ISU develop-ment project is to provide a number of ISU Members with the opportunity to participate in an International event and develop ISU sports in their countries.

MR HJALMAR ANDERSENIt is with deep sorrow that the ISU learned of the death of three time Olympic, World and European Speed Skating champion Mr Hjalmar Andersen, known as “Hjallis”, on March 27, 2013 two weeks after his 90th birthday. He was given a state funeral where many paid tribute to Norway’s “skating king”. The ISU also pays homage to Mr Andersen’s outstanding contribution to Speed Skating and will remember him with fondness.

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Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (RUS)

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSThe ISU European Figure Skating Champion-ships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, for the fourth time in history after 1974, 1979 and 2008. 148 skaters from 34 ISU member countries competed in the event. Javier Fernandez (ESP) made history by winning the first ever ISU Championships Figure Skating medal for his country, and it was the gold. On the way to the title, the Spaniard landed three quadruple jumps in the Free Skating and totaled 274.87 points. Florent Amodio (FRA) completed his set of medal from Europeans with the silver and Michal Brezina (CZE) claimed his first medal, the bronze. Brian Joubert (FRA) ranked fourth. Seven-time European Champion Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) withdrew due to injury following the Short Program.Carolina Kostner (ITA) skated to her fifth European crown with 194.71 points, holding off Russian teenagers Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva who captured silver and bronze in their debut at the event. Valentina Marchei (ITA) came fourth. In the Pairs event, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) defended their title at 212.45 points. Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) took the silver while Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) earned a historic bronze medal – the first ISU Championships medal for a Pairs team from Italy. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres (FRA) placed fourth. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) danced to their first European title with 169.25 points followed by Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov and Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA). Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko completed a strong result for Russian Ice Dance by finishing fourth. The 12 medals went to six ISU members. Russia took five medals including two gold; followed by Italy with three medals (one gold). Spain, Germany, France and the Czech Republic had one medal each.

FOUR CONTINENTSThe ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships returned to Osaka, Japan for the second time. 85 skaters from 13 ISU member countries competed. Canada and Japan led the medal standings with four medals each, including two gold for Canada and one gold for Japan. Japan also swept the Ladies podium. The USA captured three medals (one gold) and one medal went to China.

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Denis Ten (KAZ)

FIGURE SKATINGKevin Reynolds (CAN) surged from sixth to take his first ISU Championships title at 250.55 points. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) earned the silver medal and Han Yan (CHN) claimed the bronze. Max Aaron (USA) moved up from 10th to fourth. Mao Asada (205.45 points) led the Japanese sweep ahead of Akiko Suzuki and Kanako Murakami. Christina Gao (USA) came fourth. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) skated off with their first ISU title at 199.18 points, edging out teammates Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch. Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir (USA) earned the bronze. Felicia Zhang/Nathan Bartholomay (USA) placed fourth in their debut at ISU Championships. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) won the Ice Dance event with 187.36 points followed by Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) and Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA). Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) finished fourth.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSMilan (ITA) hosted the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the first time. 184 skaters from 42 countries participated in the event. Russia and the USA were the most successful ISU members, picking up five medals each, including two gold for Russia and one gold for the USA. Canada and France got one silver medal. Joshua Farris spearheaded the historic podium sweep for the U.S. men with 228.32 points. Jason Brown and Shotaro Omori claimed the silver and bronze medals. Boyang Jin (CHN) placed fourth. Russia’s Elena Radionova (169.71 points), Julia Lipnitskaia and Anna Pogorilaya answered with a podium sweep in the Ladies event. Russia had swept the Ladies podium at Junior Worlds in 1996 and 1998. Samantha Cesario (USA) slipped from first after the Short Program to fourth. Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier (USA) skated to the Pairs gold, scoring 155.83 points. Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro (CAN) edged out Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) for the silver medal. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) came fourth. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin (RUS) danced off with gold in the Ice Dance competition with 150.17 points ahead of Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA). Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel

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Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford (CAN)

Eaton (USA) repeated as bronze medalists. Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin (RUS) finished fourth.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSHistoric medals highlighted the World Figure Skating Championships in London (CAN). Canada hosted the World Championships for the tenth time since 1932. 163 skaters from 41 members competed in London. The 12 medals went to nine different countries. Host country Canada was the most successful ISU member at the World Championships with three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) ahead of Russia with two medals (one gold and one bronze). Germany, Italy, Japan,

Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) claimed the Pairs gold, their first World title, at 225.71 points. Aliona Savchenko/ Robin Szolkowy (GER) settled for the silver this time while the bronze went to Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN). Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) were fourth. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) capped off a golden season with their second world title (189.56 points). Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) picked up the silver medal and Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) got their first World medal, the bronze. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) placed fourth.

Kazakhstan, Korea, Spain and USA took one medal each. Patrick Chan (CAN) captured his third consecutive World title with 267.78 points. Denis Ten (KAZ) and Javier Fernandez (ESP) made history by winning the silver and bronze medals, the first Figure Skating World Championships medal in history for their countries. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) pulled up from ninth to fourth. Yuna Kim (KOR) returned to competition in style to earn her second World title racking up 218.31 points. Carolina Kostner (ITA) took the silver and Mao Asada (JPN) collected the bronze medal. Kanako Murakami (JPN) came fourth.

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Yuna Kim (KOR)

FIGURE SKATINGWORLD TEAM TROPHYThe season concluded with the third edition of the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating. Team USA with Ashley Wagner (captain), Gracie Gold, Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott, Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir and Ice Dancers Madison Chock/Evan Bates claimed the gold with six points to spare. Team USA had won in the inaugural event in 2009 as well. Team Canada, led by captain Patrick Chan and with Kevin Reynolds, Kaetlyn Osmond, Gabrielle Daleman, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford and Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje took silver like in 2009 at 51 points. Last year’s winning team Japan under captain Daisuke Takahashi and with team members Takahito Mura, Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki and Ice Dancers Cathy Reed/Chris Reed earned the bronze medals with 49 points. Japan had no Pairs team entered. Team Russia finished fourth ahead of Team China and Team France.

WORLD JUNIOR SYNCHRONIZED CHAMPIONSHIPSThe inaugural ISU World Junior Synchro-nized Skating Championships were held in Helsinki (FIN) in early March. 20 teams from 15 countries competed in the event. Team Finland 2 gave a strong presentation and scored a total of 183.20 points which earned them the gold medal edging out Team Finland 1, only 0.2 points behind. Team Russia 1 finished third while Team Canada 1 finished fourth. The ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships are held every two years with the next edition to be held in 2015. All performances from the Championships are available on the ISU YouTube Channel. The link is available on www.isu.org

WORLD SYNCHRONIZED CHAMPIONSHIPSThe ISU World Synchronized Skating Champion-ships 2013 were held in Boston (USA) from April 2- 6. The USA hosted the event for the third time. Although Team Finland 1 was in fourth place after the Short Program, they scored 208.77 points overall which earned them the gold medal and narrowly defeating Team Canada 1 who took the silver medal. Representing the host country, Team USA 1 collected their fourth straight World bronze medal with 202.53 points for the competition. Team Finland 2 finished fourth.

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WORLD CUPThe Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating series was spread over nine events and started in Europe in Heerenveen (NED) and Kolomna (RUS) then moved to Astana (KAZ). The Sprinters competed in Nagano (JPN) and Harbin (CHN). In 2013 events took place in Calgary (CAN), Inzell (GER), and Erfurt (GER) with the World Cup Final going back to Heerenveen (NED). The Grand World Cup winners this season were Dutch skaters Ireen Wüst and Jorrit Bergsma.

500 m LadiesIn the ladies field, after two years of being the runner-up, Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) won 9 out of the 12 races and clenched the 500 m World Cup. Jenny Wolf (GER) finished in second, being the only skater this season to beat Lee once in the World Cup. Beixing Wang (CHN) reached third place and won the other two races in the absence of Lee.

1000 m LadiesHeather Richardson (USA) dominated the 1000 m this season taking the World Cup title. She won four races, skipped two races and finished once second behind Christine Nesbitt (CAN). Nesbitt also won the last race of the season, but skipped four races and ranked fourth overall. Brittany Bowe (USA) won one race and finished second overall. The other winners were Karolina Erbanová (CZE) and Hong Zhang (CHN). Erbanová fin-ished the season in third place.

1500 m LadiesThe Ladies who dominated the 1500 m over the past two seasons, continued to do so this year. Marrit Leenstra (NED) took the lead after finishing third and second in 2012 and 2011 respectively. Leenstra won one event and finished twice second behind Christine Nesbitt who completed the season in second place overall. Ireen Wüst did not participate in the first events due to health problems however she came back strongly and won the last three events and climbed to third.

3000 m / 5000 m LadiesFor the seventh year running, Martina Sáblík-ová (CZE) won the long distance World Cup, beating Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann’s (GER) record of winning six World Cup titles in a row (in the 1500 m). This year, Sáblíková won only the 5000 m races. 41-year-old Claudia Pechstein (GER) finished as runner-up while in third was Diane Valkenburg (NED) who

had a consistent season. The other winners who did not make the podium were Stephanie Beckert (GER) and Ireen Wüst.

Team Pursuit LadiesThe Dutch ladies won the Team Pursuit, with two first place finishes combined with a second and a third place edging out last year’s winners team Canada. Poland took third place. Although the German ladies won the first race they were not strong enough to make the podium.

Mass Start LadiesBo-Reum Kim (KOR) won the Mass Start races which were held for the second time this year. Last season’s winner Mariska Huisman (NED) finished in second place and Ivanie Blondin (CAN) in third.

500 m MenJan Smeekens (NED) dominated the Men’s 500 m this season. He won 7 out of a possible 12 races and finished third three times and second once. Joji Kato (JPN) was second best with two season wins, while Michel and Ronald Mulder (NED) battled it out for the third place. In the end Michel Mulder beat his twin brother. The victory in the other three races went twice to Pekka Koskela (FIN) and once to Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN).

1000 m MenAlthough Kjeld Nuis (NED) did not finish once on top of the podium, he won the Men’s 1000 m World Cup, but only just ahead of the reigning champion Shani Davis (USA). Davis won twice but was injured at the start of the season and therefore missed the first race. Hein Otterspeer (NED) also won two races and finished with bronze overall. Samuel Schwarz (GER), Stefan Groothuis (NED) Denny Morrison (CAN) who broke his leg mid-season, all won one race as did Pekka Koskela and Brian Hansen (USA).

1500 m MenZbigniew Bródka was the first ever Polish skater to win a World Cup overall title. He was the most consistent skater in a distance that had a different winner every time. Bródka won once and got four podium finishes. Bart Swings (BEL) finished second overall, winning the last race. Last year’s winner Håvard Bøkko (NOR) finished third in the ranking but did not win a single World Cup race. The other winners and in order of ranking were Denis Yuskov (RUS), Shani Davis, Koen Verweij (NED) and Maurice Vriend (NED).

5000 m / 10,000 m MenLast year’s winners continued their reign but finished in a different order. The three Dutch long distance skaters battled it out, Jorrit Bergsma and Bob de Jong both won one 10,000 m race while Sven Kramer won all the 5000 m races. In the end Bergsma climbed the highest step of the podium leaving last year’s winner de Jong on the second step. Kramer finished third in the ranking.

Team Pursuit MenThe Dutch team won all four races and took the Team Pursuit World Cup. Korea was runner-up not only overall but also in three of the four races. This year Russia ended up in third with their second place finish in the first race, and third in the last.

Mass Start MenThe podium of the second Mass Start World Cup was completely different then the first year. Arjan Stroetinga (NED) took the World Cup 20 points ahead of Bart Swings. More than 100 points behind the winner was Jordan Belchos (CAN).

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Essent ISU European Speed Skating Cham-pionships took place in Heerenveen (NED). The Ladies’ podium was a Dutch clean sweep with Ireen Wüst at the top. She won the 3000 m and the 1500 m and finished fourth in the 500 m. Despite her back problems, Sáblíková the 5000 m specialist, won the distance, Wüst finished second followed by her team mates Linda de Vries and Diane Valkenburg. Wüst won her second European title, silver medalist Linda de Vries was only one and a half points behind. Diane Valkenburg (NED) won bronze and four time and reigning European Cham-pion Sáblíková finished fourth. Although Sven Kramer finished seventh in the 500m and eighth in the 1500 m, he won the 5000 m and 10,000 m which gave him his sixth European title. Jan Blokhuijsen finished second in the long distances and clenched the silver medal while Håvard Bøkko brought the bronze to Norway for the second year running.

WORLD SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Salt Lake City (USA). Heather Richardson was crowned the 12th champion at the twelfth Championships. Reigning Sprint Champion Jing Yu (CHN) finished second while 2010 Champion

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Joji Kato (JPN)

SPEED SKATINGSang-Hwa Lee got the bronze. World 500 m inline Champion Michel Mulder clenched the Men’s title. Pekka Koskela received the silver medal while Hein Otterspeer finished third overall.

WORLD ALLROUND CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships were hosted in Hamar (NOR). In the ladies field, reigning and three times World Allround Champion Ireen Wüst defended her title and became the first Dutch lady to win it four times. Diane Valkenburg finished second overall. Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) became the first Russian lady in 13 years to make the Allround podium with her bronze medal.

Martina Sáblíková (CZE) withdrew due to her back problem. The long distance specialist and reigning Men’s Champion Sven Kramer made history by winning his sixth title. Håvard Bøkko took the silver in front of his home crowd while Bart Swings became the first Belgian skater to climb an Allround podium.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSThe ISU World Junior Championships, which have both allround and individual distance winners, took place in Collalbo (ITA). 2012 overall Junior Champion Miho Takagi (JPN) successfully defended her title and won the 1500 m world title and took the silver medals in the 1000 m and 3000 m. Antoinette de

Jong (NED) won the overall silver medal, the 3000 m gold and bronze over 1000 m and 1500 m. Kaitlyn McGregor was the first Swiss lady on an international speed skating podium with her overall and 3000 m bronze medals and 1500 m silver medal. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) was crowned 1000 m champion while Kim Hyun-Yung (KOR) took the 500 m title. The Japanese ladies won the Team Pursuit. In the Men’s races Seo Jeong-Su (KOR) took the overall win and the 1500 m title. Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) got a bronze medal in the 1500 m and 5000 m which earned him the overall silver medal. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) finished third overall and second in the 5000 m. The other distance winners were Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) for the 500 m, Joon-Hong Im (KOR) in the 1000 m and Emery Lehman (USA) for the 5000 m. The Italian home team won the Team Pursuit.

WORLD SINGLE DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPSThe new Adler Arena in Sochi (RUS) was host for the Essent ISU World Single Distance Championships. Ladies’ 2012 500 m Champion Sang-Hwa Lee kept her title. Beixing Wang came second and Olga Fatkulina (RUS) third. Fatkulina was the 1000 m surprise winner, silver went to Ireen Wüst and bronze for Brittany Bowe. Wüst won gold in the 1500 m and 3000 m. Martina Sáblíková won the 5000 m for the fifth time in a row and got silver in the 3000 m with bronze for Claudia Pechstein (GER) in both long distances. In the 1500 m Lotte van Beek (NED) took silver and defending champion Christine Nesbitt bronze. The Dutch ladies won the Team Pursuit, followed by Poland and Korea.

Olympic Champion Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) took his second 500 m title in a row, leaving Joji Kato and Jan Smeekens in second and third respec-tively. Denis Kuzin (KAZ) took the 1000 m title ahead of Mo and Shani Davis. In the 1500 m Denis Yuskov (RUS) was half a second faster than Shani Davis who finished with silver and last year’s runner up Ivan Skobrev (RUS) took bronze. Skobrev also got bronze in the 5000 m, behind Jorrit Bergsma and winner Sven Kramer. The 10,000 m title has always been held by a Dutchman and this year Bergsma took his first world title, beating Sven Kramer. Bob de Jong took bronze and it was his 13th podium finish in this distance. The Dutchmen also won the Team Pursuit followed by Korea and Poland.

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Wang Meng (CHN)

3548 points and five podium finishes (two silver and three bronze). Min-Jung Kim (KOR) earned two silver medals, and ends the season in third place overall with 3136 points. Elise Christie (GBR) won gold in the penulti-mate 1500 m, and finishes fifth overall. The other gold medal winner was Soyoun Lee (KOR) who ranks twelfth.

3000 m Relay LadiesTeam China competed at all events and ended on the podium each time. However it is there four gold medals that secured their overall title and maximum of 4000 points. Team Canada also competed at all events and grabbed three silver medals and the second overall position with 2912 points. Team Korea got off to a good start by winning the gold medal in Calgary and the silver in Nagoya (JPN), but they did not get any other podium finishes and settled for third overall with 2824 points. The Netherlands won the final gold medal of the season ranking sixth overall.

500 m MenSix different skaters won a gold medal from the eight races. Charles Hamelin (CAN) won two gold and three silver medals and obtained the overall title with 4400 points. Dajing Wu (CHN) follows with one gold medal, two silver and a bronze and 3650 points. It was impossible to predict who would finish third before the World Cup Final. It was the winner of the race Wenhao Liang (CHN) who accumulated 2731 points who finally got the rank. The other gold medalists throughout the season were Robert Seifert (GER), Guillaume Bastille (CAN) who won in front of his home crowd and J.R. Celski (USA).

1000 m MenYoon-Gy Kwak (KOR) won three gold medals and one bronze in the Samsung ISU World Cup Series and consequently won the overall title with 4023 points. Victor An (RUS) finished in close second with 3812 points and two gold, one silver and one bronze medal. By winning three bronze medals Jinkyu Noh (KOR) got third place overall. The other individual winners are Wenhao Liang, Charles Hamelin and Vladimir Grigorev (RUS).

1500 m MenJinkyu Noh ended the season with five gold and one silver medal, bringing his points tally to 5800 and was awarded with the 1500 m World Cup. Victor An won one gold and

WORLD CUP The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series 2012/13 took place in six cities, five countries over three continents. The first two events were held in Canada. The series then moved to Asia (Japan and China) and finished in Europe (Russia and Germany). The Final took place in Dresden (GER) where the World Cup Overall winners were an-nounced. The Overall title is determined by the skater who earns the most points in each distance after all six events. Only the six best scores are used to calculate the total points for individual races and the four best scores in Relay.

500 m LadiesMeng Wang (CHN) dominated the distance by winning the six events she competed in. She tallied a maximum total of 6000 points and winning the 500 m World Cup. Qiuhong Liu (CHN) had two silver and three bronze finishes putting her at 3730 points and clenched second place overall for the season.

Kexin Fan (CHN) ended third overall with her two podium finishes this season, including one gold, bringing her total points to 3562.

1000 m LadiesElise Christie (GBR) participated in all but one race and finished five times on the podium. She accumulated a total of 4552 points and took the overall win. Suk Hee Shim (KOR) got four podium finishes, three gold and one bronze which secured her the second place in the overall ranking with 3640 points. Seung-Hi Park (KOR) ends the season in third place with two gold and one bronze medal and 2640 points. Soyoun Lee (KOR) and Valérie Maltais (CAN) are the other gold medalists but finished respectively fourth and seventh overall.

1500 m LadiesSuk Hee Shim raced a perfect season by winning six out of six events, obtaining a total of 6000 points and bagged the World Cup overall title. Jianrou Li (CHN) completes the season in second place overall, with

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Men’s Relay (L to R) Teams Netherlands, Korea and Canada.

SHORT TRACK1000 m single distance gold medals. Seung-Hi Park finished second overall and with the 1500 m gold and 500 m silver medals. Suk Hee Shim was third overall and got the 1500 m silver medal. 2012 500 m Champion Fan Kexin got the bronze this year in the same distance. Jorien Ter Mors and Elise Christie got 1000 m silver and bronze medals respec-tively and to round off the medalists Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) took the 1500 m bronze medal. In the Ladies’ 3000 m Relay China took the gold medal, Canada the silver and Japan the bronze.On the Men’s side, Da Woon Sin won the 1000 m and 1500 m gold and tallied enough points to also win the Overall gold medal. Yun-Jae Kim (KOR) won the 1500 m and overall silver medal and Charles Hamelin finished third overall and in the 1000 m and 1500 m which brought his medal count up to three. In the 500 m Wenhao Liang took the gold, Victor An the silver and Freek Van der Wart the bronze. Sjinkie Knegt took the 1000 m silver medal. Team Canada took the Men’s 5000 m Relay gold medal, Russia followed with the silver and the Netherlands took bronze.

bronze medal, and finished second place overall with 3336 points. Da Woon Sin (CHN) secured third place overall with 2928 points and his win during the Final. Byeong-Jun Kim (KOR) won the race in Japan but only participated in two 1500 m.

3000 m Relay MenIn the Men’s Relay, Korea took five out of a possible six gold medals, bringing their season tally to 4000 points. The Netherlands won four silver medals, and conclude the season in second place overall with 3200 points. Russia won a gold medal in front of their home crowd along with a silver and bronze medal which moved them up to third place overall with 2952 points.

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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS25 European countries were represented at the ISU European Short Track Championships in Malmö (SWE). Reigning European Cham-pion Arianna Fontana (ITA) won her third consecutive European title. She won the 500 m and 3000 m Super Final and finished second in the 1500 m and 1000 m. Elise Christie won the 1500 m and 1000 m but fell during the 3000 m Super Final and therefore got the silver medal while 2012 silver medalist Jorien Ter Mors (NED) finished second in the 500 m and 3000 m Super Final and received the bronze medal. The Netherlands won the Ladies 3000 m Relay for the third year running, followed by Germany and Poland.Freek Van der Wart (NED) won the Men’s title after finishing first in the 1000m and 3000 m Super Final. Reigning Champion Sjinkie Knegt (NED) finished first in the 1500 m and second in the 500 m and 3000 m Super Final and therefore got the silver medal. Bronze medalist was Vladimir Grigorev who finished first in the 500 m. Team Russia won the Men’s 5000 m Relay followed by the Nether-lands and Hungary.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSThe ISU World Junior Short Track Champion-ships 2013 were held in Warsaw (POL). Korean Ladies Do Hee Noh and Alang Kim took gold and silver ahead of Yutong Han (CHN)

who finished third. Korea also won the 3000 m Ladies’ Relay, followed by China and Russia. On the men’s side Seyeong Park (KOR) took his second consecutive win while 2012 bronze medalist Han Tianyu (CHN) moved up to take the silver and Lee Hyo Been (KOR), 2012 silver medalist took the bronze this time. Team Korea also won the Men’s Relay, followed by Canada and Japan.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSThe ISU World Short Track Championships 2013 were held in Debrecen (HUN). Single distance medals (which do not include the 3000 m Super Final) and overall Champion-ships medals were up for grabs. The Overall Champion was determined by the skater who accumulated the most points after skating the four distances: 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m Super Final. Points were awarded in descending order to skaters who competed in the final of each distance, first place gets 34, then 21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.Meng Wang was crowned the women’s World Short Track Speed Skating Champion for the third time and finished with the 500 m and

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FIGURE SKATING

Ladies Points

1 Carolina Kostner ITA 194.71

2 Adelina Sotnikova RUS 193.99

3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 188.85

4 Valentina Marchei ITA 171.06

5 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 155.72

6 Nikol Gosviani RUS 154.41

7 Sonia Lafuente ESP 152.29

8 Joshi Helgesson SWE 150.40

9 Nathalie Weinzierl GER 147.52

10 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 147.14

Men Points

1 Javier Fernandez ESP 274.87

2 Florent Amodio FRA 250.53

3 Michal Brezina CZE 243.52

4 Brian Joubert FRA 232.47

5 Maxim Kovtun RUS 226.57

6 Alexander Majorov SWE 211.88

7 Sergei Voronov RUS 210.18

8 Viktor Pfeifer AUT 194.77

9 Chafik Besseghier FRA 189.67

10 Peter Liebers GER 187.96

Pairs Points

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 212.45

2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 205.24

3 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 187.45

4 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres FRA 178.81

5 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 175.48

6 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 167.23

7 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot FRA 157.12

8 Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave GER 141.79

9 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise ITA 140.89

10 Stacey Kemp / David King GBR 131.51

ISU EURopEAN FIGURE SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, JANUARY 21-27 2013, ZAGREB (CRo)

ISU FoUR CoNTINENTS FIGURE SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, FEBRUARY 6 -11 2013, oSAKA (JpN)

Ladies Points

1 Mao Asada JPN 205.45

2 Akiko Suzuki JPN 190.08

3 Kanako Murakami JPN 181.03

4 Christina Gao USA 176.28

5 Zijun Li CHN 170.42

6 Gracie Gold USA 166.66

7 Kaetlyn Osmond CAN 159.38

8 Agnes Zawadzki USA 158.99

9 Amelie Lacoste CAN 155.08

10 Kexin Zhang CHN 148.34

Men Points

1 Kevin Reynolds CAN 250.55

2 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 246.38

3 Han Yan CHN 235.22

4 Max Aaron USA 234.65

5 Richard Dornbush USA 234.04

6 Nan Song CHN 228.46

7 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 222.77

8 Takahito Mura JPN 218.08

9 Ross Miner USA 214.36

10 Andrei Rogozine CAN 201.99

Pairs Points

1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 199.18

2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 196.78

3 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir USA 170.10

4 Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay USA 167.30

5 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang CHN 164.82

6 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers CAN 162.30

7 Wenting Wang / Yan Zhang CHN 145.56

8 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim USA WD

ISU WoRld JUNIoR FIGURE SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, FEBRUARY 25 - mARCh 3 2013, mIlAN (ITA)

Ladies Points

1 Elena Radionova RUS 169.71

2 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 165.67

3 Anna Pogorilaya RUS 160.32

4 Samantha Cesario USA 154.55

5 Courtney Hicks USA 152.92

6 Gabrielle Daleman CAN 149.39

7 Satoko Miyahara JPN 147.42

8 Alaine Chartrand CAN 144.38

9 Rika Hongo JPN 142.62

10 Nathalie Weinzierl GER 139.10

Men Points

1 Joshua Farris USA 228.32

2 Jason Brown USA 224.15

3 Shotaro Omori USA 204.34

4 Boyang Jin CHN 192.58

5 Michael Christian Martinez PHI 191.64

6 Mikhail Kolyada RUS 189.94

7 Shoma Uno JPN 187.08

8 Alexander Samarin RUS 186.96

9 He Zhang CHN 178.18

10 Ryuju Hino JPN 176.85

Pairs Points

1 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier USA 155.83

2 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro CAN 154.70

3 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin RUS 154.57

4 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 151.47

5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov RUS 148.74

6 Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry CAN 147.97

7 Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert GER 147.83

8 Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich RUS 135.61

9 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu USA 133.01

10 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer USA 121.51

ISU WoRld FIGURE SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 10 -17 2013, loNdoN oN (CAN)

Ladies Points

1 Yuna Kim KOR 218.31

2 Carolina Kostner ITA 197.89

3 Mao Asada JPN 196.47

4 Kanako Murakami JPN 189.73

5 Ashley Wagner USA 187.34

6 Gracie Gold USA 184.25

7 Zijun Li CHN 183.85

8 Kaetlyn Osmond CAN 176.82

9 Adelina Sotnikova RUS 175.98

10 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 174.24

Men Points

1 Patrick Chan CAN 267.78

2 Denis Ten KAZ 266.48

3 Javier Fernandez ESP 249.06

4 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 244.99

5 Kevin Reynolds CAN 239.98

6 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 239.03

7 Max Aaron USA 238.36

8 Takahito Mura JPN 234.18

9 Brian Joubert FRA 232.26

10 Michal Brezina CZE 229.00

Pairs Points

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 225.71

2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 205.56

3 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 204.56

4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 199.50

5 Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN 194.64

6 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 191.59

7 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 184.72

8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres FRA 180.17

9 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim USA 173.51

10 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 171.77

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Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)

Ice Dance Points

1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 169.25

2 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 169.14

3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 165.80

4 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko RUS 157.77

5 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland GBR 152.95

6 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 147.28

7 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov AZE 144.83

8 Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso GER 142.54

9 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri ITA 142.48

10 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones FRA 140.00

Ice Dance Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 187.36

2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 184.32

3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 160.42

4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 159.97

5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CAN 157.83

6 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams CAN 139.10

7 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed JPN 131.04

8 Danielle Obrien / Gregory Merriman AUS 123.88

9 Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang CHN 108.82

10 Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko UZB 107.02

Ice Dance Points

1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS 150.17

2 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron FRA 143.26

3 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton USA 139.33

4 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin RUS 132.17

5 Mackenzie Bent / Garrett Mackeen CAN 128.79

6 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin RUS 126.19

7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker USA 124.35

8 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern GER 121.71

9 Lorraine Mcnamara / Quinn Carpenter USA 121.27

10 Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko UZB 120.07

Ice Dance Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 189.56

2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 185.04

3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 169.19

4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 168.04

5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 166.20

6 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 165.60

7 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 163.93

8 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 157.71

9 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 157.52

10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 154.27

Teams Points

1 USA 57

2 Canada 51

3 Japan 49

ISU WoRld TEAm TRophY, ApRIl 11-14 2013, ToKYo (JpN)

Points

4 Russia 39

5 China 35

6 France 31

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Ladies Overall Ranking Points

1 Ireen Wüst NED 72.00

2 Christine Nesbitt CAN 65.50

3 Diane Valkenburg NED 63.00

4 Claudia Pechstein GER 59.00

5 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 55.75

Ladies 500 m Points

1 Sang- Hwa Lee KOR 1055

2 Jenny Wolf GER 851

3 Beixing Wang CHN 756

4 Olga Fatkulina RUS 569

5 Heather Richardson USA 568

6 Thijsje Oenema NED 546

7 Nao Kodaira JPN 415

8 Margot Boer NED 410

9 Laurine van Riessen NED 406

10 Jing Yu CHN 375

Ladies 1000 m Points

1 Heather Richardson USA 525

2 Brittany Bowe USA 480

3 Karolina Erbanová CZE 465

4 Christine Nesbitt CAN 438

5 Hong Zhang CHN 420

6 Olga Fatkulina RUS 406

7 Lotte van Beek NED 381

8 Laurine van Riessen NED 378

9 Marrit Leenstra NED 343

10 Margot Boer NED 292

Ladies 1500 m Points

1 Marrit Leenstra NED 411

2 Christine Nesbitt CAN 375

3 Ireen Wüst NED 350

4 Linda de Vries NED 280

5 Lotte van Beek NED 263

6 Diane Valkenburg NED 260

7 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 232

8 Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 200

9 Kali Christ CAN 187

10 Martina Sábliková CZE 178

Ladies 3000 m / 5000 m Points

1 Martina Sábliková CZE 475

2 Claudia Pechstein GER 421

3 Diane Valkenburg NED 410

4 Stephanie Beckert GER 371

5 Marije Joling NED 291

6 Ireen Wüst NED 285

7 Olga Graf RUS 244

8 Linda de Vries NED 240

9 Masako Hozumi JPN 199

10 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 185

ESSENT ISU WoRld SINGlE dISTANCES SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 21-24 2013, SoChI (RUS)

Ladies 500 m Time

1 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 1:15.347

2 Beixing Wang CHN 1:16.043

3 Olga Fatkulina RUS 1:16.093

4 Jenny Wolf GER 1:16.144

5 Thijsje Oenema NED 1:16.198

Ladies 1000 m Time

1 Olga Fatkulina RUS 1:15.44

2 Ireen Wüst NED 1:15.71

3 Brittany Bowe USA 1:15.87

4 Christine Nesbitt CAN 1:16.02

5 Karolina Erbanová CZE 1:16.09

Ladies 1500 m Time


2 Lotte van Beek NED 1:58.02

3 Christine Nesbitt CAN 1:58.07

4 Diane Valkenburg NED 1:58.37

5 Kali Christ CAN 1:58.69

Ladies 3000 m Time


2 Martina Sábliková CZE 4:04.80

3 Claudia Pechstein GER 4:07.75

4 Diane Valkenburg NED 4:08.12

5 Linda de Vries NED 4:09.53

Ladies 5000 m Time

1 Martina Sábliková CZE 6:54.31


3 Claudia Pechstein GER 7:04.07

4 Linda de Vries NED 7:09.33

5 Stephanie Beckert GER 7:09.35

Ladies Team Pursuit Time

1 Netherlands 3:00.02

2 Poland 3:04.91

3 Republic of Korea 3:05.32

4 Germany 3:05.50

5 Russia 3:05.94

Men 500 m Time

1 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 1:09.760

2 Joji Kato JPN 1:09.820

3 Jan Smeekens NED 1:09.860

4 Michel Mulder NED 1:09.910

5 Ronald Mulder NED 1:10.070

Men 1000 m Time

1 Denis Kuzin KAZ 1:09.14

2 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 1:09.24

3 Shani Davis USA 1:09.30

4 Kjeld Nuis NED 1:09.42

5 Zbigniew Brodka POL 1:09.45

Men 1500 m Time

1 Denis Yuskov RUS 1:46.32

2 Shani Davis USA 1:46.83

3 Ivan Skobrev RUS 1:46.97

4 Brian Hansen USA 1:47.40

5 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 1:47.44

Men 5000 m Time

1 Sven Kramer NED 6:14.41

2 Jorrit Bergsma NED 6:17.94

3 Ivan Skobrev RUS 6:18.31

4 Denis Yuskov RUS 6:21.46

5 Bob de Jong NED 6:23.00

Men 10,000 m Time

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 12:57.69

2 Sven Kramer NED 12:59.71

3 Bob de Jong NED 13:00.26

4 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 13:14.02

5 Bart Swings BEL 13:19.15

Men Team Pursuit Time



3 Poland 3:45.22

4 Russia 3:46.59

5 Norway 3:48.68

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Men Overall Ranking Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 74.50

2 Jan Smeekens NED 54.50

3 Shani Davis USA 50.50

4 Bart Swings BEL 50.00

5 Bob de Jong NED 48.50

SYNChRoNIZEd SKATING

ISU WoRld JUNIoR SYNChRoNIZEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 8-9 2013, hElSINKI (FIN)

ISU WoRld SYNChRoNIZEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, ApRIl 3-6 2013, BoSToN (USA)

Teams Points

1 Team Finland 1 208.772 Team Canada 1 208.253 Team USA 1 202.534 Team Finland 2 201.005 Team Russia 1 197.316 Team Canada 2 191.427 Team Sweden 1 185.828 Team USA 2 172.019 Team Sweden 2 167.4810 Team Germany 153.65

Teams Points

1 Team Finland 2 183.202 Team Finland 1 183.003 Team Russia 1 171.564 Team Canada 1 149.845 Team Canada 2 145.456 Team USA 1 144.707 Team USA 2 143.698 Team Sweden 1 138.919 Team Sweden 2 124.7510 Team Russia 2 119.93

Men 500 m Points

1 Jan Smeekens NED 1130

2 Joji Kato JPN 896

3 Michel Mulder NED 665

4 Ronald Mulder NED 640

5 Jamie Gregg CAN 480

6 Keiichiro Nagashima JPN 454

7 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 426

8 Gilmore Junio CAN 420

9 Yuya Oikawa JPN 379

10 Pekka Koskela FIN 344

Men 1000 m Points

1 Kjeld Nuis NED 587

2 Shani Davis USA 546

3 Hein Otterspeer NED 507

4 Samuel Schwarz GER 477

5 Michel Mulder NED 366

6 Denny Morrison CAN 325

7 Stefan Groothuis NED 306

8 Tyler Derraugh CAN 284

9 Denis Kuzin KAZ 277

10 Aleksey Yesin RUS 273

Men 1500 m Points

1 Zbigniew Bródka POL 460

2 Bart Swings BEL 336

3 Håvard Bøkko NOR 329

4 Denis Yuskov RUS 323

5 Shani Davis USA 293

6 Brian Hansen USA 291

7 Konrad Niedżwiedzki POL 267

8 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 263

9 Koen Verweij NED 248

10 Maurice Vriend NED 233

Men 5000 m / 10,000 m Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 520

2 Bob de Jong NED 485

3 Sven Kramer NED 450

4 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 347

5 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 305

6 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 215

7 Håvard Bøkko NOR 210

8 Ted-Jan Bloemen NED 183


10 Moritz Geisreiter GER 155

Mass Start Ladies Points

1 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 365

2 Mariska Huisman NED 330

3 Ivanie Blondin CAN 300

4 Irene Schouten NED 210

5 Claudia Pechstein GER 183

6 Francesca Lollobrigida ITA 155

7 Do-Yeong Park KOR 141

8 Bente Kraus GER 110

9 Vanessa Bittner AUT 90

10 Jelena Peeters BEL 84

Ladies Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 400

2 Canada 370

3 Poland 295

4 Germany 280

5 Republic of Korea 160

6 Japan 135

7 Norway 130

8 Russia 95

9 Italy 60

10 USA 55

Mass Start Men Points

1 Arjan Stroetinga NED 330


3 Jordan Belchos CAN 216

4 Christijn Groeneveld NED 212

5 Jorrit Bergsma NED 195

6 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 154

7 Marco Weber GER 154

8 Hyung-Joon Joo KOR 145

9 Alexis Contin FRA 140

10 Haralds Silovs LAT 130

Men Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 450


3 Russia 285

4 Norway 255

5 Poland 160

6 Canada 150

7 Germany 130

8 Italy 100

9 France 75

10 Belgium 71

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ESSENT ISU EURopEAN SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, JANUARY 11-13 2013, hEERENVEEN (NEd)

Ladies Points

1 Ireen Wüst NED 160.8892 Linda de Vries NED 162.3353 Diane Valkenburg NED 162.712 4 Martina Sábliková CZE 162.839 5 Antoinette de Jong NED 163.191

Men Points

1 Sven Kramer NED 148.5842 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 149.2593 Håvard Bøkko NOR 149.479 4 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 149.873 5 Bart Swings BEL 150.277

ESSENT ISU WoRld SpRINT SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, JANUARY 26 -27 2013, SAlT lAKE CITY (USA)

Ladies Points

1 Heather Richardson USA 148.0152 Jing Yu CHN 148.2803 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 148.560 4 Thijsje Oenema NED 148.6655 Christine Nesbitt CAN 148.945

Men Points

1 Michel Mulder NED 136.7902 Pekka Koskela FIN 137.0153 Hein Otterspeer NED 137.045 4 Jamie Gregg CAN 137.0605 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 137.410

ESSENT ISU WoRld AllRoUNd SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, FEBRUARY 16 -17 2013, hAmAR (NoR)

Ladies Points

1 Ireen Wüst NED 161.5302 Diane Valkenburg NED 163.1203 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 163.444 4 Linda de Vries NED 164.216 5 Ida Njåtun NOR 164.666

Men Points

1 Sven Kramer NED 149.2282 Håvard Bøkko NOR 149.4473 Bart Swings BEL 149.800 4 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 150.6645 Ivan Skobrev RUS 151.131

Men Points

1 Jeong-Su Seo KOR 153.832

2 Simen Spieler Nilsen NOR 153.874

3 Andrea Giovannini ITA 154.309

4 Fan Yang CHN 154.767

5 Gerben Jorritsma NED 155.203

Men 500 m Time

1 Tsubasa Hasegawa JPN 1:11.81

2 Joon Hong Im KOR 1:12.21

3 Jun-Ho Kim KOR 1:12.92

4 Lennart Velema NED 1:13.16

5 Kai Verbij NED 1:13.25

Men 1000 m Time

1 Joon Hong Im KOR 1:11.37


3 Lennart Velema NED 1:11.81

4 Junya Miwa JPN 1:11.86

5 Tsubasa Hasegawa JPN 1:12.60

Men 1500 m Time

1 Jeong-Su Seo KOR 1:50.27

2 Junya Miwa JPN 1:50.65

3 Simen Spieler Nilsen NOR 1:51.04


5 Thijs Roozen NED 1:51.63

Men 5000 m Time

1 Emery Lehman USA 6:38.76

2 Andrea Giovannini ITA 6:43.50

3 Simen Spieler Nilsen NOR 6:45.16

4 Jeong-Su Seo KOR 6:46.25

5 Fan Yang CHN 6:48.33

ISU WoRld JUNIoR SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 22-24 2013, CollAlBo (ITA)

Ladies Points

1 Miho Takagi JPN 163.298

2 Antoinette de Jong NED 164.558

3 Kaitlyn McGregor SUI 164.789

4 Vanessa Bittner AUT 166.366

5 Cho-Won Park KOR 168.964

Ladies 500 m Time

1 Hyun-Yung Kim KOR 1:19.64

2 Vanessa Bittner AUT 1:20.10

3 Kako Yamane JPN 1:20.82

4 Xiaoxuan Shi CHN 1:21.21

5 Kaitlyn McGregor SUI 1:21.59

Ladies 1000 m Time

1 Vanessa Bittner AUT 1:18.72

2 Miho Takagi JPN 1:19.03

3 Antoinette de Jong NED 1:19.23

4 Hyun-Yung Kim KOR 1:19.52


Ladies 1500 m Time




4 Cho-Won Park KOR 2:03.97

5 Ayano Sato JPN 2:05.13

Ladies 3000 m Time




4 Jade van der Molen NED 4:21.34

5 Cho-Won Park KOR 4:25.96

Ladies Team Pursuit Time

1 Japan 3:12.97



4 Russia 3:21.14

Men Team Pursuit Time

1 Italy 3:56.73


3 Japan 4:01.95

4 Norway 4:08.32

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Men 500 m Points

1 Darsil Essamambo KAZ 2782 Junya Miwa JPN 2743 Gerben Jorritsma NED 2604 Yuto Fujino JPN 2135 Konstantin Nikitin RUS 1906 Fan Yang CHN 1857 Armin Hager AUT 1758 Yu Tian CHN 1559 Yeong-Jin Kim KOR 13210 Piotr Michalski POL 127 Men 1000 m Points

1 Kai Verbij NED 2702 Fan Yang CHN 2603 Konstantin Nikitin RUS 2204 Junya Miwa JPN 1705 Yeong-Jin Kim KOR 1656 Armin Hager AUT 1407 Tae-Yoon Kim KOR 1308 Yuto Fujino JPN 1189 Thijs Roozen NED 11110 Darsil Essamambo KAZ 84

Ladies 500 m Points

1 Vanessa Bittner AUT 3002 Kako Yamane JPN 2903 Doreen Lamb GER 2324 Bente van den Berge NED 2145 Kaitlyn McGregor SUI 1866 Hae-Ri Kwak KOR 1807 Kate Hanly CAN 1808 Noémie Fiset CAN 1759 Yelizaveta Kazelina RUS 15010 Sarah Warren USA 122 Ladies 1000 m Points

1 Vanessa Bittner AUT 2802 Kaitlyn McGregor SUI 2553 Antoinette de Jong NED 2204 Reina Anema NED 1925 Yoon-Hee Heo KOR 1706 Kate Hanly CAN 1407 Doreen Lamb GER 1358 Aleksandra Kachurkina RUS 1159 Kako Yamane JPN 11510 Jade van der Molen NED 96 Ladies 1500 m Points

1 Reina Anema NED 3152 Yoon-Hee Heo KOR 2503 Saori Toi JPN 1454 Olga Danilova RUS 1335 Jade van der Molen NED 1306 Kaitlyn McGregor SUI 1177 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL 1148 Yevgeniya Volkova RUS 1019 Antoinette de Jong NED 10010 Mariya Sizova KAZ 93 Ladies 3000 m Points

1 Jade van der Molen NED 3102 Reina Anema NED 1903 Sofie Karoline Haugen NOR 1474 Saori Toi JPN 1365 Cho-Won Park KOR 1306 Marte Vatn NOR 1237 Leia Behlau GER 1058 Magdalena Czyszczon POL 1029 Nene Sakai JPN 9510 Natálie Tauchenová CZE 93

Ladies Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 2502 Republic of Korea 2003 Russia 1654 Poland 1265 Germany 120

Mass Start Men Points

1 Gerben Jorritsma NED 3202 Andrea Giovannini ITA 2553 Armin Hager AUT 2304 Fan Yang CHN 1555 Junya Miwa JPN 140

Men Team Pursuit Points

1 Italy 2302 Netherlands 2203 Russia 1354 Republic of Korea 1355 Sweden 124

Mass Start Ladies Points

1 Vanessa Bittner AUT 2502 Ineke Dedden NED 1803 Saskia Alusalu EST 1694 Yelizaveta Kazelina RUS 1655 Giulia Lollobrigida ITA 141

ISU WoRld JUNIoR SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 22-24 2013, CollAlBo (ITA)

Men 1500 m Points

1 Fan Yang CHN 2452 Jeong-Su Seo KOR 2383 Junya Miwa JPN 2004 Shota Nakamura JPN 1555 Kai Verbij NED 1506 Zhendong Yang CHN 1237 Andrea Giovannini ITA 1078 Paul-Yme Brunsmann NED 1019 Piotr Michalski POL 9510 Simen Spieler Nilsen NOR 80 Men 5000 m Points

1 Andrea Giovannini ITA 3102 Jeong-Su Seo KOR 2703 Masahito Obayashi JPN 1704 Fan Yang CHN 1595 Felix Maly GER 1466 Linus Heidegger AUT 1427 David Andersson SWE 1228 Shota Nakamura JPN 1099 Viktor Hald Thorup DEN 10010 Thijs Roozen NED 87

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ShoRT TRACK

ISU EURopEAN ShoRT TRACK SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, JANUARY 18 -20 2013, mAlmo (SWE)

Ladies Points

1 Arianna Fontana ITA 110

2 Elise Christie GBR 70

3 Jorien Ter Mors NED 60

4 Tatiana Borodulina RUS 32

5 Bernadett Heidum HUN 18

Men Points

1 Freek Van der Wart NED 84

2 Sjinkie Knegt NED 76

3 Vladimir Grigorev RUS 41

4 Victor An RUS 39

5 Semen Elistratov RUS 31

ISU WoRld JUNIoR ShoRT TRACK SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, FEBRUARY 22-24 2013, WARSAW (pol)

Ladies Points

1 Do Hee Noh KOR 89

2 Alang Kim KOR 63

3 Yutong Han CHN 52

4 Deanna Lockett AUS 26

5 Han Xiao CHN 26

Men Points

1 Se Yeong Park KOR 102

2 Tianyu Han CHN 97

3 Hyo Been Lee KOR 42

4 Byungjoon Kim KOR 31

5 Dequan Chen CHN 21

SAmSUNG ISU WoRld CUp ShoRT TRACK SpEEd SKATING – FINAl STANdINGS

Ladies 500 m Time

1 Meng Wang CHN 6000

2 Qiuhong Liu CHN 3730

3 Kexin Fan CHN 3562

4 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 3372

5 Arianna Fontana ITA 2722

6 Jessica Gregg CAN 2312

7 Tatiana Borodulina RUS 1817

8 Caroline Truchon CAN 1725

9 Gabrielle Waddell CAN 1296

10 Seung-Hi Park KOR 1156

Ladies 1000 m Time


2 Suk Hee Shim KOR 3640


4 Soyoun Lee KOR 2475

5 Qiuhong Liu CHN 2444

6 Min-Jung Kim KOR 2300

7 Valerie Maltais CAN 2298

8 Yui Sakai JPN 1909

9 Meng Wang CHN 1605

10 Jianrou Li CHN 1541

Men 500 m Time

1 Charles Hamelin CAN 4400

2 Dajing Wu CHN 3650

3 Wenhao Liang CHN 2731


5 Robert Seifert GER 2056

6 Guillaume Bastille CAN 1820

7 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 1780

8 Francois Hamelin CAN 1454

9 Niels Kerstholt NED 1402

10 Jiyang Yu CHN 1392

Men 1000 m Time

1 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 4023

2 Victor An RUS 3812

3 Jinkyu Noh KOR 3456

4 J.R. Celski USA 2592



7 Michael Gilday CAN 1882


9 Olivier Jean CAN 1253

10 Freek Van der Wart NED 1181

Ladies Relay Time


2 China 4:23.372

3 Russia 4:25.827

4 Italy 4:28.952

Men Relay Time


2 Canada 4:08.585

3 Japan 4:09.834

4 USA 4:17.207

Ladies Relay Time


2 Germany 4:18.692

3 Poland 4:19.794

4 Hungary 5:10.760

Men Relay Time

1 Russia 6:51.293


3 Hungary 7:02.574

4 Italy 7:05.711

Ladies 1500 m Time


2 Jianrou Li CHN 3548

3 Min-Jung Kim KOR 3136

4 Ha-Ri Cho KOR 2880


6 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 2165

7 Xue Kong CHN 1843

8 Olga Belyakova RUS 1582

9 Valerie Maltais CAN 1518


Ladies Relay Points

1 China 4000

2 Canada 2912


4 Japan 2720

5 Italy 2100

6 Netherlands 1734

7 Russia 1614

8 USA 1328

9 Hungary 1000

10 Poland 713

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ISU WoRld ShoRT TRACK SpEEd SKATING ChAmpIoNShIpS, mARCh 8-10 2013, dEBRECEN (hUN)

Men Overall Points

1 Da Woon Sin KOR 89

2 Yun-Jae Kim KOR 55



5 Sjinkie Knegt NED 29

Men 500 m Time

1 Wenhao Liang CHN 41.905

2 Victor An RUS 41.995

3 Freek Van der Wart NED 42.027

Men 1000 m Time

1 Da Woon Sin KOR 1:30.374

2 Sjinkie Knegt NED 1:30.406

3 Charles Hamelin CAN 1:40.094

Men 1500 m Time


2 Yun-Jae Kim KOR 2:27.101


Men 3000 m Superfinal Time

1 Yun-Jae Kim KOR 4:54.178



Men Relay Time

1 Canada 6:51.379

2 Russia 6:51.953


4 Republic of Korea PEN

Ladies Overall Points

1 Meng Wang CHN 68



4 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 42


Ladies 500 m Time

1 Meng Wang CHN 43.718

2 Seung-Hi Park KOR 43.852

3 Kexin Fan CHN 44.202

Ladies 1000 m Time

1 Meng Wang CHN 1:31.549

2 Jorien Ter Mors NED 1:31.609

3 Elise Christie GBR 1:32.281

Ladies 1500 m Time

1 Seung-Hi Park KOR 2:23.634

2 Suk Hee Shim KOR 2:23.755

3 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 2:24.694

Ladies 3000 m Superfinal Time

1 Suk Hee Shim KOR 5:15.118

2 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 5:15.762

3 Jorien Ter Mors NED 5:16.200

Ladies Relay Time

1 China 4:14.104

2 Canada 4:15.106

3 Japan 4:15.680


Men 1500 m Time

1 Jinkyu Noh KOR 5800

2 Victor An RUS 3336

3 Da Woon Sin KOR 2928

4 Semen Elistratov RUS 2418

5 Guillaume Bastille CAN 2072

6 Yun-Jae Kim KOR 1974

7 J.R. Celski USA 1862

8 Michael Gilday CAN 1778

9 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 1768

10 Ruslan Zakharov RUS 1412

Men Relay Points


2 Netherlands 3200

3 Russia 2952

4 China 2592

5 Canada 2100

6 Great Britain 1704

7 USA 1346

8 Japan 1328

9 Germany 997

10 France 865

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PAST MASTERATJE KEULEN-DEELSTRA (NED) 1938-2013

Olympic Winter Games1000 m silver medal 19721500 m bronze medal 19723000 m bronze medal 1972

ISU World Allround ChampionshipsLadies’ Gold 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974

ISU World Sprint ChampionshipsLadies’ Silver 1973, 1974Ladies’ Bronze 1970

ISU European ChampionshipsLadies’ Gold 1972, 1973, 1974

Former Dutch Speed Skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra started skating at the age of 16 in her natal Province of Friesland. She got married in 1962 and had three children which seemed to put a stop to her sporting career. However at the age of 32, Keulen-Deelstra made a comeback and won the ISU World Allround Championships and was subsequently voted Dutch Sport’s Woman of the year. In 1972 she competed at the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo (JPN) and won the 1000 m silver medal and the bronze 1500 m and 3000 m medals. She also won the European and World Allround Championships the same year. She eventually got four ISU World Allround and three European titles. When Keulen-Deestra retired from Speed Skating, she decided to compete as a marathon skater and won five Dutch titles in the discipline. She passed away in February 2013 at the age of 74, but she left a strong legacy and became a model of women’s emancipation and an inspiration to many Dutch male and female skaters.

Documents

ISU World No50 May 2013