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Simon Drouin - La Presse - 21 septembre 2009
À moins de cinq mois des Jeux olympiques de Vancouver, l'état de santé de Kalyna Roberge continue de soulever des interrogations. Encore ennuyée par des maux de dos qui ont gâché sa dernière saison, la patineuse de Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon a déclaré forfait pour les épreuves d'hier à la Coupe du monde de patinage de vitesse courte piste de Pékin.
Roberge a réveillé sa blessure en quart de finale du 500 mètres, samedi.
Sébastien Cros, entraîneur de l'équipe féminine, s'est fait rassurant, parlant d'un «petit problème». «Elle aurait peut-être pu continuer, mais c'est certain qu'elle n'aurait pas été à 100%», a analysé Cros à l'issue de la compétition, hier.
Gary Kingston - National Post - 21 september 2009
Before departing for Asia and the opening two World Cups of the short track speedskating season, Olivier Jean of Lachenaie, Que., said the Canadian team did not need to be early "superheroes."
[...] Perhaps the most encouraging sign for the Canadian team was the performance of two-time Olympian
Francois-Louis Tremblay of Montreal. Given a bye onto the 2010 team after skipping selection trials while recovering from a severely sprained ankle, he was the only Canadian to reach the 500-metre final. He finished fourth behind Koreans Kwak Yoon-Gy and Sung Si-Bak and American Jeff Simon. He also finished second in yesterday's 1,000-metre B final for sixth overall.
Jean was fifth in the 1,500 and eighth in the 500 after being disqualified for impeding in the semi-final at the shorter distance.
"Olivier is a big guy, so as soon as there's a small contact, you see it well,"
said coach Sebastien Cros. "He actually finished in the top two, but was
disqualified for slightly touching a Korean skater. It was a very severe
disqualification, but that's part of the sport."
