Sélection - Coupes du monde de l'automne 2008 - Jour 2 - 1500m(2)

A Final Men 1500m (2)
1. C. Hamelin 2:12.055
2. O. Jean 2:12.364
3. R. Beaulieu 2:12.589
4. F. Hamelin 2:12.580
5. M. Giroux 2:12.984
6. M. Gilday 2:43.406
7. G. Bastille DQ

B Final
1. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
2. A. Gagnon
3. M-A. Monette
4. C. Rasmussen
5. S. Robillard DQ

C Final
1. F-L. Tremblay
2. T. Derraugh
3. R. Shoebridge

Qualifying for the 2008 Fall World Cup team - top 2 in combined 1500m rankings (unofficial)

1. C. Hamelin 1000
2. O. Jean 816
3. M. Gilday 504
4. R. Beaulieu 481
5. M. Giroux 444
6. M-A. Monette 352

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A Final Ladies 1500m (2)
1. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
2:25.564
2. A. Maltais 2:25.868
3. V. Maltais 2:25.956
4. A. Plamondon 2:26.035
5. M. St. Gelais 2:26.063
6. J. Gregg 2:33.665

B Final
1. N. Avrith
2. L. Marceau
3. J. Hewitt
4. A. Do-Duc
5. V. Lambert
6. I. Blondin DQ

C Final
1. G. Waddell
2. S. Bourgela

Qualifying for the 2008 Fall World Cup team - top 2 in combined 1500m rankings (unofficial)

1. V. Maltais 741
2. M-A. Mendes-Campeau 648

3. A. Plamondon 605
4. J. Hewitt 598
5. A. Maltais 488
6. N. Avrith 420

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Men
Heat A 1500m (2)
1. C. Hamelin
2. G. Bastille
3. F. Hamelin ADV
4. A. Gagnon
5. F-L. Tremblay DQ

Heat B
1. M. Gilday
2. R. Beaulieu
3. M-A. Monette
4. C. Rasmussen
5. T. Derraugh

Heat C
1. O. Jean
2. M. Giroux
3. S. Robillard
4. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
5. R. Shoebridge

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Ladies
Heat A 1500m (2)
1. J. Gregg
2. A. Maltais
3. J. Hewitt
4. A. Do-Duc

Heat B
1. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
2. M. St. Gelais
3. N. Avrith
4. L. Marceau
5. S. Bourgela

Heat C
1. V. Maltais
2. A. Plamondon
3. V. Lambert
4. I. Blondin
5. G. Waddell DQ

Sélection - Coupes du monde de l'automne - Jour 2 - 1000m

MEN FINAL 1000m
A Final
1. C. Hamelin 1:25.357
2. F-L. Tremblay 1:25.893
3. R. Beaulieu 1:26.022
4. M. Gilday 1:26.285
5. O. Jean DQ

B Final
1. M. Giroux
2. F. Hamelin
3. G. Bastille
4. R. Shoebridge

C Final
1. M-A. Monette
2. T. Derraugh
3. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
4. S. Robillard

D Final
1. C. Rasmussen
2. A. Gagnon

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LADIES FINAL 1000m
A Final
1. A. Maltais 1:33.143
2. J. Hewitt 1:33.207
3. L. Marceau 1:33.264
4. J. Gregg 1:33.499

B Final
1. V. Maltais
2. M. St. Gelais
3. G. Waddell
4. A. Plamondon

C Final
1. N. Avrith
2. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
3. A. Do-Duc

D Final
1. I. Blondin
2. V. Lambert
3. S. Bourgela

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MEN SEMI 1000m
Semi A
1. C. Hamelin
2. F-L. Tremblay
3. F. Hamelin
4. R. Shoebridge

Semi B
1. O. Jean
2. R. Beaulieu
3. M. Gilday
4. G. Bastille
5. M. Giroux DQ

Semi C
1. M-A. Monette
2. T. Derraugh
3. A. Gagnon

Semi D
1. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
2. S. Robillard
3. C. Rasmussen

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WOMEN SEMI 1000m
Semi A
1. L. Marceau
2. J. Gregg
3. G. Waddell
4. M. St. Gelais

Semi B
1. A. Maltais
2. J. Hewitt
3. V. Maltais
4. A. Plamondon

Semi C
1. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
2. A. Do-Duc
3. V. Lambert

Semi D
1. N. Avrith
3. I. Blondin DQ
3. S. Bourgela DQ

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MEN 1000m
Heat A
1. C. Hamelin
2. R. Shoebridge
3. A. Boisvert-Lacroix

Heat B
1. O. Jean
2. R. Beaulieu
3. C. Rasmussen
4. A. Gagnon DQ

Heat C
1. F-L. Tremblay
2. M. Gilday
3. M-A. Monette
4. T. Derraugh

Heat D
1. M. Giroux
2. F. Hamelin
3. G. Bastille ADV
4. S. Robillard DQ

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LADIES 1000m
Heat A
1. V. Maltais
2. A. Maltais
3. I. Blondin

Heat B
1. A. Plamondon
2. G. Waddell
3. N. Avrith

Heat C
1. M. St. Gelais
2. L. Marceau
3. V. Lambert
4. A. Do-Duc

Heat D
1. J. Gregg
2. J. Hewitt
3. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
4. S. Bourgela

Deux Estriens visent la sélection canadienne

Pierre TURGEON- La tribune - 16 septembre 2008

La saison de compétition de patinage de vitesse sur courte piste se déroule jusqu'à jeudi à Vancouver pour les meilleurs patineurs canadiens, dont les Sherbrookois Alex Boisvert-Lacroix et Valérie Lambert, qui bataillent pour une place au sein de l'équipe canadienne qui participera aux Coupes du monde de l'automne. [...]

L'an dernier, Alex Boisvert-Lacroix avait causé la surprise des sélections en obtenant un poste au sein de la formation canadienne. "Je ne me suis pas fixé d'objectif parce que je patine mieux lorsque je ne me mets pas de pression", confie l'athlète tout en finissant par confier qu'il croit en ses chances, principalement sur 500m."
Boisvert-Lacroix ne s'en fait pas trop avec les résultats parce que s'il devait rater l'équipe de Coupe du monde, il pourrait tout de même se retrouver au sein de celle qui participera aux Universiades, en février prochain, en Chine.

Valérie Lambert participe à la sélection, mais elle traverse des moments difficiles et se sent extrêmement fatiguée.

"Je me suis beaucoup entraînée cet été et tout allait bien en début de saison mais, depuis un mois et demi, je suis surentraînée. J'en ai fait plus que mon corps pouvait en prendre. Je suis extrêmement fatiguée et j'ai dû manquer plusieurs sessions d'entraînement récemment", explique la patineuse sherbrookoise.

Elle n'avait toutefois pas perdu espoir.

"Je vise quand même les Coupes du monde, mais je n'ai pas vraiment d'attentes puisque je ne sais pas ce que mon corps sera en mesure de donner."

Coliseum site of short track speed skating camp
Vancouver Sun - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Canada's World Cup team for the upcoming short track speed skating season is being decided on Pacific Coliseum ice.
The 12 skaters -- six men and six women -- who will represent Canada on the 2008-09 World Cup circuit will be picked from a three-day selection camp, which began Tuesday and continues through Thursday and which is open to the public.
According to Yves Hamelin, Speed Skating Canada's short track program director, the World Cup team will be chosen at the conclusion of the camp and will be composed of skaters who finish either first or second in the trial races.

"It's wonderful to be able to compete on this ice a year and a half before the Olympic Games and to give our athletes a taste of the facility," says Hamelin. "We have agreat partnership with the Pacific National Exhibition and we really appreciate the interest they are taking in our team."

Short track tix
Vancouver Courier - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tickets for the Samsung International Skating Union World Cup Short Track 2008/2009 qualifying heats at the Pacific Coliseum are on sale now at a special rate through select community centres.

Résultats après 2 distances - 1500m et 500m

Homme
1 - HAMELIN, Charles - Quebec - 1,000 pts.
2 - JEAN, Olivier - Quebec - 816 pts.
3 - MONETTE, Marc-Andre - Quebec - 605 pts.
4 - GILDAY, Michael - Northwest Territories - 356 pts.
5 - GIROUX, Mathieu - Quebec -343 pts
6 - RASMUSSEN, Cory - British Columbia - 325 pts
7 - ROBILLARD, Steve - Quebec - 302 pts
8 - TREMBLAY, Francois-Louis - Quebec - 261 pts.
9 - GAGNON, Allyn - Quebec - 251 pts.
10 - SHOEBRIDGE, Richard - Ontario - 213 pts
11 - BEAULIEU, Remi - Quebec - 177 pts.
12 - DERRAUGH, Tyler - Manitoba - 151 pts.
13 - BOISVERT-LACROIX, Alex - Quebec - 145 pts.
14 - MCFARLANE, Liam - Alberta - 121 pts.
15 - BASTILLE, Guillaume - Quebec - 78 pts.
15 - HAMELIN, Francois - Quebec - 78 pts.

Femme
1 - HEWITT, Jessica - British Columbia - 772 pts.
2 - GREGG, Jessica - Alberta - 722 pts.
3 - MALTAIS, Valerie - Quebec - 529 pts.
4 - LAMBERT, Valerie - Quebec - 473 pts.
5 - MALTAIS, Anne - Quebec - 413 pts.
6 - PLAMONDON, Annik - Quebec - 386 pts.
7 - MENDES-CAMPEAU, Marie-Andree - Quebec - 370 pts.
8 - AVRITH, Nita - Quebec - 352 pts.
9 - MARCEAU, Laurie - Quebec - 246 pts.
10 - WADDELL, Gabrielle - Alberta - 224 pts.
11 - ST-GELAIS, Marianne - Quebec - 219 pts
12 - BOURGELLA, Sabrina - Quebec - 183 pts.
13 - BLONDIN, Ivanie - Ontario - 133 pts.
14 - DO-DUC, Andrea - Quebec - 96 pts.

Sélection - Coupes du monde de l'automne - Jour 1- 500m

Les résultats complets après 2 distances sont publiés sur le site de PVC et de la FPVQ.
Charles et Oli, solides après deux distances en terminant premier et deuxième sur les 2 distances. Marc-André aussi en prenant la 3e et 4e place au 1500 et 500m. Ils sont 1-2-3 après la première journée de compétition.

Final A Men 500m

1. C. Hamelin - 42.274
2. O. Jean - 42.399
3. M-A. Monette - 42.440
4. C. Rasmussen - 42.612


Photo Jeff Bough
Hamelin led wire to wire. Jean held off an early challenge from Rasmussen and a late one from Monette at the finish.


Final B
1. A. Gagnon
2. S. Robillard
3. R. Shoebridge
4. M. Giroux
5. L. McFarlane DNS

Final C
1. F-L. Tremblay
2. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
3. T. Derraugh
4. F. Hamelin

Final D
1. G. Bastille
2. R. Beaulieu
3. M. Gilday

Same time, same place, tomorrow folks... 1000m and 1500m #2.

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Les 2 Jessica prennent les 2 premiers rangs après 2 distances suivis des 2 Valérie.
Final A Ladies 500m
1. J. Gregg - 44.920
2. V. Lambert - 45.094
3. A. Maltais - 45.205
4. J. Hewitt - 45.266

Final B
1. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
2. G. Waddell
3. S. Bourgela
4. V. Maltais
5. M. St. Gelais
St. Gelais fell while in 2nd place and Maltais went down with her.

Final C
1. N. Avrith
2. L. Marceau
3. A. Plamondon
4. A. Do-Duc
Do-Duc was leading but fell with 2.5 laps to go.

Final D
1. I. Blondin

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SEMI 500m Men
Semi A
1. C. Hamelin
2. M-A. Monette
3. M. Giroux
4. A. Gagnon

Semi B
1. O. Jean
2. C. Rasmussen
3. S. Robillard
4. R. Shoebridge
5. L. McFarlane DNS

Semi C
1. F. Hamelin
2. T. Derraugh
3. R. Beaulieu

Semi D
1. F-L. Tremblay
2. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
3. G. Bastille
4. M. Gilday

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SEMI 500m Ladies
Semi A
1. J. Gregg
2. V. Lambert
3. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
4. S. Bourgela

Semi B
1. A. Maltais
2. J. Hewitt
3. M. St. Gelais
4. G. Waddell DQ
5. V. Maltais DQ

Photo Jeff Bough
Both Val and Anne Maltais fell on the last lap. The race was stopped and re-started with V. Maltais dq'ed. V. Maltais was attempting to go 3rd to 1st on the bell, ahead of St. Gelais and A. Maltais.

Waddell was dq the 2nd time around.

Semi C
1. A. Do-Duc
2. N. Avrith

Semi D
1. L. Marceau
2. A. Plamondon
3. I. Blondin

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HEAT 500m Men
Heat A
1. C. Hamelin
2. C. Rasmussen
3. R. Beaulieu
4. T. Derraugh

Heat B
1. Robillard
2. Giroux
3. McFarlane ADV
4. Gilday DQ

Gilday tried to squeeze between Robillard and McFarlane entering the last corner with the two Calgary-based skaters going down.

Heat C
1. M-A. Monette
2. R. Shoebridge
3. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
4. F. Hamelin
Both Boisvert-Lacroix and Hamelin fell mid-race on separate corners.

Heat D
1. O. Jean
2. A. Gagnon
3. F-L. Tremblay
4. G. Bastille

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HEAT 500m Ladies
Heat A
1. A. Maltais
2. J. Hewitt
3. L. Marceau DQ

Heat B
1. J. Gregg
2. M-A. Mendes-Campeau
3. A. Plamondon

Heat C
1. S. Bourgela
2. V. Lambert
3. G. Waddell ADV
4. N. Avrith DQ

Heat D
1. V. Maltais
2. M. St. Gelais
3. A. Do-Duc
4. I. Blondin

Sélection - Coupes du monde de l'automne 2008 - Jour 1 - 1500m

1500m A Final Men
1. C. Hamelin - 2: 14.395
2. O. Jean - 2: 14.500
3. M. Gilday - 2: 14.721
4. M-A Monette - 2: 14.809
5. M. Giroux - 2: 15.052
6. F-L. Tremblay - 2: 19.179

B Final
1. R. Beaulieu
2. S. Robillard
3. T. Derraugh
4. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
5. R. Shoebridge
6. C. Rasmussen

C Final
1. G. Bastille
2. F. Hamelin
3. A. Gagnon
4. L. McFarlane

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1500m A Final Women
1. J. Hewitt - 2: 26.962
2. V. Maltais - 2: 29.186
3. A. Plamondon - 2: 36.449
4. N. Avrith - 2: 37.140
5. J. Gregg - 3: 01.560
6. L. Marceau DQ
4 skater crash on the last lap.

B Final
1. M-A Mendes-Campeau
2. M. St. Gelais
3. I. Blondin
4. A. Maltais
5. V. Lambert
6. A. Do-Duc

C Final
1. G. Waddell
2. S. Bourgela

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1500m Hommes (tous les gars sont là - première vraie compétition pour Olivier)
Semi A
1. F.-L. Tremblay
2. M-A Monette
3. Derraugh
4. Shoebridge
5. Bastille DQ

Semi B
1. M. Giroux
2. M. Gilday
3. R. Beaulieu
4. C. Rasmussen
5. F. Hamelin

Semi C
1. O. Jean
2. C. Hamelin
3. S. Robillard
4. A. Boisvert-Lacroix
5. L. McFarlane
6. A. Gagnon

1500m Dames (à noter que Kalyna, Amanda et Tania ne sont pas de la compétition pour cause de blessure)
Semi A
1. A. Plamondon
2. N Avrith
3. I. Blondin
4. M. St. Gelais DQ

Semi B
1. J. Gregg
2. L. Marceau
3. M.-A. Mendes-Campeau
4. A. Maltais
5. G. Waddell

Semi C
1. V. Maltais
2. J. Hewitt
3. A. Do-Duc
4. V. Lambert
5. S. Bourgela DQ

Sélection nationale pour les Coupes du monde d'automne

Du 16 au 18 septembre 2008, se tient la sélection qui déterminera les participants aux 4 premières Coupes du monde de la saison. Quelques photos en avant goût...prises par les membres de l'équipe sur place.

Best on ice at Renfrew - Skating squads convene in Vancouver

Jim Jamieson, The Province - September 12th 2008
It would be hard to find a better sport than speed skating for the first event to be held at a 2010 Olympic Games venue.
At a media conference on Thursday, officials and athletes from the national speed skating and figure skating squads were on hand at the Pacific Coliseum to highlight upcoming training and selection camps at the Renfrew Street venue. (...)
Former 500-metres champion Francois-Louis Tremblay of Montreal said the ice at the Coliseum was slow in a July training camp, but looks good now.

"They had some trouble with the quickness, but it's been remade now," he said. "I'm quite excited to see how the arena is going to look for the World Cup. I think it's a great place to have it. I'm sure it's going to be lots of people and it's going to be loud."

The national speed-skating team will conduct trials from Tuesday to Thursday at the Coliseum to determine the makeup of the national team for next month's World Cup event. Six men and six women will be selected to the team.

National team program director Yves Hamelin said the sport has raised its profile in the last few Olympics and he expects attendance to be high in a Canadian city.

"We usually have good attendance in Canada with a lot of energy from the crowd," said Hamelin. "People will love it. When you see it on TV it's one thing, but when you're on-site it's completely different. We're hoping for between 3,000 and 4,000 people."

The ice is set at Pacific Coliseum

Ron Judd - Seattle Times - September 12th 2008
Looking for a pre-Games Winter Olympic fix? Tickets for the World Cup short-track speedskating event at Pacific Coliseum, Oct. 24-26, go on sale Saturday. Coliseum operators showed off the building's renovations -- chiefly, the changing of the ice sheet from NHL sized to international-sized, Thursday, saying the building's $20 million makeover will be complete well in advance of the October event, exptected to draw skaters from 25 nations.

We're still awaiting word on which U.S. skaters, such as Seattle's Apolo Ohno, might be competing. But it's likely much or most of the team will be there. The event is a week after the World Cup's first race, in Kearns, Utah.

The Pacific Coliseum ice, meanwhile, was declared fit by Canadian short track star Francois-Louis Tremblay of Montreal, who told the Vancouver Province that the surface, slow in a training camp in July, feels good now. (...)

Canadian skating officials say tickets for the short-track World Cup go on sale Saturday through www.ticketmaster.ca. (The Ticketmaster web site says they begin selling Oct. 13, but that would seem to be cutting it fairly close.) See the event web site here.

Skater already has a Vancouver plan

Des nouvelles de Ryan -

Bay City Times - Sunday, September 07, 2008

For years, Ryan Bedford has had his eyes on being a member of the U.S. Olympic Short Track men's speedskating team.

But now that the 21-year-old Midland skater has successfully dabbled in Long Track, his focus is on making both squads.[...]

''This summer I took the opportunity to change up my routine and give long track a shot,'' said Bedford. ''I am back and forth training with both teams.

''I plan on keeping my main focus on Short Track for the time being, but depending on how well Long Track goes, I just might focus more on that.'' [...]

'I'd heard from people that I would be good at long track over short track because of how tall I am and my endurance strength,'' said Bedford, who is ranked 10th in the World Short Track 1,500 meters. ''I started out wearing my short track skates.

Although switching blades of glory (from racing against other competitors in circles around a short track to racing on long track against the clock) is a difficult balance because there's not enough time to train for both speedskating sports, Bedford said he's got that 'feeling' that he can do it.

''I can switch back and forth from long track to short track with very little loss of 'feeling.' Some people have a hard time making the switch,'' he said.