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INTERNaTIoNaL SKaTING UNIoN oFFICIaL NEWSLETTER No 44 MaY 2011

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What I am going to tackle in this message is not only connected to ice skating, but would probably prove to be relevant for many other sports. It is something related to a new approach that could be taken into consideration, in particular for what one can define as measurable sports.

Today there are a couple of headaches affecting the sporting world. The first is the financial spiral that is making sport in-creasingly more expensive not only for amateurs but also for professionals. The second is that the top level performances are proving to be more and more challenging to achieve, let alone beat which creates a motivational gap, especially for

those involved with or competing in individual sports.

If we refer to the current world records or to the highest scores obtained in subjectivelyjudged sports like diving, gymnastics and figure skating, it is not difficult to realize that the majority of the athletes competing in those disciplines would have a very slim chance to achieve the highest score and therefore a place on the podium is unattainable for them.

The explosion of the top results is due not only to the progress in sport, that of course we cannot impede, but also to the enticing prize money available that stimulates the interest of the best athletes. The effect is that too many good athletes not in possession of skills to achieve the highest ranks are quitting, which in turn affects many national federations and consequently national and international activities are suffering. This had caused a down trend in the number of participants, at least as far as the standard athlete is concerned.

Before it is too late, a wise approach would be to develop sport activities explaining to theparticipants that competitions should also be seen as a moment of confrontation of anathlete with his/her own best performance. In a few words, athletes should be educatedto compete for the sake of improving, of course without forgetting the motivation to beamong the best. However, as a minimum, one should be concentrated on becoming a better athlete and push his/her self to deliver a better performance every time.

The result of this orientation might be a renaissance of the value of the national and evenlocal competitions and sports, especially the competitive ones, could indeed prove to be one of the most important educational activities, especially for young people.

We are conscious that what is explained above, is more difficult to be undertaken in certain sport activities that are not precisely measurable, like for example basket ball, rugby, soccer, water polo, mainly the team sports. These however, we have to admit, can offer to the athlete other motivations, that are linked more to the characteristic of the team sport. The very nature of team sports provide motivation and encouragement on the field of play from a group of athletes competing to achieve the same goals, something that is not found in individual sports. Therefore team sports attract and fortunately help a lot with the recruitment of new participants.

Ottavio CinquantaPresident, International Skating Union

ISU CoUNCILThe ISU Council met in Helsinki (FIN) from April 8-10 on the occasion of the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2011. The Council agreed to grant full ISU Mem-bership to the Figure Skating Branch of the Singapore Ice Skating Association and provisional ISU Membership for the Speed Skating Branch. Based on input from the Ice Sports Federation of Andorra, it was decided to suspend their ISU membership for the Speed Skating Branch.

The Council members were also pleased to acknowledge the decision of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee confirming the inclusion of the Figure Skating Team event into the program of the Olympic Winter Games of Sochi 2014. The provisional allotment for the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating and the ISU World Cup Short Track 2011/12 season were approved. The dates and location of the first two events of the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating series were also agreed and the Council acknowledged that these events are also part of the Youth Olympic Games Qualifying System, the other dates will be decided shortly.

For the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating the Council decided to give the possibility to seeded Skaters to skate 3 Grand Prix Events per season under certain conditions that will be published in the Announcement of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The Council also agreed in principle to pursue an initiative to become active in social media. See Communication 1671 for more details.

Working Groups for each discipline have been created. Each group consists of 12 people, the 6 Technical Committee members, the 4 Council members (of either the Speed Skating or Figure Skating Branch), the Chair Sports Directorate and the Sports Director of the branch. These Groups offer a platform to dis-cuss ideas and issues within each discipline and the possibility to present two main topics to the Council or the Congress.

SPoRTS DIRECToRaTEIn the branches of Figure Skating and Speed Skating the Sports Directors, with the Chair of the Sports Directorate, were highly involved in this season’s ISU Events, in the preparation of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games to be held in Innsbruck in 2012, in the consulta-tion to the ISU Council for the meetings in Helsinki and Amsterdam and especially in the relocation of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011 from Tokyo (JPN) to Mos-cow (RUS). Furthermore the Sports Directorate was in charge of coordinating the individual meetings of the Working Groups for all five

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ISU NEWSdisciplines.The Sports Directorate is also preparing the ISU Junior Grand Prix, the ISU Grand Prix, the ISU Junior World Cup and the ISU Senior World Cup in both Speed Skating and Short Track, attending the various inspection visits for the next Championships and organizing the ISU Figure Skating Global Seminar to be held in Frankfurt next July.

In Figure Skating 3 additional Development Seminars were successfully organized; Ice Dance Junior category, Ice Dance Novice category and Pair Skating Junior/Novice categories. A total of 56 Dance couples from 16 ISU Members and 22 Pairs from 11 ISU Members attended these seminars.

Following the outcome of the Working Groups and the Council’s decision, the Technical Com-mittees of Speed Skating and Short Track are preparing a project on event presentation.

ISU TECHNICaL CoMMITTEESSingle & Pair SkatingThe Committee Members served as Referees and Technical Controllers at the European, Four Continents, World Junior and World Championships. The Committee moderated the Judges Seminars in Seoul (KOR) and Mi-lan (ITA) and participated in a Working Group Meeting during the ISU World Figure Skating

Championships in Moscow (RUS) to discuss two important items to be presented to the ISU Council. The Committee also evaluated dozens of Referees and Technical Control-ler Reports for all the competitions of the 2010/11 season and worked on a proposal for changes to the 2011/12 season and prepared Communication 1672 to that effect.

Ice DanceThe Ice Dance Technical Committee (IDTC) was represented at all the ISU Figure Skating Championships either as Officials or at-tendees. They held meetings with coaches, skaters and other interested persons in order to gather feedback on the new Short Dance format which was introduced this season. The meetings were well attended and the new for-mat positively received. Communication 1670 with the Requirements for Technical Rules 2011/12 was published to help coaches and skaters prepare their program for next season. Updates to the current ongoing requirements, valid as of July 1st, 2011 will be published before June 1st, 2011 in a subsequent Com-munication.Finally the IDTC met with the ISU Council and Sports Directorate in a Working Group session at the ISU World Figure Skating Champion-ships in Moscow (RUS) to prepare for the ISU

Congress in 2012. The IDTC will next meet in Madrid (ESP) from May 16 to 22.

Synchronized SkatingThe Synchronized Skating Technical Committee (SySTC) is busy preparing the Communication containing the technical changes for next sea-son. Committee meetings took place during the ISU Synchronized Skating Junior World Challenge Cup in Neuchatel (SUI) and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Champion-ships in Helsinki (FIN). During these meetings the SySTC discussed the simplification of the rules set and technical requirements all of which will be included in the upcoming communication. Official Trial Judging was conducted by the SySTC in Neuchatel (SUI) with 8 participating Judges from 7 Members (CAN, ITA, FRA, FIN, SWE, JPN, RUS).

Speed SkatingFor the second part of the season, the Com-mittee assigned technical representatives for 3 Essent ISU World Cup competitions, 3 ISU Junior World Cup competitions and 5 ISU Championships. The Committee was actively involved in the preparation of Mass Start races held as demonstration events at the World Cup competition in Salt Lake City (USA) and at the World Cup final in Heeren-veen (NED), where a Team Sprint competi-tion was presented. The Committee met on the occasion of the World Single Distances Championships in Inzell (GER), where the annual season review meeting with coaches took place prior to the Championships. The Committee has been working on the ISU Speed Skating calendar for 2011/12.

Short TrackThe Short Track Technical Committee reported a successful season. The new racing rules im-plemented at the 2010 Congress have proved to be positively welcomed and successfully implemented. The goal of the new rules was to make the races more exciting, increase pass-ing, and to make the officiating more consist-ent and reliable. The Technical Committee will be holding a Referee’s seminar in Las Vegas (USA) on June 23-25, 2011 to discuss the past season and make needed adjustments for the upcoming season. The Committee is also looking into new ways to bring more of a marketing value to the sport with the aim to attract more spon-sors and attendees to the events.All ISU Short Track Speed Skating Champion-ships were successfully held in Europe during 2010/11 season and the World Team Champi-onships took place for the last time.

ISU WEBSITE: WWW.ISU.oRGVladimir Putin attends Opening Ceremony of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011 with Ottavio Cinquanta, Alexander Gorshkov and Seiko Hashimoto

Vladimir Putin (Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation) attends the Opening Ceremony of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011, with Ottavio Cinquanta (President of ISU), Alexander Gorshkov (President of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia) and Seiko Hashimoto (President of the Japan Skating Federation)

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EURoPEaN CHaMPIoNSHIPSFor the first time in history, Bern (SUI) hosted the ISU European Championships in the Postfinance Arena from January 24 to 30. 162 skaters/couples from 35 Members competed at the 103rd edition of the event. In what was the most emotional moment of the Championships, Sarah Meier (SUI), with a total score of 170.60 points, skated off with the gold medal on home ice in the final competition of her career. Three-time and defending Champion Carolina Kostner (ITA) settled for the silver this time with 168.54 points and Kiira Korpi (FIN) took the bronze with 166.40 points, returning to the podium for the first time since 2007. Ksenia Makarova (RUS) came fourth (162.04 points) and Alena Leonova (RUS) finished fifth (154.31 points).Pair skaters Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) scored a total of 206.20 points and captured their fourth European title ahead of defending champions Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) who followed closely behind with 203.61 points. Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov (RUS) accumulated a total of 188.24 points and claimed their first medal at Europeans with bronze. The new couple of Katarina Gerboldt/Alexander Enbert (RUS) finished fourth in their debut (169.95 points) ahead of Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) (164.83 points).Florent Amodio (FRA) totaled 226.86 points and skated to victory in his debut at the European Championships. Brian Joubert (FRA) added another silver medal to his impressive collection. With a total of 223.01 points this is his tenth consecutive medal at the European Championships. Tomas Verner (CZE) completed his set of European medals with the bronze and 222.60 points. Kevin van der Perren (BEL) finished fourth (216.59 points) and Artur Gachinski (RUS) came fifth (216.07 points).In the Ice Dance competition, Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) totaled 167.40 points and danced to the title, their first medal at an ISU Championships. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) earned the silver medal with 161.14 points and Sinead Kerr/John Kerr accumulated 157.49 points overall and captured the bronze like they had in 2009. 2010 World Junior Champions Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) were a strong fourth (153.48 points) while two-time Sarah Meier (SUI)

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FIGURE SKATINGEuropean silver medalists Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali (ITA) were ranked fifth (145.92 points).

FoUR CoNTINENTS CHaMPIoNSHIPSThe 13th edition of the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships took place in Taipei City (TPE) from February 17 to 21. Chinese Taipei hosted an ISU Figure Skating Championships for the first time. 2010 World Champion Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) racked up a total of 244.00 points and skated off with the gold medal while 2010 World Junior Champion Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) celebrated a successful senior-level debut with 228.01 points and the silver medal. At 225.71 points Jeremy Abbott (USA) clinched the bronze. Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) completed a strong showing of the Japanese men in fourth place (223.52 points). Defending Champion Adam Rippon (USA) finished fifth (210.01 points).Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) claimed their second Four Continents title with a total score of 172.03 points. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) earned 155.38 points and the silver medal in their debut at the event and the bronze went to Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier (CAN) who racked up a total of 151.83 points. Defending Champions Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) settled for fourth place this time (151.14 points). Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) withdrew during the Free Dance, citing injury. Miki Ando (JPN) with 201.34 points overall beat 2010 World Champion Mao Asada (JPN) (196.30 points) for the Four Continents title. Mirai Nagasu (USA) took the bronze with 189.46 points. Rachael Flatt (USA) finished fourth (180.31 points). Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN) accumulated a total of 199.45 points and skated to their fifth Four Continents title. The newly formed Pairs Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) earned the silver medal with 181.79 points and with a total score of 171.73 points Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers (CAN) clinched the bronze. Swiegers displayed extraordinary sportsmanship when lending his boot to fellow pair skater Mark Ladwig (USA) whose skating boot broke in the middle of the Short Program. US Champions Caitlyn Yankowskas/John Coughlin came fourth (166.97 points) and Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) finished fifth (166.22 points). Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)

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161.07 points. Christina Gao (USA) finished fourth (155.27 points). After claiming the bronze in 2010, Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin (RUS) danced off with the gold this year and scored 144.16 points. Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro (RUS) earned the silver medal with 134.64 points and Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely (USA) grabbed the bronze in their first Junior Worlds at 133.36 points. Tiffany Zahorski/Alexis Miart (FRA) were ranked second in the Free Dance and finished fourth in their debut at Junior Worlds, collecting 128.16 points. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) repeated as World Junior Champions with a score of 167.01 points while 2010’s other medalists switched places: Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS) claimed the silver medal at 159.60 points and Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran (JPN) earned the bronze this year with 154.52 points. Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan (USA) came fourth at 135.40 points.

WoRLD CHaMPIoNSHIPSThe 101st edition of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place in Moscow (RUS) April 24 to May 2. The Championships was postponed and moved from Tokyo (JPN) to Russia following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Six ISU Members bid to hold the Championships at such a short notice. It was the first time that the World Championships was prepared within a month. 194 skaters from 43 ISU Members participated in the event including the Preliminary Rounds. More than 60 000 spectators followed the high-level competition in the Megasport Arena. The twelve medals went to eight different ISU Members. Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy(GER) crowned their most successful season to date with their third World title and two flawless performances. They set two new record scores in the free skating with 144.87 and in the total score with 217.85 points. Newcomers Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) made a splash on the scene in their debut at the World level and took silver with strong programs. They scored 210.73 points. Defending World Champions Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN) settled for the bronze this time with 204.12 points. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov and Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov completed a strong showing of

Malaysia and Mongolia were represented for the first time at ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships with entries in the single events.Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) continued her dominance from the Junior Grand Prix and won the title ahead of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS). Sotnikova scored 174.96 points while Tuktamysheva earned 169.11 points. 2010 silver medalist Agnes Zawadzki (USA) took home the bronze this time at

WoRLD JUNIoR CHaMPIoNSHIPSThe Junior season 2010/11 finished with the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung (KOR) March 2 to 6. Junior Worlds was once again a showcase for the emerging talent from all over the world. 201 skaters from 48 ISU Members were entered for the event.

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani (USA)

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Russian pairs in fourth (187.36 points) and fifth place (187.13 points). Patrick Chan (CAN) skated smoothly to his first World title. He produced three quadruple jumps in his programs and earned record scores in both short program (93.02 points) and free skating (187.96 points) which added up to 280.98 points. Takahiko Kozuka claimed the silver, his first World medal and racked up 258.41 points. Artur Gachinski (RUS) captured the bronze in his debut at the ISU World Championships with 241.86 points. Michal Brezina (CZE) landed a quadruple toeloop and Salchow to come in fourth (233.61 points). Defending champion Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) finished fifth after a screw had come lose on his boot (232.97 points). Miki Ando (JPN) earned the Ladies’ gold, her second World title since 2007 with a score of 195.79 points. Olympic Champion Yuna Kim (KOR) took the silver in what was her only competition of the season, earning 194.50 points. The bronze went to Carolina Kostner (ITA), who moved up from 6th place in the short with a total of 184.68 points. It was her third World medal. Alena Leonova (RUS) came fourth (183.92 points) and Alissa Czisny (USA) ranked fifth (182.25 points). For both it was their best result at the World Championships so far. History was made in the Ice Dance event with the first ever North American podium sweep. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) danced with their Tango to the gold, the first Ice Dance world title for the USA. They accumulated 185.27 points. Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) claimed the silver at 181.79 points after missing almost the whole season as she recovered from injury. In a surprising turn of events, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) clinched the bronze in their first World Championships with 163.79 points and were the first World debutants on the ice dance podium since Anjelika Krylova/Vladimir Fedorov (URS) in 1993. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) slipped to fourth following a fall in the Free Dance (163.54 points). Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) finished fifth (160.32 points).

WoRLD SYNCHRoNIzED CHaMPIoNSHIPSThe 12th ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships took place from April 8 to 9,

2011 in Helsinki (FIN). 21 teams from 16 Members competed in front of a full arena. For the second year in a row, Team Finland 1 and Team Finland 2 took gold and silver respectively with Team USA 1 grabbing the bronze. Team Sweden 1 skated a very strong Free Program and placed fourth with the 2009 World Champions Team Canada 1 finishing in fifth place.

FIGURE SKaTING TEaM EvENTOn April 6 2011, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee confirmed the inclusion of the new Figure Skating Team Event on the program of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.

FIGURE SKATINGThe ISU, in cooperation with the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) and with the participation of TV Asahi Corporation, launched the first ever international team Figure Skating competition during (Team Trophy) the 2008/09 season in Tokyo, Japan. The event was unprecedented in the ISU history. The second Team event was due to take place in April 2011 in Yokohama, Japan. However due to the tragic circumstances in Japan, the event has been postponed to 2012.The Figure Skating Team Event at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014 is expected to have the participation of the ten best national Figure Skating teams each composed of 6 skaters, one Man, one Lady, one Pair Skating couple and one Ice Dance couple. Each team will skate a Short Program/Dance and the top five teams will go on to compete in the Free Skate/Dance.

Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (GER)

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SHoRT TRaCKWorld Junior ChampionshipsThe world’s best junior Short Track speed skaters, representing 33 countries, participated in the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy last January. The Championships was dominated by the Korean skaters, with their team earning a total of 11 medals out of a possible 30. In the ladies’ competition, Korea finished first and second, with both Hee Jung Cheon and Se Jung Ahn tying for points after four events. However, it was Cheon who took the overall title, having won two of the distances. With Ahn finishing second, it was local favorite Martina Valcepina of Italy who completed the podium. On the men’s side, Yi Ra Seo (KOR) took the World Championships title over Jack Whelbourne of Great Britain, while Dajing Wu of China was third. In the 3000m relay ladies event, Italy finished first, Canada second and China third. In the Men’s event it was France who took the win, fol-lowed by Japan and Canada.

European Championships22 countries were represented at the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Cham-pionships which took place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from January 14 to 16. Arianna Fontana of Italy was crowned the ladies’ European Short Track Speed Skating Cham-pion for the second time in a row and in the men’s event, French skater Thibaut Fauconnet earned his first-ever European Championships title. Fontana took first place in the 1000m, 1500m and 3000m and finished first overall ahead of Bernadett Heidum of Hungary who finished overall second and Martina Valcepina of Italy, although she finished first in the 500m, took the third place in the overall classification.

On the men’s side, Fauconnet dominated the competition by taking the win in all four events; 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m. Haralds Silvos (Latvia) finished second overall, while Sjinkie Knegt (Netherlands) finished third. The weekend’s racing concluded with relay events, with the Netherlands taking the win in both the ladies’ and men’s events. Second place in the ladies’ 3000m Relay event went to Hungary, while Italy took third. In the men’s 5000m Relay Russia finished second, while Great Britain took third.

World ChampionshipsThe ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2011 was held in Sheffield,

The Mixed Relay in Short Track Speed Skating (Mixed gender and mixed Member/NOC Relay) is a unique format where young female and male Athletes coming from dif-ferent Members\NOCs will compete together increasing the friendships and relationship between Athletes which is part of the IOC vision. Eight Relay Teams will be composed of two (2) Men and two (2) Ladies each coming from different Members\NOCs.

For Figure Skating, the Team Event is a mixed Member/NOC team event, consisting of eight (8) mixed Member/NOC Teams. The Teams will be composed by lot out of the four indi-vidual events. Each Skater/Couple performs a Free Skating/Free Dance program. The composition of the Teams is determined in the YOG Qualification System (QS).

For Speed Skating the following events will take place: 500m (14 Men/14 Ladies), 1500m (14 Men/14 Ladies), 3000 (14 Men/14 Ladies) and Mass start event (28 Men/28 Ladies).Skaters may participate in a maximum of 2 distances, providing that the applicable qualifying times have been achieved during the period preceding the YOG (July 1st 2011) and the deadline for entry for the YOG. The applicable qualifying time standards and con-ditions for approval will be announced in an ISU Communication proceeding July 1st 2011.

For further information on entries, qualification process and criteria please refer to the ISU Communication and the Qualification System document posted on www.isu.org

The first Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in Innsbruck (AUT) from January 13-22, 2012. The ISU disciplines will take place in the Olympia World Complex which includes an ice rink (30x60m) and a 400m outdoor Oval for Speed Skating. Short Track Speed Skating and Figure Skating will be held in the main stadium with a total number of 3000 spectator seats. One ice rink at the infield of the Oval will be shared with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

A total of 164 Skaters will participate, 76 Skaters for Figure Skating, 56 Skaters for Speed Skating and 36 Skaters for Short Track Speed Skating. All participants must fit the age limit and be born between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1997 with the exception of male Skaters in Pair Skating and Ice Dance who must be born between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1997.

The events include: Figure Skating (Ladies, Men, Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Mixed Team Event) Short Track Speed Skating (500m, 1000m and Mixed Relay) and Speed Skating (2x500m, 1500m, 3000m and Mass Start).All the competitions will be held in accordance with the 2010 version of the ISU Regulations and relevant ISU Communications.Following the IOC suggestions, besides the traditional competitions, the ISU considered to include a Mixed Team Event in Figure Skating, a completely new Mixed Relay in Short Track Speed Skating and a Mass Start event in Speed Skating, which was warmly welcomed and approved by the IOC Executive Board.

YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

Outdoor rink in Innsbruck (AUT)

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Great Britain. Of the 31 countries taking part, Korea was the most dominant, with skaters earning both the ladies’ and men’s title. Ha-Ri Cho was crowned Ladies’ World Short Track Speed Skating Champion, while Jinkyu Noh earned the title on the men’s side.The ladies’ 1500m World title was won by Katherine Reutter of the United States, finishing ahead of a pair of Korean skaters: Seung-Hi Park (second) and Ha-Ri Cho (third). In the 500m event, three Chinese skaters and one Italian skater made it to the final in the ladies event. Kexin Fan took the 500m title, ahead of Arianna Fontana of Italy and third place finish went to Qiuhong Liu. In the ladies’ 1000 meter event, Ha-Ri Cho took the gold, finishing ahead of Fontana. Katherine Reutter finished in third place, earning the bronze.

In the ladies 3000 meter Super Final, Ha-Ri Cho won her second single distance World title of the weekend, giving her enough points to win the overall Championships title. Reut-ter finished second in the race, thus earning enough points to clinch the overall second. Fontana’s seventh place in the Super Final was enough to earn her third place in the overall Championships classification. In the men’s 1500m, Noh began his title quest by taking the first of three individual World titles of the Championships. Second place fin-ish went to Charles Hamelin of Canada, while Jeff Simon of the United States took third. American skater Simon Cho took the gold in the 500m, ahead of Olivier Jean of Canada. The bronze medal was awarded to Wenhao Liang of China. Eventual Championships win-ner Noh won his second distance World title of the weekend in the 1000m event. Charles Hamelin took the silver, while Liang of China finished third earning bronze. In the 3000m Super Finals, Noh had guaranteed his overall title with his previous wins. Hamelin, Liang and Simon on the other hand were still contending for a podium place in the overall ranking. Although he did not need the win, Noh managed to finish first in the Super Final, with Liang finishing second, Simon took third. Despite finishing fourth, Hamelin earned enough points to clinch second position in the overall classification, while Liang finished third overall. These World Championships concluded with the Relay Finals. The ladies 3000 meter relay was won by China. The team from the Netherlands skated a solid race, earning the second place, while Canada finished third. In the men 5000 meter relay fi-nal, Canada earned the title World Short Track Speed Skating Relay Champion 2011 with a win in the event. Germany and the United

SPEED SKATINGStates swapped positions from last year’s World Championships, with Germany finishing second, and the United States finishing third.

Team ChampionshipsFor the second consecutive year, Korea earned both the ladies’ and men’s titles of World Short Track Speed Skating Team Champion-ships in Warsaw, Poland. Nine countries were represented; those that qualified for both the ladies and men’s competition were Canada, China, Korea, Japan, Poland, Russia and the United States. Italy (ladies) and Turkey (men) also had teams in competition. The competition kicked off with the qualify-ing rounds: in both the ladies’ and men’s competition. With China, Canada, Korea and the United States qualified, the ladies’ competition was close, with all four teams separated by only 13 points. Korea edged out China by a mere point to take the win in the competition. Korea finished with 35 points, whereas China earned 34 points. The United States took third place with 29 points. On the men’s side, Korea, China, Canada and Japan qualified for the final and it was also a close finish between Korea and China. With a total of 38 points, Korea took the win, ahead of

China, who finished with 35 points. Canada completed the podium with 28 points. ISU World Cup Short TrackBefore the sixth and final ISU World Cup Short Track series took place in Dresden, Ger-many, the team from Canada led the medal count with a total of 8 medals, with the team from Korea a close second with 7. China took 5, while the United States earned 4. The other countries to earn medals were France and Italy with 2 medals each, and Germany and Japan with one. Katherine Reutter from the United States confirmed her competitive excellence by topping the 1000m and 1500m ladies’ events and Canadian skater Marianne St-Gelais clinched the title for the ladies’ 500m. In the men’s events the French had a good season with Maxime Chataignier grabbing the title in the 1500m and team mate Thibault Fauconnet crowned champion in the 1000m.Simon Cho from the United States clinched the 500m World Cup distance classification men’s title.The ladies’ 3000m Relay Final was tightly contested, with all four teams finishing within half a second. China clinched the World Cup distance classification ladies’ title, while Canada took the men’s title.

210 Charles Hamelin (CAN), 222 Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA), 212 Olivier Jean (CAN) and 214 Wenhao Liang (CHN)

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SPEED SKaTINGEssent ISU World Cup Speed SkatingIn this post-Olympic season, the World Cup circuit was spread over eight weekends. The series started in November 2010 with three weekends in Europe (Heerenveen (NED), Berlin (GER) for Sprint and Allround, and Hamar (NOR) for Allround), followed by two weekends in Asia for the sprinters during the month of December (Changchun (CHN) and Obihiro (JPN)). After a short break the series continued in January in Moscow (RUS) for all, moving to Salt Lake City (USA) in February for the Allrounders and March saw the World Cup Final in Heerenveen.

500m LadiesJenny Wolf (GER) took the 500m Cup for the sixth year in a row. Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR)

and Margot Boer (NED) followed her on the podium. Jenny Wolf has a unique dominance as never before has a lady won the Cup so many times in a row; previously Bonnie Blair won the 500m Cup five times, but not in a row and Gunda Niemann similarly dominated the 1500m in the 90s. Sang-Hwa Lee won three of the twelve races and Annette Gerritsen (NED) won one. Wolf won eight races and finished twice in second and twice in third position.

1000m LadiesHeather Richardson (USA) had a break-through season and put an end to Christine Nesbitt’s (CAN) dominance in the 1000m of the last two years who had to be satisfied with the second place. Nesbitt won the first four out of eight races, but then skipped two due to her busy schedule in Sprint and Allround. Richardson, who had finished in second three times, took the opportunity to win those races. Nesbitt

won the next, where Richardson was third, and in Heerenveen both were not in optimal shape and did not reach the podium. Nesbitt came 15 points short of the win, with 590 points, Richardson had 605. Margot Boer (NED) completed the podium with 360 points.

1500m LadiesThe 1500m ladies winner was Christine Nesbitt (CAN). She won the first four out of six races, and had two third place-finishes, which gave her 575 points. Dutch Marrit Leenstra and Ireen Wüst battled for the silver, which Leenstra took with 466 points. Wüst finished on the podium all five times she skated and was only 6 points behind the second place with a total of 460 points. Groves, last year’s winner of the 1500m, fell at the Berlin World Cup team pursuit and suffered from a concussion, which hindered her to skate again.

3000m/5000m LadiesFor the fifth year in a row, Martina Sáblíková (CZE) won the long distance World Cup. At the beginning of the season, she had to miss the first race, and her main rival Stephanie Beckert (GER) won it. In Berlin, Sáblíková finished second and Beckert third behind American newcomer, Jilleanne Rookard, who had her first ever World Cup victory. Beckert won the next, with another second place finish for Sáblíková. In Moscow Berckert’s skate broke and because of the incident she finished last and lost most of her advantage. In the final two races, Sáblíková won and Beckert followed, which gave the Czech champion 510 points and Beckert 475. Jilleanne Rookard finished in third place with 351 points.

Team PursuitThe Dutch ladies won the Team Pursuit, Ger-many and Norway were second and third with an equal amount of points. It is the first year that Norway had such a strong ladies team.

500m MenLast year, the Europeans and Americans dominated the men’s 500m. This year it is the Asians who took over the World Cup. The two Koreans, Kang-Seok Lee and Kyou-Hyuk Lee finished first and second respectively. Joji Kato (JPN) finished in third position. All three missed the Moscow World Cup because of the Asian Winter Games that took place in Astana (KAZ). In twelve races, there were 7 different winners. Kang-Seok Lee and Joji Kato won three times, Kyou-Hyuk Lee only once. Kato lost his second place overall in the final race, where he received only 16 points,

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SPEED SKATINGwhereas Kyou-Hyuk Lee won with 150. Kang-Seok Lee’s had a total of 845 points, Kyou-Hyuk Lee 745, and Kato 671.

1000m MenDutchman Stefan Groothuis won the 1000m World Cup. In the last three years Shani Davis (USA) won both the 1500m and 1000m World Cup. However this year he finished in third place in the 1000m. Groothuis is the fourth winner in this distance since 1998; Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) won five times, Erben Wennemars (NED) and Davis each won four times. Groothuis won the last four of the eight races, but also missed two. Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR) took silver, missing one race, and Davis missed three races, and won three in total this season.

1500m MenIn the 1000m and the 1500m Shani Davis (USA) has enjoyed a long chain of successes, and he adds an 8th 1500m World Cup victory to his list, it is his fourth 1500m victory in a row. He became the first skater in history to win the 1500m more than three times. Nor-wegian Håvard Bøkko took the 1500m silver and Groothuis added bronze to his successful season. Ivan Skobrev (RUS) just missed the podium.

5000/10000m MenLast year’s winner in the long distance, Hå-vard Bøkko (NOR), lost his podium place in the final World Cup. Winning would have been impossible for the reigning champion as Bob de Jong (NED) was sovereign and won well ahead of Ivan Skobrev (RUS). De Jong won all races except in Berlin and collected 610 points. Skobrev finished in second place four times and got 400 points, Bob de Vries (NED) got 356 points and finished third. Olympic 10,000m champion Seung-Hoon Lee won the race in Berlin, but did not participate in half of the races. It is De Jong’s second win, his first was in 2004.

Team PursuitNorway won the Team Pursuit for a second year running, with Russia and the USA also on the podium.

European ChampionshipsIvan Skobrev (RUS) and Martina Sáblíková (CZE) were crowned European champions in Collalbo (ITA) with the rest of the podiums dominated by the Dutch. It was the first title for the Russian, and the competition was exciting to the end. Close behind him,

Dutch youngsters Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij took silver and bronze. Sábliková won her third European title beating Ireen Wüst and Marrit Leenstra (NED) who had her first podium finish in an ISU Championship, like the two young Dutch men.

World Sprint Speed Skating ChampionshipsThe 40th World Sprint Championships took place in Heerenveen (NED). Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR) successfully defended his title, and won the World Sprint title for the fourth time in his career. In the ladies’ field, Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) did not come to defend her title, due to the Asian Winter Games. Instead, the tradition of having a new winner every year continued, as Christine Nesbitt became the tenth champion in ten years. Behind the winners, Olympic 500m Champion Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) took silver and Shani Davis took bronze. The Dutch ladies Annette Gerritsen and Margot Boer finished next to Nesbitt.

Essent ISU World allround Speed Skating ChampionshipsIvan Skobrev (RUS) and Ireen Wüst (NED) won the World Allround titles on the fast Olympic Oval in Calgary (CAN), both in national records points. After four titles in a row, Sven Kramer was absent this year and after two titles in a row, Martina Sábliková did not manage to grab the title for the third time and finished as the bronze medalist. World Sprint champion Christine Nesbitt did very well with silver, but missed the stamina for the long dis-tances, whereas Ireen Wüst skated personal best times. It was the second World Allround title in her career.For Skobrev it was the first World title, and he continued in the flow he had at the European Championships. Again, it was very close and came down to the last meters of the 10,000m to determine the winner. Håvard Bøkko took silver for Norway and Jan Blokhuijsen got the bronze.

Junior World ChampionshipsThe Junior World Championships took place at the end of February in Seinäjoki (FIN). The titles were won by Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) and Karolina Erbanová (CZE). Both took the title with three distance victories. Erba-nová was champion also in the ladies’ 500m, 1500m and 1000m and Do-Yeong Park (KOR) won the 3000m. The Korean ladies also won the Team Pursuit.Lunde Pedersen won the men’s 3000m,

1500m and 5000m. Champion in the 500m and 1000m was Sung-Kyu Kim (KOR). Due to a fall in the leading Norwegian team, the men’s Dutch team won the Team Pursuit.

World Single Distances ChampionshipsThe season concluded with the World Single Distances Championships in the German village of Inzell, where the old ice-stadium re-opened with a roof. Jenny Wolf won her fourth 500m title in a row. Sang-Hwa Lee was second and Beixing Wang, after being the runner-up four times, finished third.Christine Nesbitt won the 1000m like in the last edition. She beat Ireen Wüst and World Cup winner Heather Richardson. Ireen Wüst won the 1500m like in 2007. The 1500m podium was all Dutch with Diane Valkenburg and Jorien Voorhuis taking their first World Championships medals. Wüst also won the 3000m, for the first time. After Gunda Niemann in 2001 there was a different win-ner every year. Martina Sáblíková finished second, Stephanie Beckert third. In the 5000m Sáblíková won for the fourth time in a row. Beckert followed and Claudia Pechstein, back after a two-year suspension won bronze.

Kyou-Hyuk Lee won the men’s 500m. It was his first distance title, after two successive silvers on this distance. Joji Kato finished in second and Jan Smeekens (NED) took bronze. Defending champion Kang-Seok Lee fell.Shani Davis won the 1000m for the third time. He defeated Kjeld Nuis (NED) and World Cup winner Stefan Groothuis. He also defended the 1500m title, but had to settle for silver, as Håvard Bøkko won his first senior world title here. Lucas Makowsky (CAN) took bronze. Bob de Jong won the 5000 and 10,000m. It was his second 5000m title, after 2001. Defending champion Sven Kramer (NED) took the season off. Seung-Hoon Lee got silver and Ivan Skobrev bronze in the 5000m. In the 10,000m the winner has always been Dutch. Bob de Jong won it for the fourth time, but it was his 11th podium finish in this distance. Only in 2007 he wasn’t there, and the first edition in 1996.The Canadian ladies Cindy Klassen, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler won the Team Pursuit for the third time, ahead of the Netherlands (third silver) and Germany (third bronze), and the American men Shani Davis, Trevor Marsicano and Jonathan Kuck won the men’s Team Pursuit, ahead of Canada and the Netherlands. The latter had won all previous world titles in the Team Pursuit.

FIGURE SKATING

SYNCHRONIZED SKATING

Ladies Points1 adelina Sotnikova RUS 174.962 Elizaveta Tuktamisheva RUS 169.113 agnes zawadzki USa 161.074 Christina Gao USA 155.275 Risa Shoji JPN 151.276 Courtney Hicks USA 150.927 Polina Shelepen RUS 149.938 Miyabi Oba JPN 148.629 Zijun Li CHN 139.8110 Ira Vannut BEL 133.51

Men Points1 andrei Rogozine CaN 200.132 Keiji Tanaka JPN 196.983 alexander Majorov SWE 195.714 Keegan Messing USA 195.075 Max Aaron USA 193.926 Han Yan CHN 187.497 Jason Brown USA 185.448 Artur Dmitriev RUS 181.199 Gordei Gorshkov RUS 177.3410 Ryuichi Kihara JPN 175.72

Pairs Points1 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN 167.01 2 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 159.603 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran JPN 154.524 Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan USA 135.405 Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz CAN 129.976 Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell CAN 129.287 Kristina Astakhova / Nikita Bochkov RUS 118.758 Klara Kadlecova / Petr Bidar CZE 117.249 Cassie Andrews / Timothy Leduc USA 117.1110 Carolina Gillespie / Luca Dematte ITA 116.44

WORlD JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 28 FEbRUARY - 6 march 2011, Gangneung City (KOR)

Ladies Points1 Miki ando JPN 201.34 2 Mao asada JPN 196.303 Mirai Nagasu USa 189.464 Rachael Flatt USA 180.315 Alissa Czisny USA 168.816 Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 163.147 Akiko Suzuki JPN 162.598 Min-Jeong Kwak KOR 147.159 Amelie Lacoste CAN 137.4810 Cheltzie Lee AUS 127.90

Men Points1 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 244.00 2 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 228.013 Jeremy abbott USa 225.714 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 223.525 Adam Rippon USA 210.016 Jinlin Guan CHN 201.987 Armin Mahbanoozadeh USA 200.678 Jialiang Wu CHN 199.789 Nan Song CHN 195.1310 Shawn Sawyer CAN 192.94

Pairs Points1 Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN 199.452 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CaN 181.793 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers CaN 171.734 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin USA 166.975 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 166.226 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig USA 157.307 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran JPN 152.638 Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker USA 144.469 Yue Zhang / Lei Wang CHN 138.9310 Huibo Dong / Yiming Wu CHN 135.10

FOUR CONTINENTS FIGURE SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 15 - 20 February 2011, Taipei City (TpE)

WORlD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 8 - 9 April 2011, Helsinki (FIN)

Teams1 Team Finland 1 215.43 4 Team Sweden 1 204.50 7 Team Russia 1 180.69 10 Team USA 2 162.74 13 Team Czech Republic 136.58 2 Team Finland 2 213.48 5 Team Canada 1 202.60 8 Team Sweden 2 167.02 11 Team Germany 147.63 14 Team Italy 129.533 Team USa 1 205.40 6 Team Canada 2 180.76 9 Team Russia 2 164.34 12 Team Japan 141.80 15 Team Switzerland 114.92

16 Team France 111.60 19 Team Croatia 92.67 17 Team Austria 109.35 20 Team Belgium 75.61 18 Team Australia 99.96 21 Team Great Britain 53.24

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Ladies Points1 Sarah Meier SUI 170.602 Carolina Kostner ITa 168.543 Kiira Korpi FIN 166.404 Ksenia Makarova RUS 162.045 Alena Leonova RUS 154.316 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 151.667 Ira Vannut BEL 150.668 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 147.969 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 138.7410 Valentina Marchei ITA 137.44

Men Points1 Florent amodio FRa 226.862 Brian Joubert FRa 223.013 Tomas verner CzE 222.604 Kevin Van Der Perren BEL 216.595 Artur Gachinski RUS 216.076 Samuel Contesti ITA 204.887 Konstantin Menshov RUS 202.628 Michal Brezina CZE 201.399 Javier Fernandez ESP 199.6510 Alban Preaubert FRA 196.15

Pairs Points1 aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 206.202 Yuko Kavaguti / alexander Smirnov RUS 203.613 vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 188.244 Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert RUS 169.955 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 164.836 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende GER 149.977 Klara Kadlecova / Petr Bidar CZE 139.948 Stacey Kemp / David King GBR 128.049 Adeline Canac / Yannick Bonheur FRA 125.3410 Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk BLR 120.72

EUROpEAN FIGURE SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 24 – 30 January 2011, bern (SUI)

Ladies Points1 Miki ando JPN 195.792 Yuna Kim KoR 194.503 Carolina Kostner ITa 184.684 Alena Leonova RUS 183.925 Alissa Czisny USA 182.256 Mao Asada JPN 172.797 Ksenia Makarova RUS 167.228 Kanako Murakami JPN 167.109 Kiira Korpi FIN 164.8010 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 156.24

Men Points1 Patrick Chan CaN 280.982 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 258.413 artur Gachinski RUS 241.864 Michal Brezina CZE 233.615 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 232.976 Nobunari Oda JPN 232.507 Florent Amodio FRA 229.688 Brian Joubert FRA 227.679 Richard Dornbush USA 222.4210 Javier Fernandez ESP 218.26

Pairs Points1 aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 217.852 Tatiana volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 210.733 Qing Pang / Jian Tong CHN 204.124 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 187.365 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 187.136 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin USA 175.947 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 173.038 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 163.179 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran JPN 160.1010 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 157.15

WORlD FIGURE SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 24 April - 1 may 2011, moscow (RUS)

SpEED SKATING

Ice Dance Points1 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin RUS 144.16 2 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro RUS 134.643 Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely USa 133.36 4 Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart FRA 128.165 Nikola Visnova / Lukas Csolley SVK 126.076 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin RUS 125.437 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus USA 122.908 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams CAN 122.229 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz ESP 120.4110 Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand EST 117.50

Ice Dance Points1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USa 172.03 2 Maia Shibutani / alex Shibutani USa 155.383 vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier CaN 151.83 4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 151.14 5 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein USA 142.44 6 Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng CHN 130.297 Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang CHN 125.758 Xueting Guan / Meng Wang CHN 106.269 Danielle Obrien / Gregory Merriman AUS 104.6910 Corenne Bruhns / Benjamin Westenberger MEX 88.55

Teams1 Team Finland 1 215.43 4 Team Sweden 1 204.50 7 Team Russia 1 180.69 10 Team USA 2 162.74 13 Team Czech Republic 136.58 2 Team Finland 2 213.48 5 Team Canada 1 202.60 8 Team Sweden 2 167.02 11 Team Germany 147.63 14 Team Italy 129.533 Team USa 1 205.40 6 Team Canada 2 180.76 9 Team Russia 2 164.34 12 Team Japan 141.80 15 Team Switzerland 114.92

16 Team France 111.60 19 Team Croatia 92.67 17 Team Austria 109.35 20 Team Belgium 75.61 18 Team Australia 99.96 21 Team Great Britain 53.24

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Ice Dance Points1 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRa 167.40 2 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 161.143 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr GBR 157.494 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapo RUS 153.485 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali ITA 145.926 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko RUS 145.057 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 140.698 Nora Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin HUN 140.309 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones FRA 135.4110 Lucie Mysliveckova / Matej Novak CZE 135.35

Men 500 m Points1 Kang-Seok Lee KoR 8452 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KoR 7453 Joji Kato JPN 6714 Tucker Fredricks USA 6395 Jan Smeekens NED 5926 Keiichiro Nagashima JPN 5387 Akio Ota JPN 5018 Yuya Oikawa JPN 4759 Dmitry Lebkov RUS 45010 Jacques de Koning NED 406

Men 1000 m Points 1 Stefan Groothuis NED 5802 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KoR 5223 Shani Davis USa 4854 Simon Kuipers NED 3545 Denny Morrison CAN 3366 Jan Bos NED 3177 Samuel Schwarz GER 3148 Mikael Flygind-Larsen NOR 2999 Nico Ihle GER 27010 Dmitry Lebkov RUS 253

Men 1500 m Points 1 Shani Davis USa 4402 Håvard Bøkko NoR 3573 Stefan Groothuis NED 3424 Ivan Skobrev RUS 3335 Trevor Marsicano USA 3256 Simon Kuipers NED 3037 Mark Tuitert NED 2988 Denny Morrison CAN 2579 Jonathan Kuck USA 19010 Mikael Flygind-Larsen NOR 188

Men 5000/10000 m Points 1 Bob de Jong NED 6102 Ivan Skobrev RUS 4003 Bob de vries NED 3564 Håvard Bøkko NOR 3315 Jonathan Kuck USA 2756 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 2557 Jorrit Bergsma NED 2248 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 2209 Patrick Beckert GER 16310 Øystein Grødum NOR 157

Men Team Poursuit Points 1 Norway 2702 Russia 2503 USa 2324 Canada 2205 Germany 174

ESSENT ISU WORlD CUp SpEED SKATING – FINAl STANDINGS

Ice Dance Points1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USa 185.272 Tessa virtue / Scott Moir CaN 181.793 Maia Shibutani / alex Shibutani USa 163.794 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 163.545 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 160.326 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 160.237 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 154.508 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 153.779 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein USA 151.8610 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier CAN 151.13

Ladies 500 m Points1 Jenny Wolf GER 11902 Sang-Hwa Lee KoR 8753 Margot Boer NED 7354 Heather Richardson USA 5485 Nao Kodaira JPN 5116 Judith Hesse GER 4427 Maki Tsuji JPN 4308 Laurine Van Riessen NED 3869 Annette Gerritsen NED 37510 Shannon Rempel CAN 311

Ladies 1000 m Points1 Heather Richardson USa 6052 Christine Nesbitt CaN 5903 Margot Boer NED 3604 Nao Kodaira JPN 3535 Ireen Wüst NED 3506 Laurine Van Riessen NED 3027 Shannon Rempel CAN 2648 Judith Hesse GER 2619 Marrit Leenstra NED 25010 Gabriele Hirschbicher GER 228

Ladies 1500 m Points1 Christine Nesbitt CaN 5752 Marrit Leenstra NED 4663 Ireen Wüst NED 4604 Brittany Schussler CAN 2655 Martina Sábliková CZE 2276 Cindy Klassen CAN 2137 Ida Njåtun NOR 1858 Jilleanne Rookard USA 1819 Diane Valkenburg NED 17610 Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 175

Ladies 3000/5000 m Points1 Martina Sábliková CzE 5102 Stephanie Beckert GER 4753 Jilleanne Rookard USa 3514 Brittany Schussler CAN 2675 Eriko Ishino JPN 2566 Jorien Voorhuis NED 2397 Cindy Klassen CAN 2188 Shiho Ishizawa JPN 1869 Ireen Wüst NED 17610 Christine Nesbitt CAN 155

Ladies Team Poursuit Points1 Netherlands 3002 Norway 2503 Germany 2504 Russia 2205 Canada 175

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Men Points1 Ivan Skobrev RUS 146.2302 Håvard Bøkko NoR 146.4083 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 146.6034 Koen Verweij NED 146.9485 Jonathan Kuck USA 147.693

ESSENT ISU WORlD AllROUND SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 12 - 13 February 2011, Calgary (CAN) Ladies Points1 Ireen Wüst NED 157.3132 Christine Nesbitt CaN 158.9393 Martina Sábliková CzE 159.2884 Marrit Leenstra NED 159.6205 Cindy Klassen CAN 159.922

ESSENT ISU WORlD SpRINT SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 22 - 23 January 2011, Heerenveen (NED)Ladies Points1 Christine Nesbitt CaN 152.2202 annette Gerritsen NED 154.0153 Margot Boer NED 154.0254 Heather Richardson USA 154.0355 Nao Kodaira JPN 154.405

Men Points1 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KoR 139.2552 Tae-Bum Mo KoR 139.3653 Shani Davis USa 139.6004 Stefan Groothuis NED 139.6655 Kjeld Nuis NED 140.645

ESSENT ISU EUROpEAN SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 7 - 9 January 2011, Collalbo (ITA)Ladies Points1 Martina Sábliková CzE 165.1042 Ireen Wüst NED 166.4633 Marrit Leenstra NED 168.0454 Diane Valkenburg NED 169.2665 Jorien Voorhuis NED 169.594

Men Points1 Ivan Skobrev RUS 154.1672 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 154.2733 Koen verweij NED 154.6884 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 154.8165 Håvard Bøkko NOR 154.851

Ladies Points1 Karolina Erbanova CzE 168.2212 Pien Keulstra NED 168.9873 Lotte van Beek NED 169.4064 Miho Takagi JPN 169.6095 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 169.636

Ladies 500 m combined times1 Karolina Erbanova CzE 80.712 Yekaterina aydova Kaz 80.973 Hyun-Yung Kim KoR 81.614 Erina Kamiya JPN 82.565 Hanne Haugland NOR 82.94

Ladies 1000 m 1 Karolina Erbanova CzE 1:21.412 Hege Bøkko NoR 1:22.323 Kali Christ CaN 1:22.404 Lotte Van Beek NED 1:22.455 Pien Keulstra NED 1:22.58

Ladies 1500 m 1 Karolina Erbanova CzE 2:03.862 Pien Keulstra NED 2:04.943 Hege Bøkko NoR 2:05.054 Lotte Van Beek NED 2:05.175 Kali Christ CAN 2:05.73

Ladies 3000 m 1 Do-Yeong Park KoR 4:21.512 Bo-Reum Kim KoR 4:23.553 Pien Keulstra NED 4:25.814 Miho Takagi JPN 4:28.005 Lotte Van Beek NED 4:29.75

Team Pursuit Ladies 1 Republic of Korea 3:14.952 Japan 3:18.663 Canada 3:22.784 USA 3:23.37

ISU WORlD JUNIOR SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 25 - 27 February 2011, Seinäjoki (FIN)

Men Points1 Sverre L. Pedersen NoR 156.3112 Simen S. Nilsen NoR 158.0213 Kristian R. Fredriksen NoR 158.1264 Maurice Vriend NED 158.4125 Bailin Li CHN 158.489

Men 500 m combined times1 Sung-Kyu Kim KoR 73.452 Laurent Dubreuil CaN 73.553 Tsubasa Hasegawa JPN 74.354 Denis Koval RUS 74.545 Shunsuke Nakamura JPN 75.15

Men 1000 m 1 Sung-Kyu Kim KoR 1:13.952 Tommi Pulli FIN 1:14.903 Maurice vriend NED 1:14.914 Håvard Lorentzen NOR 1:15.035 Martin Corbett CAN 1:15.19

Men 1500 m 1 Sverre L. Pedersen NoR 1:54.712 Bailin Li CHN 1:55.253 Håvard Lorentzen NoR 1:55.574 Thomas Krol NED 1:56.255 Simen S. Nilsen NOR 1:56.375 Seok-Min Park KOR 1:56.37

Men 3000 m 1 Sverre L. Pedersen NoR 3:55.852 Kristian R. Fredriksen NoR 3:56.803 Simen S. Nilsen NoR 3:57.574 Frank Hermans NED 3:59.815 Maurice Vriend NED 4:01.34

Men 5000 m 1 Sverre L. Pedersen NoR 6:51.072 Kristian R. Fredriksen NoR 6:51.173 Simen S. Nilsen NoR 6:53.064 Maurice Vriend NED 6:53.665 Frank Hermans NED 6:57.40

Team Pursuit Men 1 Netherlands 4:11.302 Norway 4:41.503 Japan 4:06.994 Russia 4:13.51

ESSENT ISU WORlD SINGlE DISTANCES SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 10 - 13 march 2011, Inzell (GER)

Ladies 500 m combined times

1 Jenny Wolf GER 75.93 2 Sang-Hwa Lee KoR 76.17 3 Beixing Wang CHN 76.39 4 Annette Gerritsen NED 76.47 5 Judith Hesse GER 76.63

Ladies 1000 m1 Christine Nesbitt CaN 1:14.84 2 Ireen Wüst NED 1:15.42 3 Heather Richardson USa 1:15.45 4 Marrit Leenstra NED 1:16.38 5 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 1:16.56

Ladies 1500 m 1 Ireen Wüst NED 1:54.802 Diane valkenburg NED 1:56.273 Jorien voorhuis NED 1:57.304 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 1:57.785 Christine Nesbitt CAN 1:57.83

Ladies 3000 m 1 Ireen Wüst NED 4:01.56 2 Martina Sábliková CzE 4:02.07 3 Stephanie Beckert GER 4:04.28 4 Jilleanne Rookard USA 4:05.80 5 Eriko Ishino JPN 4:06.88

Ladies 5000 m 1 Martina Sábliková CzE 6:50.83 2 Stephanie Beckert GER 6:54.99 3 Claudia Pechstein GER 7:00.90 4 Masako Hozumi JPN 7:03.14 5 Diane Valkenburg NED 7:04.15

Ladies Team Poursuit 1 Canada 2:59.74 2 Netherlands 3:00.43 3 Germany 3:01.82 4 Japan 3:03.20 5 Norway 3:04.26

Men 500 m combined times

1 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KoR 69.102 Joji Kato JPN 69.42 3 Jan Smeekens NED 69.43 4 Mika Poutala FIN 69.65 5 Dmitry Lobkov RUS 69.76

Men 1000 m1 Shani Davis USa 1:08.452 Kjeld Nuis NED 1:08.673 Stefan Groothuis NED 1:08.734 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KOR 1:08.915 Denny Morrison CAN 1:08.92

Men 1500 m 1 Håvard Bøkko NoR 1:45.04 2 Shani Davis USa 1:45.09 3 Lucas Makowsky CaN 1:45.22 4 Stefan Groothuis NED 1:45.51 5 Ivan Skobrev RUS 1:45.58

Men 5000 m 1 Bob de Jong NED 6:15.41 2 Seung-Hoon Lee KoR 6:17.45 3 Ivan Skobrev RUS 6:17.47 4 Alexis Contin FRA 6:18.85 5 Håvard Bøkko NOR 6:21.16

Men 10000 m 1 Bob de Jong NED 12:48.20 2 Bob de vries NED 13:04.62 3 Ivan Skobrev RUS 13:08.17 4 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 13:08.83 5 Shane Dobbin NZL 13:17.56

Men Team Poursuit 1 USa 3:41.72 2 Canada 3:41.85 3 Netherlands 3:43.44 4 Germany 3:45.54 5 Norway 3:45.73

Men 500 m Points1 Seong-Kyu Kim KOR 4502 Denis Koval RUS 3083 Laurent Dubreuil CAN 280

Men 1000 m Points1 Maurice Vriend NED 2452 Seong-Kyu Kim KOR 2403 H. H. Lorentzen NOR 210

Men 1500 m Points1 Maurice Vriend NED 2752 H. H. Lorentzen NOR 2303 Thomas Krol NED 215

Men 3000/5000 m Points1 Frank Hermans NED 2752 Maurice Vriend NED 2503 K. R. Fredriksen NOR 225

Men Team Pursuit Points1 Netherlands 2502 Norway 2003 Japan 175

ISU JUNIOR WORlD CUp SpEED SKATING – FINAl STANDINGS

Ladies 500 m Points1 Yekaterina Aydova KAZ 4202 Hyun-Yung Kim KOR 3503 Doreen Lamb GER 267

Ladies 1000 m Points1 Lotte Van Beek NED 2502 Yekaterina Aydova KAZ 2223 Hyun-Yung Kim KOR 205

Ladies 1500 m Points

1 Pien Keulstra NED 2852 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 2453 Kali Christ CAN 225

Ladies 3000 m Points1 Pien Keulstra NED 2902 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 2803 Jessica Beckert GER 155

Ladies Team Pursuit Points1 Japan 2302 Canada 1903 USA 165

SpEED SKATING

SHORT TRACK

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ESSENT ISU WORlD SINGlE DISTANCES SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 10 - 13 march 2011, Inzell (GER)

EUROpEAN SHORT TRACK SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 14 - 16 January 2011, Heerenveen (NED)

WORlD JUNIOR SHORT TRACK SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 25 - 27 February 2011, Courmayeur (ITA)

WORlD SHORT TRACK SpEED SKATING TEAm CHAmpIONSHIpS, 19 - 20 march 2011, Warsaw (pOl)

WORlD SHORT TRACK SpEED SKATING CHAmpIONSHIpS, 11 - 13 march 2011, Sheffield (GbR)

Ladies Points1 arianna Fontana ITa 1152 Bernadett Heidum HUN 423 Martina valcepina ITa 394 Katerina Novotna CZE 375 Veronika Windisch AUT 34

Ladies Relay1 Netherlands 4:19.2532 Hungary 4:19.2843 Italy 4:20.4734 Germany 4:21.885

Men Points1 Thibaut Fauconnet FRa 1362 Haralds Silovs LaT 503 Sjinkie Knegt NED 474 Ruslan Zakharov RUS 425 Jack Whelbourne GBR 39

Men Relay1 Netherlands 6:54.6082 Russia 6:54.7263 Great Britain 6:56.0254 Germany 6:56.848

Ladies Points1 Hee Jung Cheon KoR 682 Se Jung ahn KoR 683 Martina valcepina ITa 504 Do Hee Noh KOR 425 Meng Lin CHN 31

Ladies Relay1 Italy 4:20.0042 Canada 4:20.1663 China 4:32.9954 Republic of Korea PEN

Men 1500 m Points1 Yi Ra Seo KoR 892 Jack Whelbourne GBR 763 Dajing Wu CHN 404 Songbo Liu CHN 395 Jingnan Shi CHN 26

Men Relay1 France 4:08.9112 Japan 4:09.9233 Canada 4:15.8674 Kazakhstan 4:16.766

Ladies Points1 Ha-Ri Cho KoR 812 Katherine Reutter USa 683 arianna Fontana ITa 574 Kexin Fan CHN 355 Qiuhong Liu CHN 26

Ladies Relay1 China 4:16.2952 Netherlands 4:17.7253 Canada 4:18.0434 Republic of Korea 4:39.789

Ladies 500 m Points1 Kexin Fan CHN 44.6202 arianna Fontana ITa 44.6873 Qiuhong Liu CHN 44.784

Ladies 1000 m1 Ha-Ri Cho KoR 1:38.8952 arianna Fontana ITa 1:40.3063 Katherine Reutter USa 2:23.268

Ladies 1500 m1 Katherine Reutter USa 2:33.9782 Seung-Hi Park KoR 2:34.2183 Ha-Ri Cho KoR 2:34.336

Men Points1 Jinkyu Noh KoR 1022 Charles Hamelin CaN 503 Wenhao Liang CHN 474 Simon Cho USA 445 Jeff Simon USA 26

Men Relay1 Canada 6:52.7312 Germany 6:54.6933 USa 7:01.6594 Republic of Korea PEN

Men 500 m Points1 Simon Cho USa 42.3072 olivier Jean CaN 42.4293 Wenhao Liang CHN 42.493

Men 1000 m1 Jinkyu Noh KoR 1:28.5522 Charles Hamelin CaN 1:28.6633 Wenhao Liang CHN 1:29.203

Men 1500 m1 Jinkyu Noh KoR 2:18.2912 Charles Hamelin CaN 2:18.6763 Jeff Simon USa 2:18.725

Ladies Points1 Republic of Korea 35 2 China 343 USa 294 Canada 22

Men Points1 Republic of Korea 382 China 353 Canada 284 Japan 18

Ladies 500 m Points

1 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 50002 Qiuhong Liu CHN 42503 Nannan Zhao CHN 38404 Kexin Fan CHN 34125 Martina Valcepina ITA 27256 Arianna Fontana ITA 24527 Erika Huszar HUN 13738 Yui Sakai JPN 12899 Patrycja Maliszewska POL 114910 Jessica Smith USA 1132

Ladies 1000 m Points

1 Katherine Reutter USA 31362 Shin-Young Yang KOR 30003 Yang Zhou CHN 24404 Lana Gehring USA 23945 Qiuhong Liu CHN 22026 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 21477 Yui Sakai JPN 20888 Hyunsun Hwang KOR 20149 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 185010 Jianrou Li CHN 1562

Ladies 1500 m Points

1 Katherine Reutter USA 42102 Yang Zhou CHN 34903 Ha-Ri Cho KOR 26004 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 24805 Dam Min Kim KOR 23826 Shin-Young Yang KOR 20007 Biba Sakurai JPN 15728 Bernadett Heidum HUN 15549 Lana Gehring USA 151210 Hyunsun Hwang KOR 1440

Ladies Relay Points

1 China 40002 Canada 28803 USA 28504 Republic of Korea 28105 Italy 20186 Japan 19467 Netherlands 18908 Russia 13949 Germany 106210 Hungary 524

Ladies Team Points

1 China 51122 Canada 44903 Republic of Korea 34004 USA 26945 Japan 26846 Italy 20707 Netherlands 19588 Russia 14169 Germany 109210 Hungary 524

Men 500 m Points

1 Simon Cho USA 39782 Thibaut Fauconnet FRA 32753 Wenhao Liang CHN 25504 Jialiang Han CHN 23965 Charles Hamelin CAN 18906 Francois-Louis Tremblay CAN 15127 Si-Bak Sung KOR 14148 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 13039 Jin Yang CHN 127010 Francois Hamelin CAN 1152

Men 1000 m Points

1 Thibaut Fauconnet FRA 42202 Jinkyu Noh KOR 31523 Travis Jayner USA 24114 Byeong-Jun Kim KOR 23285 Anthony Lobello USA 21446 Sjinkie Knegt NED 19187 Weilong Song CHN 17508 Michael Gilday CAN 16459 Guillaume Bastille CAN 144010 Niels Kerstholt NED 1414

Men 1500 m Points

1 Maxime Chataignier FRA 24052 Xianwei Liu CHN 23583 Michael Gilday CAN 23064 Guillaume Bastille CAN 22595 Jinkyu Noh KOR 22036 Weilong Song CHN 20887 Jeff Simon USA 20418 Ho-Suk Lee KOR 18279 Cheol Min Kim KOR 177410 Travis Jayner USA 1646

Men Relay Points

1 Canada 38002 Republic of Korea 28503 Netherlands 24604 USA 23745 China 20486 France 20207 Germany 19188 Italy 15229 Russia 151210 Japan 892

Men Team Points

1 Canada 48802 China 42903 Republic of Korea 36004 USA 33045 France 21066 Netherlands 18747 Russia 17128 Japan 15909 Germany 111010 Italy 1096

ISU WORlD CUp SHORT TRACK SpEED SKATING – FINAl STANDINGS

PAST MASTERS

James Hawkins began his sporting career in 1946 with 8 years of competition as a Speed Skater. Once his competitive days were over, he stayed active within the sport and rapidly became a great contributor to the development of Speed Skating in the USA. He served over 20 years on the Board of the Missouri Skating Association where he held several positions including President (1966-1969), General Secretary and Treasurer (1966-1976). He is one of the founders of the US International Speed Skating Association which is now named US Speedskating. He was a delegate to USOC House of Delegates from 1976 to 1988 and acted as the Manager of the USA Speedskating Team at the Sapporo Olympics (1972). He was a track announcer for 5 ISU World Speed Skating Championships and at the 1960 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games. He became an ISU referee and worked at a number of ISU World Speed Skating Championships and at the Olympic Winter Games of 1980 and 1994. He was a delegate to several ISU Congresses and enjoyed a successful professional career as a lawyer. In June 1996, Hawkins was named as one of the ISU Legal Advisors by the ISU Council.

With his impressive track record and continuous dedication to the sport, Hawkins was elected to the Speedskating Hall of Fame on April 22, 2006 in Salt Lake City (USA), in November 2007 the International Olympic Committee awarded him with the Olympic Order and in 2010 he became Honorary Member of the ISU.

JaMES HaWKINS (USa)