Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
In the XXI. 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were eight competitions in short track speed skating, an ice - discipline discharged.
The competitions took place in the Pacific Coliseum, a sports arena in Vancouver instead.
- 2.1 500 m
- 2.2 1000 m
- 2.3 1500 m
- 2.4 3000 m relay
500 m
Date: 24 February 2010 ( qualification ), 26th February 2010 ( Final ) Olympic champion 2006: United States United States I Apolo Anton Ohno
1000 m
1500 m
Date: February 13, 2010 - Heats: 17:00 clock ( clock 02:00 CET), semifinals: 18:18 clock ( clock 03:18 CET) Final: 19:18 clock ( clock 04:18 CET) Olympic 2006: South Korea KOR I Ahn Hyun -soo
The participants of the 1500 -meter race, which was the prelude to the Olympic short track speed skating competitions consisted of 36 athletes from 16 different countries. Seven nations, including the Germans, put three athletes, what was the maximum number of starters. The 36 Shorttracker were distributed to six heats, each with six participants. Normally, the best three athletes were advancing to the semifinals; however, were athletes who were hampered by other Short Trackers, also put forth a round. This stood not 18, but 21 athletes in the semi-finals. There were three races, each with seven starters, from which the top two qualify for the A-final and the next two for the B-final. During the race there were five disqualifications. These athletes were counted in the standings with the result that they had achieved in the previous run.
For a first in Olympic history made the Latvian Harald Silovs. Silovs was the first athlete who went in the Olympics one day in two different sports at the start. After the 23 -year-old by 12 clock local time (21 clock CET) had occupied at the Richmond Olympic Oval 20th place over 5000 meters in speed skating, he was a good four hours later in the short track speed skating at the start. His Dutch coach Jeroen Otten said: " For him, this dual launch is the ideal combination. " Silovs got so also in the focus of the media and declared that with this attention to his person, he did not expect. In addition, the Latvian who in 74 years acted as the first male skater his country said: " It's a bit crazy. But who knows if I'll ever get this chance again in my life. "
From the first short-track race of the Olympic Winter Games, the South Koreans demonstrated their superiority mannschaftliche and came to the third as the only team in the semi-finals. Both the reigning all-around world champion Lee Ho -suk and his teammate Lee Jung -su and Sung Si -bak qualified for the first or second in her heat. Lee Jung -su put on in his heat in 2:12,380 min even a new Olympic record. Of the three Germans, two dropped out, only the Mainz Sebastian praus succeeded as third in the jump in the next round. He benefited from the disqualification of the US- American Jordan Malone. In the semi-finals praus took the long seventh and last place, once again a fall it benefited just before the finish line. This he improved to position three, but this was not enough to qualify for the A-final. In this, however, subjected to a three South Koreans; Lee Jung -su ran it for the second time within a short time Olympic record. Including the two-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton Ohno - - Besides the complete South Korean team also two Americans were advancing to the finals, also a Chinese and Olivier Jean of Canada. Jean was thereby put forth for obstruction by another runner in the semifinals.
Before the A-final finished the race, initially on the B-final of the program. In this Canadian Charles Hamelin, who was pleased with his race and now wanted to focus on the next race, the 1,000 meters won. Last in the B final was Sebastian praus, the German occupied as the eleventh overall and missed his best Olympic result, a tenth place, just barely. Thus, the Mainz was " absolutely satisfied ", a B-final is currently a German Shorttracker the optimum; Medal dreams are unrealistic. The A-final of the 1500 meters was initially without big surprises: Shortly before the end, the three South Koreans had sold some of the other field and it seemed as if there would be a triple victory for them. 30 meters to go, Lee Ho -suk tried to overtake his teammate Sung Si -bak, but this ended with both athletes came to the case and played no role in the medals. Lee Ho -suk was disqualified afterwards and still set back from the top ten. Front won the third South Korean Lee Jung -su, the gold medal and so broke his compatriot Ahn Hyun -soo as Olympic champion from. However, he was disappointed that his teammates had lost silver and bronze.
Behind Lee Jung -su won Apolo Anton Ohno the silver medal. For the Americans, this was the sixth Olympic medal ( two each of gold, silver and bronze), so that he had won precious metal frequently than any of his countrymen before. Ohno said he had for these Olympics better prepared than ever before, he is in a very good shape. At the same time the American, who was celebrated for minutes of its annexes after the race said: " Of our lives Sports: Lots of contact, a lot of fighting. Today it was terribly tight, and I have benefited "Behind Ohno Olivier Jean was named best Canadian fourth.; Sung Si -bak secured after the fall of at least fifth place. A total of 11,000 spectators had seen the competition, due to the overtaking and falling designated partly as a spectacular race was the total allotted to a positive conclusion.
5000 m relay
Date: February 17, 2010 (qualification ), 26th February 2010 ( Final ) Olympic 2006: South Korea KOR I Ahn Hyun- soo, Lee Ho -Suk, Seo Ho -jin, Song Suk- woo, Oh Se -jong
Women
500 m
Date: February 13, 2010 - Qualifying: 17:42 clock ( clock 2:42 CET); February 17, 2010 - Quarter- Finals: 17:00 clock ( clock 02:00 CET) Semi-finals: 18:10 clock ( clock 03:10 CET) Final: 19:07 clock ( clock 04:07 CET) Olympic Champion 2006: People's Republic of China CHN I Wang Meng
For the 500 - meter race of the women had qualified 32 athletes from 17 countries. The maximum number of starters from a country was, as in all other three individual races and was exploited by five nations. Since the 500 - meter distance represented as sprint track in the short track speed skating, the shortest and therefore fastest race did not go six, but four athletes in a race against each other to avoid falling or disabilities largely. Due to the small number of participants per course, there were four rounds: In the preliminaries ( eight pieces with four starters ), which already took place on 13 February, followed four days later the quarter- and semi-finals and finally the A- and the B final. During the race there were three disqualifications. These athletes were counted in the standings with the result that they had achieved in the previous run.
Before the contest, was the reigning Olympic champion from China, Wang Meng as the favorite; also the U.S. magazine Sports Illustrated she tapped the gold medal rank. Other opportunities also Wang's teammate Zhou Yang and the Canadians were granted. The South Koreans were in contrast to their male teammates assessed weaker, just as the Europeans. Germany despatched the only German -speaking country an athlete who was born in Rostockerin Aika Klein. However, as expected, they had no chance in their advance against the hitherto much more successful Cho Ha -ri and Katherine Reutter, especially since they had a clear tactical disadvantage to the outer starting position. Still, she was with her competition, in which she missed her personal best just barely satisfied: " To go forward, I should have [ ... ] run German record. The other tracks are more to me, I am quite optimistic, " In contrast, Wang Meng improved already in the lead in 43.926 s the eight -year-old Olympic record her compatriot Yang Yang (A).; three other athletes running also faster than Yang's old record of 44.118 s Of the highly assessed Chinese girls only Zhao Nannan different from that crashed in the middle of the last runnings and finished the race with more than 15 seconds behind. In contrast, the Chinese team first submitted a protest. The referee decided, however, that there had been no obstruction, Zhao was therefore overthrown without any external assistance. The only disqualification was pronounced in the seventh forward against the Bulgarian Marina Georgieva - Nikolova, which had caused two false starts.
The crucial three rounds followed only four days after the heats. In the quarter-finals Wang Meng turned to another Olympic record, which she was now on 43.284 s increased. The largest team unity were the Canadians who qualified with all three starters for the semi-finals. This was the only European Arianna Fontana of Italy, who won in 2006 at the age of 15 years bronze team. An unusual situation arose in the second quarter-final, as the competition after a clash between the British Sarah Lindsay and the Canadian Jessica Gregg had to be restarted as early as the first turn. Upon reboot, Lindsay and Gregg fought again on the opening lap, the second time there was a fall of two and a reboot. For this however, there were only three runners after Lindsay was disqualified. The British felt wronged: "I have a feeling I did not even get a chance to deny my race. [ ... ] We are both crashed and she fell. I'm not to blame if she is clumsy than I am. "Even the second British woman Elise Christie looked after her retirement from the jury disadvantage because they had been hampered by a South Korean. In particular, in the British media, the critical comments of Lindsay's and Christies and their teammates towards the referees quickly spread.
After the controversial scenes in the quarter-finals, there were no disqualifications in the semifinals. The fastest time was running again Wang Meng, who now for the third time beat the Olympic record and this time the first runner at the Olympics ran below 43 seconds. So that the record had been improved in a few days to more than one second. The old best time would not have been enough in 2010 for the final. The second Chinese Zhou Yang, however, not moved up in the finals and placed itself as a third party in its course behind the 19 -year-old Italian Fontana, and so moved for the first time in her career in an Olympic A-final. Next to her, and Wang Meng this was successfully managed two Canadians: Marianne St. Gelais, who was 20 years old on that day, as well as participating in the quarter-final overthrow Jessica Gregg. The third, the highest -ranked Canadian Kalyna Roberge was eliminated, however, and ran in the B final of the ranks of five to eight. There they occupied the second position behind Zhou Yang and thus secured the sixth place overall.
The finale began with a further fall Jessica Gregg, who crashed this time with Arianna Fontana. After the race, she said, it would only be this been a moment when it went into the corner, where they probably lost some concentration. After a short break, which was used to prepare the ice, failed the second attempt to carry out the competition, due to a false start. The third start finally succeeded. Wang Meng took over the top spot and ran the race from the front is far ahead of their pursuers. With a time of 43.048 s she decided the race itself, with more than six tenths of a second ahead of the silver medalist Marianne St - Gelais. In the B finals were in the comparison between the first and the last runner one and a half tenths. Wang commented on their competition by translators as follows: " On the last two laps I felt my legs tremble. I think if you where is tuned so close to what you always wanted, that's normal, " the second-placed St - Gelais was equally happy ". Except for a gold medal, silver is the best gift I could have. Second place on my 20th birthday that fits. " She also thanked her boyfriend Charles Hamelin especially, who led the Männertam of Canadians in the short track speed skating. The bronze medal won Arianna Fontana, who thus stood at 19 years for the second time on the Olympic podium. As the only runner without a medal remained in the final Jessica Gregg.
1000 m
Date: 24 February 2010 ( qualification ), 26th February 2010 ( Final ) Olympic Champion 2006: People's Republic of China CHN I Jin Sun -yu
1500 m
Date: February 20, 2010 Olympic Champion 2006: People's Republic of China CHN I Jin Sun -yu
3000 m relay
Date: February 13, 2010 (qualification ) 24 February, 2010 (Finale ) Olympic Champions 2006: South Korea KOR I Byun Chun- sa, Choi Eun- kyung, Jeon Da- hye, Jin Sun -yu