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Speed/Short Track Skating - 15. March 2015.

ISU World Short Track Champs 2015 Moscow RUS

The third and final day of the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2015 resumed today in Moscow, Russia with  the ladies acompeting in the 1000m, 3,000m Super Final and Relay events. Minjeong Choi (Korea) was crowned the Lady World Short Track Speed Skating Champion. 

Arianna Fontana (ITA) finished second overall with 68 points. Defending World champion Suk Hee Shim (KOR) concluded the weekend in third place overall with 47 points.

 

In the Ladies 1000 m event, Minjeong Choi (KOR) began her quest towards the championship title with a gold medal performance. Choi, who started the day in third place overall, took the lead in the race with five laps to go. She crossed the finish line ahead of Elise Christie (GBR). Championship leader Arianna Fontana (ITA) added to her overall points tally with a bronze medal performance in the event.

Se Yeong Park (KOR) won the Men’s 1000 m event; Park took advantage of a last lap contact between his teammate Da Woon Sin and Charles Hamelin (CAN). Da Woon Sin was awarded a penalty, and Hamelin managed to hold onto the second place position for a silver medal. Jingnan Shi (CHN) finished in third place. Dajing Wu earned some valuable championship points with a fourth place finish. Park, Hamelin and Wu took benefited from the fact that both Semen Elistratov (RUS) and Sjinkie Knegt (NED), the top two skaters in the overall classification, did not score any championship points in the 1000 m event.

Minjeong Choi (KOR) win second event of the day to clinch overall title

Entering the last event of these championships, the top five skaters in the overall ranking were still in contention for the championship title. Arianna Fontana had a lead of five points over Minjeong Choi, and 18 points over Elise Christie. The race was going to be a tough challenge for Fontana, with eight skaters to contend with, three of them being Korean skaters who are best known for their strong performances in the longer events. At the end of the 27-lap race, the Korean skaters swept the podium, as Choi crossed the finish line in first place, to clinch the overall championship title. Suk Hee Shim finished in second place, while Alang Kim was third. Arianna Fontana finished in fourth place, to clinch second place in the overall classification. Suk Hee Shim’s finish in the event provided her with enough points to step onto the third podium step in the overall ranking. Kexin Fan (CHN) earned the Super Final’s bonus points.

Relay Finals

These World championships concluded with the Relay finals. The ladies 3000 meters Relay was won by Korea, who had battled China throughout the entire race. Italy earned a bronze medal for the second consecutive year. Korea’s win puts an end to China’s streak of four consecutive titles as Ladies World Short Track Speed Skating Relay Champion.

This event concludes the 2014-15 ISU World Short Track Speed Skating season. For more information about short track speed skating events and news, visit www.isu.org.

For full results of the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championship 2015 please refer to http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/ and http://www.isu.org/en/short-track-speed-skating

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ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2015 – Medalists

Ladies – Overall Classification

 

Name of athlete

Nation

Points

1

CHOI, Minjeong

KOR

89

2

FONTANA, Arianna

ITA

68

3

SHIM, Suk Hee

KOR

47


Ladies 1000m

 

Name of athlete

Nation

Time

1

CHOI, Minjeong

KOR

1:32.730

2

FONTANA, Arianna

ITA

1:32.787

3

CHRISTIE, Elise

GBR

1:32.903


Ladies Super Final

 

Name of athlete

Nation

Time

1

CHOI, Minjeong

KOR

5:40.480

2

SHIM, Suk Hee

KOR

5:40.908

3

KIM, Alang

KOR

5:41.071


Ladies Relay

 

Nation

Time

1

KOREA

4:18.550

2

CHINA

4:18.595

3

ITALY

4:20.916

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