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Speed/Short Track Skating - 29. February 2016.

ISU World Sprint SS Championships Seoul KOR

Brittany Bowe (USA)  successfully defended her World Sprint title at the 47th World Sprint Championships in Seoul. After a challenging first day she made her  mark with a superb 500m on the final day of the tournament. On the ice of the Taenung icerink the times were not fast enough for personal best times; only Hege Bøkko improved the Norwegian record in the sprint combination (to 156.855).

Bowe superb in 500m 
Bowe laid the foundation of her second World Sprint title with a superior second 500m. Starting the day as number three in the classification the defending champion blew away the rest of the field with the only time below 38 seconds in 37.86. She took a firm lead in the ranking and had only Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) to fear in the final 1000m.

Richardson went into day 2 as classification leader and her 500m on Sunday (38.20) was 0.04 faster than her race on Saturday, but it was not enough to stay ahead of Bowe. She had to make up 0.35 seconds in the final 1000m to beat Bowe for the title.

Jorien ter Mors (NED) was second after day 1, but she lost her title chances in Sunday’s 500m. The  Dutchwoman stopped the clock at 38.58 (8) and dropped to third place in the ranking. She was 1.42 seconds behind in the 1000m.

Canada’s Heather McLean was third in the 500m with a strong 38.15.

“Everything happens for a reason”
Jorien ter Mors had won the 1000m in a track record time of 1:15.09 on Saturday. She knew that the world title was out of reach when she started this distance on Sunday, but she still had a bronze medal to skate for. With 1:15.35 she was the first to beat the 1:16 barrier and with only one pair to go she was sure of the bronze. Ter Mors’ pair mate and compatriot Marrit Leenstra finished fourth in the 1000m with 1:16.17, which was good enough to end up fourth in the final classification too.

In the last pair Bowe had the fastest opening with 17.84, but Richardson had to attack and with 45.67 she led at the 600m point. Bowe sealed her second world title with 29.4 in the final lap. With 1:15.28 she also managed to beat Ter Mors and win Sunday’s 1000m. Richardson finished in 1:15.64 to take third place in the distance and silver in the tournament. 

After having won the title with four distance victories last year, Bowe became the first female skater to win successive World Sprint Championships since Monique Garbrecht (GER) won three in a row between 1999 and 2001.

Bowe’s title did not come easy. “I was unfortunate to be challenged with a little illness this week, but each day has gotten a little bit better, significantly from yesterday to today. It’s a mental game and I had to stay strong I wanted to give myself a chance to win in those races yesterday,” said Bowe. She added: “I’m just thankful that the competition started on Saturday and not Friday. Everything happens for a reason. People are facing challenges every day and they are made to be overcome.” 

ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Seoul (KOR)
Day2 - Results

Ladies 500m

1

Brittany Bowe

USA

37.86

2

Heather McLean

CAN

38.15

3

Heather Richardson-Bergsma

USA

38.20

 

Ladies 1000m

1

Brittany Bowe

USA

1:15.28

2

Jorien ter Mors

NED

1:15.35

3

Heather Richardson-Bergsma

USA

1:15.64

 

Final Classification - Ladies

1

Brittany Bowe

USA

38.34 (5)

1:15.51 (3)

37.86 (1)

1:15.28 (1)

151.595

2

Heather Richardson-Bergsma

USA

38.24 (2)

1:15.37 (2)

38.20 (3)

1:15.64 (3)

151.945

3

Jorien ter Mors

NED

38.54 (6)

1:15.09 (1)

38.58 (8)

1:15.35 (2)

152.340

 

 

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