2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
| 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Courmayeur, Italy |
| Dates | 25–27 February |
| Competitors | 159 from 33 nations |
| 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 1500 m super final | men | women |
| 3000 m relay | men | women |
The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 25 and 27 February 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.[1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.[2]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 |  Italy* | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  China | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 |  France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |
Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
89 pts | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
76 pts | Wu Dajing China |
40 pts |
| 500 metres |
Liu Songbo China |
43.065 | Wu Dajing China |
50.424 | No Medal Awarded* | - |
| 1000 metres |
Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
1:26.049 | Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
1:26.086 | Shi Jingnan China |
1:26.312 |
| 1500 metres |
Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
2:20.410 | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
2:20.592 | Lee Hyo-been South Korea |
2:20.663 |
| 3000 metre relay |
France Thibault Crolet Vincent Giannitrapani Sébastien Lepape Alexis Yang |
4:08.911 | Japan Minto Sekai Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Masashi Yoshikawa |
4:09.923 | Canada Patrick Duffy Pier-Olivier Gagnon Maxime Gauthier Alexandre St-Jean |
4:15.867 |
- No medal was awarded in the men's 500 metre event, because the other two skaters were disqualified.[3]
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea |
68 pts | Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
68 pts | Martina Valcepina Italy |
50 pts |
| 500 metres |
Martina Valcepina Italy |
45.136 | Lara van Ruijven Netherlands |
45.470 | Lin Meng China |
45.622 |
| 1000 metres |
Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
1:31.336 | Noh Do-hee South Korea |
1:31.446 | Xiao Han China |
1:31.527 |
| 1500 metres |
Cheon Hee-jung South Korea |
2:28.227 | Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
2:28.316 | Lin Meng China |
2:28.858 |
| 3000 metre relay |
Italy Yelenia Tota Arianna Valcepina Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani |
4:20.004 | Canada Laurie Marceau Cynthia Mascitto Ann-Véronique Michaud Courtney Shmyr |
4:20.166 | China Jin Jingzhu Lin Meng Xiao Han Zhang Shaoyang |
4:32.995 |
Participating nations
[edit]159 athletes from 33 countries participated.[4]
Argentina (2)
Australia (6)
Austria (2)
Belgium (4)
Belarus (4)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
Bulgaria (7)
Canada (8)
China (8)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Croatia (5)
Czech Republic (3)
France (5)
Germany (7)
Great Britain (4)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (8)
India (1)
Italy (8)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (7)
Latvia (4)
Lithuania (1)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (6)
Romania (6)
Russia (8)
Slovakia (2)
South Korea (8)
Sweden (1)
Ukraine (6)
United States (8)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships Announcement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Qualification System 1 Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ Entries[dead link]