Quebec ISU Samsung World Cup Short Track- Saturday

Quebec ISU Samsung World Cup Short Track- Saturday: A mixture of a lots of snow, a lot of very fast short track speed skaters from all over the world, a beautiful city that lines the bank of the St-Lawrence River, and an energetic crowd can only mean one things; you're in Quebec City at the ISU Samsung Short Track World Cup.

If results is what you seek, this is the place I send you.

If my pictures are what you would like to view, then use this link to view all 333 photos. I have lots and lots of video footage to sift through. I ask you to please be patient- I'll put up it up. Between spending a few hours tonight putting the video together or hanging out in 'old' Quebec on a Saturday night, my choice is very simple to make... don't worry, I still love SSW.

I hope you enjoy my photos. I should have plenty of shots and video of the 1000 (#2 of 2), 500's, and relay finals tomorrow.



2008-02-02 Quebec ISU Samsung Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 333 Photos

Driving through 800km's of snow storm was a nightmare. Between slamming into ice boulders that flew from transport trucks thereby ripping some of my car's underbody, and getting lost in complicated Quebec, I made it to the rink in time to pick up my media accreditation and catch semi finals (and finals) of the 1000's (#1 of 2) and 1500's as well as the relay semi finals

Kalyna Roberge is fast- she won the 1000-meter A final

Korean flags in the crowd- there were many flags waving about

Women's 1500-meter A final

Men's 1500-meter B final

Men's 1500-meter A final led by Steve Robillard and France's Maxime Chataignier tucked in 2nd (NOTE- both these guys were on the same team at the Montreal 24 hours)

Kalyna Roberge up front

A packed house was on hand to catch the action. After the day's racing was completed, I noticed that some athletes waited outside the arena for their rides to their hotel. Mixed along with the athletes was the crowd, leaving for their homes. The parking lot was jammed, it took about 10-minutes to exit the parking lot. I heard that all the teams are staying at the Delta in 'old' Quebec- it has an outdoor heated pool, buffets, etc

Ready to start...men's 1000-meter A final

Men's 1000-meter A final

A cool looking Zamboni

Women's relay semi-final #1

Men's relays semi-final #1- Apolo Ohno tucked in 3rd place

Men's relay final #2

Men's relay final #2

Photographers on hand to document the event

Men's 1500-meter podium- 1st- Ho-Suk Lee (Korea), 2nd- Seung-Hoon Lee (Korea), 3rd- Charles Hamelon (Canada)

Women's 1000-meter podium- 1st- Kalyna Roberge (Canada), 2nd- Evgenia Radanova (Bulgaria), 3rd- Seung-Hi Park (Korea)