Quebec ISU Samsung World Cup Short Track- Sunday

Quebec ISU Samsung World Cup Short Track- Sunday: I finished the video from yesterday's racing at the Quebec City ISU Samsung Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. The video is not wanting to be uploaded, so I'll try tomorrow.

If you'd like to see Sunday pictures (317 of them), then click here (currently uploading)- today's distances include 1000-meters (#2), 500's, and relay finals. You can sift through the results and times here.



2008-02-03 Quebec ISU Samsung Short Track World Cup Sunday 317 photos (currently uploading)

I spent the early part of Sunday morning at the 400-meter oval in Ste-Foy. There is so much snow right now in Quebec City. I stayed at Martine Charbonneau's plac. The snow was piled up to the 2nd floor- notice the snow burried pine trees in this photo?

The outside of the arena- a brand new facility

Apolo Ohno in front of Steve Robillard in a 1000-meter semi final

On the line for women's 500's- Australia's Tatiana Borodulina came close to moving on to the final

These big lenses help the photographers take great shots

TV's and computers and all sorts of equipment were in good use for this competition

View from up in the crowd

China, Korea, Korea, China- women's 1000-meter A final

This was Canada's Guillaume Bastille first world cup event and he came home with a pccket full of medals- here he's being interviewed

Poland skaters ready for the women's relay B final

Outside of the arena

Looking out on some of Quebec City's skyline

Crowd shot with Steve Robillard somewhere in there

Women's relay B final- Russia out in front

Women's relay A final

Men's relay B final

Men's relay A final skaters watching the B final

Men's relay A final

Men's relay A final

Women's 500-meter podium- 1st- Meng Wang (China), 2nd- Kalyna Roberge (Canada), 3rd- Nannan Zhao (China)- Meng Wang skated to a women's 500-meter world record in a time of 43.286

Women's relay podium- 1st- China, 2nd- Canada, 3rd- Bulgaria

The China's gold medal women's relay team

Men's relay podium- 1st- Korea, 2nd- USA, 3rd- Canada