Though his recent court case is far from over, Pistorius has returned to the track for training.
During the 5000m relay of 2013 Speed Skating Short Track World Championships, Team CAN was given the win after a Korean skater bumped into a Canadian in the 9th lap, nearly causing catastrophe. CAN finished with a time of 6:51.37.
Team China won the race after a skater collided with one of team Korea, sending them to the ground with only 3 laps left to go. Chinese team member Wang Meng won the overall WC.
Sin Da-Woon (KOR) finished 2nd in the 3000m giving him total of 86 points. Da-Woon won the 1500m and 1000m. Kim Yun-Jae won the 3000m with a time of 4:54.17.
Even though Shim Suk Hee (KOR) walked away with the win, it still wasn’t enough to take down Wang Meng (CHN). Meng didn’t finish the final due to a penally, but was still able to win the overall with 68 points.
Sin Da-Woon (KOR) finished with a winning time of 1:30.37 earning his 2nd victory of the weekend. Da-Woon won the Men’s 1500m on Friday.
Wang Meng (CHN) finished with a time of 1:31.549. menu has been unstoppable this weekend picking up wins in the 500m, the Overall standings, and helping China win the relay.
Short track speed skating is one of the most dynamic sports of our age, where the point is overtaking other skaters by competing against each other.
Sakazume Ryosuke (JPN) fell once after Jean Olivier pushed him and fell a second time after the race was restarted without Olivier.
Racing in the 3rd heat of the men’s quarter finals, skaters Charles Hamelin and Viktor Knoch collided into one another during a turn and were sent into the wall hard. Soon after, Victor An and Sjinkie Knegt collided at the finish line
Wang Meng (CHN) finished with a time of 43.718, beating out yesterday’s 1500m winner Park Seung-Hi. Meng won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympics in the 500m.
Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) went down in the Women’s final heat of the 500m. Wang Meng (CHN) went on to win the race.
Liang Wenhao (CHN) finished with a winning time of 41.905, beating out 2nd place Victor An (RUS). Wenhao finished 9th in the event last year.
Short track speed skating is one of the most dynamic sports of our age, where the point is overtaking other skaters by competing against each other.
Racing in the Men’s 1500m, Roberto Pukitis (LAT) and Victor Knoch (HUN) collided into one another sending each other into the wall. Niels Kerstholt went on to win the heat.
American Jessica Smith went down at the finish line of the Women’s 1500m Semifinal. Smith looked like she lost her balance and took a hard fall face first.
Sin Da-Woon (KOR) finished with a final time of 2:27.06, beating out 2nd place Kim Yun-Jae. Charles Hamelin finished in 3rd.
Valerie Maltais (CAN) went down in the final heat after it looked like she might of been tripped from behind. Maltais finished 5th in the heat after Zhou Yang was penalized.
The two time Olympic medalist, Park Seung-Hi (KOR), finished with a final time of 2:23.634, beating out fellow countrywoman Shim Suk Hee.
The skaters compete on a 111.12-meter oval track on a standard size ice rink (30m x 60m), with 8-m radius circles in the curves.
D’Angelo Cherry sets a blazing time of 6.49, giving him the 2nd fastest time in the world. Cherry will compete at the NCAA Indoor National Championships later this week.
Jeffrey Porter took a hard fall at the finish giving the win to Omoghan Osaghae. Porter was able to walk away unassisted.
D’Angelo Cherry talks about setting the second fastest time in the world in his big win today.
Barbara Pierre talk about how excited she is to get the win after finishing 2nd in the event last year.
The 25 year old former Olympian Barbara Pierre won with a time of 7.08 in a photo finish over Lekeisha Lawson.
Will Leer talks about getting his 2nd gold medal of the weekend, after he finished 1st in the Men’s 3000m.
Will Leer finished with a time of 3:58.79, beating out 2nd place Craig Miller at the finish. Leer also won the Men’s 3,000 meter title on Saturday.
Jeremy Wariner talks about making his return back to the track since his glory days at Baylor in 2004.
The former world champ Jeremy Wariner finished with a winning time of 45.82. Wariner seemed to win the race easily after his biggest competitor, Bershawn “Batman Jackson” suffered a leg injury during the race.
16 year old Mary Cain talks about how she was able to win the title, despite being being the youngest competitor in the race.
The 16 year old phenom Mary Cain finished with a time of 5:05.68, winning the race by nearly a second. Cain waited until the last 200m to pull away from the pack and easily take this race.
Ebonie Floyd talks about getting the win today after race favorite Mary Wineberg took a hard fall.
Mary Wineberg came into this race as one of the clear favorites but tripped and fell after her shoe collided with winner Ebonie Floyd. Floyd finished with a time of 52.02.
Jenn Suhr talks about setting the new world record in women’s Pole Vaulting.
American Jenn Suhr cleared a mark of 16 feet 5 1/2 inches, breaking the record previously held by Yelena Isinbayeva. This is the first time an American has held the record since 2003.
For the third straight time, Janay Deloach-Soukup becomes the Indoor Long Jump champ at 6.8 meters.
Clearing 2.25 meters, Dusty Jonas takes the title.
There was not much competition in the small field and Will Leer all but cruises to victory at 8:07.84, winning by 8.85 seconds.
As they came to the line, Lisa Uhl tried to push it too hard for an inside pass and both she and Chelsea Reilly fell to the ground; neither were disqualified as Reilly won at 9:23.12.
Jumping 26 feet and 2 3/4 inches, Jeremy Hicks is now a three-time indoor champ.
With 4,478 points, Sharon Day wins, beating Bettie Wade by 145 points.
Gunnar Nixon talks about his win and the upcoming World Championships.
Going into the final 1000m event, Gunnar Nixon was poised to win, and win it he did, with 6232 points. Curtis Beach took second, 337 points back.
USA Track & Field heads back to the Land of Enchantment for the 2013 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships bringing the nation’s elite track and field athletes together.
In the the gold medal race it was Stefan Botticher (GER) against Denis Dmitriev (RUS). Botticher beat Dmitriev in two sprints to earn his 2nd gold medal of the competition. Botticher took gold in the team sprints earlier this week.
Gillian Carleton (CAN) finished with the best time of 35.510 beating 2nd Place Annette Edmondson (AUS) by .020. American Sarah Hammer went on to win the overall event.
Sarah Hammer finished the competition with 20 points in an emotional victory. Hammer also won gold in the individual pursuit on Wednesday.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling.
After getting wins in the Fly Lap and the ID Pursuit Aaron Gate (NZL) went on to win the Time Trial and claim the championship by 3 points.
Rebecca James (GBR) took Bronze in the Time Trial and Bronze in the Team Sprint, but it’s Gold in the Individual Sprints, over Kristina Vogel (GER) who won gold in the Team.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling.
Great Britian retains the men’s Keirin title as track star Chirs Hoy won it last year and Jason Kenny gets it this year at the line by .047 seconds.
It came down to the final sprint lap, which allow Simon Yates (GBR) to out score Eloy Teruel Rovira (ESP) by one point for the gold.
Caroline Ryan (IRE) took it out early with hopes of an Irish sweep, but Katarzyna Pawlowska (POL) had the legs in the final laps to retain her title, Ryan fell to 7th.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling.
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