Sophie backed up her national record skate from yesterday with a second sub 40sec 500m, finishing with a 39.81 and taking out a 16th place. In an event that is unforgiving with around half a second separating the top 16 in B group, Sophie is truly making an impact that will undoubtebly see her compete in Vancouver.
Ben, after a 'not so good' day yesterday, skated a 36.96 500m to improve on his 37sec+ time from the day before. I did not get a chance to chat with Ben about his performance but given the results of other WC skaters and their PB's he can be positive about the result.
Male or female, the sprint distances are a tough gig, with less than a second separating 30 skaters, it only takes one mistake to create the distance that is 10th from 30th!
Josh Lose competed in the 5k event this evening finishing in 25th place in the B division. Josh skated a 6:45.67 which was a Heereveen PB, beating his previous best by 12 seconds! Well done Josh.Josh will travel to Hamar next weekend to compete in the 5k once again.
KIWI news:
Shane Dobbin moved into the A divsion for this week's 5k event after a strong B divison performance last week.
Shane performed strongly and took out a 13th place in 6:30.90. Shane is also off to the Viking Ship in Hamar next weekend to contest the 10k and hopefully secure himself an outright Vancouver berth by finishing top 12 in that event.
Shane with support crew of wife Tanya and Dad, Roy.
Tomorrow (today) sees Ben and Sophie contest the 1000m distances.
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