Day 2 of the Calgary World Cup has seen Ben Southee post an Australian record equaling 36.36 500m, recording the exact time that Daniel Greig recorded last weekend to establish the new national mark. This placed Ben in 27th position in the Men's B divisionIf people thought that this weekend's selections were difficult, I can tell you that I do not envy the AIR selectors' job this coming week!
Joshua Lose put any selection controversy behind him today to skate a new Australian record in the 5000m, taking over 6 seconds off his previous mark, posting a 6:35.22, finishing in 24th place in the B division. There is no denying that Josh is a world class quality skater, and hopefully next week will secure Josh a start for Vancouver in this distance. Prior to this weekend, Josh was 1st reserve on country quota to skate in Vancouver.
Sophie Muir skated her 2nd 500m today posting a 39.31, to finish in 21st place, one done on yesterday's placing. Her Facebook commentary indicated that she wasn't pleased with her day but she (like all the current team members), is a quality skater who will bounce back and post great results. Not every day can be a record breaker. Sophie will skate in the 1000m tomorrow, and it will be great to see her post an Olympic qualifying time and position. Good luck Sophie.
Daniel Greig will compete in the 1000m event tomorrow as well. I have recieved a couple of emails asking why he was disqualified but at this moment in time, I still haven't been able to find out. Hopefully my next post will have this information, but I would suggest the photo would explain it!
NEW NZ RECORD
Shane Dobbin today posted an A division top 10 finish in the 5000m event. In the process, Shane broke his own NZ record, skating a 6:20.97. Shane finished in front of superstars Shani Davis, Chad Hedrick and Enrico Fabris. This should effectively secure Shane a berth at the Vancouver games in February.
All photos courtesy of Daniel Yeow - www.danielyeow.com
I can explain why I was disqualified.
ReplyDeleteI had a mis-step into the last corner that completely threw me off balance and I spend the rest of the corner avoiding from crashing which unfortunately took me into the other lane.
Up until that point I was going extremely well opening in 10.01 my fastest this season by .2, and I drafted my opponent down the back straight to enter the last turn with a lead and the most speed i have ever had. Had i not mis-stepped it surely would have been sub 36 but as fate has it I will need to wait till next week to post olympic qualifying for this event.
Oh No! Poor Pascal Briand...
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