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| 2006
September 02nd, Saturday |
| Anyang
2006: Day One |
 At
the end of day 1, Colombia, the
USA, and the hosts Korea each
have 2 gold medals after a wonderful
day of speed skating. Chile, Italy,
NZ and Chinese Taipei all got
off to a good start to the World
Championships with medals as well.
The morning session saw the 300m
time trial heats in the blazing
sun. Most of the skaters who put
down good times in the morning
also backed it up in the night
for the finals with the exception
of the Colombian Berenece. Se
had an average first round but
then blitzed the field in the
night time to win the Sr Women's
300m. Kalon Dobin in his aerodynamics
suit retained his morning lead
to capture gold in the final.
Lee of Korea was an obvious crowd
favorite when he took out the
Jr men 300m and Richardson of
the USA took out the Jr Women's
300m. Andrew Finster of Australia
was hammering when he lost control,
hit the wall and broke both his
wrists. You can see his photo
in our photo section.
In the 15km elimination, Peñan
from Chile took a commanding lead
ahead of the two Colombians and
held on for the win. In the Jr
Men, Korea went 1, 2, which will
be aired on TV across the country
later tonight. It is also sure
to be in all of tomorrows newspapers.
In the Senior Women's race, Hyo
Sook had an early breakaway as
you can see in our video coverage,
before being brought back to the
pack by the two Colombians. Then
then went again a few laps before
the finish but slip ed up with
a lap and a half to go and and
her teammate and Korean star Kwok
Chae couldn't hang on to the lead.
Holguin of Colombia got around
Kwok Chae for the win with Vivas
third. There was an early crash
in the men's race but no break-a-ways.
The Colombians and Italians looked
strong all race. With a lap to
go Mantia had it all to do in
third behind two Colombians. Botero
looked like he was setting the
win up for Garzon but Mantia passed
them both with half a lap to go
and blasted away for the win.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the 1000m
from 9am local time. Live lap
times will be updated every minute
on our LIVE web page. |
| By
Alexander Bont |
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