2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
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Location | Courmayeur, Italy |
Dates | 25–27 February |
Competitors | 159 from 33 nations |
2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
1500 m super final | men | women |
3000 m relay | men | women |
The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 25 and 27 February 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink. [1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. [2]
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Italy * | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | China | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
5 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 89 pts | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 76 pts | Wu Dajing China | 40 pts |
500 metres | Liu Songbo China | 43.065 | Wu Dajing China | 50.424 | No Medal Awarded* | - |
1000 metres | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 1:26.049 | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 1:26.086 | Shi Jingnan China | 1:26.312 |
1500 metres | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 2:20.410 | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 2:20.592 | Lee Hyo-been South Korea | 2:20.663 |
3000 metre relay | France Thibault Crolet Vincent Giannitrapani Sébastien Lepape Alexis Yang | 4:08.911 | Japan Minto Sekai Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Masashi Yoshikawa | 4:09.923 | Canada Patrick Duffy Pier-Olivier Gagnon Maxime Gauthier Alexandre St-Jean | 4:15.867 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea | 68 pts | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 68 pts | Martina Valcepina Italy | 50 pts |
500 metres | Martina Valcepina Italy | 45.136 | Lara van Ruijven Netherlands | 45.470 | Lin Meng China | 45.622 |
1000 metres | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 1:31.336 | Noh Do-hee South Korea | 1:31.446 | Xiao Han China | 1:31.527 |
1500 metres | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea | 2:28.227 | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 2:28.316 | Lin Meng China | 2:28.858 |
3000 metre relay | Italy Yelenia Tota Arianna Valcepina Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani | 4:20.004 | Canada Laurie Marceau Cynthia Mascitto Ann-Véronique Michaud Courtney Shmyr | 4:20.166 | China Jin Jingzhu Lin Meng Xiao Han Zhang Shaoyang | 4:32.995 |
159 athletes from 33 countries participated. [4]
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