German tv-company ZDF will start en close the coming speedskate-season with
an international match between Germany and the Netherlands in two races
(Erfurt and Heerenveen).
This proposal was discussed with the DESG and KNSB before this season; but
without any result.
ZDF said they have sponsors and prizemoney for the riders.
Topsportcoordinator Ab Krook (KNSB) is positive about this plan, but thinks
it's difficult to schedule it.

From: lars.finsen@... [mailto:lars.finsen@...]
Sent: 1. mars 2004 22:15

Of course. But as you may know, DiDerre are blatantly falsifying history
in this song. It was not in the national championship, which took place
in Notodden, not Larvik, that he fell, it was in the European
championship in Grenoble. In Notodden he skated a reasonably good 5000
at 7.56,01. And wasn't it Terje Andersen who fell twice in Grenoble? Vea
only fell once if I'm hunching correctly.

I would have liked to give you full documentation (I'm a little
suspicious about that 36,8 lap too), but Alt om Skøyter 1973, where I
wrote everything down, I have unfortunately lost.

BTW- was it really a hit?

-----

In fact, I have two copies of "Alt om skøyter 1973". Unfortunately, they
provide only scanty information in terms of lap times. However, Erik Vea's
5000 m lap times from the European championships are detailed in full. At
the time the fill-in forms started with the 600 m split time (not the 200
m). Vea's lap times:

57.64 - 37.55 - 38.10 - 38.39 - 38.50 - 38.46 - 38.6 - 38.5 - 38.6 - 39.2 -
39.2 - 50.49 (fall) = 8.13.24.

It is not completely unlikely that the first full lap was skated in 36.8,
but I don't know. Anyway, it seems that Vea (placing no. 13 in the samalog)
lost about 11 seconds by falling. However, since he was 0,989 points behind
no. 12 and 2,227 points behind no. 11 in the overall classification, he
would likely have advanced only one step if he had managed to stay on his
feet.

BTW, Vea's 5000 meter pairmate in the *Norwegian* championships, Geir
Nyland, fell, but not Vea himself.

The song "Erik Vea" became a quasi-cult semi-hit (but I don't think it was
released as a single). The album on which it appears (aptly named "Gym")
peaked at no. 2 in the Norwegian Top 30 album charts, where it stayed for a
total of 11 weeks. However, it's predecessor stayed 5 weeks at the top 1
position, and altogether 39 weeks in the charts, and is one of the all time
best selling Norwegian albums.


Robert Hovde
(who once was a member of the same band as Di Derre guitarist Knut Nesbø
(The Extase Orgie Band))
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Supplementing Jean-Francois [sorry, no cedilla at this
typewriter] Lemonde's message and URL, here's more
from http://shanidavis.org :

<< Shani finishes third overall at the US Short Track Championships

29 February 2004 Cleveland Heights OH - Shani finished third overall at the US
Short Track Championships.  On Saturday, overcoming a dramatic struggle against
Rusty Smith, Shani placed second after Apolo Ohno in the 1500m.  Shani, very
excited after the race, exclaims \"Doode! I haven\'t had so much fun skating
short track in a long time!\"  Later that day, Shani was forth of the line in
the 500m semi.  Immediately after the apex of the first turn, Shani luckilly
avoided a collision between two of the skaters in front of him.  This assured
him placement in the final in which finished third.  Sunday\'s 1000m semi was a
scramble and Shani was disquallified for cross tracking.  This did not allow him
to complete in the final, however, he wasn\'t alarmed for he was secured a top
four spot because of the point distribution.  The 3000m followed.  With
confidence, Shani was able to again defeat Rusty Smith with a second place
finish. >>

Jeroen Heijmans wrote:
>
> The linked documents contain the initial draw, as well as the schedule
> for the other races. They are linked from the KNSB site, as far as I can
> see.

I see, thanks. Posting links is the only way to distribute such
graphical pdf files I guess. Unless we decide to go in for html mail
(shudder)...

8-X LEF

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Shani Davis qualified for the world short track
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More details at
http://www.usspeedskating.org/releases/022904USNatST.html

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Jeroen Heijmans wrote:

>  8  129   Joey Cheek  USA  1:49.51     071.803
>  9  135   Derek Parra  USA  1:49.52     076.349
>  14  127   Chris Callis  USA  1:49.82     072.121

WCSC related question:
Why no Hedrick? Tired, dutch disease?
This is the 2nd time he fools us on the 1500 m.

Kees

Nils Lid Hjort wrote:
>
> but you need to include DiDerre's hit song:
>
> Erik Vea

Of course. But as you may know, DiDerre are blatantly falsifying history
in this song. It was not in the national championship, which took place
in Notodden, not Larvik, that he fell, it was in the European
championship in Grenoble. In Notodden he skated a reasonably good 5000
at 7.56,01. And wasn't it Terje Andersen who fell twice in Grenoble? Vea
only fell once if I'm hunching correctly.

I would have liked to give you full documentation (I'm a little
suspicious about that 36,8 lap too), but Alt om Skøyter 1973, where I
wrote everything down, I have unfortunately lost.

BTW- was it really a hit?

LEF

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from
http://www.skating.or.kr/07_allotted/allotted02_view.asp?id=25&page=1
       ** ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2004,
Seoul**

       2004. 3 .12 (Friday)
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------

No.........................Schedule........................Time.......
.....Pair and Etc.
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------
       1........Warm
up.........................................08:00-11:30................
....
       2........Opening Ceremony
........................11:30-12:10.....................
       3........Ice
Resurfacing................................12:10-12:30................
....
       4........Men 500M
(1)..................................12:30-12:55..............1 - 12
       5........Ice
Resurfacing................................12:55-13:15................
.....
       6........Ladies
1500M...................................13:15-13:50.............1 - 12
       7........Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony13:50-14:20......................
       8........Men 500M
(2)...................................14:20-14:45.............1 - 12
       9........Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony14:45-15:15......................
       10......Men
5000M.......................................15:15-15:45.............1
- 4
       11......Ice
Resurfacing.................................15:45-16:05...............
......
       12......Men
5000M.......................................16:05-16:35.............4
- 8
       13......Ice
Resurfacing.................................16:35-16:55...............
.....
       14......Men
5000M.......................................16:55-17:25.............8
- 12
       15......Award
Ceremony..............................17:30~..........................
       16......2nd day's
Drawing............................17:50................... Ice Rink

======================================================================
=


       2004. 3 .13 (Saturday)
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------

No.........................Schedule........................Time.......
.....Pair and Etc.
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------
       1........Warm
up.........................................08:00-10:40................
....
       2........Ice Resurfacing......
........................10:40-11:00.....................
       3........Ladies
3000M...................................11:00-11:30.............1 - 6
       4........Ice
Resurfacing................................11:30-11:50................
....
       5........Ladies
3000M...................................11:50-12:20.............7 - 12
       6........Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony12:20-12:50.....................
       7........Ladies
500M(1)................................12:50-13:15..............1 - 12
       8........Ice
Resurfacing................................13:15-13:35................
....
       9........Men
1500M......................................13:35-14:10.............1 -
12
       10......Ice Resurfacing And Award
Ceremony14:10-14:40.....................
       11......Ladies
500M(2).................................14:40-15:05.............1 - 12
       12......Award
Ceremony..............................15:10~..........................
.
       13......Teamleader's Meeting and 3rd
day's..15:40....................Ice Rink
       .........Drawing

======================================================================
=


       2004. 3. 14 (Sunday)
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------

No.........................Schedule........................Time.......
.....Pair and Etc.
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------
       1........Warm
up.........................................08:00-10:40................
....
       2........Ice
Resurfacing...............................10:40-11:00.................
...
       3........Ladies
1000M..................................11:00-11:30..............1 - 12
       4........Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony11:30-12:00.....................
       5........Men
1000M......................................12:00-12:30.............1 -
12
       6........Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony12:30-13:00.....................
       7........Ladies
5000M...................................13:00-13:35.............1 - 4
       8........Ice
Resurfacing................................13:35-13:55................
...
       9........Ladies
5000M...................................13:55-14:30.............5 - 8
       10......Ice Resurfacing and Award
Ceremony.14:30-15:00.....................
       11......Men
10000M......................................15:00-15:35............1 -
2
       12......Ice Resurfacing
................................15:35-15:55.....................
       13......Men
10000M......................................15:55-16:30............3 -
4
       14......Ice Resurfacing
................................16:30-16:50....................
       15......Men
10000M......................................16:50-17:25............5 -
6
       16......Ice
Resurfacing..................................17:25-17:45..............
....
       17......Men
10000M......................................17:45-18:20............7 -
8
       18......Award
Ceremony...............................18:20-18:30...................
       19......Closing
Banquet.................................20:00..........Officail Hotel

======================================================================
=

From: lars.finsen@... [mailto:lars.finsen@...]
Sent: 1. mars 2004 13:16

Peter Reimann of SWITZERLAND
ECh Heerenveen 1971 45,48 34 9.05,7 31 2.22,5 33
An ever-present in the Swiss championships, I suppose with some
titles(??)

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1970, 1971 and 1983.


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From: "Jeroen Heijmans" <>
>
> Thanks, Kees. DO you also have the women's line-ups? For Collalbo, I'm
looking for the heat pairings for the
> quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. I guess these may be predefined in
the ISU regulations, but I haven't really checked.
>
>

womens TP in Inzell
1st pair
Italy, - 3.11,43 (2) (Simionato, Mayr, Marra)
Russia 2, - 3.15,06 (5) (Muta, Likhaceva, Skokova)

2nd pair
Russia 1, - 3.10,38 (1) (Tarasova, Yakshina, Vysokova)
USA, - 3.12,80 (4) (Glass, Raney, Elliot)

3th pair
China/Poland, - 3.11,45 (3) (Wang F, Ji J, Wojcicka)
Germany, - 3.17,27 (6) (Kalex, Mattscherodt, Hartmann H)

+++

100m in Collalbo
quarter finals ladies
1st
Oonk, 10.97 -6
Wang M, 10.72 -4 *
Okazaki, 11.09 -9

2nd
Sai, 11.14-11
Kaykan, 10.75 -dq
Watanabe, 10.65 -3 *

3th
Wijsman, 10.93 -5
Wolf, 10.51 -1 *
Simionato, 11.07 -8

4th
Hesse, 10.97 -7
Shinya, 10.63 -2 *
Myers, 11.11 -10

semi finals ladies
1st
Oonk, 11.13 -5
Wolf, 10.58 -1 *
Wang, 10.67 -2

2nd
Wijsman, 11.27 -6
Shinya, 10.72 -3 *
Watanabe, 10.92 -4

B-final ladies
Wijsman, 11.07 -6
Watanabe, 11.06 -4
Oonk, 11.06 -5

A-final ladies
Shinya, 10.49 -1
Wolf, 10.51 -2
Wang, 10.55 -3

quarter finals men
1st
Kato, 9.80 -6
Fredricks, 9.68 -3 *
Waterstradt, 9.96 -9

2nd
Fitzrandolph, 10.06 -12
Yu, 9.63 -1 *
Kobayashi, 9.75 -5

3rd
Behr, 9.99 -10
Shimizu R, 9.68 -2 *
Wotherspoon, 10.04 -11

4th
Nielsen, 9.80 -7
Koskela, 9.75 -4 *
Zhang, 9.90 -8

semi final men
1st
Kato, 9.94 -5
Yu, 9.57 -2
Koskela, 9.49 -1*

2nd
Kobayashi, 10.03 -6
Shimizu R, 9.85 -4
Fredricks, 9.78 -3*

B-final
Kobayashi, 9.94 -5
Shimizu R, 10.14 -6
Kato, 9.88 -4

A-final
Fredricks, 9.73 -3
Koskela, 9.72 -2
Yu, 9.52 -1

Lars wrote:>
> I wonder what Alla Berezina was called before she married.
>
I thought maybe Bujanova/Butova, but she's too young (1950), 8 years younger
than Kauniste...

Robert K.

Warnaar, Heijmans, Finsen, others discussion results
from the "masters":

<< Well, then we're down to 10 again. Let's bio them
a little, shan't we? >>

Lars, when you "bio" Mr Vea (you verb well, Mr Finsen),
you can't stop at

<< Erik Vea of NORWAY
ECh Grenoble 1973 46,05 19 8.13,24f 15 2.07,28 7  16.08,75 11 186,239 13
WCh Deventer 1973 43,48 12 8.02,49  10 2.17,06 16 16.22,27 12 186,530 10 >>

but you need to include DiDerre's hit song:

Erik Vea

Første runde på 36.8
Fatter lå på sofan med Kongsbergknekk
Tredje runde, fire foran skjema
og Bjørnsen kommenterte: "Det her blir sprekk"

Men fyren gikk så issørpa spruta
mens fatterns snorking gira som en gammel Ford
Bjørnsen sa: "Han mangler rutine på distansen"
men Jorsett tok frem skjema til Norsk rekord.

Er det noen som husker Erik Vea
fra NM på skøyter i 73
Er det noen som vet hvor han egentlig ble av
Gikk han hjem, gikk han rundetida ned.

Det snødde tett i Larvik den kvelden
og jeg tenkte på mitt liv den gang i 73
Og skjønt Vea ble litt trangere i skjæret
så visste jeg noe vakkert skulle skje.

Er det noen.......

Så stivnet han, det skjedde sånn helt plutselig
og Jorsett tok et annet skjema frem
Og det ble feilskjær og to fall på siste runde,
men da var de fleste alt gått hjem.

Og da vekket jeg fattern og sa: "Fatter
jeg tror jeg har fått meg en helt ny helt
for han prøvde på noe han umulig kunne greie !"
Fattern gjespa og sa "Er det så spesielt"
Fattern sa "Er det så spesielt"

Er det noen.......
Kanskje det.

Marcel Warnaar wrote:
>
> And no. 11 is Ute Zillmann-Dix

Jeroen Heijmans wrote:
>
> I don't think Vorobyeva ever participated in international
> championships. She did set a 1500 m World Record in 1978.

I'll be darned. It was a tough team to make, wasn't it? Well, then we're
down to 10 again. Let's bio them a little, shan't we?

Lasma Kauniste of LATVIA
WCh Trondheim 1966   48,2 7 2.34,9 8 1.36,7 7 5.20,6 8 201,616 7
WCh Deventer 1967    46,6 5 2.26,3 4 1.38,3 4 5.30,4 5 199,584 Silver
WCh Helsinki 1968    47,5 9 2.30,5 5 1.35,3 4 5.20,2 6 198,684 4
OG Grenoble 1968     2.25,4 5 1.35,3 11 5.16,0 12
WCh Grenoble 1969    45,6 3 2.23,7 3 1.31,2 1 5.02,8 6 189,567 GOLD
ECh Heerenveen 1970  46,80 10 2.28,5 6 1.37,2 5 5.21,0 8 198,400 7
SWCh West Allis 1970 47,95 17 1.35,5 5 47,01 15 1.34,5 6 190,610 10
WCh West Allis 1970  46,88 12 2.27,1 9 1.33,2 4 5.12,6 8 194,613 5
ECh Brandbu 1973     45,8 8 2.24,2 9 1.33,10 6 5.11,22 12 192,267 8
WCh Strömsund 1973   46,34 16 2.25,36 13 1.32,66 8 5.05,21 9 191,991 10

Ute Zillmann-Dix of GERMANY
ECh Brandbu 1973    48,8 24 2.27,8 16 1.35,50 15 5.12,29 13 197,865 16
ECh Medeo 1974      45,48 9 2.20,14 9 dnf
SWCh Innsbruck 1974 45,13 12 1.53,55f 27 46,42 25 1.32,94 21 194,795 24
OG Innsbruck 1976   45,60 20 1.34,14 21
Could have encountered Kauniste in Brandbu.

Birgit Schöfisch-Czak of GERMANY
WCh Ste-Foy 1981 45,17 12 2.20,69 17 1.32,44 18

I wonder what Alla Berezina was called before she married.

Günther Traub of GERMANY
one or more championships and records in roller skating. At least I know
1.29,8 from Inzell 1967.
ECh Bislett 1962   44,0 17 8.19,5  7 2.18,1  9 16.58,7  2 190,918  6
WCh Moscow 1962    45,0 20 8.27,8 19 2.19,6 10
ECh Göteborg 1963  44,1  8 8.15,0 12 2.13,6  8 16.33,7 10 187,818  9
WCh Karuizawa 1963 42,3 17 7.51,1  6 2.11,7 13 16.45,4 12 183,580 12
ECh Bislett 1964   43,0  7 8.06,2 16 2.11,6  9 16.32,4 16 185,107  9
OG Innsbruck 1964  43,4 33 7.53,9 11 2.15,3 17 16.58,4 19 186,810
WCh Helsinki 1964  44,2 24 8.05,6 19 2.14,8 10
ECh Göteborg 1965  43,2  9 8.17,9 21 2.14,9 17
WCh Bislett 1965   42,9 19 8.20,1 34 2.13,0 13
ECh Deventer 1966  46,6 27 8.47,5 26 2.18,6 23
WCh Bislett 1967   43,9 25 8.15,2 26 2.18,8 30
ECh Bislett 1968   42,7 14 8.10,9 13 2.09,9 12 16.05,6 15 183,370 12
OG Grenoble 1968   42,5 31 7.40,4 13 2.07,7 15 16.01,3 11 179,172
WCh Göteborg 1968  42,7 17 7.51,4 21 2.13,1 20
ECh Inzell 1969    42,7 18 7.57,0 15 2.09,7 12 16.17,7 16 182,581 15
Two samalog world records.
An early example of roller to ice conversion for the sake of
olympicness. A very olympiocentric career. Seems he has learned to like
ice skating by and by...

Peter Reimann of SWITZERLAND
ECh Heerenveen 1971 45,48 34 9.05,7 31 2.22,5 33
An ever-present in the Swiss championships, I suppose with some
titles(??)

Erik Vea of NORWAY
ECh Grenoble 1973 46,05 19 8.13,24f 15 2.07,28 7 16.08,75 11 186,239 13
WCh Deventer 1973 43,48 12 8.02,49 10 2.17,06 16 16.22,27 12 186,530 10

Esa Puolakka of FINLAND
OG Lake Placid 1980 39,76 25 1.23,54 35
Not among his best races. Should have had a bigger international career
but for the quota system.

Hubert Kreutz of AUSTRIA
ECh Heerenveen 1990 39,39 18 7.13,39 24 2.00,61 24
Early promise, early fading. But now he's back. (Like Vea.)

Olaf Kotva of GERMANY
ECh Helsinki 1998 41,48 25 7.17,25 19 2.02,75 24
Had the hour record once, has been a listmember.

I saw some other listmembers in the lists too: Jon Gauslaa, Jürgen
Meijer, any more?

LEF

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1  Anni Friesinger GER 0 0 460 340 50   210,333
       2  Claudia Pechstein GER 0 0 180 330 130   205,167
       3  Renate Groenewold NED 0 0 336 310 90   204,700
       4  Jennifer Rodriguez USA 128 540 420 75 8   186,250
       5  Marianne Timmer NED 810 526 172 0 0   167,650
       6  Gretha Smit NED 0 0 0 185 135   136,250
       7  Gunda Kleemann GER 0 0 0 192 110   121,333
       8  Manli Wang CHN 990 304 0 0 0   120,500
       9  Chiara Simionato ITA 365 446 78 0 0   101,767
       10  Kristina Groves CAN 0 0 115 107 61   90,417
       11  Maki Tabata JAP 0 70 226 94 17   88,783
       12  Barbara de Loor NED 0 0 75 162 46   86,167
       13  Catherine Raney CAN 0 0 68 114 62   83,433
       14  Monique Garbrecht GER 525 312 0 0 0   82,750
       15  Anzhelika Kotyuga BLR 500 326 0 0 0   82,417
       16  Chris Witty USA 120 380 62 0 0   69,900
       17  Pamela Zoellner GER 402 271 0 0 0   67,375
       18  Shihomi Shinya JAP 558 145 0 0 0   64,625
       19  Valentina Yakshina RUS 0 0 29 107 38   57,883
       20  Aki Tonoike JAP 280 245 0 0 0   53,958
       21  Helen van Goozen NED 0 0 0 106 41   53,833
       22  Tomomi Okazaki JAP 440 136 0 0 0   53,667
       23  Hui Ren CHN 320 210 0 0 0   52,917
       24  Eriko Ishino JAP 0 0 117 44 24   50,400
       25  Andrea Nuyt NED 383 147 0 0 0   50,292
       26  Daniela Anschütz GER 0 0 87 50 30   49,900
       27  Nami Nemoto JAP 0 0 70 140 0   49,000
       28  Clara Hughes CAN 0 0 12 90 32   46,233
       29  Frouke Oonk NED 330 148 0 0 0   46,000
       30  Annamarie Thomas NED 0 101 144 0 0   41,425
       31  Sandra 't Hart NED 0 0 101 43 9   36,950
       32  Olga Tarasova RUS 0 0 161 11 0   34,950
       33  Varvara Barysheva RUS 0 0 122 37 0   33,650
       34  Lucille Opitz GER 0 0 33 49 21   32,850
       35  Svetlana Vysokova RUS 0 0 0 52 29   32,333
       36  Katarzyna Wojcicka POL 0 0 79 55 4   32,217
       37  Jenny Wolf GER 385 0 0 0 0   32,083
       38  Cindy Klassen CAN 0 80 110 0 0   32,000
       39  Sabine Völker GER 88 195 0 0 0   31,708
       40  Fei Wang CHN 0 0 93 27 5   28,683
       41  Elli Ochowicz USA 112 150 0 0 0   28,083
       42  Sayuri Osuga JAP 250 56 0 0 0   27,833
       43  Marieke Wijsman NED 187 95 0 0 0   27,458
       44  Eriko Seo JAP 0 0 13 50 17   26,433
       45  Hiromi Otsu JAP 0 0 38 6 25   25,767
       46  Svetlana Kaykan RUS 219 52 0 0 0   24,750
       47  Marja Vis NED 0 0 74 38 0   24,300
       48  Yvonne Leever NED 209 42 0 0 0   22,667
       49  Martina Sablikova CZE 0 0 0 15 28   22,417
       50  Na Sai CHN 111 103 0 0 0   22,125
       51  Kerry Simpson CAN 39 131 7 0 0   21,025
       52  Ilona Mayr ITA 8 2 43 38 0   19,017
       53  Yukari Watanabe JAP 210 6 0 0 0   18,250
       54  Judith Hesse GER 100 77 0 0 0   17,958
       55  Shannon Rempel CAN 73 92 0 0 0   17,583
       56  Krisy Myers USA 98 60 0 0 0   15,667
       57  Maria Lamb USA 0 0 26 10 11   15,033
       58  Dan Li CHN 66 66 0 0 0   13,750
       59  Sayuri Yoshii JAP 86 51 0 0 0   13,542
       60  Galina Likachova RUS 0 0 32 18 3   12,900
       61  Yang Gao CHN 0 0 14 24 6   12,800
       62  Yulia Skokova RUS 3 16 50 1 0   12,500
       63  Jia Ji CHN 0 0 36 16 1   11,867
       64  Xin Zhao CHN 102 25 0 0 0   11,625
       65  Kathrin Kalex GER 0 0 36 8 0   9,200
       66  Seong-Yong Choi KOR 63 20 0 0 0   7,750
       67  Kim Weger USA 64 19 0 0 0   7,708
       68  Svetlana Radkevich BLR 42 30 0 0 0   7,250
       69  Amy Sannes USA 10 48 0 0 0   6,833
       70  Linda Olsen NOR 37 24 0 0 0   6,083
       71  Beixing Wang CHN 42 14 0 0 0   5,250
       72  Heike Hartmann GER 46 9 0 0 0   4,958
       73  Julie Glass USA 27 11 3 0 0   4,225
       74  Yuri Obara JAP 0 0 13 4 0   3,600
       75  Ekaterina Abramova RUS 9 22 0 0 0   3,500
       76  Bianca Anghel ROM 0 1 9 5 0   3,175
       77  Annette Bjelkevik NOR 0 10 5 3 0   3,000
       78  Tara Risling CAN 0 0 0 12 0   3,000
       79  Ekaterina Shikhova RUS 4 21 0 0 0   2,958
       80  Tatjana Shachkova RUS 0 0 0 11 0   2,750
       81  Aihua Xing CHN 31 0 0 0 0   2,583
       82  Hedvig Bjelkevik NOR 0 8 7 0 0   2,400
       83  Natalya Cherepanova RUS 6 15 0 0 0   2,375
       84  Zhang Shuang CHN 28 0 0 0 0   2,333
       85  Xuesong Li CHN 0 18 0 0 0   2,250
       86  Katrin Mattscherodt GER 0 0 0 7 0   1,750
       87  Maren Haugli NOR 0 0 0 1 2   1,583
       88  Brittanny Schussler CAN 0 12 0 0 0   1,500
       89  Svetlana Muta RUS 0 0 0 6 0   1,500
       90  Dan Wang CHN 6 6 0 0 0   1,250
       91  Eun Bi Bak KOR 0 0 3 2 0   1,100
       92  Tiffany Hughes CAN 0 0 0 4 0   1,000
       93  Danielle Wotherspoon CAN 3 0 0 0 0   0,250
       94  Henriet Bosker SUI 0 0 0 1 0   0,250
       95  Anzhelika Gavrilova KAZ 0 0 1 0 0   0,200
       96  Agota Toth HUN 1 0 0 0 0   0,083


Gerrit Stevens


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1  Carl Verheijen NED 0 0 238 330 110   203,433
       2  Erben Wennemars NED 330 710 380 0 0   192,250
       3  Bob de Jong NED 0 0 0 315 150   178,750
       4  Jochem Uytdehaage NED 0 0 127 200 102   143,400
       5  Jeremy Wotherspoon CAN 1040 441 0 0 0   141,792
       6  Chad Hedrick USA 0 0 148 258 49   126,767
       7  Enrico Fabris ITA 0 25 189 166 58   121,092
       8  Mark Tuitert NED 0 0 460 72 0   110,000
       9  Gerard van Velde NED 466 536 0 0 0   105,833
       10  KC Bouttiette USA 0 0 56 151 80   102,283
       11  Michael Ireland CAN 626 342 0 0 0   94,917
       12  Dmitri Lobkov RUS 700 276 0 0 0   92,833
       13  Beorn Nijenhuis NED 226 482 0 0 0   79,083
       14  Janne Hänninen FIN 179 270 145 0 0   77,667
       15  Frank Dittrich GER 0 0 0 112 70   74,667
       16  Kip Carpenter USA 387 311 0 0 0   71,125
       17  Gianni Romme NED 0 0 0 190 30   67,500
       18  Johan Röjler SWE 0 0 56 116 39   66,200
       19  Øystein Grødum NOR 0 0 0 97 60   64,250
       20  Fengton Yu CHN 657 71 0 0 0   63,625
       21  Masaaki Kobayashi JAP 511 141 0 0 0   60,208
       22  Hiroyasu Shimizu JAP 660 34 0 0 0   59,250
       23  Evgeny Lalenkov RUS 0 0 283 0 0   56,600
       24  Tom Prinsen NED 0 0 31 131 25   55,617
       25  Yuri Kokhanets RUS 0 0 0 26 61   47,167
       26  Ivan Skobrev RUS 0 0 152 62 0   45,900
       27  Jan Bos NED 208 227 0 0 0   45,708
       28  Derek Parra USA 0 47 180 11 0   44,625
       29  Casey Fitzrandolph USA 351 119 0 0 0   44,125
       30  Tadashi Obara JAP 264 163 0 0 0   42,375
       31  Pekka Koskela FIN 257 163 0 0 0   41,792
       32  Alexander Kibalko RUS 5 184 91 0 0   41,617
       33  Alexander Oltrop NED 145 226 0 0 0   40,333
       34  Pavel Zygmunt POL 0 0 0 90 21   36,500
       35  Petter Andersen NOR 1 42 153 0 0   35,933
       36  Joji Kato JAP 398 0 0 0 0   33,167
       37  Ids Postma NED 0 0 162 0 0   32,400
       38  Chris Callis USA 0 133 75 0 0   31,625
       39  Joey Cheek USA 104 118 36 0 0   30,617
       40  Eskil Ervik NOR 0 0 7 113 1   30,317
       41  Jens Boden GER 0 0 0 35 32   30,083
       42  Rene Taubentauch GER 0 0 0 57 23   29,583
       43  Artyom Detyshev RUS 0 0 0 60 21   29,000
       44  Risto Rosendahl FIN 3 74 96 0 0   28,700
       45  Takaharu Nakajima JAP 0 184 27 0 0   28,400
       46  Ryuhei Shimizu JAP 320 0 0 0 0   26,667
       47  Jan Friesinger GER 0 2 124 0 0   25,050
       48  Witold Mazur POL 0 0 0 53 14   22,583
       49  Yusuke Imai JAP 0 146 21 0 0   22,450
       50  Reidar Borgersen NOR 0 0 0 40 18   22,000
       51  Ralf van der Rijst NED 0 0 96 0 0   19,200
       52  Dino Gillarduzzi ITA 106 79 0 0 0   18,708
       53  Lasse Sætre NOR 0 0 0 70 0   17,500
       54  Tobias Schneider GER 0 0 0 45 8   16,583
       55  Dmitri Dorofeyev RUS 137 38 0 0 0   16,167
       56  Andrey Burlyayev RUS 0 0 0 29 12   15,250
       57  Bart Veldkamp BEL 0 0 0 33 10   14,917
       58  Jay Morrison CAN 0 0 73 0 0   14,600
       59  Vesa Rosendahl FIN 0 5 68 0 0   14,225
       60  Jae-Bong Choi KOR 58 70 0 0 0   13,583
       61  Mika Poutala FIN 52 63 3 0 0   12,808
       62  Jörg Dallmann GER 0 0 62 0 0   12,400
       63  Zhongqi Zhang CHN 117 19 0 0 0   12,125
       64  Odd Borgersen NOR 0 0 0 10 14   11,833
       65  Knut Morgenstern GER 0 0 0 0 17   11,333
       66  Dmitri Shepel RUS 0 0 29 21 0   11,050
       67  Brock Miron CAN 92 24 0 0 0   10,667
       68  Simon Kuipers NED 12 70 0 0 0   9,750
       69  Arne Dankers CAN 0 0 0 36 0   9,000
       70  Jun Mun CHN 58 31 0 0 0   8,708
       71  Nick Pearson USA 30 45 0 0 0   8,125
       72  Mark Nielsen CAN 96 0 0 0 0   8,000
       73  Steven Elm CAN 0 0 36 0 0   7,200
       74  James Monson CAN 74 8 0 0 0   7,167
       75  Clay Mull USA 0 0 8 5 6   6,850
       76  Yuja Oikawa JAP 80 0 0 0 0   6,667
       77  Anatoly Krasheninin RUS 0 0 0 7 7   6,417
       78  Tim Hoffmann USA 0 0 32 0 0   6,400
       79  Zhuo Lu CHN 58 6 0 0 0   5,583
       80  Tucker Fredricks USA 62 0 0 0 0   5,167
       81  Kyu-Hyeok Lee KOR 12 33 0 0 0   5,125
       82  Miel Rozendaal NED 0 0 0 0 7   4,667
       83  Stefan Heythausen GER 0 0 14 7 0   4,550
       84  Fangyi Liu CHN 36 10 0 0 0   4,250
       85  Kesato Miyazaki JAP 0 0 0 9 2   3,583
       86  Preben Kristensen NOR  0 0 1 5   3,583
       87  Jarmo Valtonen FIN 0 0 17 0 0   3,400
       88  Toshihiko Itokawa JAP 0 0 0 13 0   3,250
       89  Tuomas Nieminen FIN 25 5 0 0 0   2,708
       90  Stefano Donagrandi ITA 0 0 13 0 0   2,600
       91  Jacques de Koning NED 31 0 0 0 0   2,583
       92  Valeri Tarasov RUS 6 16 0 0 0   2,500
       93  Yu Li CHN 28 1 0 0 0   2,458
       94  Rune Stordal NOR 0 0 12 0 0   2,400
       95  Weijang An CHN 22 3 0 0 0   2,208
       96  Changyu Li CHN 0 0 11 0 0   2,200
       97  Jason Parker CAN 0 5 7 0 0   2,025
       98  Even Wetten NOR 11 4 3 0 0   2,017
       99  Hiroki Hirako JAP 0 0 0 0 3   2,000
       100  Seung-Hwan Lee KOR 0 0 8 0 0   1,600
       100  Aleksei Proshin RUS 0 0 8 0 0   1,600
       102  Christian Breuer GER 2 11 0 0 0   1,542
       103  Christian Zoller AUT 15 0 0 0 0   1,250
       104  Sebastian Falk SWE 0 0 0 5 0   1,250
       105  Shingo Doi JAP 0 0 5 0 0   1,000
       105  Björn Oltmer GER 0 0 5 0 0   1,000
       107  Yunlong Jiao CHN 11 0 0 0 0   0,917
       108  Kang-Seok Lee KOR 5 4 0 0 0   0,917
       109  Jean-René Bélanger CAN 2 4 1 0 0   0,867
       110  Rajk Fritzsche GER 0 0 0 3 0   0,750
       111  André Vreugdenhil BEL 0 0 0 0 1   0,667
       112  Philippe Marois CAN 0 0 2 0 0   0,400
       112  Denny Morrison CAN 0 0 2 0 0   0,400
       114  Andreas Behr GER 3 0 0 0 0   0,250
       115  Ippolito Sanfratello ITA 0 0 0 1 0   0,250
       116  Jan Waterstradt GER 2 0 0 0 0   0,167
       117  Rafal Gasior POL 1 0 0 0 0   0,083



Gerrit Stevens


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I didn't recommend them to the ISU, should I?
I always had the opinion that it should be an overallm worldcup like in skiing.

I do have the total rankings, but it is easy to calculate them yourselves.
I will send them in another mail to this list.
But it is not perfect because it does not include the allround qualities of a
skater.
Therefore also samalogs should be included. There was one at Erfurt and
Heerenveen, but these were only small/mini samalogs. I think there should also
be a big samalog. Maybe combinations of 1500/5000(3000) should be included (I
think Nils Meland calculated them in the past) but then also the 1500m and 3/5
specialist should be able to race (out of competition) on the other distance.
Also a 3/5 (women) or 5/10 (men) could be included to compensate for the one
small/mini samalog.

Notice, "my" nations ranking differs somewhat from Marcel Warnaar's, but that is
because I have laid more emphasis on the long distances by splitting them into
two discipines (which they in my opinion are).

Now they have split the 100m from the 500m, why not on the longer distances.


Gerrit Stevens
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: lars.finsen@...
   To: Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:58 PM
   Subject: Re: [Skate] Alternative World Cup Standings


   Gerrit Stevens wrote:
   >
   > I have calculated an "overall" world cup over the various olympic distances
   > (no 100m). For every discipline I have calculated the average points and
   > added these.
   > That is; the 500m points are divided by 12, the 1000m by 8, the 1500m by 5,
   > the 3/5k by 4 and the 5/10k by 1.5.
   > You see I have split the long distances into two disciplines as it should
   > be.

   I like this system. Have you recommended it to the ISU? Do you also have
   beyond the top 20?




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The IOC always said they would not expand the olympic program. According to
Dijkema this is not the case since they are saving two days with the new 500m
format (both on the same day).
How inventive!!

Than I know other possibilties for increasing the speedskating program. Why not
both genders on the same day. That will save 5 days. Enough room for a big
samalog at the end of the olympics.

Dijkema said also giving the TP an Olympic status would make it more popular.
Than this is the answer for making the big samalog more popular in the USA
a.s.o.
Give this discipline an Olympic status.

Gerrit Stevens
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Marnix Koolhaas
   To: Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:14 PM
   Subject: [Skate] Olympic Team Persuit


   According to Jan Dijkema, ISU-board-member, the Olympic Team Persuit-event
   will be skated with three skaters, but the time of the SECOND skater
   crossing the line will be decisive.
   Better or not? At least it will more look like cycling-persuit, with 4
   cyclists of which also one may "drop".
   This rule will influence of course the ideal composition of the teams - one
   can think of including a sprinter for accelerating the first 3 laps - and
   two ofthers to finish. But it's also rather strange that an event with a
   specific format that's even NEVER been tried out gets an official Olympic
   status. Has that ever happened before in the Olympic history?
   Marnix


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I would say this has everything to do with speed skating. It's not packstyle and
the purpose is to get as quick as possible to race to the finish.
This style of competition is certainly not new, it exists for over more than 200
years and it is known as "kortebaan".
I am not especially in favour to include this discipline in championships but
that is another story.

Gerrit Stevens

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   Subject: Re: [Skate] among life's paradoxes (cont.)


   Nils Lid Hjort:

   > The result list I gave *is* the correct
   > and logical one. A system of qualifications and
   > semi-finals led to a finale heat, with Yu, Nielsen,
   > R. Shimizu. These three are therefore, by definition
   > & construction, no. 1-2-3; even if say Nielsen had
   > fallen, with a big brother time of 19.84, he would have
   > been, and should have been, no. 3 with a bronze, before
   > H. Shimizu with his 9.58.

   Which means: This is no longer "speed skating", but a completely different
   sport...


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Some men's 1500's and the full Hedrick/Verheijen 5K.

http://home.tiscali.nl/2641sw36/webclips/main_2003-2004.htm

Peter van der Sluis
Pijnacker, The Netherlands

Lars:
> I see. Curious. But I didn't find it in the draw Paul posted. Also I
> think the old records were broken already in the first round, so I need
> the draw for that too. Anything at the KNSB site?

Paul's mail was:

>
http://www.wcheerenveen.org/live-2004/wc2/loting/lotingen_pdf/WC_L_00100_schedul\
e_20032004_finals.pdf
>
> and
>
>
http://www.wcheerenveen.org/live-2004/wc2/loting/lotingen_pdf/WC_M_00100_schedul\
e_20032004_finals.pdf
>
> You need the Adobe Reader to view it...
>
> Paul

The linked documents contain the initial draw, as well as the schedule
for the other races. They are linked from the KNSB site, as far as I can
see.

Jeroen

Marcel van Dieren wrote:
>
> According to the ISU report on the World Cup in Heerenveen the time
> with which Martina Sablikova (Cze) won the B group 5000m (7:17.98) is
> the best time ever recorded by a Junior B skater. I don't think we
> can call this an official record, but a best ever anyway.

It must be. But only because Kristin Holum was born two days too
early...

LEF

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Jeroen Heijmans wrote:
>
> Lars, if you take a look at the draws Paul posted yesterday, you'll see
> how the draw for the semi-finals depends on the first round. Off the top
> my head, I think it was:
>
> 1st semi
> I 6th
> M 1st
> O 4th
>
> 2nd semi
> I 5th
> M 2nd
> O 3rd
>
> Final A & B
>
> 3rd
> 1st
> 2nd

I see. Curious. But I didn't find it in the draw Paul posted. Also I
think the old records were broken already in the first round, so I need
the draw for that too. Anything at the KNSB site?

LEF

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Marnix:
> But it's also rather strange that an event with a
> specific format that's even NEVER been tried out gets an official Olympic
> status. Has that ever happened before in the Olympic history?

Although I'm pretty sure it has not happened a lot of times, I'm not
sure. At least there have been cases which seem similar. For example,
there are only four weight classes in Olympic taekwondo, but there are
more in World Championships. This means competitors meet opponents from
a greater weight range than normal; they may even have to change their
own body weight.

Anyway, I don't think this particular rule change for the team pursuit
will make much of a difference. Experience from cycling shows that the
absence of one skater is usually too big a disadvantage, and cannot be
made up by having a fast sprinter for just a few laps (it would help of
course when the distance's shorter, see for example the team sprint
event in cycling).

Still, the TP's sudden Olympic status of the team pursuit is a strange
happening. I guess the ISU must have been very desperate to ask the IOC
to include their new pet-project to save speed skating...

Lars:
> I think 9.53 and 10.42 are lowland records, but I'm not sure if I'm up
> to date here. And there's no info on the draw, so I don't know who beat
> the old records first.

Lars, if you take a look at the draws Paul posted yesterday, you'll see
how the draw for the semi-finals depends on the first round. Off the top
my head, I think it was:

1st semi
I 6th
M 1st
O 4th

2nd semi
I 5th
M 2nd
O 3rd

Final A & B

3rd
1st
2nd

According to Jan Dijkema, ISU-board-member, the Olympic Team Persuit-event
will be skated with three skaters, but the time of the SECOND skater
crossing the line will be decisive.
Better or not? At least it will more look like cycling-persuit, with 4
cyclists of which also one may "drop".
This rule will influence of course the ideal composition of the teams - one
can think of including a sprinter for accelerating the first 3 laps - and
two ofthers to finish. But it's also rather strange that an event with a
specific format that's even NEVER been tried out gets an official Olympic
status. Has that ever happened before in the Olympic history?
Marnix

According to the ISU report on the World Cup in Heerenveen the time
with which Martina Sablikova (Cze) won the B group 5000m (7:17.98) is
the best time ever recorded by a Junior B skater. I don't think we
can call this an official record, but a best ever anyway.
Are there record lists for this age group?

Marcel.

Jeroen Heijmans wrote:
>
> Results available from
> http://www.wcheerenveen.org/live-2004/wc2/uitslagen/uitslagen_pdf/Result100m
> %20ladies%207.pdf and
> http://www.wcheerenveen.org/live-2004/wc2/uitslagen/uitslagen_pdf/Result100m
> %20men%207.pdf .

I think 9.53 and 10.42 are lowland records, but I'm not sure if I'm up
to date here. And there's no info on the draw, so I don't know who beat
the old records first.

Do we have an all-time lowland 100 m list anywhere?

LEF

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Gerrit Stevens wrote:
>
> I have calculated an "overall" world cup over the various olympic distances
> (no 100m). For every discipline I have calculated the average points and
> added these.
> That is; the 500m points are divided by 12, the 1000m by 8, the 1500m by 5,
> the 3/5k by 4 and the 5/10k by 1.5.
> You see I have split the long distances into two disciplines as it should
> be.

I like this system. Have you recommended it to the ISU? Do you also have
beyond the top 20?

> Nations ranking

According to this in my view very objective ranking, we can group the
countries in fives:

Group A:
>   1 Netherlands  897,692 (12)
>   2 Germany  867,367 (13)
>   3 Japan  475,858  (12)
>   4 USA   333,700 (8)
>   5 Canada   296,442 (10)
It must be a while since Germany was #2 in this kind of ranking.

Group B:
>   6 China   287,933 (13)
>   7 Russia   222,050 (12)
>   8 Italy    121,450  (2)
>   9 Belorussia  89,667 (2)
> 10 Poland   32,217 (1)

Group C:
> 11 Czech Republic  22,417 (1)
> 12 Norway   13,067 (4)
> 13 South Korea   8,850 (2)
> 14 Romania  3,175 (1)
> 15 Switserland   0,250 (1)

Group D:
> 16 Kazakhstan  0,200 (1)
> 17 Hungary   0,083 (1)

and others, including:
> Other participating countries; Ukraine, Austria, Sweden, Finland, North
> Korea
>
> Men
> Nations ranking

Group A:
>   1 Netherlands   1290,508 (16)
>   2 USA    477,708 (11)
>   3 Russia  366,100 (12)
>   4 Canada    297,033 (12)
>   5 Japan  289,017 (12)
It must be a while since the Netherlands were not #1 in this kind of
ranking.

Group B:
>   6 Germany  207,958 (13)
>   7 Norway  189,833 (9)
>   8 Finland  181,300 (7)
>   9 Italy  142,650  (4)
> 10 China  102,075 (9)

Group C:
> 11 Sweden   67,450 (2)
> 12 Poland  59,167 (3)
> 13 South Korea  21,225 (4)
> 14 Belgium  15,583 (2)
> 15 Austria  1,250 (1)

Group D:
> Other countries participating
> Kazakhstan, Belorussia, Mexico, Australia,Czech Republic, Switserland, North
> Korea, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary
>
> Overall nations ranking

Group A:
>   1 Netherlands   2188,200 (28)
>   2 Germany   1075,335 (26)
>   3 USA   811,408  (19)
>   4 Japan      764,875 (24)
>   5 Canada    593,475 (22)

Group B:
>   6 Russia   588,150 (24)
>   7 China   390,008 (22)
>   8 Italy   264,100 (6)
>   9 Norway   202,900 (13) (still B, but for how long?)
> 10 Finland   181,300 (7)

Group C:
> 11 Poland   91,384 (4)
> 12 Belorussia  89,667 (2)
> 13 Sweden   67,450 (2)
> 14 South Korea  30,075 (6)
> 15 Czech Republic  22,417 (1)

Group D:
> 16 Belgium  15,583  (2)
> 17 Romania   3,175 (1)
> 18 Austria  1,250  (1)
> 19 Switzerland   0,250 (1)
> 20 Kazakhstan   0,200 (1)

Group E:
> 21 Hungary   0,083 (1)

...and others.

LEF

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Nils Lid Hjort:

> The result list I gave *is* the correct
> and logical one. A system of qualifications and
> semi-finals led to a finale heat, with Yu, Nielsen,
> R. Shimizu. These three are therefore, by definition
> & construction, no. 1-2-3; even if say Nielsen had
> fallen, with a big brother time of 19.84, he would have
> been, and should have been, no. 3 with a bronze, before
> H. Shimizu with his 9.58.

Which means: This is no longer "speed skating", but a completely different
sport...


--------------------

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     +47  924 49 575

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Final standings for the 100 m. Yu's the first Chinese man to win a World
Cup.

1  Fengtong YU  CHN  260  60  100  100
2  Mark NIELSEN  CAN  200  80  40  80
3  Joji KATO  JPN  175  70  60  45
4  Hiroyasu SHIMIZU  JPN  160  100  0  60
5  Pekka KOSKELA  FIN  153  45  80  28
6  Tucker FREDRICKS  USA  150  40  70  40
7  Masaaki KOBAYASHI  JPN  136  36  50  50
8  Ryohei SHIMIZU  JPN  115  -  45  70
9  Dino GILLARDUZZI  GER  82  28  22  32
10  Zhongqi ZHANG  CHN  76  -  36  40
11  Jeremy WOTHERSPOON  CAN  52  26  26  -
12  Yuya OIKAWA  JPN  50  50  -  -
13  Mika POUTALA  FIN  49  9  16  24
14  Casey FITZRANDOLPH  USA  48  24  24  -
15  Even WETTEN  NOR  46  13  12  21
16  Tadashi OBARA  JPN  40  22  18  -
17  Kip CARPENTER  USA  33  13  20  -
18  Yu LI  CHN  32  32  -  -
18  Jan WATERSTRADT  GER  32  -  32  -
20  Andreas BEHR  GER  28  -  28  -
21  Beorn NIJENHUIS  NED  27  16  11  -
22  Jae-Bong CHOI  KOR  20  20  -  -
23  Christian ZOLLER  AUT  20  6  14  -
24  Janne HÄNNINEN  FIN  18  18  -  -
25  Zhuo LU  CHN  16  16  -  -
26  Alexander OLTROP  NED  14  1  13  -
27  Gerard van VELDE  NED  13  13  -  -
28  Jan BOS  NED  12  2  10  -
29  Maciej USTYNOWICZ  POL  10  10  -  -
30  James MONSON  CAN  10  3  7  -
31  Aleksey KHATYLYOV  BLR  10  4  6  -
32  Maurizio MENTA  ITA  9  -  9  -
33  Rafal GASIOR  POL  9  9  -  -
34  Joey CHEEK  USA  8  -  8  -
35  Brock MIRON  CAN  8  5  3  -
36  Danilh GUBKIN  RUS  7  7  -  -
37  Nick PEARSON  USA  5  -  5  -
38  Rune STORDAL  NOR  4  -  4  -
39  Sergey MININ  BLR  2  -  2  -
40  Richard GOERLITZ  AUS  1  0  1  -

1  Shihomi SHINYA  JPN  260  80  100  80
2  Jenny WOLF  GER  240  60  80  100
3  Manli WANG  CHN  210  70  70  70
4  Frouke OONK  NED  136  36  50  50
5  Judith HESSE  GER  130  50  40  40
6  Svetlana KAYKAN  RUS  105  24  21  60
7  Sayuri OSUGA  JPN  100  100  -  -
8  Tomomi OKAZAKI  JPN  98  21  32  45
9  Marieke WIJSMAN  NED  91  10  45  36
10  Svetlana RADKEVICH  BLR  86  40  14  32
11  Krisy MYERS  CAN  63  14  28  21
12  Yukari WATANABE  JPN  60  -  60  -
13  Chiara SIMIONATO  ITA  60  -  36  24
14  Na SAI  CHN  52  -  24  28
15  Xin ZHAO  CHN  45  45  -  -
16  Beixing WANG  CHN  32  32  -  -
17  Dan WANG  CHN  28  28  -  -
18  Yvonne LEEVER  NED  26  18  8  -
19  Aki TONOIKE  JPN  24  6  18  -
20  Seung-Yong CHOI  KOR  16  16  -  -
20  Kerry SIMPSON  CAN  16  -  16  -
22  Nicola MAYR  ITA  12  -  12  -
23  Sayuri YOSHII  JPN  12  12  -  -
24  Linda OLSEN  NOR  10  -  10  -
25  Julie GLASS  USA  10  4  6  -
26  Sarah SMITH  CAN  8  8  -  -
27  Anke HARTMANN  GER  4  -  4  -
28  Danielle WOTHERSPOON  CAN  2  0  2  -
28  Rebekah BRADFORD  USA  2  2  -  -
30  Becky LANG  USA  1  1  -  -