After the Holiday season, the Four continents, European and World junior championships the best skaters from all around the globes are back in action this weekend in Germany for the fifth leg of the 2019-2020 season in short track .
By Carl Savard
Photo by Martin Holtom
Dubois stumbles on 1000m
On 1000m, nothing to declare on the women’s side other than the fact that USA’s Maame Biney will have to go through the repêchage if she wants to compete on the distance this weekend. All the favorites on the men’s side went through except Canada’s Steven Dubois. His teammate Jordan Pierre-Gilles was advanced after being part of one of the only two races on the distance that saw some skaters being penalised (Kruzbergs and Shamukhanov in one and Navarro in the other).
Christie will need the repêchage
On 500m, Elise Christie who hasn’t skate a lot this season due to injuries and health issues will have to go through the repêchage if she wants to take part in the medal rounds during the weekend. On the men’s side, China’s Ren Ziwei will be the biggest absent in the sprint distance. He was penalised in the heat round. His teammate Sun Long, who just won a bronze medal on the distance at the World junior championships, the Australian Andy Jung and Russia’s Pavel Sitnikov also saw their competition on 500m being cut short by penalties.
A strong showing on 1500m
This weekend’s competition offers two occasions of winning medals on 1500m. Not much to report on either of the two qualification rounds on the women’s side other than the fact that some skaters like Hungary’s Deanna Lockett, Canada’s Danaé Blais and Belgium’s Hanne Desmet were able to qualify for the main event on both. On the men’s side, the actual leader of the World cup circuit on the distance, Korea’s Lee June Seo, qualified on one of the two while his biggest rival this season, China’s An Kai, was able to qualify in both. A situation that could have a big impact on the final ranking of the season.
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