Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Another solid speed skating session
Canada's women wrapped up the individual events at the Heilongjiang Speed Skating Gym with the 1000-meter event.
View official results here - http://app.harbin2009.org/wu24info/pdf/sh/0413992E.PDF
Ste-Foy, Quebec's Justine L'Heureux posted another impressive finish at the games, skating the 2 1/2 lap circuit in a time of 1:19.59 - good enough for 9th place.
Despite dealing with a sore shoulder all week, Calgary's Kirsti Lay toughed out another good skate, finishing in a 16th place time of 1:21.38, one spot ahead of teammate Anastacia Bucsis and her clocking of 1:21.53.
Now skating out of Quebec City, Calgary's Shannon Sibold also turned in a solid performance, hitting the line in 1:23.68 - good for 24th spot.
With the individual events of the long track speed skating complete, all that remains is the women's team pursuit competition which will be held Thursday.
Canada's playoff partners determined
Canada's women's curling team will face Great Britain one of two Thursday semifinals. Great Britain defeated the Czech Republic in a Wednesday tiebreaker to advance to the medal round.China and Russia will meet in the other semifinal.
Canada's Mens hockey team now knows who their semifinal opponent will be. Japan's surprising 6-3 win over the United States pushes the Slovaks into second spot in Pool B. Canada will play Slovakia in one semifinal, while the Russians will meet Kazakhstan in the other.
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