Four of the superstars of men’s Short Track stepped up and wowed the crowd on the final day of World Cup racing in Seoul. While home hero Park Ji Won (KOR) and Steven Dubois (CAN) battled at the top of the season standings, William Dandjinou (CAN) stole through to continue his dream season before Liu Shaoang grabbed a golden finale for China.
First local hero Kim Gilli (KOR) produced yet another flawless 1500m skate and then Dutch duo Xandra Velzeboer and Selma Poutsma could not be split in the 500m final as the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating came to a scintillating end in Seoul.
The world’s top four female Short Track speed skaters treated a noisy crowd to a memorable day of racing in Seoul at the final ISU World Cup of the year. Hometown star Kim Gilli (KOR) remains the one to beat after yet another 1500m triumph, but her rivals have set up a captivating rest of the season.
Steven Dubois (CAN) got his ‘risk-reward’ tactics spot on on the opening day of the ISU World Cup in Seoul to grab the lead in Short Track Speed Skating’s overall season-standings. But Park Ji Won (KOR) did not let him get too far in front, delighting the deafening home crowd by claiming victory in the men’s 1500m.
Everything suggests the Short Track Speed Skating year will come to a thrilling finale in Seoul (KOR) from 15-17 December. A roll call of the world’s best skaters proved they are in fine form by excelling in Beijing last weekend in the first of the two back-to-back ISU World Cup events, early reports say the ice is “fast” and another large crowd is gathering.
A third men’s sprint crown in a row and another relay win in Beijing capped a golden finale for Canada at the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating event on Sunday. But it was not all about the North Americans with the Capital Indoor Stadium crowd – again a 10,000-plus sell-out – finally getting what they really wanted with Liu Shaoang taking the 1000m title for China.
On a day in which the home team won five ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating medals in front of Beijing’s noisy, packed-out Capital Indoor Stadium, Kristen Santos-Griswold (USA) still managed to steal the headlines.
The second coming of Short Track star Kim Gun Woo (KOR) continued at pace on the opening day of the ISU World Cup in Beijing with the Korean flying to yet another victory before delivering an ominous message.
Things could not be clearer – or indeed more exciting – after two of the six 2023/24 ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating rounds: no one has any idea who will lift the coveted Crystal Globes, presented by Dunamu, come the end of the season. The home crowd will be hoping the Liu brothers – accompanied by the likes of Lin Xiaojun, Sun Long and returning Olympic Champion Ren Ziwei – will lead the China men’s team to glory at the latest ISU World Cup in Beijing, 8-10 December.
The Dutch women’s Short Track speed skating team continued their love affair with Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium, winning gold-silver-gold in the space of little more than 30 minutes on Day 2 of the ISU World Cup. But they were not the only nation celebrating a one-two, with Kristen Santos-Griswold (USA) leading home teammate Corinne Stoddard in the 1000m.
Shaolin and Shaoang Liu (CHN) made history skating for Hungary – they have a Chinese father and a Hungarian mother – winning the nation’s first-ever Olympic Winter Games gold medal at PyeongChang 2018, as part of the victorious relay team.
The second round of ISU Junior World Cup Short Track Speed Skating took place at the Elfstedenhal in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, this weekend. Republic of Korea once again asserted its supremacy at this level of skating, winning six of the eight individual golds up for grabs.
On December 3, 2023, the International Skating Union (ISU) will celebrate Ice Skating sports all around the world by launching the second edition of the World Ice Skating Day (WISD). To date, 50 countries on all continents have confirmed their participation in this initiative and will organize a variety of events hand in hand with local skating clubs, rinks and national skating federations in a spirit of inclusion and joy.
China and Republic of Korea dominated proceedings at the first-ever ISU Junior World Cup Short Track Speed Skating at the Elfstedenhal in Leeuwarden (NED). The two Short Track powerhouses won four golds each in the inaugural competition for the world’s best young racers.
The first-ever ISU Junior World Cup Short Track Speed Skating will take place at the Elfstedenhal in Leeuwarden (NED) from November 25-26. This exciting new event is one of two Junior World Cup competitions, with a repeat fixture at the same venue the following weekend, December 2-3.