ISU World No 46- January 2012

INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER NO 46 JANUARY 2012

INSIDE• ISU NEWS• GRAND PRIX • WORLD CUP REPORTS• RESULTS

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ISU World is the official newsletter of the International Skating UnionPublished and produced by ISU, Chemin de Primerose 2, 1007 Lausanne, SwitzerlandTelephone: +41 21 612 66 66. Facsimile: +41 21 612 66 77. Editorial board: Selina Vanier, Rodney Lajoie. Designed by www.moserdesign.ch.Front cover photograph: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (GER) ©Getty Images Photography: ©Getty Images, ©International Olympic Committee, ©Robin Ritoss

ISU COUNCILThe ISU Council met in Milan (ITA) on October 14-16 and agreed to grant provisional ISU Membership for the Speed Skating branch to the Serbian Skating Federation that it is now a provisional Member for both Branches.

In accordance with Rule 127 of the ISU Regulations the Council provisionally allotted a number of Speed Skating, Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships for 2013 and 2014. In addition the Council decided that the ISU Synchronized Skating Junior World Challenge Cup 2012 will be held in Göteborg, Sweden on March 16-17, while for organizational reasons no ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships will be held in 2012.

The ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2013 in Sochi (RUS) will now be held on March 21-24, 2013, i.e. one week later than initially announced. The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating calendar for the season 2012/13 have been approved. The Council also accepted a request from the Dutch member Federation (KNSB) to change the location of the Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track Event which will now be held in Dordrecht (NED). Please refer to Communication 1702 for more information.

The Council also met in Geneva (SUI) on November 13, 2011 to discuss in detail the Council proposals to be included in the agenda for the 2012 ISU Congress which will be held in Kuala Lumpur (MAS) next June.

ISU SPORTS DIRECTORATEThe three persons in the Directorate have been busy with the preparation and success-ful management of the 13 ISU Junior and Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Events in-cluding the Final which took place in Québec City (CAN) on December 8-11. The Directo-rate’s main focus is now on the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2012 in Innsbruck. The new for-mat of Events taking place at YOG required a lot of consultation and clarification in order to make them work. The Mixed NOC team Event, which will be composed of teams of different nationalities and strength, will be particularly interesting and innovative to watch. The idea is based on social approaches combined with the spirit to accept all skaters from all over the world to a team. The support of the ISU Council and Technical Committees has provided a good basis for a

It is not a secret that the economy of the world of sport is facing a crisis at an international level and perhaps it is the first time that I turn to national matters even if I am the pre-sident of an international sport governing body.

What I would like to emphasize is that the national sport fe-derations are in a position to consider saving some money by adopting initiatives that I will try to explain, as a personal point of view. To conduct events, also in the area of sport, is an activity that normally requires spending money and in the present circumstances one should on the contrary try to follow lines that as an end result would be cheaper.

The project that I am about to explain is intended to respect first of all the proper conduct of events, then if indeed one can spend less money, it means that we are in the presence of a valid option.

Suppose that a national federation or in general a national sport entity wishes to organize a competition. To administer it, it is necessary to have people taking care of dedicated and specific functions that only recognized officials of the national body (association or other) can do, but there are other functions for which a specific knowledge and experience in that sport is not necessary. Therefore an entity, a sport association or other, may implement an initiative to use personnel that would cost remarkably less than using recognized officials.

An example will clearly demonstrate the advantage obtainable through this system. Suppose that for a competition there are services that do not require a particular knowledge, as for instance use of computers for normal communications, lap counters, announcers, car drivers, etc. Obviously subject to the condition to obtain economical advantages.

Why should an association organizing an event spend more money to have its people avai-lable for a standard job, when asking another association or an independent group could obtain the same service at a much cheaper cost?

If the concept is accepted, it doesn’t remain than to find an organization that might cover the general purpose services. It is, as I have said, a kind of collaboration that in principle is ea-sier to be formed at a national level, but it is not excluded that this approach might become of interest to those acting in international sport events.

In conclusion, it is with the concerned and interested sport entities to evaluate and investi-gate whether the indicated plan can actually be implemented. From the ISU side we believe not to be in opposition to follow this line in order to improve as much as possible our orga-nizational structure with the consequent economical advantages.

Ottavio CinquantaPresident, International Skating Union

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ISU NEWSsuccessful preparation of the second half of the 2011/12 season. The Directorate is also involved in the preparation of proposals for the 2012 ISU Congress.

ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Single & Pair SkatingSeveral members of the Single and Pair Skating Technical Committee served as Referees and Technical Controllers at Senior and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Events and moderated various Recognized ISU Judges seminars. In September, four Committee members served as examiners at the ISU Judges examination in Oberstdorf, Germany. After that there was a one day Committee Meeting on site of the examination. Most of the Technical Committee’s time was spent however preparing proposals for Rule changes in the Special Regulations and Technical Rules to be debated at the ISU Congress 2012. Ice DanceThe Ice Dance Technical Committee has been busy preparing proposals for the ISU Congress 2012. Proposals from Members were reviewed and coordination of proposals with the other Technical Committees was an important goal. Preparation is well underway for the announcement of rhythms and technical details for the next season. Several Communications have been published to prepare for Judges’ Seminars in 2012, along with the continuation of the Novice and Junior Training Camps in Oberstdorf (GER) next April. In addition a new Seminar and Camp has been announced for an ISU International Ice Dance Development Training Seminar for

Coaches in Asia and the Pacific region. This is an important initiative to bring more Ice Dance to this region.

Synchronized SkatingThe Synchronized Skating Technical Committee (SySTC) ran a joint Technical Specialist/ Technical Controller/ Referee/ Judges andCoaches seminar in Lyon in November. This was the first time that all aspects of the discipline were brought together to help provide a common understanding of the requirements for the upcoming season and to share ideas and suggestions for the further development of the discipline. The seminar ran in conjunction with the Lyon Masters competition which allowed for a practical component to be part of the seminar agenda. This format proved popular and the SySTC will give serious consideration to this format in the future. Work has been completed on the proposals for the Congress in Malaysia this summer.

Speed SkatingThe biannual ISU Speed Skating Starters’ course was successfully organized in October on the occasion of the Holland Cup International Competition in Enschede (NED). 24 ISU Starters and 17 International Starters from 14 different ISU Members participated in the course. The Speed Skating Technical Committee held a meeting in conjunction with the ISU Starters’ course to plan ISU Events of the coming season and prepare for the 2012 ISU Congress. The Essent ISU World Cup season kicked off in late November, at the indoor ice rinks of Chelyabinsk (RUS) and Astana (KAZ), both venues were part of the World Cup circuit for the first time. The

Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Youth Olympic Games Olympiahalle venue in Innsbruck (AUT)

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competition in Astana featured the first Mass Start race with an official World Cup status. In Heerenveen a Team Sprint competition was successfully presented as a demonstration event. Two ISU Junior World Cup competitions served as qualifying events for the first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Therefore based on the results, the NOC quotas for the speed skating events have been allotted.

Short TrackThe season begun with four very successful World Cup Competitions. During the second half of the season the World Cup will move to Europe with the Final event taking place in Dordrecht (NED) on 1012 February 2012. An ISU Championships will be held in Australia for the first time in over a decade. This will help enhance the image of the discipline as a truly global sport. The Short Track Technical Committee submitted proposals for the upcoming 2012 ISU Congress. The development programs supported by the ISU have greatly improved the level of skating throughout the world, and will continue to do so as we move forward.

CLEAN SPOrTThe Executive Committee of the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) approved the 2012 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods at its meeting held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The new List will come into force on 1 January 2012. The list can be found on the ISU website under Clean Sport/Medical.

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2012 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS

FIGURE SKATINGEuropean ChampionshipsVenue: Sheffield (GBR)Dates: 23 - 29 January

2011 European ChampionsLadies: Sarah Meier (SUI)Men: Florent Amodio (FRA)Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER)Ice Dance: Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat (FRA)

Four Continents ChampionshipsVenue: Colorado Springs (USA)Dates: 7 - 12 February

2011 Four Continents Champions Ladies : Miki Ando (JPN)Men : Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)Pairs : Qing Pang / Jian Tong (CHN)Ice Dance : Meryl Davis / Charlie White (USA)

World Junior ChampionshipsVenue: Minsk (BLR)Dates: 27 February - 4 March

2011 World Junior ChampionsLadies: Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)Men: Andrei Rogozine (CAN)Pairs: Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN)Ice Dance: Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (RUS)

World ChampionshipsVenue: Nice (FRA)Dates: 26 March – 1 April

2011 World ChampionsLadies: Miki Ando (JPN)Men: Patrick Chan (CAN)Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER)Ice Dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White (USA)

World Synchronized Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Göteborg (SWE)Dates: 13 - 14 April

2011 World ChampionsTeam: Team Finland 1

Javier Fernandez (ESP)

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FIGURE SKATINGISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series 2011-12 brought performances of the world’s finest figure skaters to spectators and TV viewers all over the world. For the first time, viewers were able to follow the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Events and Final via internet.

32 Men, 35 Ladies, 29 Pairs and 29 Ice Dance couples competed in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating this year. The series began in October in Ontario (USA) and Mississauga (CAN) before moving on to Shanghai (CHN) and Sapporo (JPN), followed by Paris (FRA) and Moscow (RUS). The Grand Prix season concluded in December with the combined ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Québec City (CAN), where the top six skaters and couples (senior and junior) in each discipline competed for the Grand Prix titles.

Reigning World Champion Patrick Chan (CAN) struck gold in both his Grand Prix events before defending his title in the Grand Prix Final. He posted a seasons best of 260.30 points. 2010 World Champion Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) advanced with a gold and a bronze medal to the Final where he returned onto the podium with a silver medal after missing out last year. Javier Fernandez (ESP) not only became the first Spanish figure skater in history to qualify for the Final with two silver medals, but also claimed the bronze in Québec City. 2010 World Junior Champion Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) competed in his first Final as well and came fourth. Jeremy Abbott (USA) and Michal Brezina (CZE) were the other qualifiers. Competition was tight again. Nan Song (CHN) and 2011 World silver medallist Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) missed the Final on a tie-breaker. Adam Rippon (USA) was the third substitute like one year ago.

Carolina Kostner (ITA) started the season strongly by taking a gold and two silver medals in her three Grand Prix events. The reigning World bronze medallist went on to capture her first Grand Prix Final title with a personal best score of 187.48 points. Akiko Suzuki (JPN) qualified for her third Grand Prix Final and took the silver medal. Alena Leonova (RUS) returned to the Final after two years and earned her first medal, the bronze. 2011 World junior silver medallist Meagan Duhamel/ Eric Radford (CAN)

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their first medal in the Final. Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang (CHN), who sat out last year due to injury, celebrated a comeback with two silver medals on the circuit and finished fourth in Québec. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) and Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran (JPN) competed in their first Final. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN), Vera Bazarova/Juri Larionov (RUS) and Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) all had competed in the Final one year ago but were substitutes this time.

Ice Dance World Champions Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) continued their dominance in the Grand Prix with two victories in their events and with their third consecutive Grand Prix Final gold medal. En route, they also posted a new personal best of 188.55 points. Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) competed in the Grand Prix again after sitting out last year and won two gold plus the silver in the Final. Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) advanced with two silver medals to the Final to claim their third consecutive medal, this time a bronze, in Québec. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) and Ekaterina Bobrova/ Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) returned to the Final, finishing fourth and sixth. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) came fifth in their debut in the Final. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA), Elena Ilinykh/ Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) and Isabella Tobias/Deividas Stagniunas (LTU) were substitutes. Tobias/Stagniunas won the first medal for Lithuania on the Grand Prix circuit in ten years, the bronze at Skate America.

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating entered its 15th season in 2011 and provided 102 junior Men, 146 junior Ladies, 32 junior Pair Skating and 75 junior Ice Dance teams coming from more than 50 ISU Members with an opportunity to compete at the international level. The junior circuit started in Riga (LAT), went on to Brisbane (AUS) for the first Junior Grand Prix in Australia, followed by Gdansk (POL), Brasov (ROU), Innsbruck (AUT) and Milan (ITA) before ending in Tallinn (EST). Russia had a strong showing in the Junior Final by sweeping the Ladies and Ice Dance podiums.

Jason Brown (USA) debuted in the Final following a gold and silver medal on the

Three-time Pair Skating World Champions Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) took home two gold and one bronze medal from their three Grand Prix events before seizing their third title in the Final with a seasons best of 212.26 points. World silver medallists Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) competed in their first Grand Prix season and claimed two gold medals in Mississauga and Paris. They picked up the silver medal in the Final. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) returned to the Final after missing part of the Grand Prix last year and earned the bronze in Québec,

Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (RUS) won her two Grand Prix events to qualify for the Final in her first year on the senior circuit. She placed fourth. Defending Grand Prix Final Champion Alissa Czisny (USA) came fifth. Two-time World Champion Mao Asada (JPN) had qualified with a gold and a silver medal but withdrew the day before the Short Program due to a family emergency. 2011 World Junior Champion Adelina Sotnikova (RUS), Mirai Nagasu (USA) and Ashley Wagner (USA) were the substitutes following good results in their Grand Prix events.

Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) winners of the Ice Dance ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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FIGURE SKATINGcircuit and won the title in Québec. Han Yan (CHN), top seed after two victories on the circuit, repeated as the silver medallist in the Final. Joshua Farris (USA) advanced with two gold medals and claimed the bronze. Maxim Kovtun (RUS), Ryuju Hino (JPN) and World Junior silver medallist Keiji Tanaka (JPN) debuted in the Final.

Russia dominated in the Junior Ladies. 13-year-old newcomer Julia Lipnitskaia struck gold in her two events and in the Final by a large margin. Polina Shelepen returned to the podium in the Final to take her second silver medal. Polina Korobeinikova captured the bronze in her first appearance in the Final to complete the Russian sweep. Zijun Li (CHN), the bronze medallist one year ago, settled for fourth place this time. Risa Shoji (JPN) and Vanessa Lam (USA) were the other qualifiers.

Pair skating was concentrated in four events in Latvia, Poland, Austria and Estonia. Two-time World Junior Champions Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) competed on both the junior and senior circuit and qualified for the Junior Final with two gold medals. They claimed their second gold medal in the Junior Final followed by two new teams who debuted on the junior circuit: silver medallists Katherine Bobak/Ian Beharry (CAN) and bronze medallists Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer (USA). Ekaterina Petaikina/Maxim Kurdyukov (RUS), 2010 Junior Final bronze medallists Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) and Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergei Lisiev (RUS) completed the field in the Final.

Russia repeated their podium sweep in Junior Ice Dance. Last year’s silver medallists Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin celebrated a confident victory over newcomers Anna Yankovskaia/Sergei Mozgov and defending bronze medallists Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin. Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (USA), Anastasia Galyeta/ Alexei Shumski (UKR) and Maria Nosulia/Yevgen Kholoniuk (UKR) had qualified for the Final for the first time.

All performances from the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Final can be seen on the ISU YouTube Channel and on the ISU Skating Channel. Both links are available on www.isu.org

Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) winner of the Ladies’ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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From front to back: Kwak Yoon Gy (KOR) and Jean Oliver (CAN)

SHORT TRACKThe Short Track Speed Skating season got off to a successful start with the first four competitions of the Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track series. In the series individual races are held over 500m, 1000m, and 1500m in both Ladies’ and Men’s competitions. In addition, there are relay events for national teams over 3000m (Ladies) and 5000m (Men).

The first event of the season kicked off on October 21-23 at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City (USA) where a total of 23 countries participated; Korea took a total of 10 medals, while the United States, taking advantage of local support, finished with 6 medals. Canada also earned 6 medals, while China, Great Britain and Russia earned two medals each. Japan and Italy came away with one medal.

A week later on October 28-30, the world’s best short track speed skaters were back on the ice for the second round of the Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track circuit at the George Vezina Centre, in Saguenay, Canada. This time 22 countries participated in the action with the United States noticeably absent. The team from Canada took advantage of skating on home ice, and earned a total of

11 medals. Korea took a total of 6 medals, while both China and Italy each earned 4 medals. Japan and Russia earned 2 medals each, and Great Britain earned one medal.

After a short break, the action moved to Asia, with the third round taking place on December 2-4 in Nagoya, Japan. 21 countries took to the ice. The team from China earned a total of 7 medals. Korea took a total of 6 medals. Canada, Italy and Japan, with the support of the home crowd, each earned 4 medals. The United States earned 3 medals while Great Britain and Russia earned one medal each.

Back to back one week later the Short Trackers picked up the pace in Shanghai, China for the series second stop in Asia. 25 countries were in on the action. The team from the host country took advantage of skating on home ice, and China earned a total of 10 medals, doubling the medal count of its closest rivals, Canada (five medals) and Korea (five medals). Jinhyu Noh from Korea achieved a new World Record in the 1500m and during the Relay Team Korea also broke a new World Record, both are to be ratified by the ISU. The United States earned a total of 3 medals, while Great Britain, Italy and Japan each earned two medals. The team from the Netherlands earned

one medal.The current standings after the four of six events completed so far are on page 14 of this edition of ISU World. The ISU Short Track takes a break for the holiday season, and will resume in the New Year, with the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships on January 27-29 in Mlada Boleslav (CZE). The two remaining Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track events will closely follow on February 3-5 in Moscow (RUS) and February 10-12 in Dordrecht (NED). The Short Track season continues with the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2012 in Melbourne (AUS) on February 24-26 and concludes with the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2012 taking place on March 9-11 in Shanghai (CHN).

Videos of all Korean Air ISU Short Track World Cup events are available free of charge in most countries via the ISU Skating Channel, accessible on the top right of the ISU website. The last two ISU Korean Air ISU Short Track World Cup events will be available via a live stream on the same Channel. Visit www.isu.org for more information.

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SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING

The Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating sea-son for 2011/2012 consists of seven events of which three took place during the first half of the season. The competitions began in Chelyabinsk (RUS), continued in Astana (KAZ) and then moved on to Heerenveen (NED).

On the 500m Ladies, the leader is Olympic champion Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) with 450 points. Over six races, she was the most consistent with four podium finishes, inclu-ding one victory. World record holder Jenny Wolf (GER) also won once and has four po-dium finishes, she is second with 420 points. In third place with 400 points is the winner of the remaining four races, who was absent twice: Jing Yu from China.

Christine Nesbitt (CAN) has won all three 1000m races and is currently top of the leader board with the maximum 300 points. Five other Ladies managed to divide the remaining podium spots, with Marrit Leenstra (NED) accumulating 180 points and Margot Boer (NED) 166 points. Also Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS), Jing Yu and Thijsje Oenema (NED) were capable of winning medals.

Christine Nesbitt is also the best skater in the 1500m, where she has 280 points. She only lost the first race, where she finished second. Not far behind Ireen Wüst (NED) who also fre-quents the podium and gathered 250 points. Yekaterina Shikhova is third with 148. Claudia Pechstein (GER) and Marrit Leenstra have also been on the pedestal.

On the long distance for the Ladies, Martina Sáblíková (CZE) dominates with the maximum 300 points. Claudia Pechstein is second with 230 point; she was on the podium after each of her races. Ireen Wüst, Stephanie Beckert and Diane Valkenburg have had podium results, but third in the ranking is Linda de Vries (NED) with 156 points, including two fourth-place-finishes in races.

In the Team Pursuit, Canada won both races and leads with 200 points, Russia has 150 and Korea 130. The Ladies had one Mass Start race, which was won by Dutch mara-thon champion Mariska Huisman, who beat Claudia Pechstein in the final lap. Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) is third.

In the Men’s 500m, we had five winners in six races. Although Pekka Koskela (FIN) won twice, he had some poor results in other races and is currently only fifth in the ranking with

SPEED SKATING

European Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Budapest (HUN)Dates: 6 - 8 January

2011 European ChampionsLadies: Martina Sábliková (CZE)Men: Ivan Skobrev (RUS)

World Sprint Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Calgary (CAN)Dates: 28 - 29 January

2011 World Sprint ChampionsLadies: Christine Nesbitt (CAN)Men: Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR)

World Allround Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Moscow (RUS)Dates: 18 - 19 February

2011 World ChampionsLadies: Ireen Wüst (NED)Men: Ivan Skobrev (RUS)

World Junior Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Obihiro City (JPN)Dates: 2 - 4 March

2011 World Junior ChampionsLadies: Karolina Erbanova (CZE)500 meters: Karolina Erbanova (CZE)

1000 meters: Karolina Erbanova (CZE)1500 meters: Karolina Erbanova (CZE))3000 meters: Do-Yeong Park (KOR)Team Pursuit Ladies: Republic of Korea

Men: Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR)500 meters: Sung-Kyu Kim (KOR)1000 meters: Sung-Kyu Kim (KOR)1500 meters: Sverre L. Pedersen (NOR)3000 meters: Sverre L. Pedersen (NOR)5000 meters: Sverre L. Pedersen (NOR)Team Pursuit Men: Netherlands

World Single Distances ChampionsVenue: Heerenveen (NED)Dates: 22 - 25 March

2011 World Single Distances ChampionsLadies:500 meters: Jenny Wolf (GER) 1000 meters: Christine Nesbitt (CAN)1500 meters: Ireen Wüst (NED)3000 meters: Ireen Wüst (NED)5000 meters: Martina Sábliková (CZE)Team Pursuit: Canada

Men: 500 meters: Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR)1000 meters: Shani Davis (USA)1500 meters: Håvard Bøkko (NOR)5000 meters: Bob de Jong (NED)10000 meters: Bob de Jong (NEDTeam Pursuit: USA

SHORT TRACK

European Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Mlada Boleslav (CZE)Dates: 27 - 29 January

2011 European ChampionsLadies: Arianna Fontana (ITA)Men: Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA)

World Junior Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Melbourne (AUS)Dates: 24 - 26 February

2012 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS

2011 World Junior ChampionsLadies: Hee Jung Cheon (KOR)Men: Yi Ra Seo (KOR)

World Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue: Shanghai (CHN)Dates: 9 - 11 March

2011 World ChampionsLadies: Ha-Ri Cho (KOR)Men: Jinkyu Noh (KOR)

system is in place. Points can be earned in all individual events (including mass start), 10 points are rewarded for a victory and 8 for second place, then 7, 6, 5 and half points for the 500m. Nesbitt is well in the lead in the Ladies’ rankings with 60.5 points, Ireen Wüst follows with 44 and Martina Sábliková with 41 points. In the Men’s Overall World Cup, Kjeld Nuis has 45 points and overtook Stefan Groothuis the last day of competition. He has 42 points, Jorrit Bergsma 33.

As the Championships season get under-way in the New Year the remaining Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating races will take place in Hamar (NOR) and Salt Lake City (USA) before the series comes back to Heerenveen in March and concludes in Berlin (GER).

Videos of all Essent ISU World Cup events are available in most countries free of charge via the ISU Skating Channel, accessible on the top right of the ISU website. The remaining Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating events will be available in most countries via a live stream on the same Channel. Go to www.isu.org for more information.

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305 points. The leader is Tae-Bum Mo, the Olympic Champion from Korea, with a total of 400 points, after four podium finishes in the A-division, and to begin with one victory in the B-division. Joji Kato (JPN) follows with 373 points. He won one race, and was second twice. Third with 348 points is Tucker Fredricks (USA), with three podium finishes on different steps. Jan Smeekens (NED), who also won one of the races, is fourth with 310 points.

The Men’s 1000m is tight with two skaters with 260 points, and the top three are all Dutch. Kjeld Nuis finished twice in second place and won the last race; Stefan Groothuis won the first two races, but wasn’t very fit in Heerenveen and did not finish on the podium there. Behind them, Sjoerd de Vries is third with 180 points who finished second in Heerenveen. Tae-Bum Mo got third twice and Denny Morrison (CAN) finished in the same position once. They both follow with 165 points. Shani Davis, master on the distance for many years, has 150 points.

In the 1500m although Stefan Groothuis won the first race and Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) won the second race, neither are currently in the top five of the ranking. The leader is

the winner of the last race, Ivan Skobrev (RUS), with 202 points, who also took bronze in the first race. Kjeld Nuis is second with 190 points, with one podium finish. Denny Morrison (CAN) and Shani Davis each have a podium finish and a current total of 180 points. World Champion Håvard Bøkko (NOR) got two bronzes and currently has 172 points.

The long distance skaters had two 5000m races and one 10,000m with three Dutch Men leading the rankings. The leader with 280 points is Jorrit Bergsma; he finished very close to the Heerenveen track record and now holds the one in Chelyabinsk. In Astana, Sven Kramer had his first victory after a year of absence and is second with 210 points. World Champion Bob de Jong has 190 points. Alexis Contin (FRA) is behind with 155 points and a place on the podium in Astana. Bob de Vries reached the podium in the 10,000m but did not compete in the 5000m races.

In the Team Pursuit, the Netherlands won both races and lead with 200 points; Korea and Germany follow with 140 points each. Seung-Hoon Lee from Korea won the Mass Start race, followed by American Jonathan Kuck and another Korean skater, Hyung-Joon Joo. For the first time an overall World Cup points

Kjeld Nuis (NED)

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ISU JUNIOR WORLD CUP

The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating series started in Europe last November firstly in Erfurt (GER), then in Bjugn (NOR).

The series provides a platform at top interna-tional junior level for young speed skaters to prepare and move towards senior level. In the ISU Junior World Cup series the participants are either A or B juniors, which means that they are in the last four years of being eligible to participate at junior level (aged 15-19 years). They skate all in one division, and the program includes 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m as well as the Team Pursuit and Mass Start for both Men and Ladies. For the Men the 3000m is at times replaced by the 5000m. The Ladies skate 6 laps in the Team Pursuit and 8 laps in the Mass Start while the Men skate 8 laps in the Team Pursuit and 12 laps in the Mass Start. The events are supported by the ISU’s Development Program. Prize mo-

Martina Sábliková (CZE)

ney will be awarded to the three best skaters or teams in the final overall classification of each distance/event. Skaters can earn points throughout the World Cup series.

In the Junior Ladies’ field, Karolina Erbanová (CZE) won the 500m races in Erfurt but did not attend the event in Bjugn, as she also parti-cipates in the senior World Cup, which took place simultaneously. Very close behind her in points is Russian sprinter Tatjana Karan-nikova. Letitia de Jong (NED) won the 1000m and her compatriot Pien Keulstra leads the 1500m as well as the 3000m. In Bjugn, she lost to Korean Do-Yeong Park. Park won the Mass Start event, ahead of Feitong Liu (CHN) and Vanessa Bittner (AUT). The Dutch Ladies won the Team Pursuit in Erfurt.

The best Junior Men skaters so far are Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) in the 500m, closely followed by Woo-Jin Kim (KOR), who also leads after winning the 1000m in Bjugn. In the

SPEED SKATING

1500m, Pavel Kulizhnikov from Russia won both races. Fifteen year old Fan Yang from China is second in those rankings and also leads the 3000m, together with Thomas Krol from the Netherlands, who both took a first and a second place. Fan Yang also was the best in the Mass Start race that took place in Bjugn, beating Jin-Yeong Lee (KOR) and Konstantin Nikitin (RUS), and the Dutch team won the Men Team Pursuit.

The first two Junior World Cup races deter-mined the quota of Junior Speed Skaters for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games taking place in Innsbruck (AUT) between January 13 and 22. The Junior World Cup series will pick up again in January and February with three regional events spread over Astana (KAZ), Collalbo (ITA), and Calgary (CAN). The Juniors will meet once more in March, in Obihiro (JPN) on the occasion of the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships, followed by the ISU Junior World Cup Final (March 9-10).

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2011 Hilton Skate Ladies HHonors Skate Canada Cup of NHK Trophée Eric Rostelecom Total America International China Trophy Bompard Cup Points

1 Elizaveta Tuktamisheva RUS 1st 1st 302 Mao Asada JPN 2nd 1st 283 Carolina Kostner ITA 1st 2nd 284 Akiko Suzuki JPN 2nd 1st 285 Alissa Czisny USA 1st 3rd 266 Alena Leonova RUS 3rd 2nd 247 Adelina Sotnikova RUS 3rd 3rd 228 Mirai Nagasu USA 5th 2nd 209 Ashley Wagner USA 3rd 4th 2010 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 3rd 5th 1811 Kanako Murakami JPN 6th 4th 1412 Haruka Imai JPN 4th 6th 1413 Kiira Korpi FIN 6th 5th 1214 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 7th 5th 1115 Ksenia Makarova RUS 5th 7th 1116 Sofia Biryukova RUS 4th 917 Kexin Zhang CHN 4th 918 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 7th 6th 919 Amelie Lacoste CAN 6th 8th 820 Christina Gao USA 5th 721 Agnes Zawadzki USA 8th 7th 722 Caroline Zhang USA 6th 523 Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 7th 424 Sonia Lafuente ESP 7th 425 Bingwa Geng CHN 8th 3

FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – standings after six of six events (full results on www.isu.org )

GRAND PRIX8 – 11 December,

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX 8 – 11 December,

Total Final - Ladies Points

1 Carolina Kostner ITA 187.482 Akiko Suzuki JPN 179.763 Alena Leonova RUS 176.424 Elizaveta Tuktamisheva RUS 174.515 Alissa Czisny USA 156.976 Mao Asada JPN Withdrawn

Total Final - Pairs Points

1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 212.262 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 212.083 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 187.774 Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang CHN 182.545 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 170.436 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran JPN 164.42

Total Final - Ladies Points

1 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 179.732 Polina Shelepen RUS 162.343 Polina Korobeynikova RUS 151.184 Zijun Li CHN 146.535 Vanessa Lam USA 145.626 Risa Shoji JPN 134.35

Total Final - Pairs Points

1 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN 160.432 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry CAN 152.653 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer USA 146.354 Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov RUS 146.175 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 144.716 Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev RUS 133.79

2011 Hilton Skate Men HHonors Skate Canada Cup of NHK Trophée Eric Rostelecom Total America International China Trophy Bompard Cup Points

1 Patrick Chan CAN 1st 1st 30 2 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 3rd 1st 26 3 Jeremy Abbott USA 1st 3rd 26 4 Michal Brezina CZE 1st 3rd 26 5 Javier Fernandez ESP 2nd 2nd 26 6 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 4th 1st 24 7 Nan Song CHN 3rd 2nd 24 8 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 3rd 2nd 24 9 Adam Rippon USA 4th 4th 18 10 Nobunari Oda JPN 2nd 7th 17 11 KevinVan Der Perren BEL 2nd 8th 16 12 Ross Miner USA 6th 3rd 16 13 Richard Dornbush USA 4th 6th 14 14 Artur Gachinski RUS 5th 5th 14 15 Denis Ten KAZ 5th 5th 14 16 Samuel Contesti ITA 8th 4th 12 17 Andrei Rogozine CAN 7th 6th 9 18 Konstantin Menshov RUS 6th 8th 8 19 Florent Amodio FRA 5th 7 20 Tomas Verner CZE 5th 7 21 Alexander Majorov SWE 6th 5 22 Daisuke Murakami JPN 6th 5 23 Kevin Reynolds CAN 7th 4 24 Sergei Voronov RUS 7th 4 25 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 7th 4

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FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – standings after six of six events (full results on www.isu.org )

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALQuebec City, Canada

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALQuebec City, Canada

Total Final - Men Points

1 Patrick Chan CAN 260.302 Daisuke Takahashi JPN 249.123 Javier Fernandez ESP 247.554 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 245.825 Jeremy Abbott USA 238.826 Michal Brezina CZE 218.98

Total Final - Ice Dance Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 188.552 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 183.343 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 169.694 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 166.075 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 160.556 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 157.30

Total Final - Men Points

1 Jason Brown USA 208.412 Han Yan CHN 205.933 Joshua Farris USA 203.984 Maxim Kovtun RUS 193.765 Ryuju Hino JPN 172.756 Keiji Tanaka JPN 171.14

Total Final - Ice Dance Points

1 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin RUS 147.532 Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov RUS 136.613 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS 135.174 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton USA 129.015 Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski UKR 115.176 Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk UKR 113.79

2011 Hilton Skate Pairs HHonors Skate Canada Cup of NHK Trophée Eric Rostelecom Total America International China Trophy Bompard Cup Points

1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS 1st 1st 30

2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy GER 1st 1st 30

3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 1st 1st 30

4 Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang CHN 2nd 2nd 26

5 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran JPN 4th 2nd 22

6 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 3rd 3rd 22

7 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch CAN 3rd 3rd 22

8 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov RUS 5th 2nd 20

9 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN 2nd 5th 20

10 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek ITA 4th 3rd 20

11 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig USA 4th 4th 18

12 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin USA 4th 5th 16

13Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze RUS 5th 6th 12

14 Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe CAN 6th 5th 12

15 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 4th 9

16 Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert RUS 5th 7

17 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 6th 5

18 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin USA 6th 5

19 Huibo Dong / Yiming Wu CHN 6th 5

20 Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan USA 6th 5

2011 Hilton Skate Ice Dance HHonors Skate Canada Cup of NHK Trophée Eric Rostelecom Total America International China Trophy Bompard Cup Points

1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White USA 1st 1st 30

2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN 1st 1st 30

3 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 2nd 1st 28

4 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS 1st 3rd 26

5 Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat FRA 2nd 2nd 26

6 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 2nd 2nd 26

7 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 3rd 3rd 22

8 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 3rd 4th 20

9 Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas LTU 3rd 5th 18

10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 4th 4th 18

11 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones FRA 3rd 6th 16

12 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 4th 5th 16

13 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko RUS 5th 4th 16

14 Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng CHN 5th 6th 12

15 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland GBR 4th 9

16 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi ITA 5th 7

17 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill CAN 5th 7

18 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro RUS 6th 5

19 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue USA 6th 5

20 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt USA 6th 5

21 Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang CHN 6th 5

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ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after three of seven events

Total Ladies 500m Points

1 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 450 2 Jenny Wolf GER 420 3 Jing Yu CHN 400 4 Thijsje Oenema NED 310 5 Maki Tsuji JPN 293 6 Nao Kodaira JPN 250 7 Margot Boer NED 236 8 Annette Gerritsen NED 196 9 Laurine Van Riessen NED 189 10 Beixing Wang CHN 170


1 Christine Nesbitt CAN 300 2 Marrit Leenstra NED 1803 Margot Boer NED 1664 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 1435 Laurine Van Riessen NED 1286 Karolina Erbanová CZE 1247 Jing Yu CHN 1168 Thijsje Oenema NED 1169 Ireen Wüst NED 114 10 Heather Richardson USA 109


1 Christine Nesbitt CAN 280 2 Ireen Wüst NED 250 3 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS 148 4 Claudia Pechstein GER 134 5 Marrit Leenstra NED 131 6 Martina Sábliková CZE 131 7 Diane Valkenburg NED 109 8 Monique Angermüller GER 108 9 Linda de Vries NED 96 10 Yuliya Skokova RUS 95

Total Ladies 3000/5000m Points

1 Martina Sábliková CZE 300 2 Claudia Pechstein GER 230 3 Linda de Vries NED 156 4 Ireen Wüst NED 140 5 Cindy Klassen CAN 140 6 Stephanie Beckert GER 130 7 Diane Valkenburg NED 120 8 Yevgenia Dmitrieva RUS 105 9 Shiho Ishizawa JPN 87 10 Janneke Ensing NED 85

Total Men 500m Points

1 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 4002 Joji Kato JPN 3733 Tucker Fredricks USA 3484 Jan Smeekens NED 3105 Pekka Koskela FIN 3056 Yuya Oikawa JPN 2807 Kang-Seok Lee KOR 2348 Gilmore Junio CAN 1879 Kyou-Hyuk Lee KOR 17110 Stefan Groothuis NED 162


1 Kjeld Nuis NED 2602 Stefan Groothuis NED 2603 Sjoerd de Vries NED 1804 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 1655 Denny Morrison CAN 1656 Shani Davis USA 1507 Samuel Schwarz GER 1268 Pim Schipper NED 1009 Jamie Gregg CAN 8510 Brian Hansen USA 68

Men 1500m Points

1 Ivan Skobrev RUS 2022 Kjeld Nuis NED 1903 Denny Morrison CAN 1804 Shani Davis USA 1805 Håvard Bøkko NOR 1726 Stefan Groothuis NED 1667 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 1608 Mark Tuitert NED 1269 Benjamin Macé FRA 11310 Sjoerd de Vries NED 88

Total Men 5000/10000m Points

1 Jorrit Bergsma NED 2802 Sven Kramer NED 2103 Bob de Jong NED 1904 Alexis Contin FRA 1555 Håvard Bøkko NOR 1526 Moritz Geisreiter GER 1157 Jonathan Kuck USA 1108 Douwe de Vries NED 1109 Ivan Skobrev RUS 10510 Jan Blokhuijsen NED 86

Total Men Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 2002 Korea 1403 Germany 1404 USA 1165 Poland 96

Total Ladies Team Pursuit Points

1 Canada 200 2 Russia 150 3 Korea 130 4 Japan 100 5 Poland 95

Ladies Grand World

Cup ranking

1 Christine Nesbitt CAN 60,52 Ireen Wüst NED 443 Martina Sábliková CZE 414 Claudia Pechstein GER 395 Jing Yu CHN 28

TotalPoints

Men Grand World

Cup ranking

1 Kjeld Nuis NED 452 Stefan Groothuis NED 423 Jorrit Bergsma NED 334 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 30,55 Denny Morrison CAN 30

TotalPoints

Wenhao Liang (CHN)

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ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events


1 Martina Valcepina ITA 34702 Qiuhong Liu CHN 32943 Arianna Fontana ITA 30004 Kexin Fan CHN 26905 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 20006 Jessica Smith USA 19007 Caroline Truchon CAN 17658 Nannan Zhao CHN 16469 Tatiana Borodulina RUS 118010 Yui Sakai JPN 1047


1 Yui Sakai JPN 30502 Elise Christie GBR 22303 Jianrou Li CHN 19624 Katherine Reutter USA 16685 Lana Gehring USA 16406 Ha-Ri Cho KOR 13407 Ayuko Ito JPN 11838 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 10359 Veronique Pierron FRA 82910 Meng Lin CHN 828


1 Ha-Ri Cho KOR 29522 Katherine Reutter USA 28003 Eun-Byul Lee KOR 25374 Arianna Fontana ITA 22895 Lana Gehring USA 13126 Valerie Maltais CAN 13127 Han Xiao CHN 11068 Emily Scott USA 10779 Olga Belyakova RUS 107510 Marie-Eve Drolet CAN 948

Total Ladies Relay Points

1 China 36402 Japan 24083 Republic of Korea 19484 Canada 18365 Italy 16726 Russia 14807 USA 13788 Netherlands 7229 Hungary 68010 Bulgaria 344


1 Olivier Jean CAN 30002 Wenhao Liang CHN 28043 Jon Eley GBR 27194 Charles Hamelin CAN 26005 Qiuwen Gong CHN 21506 Ho-Suk Lee KOR 18977 Francois-Louis Tremblay CAN 12628 Robert Seifert GER 11319 Vladimir Grigorev RUS 110410 Guillaume Bastille CAN 934


1 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 43122 Jinkyu Noh KOR 20963 Charles Hamelin CAN 20004 Olivier Jean CAN 19525 Michael Gilday CAN 19526 J.R. Celski USA 13567 Maxime Chataignier FRA 7748 Da Woon Sin KOR 6489 Yongjun Yu CHN 64510 Yi Ra Seo KOR 640


1 Jinkyu Noh KOR 40002 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 22403 Charles Hamelin CAN 18264 Ho-Suk Lee KOR 16005 Yuzo Takamido JPN 13226 Da Woon Sin KOR 11967 Paul Herrmann GER 11258 Weilong Song CHN 11209 Sjinkie Knegt NED 95910 Yuma Sakurai JPN 849

Total Men Relay Points

1 Republic of Korea 26642 Canada 26503 China 25384 Russia 23385 Great Britain 21786 Netherlands 13947 Japan 13328 USA 11329 Germany 66410 Australia 468

Total Ladies Team Points

1 China 33122 Canada 25223 Republic of Korea 24324 USA 22105 Japan 18906 Italy 18007 Russia 11808 Netherlands 8669 Hungary 57810 Bulgaria 344

Total Men Team Points

1 Canada 36002 Republic of Korea 36003 China 20884 Great Britain 16285 Russia 15946 USA 13527 Netherlands 12468 Japan 11949 Germany 68210 Australia 430Wenhao Liang (CHN)

PAST MASTER

SEIKO HASHIMOTO (JPN): BORN 1964

Olympic Winter GamesLadies’ 1500 m Bronze Medal 1992

World Championships AllroundLadies’ Silver 1990, Ladies’ Bronze 1992,

World Sprint ChampionshipsLadies’ Bronze 1989

Seiko Hashimoto, named after the Olympic Flame (seika), is a former speed skater and track cycling sprinter from Japan. She represented her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and three consecutive Summer Olympics. In her third Winter Olympic appearance, at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, she won the bronze medal in the women’s 1500 meters event. Hashimoto participated for thirteen consecutive years in the World All-round Championships. She is the first Japanese woman who participated in seven Olympic Games.Hashimoto is currently the President of the Japan Skating Federation and a member of the House of Councilors from the Liberal Democratic Party. Hashimoto served as state secretary (senior vice-minister) for foreign affairs under the Taro Aso administration (2008-2009).

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