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2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 10 and 12, 2000 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me .... Results Men * First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification. Women * First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties of England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don with its four tributaries: the River Loxley, Loxley, the Porter Brook, the River Rivelin, Rivelin and the River Sheaf, Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. The city is south of Leeds, east of Manchester, and north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (; born 24 August 1976 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China) is a retired Chinese short track speed skater. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2002 Winter Olympics and a six-time Overall World Champion for 1997–2002. Known as Yang Yang (A), she was formerly a member of the Chinese national short track team. Yang is one of the most accomplished short track speed skaters of all time having won 34 world titles, including six Overall World Championships. She is the first person to have won six Overall World Titles and won six consecutively. Her victory in the women's 500 m short track at the 2002 Winter Olympics made her China's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medalist. She added a second gold in the women's 1000 m short track at the same Games and has also won two silver and a bronze medal. After 2003 World Championships, Yang took time off competing, but came back in 2004–2005 season in lead-up to 2006 Winter Olympics where she won the bronze medal in 1000m race. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Perreault
Annie Perreault (born 28 July 1971 in Windsor, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater, who won medals in the 500 m and 3000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She had already won a relay gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron .... References External links * * * * 1971 births Living people Canadian female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Hye-won
Park Hye-won (Hangul: 박혜원, Hanja: 朴慧園; born August 15, 1983, in Seoul) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater. Early career Park started skating at the age of 10. In 1997, at 14, she was first called up to the South Korean national short track speed skating team for the 1998 Asian Short Track Speed Skating Championships where she won gold medals in the 3000 metres and 3000 metre relay. In 1998, Park claimed her spot in Team Korea, ranked 1st in the national trials, and then she competed in the 1998–99 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup series. At the first event held in the Netherlands, Park finished 1st in the 1500 metre race, beating Yang Yang (A). However, at the second event in Hungary, she tore her hamstring, bumping with a British opponent during a race, and was sidelined for a whole year. 1999–2001 In 1999, Park came back from the hamstring injury and participated in the Asian Short Track Speed Skating Championships. She won four gold medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joo Min-jin
Joo Min-jin (Hangul: 주민진, Hanja: 朱敏眞) (born 1 August 1983 in Seoul) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater. She who won a gold medal in the 3000 m relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics, together with teammates Choi Eun-kyung, Park Hye-won, and Choi Min-kyung Choi Min-kyung (Hangul: 최민경, Hanja: 崔敏敬) (born 25 August 1982) is a South Korean short track speed skater. She who won a gold medal in the 3000 m relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics, together with teammates C .... External links * * 1983 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Short track speed skaters a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Radanova
Evgenia Radanova ( bg, Евгения Раданова; born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and racing cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She was the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001. In the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games she won a silver medal at the same distance and a bronze at 1500m. In Athens 2004 Summer games she took part in cycling, but did not get a medal. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the women's 500 m she ended up 7th. Radanova currently trains in Italy, although most of her career she spent with Slavia Sofia Sports Club and the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yang (S)
Yang Yang (; born 14 September 1977 in Changchun, Jilin, China) is a Chinese Olympic speed skater of Hui ethnicity. Yang competed as a short track speed skater for the Chinese national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Born 1977, Yang is sometimes known as Yang Yang (S), to differentiate her from the speed skater named Yang Yang born in 1976 (known as "Yang Yang (A)"). By coincidence, Yang had a one-year and one month older contemporary on the Chinese short track team also named Yang Yang in English and pinyin, although with a different given name in Chinese characters. They were originally referred to as Yang Yang (L) ("大杨扬") and Yang Yang (S) ("小杨阳"), for "Large" and "Small"; Yang Yang (L) disliked the "L" designation and changed her designation to Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (; born 24 August 1976 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China) is a retired Chinese short track speed skater. She is a two-time Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Sang-mi
An Sang-mi (born 12 November 1979) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater. She won a gold medal in the 3000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics, together with teammates Chun Lee-kyung, Won Hye-kyung Won Hye-Kyung (Hangul: 원혜경, Hanja: 元蕙敬, born 14 October 1979) is a South Korean short track speed skater, who won medals in the 1000 m and 3000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She had already won a relay gold medal at the 1994 ... and Kim Yun-mi. References External links * CyberScoreboard biography* * 1979 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Short track speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Yulong
An Yulong (; born 23 July 1978) is a Chinese short track speed skater, who won medals in the 500 m and 5000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He also skated for the bronze medal-winning relay team at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation .... References External linksDatabase Olympics 1978 births Living people Chinese male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoru Terao
is a Japanese short track speed skater. He competed at the 1994, 1998, 2002 and the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret .... References External links * * * 1975 births Living people Japanese male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Japan Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Aomori Prefecture Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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