2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between February 25 and 27, 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.[1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.[2]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Liu Songbo  China (CHN)	42.360	Wu Dajing  China (CHN)	42.491	No Medal Awarded*	-
1000 metres	Jack Whelbourne  United Kingdom (GBR)	1:26.049	Yi Ra Seo  South Korea (KOR)	1:26.086	Shi Jingnan  China (CHN)	1:26.312
1500 metres	Yi Ra Seo  South Korea (KOR)	2:20.410	Jack Whelbourne  United Kingdom (GBR)	2:20.592	Hyo Been Lee  South Korea (KOR)	2:20.663
1500 metres super final	Yi Ra Seo  South Korea (KOR)	2:13.990	Jack Whelbourne  United Kingdom (GBR)	2:19.895	Shi Jingnan  China (CHN)	2:20.144
3000 metre relay	Thibault Crolet Sebastien LePape Alexis Yang Vincent Giannitrapani  France (FRA)	4:08.911	Minto Sekai Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Masashi Yoshikawa  Japan (JPN)	4:09.923	Patrick Duffy Pier-Olivier Gagnon Alexandre St. Jean Maxime Gauthier  Canada (CAN)	4:15.867

• No medal was awarded in the men's 500 metre event, because the other two skaters were disqualified.[3]

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Martina Valcepina  Italy (ITA)	45.136	Lara Van Ruijven  Netherlands (NED)	45.470	Lin Meng  China (CHN)	45.622
1000 metres	Se Jung Ahn  South Korea (KOR)	1:31.336	Do Hee Noh  South Korea (KOR)	1:31.446	Xiao Han  China (CHN)	1:31.527
1500 metres	Hee Jung Cheon  South Korea (KOR)	2:28.227	Se Jung Ahn  South Korea (KOR)	2:28.316	Lin Meng  China (CHN)	2:28.858
1500 metres super final	Hee Jung Cheon  South Korea (KOR)	2:38.268	Do Hee Noh  South Korea (KOR)	2:38.389	Se Jung Ahn  South Korea (KOR)	2:38.408
3000 metre relay	Arianna Valcepina Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani Yelenia Tota  Italy (ITA)	4:20.004	Laurie Marceau Cynthia Mascitto Ann Veronique Michaud Courtney Shmyr  Canada (CAN)	4:20.166	Lin Meng Jin Jingzhu Xiao Han Zhang Shaoyang  China (CHN)	4:32.995

Participating nations

155 athletes from 33 countries participated.[4]

Argentina (2)  Australia (6)  Austria (2)  Belgium (4)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)  Belarus (4)  Bulgaria (7)  Canada (8)  China (8)  Croatia (5)  Czech Republic (3)

France (5)  Great Britain (4)  Germany (7)  Hong Kong (1)  Hungary (6)  India (1)  Italy (8)  Japan (8)  Kazakhstan (7)  Latvia (4)  Lithuania (1)

Netherlands (5)  New Zealand (1)  Poland (6)  Romania (6)  Russia (8)  Slovakia (2)  South Korea (8)  Sweden (1)  Chinese Taipei (2)  Ukraine (6)  United States (8)

See also

• Short track speed skating
• World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

References

1. "World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships Announcement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
2. "Qualification System 1 Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
3. "ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
4. Entries