 WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY THREE
BEIJING, CHINA
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Team Canada placed 3rd in today's 5000m distance, earning a bronze.
Guy Thibault, Head Coach for Team Canada had this
to say about the relay and the team's overall performance for the weekend. "We made some mistakes and some bad exchanges
cost us. It was very close. We’re still fine-tuning the relay, we have guys who haven’t skated together
all that much but we’re confident that as they gain more and more experience and polish their skills it should get interesting.
We’re certainly better than what we’ve shown so far. It’s hard to say that we’re totally satisfied
with our performances. But with all the injuries we’re simply not 100%. It’s going to do us a lot of good
to get home, train some more and then have some World Cups in our back yard."
(November 3) Also, I'd like to apologize to everyone for taking a long time
to get news to you this weekend. Here in the U.S., we had a major election and I felt it necessary to work for the candidates
I felt were best qualified so that they could get elected, so news about Jonathan should be posted on schedule from now
on, now that the election is over. Thank you for your patience.
Quotes Courtesy of: Speed Skating Canada
WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY 2
BEIJING, CHINA
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Jonathan did not skate today except in the semi-finals with Team Canada in
the 5000m relay, and I'm pleased to announce that in their semi-final race, Canada came in first. Their final will
be tomorrow against China, Korea and the United States. No photo has yet been published on Cyberscoreboard of the semi-final
race which is why there are no photos up today.
More tomorrow when racing concludes.
WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY 1
BEIJING, CHINA
Friday, October 29, 2004
Jonathan skated the 1500m today and came in first in his heat. He was
eliminated in the semifinals to place 11th overall for the distance at this competition. He's currently 7th in
the world in that distance after 2 competitions and has 81 points.
In the 500m, Steve Robillard anchored the team (and Jonathan
skated with the team today, too), Canada turned in a great performance to win their 5000m heat in 6:59.32. Well
done to all 4 who skated, Guilmette, Robillard, Charles Hamelin and Jean-François "Jeff" Monette. Their next performance
will be against Italy, China and Great Britain in the semi-finals, heat 2.
Click on the photo below for full results of the 1500m heat in which Jonathan
placed first, and stay tuned for more news from Beijing tomorrow. (Actually, the 500m heats and semifinals are
already completed ~ his teammates Turcotte and Monette made it to the final.) I'll keep you updated on the team's
5000m distance, so come on back soon!
Stats Courtesy of: Cyberscoreboard.com
Photo Courtesy of: FinishLynx
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| Jonathan crosses the finish line first in the 1500m heat |
WORLD CUP # 2 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Beijing is upon us and it looks like Jonathan
is at least tentatively scheduled to skate 1 race, the 1500m. Here is the breakdown of his possible race schedule for
this weekend. Click on the Cyberscoreboard icon below the race times for LIVE lap action during the races.
1500M
Heat # 6
500m Not
scheduled to skate
1000m Not
scheduled to skate
5000m Relay Heat # 3 Team Canada against Germany,
Italy & Ukraine
 WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY THREE
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BEIJING & CALGARY
Monday, October 25th, 2004
Best perfomance this weekend overall for the Canadian
men ... Jonathan Guilmette! After coming back from 2 back surgeries this year, not only did
Jonathan turn in the best performance on his team, he placed 8th overall in the world in the first World Cup of the season.
Unbelievable! (Well, actually, just par for the course with this guy.)
In his 1000m heat, he came in 2nd, in the same distance he qualified for
his quarterfinal in 3rd, and then in the QF, he just missed qualifying for the semis by approximately 1/3 of a skate blade
and only 11/100ths of a second against Apolo Ohno and Seung Jae-Lee. Photographs are taken from both sides of the ice
at the finish line (in case the body or leg of someone blocks the view of another skater's blade crossing the finish line),
and it looks like they had to refer to camera two on this one to determine the qualifying skaters because it was so close.
In the 5000m relay, Jonathan helped Team Canada skate to a silver medal in
the final. The photo of that race and his 1000m races are all shown below. And starting today, all FinishLynx
photos that are posted on this site will be picture links. Just click the photo to be directly linked (in a new window)
to full Cyberscoreboard.com results for that particular distance and round.
Whether or not Jonathan will skate next weekend in Beijing remains to
be seen. He has been offered the opportunity if he wishes to take advantage of it. After the second World Cup,
the first of three Canadian Nationals for the season will be held 2 weeks later in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada so we'll see more skating from him in November either way.
Continued great luck to you Jo, and keep up the amazing work!
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| Jonathan qualifies for the heat behind Song Kyung-Taek of Korea & in front of U.S.'s J.P. Kepka. |
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| Jo qualifies for the Quarterfinals in 3rd behind Rusty Smith and Li Yi. |
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| Apolo qualifies in first and Seung Jae-Lee just barely beats out Jo by only a 1/3 blade's length! |
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| Jo crosses the line to capture the silver for Team Canada in the 5000m relay! |
WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY
TWO
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004
In day 2 of World Cup short track, Jonathan placed 13th in his 500m
race out of 41 competitors -- a great performance for having had the pins and hardware from March's
surgery removed from his back only 2 short months ago! He finished first in his preliminary race and first
in his heat, but was unfortunately eliminated in his quarterfinal race.
Team Canada qualified in second in their 5000m semifinal, clocking
7:08.53 and Jonathan skated in that race. Their placement pushes them through to the finals
tomorrow where the team will skate against China, the United States and Korea.
Photos of Jo's prelim and heat from Finishlynx can be seen below, and
racing continues tomorrow (see news story "World Cup Circuit Opens" below for times).
Statistics courtesy of Speed Skating Canada
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| Jo finishes first in his preliminary race for the 500m |
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| Another good race, Jonathan comes in first in his 500m heat. |
WORLD CUP RESULTS, DAY ONE
Friday, October 22nd, 2004
The first results and photo of the season are in! Jonathan is back on the ice
and turned in a nice performance. He was unfortunately eliminated in the semifinals, but came in 1st in his qualifying
heat. (See photo below this article). Jonathan did not skate for Team Canada in the 5000m heat, but
Canada won their first heat to advance to the semifinals.
In regard to his 1500m race, Jonathan said, "I didn’t
have a very good race in the semis and I certainly had the capabilities to best those guys. I came in here with no expectations
but I think I underestimated how well I could skate here."
Well, we know you can do it! Great luck to you Jo, on the rest of your skating
this weekend and throughout the remainder of the season!
Quote Courtesy of Speed Skating Canada. Results Courtesy
of Cyberscoreboard.com Photo Courtesy of FinishLynx
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| Jo's skates across the line first in his 1500m heat |
WORLD
CUP CIRCUIT OPENS
Friday, October 22nd, 2004
This weekend ... wait ... TODAY skating begins!!! After
waiting all summer to see how Jonathan's back operations went, the world cup circuit is upon us again and Jo is scheduled
to skate for the first time in major competition since his crash last season in Sweden (click on the March news archives above
for details). And check THIS out! Cyberscoreboard is going LIVE! You can see the results in real time by
clicking on the Cyberscoreboard animation below:
In the U.S. and Canada, we are 15 hours behind China on the
west coast and 12 hours behind on the east coast, so adjust your schedule according to your time.
Jonathan is scheduled
to skate in:
Preliminary Heat # 6 in the 1500m
Preliminary Heat # 1 for the 500m
Preliminary Heat # 2 in the 1000m
and Team Canada will
skate Heat # 1 in the 5000m relay.
Now here are the times for skating in Harbin, China, and I've
listed only Eastern Time:
Day One ~ Friday, October
22nd
Skating starts at 7:00 a.m. and goes until approximately 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Day Two ~ Saturday, October 23rd
Skating starts on our Friday Night and it goes through Saturday Morning ~ 10:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (Oct 22) through 4:00 a.m. (Oct 23) Eastern Time
Day Three ~ Sunday,
October 24th
Skating starts at 4:00 a.m. and goes until approximately 9:00
a.m. Eastern Time
News and schedules courtesy of Noelle Neu with Ohnozone.net
and Cyberscoreboard.com / LiveCyberscoreboard.com
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