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: Friday, 05th of September 2008
- The test of the track finish with the races of relays

The skaters of South Korea are demostrating a great level and he takes control © MundoPatin.Com

Today was the day for the tirad day of competitions of the World Championship of Gijón 2008 of Speed Skating.

During the morning, from 09:00, the heats began to be celebrated during all the morning, with the races of 500meters Sprint and 1.000meters Linea for the Junior and Senior category.

Furthermore were too the races of 3.000meters Relays for all the categories that participate in this World Championship.

After these competitions, when it was knowed who will run the final, it was a rest for the lunch.

After that, from 18:00 hours, in the track of Moreda continued the races so waited where the medals are waiting for their owners.

The first final of the day was for the category Junior ladies with the race of 500meters Sprint, where the Korean skater, So Yeong Shin, was the fastest, followed by the American skaters, Mariah Richardson and Eric Jackson.

In men, Colombia was the best of the race and with his two skaters Pedro Causil and Sebastian Arce, got the first and second position, the gold and silver medals. The French skater Elton de Souza got the bronze medal and the American Keith Carrol was the fourth because he fell.

In Senior ladies, for the race of 1.000meters, the skaters of United States got the gold and the silver with Sara Sayanase and Brittany Bowe. The bronze was for the skater of South Korea, Jin Seon Lim.

The colombian Jorge Luis Cifuentes could get the gold in 1.000meters, followed by the French, Alexis Contin and the American, Joshua Wood.

After these  races, was the turn for the relays. In Junior ladies, the podium was for South Korea, Colombia and Italy. Meanwhile in Junior men, Colombia got the gold, Italia the silver and Chinese Taipei.

In an impresionant race of Senior ladies, the team of the Unites States was the first, meanwhile Argentina and Germany were the second and third.

For finish the day of races on the track, was the turn for the skaters of the Senior men category, where Italy got the gold. The silver was for the skaters of United States and the Bronze for South Korea.

These competitions of relays were really exciting, because all the skaters were looking for the third first positions.

:: PICTURES OF THE THIRD DAY (MORNING) (1) ::

:: PICTURES OF THE THIRD DAY (MORNING) (2)::

:: PICTURES OF THE THIRD DAY (AFTERNOON) ::

Cuco Jiménez & Sonia González # MundoPatin.Com

 

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