CONTROVERSARY ALREADY????

Back just a few posts ago I told you about the Junior Man from Colombia who was disqualified for skating inside the track at least 3 times. There were other skaters who were disqualified for the same reason. But during the Senior Men's competition for the 300-meter elimination round, I heard a Colombian womaning screaming with sounds of joy. It went on and on for several minutes. I looked over to Ananda and said, "I bet that is the mother of the Jr Man who was disqualified earlier. You watch, he will be back in the final, mark my words."

Well just as I suspected... that skater that ran a 24.99 and was disqualified, is back in the final. And if that's not bad enough, the skater that was originally in the 12th position is no longer in the final and moved back to 13th!!!

RUMOR HAS IT... again this is only rumor... but from a pretty good source... that the Vice President of the CIC basically said that "he will skate" and so it is.... We will see what happens tonight.

We missed the Jr Womens 10k Pt/Elim... sorry... have not heard anything.

Jr Men were represented by Colin Thomas and Kevin Quandt. Early on they were strong and both received points. On one of the laps Colin hawked for second place points. But with 35 laps to go (they started with 50) they started showing some fatigue. I can tell you this is the hardest race at World's in my opinion. And ANYONE who skates this race earns brownie points in my book! But when number 84 of Korea took off with 30 laps to go with his arms behind his back... and continued to stay out front as much as 100-125-meters ahead, what can you say... he led all of the laps except the last two. It was an incredible race.

Senior Ladies are warming up now. L & A