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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Date: 15 January 2005

Rosy Cheeks for Joey: Cheek Wins Gold Medal at World Cup

 

Calgary, CANADA (Jan. 15) – On the final day of the Essent ISU World Cup Speedskating competition at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, American Joey Cheek brought home the gold in the men’s 500-meters event.

 

Cheek (Greensboro, N.C.) claimed his first World Cup victory this season with a 34.81 finish time. Yuya Oikawa (JPN) and teammate Joji Kato completed the podium lineup with finish times of 34.83 and 34.89, respectively.

 

Casey FitzRandolph (Verona, Wis.), coming off a silver medal finish Friday in the 1000-meters, finished fifth in 35.01.

 

Cheek was the top American finisher in the 1000-meters coming in eighth with a 1:08.87 finish time. The event belonged to Erben Wennemars (NED) who won in 1:08.26.

 

On the ladies’ side, Tomomi Okazaki won the gold in the 500-meters with a finish time of 37.73. This is the first time in this World Cup circuit where Manli Wang (CHN) did not take home the gold.

 

Chiara Simionato (ITA) won the 1000-meters in 1:14.89, maintaining a significant lead over silver medallist Anzhelika Koyuga (BLR) who finished in 1:15.12.

 

Chris Witty (West Allis, Wis.) was the top American finisher with an eighth place finish.

 


Results: (Results courtesy of www.isu.org.  For more detailed results, please visit http://events.horses.nl/skating/2004-2005/worldcup/calgary/)

 

Ladies’ 500-meters:

  1. OKAZAKI JPN 37.73; 2.WATANABE JPN 37.87; 3.KOTYUGA BLR 37.95; 4.WANG CHN 38.00; 5. YOSHII JPN 38.01; 6.WOLF GER 38.09

 

Americans: 17. OCHOWICZ 39.02; 18. WITTY 39.21

 

 

Ladies’ 1000-meters:

1. SIMIONATO ITA 1:14.89; 2. KOTYUGA BLR 1:15.12; 3. TIMMER NED 1:15.16; 4.  VÖLKER GER 1:15.58; 5.  REMPEL CAN 1:15.94; 6. YOSHII JPN 1:16.02

 

Americans: 8. WITTY 1:16.71; 15. OCHOWICZ 1:17.94

 

Men’s 500-meters:

1. CHEEK USA 34.81; 2. OIKAWA JPN 34.83; .3. KATO JPN 34.89; 4.WOTHERSPOON CAN 34.97; 5. FITZRANDOLPH USA 35.01; 6. LOBKOV RUS 35.04

 

Americans: 15. FREDRICKS 35.42; 17. CARPENTER USA 35.58

 

Men’s 1000-meters:

1. WENNEMARS NED 1:08.26; 2. KOBAYASHI JPN 1:08.63; 2. van VELDE NED 1:08.63; 4. BOS NED 1:08.67; 5. KOSKELA FIN 1:08.76; 6. NIJENHUIS NED 1:08.81

 

Americans: 8.CHEEK 1:08.87; 11. FITZRANDOLPH 1:09.26; 16. CARPENTER 1:10.53; 18.PEARSON 1:11.09

 

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Melissa Scott
Director, Public and Media Relations
U.S. Speedskating
Blackberry: 440-610-1129
Office: 440-899-0128
www.usspeedskating.org

 

 

 

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