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First World Cup Gold for Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating.



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The Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating team’s record breaking season continued when Jon Eley last weekend, became the first British Short Track Speed Skater to win Gold at a World Cup competition, the competition was the 5th in the series of 6 and was held in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

 

On finals day 1 Jon qualified for his first final of the competition this was his less favoured distance the 1000m, where he finished a very creditable 5th, Jon followed this up on finals day 2 by winning each of his qualifying races on his way to the final. Starting from lane 2 in the final he raced to the front, never to be headed and took the Gold in the fastest time of the competition. Jon said “It is great to finally win Gold, I am extremely pleased with my performance throughout this competition and hopefully this medal is the start of many more for the future”. 

 

Sarah Lindsay also continued her medal winning streak, after her first Championship medal two weeks ago at the European Championships on home ground in Sheffield, Sarah took Silver in the Ladies 500m, the first female in Great Britain Short Track history to win a medal at a World Cup. This performance now consolidates Sarah’s place in the top 8 in the World rankings, with two rounds of 500m to go in the World Cup series.

 

The record breaking squad didn’t stop there with three other skaters claiming top 10 places, Tom Iveson, Paul Stanley and Oliver Horsepool. During the competition Oliver despite finishing 3rd broke the 1500m British Record in what proved to be the fastest 1500m race of the season.

The Men’s Relay team also skated well, qualifying to the World Cup Final but just missed out on a medal when they finished in 4th place.

 

The Team now moves to Budapest, Hungary for the 5th and final competition in the World Cup series, it may be tough to repeat last weekends performance, as two of the top Asian teams (South Korea and China) who missed last weeks competition return to the World Cup scene after competing  in the Asian Games in Changchung, China.