2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
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The 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and March 21, 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU
which also run world cups and championships in speed skating
and figure skating
.
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...
which also run world cups and championships in speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
and figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
.
Men
| 500 m | Liang Wenhao Liang Wenhao Liang Wenhao is a Chinese male short track speed skater. He represented China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...  Mainland China |
41.383 | François Hamelin François Hamelin François Hamelin is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sainte-Julie, Quebec, currently residing in Montreal. He is the younger brother of acclaimed Canadian short tracker Charles Hamelin...  Canada |
41.456 | François-Louis Tremblay François-Louis Tremblay François-Louis Tremblay is a Canadian short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medalist who competed at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics.... Canada |
41.526 |
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:...  South Korea |
1:34.198 | Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
1:34.231 | J. R. Celski United States |
1:34.290 |
| 1500 m | Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
2:24.316 | Sung Si-Bak Sung Si-Bak Sung Si-Bak is a South Korean short track speed skater. At the 2007 Winter Universiade, he won all five short track speed skating events. Sung has won more than 20 World Cup races and earned two World Cup titles, in addition to skating on the winning World Championship 5000 m relay teams in... South Korea |
2:24.373 | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
2:24.459 |
| 3000 m | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
J. R. Celski United States |
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| 5000 m relay |
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... South Korea |
6:44.821 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... United States |
6:47.331 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...  Germany |
6:48.288 |
| Overall* | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
86 points | Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
76 points | Liang Wenhao Liang Wenhao Liang Wenhao is a Chinese male short track speed skater. He represented China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:... Mainland China |
47 points |
Women
| 500 m | Wang Meng Mainland China |
43.619 | Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the... Canada |
43.679 | Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais is a Canadian short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m events at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.-Personal life:... Canada |
43.747 |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng Mainland China |
1:30.572 | Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.-Career:... South Korea |
1:30.643 | Katherine Reutter Katherine Reutter Katherine Reutter is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010-2011 overall ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup champion.... United States |
1:31.747 |
| 1500 m | Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi is an Korean short track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.- 2010 Winter Olympics :... South Korea |
2:21.570 | Lee Eun-Byul South Korea |
2:21.665 | Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.-Career:... South Korea |
2:21.821 |
| 3000 m | Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi is an Korean short track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.- 2010 Winter Olympics :... South Korea |
5:04.070 | Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.-Career:... South Korea |
5:04.188 | Lee Eun-Byul South Korea |
5:04.262 |
| 3000 m relay |
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... South Korea |
4:08.356 | Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... Canada |
4:09.310 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... United States |
4:14.231 |
| Overall* | Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi is an Korean short track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.- 2010 Winter Olympics :... South Korea |
73 points | Wang Meng Mainland China |
68 points | Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri Cho Ha-Ri is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.-Career:... South Korea |
55 points |
Medal table
| Place | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |