USA Speed Skaters and Short Trackers Score Medals, But Great Britain's World Record Holding Relay Team Crashes Out in Semis

I was trying to see if I could get some streaming video going but I didn't get it all to work in time. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. Check myp2p.eu if you're interested. I'm using Ubuntu Linux mostly right now, so it's a bit different to get it all going. 

So here are a few links pointing to some of the latest in a big weekend for the USA both in the original speed skating (long track), where they skate against the clock and contact is rare, and the more television-friendly contact sport, short track, where anything can happen. (Yes I like the more boring event better when they broadcast it all and I don't know the winner in advance, at least. Short track is good fun, too.) 

Shani Davis is going great and Heather Richardson won at least one bronze on the 400m track, but now the USA has skaters at the top of short track in male and female divisions. Nothing can help skating of all kinds like seeing some USAmericans bringing home medals. 

Canada can be proud of their efforts too, and we hope the USA and Canada will see more 400m facilities soon.

Britain crash out of relay semis - Eurosport.com ASIA -

Eurosport.com ASIA

Britain crash out of relay semis Eurosport.com ASIA Great Britain's relay team crashed out in the semi-finals at the short track speed skating World Championships in Sheffield, just a few week after setting a new world record. Former Olympic finalist Jon Eley, double European bronze medallist Jack ... and more »

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Los Angeles Times
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Nesbitt strikes gold one more time - Montreal Gazette

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Nesbitt strikes gold one more time
Montreal Gazette
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Reutter, Davis strike gold for US speedskating - Chicago Tribune (blog)

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 19:51

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Reutter, Davis strike gold for US speedskating
Chicago Tribune (blog)
This was a golden day for the biggest current US star in each of speedskating's two disciplines, long and short track. For Shani Davis, it was more of the same. The 1000-meter gold in the World Single Distances Championships at Inzell, ...