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Website of Canadian speed skater Lucas Makowsky
World Single Distances Championships, 12 - 15 March 2009
At his first World Single Distances Championships, held in Richmond, Lucas Makowsky competed in four events: the 1500m, 5000m, 10k and the Team Pursuit.
Thursday, 12 March 2009
On the first day of his first World Single Distances Championships, Lucas competed in the 1500m, in which he raced to a 13th place. He improved his personal track record on the new Richmond Olympic Oval, that will be the venue of the Olympic long track speed skating events next season, and brought it down to 1:48.55. The gold medal was for Shani Davis, who raced to a new track record time of 1:46.17. Like last week, at the World Cup in Salt Lake City, Trevor Marsicano and Denny Morrison completed the 1500m podium.
World Single Distances Championships, 12 March 2009, 1500m, 13th place | |||
300m | 700m | 1100m | 1500m |
24.45 | 51.25 (26.8) | 1:19.12 (27.8) | 1:48.55 (29.4) |
Friday, 13 March 2009
In today’s 5000m at the World Single Distances Championships in Richmond, Lucas raced to a decent 10th place after skating a time of 6:35.37; his pair Marco Weber finished 11th. The gold medal went to Sven Kramer, who improved Lucas’ track record time and brought it down to 6:16.20.
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World Single Distances Championships, 13 March 2009, 5000m, 10th place | ||||||
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200m |
600m |
1000m |
1400m |
1800m |
2200m |
2600m |
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19.73 |
50.97 (31.2) |
1:22.41 (31.4) |
1:53.78 (31.3) |
2:24.94 (31.1) |
2:55.83 (30.8) |
3:26.86 (31.0) |
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3000m |
3400m |
3800m |
4200m |
4600m |
5000m |
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3:57.93 (31.0) |
4:29.13 (31.2) |
5:00.48 (31.3) |
5:31.93 (31.4) |
6:03.57 (31.6) |
6:35.37 (31.8) |
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Saturday, 14 March 2009
On the third day of the World Single Distances Championships, Lucas beat his pair Slawomir Chmura by 0.01 seconds and finished in 13:41.81. This time was good for an 11th place. Like in yesterday’s 5000m, Sven Kramer raced to the fastest time of the day in the 10k, once again improving Lucas’ track record by finishing in a time of 12.55.32.
World Single Distances Championships, 14 March 2009, 10k, 11th place | |||||||
400m | 800m | 1200m | 1600m | 2000m | 2400m | 2800m | 3200m |
36.87 | 1:10.20 (33.3) | 1:42.99 (32.7) | 2:15.70 (32.7) | 2:48.38 (32.6) | 3:21.34 (32.9) | 3:53.98 (32.6) | 4:26.72 (32.7) |
3600m | 4000m | 4400m | 4800m | 5200m | 5600m | 6000m | 6400m |
4:59.46 (32.7) | 5:32.32 (32.8) | 6:05.02 (32.7) | 6:37.85 (32.8) | 7:10.31 (32.4) | 7:42.98 (32.6) | 8:15.58 (32.6) | 8:48.16 (32.5) |
6800m | 7200m | 7600m | 8000m | 8400m | 8800m | 9200m | 9600m |
9:20.55 (32.3) | 9:53.22 (32.6) | 10:25.77 (32.5) | 10:58.39 (32.6) | 11:30.92 (32.5) | 12:03.72 (32.8) | 12:36.71 (32.9) | 13:09.56 (32.8) |
10000m | |||||||
13:41.81 (32.2) | |||||||
Sunday, 15 March 2009
On the fourth and final day of the World Single Distances Championships, Lucas competed in the Team Pursuit, together with brothers Jay and Denny Morrison. The Canadian team managed a couple of strong first laps, but was not able to maintain that pace, and finished 6th in 3:46.42. Like last year, the Dutch men finished first. Today they needed 3:41.26 to complete the distance. For complete results click here.
Photos
Photo 1: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Photo 2: Erik Pasman, Schaatsfoto's online
For more photos click here.
