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Hamar (NTB): Short Track Speed Skating 1000 m Men Tuesday: Qualifying, 1. heat: 1) Marc Gagnon, Canada 1.32,52 2) Kieran Hansen, Australia 1.32,96 3) Mirko Vuillermin, Italy 1.33,51 4) Bat-Orgil Batchuluun, Mongolia 1.40,41 Qualifying 2. heat: 1) Andrew Gabel, USA 1.32,32 2) Richard Nizielski, Australia 1.32,42 3) Martin Johansson, Sweden 1.32,50 4) Michael McMillen, New Zealand 1.32,65 Qualifying 3. heat: 1) Satoru Terao, Japan 1.31,11 2) Nicholas Gooch, United Kingdom 1.32,05 3) John Coyle, USA 1.32,92 4) Igor Oserov, Russia 1.44,38 Qualifying 4. heat: 1) Kim Ki-Hoon, South-Korea 1.33,63 2) Eric Flaim, USA 1.33,71 3) Erik Duyvelshoff, Netherlands 1.34,37 Qualifying 5. heat: 1) Frederic Blackburn, Canada 1.32,11 2) Orazio Fagone, Italy 1.32,19 3) Sergej Kobijsev, Russia 1.33,07 4) Andrew Thomas Nicholson, N. Zealand 1.34,18 Qualifying 6. heat: 1) Lee Jun-Ho, South-Korea 1.33,67 2) Li Lianli, China 1.34,52 3) Steven Bradbury, Australia 2.01,89 Disqualified: Geert Blanchart, Belgium. Qualifying 7. heat: 1) Derrick Campbell, Canada 1.33,00 2) Li Jiajun, China 1.33,14 3) Wilfred O'Reilly, United Kingdom 1.33,57 4) Bruno Loscos, France 1.33,93 Qualifying 8. heat: 1) Chae Ji-Hoon, South-Korea 1.32,11 2) Bjørnar Elgetun, Norway 1.32,35 3) Jun Uematsu, Japan 1.32,67 4) Christopher Nicholson, New Zealand 1.34,91 Number one and two in each heat are qualifyied for the quarter finals.
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