Received from NTB at 19:55.
Hamar (NTB): Speed Skating Short Track Thursday, 500 m Women: Qualifying, 1. heat: 1) Wang Xiulan, China 47,32, 2) Nathalie Lambert, Canada 47,38, 3) Jevgenia Radanova, Bulgaria 50,67. 2. heat: 1) Cathy Turner, USA 46,22, 2) Won Hye-Kyung, South-Korea 48,08, 3) Anke Landman, Netherlands 48,36, 4) Bea Pintens, Belgium 49,59. 3. heat: 1) Sylvie Daigle, Canada 46,98, 2) Chun Lee-Kyung, South-Korea 47,14, 3) Jelena Tikhanina, Russia 47,79, 4) Debbie Samantha Palmer, United Kingdom 47,93. 4. heat: 1) Isabelle Charest, Canada 46,92, 2) Sandrine Daudet, France 49,06, 3) Barbara Baldissera, Italy 1.19,96. Disqualified: Sofie Pintens, Belgium. 5. heat: 1) Ayako Tsubaki, Japan 48,49, 2) Karen Kah, Australia 48,56, 3) Viktoria Trojtskaja, Russia 48,59, 4) Valerie Barizza, France 50,30. 6. heat: 1) Marinella Canclini, Italy 47,19, 2) Kim So-Hee, South-Korea 47,77, 3) Jelena Sinitsina, Kazakstan 50,36. 7. heat: 1) Yang Yang, China 47,23, 2) Marina Pylajeva, Russia 47,47, 3) Katia Mosconi, Italy 47,90, 4) Penelope Di Lella, Netherlands 48,44. 8. heat: 1) Amy Peterson, USA 47,02, 2) Zhang Yanmei, China 47,35, 3) Laure Drouet, France 50,47, 4) Cindy Meyer, South Africa 1.17,18. Number 1 and 2 in each heat are qualified for the Quarter finals.
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