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Hamar (NTB): Speed Skating Short Track Thursday, 500 m Men: Qualifying 1. heat: 1) Richard Nizielski, Australia 44,86 2) Martin Johansson, Sweden 44,94 3) John Coyle, USA 45,42 4) Li Lianli, China 1.03,44 2. heat: 1) Marc Gagnon, Canada 44,69 2) Steven Bradbury, Australia 45,43 3) Erik Duyvelshoff, Netherlands 45,83 4) Wilfred O'Reilly, United Kingdom 46,41 3. heat: 1) Derrick Campbell, Canada 44,72 2) Lee Jun-Ho, South-Korea 45,41 3) Bruno Loscos, France 45,54 4. heat: 1) Chae Ji-Hoon, South-Korea 44,36 2) Jun Uematsu, Japan 44,50 3) Bat-Orgil Batchuluun, Mongolia 48,63 Disqualified: Orazio Fagone, Italy 5. heat: 1) Li Jiajun, China 44,67 2) Kim Ki-Hoon, South-Korea 45,32 3) Igor Oserov, Russia 45,48 4) Andrew Thomas Nicholson, N. Zealand 54,21 6. heat: 1) Mirko Vuillermin, Italy 44,29 2) Frederic Blackburn, Canada 44,38 3) Sergej Kobysev, Russia 44,54 4) Eric Flaim, USA 44,71 7. heat: 1) Nicholas Gooch, United Kingdom 44,03 2) Andrew Gabel, USA 44,31 3) Michael McMillen, New Zealand 44,98 4) Stephan Huygen, Belgium 45,04 8. heat: 1) Bjørnar Elgetun, Norway 44,01 2) Satoru Terao, Japan 44,88 3) Kieran Hansen, Australia 46,30 4) Christopher Nicholson, N. Zealand 1.03,43.
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