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Hamar (NTB): Short Track Speed Skating 500 m Men Saturday: Semi finals 1. heat: 1) Mirko Vuillermin, Italy 43,58 2) Chae Ji-Hoon, South-Korea 43,72 3) Frederic Blackburn, Canada 44,40 4) Martin Johansson, Sweden 46,04 2. heat: 1) Marc Gagnon, Canada 44,08 2) Nicholas Gooch, United Kingdom 44,40 3) Lee Jun-Ho, South-Korea 45,97 4) Steven Bradbury, Australia 1.03,51 Quarter finals: 1. heat: 1) Marc Gagnon, Canada 43,84 2) Mirko Vuillermin, Italy 43,85 3) Kim Ki-Hoon, South-Korea 44,04 4) Jun Uematsu, Japan 44,20 2. heat: 1) Steven Bradbury, Australia 44,18 2) Nicholas Gooch, United Kingdom 44,25 3) Satoru Terao, Japan 44,27 4) Derrick Campbell, Canada 1.20,27 3. heat: 1) Chae Ji-Hoon, South-Korea 44,69 2) Martin Johansson, Sweden 44,96 3) Andrew Gabel, USA 48,91 Disqualified: Li Jiajun, China. 4. heat: 1) Frederic Blackburn, Canada 45,20 2) Lee Jun-Ho, South-Korea 45,27 3) Bjørnar Elgetun, Norway 45,35 4) Richard Nizielski, Australia 45,57
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