WU Short Track Champs Collect Medals at ISU WC

The level of athletes competing in the Winter Universiade Short Track Competition is always very high. This was the case again in Harbin, China. A number of those athletes continued their ‘medal collection’ when they traveled to the ISU 2009 World Championship Short Track in Vienna, Austria.

An overview:

Zhou Yang (CHN)
At the 2009 Winter Universiade
Silver Women’s 1,000m
Gold Women’s 1,5000m
Gold Women’s 3,000m Relay

At the ISU 2009 World Championship
Bronze Women’s Overall Classification
Silver Women’s 1,500m
Gold Women’s 3,000m
Gold Women’s 3,000m Relay

Liu Qiuhong (CHN)
At the 2009 Winter Universiade
Gold Women’s 500m
Gold Women’s 1,000m
Silver Women’s 1,500m
Gold Women’s 3,000m Relay

At the ISU 2009 World Championship
Silver Women’s 500m
Gold Women’s Relay

Athletes participating in previous WU also climbed the medal podium:

Kim Min-Jung (KOR)
At the 2005 Winter Universiade
Silver Women’s 3,000m
Gold Women’s 3,000m Relay

At the ISU 2009 World Championship
Silver Women’s Overall Classification
Silver Women’s 1,000m
Gold Women’s 1,500m
Silver Women’s 3,000m
Silver Women’s Relay

Takahiro Fujimoro (JPN)
At the 2005 Winter Universiade
Bronze Men’s Relay

At the ISU 2009 World Championship
Bronze Men’s Relay

Zhou Yang and Liu Qiuhong with their teammates at the medal ceremony at the 2009 WU in Harbin