Short Track Speed Skating World Championships – Montreal, Canada

The Short Track Speed Skating wrapped up with the World Championships finishing on Sunday. In the women’s 1000m Emily Scott got knocked out in the heats finishing third but Jessica Smith advanced to the quarterfinals before finishing fourth in her heat and being eliminated.

In the men’s 1000m both Chris Creveling and J.R. Celski advanced from the heats and the quarterfinals without any issues but ran into problems in the semifinals. Celski finished third and Creveling finished fourth after a fall and both were eliminated.

In the women’s 3000m superfinal Jessica Smith was very strong and finished second about 0.8 seconds back and and as the only one within a second of the winner. In the men’s 3000m superfinal J.R. Celski did her one better by winning by over two seconds.

It was a strong World Championships for the US who did much better than in Sochi.

Schedule:

• March 16th
  • Women’s 1000m
    • 11:52 AM ET – Heats
      • Jessica Smith
      • Emily Scott
    • 1:19 PM ET – Quarterfinals
    • 2:03 PM ET – Semifinals
    • 2:34 PM ET – Final
  • Men’s 1000m
    • 12:21 PM ET – Heats
      • J.R. Celski
      • Chris Creveling
    • 1:33 PM ET – Quarterfinals
    • 2:11 PM ET – Semifinals
    • 2:41 PM ET – Final
  • Women’s 3000m
    • 3:03 PM ET – Superfinal
  • Men’s 3000m
    • 3:13 PM ET – Superfinal

World Women’s Curling Championships – St. John’s, Canada

The US went 2-0 on Sunday at the World Women’s Curling Championship knocking off Germany 6-5 by scoring three in the fourth end and two in the eighth end to grab a 6-2 lead that they hung on to win. In their second match of the day they dominated Denmark 13-2 by scoring twos in the opening two ends (both times without the hammer), and a five in the fourth end with the hammer. When they scored a four in the sixth end with the hammer Denmark conceded with four ends left and down 11.

The US is now one of two teams to get to 3-0 (along with Switzerland). They have a real good shot at advancing from Round Robin play if they can keep this up. Things get a little tougher and more telling on Monday when they take on Sweden and Canada who are both 2-1.

Schedule:

• March 17th
  • 8:30 AM ET – USA vs. Sweden
  • 6:30 PM ET – USA vs. Canada