Four short track World Cup medals in Quebec

It was a gold-medal day for three-time U.S. Short Track Champion Katherine Reutter (Champaign, IL) as she topped the podium in the Ladies 1500m. Skating against the current 1500m World Cup leader, Eun-Byul Lee (KOR), Reutter demonstrated great strategy and endurance during the 13-lap race and finished with a time of 2:23.275. This is Reutter's second gold medal of the 2009-2010 World Cup season.

"I was up against the top Korean skater and some of the fastest skaters from China, but I was able to get in front and sprint to the finish with two laps to go," Reutter said. "I can see that my hard work on speed training and time patterns is paying off."

Kimberly Derrick, 2006 Olympian, skated in the 1500m B final but was disqualified for impeding and Olympian Allison Baver (Sinking Spring, PA) also skated the Ladies 1500m but was disqualified for impeding in her semifinal.           

The U.S. men brought their game to the 1500m with Travis Jayner (Midland, MI) battling to a third place finish, earning him his first individual World Cup medal. "I worked hard in the race," said Jayner, celebrating his podium finish. "I'll keep trying as hard as I can to continue to get ready for Vancouver."

Olympic gold-medalist Apolo Anton Ohno (Seattle, WA) finished fourth in his semifinal heat, landing in the 1500m B final, which he went on to win against skaters from Italy and China. Jeff Simon (Las Vegas, NV) fought it out in his semifinal but was disqualified, along with Canada's Olivier Jean, and did not advance.

Fast skating brought two U.S. men to the podium following the Men's 500m A Final. Ohno and Simon faced off against two Canadians, Charles Hamelin and Francois-Louis Tremblay, in the fast 4.5-lap race. Once the dust settled, Ohno was in second place followed by Simon in third, with Hamelin winning the event. Simon Cho (Laurel, MD) skated the 500m B Final and finished in second place.

In the Ladies 500m, Reutter was the only U.S. skater that made it through to the quarterfinals where she finished first in her heat. Facing some tough competition in her semifinal, including the current 500m World Record Holder Meng Wang (China), Reutter finished in third place, ending in the B Final, which she won, finishing sixth overall for the 500m.

Racing concludes on Sunday with the Ladies' and Men's 1000m and Relay competitions.