Short Track Speed Skating
As the host nation, Canada can send a full team of five men and five women for short track speed skating. Charles Hamelin finished third overall at the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and was guaranteed a spot in the 2010 team by Speed Skating Canada. At the Canadian short-track speedskating trials, Jessica Gregg, Marianne St-Gelais, Kalyna Roberge and Tania Vicent earned spots on the women's team and Olivier Jean and Guillaume Bastille earned spots on the men's team with their performances. Valérie Maltais and François Hamelin were added to the women's and men's teams respectively as discretionary picks by the coaches. François-Louis Tremblay was unable to participate in the trials due to an ankle injury, but was given a bye and was named to the team. The number of skaters that will participate in each event will be determined by the team's performances at the first three World Cup events for the 2009/2010 season.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| François Hamelin | 1000m | 1:25.714 | 1 Q | 1:25.037 | 2 Q | 1:45.324 | 3 ADV | 1:25.206 | 5 |
| Charles Hamelin | 500m | 41.463 | 1 Q | 40.770 | 1 Q | 40.964 | 1 Q | 40.981 | 01 ! |
| 1000m | 1:25.256 | 1 Q | 1:25.300 | 1 Q | 1:25.062 | 2 Q | 1:24.329 | 4 | |
| 1500m | 2:16.153 | 2 Q | 2:11.225 | 3 q | Final B 2:11.225 |
7 | |||
| François-Louis Tremblay | 500m | 41.397 | 1 Q | 41.326 | 1 Q | 41.515 | 2 Q | 46.366 | 03 ! |
| Olivier Jean | 500m | 41.737 | 2 Q | 41.275 | 2 Q | DQ | Did not advance | 9 | |
| 1500m | 2:14.279 | 1 Q | 2:32.358 | 5 ADV | 2:14.279 | 4 | |||
| Guillaume Bastille | 1500m | DQ | Did not advance | T34 | |||||
| Charles Hamelin François Hamelin François-Louis Tremblay Olivier Jean Guillaume Bastille |
5000m relay | 6:43.610 | 2 Q | 6:44.224 | 01 ! | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jessica Gregg | 500m | 44.009 | 2 Q | 43.956 | 2 Q | 43.854 | 1 Q | 44.204 | 4 |
| 1000m | 1:32.565 | 1 Q | 1:30.207 | 2 Q | 1:33.139 | 4 q | Final B 1:32.333 |
2 | |
| Marianne St-Gelais | 500m | 44.708 | 1 Q | 44.316 | 1 Q | 43.241 | 2 Q | 43.707 | |
| Valérie Maltais | 1500m | 2:30.321 | 3 Q | 2:23.722 | 5 | Did not advance | 14 | ||
| Kalyna Roberge | 500m | 44.254 | 2 Q | 44.143 | 2 Q | 43.633 | 3 q | Final B 43.633 |
6 |
| 1000m | 1:31.033 | 1 Q | 1:31.479 | 2 Q | 1:30.736 | 3 q | Final B 1:32.122 |
3 | |
| 1500m | 2:23.619 | 2 Q | 2:47.998 | 5 | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Tania Vicent | 1000m | 1:37.561 | 2 Q | DQ | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| 1500m | 2:24.100 | 2 Q | 2:24.742 | 2 Q | 2:23.035 | 8 | |||
| Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Jessica Gregg Tania Vicent |
3000m relay | 4:11.476 | 2 Q | 4:09.137 | 02 ! | ||||
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