Full stadium at European Championships

22 January 2011   -   Arianna Fontana (ITA) and Thibault Fauconnet (FRA) are the winners of the ISU European Championships Short Track Speed Skating which took place on Heerenveen from 14-16 January 2011. The stadium, almost complete full with an enthusiastic public, saw the power of both winners. Fauconnet won all four distances and Fontana won three distances only leaving the 500 meter final for Martina Valcepina (ITA), who became 3rd in the Overall Classification. The 2nd place in the Ladies Championships was for Bernadett Heidum (HUN). In the Men’s competition Haralds Silovs (LAT) became 2nd and Sjinkie Knegt (NED) 3rd. The European Championships Relay was both, with the Ladies and Men, won by the team of the Netherlands. Photos made by Gordon Barnes and Piet van Hoeven can be found on the photo pages and all results on the result pages of shorttrackonline.info.