2009 Australian Short Track Championships

The first session of the Australian nationals has been skated.

1500m A Final results:

1st Herbie Labiche 2:51.707
2nd Frank Anderson
3rd Michael Attwood
4th Igor Ozerov
5th Simon Leadbeater
6th Michael Gusi


Labiche had lead out the first 5 laps when Michael Attwood overtook and increased the pace. At 4 laps to go, Ozerov, sitting 4th, moved to overtake the group on the inside whilst Anderson, in 3rd, made a move on the outside and stumbled slightly, missing his opportunity to take the lead.
Labiche then overtook Attwood and the race was on. Anderson overtook Attwood in the next straight and although he took some ground off Labiche in the final three laps, Labiche was too good and held on to win by just under a second.

Next session - 500m