Junio skates to best time at long track fall selection camp, Morrison 14th
Calgary’s Gilmore Junio skated to the best time in the world this season in the 500-metre while Marsha Hudey of White City, Sask., had a personal best in the same distance on Friday at the long track fall World Cup selections.
Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., finished 14th. The four-time Olympic medallist skated in his first sanctioned competition in 18 months, after having a motorcycle accident in 2015 and suffering a stroke last April.
“The 500 is not my best event, but it’s hard not to compare this race to my personal best or to my average race,” Morrison said. “This 500 was well below what I can do, but I need to keep things in perspective and I need to look at where I was six months ago.
“Things are generally trending in the right direction in training and there’s a plan in place that involves me making the Olympics a year and a half from now. I need to stay positive and keep making sure things continue to trend in the right direction.”