Speed skating: Vancouver starts for NZ

Canterbury speed skater Blake Skjellerup has secured two starts for New Zealand at next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Skjellerup has just contested the Olympics' short track speed skating world qualification series in Michigan, finishing 15th in the 1000m and 25th in the 500m. Skaters qualify slots for their nations, not individually, and selections for the Vancouver Games will be made by Ice Speed Skating New Zealand and the New Zealand Olympic Committee.