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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Speed skater off to world junior championships Jets Corbett makes big strides in long track BY JOHN CUDMORE jcudmoreyrmgcom Martin Corbett was about when he tried out a pair of speed skates Right away he detected the noticeable dif ference from the hockey skates to which he was accustomed Thats history these days as the 18-year- old member of the Newmarket Jets Speed Skating Club prepares to compete in the upcoming world junior speed skating cham pionships in Moscow I used a walker for skating for a while he recalled last week with a chuckle The blades are very difficult to get used to They feel dull because there is no hollow on the bottom but they are actually a lot sharper The first year I wasnt interested in beat ing anybody But its a very technical sport so was interested in improving my technique He has made significant strides Corbett now attends the University of Cal gary honing his long track skills with the Olympic Oval program based on the schools campus It was the only postsecondary school to which he applied I decided even if didnt get accepted I would move here and train anyway said the Uxbridge native whose longterm goal is a geography degree The majority of Englishspeaking skaters will come here because its the place to train for long track The training is a little more intense than I thought it would be I like to say Im getting a degree in speed skating with a minor in geography He first donned speed skates during a fam- THE ERA Place your Classified ad 24 hours a day 7 days a week Log onto wwwyorkregioncom and click on your classifieds MARTIN CORBETT ily visit to relatives in Calgary and looked up the Newmarket Jets after the family returned home Were a hockey family but I was getting sick of rep hockey Corbett said Ive been working toward this for a while Moving here and going to school here was my goal at the start of the year Corbett departed yesterday to compete in a twoday World Cup event in Berlin that starts Friday From there it is on to Moscow for the world junior championships over four days the following week He has qualified to compete in the 1500 3000 and 5000- metre races along with the team pursuit based on results from a North American meet in Salt Lake City Utah where he was tops his age group for several categories Its my first major international competi tion so Im not clear what the competition is like he said A couple of the favourites are at the Olympics now so I know theyll be fast His times rank eighth among the competi tors for Moscow in the 500 and 1000 metres but he places little stock in those statistics A member of the Ontario team the six- foot twoinch Corbett is aiming for a berth on the Canadian development team with his results For that hell require topeight placings While the 2014 Olympics in Sochi Russia are on the horizon he is reluctant to look that far ahead I dont really want to make that decision now Corbett said Id rather wait and see what the competition is like Its 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