Tatiana Borodulina has finished top ten in both the 500m and 1500m in a World Cup in Montreal, putting herself well on track to qualify for both events at the Vancouver 2010 Games.

The 24-year-old AIS/OWI skater made the B final in the 1500m, finishing in 10th position, while she went out in the quarter-final stage of the 500m for ninth place overall.

Borodulina has also made her way through the first two rounds of the 1000m, making the top 28, inside the Olympic qualifying quota of 32 skaters.

“It’s a very good result for Tatiana,” said AIS/OWI Head Short Track Coach Ann Zhang.

“She has raced very well. She was very tired, as our plan was to get her qualified for the Olympics in all three distances, and these results should make it easier for her next week.”

Lachlan Hay and Jeremy Beck also kept their Olympic hopes alive, Hay winning his way through the first two rounds of the men’s 1000m to make the last 28, while Beck was placed 31st in the same event.

Australia’s hopes of a 5000m relay place at the Games were dealt a severe blow by an ankle injury to leading skater Elliott Shriane in mid-October, ruling him out of both World Cup events.

The final rounds of the 1000m will be skated overnight, and the Vancouver qualifying process will continue next weekend at a World Cup in Marquette, Wisconsin.

In Berlin, former in-line skaters Sophie Muir and Josh Lose have made their long track speed skating World Cup debuts, Muir finishing in an impressive 14th place in the Division B 500m, and 22nd in the Division B 1000m, while Lose skated to 20th place in the men’s Division B 5000m.

A day earlier former short track national team member Ben Southee had made his World Cup debut at the same event, finishing in 24th place in the B Division of the 500m and 26th in the Division B 1000m.

The 1500m and a second 500m will be contested tonight, Australian time.