Lachlan Hay has skated to the best result of his career, making his first top ten in the process.

Hay finished in ninth place in the second of two 1500m events contested on the 2006 Olympic ice rink in Torino.

The 21 year-old Queensland skater placed second in his opening heat behind world number five Ryan Bedford of the US, qualifying directly into the semi-finals.

In the six-man semi-final he finished in fourth place, missing a place in the A final but going through to the B final.

He secured the ninth placing overall by narrowly going down in the B final to Canadian skater Matthieu Giroux.

Hay delivered a 13th placing in the 1500m in Heerenveen in November 2006, but that was in competition lacking the super strong Korean, Chinese and Japanese teams. His best in open company was 17th in the 1000m in Kobe, Japan, in October this year.

In other Australian results, Jeremy Beck was 37th in the opening 1500m and 47th in the 500m, while Hay was 33rd in the 1000m.

Alix-Myra Anderson was unfortunately disqualified in both races she contested.

The OWI team now returns to Brisbane to prepare for the next round of World Cup events, to be held in North America in February.