Isabelle Doucet was the biggest surprise of the Olympic trials in long track speed skating when she qualified the fourth and final spot in the women's 1,500 metres with a personal best time. Doucet was not a member of the national A or B teams the past two seasons after competing at the 1995 world championships. She credits the Klap skater with her improvement this season.
  "The last three seasons had been average but this year I feel I've come together mentally and physically," said Doucet a kinesiology student at Universite Laval in Quebec City. "The Klap has helped me a great deal because it adapts to my style of skating. I've met the Olympic standards three times in the last couple of months."