heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 6, 2018 Author #131 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Nate River said: So Erin Jackson qualified for the US women's Olympic team. In case you don't recognize the name, well, she started speed skating four months ago. She achieved the ISU qualifying standard time at trials, too (and trials in Milwaukee, not Salt Lake). She is a world champion in inline speed skating and, clearly, she has potential. And there's a fuss about her being the first black woman ever on the US speed skating team (not counting short track, that's a different sport). http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-olympic-long-track-speedskating-trials-20180106-story.html I had thought it would be offensive to make a fuss out of that or even use the word 'black' Interesting though (I mean qualifying after making the switch such a short time ago). I knew she sounded familiar, just checked, and indeed: she participated in last year's World Games Edited January 6, 2018 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted January 6, 2018 #132 Share Posted January 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, heywoodu said: And there's a fuss about her being the first black woman ever on the US speed skating team (not counting short track, that's a different sport). http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-olympic-long-track-speedskating-trials-20180106-story.html I had thought it would be offensive to make a fuss out of that or even use the word 'black' Interesting though (I mean qualifying after making the switch such a short time ago). I knew she sounded familiar, just checked, and indeed: she participated in last year's World Games There were also a lot of news about the first black woman that made US short track team. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 600 Posted January 6, 2018 #133 Share Posted January 6, 2018 8 hours ago, Nate River said: So Erin Jackson qualified for the US women's Olympic team. In case you don't recognize the name, well, she started speed skating four months ago. She achieved the ISU qualifying standard time at trials, too (and trials in Milwaukee, not Salt Lake). She is a world champion in inline speed skating and, clearly, she has potential. I've never heard of her before, but I love it when athletes from different disciplines try long track speed skating and are successful at it, such as Jorien ter Mors and Chad Hedrick. So I'm excited to see how she can grow even more in the next month and what she can do at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted January 8, 2018 #134 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Final US Speed Skating team (as long as the 180 athlete quota isn't surpassed): Men: Jonathan Garcia — 500m Kimani Griffin — 500m Mitchell Whitmore — 500m, 1000m Shani Davis — 1000m, 1500m Joey Mantia — 1000m, 1500m, mass start Brian Hansen — 1500m, mass start Emery Lehman — extra skater for the team pursuit (and second alternate for the 5000m) Women: Heather Bergsma — 500m, 1000m, 1500m, mass start Brittany Bowe — 500m, 1000m, 1500m Erin Jackson — 500m Jerica Tandiman — 1000m Mia Manganello — 1500m, mass start Carlijn Schoutens — 3000m, 5000m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 8, 2018 Author #135 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Disappointing to not see living legend KC Boutiette there If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted January 10, 2018 #136 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Canadian team: WOMEN Ivanie Blondin, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, mass start, team pursuit Kali Christ, 1500m, team pursuit Marsha Hudey, 500m Kaylin Irvine, 1000m Heather McLean, 500m, 1000m Josie Morrison, 1500m, team pursuit Keri Morrison, mass start, team pursuit Brianne Tutt, 1500m, 3000m Isabelle Weidemann, 3000m, 5000m, team pursuit (not sure why five women are in the team pursuit pool) MEN Jordan Belchos, 10,000m, team pursuit Ted-Jan Bloemen, 5000m, 10,000m, team pursuit Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, 500m Vincent De Haître, 1000m, 1500m, team pursuit Ben Donnelly, 1500m, team pursuit Laurent Dubreuil, 500m, 1000m Olivier Jean, mass start Gilmore Junio, 500m Denny Morrison, 1500m, team pursuit Alexandre St-Jean, 1000m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted January 16, 2018 #137 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Switzerland has selected two athletes: Livio Wenger (1500m, 5000m, Mass start) and Ramona Hardi (Mass start). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 16, 2018 Author #138 Share Posted January 16, 2018 12 minutes ago, dcro said: Switzerland has selected two athletes: Livio Wenger (1500m, 5000m, Mass start) and Ramona Hardi (Mass start). Too bad there was no place for cult hero Martin Hänggi If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted January 23, 2018 Author #139 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Yuskov and Kulizhnikov, world record holders at 1500m and 500m, are both out of the Olympics apparently. That gives more space for our guys to win all the medals on nothing but a good cheese sandwich and some pasta If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,699 Posted January 24, 2018 #140 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Latest news is that only Trofimov of the Russian men's team will be allowed to compete and only 3 from the women's team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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