dcro 10,182 Posted February 15, 2018 #541 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Kramer Bergsma Still nobody won a medal from the last pair. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 15, 2018 Author #542 Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 hours ago, heywoodu said: Big scandal in Dutch speedskating, yay Jillert Anema, as coach of the French team, asked the Dutch team to go easy in the 1st round of the team pursuit in Sochi, because for financial reasons a big loss for the French would be bad. In exchange, the French would let the Dutch win, so the result would be a small Dutch win: win for the Dutch, and only a small loss (and so no financial trouble) for the French. This news broke today, and it's all they talk about now. One more reason to hope Jorrit Bergsma (Anema's athlete) won't win About this: Bergsma has now accused Kramer of being the one to 'leak' this information to the media, and at a moment right before the 10k, to throw Bergsma off his focus. We have an old-fashioned speed skating bitchfight on our hands, ready to dominate our media NearPup 1 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...
hckošice 13,267 Posted February 15, 2018 #543 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Men´s 10000m 1. Ted-Jan Bloemen 12:39.77, 2. Jorrit Bergsma 12:41.98, 3. Nicola Tumolero 12:54.32 Full Results HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 15, 2018 #544 Share Posted February 15, 2018 @heywoodu Any idea what Kramer will do with today's diploma? ahjfcshfghb 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 15, 2018 Author #545 Share Posted February 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, dcro said: @heywoodu Any idea what Kramer will do with today's diploma? Emergency toilet paper? Hang it above his bed, as a reminder to himself: "Never again"? dcro 1 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...
hckošice 13,267 Posted February 15, 2018 #546 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Women´s 5000m Pairing Start List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted February 15, 2018 #547 Share Posted February 15, 2018 6 hours ago, hoversaBR said: Another gold for the Netherlands... opss he is naturalized Canadian. Technically Ted-Jan Bloemen isn't naturalized, he was entitled to citizenship by ancestry... because his dad happened to be born in Canada... because his grandparents happened to work in Canada while his dad was born. But, ya know, he's not naturalized, just a Canadian citizen by luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 600 Posted February 15, 2018 #548 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Excited for tomorrow! This will be one of the most open 5km in a while, with Sablikova not being as good as she has been in the last decade, but still being one of the favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,872 Posted February 15, 2018 #549 Share Posted February 15, 2018 7 hours ago, OlympicsFan said: Thanks, didn't know Giotto trained in Canada too. Does he train with Bloemen? he was talking about Bloemen...Ghiotto does train in Italy (with Tumulero, Giovannini and the rest of our team...Marrit Leenstra included )... and of course nobody expected him to be a medal contender after realizing that our team basically is totally out of shape (except for Tumulero...and Leenstra)... but before the Games, yes, many people in Italy thought he could be right on Bergsma and Bloemen's shoulders (since he skated 12.53 on the slow track in Stavanger in december, a 12.43/12.45 -at least- was reasonably within his capability)... unfortunately, his Games have been an epic fail (but he's young and relatively new to the sport, so he can still improve a lot in the next seasons), but Tumulero finally did make up for the rest of the team (waiting for Lollobrigida's Mass Start race, of course)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted February 15, 2018 #550 Share Posted February 15, 2018 vor 3 Stunden schrieb phelps: he was talking about Bloemen...Ghiotto does train in Italy (with Tumulero, Giovannini and the rest of our team...Marrit Leenstra included )... and of course nobody expected him to be a medal contender after realizing that our team basically is totally out of shape (except for Tumulero...and Leenstra)... but before the Games, yes, many people in Italy thought he could be right on Bergsma and Bloemen's shoulders (since he skated 12.53 on the slow track in Stavanger in december, a 12.43/12.45 -at least- was reasonably within his capability)... unfortunately, his Games have been an epic fail (but he's young and relatively new to the sport, so he can still improve a lot in the next seasons), but Tumulero finally did make up for the rest of the team (waiting for Lollobrigida's Mass Start race, of course)... Didn't know that, never considered him a medal contender, but of course i also thought that Kramer would medal ... I think all 3 medallists will be gone in 2022, so he might win gold then, of course unless this event gets scratched. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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