heywoodu 13,504 Posted December 28, 2017 Author #51 Share Posted December 28, 2017 World sprint champion Kai Verbij won't start in the 1000m. In his 500m yesterday he needed three starts (because of Ntab's false starts) and in the third one he got a groin injury. He still managed to qualify, but now will be out for a few weeks. The big question is whether or not the Dutch federation will choose him for the Olympic 1000m anyway or not. 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 10,172 Posted December 28, 2017 #52 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Geez. Hopefully now he'll realize that it would be best for everyone is he represents Senegal... #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted December 28, 2017 #53 Share Posted December 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, dcro said: Geez. Hopefully now he'll realize that it would be best for everyone is he represents Senegal... By ISU rules I don’t believe he can unless an ice rink is built in Senegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted December 28, 2017 Author #54 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nate River said: By ISU rules I don’t believe he can unless an ice rink is built in Senegal. A country can only participate in international competition when having an ice rink? That sounds hard to believe and rather unfair.. Edited December 28, 2017 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...
intoronto 4,080 Posted December 28, 2017 #55 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Does Colombia have an ice rink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted December 28, 2017 #56 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, intoronto said: Does Colombia have an ice rink? Apparently they have an ice rink in Bogotà Edited December 28, 2017 by Gianlu33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted December 28, 2017 #57 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Czech Republic has no speed skating oval. Same for Slovakia, but we obviously do not participate, the Czechs in opposite do and quite well assuming they have no indoor facilities for this sport. Sábliková used to train abroad or on a frozen athletic oval. For example this athletics oval is annually used for the Czech National speed skating championship (people sprinkled it with water before the races). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted December 28, 2017 #58 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Here how it look. The National Championship in 2009 took place in a frozen pond and yet she still became one of the top stars of the Vancouver Olympics one year later Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,676 Posted December 28, 2017 #59 Share Posted December 28, 2017 This is from the British Championships in 1928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted December 28, 2017 #60 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, heywoodu said: A country can only participate in international competition when having an ice rink? That sounds hard to believe and rather unfair.. This is listed as a requirement to be admited as an ISU member: in existence in the country one or more actively operating natural or artificial ice rinks of a size adequate to practice the respective ISU sport discipline. Because a member needs to control the sport in their country for at least two years before before being admited as a provisional member it would be almost impossible for Ntab to compete for Senegal in 2022. Edited December 28, 2017 by NearPup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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