It looks like Heerenveen has the edge. There were talks backstage during the WC at Thialf and I assume the Netherlands will offer some interesting favors to the French federation as a reward for this once in a lifetime chance of hosting the Games. French skaters will probably relocate there and benefit from the installations. We'll know soon enough.
No, it's not that. In speed skating alone we still have at least 3 medal contenders - Semirunniy at 10,000m M (our biggest hope), Żurek at 500m and 1000m M, Ziomek-Nogal at 500m W. Kania at 500m M and Wójcik at 500m W are also capable of being near the podium on their good days. Other than these, we count on the mixed relay in the short-track and snowboarders in Parallel Giant Slalom.
Some unfortunate injuries for in the WTT Finals. Sun Yingsha withdrew from her semifinal bout; however, she was still set to play in the XD finals with Wang Chuqin. I didn't watch the bout, but it seems that both SYS and WCQ played the XD finals, but lost to ; however, at some point, WCQ must have injured himself, as he withdrew from his own semifinal against Truls . Couple that with a Lin Shidong loss to Harimoto , and we have a non-Chinese Men's Singles finals.
(But not to worry, China. You still had an all-Chinese Women's Singles Final.)