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:ARG Rodriguez won a bronze medal in the women's 500m at the Four Continent Championships, which is South America's first ever medal at a senior ISU championship of any kind.

 

(Just don't look too deeply at the depth of the competition)

 

:TPE also won it's first ever medal at a senior ISU championship in the event.

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:CAN Ted-Jan Bloemen becomes the first person outside of Europe to be a World and continental champion after winning the 5000m (again, don't look up the opposition). Not really much of an achievement given how new the Four continents championship is, but this is still a neat little piece of trivia.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Rather boring European Championships this weekend held in :NED Heerenveen. The last international test for most European athletes before the Games.

 

A lot of Russians were in quarantine leading up to the tournament as the their team manager, sprint coach, and Olga Fatkulina (reigning European Champion 500m) were all tested positive soon after arrival in the Netherlands at the start of this week. Therefore the whole Russian team had to stay in their hotel rooms for 5 days, and even missed the first day of the event. Other Russians, including most elite male sprinters had decided last week to stay in Russia. 

 

:SWE Nils van der Poel had already decided not to compete.

 

Medals:

 

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 500m :POL Piotr Michalski (34.60) :NED Merijn Scheperkamp (34.61) :NED Dai Dai N'tab (34.76)
Men's 1.000m :NED Thomas Krol (1:07.77)

:NED Kjeld Nuis (1:07.86)

:NED Kai Verbij (1:07.94)
Men's 1.500m :NED Kjeld Nuis (1:43.60) :NED Thomas Krol (1:43.91) :NOR Allan Dahl Johansson (1:44.16)
Men's 5.000m :NED Patrick Roest (6:11.54) :NED Jorrit Bergsma (6:13.47) :NOR Hallgeir Engebråten (6:13.67)
Men's Team Pursuit :NED Bosker, Kramer & Roest (3:37.97) :NOR Engebråten, Johansson & Pedersen (3:38.92) :ITA Ghiotto, Giovannini & Malfatti (3:43.41)
Men's Team Sprint :NED Scheperkamp, Snel & Verbij (1:19.71) :NOR Lorentzen, Magnussen & Rukke (1:19.83) :POL Kania, Michalski & Zurek (1:20.54)
Men's Mass Start :BEL Bart Swings :SUI Livio Wenger :RUS Ruslan Zakharov
Women's 500m :NED Femke Kok (37.32) :RUS Angelina Golikova (37.43) :RUS Daria Kachanova (37.58)
Women's 1.000m :NED Jutta Leerdam (1:13.60) :NED Femke Kok (1:14.80) :RUS Daria Kachanova (1:14.94)
Women's 1.500m :NED Antoinette de Jong (1:53.81) :NED Ireen Wüst (1:54.08) :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida (1:54.50)
Women's 3.000m :NED Irene Schouten (3:56.62) :NED Antoinette de Jong (3:59.79) :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida (4:00.61)
Women's Team Pursuit :NED De Jong, Schouten & Wüst (2:54.12) :NOR Bøhm, Haugen & Wiklund (2:58.54) :RUS Golubeva, Lalenkova & Voronina (2:59.32)
Women''s Team Sprint :POL Bosiek, Wójcik & Ziomek (1:27.26) :BLR Nifantava, Sloeva & Varabyova (1:31.18) :NOR Farstad, Ripsrud & Samsonsen (1:31.43)
Women's Mass Start :NED Irene Schouten :NED Marijke Groenewoud :RUS Elizaveta Golubeva

Only 8 countries won a medal, a record low.

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1 hour ago, Dennis said:

Rather boring European Championships this weekend held in :NED Heerenveen. The last international test for most European athletes before the Games.

 

A lot of Russians were in quarantine leading up to the tournament as the their team manager, sprint coach, and Olga Fatkulina (reigning European Champion 500m) were all tested positive soon after arrival in the Netherlands at the start of this week. Therefore the whole Russian team had to stay in their hotel rooms for 5 days, and even missed the first day of the event. Other Russians, including most elite male sprinters had decided last week to stay in Russia. 

 

:SWE Nils van der Poel had already decided not to compete.

 

Medals:

 

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 500m :POL Piotr Michalski (34.60) :NED Merijn Scheperkamp (34.61) :NED Dai Dai N'tab (34.76)
Men's 1.000m :NED Thomas Krol (1:07.77)

:NED Kjeld Nuis (1:07.86)

:NED Kai Verbij (1:07.94)
Men's 1.500m :NED Kjeld Nuis (1:43.60) :NED Thomas Krol (1:43.91) :NOR Allan Dahl Johansson (1:44.16)
Men's 5.000m :NED Patrick Roest (6:11.54) :NED Jorrit Bergsma (6:13.47) :NOR Hallgeir Engebråten (6:13.67)
Men's Team Pursuit :NED Bosker, Kramer & Roest (3:37.97) :NOR Engebråten, Johansson & Pedersen (3:38.92) :ITA Ghiotto, Giovannini & Malfatti (3:43.41)
Men's Team Sprint :NED Scheperkamp, Snel & Verbij (1:19.71) :NOR Lorentzen, Magnussen & Rukke (1:19.83) :POL Kania, Michalski & Zurek (1:20.54)
Men's Mass Start :BEL Bart Swings :SUI Livio Wenger :RUS Ruslan Zakharov
Women's 500m :NED Femke Kok (37.32) :RUS Angelina Golikova (37.43) :RUS Daria Kachanova (37.58)
Women's 1.000m :NED Jutta Leerdam (1:13.60) :NED Femke Kok (1:14.80) :RUS Daria Kachanova (1:14.94)
Women's 1.500m :NED Antoinette de Jong (1:53.81) :NED Ireen Wüst (1:54.08) :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida (1:54.50)
Women's 3.000m :NED Irene Schouten (3:56.62) :NED Antoinette de Jong (3:59.79) :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida (4:00.61)
Women's Team Pursuit :NED De Jong, Schouten & Wüst (2:54.12) :NOR Bøhm, Haugen & Wiklund (2:58.54) :RUS Golubeva, Lalenkova & Voronina (2:59.32)
Women''s Team Sprint :POL Bosiek, Wójcik & Ziomek (1:27.26) :BLR Nifantava, Sloeva & Varabyova (1:31.18) :NOR Farstad, Ripsrud & Samsonsen (1:31.43)
Women's Mass Start :NED Irene Schouten :NED Marijke Groenewoud :RUS Elizaveta Golubeva

Only 8 countries won a medal, a record low.

GB had a 4th place in the men's 1000m which is their best finish in the 130 years of the EC, so they at least were happy at the week's events.

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13 hours ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, it's not like this event has much of a history :p 

No, that’s true. But at least countries like Germany, Austria, Czech Republic or Finland were able to win a medal or two. :dunno:

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